fearless

Chapter 86: Visits to the Overhangs.

Swimming Pools- Kendrick Lamar

The hallways of the pit are cold and seemingly unforgiving. I hold Ty's hand as we make our way to Zeke and Shauna's house to tell them the news. They live in one of the chasm apartments, and have been ever since Ty was born.

We turn corners through the winding pathways and halls of the chasm corridor, along our way to Shauna and Zeke's house.

We eventually turn down their hall, Which is very close to the chasm, so close that you can hear the waves crashing against the rocks.

Ty lets a shaky breath pass through his lips. "Don't be nervous, Ty." I reassure him, lacing our fingers together as we stop in front of the door. I press a quick kiss to his lips, and lean our foreheads together.

"It's going to be okay." He tells me. I hear the crack in his voice and know that he doesn't even believe that himself.

I close my eyes, wrapping my arms around his neck. I Kiss him softly, and feel him kiss back, adding extra pressure. I feel his hands slip to be placid on my sides, eventually yet slowly moving up to my ribcage.

Everything is muffled- it's just the two of us.

I don't even hear the sound of the door opening.

"Woah," I hear someone say in a seemingly chastising way, and I pull away. I can see Ty nearly cringe from beside me, out of the corner of my eye.

It's Zeke, standing in the doorway of the Pedrad apartment, his coat draped over his arm and a file in hand. He purses his lips. "Hmm..." He looks at Ty expectantly. "Tyler?" He asks.

"Yes, dad..." Ty twists his foot on the rocks, his arms folded behind his back.

"P," he looks Ty directly in the eye. Ty sports a confused look as do I. "D," he looks in my direction now, his eyebrows raised and face aglow. "A." He waves his finger in between the two of us almost disgustedly.

Ty sighs. He ignores Zeke's comment, "May we please come in?" He folds his arms in front of him.

"Yes," he says simply. "But I'll be going on to work. See you," he swirls his head around, "On the flip side." He walks past us, and Ty grabs his wrist.

"Can you just stay here one more second?" He asks.

"No," Zeke says sassily as he slips free of Ty's grip.

"Well," Ty grabs his shirt and pulls him back. "You're gonna have to." Zeke reluctantly walks back to the doorway, stepping inside with Ty. I follow them, and we sit down.

Shauna smiles up at us genuinely as she threads a needle through a piece of black fabric. "Hi Ty. Hi Maddie." She nods at us, sitting on the couch near the edge, hovering over the coffee table. Three small candles sit on show in a holder, their flames flittering and flickering in the room.

She places the needle down on the table. "Have a seat." She says as Zeke sits down beside her.

The house is relatively dark, only a few small lamps on here and there- and hardly any windows at all. Only one, which is very close to the ceiling and covered up with black curtains.