“You’re scared of the swings and you’re not scared of this?” I giggled nervously.
“Hey, I never said I wasn’t scared!” Luke winked.
“You guys are adorable.” Chet laughed and we turned around to look at him. “Smile!” he said, continuing to take pictures of us.
“Alright, who’s ready to get the show on the road!” Chet said rubbing his hands together. We followed him to the side of the cliff where a zip line was set up at a decline. Luke went first hollering along the way. As Chet hooked me up and I stared over the edge. I could see Luke giving me a thumbs up in the distance with his signature grin. I waved to him and took a deep breath as Chet pushed me over the edge.
I clutched the strap in front of me as I plummeted down the zipline at lightning speed. The wind blew through my hair and although I only must’ve been on the zipline for thirty seconds, I flew through the air like time stood still. I had never felt so alive. I approached Luke and he pulled me up on the platform with a kiss.
We continued on and enjoyed the other zip line. The next one was pretty bumpy with lots of twists and turns. We continued our walk to the next platform. We crossed a bridge and approached a completely decked out treehouse. It was completely naturally made. Even the inside had wood carved furniture.
“Let’s take a little break here. Grab some water and cool down.” There was a water cooler in the corner of the room and Chet got us each a cup. We sat on refinished tree stumps and sipped from paper cups.
We headed to the second to last zip line and I could tell it was going to be beautiful. It was on the edge of the cliff overlooking the beach. As I soared up above with the wind in my hair, I was mesmerized by the ocean kissing the shore over and over again.
“It’s time, my friends!” We walked to the edge of the cliff and peeked over. We were about a hundred feet above the sand. The zipline was a U shape. “You lovebirds want to go together?” Chet smiled. My heart started beating out of my chest.
“Let’s do this Sutton. Together.” Luke grabbed my hand and Chet started hooking us up to the zipline.
“Okay friends. Luke, I want you to wrap your arms around her.” I stood in front of Luke hooked up to his chest. We were both attached to a zipline too. Luke wrapped me up in his arms.
“There’s one rule I have personally about this zipline. You have to do it backward.” Chet walked us to the platform on the edge and I gasped. Luke squeezed me tight.
“Sometimes you just gotta take a leap and hope that it’ll all work out.” and with that, Chet gave us a push over the edge.
The feeling of falling over that edge was amazing. I could just picture Luke behind me with that signature grin on. We went back and forth on the U until we slowed down enough to be pulled over to the platform.
“How was it?”The girl who helped unhook us asked. “Amazing.” Luke and I both said in unity.
On the ride home, Luke drove with one hand on my thigh and a permanent smile. “I could do this every day forever, Sutton.” He said looking over at me.
“Yeah the zipline was really something special; thank you so much for allowing me to experience it with you.”
“Well yeah, I agree I loved the zipline but I meant this.” He said squeezing my thigh.
“Just doing life with you. This passenger seat was made for you.” He leaned over and quickly planted a kiss on my cheek. I grabbed his hand and held it.
“I promise you Sutton I don’t want you to worry. It might be hard to be apart for now but you are mine and you are the only person in the entire world who I want to spend my life with.”
“I love you, Luke.” I replied.
I rolled over in my bed the next morning and stretched. I picked up my phone off the floor next to my bed and checked the time. It was ten. Whatever today’s activity was I apparently still had the option of sleeping in. I dropped my phone onto my chest and it buzzed.
Day 2 of our amazing fun will begin at noon. Please get ready. An average summer day outfit will do with a bathing suit of course. Oh and get Gia ready too. She’s coming with us. It was signed with a kissy face.
I got up and pulled a bikini, black tank top, and a pair of jean shorts out of my drawer. I set off to take a shower and then find Gia. After my shower, I walked into the living room. There she was sitting on the couch in a tie-dye romper with a purse on her shoulder peering out the window.
“Hey, Gia! Guess what? Luke said you get to come with us on our adventure today!” I said taking a seat beside her and leaning my head on the windowsill next to her.
“I know Sutton! He told me yesterday but I had to promise with all my heart that I wouldn’t tell you! I can keep a good secret! And guess what? Ronnie gets to come too because I kept it!” Gia clapped and jumped up and down.
