The Hidden

The Cliff

------------------------Eliza's POV ------------------------

  "What did I get myself into?"  I thought to myself as I stood on the edge of a very high cliff staring down into the deep ocean.

"COME ON ELI FUCKING JUMP!" someone screamed at me from below, I couldn't tell who it was, all my friends were down there but I dared not look down to see who was screaming. They were all waiting. For me. To jump. I gulp, terror clawing deep in my bones.

"I......I.. I can't" I stutter, with a face of pure terror." This wasn't a good idea guys I'll just climb down" I add.

I was alone up there, everyone had already jumped and I wanted to go last, for obvious reasons of course. I just could not stop thinking of what could go wrong. Oh god that was my speciality. I thought of easily 100 ways this could be the end of me. It wasn't even hard, I mean plenty and I mean plenty of things could go wrong when you are jumping off a 20 foot high cliff into the ocean in the middle of the fucking night. I decide not to jump and turn around to climb down. Just as I take my first step Brandon comes running up to the top. He tackles me off the cliff, but I held on to him so he went down with me. As we were falling I let go of Brandon. I made it to the ocean and everyone cheered as I swam up to catch my breath. But Brandon was no where to be found. The pitch black darkness didn't help either.

"Didn't he jump of of with you?" My best friend Milana asked

"Yeah he did where is he?" I said quite worried

"Whatever he probably got out of the water or something" Milana said as she browsed the little part of the ocean me and my fiends where taking up.

A few minutes had passed since I jumped off and we are all just kind of playing around. When we heard the car door slam hard and just assume it was Brandon getting a towel so Rene screams " HEY BE CAREFUL WITH MY CAR BRANDON DON'T BREAK THE DOOR"

"OK BRO WHATEVER" a voice coming from the car responded. It sounded like Brandon but different. I couldn't put my finger on it out some thing was off.

We all just continued swimming for about 15 more minutes.

"Hey guys I think we should be heading out" Zoe said to us as she swam to the shore.

"Ok let's go everyone" Milana yells at the rest of my friends in the water.

We all came together to this hidden place at the beach. It's kind of like our spot. We usually get here in two cars and park them as close to the ocean as possible, Milana's car that usually takes the girls, and a car full of the guys that is driven by Rene most of the time. I had never had the courage to jump off so tonight was kind of a big deal for me.

Milana, Zoe, May, Isa and I get out of the water together and wait for the guys so we can say goodbye.

Seconds later, Sebastian, Rene, Nick, and Claus are running towards the shore in such a childish manner. Like usual.
And that's it that's our little group of friends. Well and Brandon, who got out of the water before hand. Where was Brandon anyways ?

Me and my friends started to talk about how I finally jumped and realized I couldn't have done it without Brandon. Where is Brandon? Everyone starts to ask. Slowly we start realizing that we didn't even see him land in the water. Panic. Confusion. But we heard his voice earlier coming form the car. Didn't we?

We start yelling his name and splitting up to search for him, until......

"BRANDON!?!!" a bloody, screeching scream that I still hear sometimes to this day.

There lay, at the bottom of the cliff draped over a big rock, Brandon's bloody lifeless body.