16 Dares

Skydiving

"Congratulations Miss. Jones you passed your text!" My drivers ed teacher informed me. "Cool, thanks" I say quickly, before climbing out of the car. I walk into the building with my teacher, and she takes me to a small room, with a camera. I collapse in the chair, while my teacher turns the camera on. "Ready Miss. Jones?" he asks."yup" I reply. He begins the countdown, and I smirk for the camera. I'm not big on being told to smile. A moment later, the flash goes off, nearly blinding me. "Here you go, and have a nice day" My teacher tells me, handing me my license. Let the fun begin.

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I pull into my driveway, and hop off my skateboard. Oh my gosh. Is that what I think it is? In the driveway, there sat a black, brand new, two-door jeep, with a vibrant red bow, placed carefully on top. Is this for me? Dropping my skateboard on the lawn, I sprint through the thick grass, up the front steps, and burst through the frontdoor, to see a note placed on the glass table.

"Dear Skyler,

This is for you. I hope you like it. I'm sorry I'm not here today, but I had an emergency meeting in San Diego. See yo soon.

-Dad"

On top of the note was a pair of keys. Car keys, to be exact. Fist pumping the air, I grabbed my keys, and decided to go to Riley's.

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Pulling up beside her house, I texted her to come outside. Two minutes later she walked outside. Her jaw dropped when she saw my new car. "Oh my gosh, Skyler, lets go somewhere, anywhere, and show this sucker off" She exclaims. She disappears inside her house, and returns with her phone and wallet. Climbing in, she examines  every detail of the car. "what are you waiting for? Lets go!" She yells in excitement.

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"Who's going with me?" I demand to know. "Nobody. It's your dare, you have to face it alone. Unless you too chicken..." Sam says slyly. "I'm not chicken! I'm doing it!" I snap. "Gosh Skyler, don't get your panties in a twist" Sam says with a shrug. "Ugh don't say that word!" I scream. People turn to stare at me in the hallway. "What?!" I scream again. People turn away, and begin whispering. Whatever. "Way to be subtle" Sam remarks, snickering. Rolling my eyes, I slam Sam's locker shut, and left her standing at her locker. Suddenly my phone vibrated from my back-pocket. It was from Blake. "Did u pass the test?" the text read. I quickly wrote back saying "Ya... idk why tho since i hit a trashcan" Less than thirty seconds later I got a reply. "Remind me 2 never let u drive me anywhere" Rolling my eyes I sent my response "Haha very funny" Soon after, a new message popped up on my phone. "U know it ;)" Smiling to myself, I slid my phone back into my pocket, and went to lunch. 

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"Are you ready?" Tess yells over the engine. "Lets do it!" I yell back. I sttod at the open door of the plane.

"5

4

3

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1"

"JUMP!" 

And with that, I leaped out of the plane, and began to fall to the earth. If you have never experienced jumping out of a plane, let me tell you something about it. IT'S THE MOST TERRIFYING THING YOU COULD EVER DO! Nearing the ground, I pulled the rope, to make my parachute appear, and guess what? The rope got jammed! This is it I'm going to die! I began yanking the rope, and about six yards before hitting the ground, the parachute popped open! Unfortunately, I was going down too quickly, and was a 99.9% chance of crash-landing. I got closer and closer, and was wildly thrashing around, when a strong guhst of wind, pushed me farther to the left. And thank heavens, when I began to land, Joey, was standing right in the spot where I would land. My feet knocked Joey on the ground, and before i knew it, I landed, sprawled out on Joey's back. "Ugh! Skyler what'd you eat for lunch?'' Joey groans from underneath me. Chuckling slightly, I felt a pair of hands roll me over, off of joey, and onto my back. "How was it?'' Rocky's eager face popped up in front of mine. "In one word... Terrifying" I declare.

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Picture of Sam to the side >>>>>>>>>>>>