Bits and Pieces

Day 26 - Dare

Write a scene involving a dare.

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"Wait for me here, alright?"

"Alright, alright! You said that like five hundred times already, Kate! Just go!"

I glared at Haley and turned to get on the waiting elevator. Pressing the top floor, I eased my beating heart and tried not to think of how high the building was.

The elevator dinged too soon and it opened. I stepped out and headed to the stairs where the roof was waiting for me at the end.

When I swept open the door, a gust of summer wind hit my face. While it should've had the effect of blowing my hair out of my face elegantly, all it did was surprise me and make me choke on my own spit.

I took a deep breath and walked over to the railing, my heart pulsing in my ears. Taking courage, I peeked over the metal and almost fainted.

Everything was so small and far away. It felt like something was pulling me down the longer I had my head out, so I quickly pulled back, my hand over my thumping chest.

But in spite of my fear, I had to admit that there was a great view of the city, and I whipped out my phone to snap a picture before completing the dare.

I had snagged some beautiful ones when suddenly I spotted something on the other side of the camera.

There was a person! And they were leaning over the railing!

Shocked, I forgot all about being a tourist to roof-land and ran over to them.

Except I guess my feet were a bit too shocked because they tripped over themselves, and I landed with a manly 'oof' on the ground at the feet of that person.

I heard a chuckle through my pain.

"Are you alright?"

When I looked up, a teenage girl was looking down at me with amusement in her green eyes.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I replied as I slowly stood up, "No broken bones." I winced when I breathed in too quickly. "I hope."

Another giggle came from the girl. "What were you doing?"

I froze from patting down my hair and clothes at her question. "Well, I thought that you were, well, doing something, um, dangerous." I smiled awkwardly at her.

The amused glint was back in her eyes as she cocked her head. "And were you planning on saving me?"

"Well, yes. A young girl like you shouldn't be doing something like that," I responded seriously.

The girl sighed as she looked out at the city. "Yeah well. Nothing ever goes the way it should."

She suddenly placed a foot on the first rail, startling me.

"Hey! Wait!" I yelled frantically, keeping my eyes on her other foot.

She turned her head to stare at me, and I used that second to try and distract her from doing what I feared her to be doing.

"Look, I don't know what you're going through right now, but I promise you, whatever it is, it's not worth it," I started out with a gentle voice, holding out my hands in front of me, "Please, just think twice before doing this. Think of the people who love you. What would they do without you?"

To my surprise, the girl scoffed and crossed her arms. "Do you even know what you're saying? Because it sure as fudge isn't doing anything to dissuade me." Actually, she didn't say fudge, she said the other word, but that's not the point.