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"Not as ancient as you rimace, then pushed Penna away before he could ask what Ithe plywood path that had been set down for Penna until we reached the ralanced up at the Jumbotron We were still a hundred or so vieay froh
"No regrets," Landon said
"None," Penna agreed, squeezing lanced down at her, but she already had her Rebel sht be at the end of our crucible, hers was just beginning
I found where Leah sat next to Brandon in the VIP box No regrets Well, unless she still didn’t want me after this trailer played Then I would have basically laid, but I wasn’t listening I only had eyes for Leah, and the way she fidgeted with the skirt of her dress that bared her legs
Then I found the oing on?" I asked the crowd, and they roared
"We’re the Renegades, and we thought we’d put on a show for you guys! I’m Wilder, this is Nova, and Rebel, of course, had a little s out until her bones can catch up to the level of badass that she is"
The crowd booed, but cheered when Penna took the reed Don’t worry, it’s three n rin she was known for
Then she handed the ht, so how many of you have seen the trailer about e’ve been up to these last three months?" I asked The croild
"At least they like it," Landon said quietly
True, but there was only one reaction I was interested in I aze and spoke only to her…well, and the fourteen thousand other people here "We were asked to cut a trailer that would give you guys a gli, and I realized soh, chances are you’re going to see one of us fall"
The crowd booed, and Penna did a hter
"The truth is that I fell Hard" Leah’s lips parted "And I didn’t realize just how hard until I was already onfor mercy Love does that to you--breaks you down and then builds you back up into so even better I can tell you that it’s an extreerous, because the outcome isn’t solely in your hands, and there’s no parachute once you jump"
Her eyes widened, and it took every ounce ofto her
"So in case you limpse of our new project, International Waters"
The arena darkened as the trailer began Fuck, I couldn’t see her face, or watch her reaction This sucked
TheIt wasn’t just the stunts…it was reed to zip-line, then when she’d called me an asshole and climbed out of the pool It was me absorbed in her smile in Bermuda, and the moment I’d pulled her onto my lap when she fell off the ra to get her to wake up, cradling her tome skateboard in Barcelona, and the far shot of when she’d kissed me on the beach It was our kiss in Roh the e studied, neither of us able to concentrate ht in her hair, and the GoPro footage I hadn’t even realized Penna had taken e BASE jumped at the shipwreck It was the slow dance in the club, the way I watched her walk ahen I was supposed to be practicing, all interwoven with the Renegades co on our trip It went toin Morocco, and landing in the water, and her flying into ascar
I’d never incameras, or the masterful way he kne to cut tape He’d taken threeout an extreme sports trailer, produced a love story punctuated with the adventure of a lifetihts lifted, but I keptfrom hers "So what do you say, Firecracker?" I asked into the microphone "Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime? Because I know you’re the only rush I need"
I stood paralyzed until irl vaulted over the divider and bolted for round, and jumped from the dais to meet her halfway
My arms wrapped around her at the saled for a deeper kiss, knowing that I was clai her not just in front of fourteen thousand fans, but everyone watching live on ESPN--realizing that she wasevery second
I broke the kiss before ent to an NC-17 rating, and siainst hers as the croent berserk around us, taking in every single nuance of the ," she said, using my own line onI don’t see changing anytime soon…or ever"