Christopher wrote the number pattern below. The first term is 8. 8,6,8,7,10

8 goes to 6 that's - 2 then goes back to 8 then goes to 7 that's - 1 add - 1 and - 2 and you get - 3 but you add it like before so it's 7 to 10 so then it's 10 - 4 to 6 then goes back to 10 to where you add 4 to get 14