Facing The Truth (Truth Series 1)

4: The Journey

Eden's POV

Well what are we waiting for!?" Jerome shouts jumping up from his seat. He runs out of the room to what I'm guessing is the front door of Jason's house.

"No comeback Fluffy!" Adam shouts running after him. Mitch and Ty follow suit.

I roll my eyes at their childish antics. "I feel like I'm surrounded by idiots."

"You have no idea." Jason snorts. He then stands up and I follow him to the front door. Once outside we are standing a small porch several blocks in the air. I stiffen and having noticed this Jason asks, "You okay?"

"Yeah I'll be fine. I just have a small issue with heights."

"I can fly you down on my jetpack if you want."

"Yeah that might be better," I stiffly nod my head. He surprises me when he picks me up bridal style and I give a small yelp. I cover my face with my hands to hide the blush that takes over my face. He laughs and I punch his shoulder lightly. "It's not funny!"

He laughs again before turning on his jetpack and taking off. I grab onto the front of his spacesuit in surprise and to make sure I won't fall. "I'm not gonna drop you," he teases. By the sound of his voice I can tell he is grinning underneath his helmet.

"Oh shuddup." I mutter and he laughs again. Silence has settled over us by the time he lands, which isn't actually that long. He sets me down and I brush imaginary dust of my pants.

"Alright lezgoo!" Jerome starts walking off in what seems like a random direction to me but is probably completely normal to him. Everyone follows after him but I stay behind for a minute to look at Jason's house. I turn around and I am speechless. Jason's house is designed to look like a rocket. I'm amazed at how accurate the details are. The bottom 20 blocks or so leading up to the porch are designed as flames, so it looks like the rocket is taking off.

I stand there for a few minutes staring at the house in awe before Adam's voice brought me back to the present. "Hey, you coming!?"

I turn quickly and run to catch up to them. Once I catch up, we all continue on our way. I look to Jason, still astonished by his house. "Your house is awesome!"

"Thanks."

Curiosity getting the best of me I ask, "Did you build it yourself?"

"Yes," he replies pride evident in his voice. Adam and Ty give him a look as if he had forgotten to say something. Jason sighs and adds, "Okay, I had some help from Sky and Deadlox. But either way, the idea and design are all mine."

I nod my head. We walk on for a while talking about random crap and joking around. But I kept on noticing Adam giving me this weird look and it's getting on my nerves. Annoyed, I nearly shout, "What do you want Adam!?"

"Since when have you been afraid of heights?"

I roll my eyes. "Ever since we started messing around on parkour maps."

Quentin cuts in. "But wouldn't that make you used to heights?"

I sigh. "It's complicated. I'm not necessarily afraid of heights, I'm afraid of falling and then there not being anything to break my fall. Really, my main issue is going down ladders and vines. I don't mind going up as much because I can see where I'm putting my hands and feet. Whereas going down I would have to feel around a bit with my feet or look down. It just freaks me out because what if I skip a step or I can't find it or something."

"Yeah but, what would break your fall and not kill you in the process?" Mitch asks.

"Most likely a small 3 by 3 pool of water that's only like 2 blocks deep or so."