Fall For You

19 | 𝐵𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑒 𝐽𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔

𝐶𝐻𝐴𝑃𝑇𝐸𝑅 𝑁𝐼𝑁𝐸𝑇𝐸𝐸𝑁

"Not happening guys!"

Jennie was being lightly restrained by her friends.

The three of them were standing beneath the 63 meter bungee building of Gangwon-do.

A tall man with a salt and pepper beard was explaining safety rules to them with eight other crazy people standing in line to get upstairs with them.

Several members of the XGAMES RESORT staff were checking the equipment for the tenth time—causing Jennie to feel an over stimulating rush of worry flood through her veins.

"It's going to be fine." Hobi whispered. "My dad took me when I had my birthday last year, and I've went about three times ever since." Hobi nodded and smiled ecstatically. "They are a top notch company. It's safe." He gave two thumbs up.

"Then why did I have to sign a CONSENT FORM?!"

"I told you she wouldn't do it." Hobi whispered to Rosie.

"She's doing it." Rosie whispered back in a sing-song pitch, which was beginning to annoy her.

"If I'm doing this, then can you two shut up so I know how
not to die!" Jennie's whisper turned the entire crowd toward her. She guessed her whisper wasn't exactly a whisper anymore.

The instructor cleared his throat. "Okay, guys! It's a packed day today, and we're burning daylight!"

Crazy person number one was being strapped to crazy instructor number one.

All new jumpers had to go down with an instructor.

Jennie didn't see how adding weight to the rope was supposed to make her feel safer.

She considered making a run for it—but Rosie caught her after half a step.

"It's my birthday!" Jennie cried out after Rosie clung onto her arm.

"Shouldn't I get to pick how we celebrate? Whatever happened to cake and ice cream?" She continued to explain.

"You're gonna love it. The adrenaline is a total rush!" Hobi looked so excited. He was definitely deranged. "I'm gonna go ahead of you. Just watch me."

"You need to do this Jen! Trust me." Rosie turned her back around to watch other bungee participants.

"How could scaring the crap out of myself, be beneficial?" Her whisper had become a whine. Crazy person number three was bouncing away at the end of that rope.

"Well, you have a tendency to avoid scary things. I figure if you can jump off a bridge—calling Taehyung will be much easier for you."

"Roseanne! Can you just leave it alone! I'm not celebrating my birthday by throwing myself off a bridge!"

"Happy birthday."

They both turned to find one of the instructors. He was probably a couple years older than them, but not old
enough to have been doing this very long.

"You're my instructor?" Jennie made a face. She was getting more doubtful by the minute.

"You don't look pleased." He smiled at her and handed over the harness she needed to wear. "That's too bad. I'm Jackson." He pointed to where his name was stenciled onto his shirt.

"Jennie." She shook his hand.

"No offense, but could I maybe wait for someone... more experienced?"