Hi @johamilton, it's been a while since I've checked in with the community. Hopefully I didn't miss too much while I was away! Thanks for the fun contest & the tag. Hoping that my guess is correct! lol
Above and below pattern. The first one of the second row is 1 more than the upper row and the second one of the second row is 2 less then the one in upper row. This pattern is followed. So 2 less than 8 is 6.