Writing Prompt

My heart racing, just don’t look down I said to myself. Of course I looked down though. It’s just natural human instinct. I wish I hadn’t though, I feel light headed and worried. My date on the other hand, seemed so excited and ready to causally jump off a building.

Completing this task would mean so much to me though, over coming my fear, possibly winning over the guy I’ve been going out with f...

I’m standing at the top of the building getting ready to abseil. I can’t lie, I’m panicking! But I can’t make a bad impression…

“Hey are you okay?” He asks, his voice was soft with a hint of worry. I looked up at him and nodded, “we don’t have to do it if you don’t want to?”

I shook my head, “I can do it.” He smiles. “Good luck.” He placed a kiss on my cheek. And with that said, he fell backwar...

The crisp winter breeze nips at my face, as Jennifer fastens the rope around her waist. “See this knot right here? This is how I slowly let out the rope” Jenny explains. All I can feel is my heart pounding against my chest, and the quick vibrations of my Apple Watch. I glance down “high heart rate” I see flash across the screen and think to myself, “gee, no shit Sherlock”.

“Okay, let me help you...

I will never go on a date with an adrenaline junkie again.

I stared at Frazier who was hanging outside of the 4th floor window of the city hall building.

It was National Climbing Day and Prairie Creek, our quaint little town, was very enthusiastic about celebrating it. It’s not like we were home to the best climbers in the world or anything.

The mayor, Monty Matthews, used to be an avid climbe...

“You want to WHAT down a building?” I asked.

“Abseil,” he answered.

“Which is what exactly?” I asked.

“We’ll rappel down,” he said.

I raised my eyebrows.

“We’ll go down the side of the building together,” he said.

I inched closer to the guard rail of the building. I craned my neck over the railing and looked down.

I righted myself and quickly stepped away from the rail.

“Uh, nuh uh. No way...

Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuuuu-

What did I agree to?

So, this guy I really like, and I’ve been talking to him for a while. Ben, his name is- finally asked me out on a date.

He’s funny and smart, and has got one hell of a body. Totally my type. So I was ecstatic when he asked.

Of course I agreed, not even reading his full message. He had a tendency to write long paragraphs to me over explaining stuff...

Lemon pledge and Flo Ride hung heavily in the air. In the shadows in the crook of the hallway, we clung to rough textured walls. I clutched my ribcage to muffle my hammering heart. Jamie gave a subtle nod to the left. We moved in tandem away from the maintenance team to the stairway door.

The hallway was narrow. I could feel my breath quicken as the walls grew closer. Jamie looked back at me. ...

My stomach dropped to my ankles as I glanced over the edge. I couldn’t tell if he could sense the fear swelling in me. John Acosta. He was 5 foot 10 with caramel brown skin. I just had to swipe right. With his profile picture showcasing his muscular build, a smile with a set of beautiful teeth and dimples as deep as the ocean, I couldn’t resist the date offer. I had to see if this piece of God’s a...

Finally,after few weeks of chitchatting,and lot of FaceTime,I am heading toward my date.Well,taking about my date,he seems a cool guy.Been with a lot of men before,not as a relationship but on a date, but somehow I have always found differences whenever,I am on a date with them in real life and online.I wonder how this one will go.I pretty much have feelings for him rather than any other guy aroun...

I thought he was kidding. He was not. I stared ahead to the towering skyscrapers at eye level to the one we stood atop and felt my stomach drop. The dizzying heights nearly knocked me over the edge. Marco put his hand across my stomach to stop me from leaning forward.

“Careful.” He raised his eyebrow, silently questioning why I agreed to do something I clearly wasn’t prepared for.

“Oh, yeah, tot...