Crash ~Justin Bieber~

Chapter 39 ~ The Threat Of Falling

(Rachel's POV)

On the morning of the first 'Fear Factor' stunt I woke up with a sick feeling in my stomach. I wasn't worried that Bonnie had threatened to burn down our room's curtains, or that our 'Fear Factor' uniforms left little to the imagination, I was worried for a reason that I couldn't understand.

"It's just nerves" Justin promised me as we boarded the bus, "Nerves are a good thing"

He scooted me over to the window seat.

"And Rache - I like your uniform" "Shut up Justin!"

"Shut up Dus-"

"I'm not in the mood!!"

The bus trip didn't take long and once we arrived at our destination I felt my nerves increase drastically. The building was nearly seventy stories high.

"We are going to the rooftop!" Joe announced.

Joe Rogan was the host of Fear Factor and he was kind of Justin and Randy's idol. They had both asked for his autograph during the bus trip and Joe had taken a great liking to the blue team.

"We better not be bungee jumping!" Monet complained, "I don't trust harnesses and I do not support the act of jumping!"

"What do you mean you don't support jumping?" Randy asked.

"I don't support the activity"

"Why?"

"Because I think it encourages rebellion..."

Monet said a lot of strange things that didn't make any sense and I had learnt not to ask questions.

"Do you think its bungee jumping?" I asked Justin.

"No, that's too simple"

Bungee jumping would be easy. I would be jumping as Justin's partner and he would do all of the scary stuff for me. I could just shut my eyes and hope for the best.

But when I got up to rooftop I saw that Justin would not be bungee jumping at all.

"Oh man..." Justin gasped, "Look!"

I looked up and saw a man and a woman hanging out over the edge of the rooftop. The man was harnessed upside down to a platform that extended out over the open air. He was tied to the platform by his feat and he was viewing the seventy floor drop face down with his arms hanging towards the ground.

"What's he holding..." Monet stared, "Oh my gosh it's a woman!!"

The man was holding his partners hands in his grasp.

"This is your first task!" Joe announced.

Although the woman's feet were facing the ground she was in a much worse position then the man was. If the man let go, the woman would fall. She would be the one to take the bungee jump and he would remain hanging on the platform.

"The guys are going to have onto hold the girls for as long we they can..." Justin guessed.

"And when you can't hold on anymore.... and you let go... we will fall..."

Just as I said those words the man released the woman and I heard an ear-shattering scream. We all ran to peek over the edge of the rooftop and we saw that she was swinging back and forth in her harness, right at the base of the building.

"So the guys don't even have to fall?" Monet asked.

"No, just us..." I answered.

After the man released the woman the platform mechanically moved back to the rooftop. It lowered and he was unharnessed. He took no fall.