The Johns

Fall, everything

"Henry?" I said and he chuckled and motioned me to come closer.

"It took you an hour after 7 to come here?" He asked sarcastically. I scoffed at his remarks.

"It was tiring, are you a horse for coming here and not even feeling any kind of fatigue?" I snapped at him. He laughed.

"No, I was hoping you couldn't find me yet so that I can compose myself well." He siad then stared at the night sky. I also looked at the night sky.

"Never would've thought it's a full moon tonight." I said.

"We only held initiations during a full moon." I looked at him and caught him looking at me. "You look even more beautiful when wearing something like that." He gazed back at the night sky. "You should wear something like that everyday. Then maybe I can even fall for you."

"Thanks but this is only for tonight. Sorry dude." I said and he laughed.

"I already know that." We looked at each other at the same time. "So the dare."

"Yeah, what are you going to ask me to do?" I looked at him with curiosity. He looked at the sky.

"If you can take a leap of fate, no rather, a jump of fate. Would you do it?" He asked.

"If it's fate, one should face it head on." I said smiling because that what A.I thought us during training. He looked back at me.

"Then I dare you to jump to the ground from the edge of the railings." He said it straightforwardly.

"What?" Well I can do it but I can only do it if it's only like 10 meters from the floor. Dude we're something like a hundred meters above.

"And you have 10 minutes to get it over with." He added. I was debating with myself if I should do it, but I would die. There are no roofs or anything that can break my fall. If I jump it's my end already. I felt Henry coming cloer to me. "Unless you want to do the consequences behind the dare." He smirked.

"Wai-" he cut me off. He grabbed my left arm and made me come cloer to him. We were legit so close to one another.

"It's only simple though." He whispered to my left ear making me shiver down to the spine. "Just ki-" I broke the contact.

"I'll jump." His eyes were wide but then turned back to normal.

"Whatever you say, mademoiselle. You have 8 minutes and 17 seconds left." He walked to the chair in the middle and sat there. "I'll be waiting." He said. I looked at how high I am going to jump and gosh it's like skyscraper high.

I moved to the railings and stepped on it. I can feel gravity pulling me down and the wind is cold and not even helping me at all.

"Jump." Henry said behind me. Even though I can't see him, I can feel he is smirking. I maneuvered myslef so that I am facing him. "I'm waiting~" He cooed. He looked at his watch. "4 minutes left."

"I'll poison you one day." I said and he laughed.

"Sure and I'll kiss you on the spot for you to have some poison as well." He said. Then I jumped backwards.

The feeling was amazing, wel amazing and scary. I saw Henry going to the railings to see me falling downwards. He just waved at me then gave me a thumbs up and he left already. I was getting ready for the contact of the ground but it didn't happend. I opened my eyes and saw Jake smiling.

"Didn't I told you I'll protect you?" He said. He was carrying me bridal style and he made me stand up. I lost balance and he catched me again. "Dude, you okay?" I punched his right shoulder.

"How did you catch me?" I exclaimed. "And when did you dyed your hair?" It was bright orange now.

"You weren't there to catch me so I caught you instead." He smiled. What? "Anyways you completed Henry's dare so you do the next one and I dyed my hair when it was 4, you were so slow."

"Your the second one?" He nodded then he leads me to the mansion's garden.

"So how much time you got left before jumping?" He asked as we walked at this eeirie garden.

"4 minutes, he only gave me 10 minutes to complete the dare." He laughed at my expression. "Like I was contemplating either to jump or just do the consequences." He suddenly stopped walking.

"You shouldn't do the consequences, it's the same for all of us." He grabbed my hand and interwined it with his. While we walked under the moonlight, I saw a well coming to the view.

"Is that a well?" I asked and he smiled.

"Yeah, a wishing well. Want to take a closer look?" I nodded and we ran towards it. I looked inside the well and I couldn't see the bottom.

"Wow, it's so deep." I said. "Do you have any coins? I want to make A wish."i said. Jake took a penny from his pockets and gave it to me. I threw it to the well and wished.

"You shouldn't waste your time though." I gave him a questioning look. "I wished for the same thing everyday for 7 years and it didn't came true."

"Well, maybe your wish is so stupid the well didn't bother to make it come true." He laughed.

"Yeah, she is stupid but heck I waited for her to notice." My eyes became big.

"Was it Gwyneth? I'm sorry." I said and just laughed harder.

"Nevermind that." He came closer to me. "Your dare by the way." He was only a few inches away from me.

"What is it?" He was right in front of me and I didn't even budge. We're friends, I'm used to it.

"I dare you to kiss me." He said and his eyes were screaming something I don't know.

"Ja-" He cut me and wrapped his arms at my waist.

"And if Henry gave you 10 minutes well I'm just giving you 10 seconds." He said. "Unless you want to do the consequences." He was looking at me and I couldn't look straight. I must do it, it's Jake, it's alright.

I kissed him on his lips and just before I pull out, he embraced me closer deepening the kiss. I didn't know what I was doing and my arms just wrapped around his neck. We moved closer to the well, he made me jumped to make my legs wrap his waist. He placed me carefully to the railings of the well. I broke the kiss and both of us were panting. He took both of my arms out of his neck and placed one of my hand to his chest area. His heart was beating rapidly.

"Jake." I said he just smiled.

"Always remember I'm here for you." He kissed my palm. "You don't need to answer now but I'll be waiting." He kissed me one more time on the lips before I felt myself falling once again. He pushed me to make me fall inside of the well and I'm falling once again.

It didn't hurt much since there was a pool at the bottom of the well.

"Wait, a pool?" I was drenched in water and my clothes were wet. I swam to the end of the pool and when I got out, there was someone there handing me a towel.

"I'm liking this view, thank you very much."