Falling Free: A Thrilling Descent into Fear, Courage, and Self-Discovery Tai let out a deep breath. His eyes were closed tightly. Fear and Courage swirled in him like a whirlpool. He knew he needed to relax he had done stuff like this all the time. Not only that but he faced life and death numerous times in the digital world. So why was he scared of something so simple? The plane around him rumbled and it made his stomach turn. Soft footsteps moved towards him but he gave them no heed. A female voice sounded. “Wow you look like you are about to throw up.” Tai opened his eyes. A beautiful woman in her 20’s sat in front of him. He gazed at her lovely face with absolutely perfect rack. Perhaps this wouldn’t be so bad after all. He smiled at her slyly. “Yeah maybe out of boredom. This is taking forever.” “Well if we do this wrong it would be a bit of a disaster. Is this your first time?” “Well sort of but I’ve done a bunch of stuff like this before.” “Really what kind of stuff?” The woman smiled and played with her hair. Tai smiled back. He knew that she was interested in him. Not that he could blame her. He was good looking, charming and feared nothing. He was the ultimate male and he knew it. “Well I’ve done wave boarding, base jumping, MMA, rock climbing and a few other stuff.” “Wow you certainly live an interesting life. Don’t you worry about dieing?” “Living your life everything everyday doing nothing exciting that is real death. I would rather die young then live and do nothing.” The woman blushed and smiled more. “Wow I love to talk about this some more. Maybe after this we can head out for a drink.” “Sure thing.” “I’m Kayla by the way.” “I’m Tai.” A man walked into the room. “It’s time get ready now.” Tai and Kayla nodded. Tai threw on his parachute and moved to the exit. …the next moment changed everything
