Sorry this is getting posted a day late, yesterday got away from me. So here it is!
Day 10. J is for Jump.
It wasn't that far to the water, but Annabelle felt the cliff stood twenty feet higher.
"Come on, Anna," one of her classmates, Natalia, whined. "You can do it. It's not far. Just jump."
Annabelle took a deep breath. A step closer to the edge. The water swirled and churned, looking like it would suck her to its depths and take her life. Annabelle gulped.
"We'll do it after you," another, Jennifer, needled.
Annabelle nodded. That's right. They would jump too. It was part of their pact.
"Ready, Annabelle?" The quiet one of the class, Chloe, said and stepped up beside her. Chloe took her hand.
"What are you doing?" Annabelle asked.
"No use in you going alone." Chloe smiled. "On three."
Annabelle nodded.
"One."
Annabelle clutched Chloe's hand.
"Two."
She took a deep breath.
"Three."
Together the two took the final step and jumped off the cliff. Annabelle sucked in a breath and she felt Chloe do the same.
Closer and closer the water came. Plunging into the water, Annabelle immediately began kicking, kept her hand locked with Chloe's, and swam to the surface.
They broke the surface and grinned at each other, their classmates cheering from above.
"We did it." Chloe said.
"We did," Annabelle echoed and the two began their journey to the shore.
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