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Chapter 23: High Up

My jaw dropped, "No way!"

"Babe! are you serious?" El yelled out with enthusiasm.

"Yup!" Louis smiled wide.

"You're a genius," Harry said in awe.

Each of us got on the boat and were greeted by a tall blonde guy who operated the para-sailing system.

"Hey guys, I'm Cody and I'll be assisting you with your para-sailing experience today. You guys ready to have some fun?!"

"Hell yes!" Louis shouted and we all laughed.

Cody handed us each a life jacket, and Louis decided to go up with El first.

As soon as they took off up into the air, Harry came up from behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"You excited?" He whispered in my ear.

"Yes," I turned my head and kissed his lips sweetly.

Finally after half an hour, Louis and El were pulled back down and brought on to the boat.

"That was amazing!" El shouted, "Em you're gonna love it!"

"Ahhhh I'm nervous though!" I squealed as Cody turned the boat around to the direction of the dock, and walked back to us.

"Don't be! It's so fun," Louis said while Cody started hooking Harry and I up to the parachute.

"Ready?" Cody asked us both.

"Yes," Harry answered.

With that, we slowly started elevating up.

I shrieked with excitement and Harry laughed. He grabbed my hand for comfort as we got up higher.

The view was incredible up here. Venice's true beauty shined at this height, the architecture was truly stunning.

"Look at that over there," Harry pointed.

"Wow, that's beautiful," I replied while looking at the humongous cathedral.

We stayed at that height for the next ten minutes before we slowly started to extend higher.

"Oh my god we are so high up," I exhaled nervously.

The boat looked like an ant. I couldn't even see El or Louis on it anymore.

"Are you scared?" Harry peered over at me while gently squeezing my hand.

"A little," I breathed.

The view was nice, but I still felt so uncomfortable.

Who knows, what if a bunch of damn seagulls come out of no where and pierce holes into the parachute. Or worse, what if this parachute thingy malfunctions and we break off from it and fall straight down into the water. Or, or what if....

Before I could even think of more horrible life threatening events that could happen the whole parachute started to shake like crazy.

"Holy shit, what the fuck!" I screamed, squeezing the crap out of Harry's hand.

Harry was laughing hysterically at me and stopped moving/swinging around like crazy, "calm down babe, don't be so scared, we're fine."

I knew he shook the damn thing to frighten me and be funny, "Damn it Harry! This is not the time for you to be joking around! I am not about to die today!"

Harry finally calmed down and stopped laughing, "I'm sorry love...but you should have seen the look on your face though!"

I glared at him and tried focusing on how beautiful the view was as opposed to how freaking high we were.

Thankfully after about ten minutes, we were slowly reeled down to the boat.

Cody helped me and Harry out of the equipment before bringing us back to the dock. All of us got out and thanked him for the wonderful time before we walked onto the beach and found a place to chill at. Thankfully the place wasn't very busy today because there were probably three other people here.

El and I spread out some towels and laid down under the sun, tanning and talking about life while Harry and Louis were by the shore skim boarding.

All of a sudden I felt two strong hands scoop me up into the air and toss me over a shoulder.

From the swim trunks I noticed it was Harry. I protested and started kicking and screaming,

"Harry put me down! What do you think you're doing?"

"We're doing for a little dip," Harry replied calmly while holding me much more tightly.

Before I could say anything else I was thrown in the cold water. I rose above the surface and immediately Harry's laugh filled my ears.

"I didn't want to get wet Harry! My hair is going to get all frizzy now"

"But I like getting you wet Em," Harry winked.

I rolled my eyes at him and grabbed hold of his hand, pulling him deeper into the water by me.

He placed his hands to the back of my thighs and lifted me up in one quick motion. The water made me light as a feather for him as I wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck.

I rested my forehead against his, "I'm having so much fun, thank you for bringing me here."

Harry brushed his lips against mine before kissing me gently, "My pleasure, I'm having an awesome time as well."

We spent the next few hours playing down by the shore, talking, and relaxing under the sun before it got dark.

Louis and Harry left for a little while, and came back with a few pieces of wood in hand. They built a little campfire on the beach and we huddled around it. I laid down in-between Harry's legs and rested my head against his torso.

The heat radiating from the fire warmed my body up. I shut my eyes and enjoyed the new sensation while Harry, Louis, and El conversed.

I lifted my hands up and grabbed a hold of the necklace Harry gave me. My fingers danced along the surface of it as I thought of the wonderful date we had yesterday.

Before I knew it, everyone's voices were blocked out and everything faded into darkness as sleep took over me.

Harry's POV;

When I looked down, I noticed Emma was fast asleep. I smiled as I gently brushed a few strands of hair out of her face. She looked so peaceful, I didn't want to bother waking her up.

"I think I'm going to take Em back to the hotel," I told El and Louis as I carefully got up and lifted Emma bridal style. Even when she was sleeping, she managed to snuggle up close to my chest.

"Alright mate," Louis said, "take care."

"Thanks for today. Em and I had a good time," I told him, "Goodnight guys."

"Goodnight," El and Louis said in unison.

I walked back to the car and placed Emma in the passenger's seat before quietly getting into the driver's seat. I drove back to the hotel and carried Em up to our room.

I placed her down on the bed and covered her body with a blanket before I changed out of my trunks and put on some boxers. I crawled into bed with Emma and wrapped my arm around her waist. I pulled her back close to my chest and kissed the back of her head lightly before I drifted off into sleep myself.