53 Junkie? (1/2)

At the Skydiving Center, Samantha just finished her jump and was about to leave when she met Kai at the lobby.

”Hey, Kira! You going home?”

Samantha turned to her side, ”Yup. Why?”

”Let's go grab some coffee.”

Samantha chuckled, ”No, thanks, Kai.”

”Tch, when will you ever let your guard down for me?”

”I don't have time to date around, Mister. Why don't you invite Chelsea over there? You know she has been crushing on you for a long time.”

Kai looked at the blonde haired girl from afar, ”Yeah… she's just a friend.”

Samantha didn't reply and gave him a friendly punch on his arm.

”Kai!!”, a man from the entrance called Samantha's friend.

When Kai saw the man, he brightened up, ”River!! Dude! I thought you were coming tomorrow!”

”Well, I got bored so I came early!”, he said after exchanging a fist bump with Kai.

Kai introduced Samantha to his friend, ”Kira, this is my friend River. He's also into all sorts of jumping.”, Kai said as he snickered.

Samantha and River shook hands and Samantha got curious, ”All sorts of jumping?”

River nodded, ”I'm a skydiver too, I also do bungees and cliff dives.”

”Cliff diving… I've never tried that actually.”, said Samantha, her curiosity was piqued.

Kai hooked his arm around his friend, ”Well, if you want to try, River is the best man to teach you. He's been cliff diving for as long as I can remember.”

The three of them talked for a while until they've decided to go cliff diving in the afternoon. Samantha went home and packed some stuff and took a quick nap before she met Kai and River at their meeting place.

The cliff diving location that they've decided was the nearest one, it was only 30 minutes from the city. The cliff was at around 13 meters high. Kai and River arrived first and a few minutes later Samantha arrived with her black Bugatti Chiron with red accents.

”*whistle* I didn't know your friend Kira is loaded.”, River nudged his friend.

”Yeah, I don't really know how rich she is. She's quite mysterious. Nobody knows her background.”

”Is that why you like her coz she's got deep pockets?”

”What? Of course not! She's… a nice girl.”

”Pfft. You? And a nice girl? Hahaha.”

Kai playfully wrestled River under his arm, ”What are you laugh---”

”Sorry, did you wait long?”, Samantha said as she walked towards them.

”Nope, we just got here too. Let's go.”

They started to walk towards the edge while River explained the basics with Samantha. Since it isn't Samantha's first time to do extreme sports, it wasn't hard for her to understand.

After explaining, River showed his moves first. He jumped from the edge of the cliff and a splash was heard from the water below. Kai turned to Samantha and gave her a smile, ”Kira, are you sure you wanna do this?”

”Absolutely!”

”All right, I'll see you down there.”

Kai ran towards the edge and jumped. Samantha's heart thumped as the feeling of excitement came over her. At that moment, she wasn't in the plane, rather she was at a cliff about to jump in the water. She took a step forward and looked down to check once more as if making sure that the water was still there.

”Kira!! Jump!”

”Jump Jump Jump!”

Samantha breathed in and out, ”No parachutes for you this time Samantha. It's just 13 meters, you've jumped higher in the sky, what are you so worried about?”. After a few more seconds of giving herself a pep talk, Samantha lifted her foot off the edge of the cliff and let herself drop vertically and went into the water.

She felt a surge of adrenaline as soon as she jumped and it was the closest feeling to what she experienced on her first skydive. Although it was very quick, she was very satisfied.

”That was perfect!”, River complimented her as soon as she surfaced.

And that's how Samantha began to cliff dive. They dove again a few more times before they called it a day. Cliff diving was another thrilling activity for Samantha, it's very dangerous but it was something that she craved for.

Just when she arrived home and started cooking for her dinner, her phone rang.

”Speak.”