Y/N's POV
My hair ripples as the eight of us stand on top of a building, along with a ton of production, feeling our hearts in our stomach. Me, Freya, Emily, Jesse, Simon, Josh, Ethan, Tobi, Vik, JJ, and Harry We started from the end of the building, as our director yelled, "ACTION!" We all burst through the air, sprinting to the other side. We jumped off the building, feeling weightless...
-8 hours earlier-
Y/N's POV
"I can't believe you dragged us into this." Freya says with her arms crossed. Me and Emily matched hers as we walked into a big building. The boys laughed, following us along. On the car ride they explained how we were going to run through bits of different scenes, and at the end of the day we'll record the big action drop at the end. They thought it would provide some intense, real action. Last time the fans thought the movie trailer was great, so we had to up the stakes. As we walked into the building, the director was already right to work. Jesse slides up to me, whispering, "Do they drag you into stuff like this often?" I shrugged, and went to answer, but the director started talking, "Welcome welcome, boys and girls. Today we have the scenes that you all have already been working on, and JJ's new addition to the scene. We'll be working on the beach scene first. He looks at us four girls and hands us bikinis, "If you are comfortable, I'd like you all to try these on and see what you think." He then hands Simon, JJ, Harry and Vik swim shorts. "Now for Josh, Ethan, and Tobi, we'll be working on your royalty makeup while they do this. Dressing rooms please!" We all head off, getting dressed into our outfits. Us four head into the girls changing room, we all looked at our bikini's, slipping them on. Mine was gorgeous, a deep blue with pink and red flowers on the top and bottom. I twirled around, "This is beautiful!" The bikini wasn't extremely showing either, which I was very relieved for. Freya's was strapless, and a gorgeous red. She smiles happily, "This is perfect." Emily's was also very pretty, the top was yellow and the bottoms were black. She put her hand on her hip, "This is perfect!" Jesse was wearing a light green top with light green bottoms, she smiled, clearly a little nervous. "Oh my gosh you look so good in that!" I said happily, she smiled saying thanks. Freya quickly ran up, hugging her, "Your body looks beautiful, you have nothing to be worried about!" She sighs, "Thanks, but having a kid can really do something to you, but I wouldn't change it for the world!" Emily looked like she was about to say something, but they call for us to come out. We head out and go down to the beach, where the boys are there. All of them were shirtless except for Simon. We all grouped up, and I nudged him in the shoulder, "Not looking to give the fangirls what they want?" He chuckles, "Nah, not looking to be attacked by teenage girls." He smiles, ruffling his hair. I wrapped my arms around my stomach, a little insecure.
-Timeskip-
"OH IT'S SO ON!" I tackled Simon into the water, getting soaked with them. After an hour of recording, we had a quick break. The scene was pretty funny, me, Freya, Jesse and Emily were all playing volleyball. The point of the scene was they had a bunch of hot girls, but they didn't exactly care. Kind of how the first movie trailer turned out when there was a hot chick swimming in the poor, but JJ pulled her back, stepping in front. Soon the others were all in the water too, we were splashing each other, getting soaked, which probably wasn't the best thing to do when we had other scenes to record. Simon wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me into the water, I laughed until my head went under, his eyes were open and he was still smiling. We popped our heads out of the water, Simon's hair was flat, right in front of his eyes, he looked up, frowning. We all swam out, cooling off because it was a hot, exhausting day. I treaded water for awhile, soon realizing no one else was having to tread, everyone was standing. I reached for the bottom, but I couldn't reach, "This is unfair!" I groaned as I couldn't touch the bottom. My arms were burning. Simon laughs, reaching out his arm. I grabbed it happily, firstly barely using it, but soon I just rested on his. We all relaxed for a couple more minutes until heading in, getting ready for the next scene.
-Timeskip to the end of the day-
Mostly for the rest of the day, me, Freya, Emily and Jesse chilled out by the beach while the boys did a bunch of shooting. We were only in two scenes, that one and the last one, which was the one we've been fearing all day. "Time for the spy shoot! Costumes are in the changing room." We all came out in all black, wearing almost identical clothing. I smiled, looking down, I felt like I was in a movie. He split us up into the good and bad guys. The Sidemen were all the good guys, and us girls were the bad guys. Pretty much we hacked the Sidemen channel, posting videos from our own content, and we had changed their account password. They were chasing us to figure out our password. We blocked the scene for the rest of the time, till it was sunset, "Good work guys, now time for the chase part." He explains it, and soon me, Freya, Emily, and Jesse are racing up the stairs, the boys shouting after us, "COME ON GIRLS WE CAN ALMOST MAKE IT!" Soon we break free from the door, I usher the three girls ahead of me, turning back Simon comes right after me, "AND CUT!" I took a deep breath, knowing what was next. They hooked us all up to harnesses. I was one of the first, so I wondered over to the edge, looking out below. There was no traffic because they closed down the roads for this scene...just in case. I felt my heart in my throat, seeing the smaller building far below. The plan was we were going to free fall, and then with editing make it look like we jumped to the other building, but the building was, far, far below. It was obvious if we didn't have harnesses, we'd be dead, but movies over-exaggerate everything, so this made sense. I turned seeing a figure next to me, it was Jesse, "So Y/N, ready for the big climax?" I took a deep breath, "Ready as I'll ever be..." She puts a hand on my arm, "Don't worry at all, we'll be fine, they wouldn't let anything happen to any of us." "Alright guys, are we ready?" I hop up and head over, they explain how the blocking is going to work and camera angles. We all lined up. The three were in front of me, in a row. Then I was in the back, then Simon was in front for his group, seconds behind me, and then the rest of the boys were in file. I bit my lip as we all stood in position, one of the workers showed us how it was going to work, our blocking for each of us. I stared out into the sky, feeling a cool breeze wash over me as I stared into the sun set. Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder, looking back I saw Simon's eyes. They were a dull blue, looking down at me, "Y-Your hands are shaking..." I looked down, realizing they were. I gulped, quickly grabbing them with my hands, trying to make them stop. "O-Oh..." I mouthed, not really sure what to say. "One more thing, don't turn the nob, it allows more or less slack on your ropes, but we put yours all to the certain amount. Losing it can be dangerous, okay? Now get into your places!" He says, Simon steps away, looking like he wanted to say more. I took one last glance at him and he gave me a reassuring nod. "ACTION!" He yells, "GO GO GO!" Screams Freya as we all race across the building. I watch the ladies jump in front, trying not to scream. I jumped, feeling my feet kick out in front of me, Simon was right behind me, soon everyone was off the building. It felt like everything was going in slow motion, the wind ripped at my clothes as we all free falled. Looking up, I saw my rope dwindle, making my heart stop in my chest. It dwindled till there was nothing left and I felt a snap.
Simon's POV
"SIMON!" I heard a shriek of terror rip through my eardrums, making me go cold, looking down Y/N's rope was barely holding on. Looking up I remembered what he said. I loosened my rope almost all the way, then reaches out for Y/N, I grabbed her hand barely, just in time, just as her rope snapped "SIMON!" She screamed as she tried to pull herself up. She was freaking out. "DON'T LOOK DOWN! CALM DOWN!" But it felt like my words were just being carried by the wind. Striking pain filled my hand as I held onto her. It was the one I hurt during the match. I gritted my teeth as I held onto her. Looking down, I could see the ground still far away. Looking up I saw the others stopped way farther up, all of them screaming after us. I took a deep, steadying breath and used all my strength to pull her up, but there was a huge gust of wind, causing her hand to slip from my own, I tightened just in time, feeling the pain from my wrist overwhelming. I felt like I was going to throw up, "S-Simon!" She cried, "Simon...you...need too..." I could see tears streaming down her face in fear. I couldn't hear the rest of what she said, her voice was being carried by the wind. Finally I was able to pull her up, she quickly wrapped her legs around my waist, and her arms around my upper back, "S-Simon I-I..." She was hyperventilating, shaking. I wrapped my arm around her so tight, using the other one to hold onto the rope, gritting my teeth at the striking pain, but I just felt safer hanging onto the rope, just in case my harness snapped. The harness creaked, it was one of the smaller ones, so it wasn't able to hold this much weight. I held onto her even tighter, just praying that both of our feet will touch the ground soon. I felt tears on my cheeks, but I didn't remember crying. I was stunned in silence. How could this of even happened? This was super safe, they've done scenes like this with professional actors before, we only got the best....but all I could focus on was her in my arms, her sobbing and shaking. She looks down, and I could see she was deathly pale, "Shhh it's alright now...." She rest her head on my shoulder, burying her head in my neck, shaking. Tension on my harness grew harder as the rope started to weaken. At the nose she let out a cry, only making her hold me tighter, "We're going to be okay...we're going to be okay.." I chanted softly over and over, mostly to help her, but a lot to make me believe it. I could see the others urgently getting pulled up, soon all of them were off their harness, but us. Y/N's now broken string was still attached to her. We were below the building of where we were supposed to be jumping too, we just dangled as the rope stretched and stretched. . I felt nauseous and light-headed. All of the adrenaline was wearing off, leaving me shaken. Soon they were in one of the buildings windows. They carefully brought us in, close enough in reach. They pulled us in, and I never felt more thankful to have my feet on the ground. I stumbled through the window, and the boys immediately pulled both of us in. Y/N still was in the same position she was in. Her legs wrapped around my waist and her head buried in my neck. I could feel everyone breathe with relief. "W-We should give them some space..." Says Josh reluctantly as everyone pulls away. Y/N lifts up her head, and loosens her legs. I lower her carefully to the ground, only hurting my hand worse. Her hair was tangled, her face stained with tears, and her entire body quivering. Harry quickly stepped up, grabbing her arm as slumped into him, to shock to do anything. JJ quickly comes to my side, helping me to a couch. Now sitting, I realized we were in someone's apartment, a little girl was peering around the corner, looking frightened. A younger women had her arm wrapped around her child protectively. Throughout the apartment were a least a dozen crew members. I closed my eyes, rubbing my head as I leaned back, steadying my breaths. I felt extremely nauseous and light-headed. After a moment I opened my eyes, looking over at Y/N. She brought her knees to her chest, and had her head buried between them. She was shaking, and was still hyperventilating. Josh was by her side, having his arm on her back, talking to her, telling her she was okay. JJ came over, sitting next to me, "Think on the bright side! We got awesome footage!" I smiled, there was no way I was ever doing that again...JJ lifts an eyebrow concerned, "Simon you're really pale..." I shook my head, leaning forward so my elbows were on my knees, having my face cupped in my hands. "C-Come on! It's nothing compared to the time we went skydiving..." But even he could tell what he was saying wasn't true. When we went skydiving, nothing went wrong. Soon Vik was sitting next to me on the couch too, "Simon...you loosening your rope was extremely dangerous...yours could of snapped too..." Crew members then came up to us, taking off our harnesses. They took them carefully, being careful not to damage them. They took off swiftly, analyzing the damage. "I had to loosen my rope, I had to risk it, if I didn't....Y/N would of...she would of...ugh." I grimaced in pain, shaking out my wrist. Vik looks down at it intently, then back down at the floor. We all sat their in stunned silence. The others stood around us, looking just as shaken. Freya's face was wet with tears, so was Y/N's and Jesse's. They all hugged each other silently. With my good arm I grabbed JJ's arm, calming myself down. I squeezed my eyes shut for a moment, but the only thing I saw was Y/N dangling their, filled with fear. I almost dropped her...almost let her die...