“ A surprise location, on my first date?, I don't know, but should I feel uneasy?.....”
She asked, seated right next to me inside my car, eyes staring at me rather than on the road, giving me her undivided attention, trying to figure out before hand where I am actually taking her.
I would possibly feel the same way, she's risking a lot right now and I know it, she's just trusting me with her safety, even though we're still getting to know each other. I just asked her to trust me on this, but I can tell that the trust is gently wearing off as the drive keeps on.
“ Believe me Daisy on this adventure we're going, there's going to be a second and more, because you wouldn't want Brian to really miss out on this.....”
That looks like a life saver, because the calmness returned, listening to me mentioning a second and a third. I have been learning different things, working, enjoying and showing myself why I have got to do exactly what I do.
Just like Ryan had said, he was trying out on living like me, this was exactly what he was talking about, putting in some risk in between the cautiousness. Prison made me realize that not a single day is a waste, inside there, I thought of many things, many things that involves the aspect of life and how to live it.
When you grow old and aged, you will lose all your youth strength, your body will get weak and you body organs less functional than before, on those days, you'll find yourself always at home, repeating every single day often and often, you wouldn't have something that energizes you, something new to live on, you'll always be on the bed, or eyes fixed on the television, your children, none of them would be around because they have their responsibilities to take, even if you've got grandchildren, they'll be out there with their friends, trying to make memories while you just sit alone at home doing nothing.
Should your grandkids decide to stay home, they might possibly be on their phones as always, looking from the way things are going now, before then, old folks might possibly be forgotten, they wouldn't matter, the young ones will say, they've lived and enjoyed their own time, why should they bother keeping the old company with their own lifetime, those days would come, you can't outrun them as far as you're alive and breathing.
Can I see myself living in an old people's home when those time comes, sure, it would be fun for me to be around the other old folks when those time come, but what would be your own story?, Old people live by their memories of the past, they share with each other their own life stories, they find happiness within each other's memories, wishing they would live that way too when given the opportunity to, but if I never had memories as such as this thrilling ones, would my story be sweet enough for the other to have that feeling of getting their youths back just to experience the same thing as me?.
Getting to the area, she was shocked when she figured out exactly what I was planning, she started jumping slowly up and down, kicking her legs and swinging arms low, her positive reaction showing how thrilled she was about this. Asking her whether she has tried this before, she said she had always loved to experience the feeling, but never knew that she would be trying this one day, which happens to be today.
It was a mixture of fear and pleasure, she did tell me that she was scared about this, everyone is, me too, but am I allowed to show that?, No. It's the responsibility of a man to be the strength of those under him, my courage and bravery drives those under me to do more than they ever believed that they could do, I just have to let her see that I am the strong brick wall that supports her in every aspect, fear is no option for a real man, you can see that from soldiers who are always fighting in a war we know nothing about, they're scared to follow commands, but will they turn away from that command because they're scared?, That's a total big No.
“ We jump in 5....4....3.....2....1....”
My trainer pointed down, 14,000ft from the floor, taking in a deep breath, knowing that I got this shit, with Daisy merged into my kit because we're using one parachute, we made the fall.
Scream erupted from deep down Daisy's lungs, fear gripped her when she realizes that there's no more going back now, we're already falling from 14,000ft off the floor, she has been panicking about this, but I just promised her that she's safe as long as she trusts in me, we're now on this air because she trusted in me, but the scream, the scream will always have to be there. I never told her that this was my first time too, and I never acted like it was, I was just trying to relax and trusting in my trainers advice, following whatever he said I should do.
We now felt like birds, souring in the sky, it doesn't look like we were falling, rather it looks we're lying on a bed of air, everything going smoothly. My attention was also on my wrist watch, waiting for the alert showing that it's about getting 50 seconds, immediately it started notifying me by vibrating, my attention turned to my trainer, with a heavy heart.
He gave me a thumbs up, that's when I pulled the strings, he did his too and the air holds us high. I can hear Daisy's panic, though she was enjoying this as well as me, the panic was always going to be there.
Now putting my learnings to practice after about four minutes flying down with a parachute, Daisy attached to me, I was gently doing the turns to get us to a safe landing.
I pulled it off immediately we landed successfully on the floor, both me and Daisy falling to the floor, I unbuckled the knots holding us together, without saying a word, her lips was on mine, sharing the kiss I already have in mind to give her right now.