Nineteen

“Promise me you’re not going to chicken out?” Nathan says, holding his pinky fingers towards me.

“I promise,” I link my pinky with his. Nathan and I start to get prepared for the dive. My heart refuses to calm down, but I promised Nathan and I’m not the one to break promises. I value them.

Nathan hollers as he makes the first jump and my face breaks into a wide beam. I made Nathan check one of the items on his bucket list.

“Are you ready?” the trainer asks me, and I nod, adjusting the GoPro I’m wearing. Nathan and I decided to wear them to document the experience and we can also film one another.

“We’ll jump on three,” the trainer announces, and I gulp, looking down outside the plane door. I can see nothing but clouds from up here. “One, two.” He doesn’t wait until three and makes the jump and I scream at the top of my lungs. It feels like I’m falling to my death.

After a matter of seconds, my screams die and I take a deep breath. The air keep