I Dare You To Move – Update One

Rachel and Monica walked down the sand dunes towards the shore. "Rachel, I don't know if I want to do this" Monica said. Rachel turned to her best friend and put her hands firmly onto her shoulders and shook her. "Monica, you've done all this work and lost so much weight. Now you look beautiful. So flaunt it."

Monica sighed as she got dragged to the open sand, where she suddenly felt like everyone was looking at her. She tightened her arms around the towel wrapped upon her body. She knew it was stupid to feel insecure now, because she knew she'd lost so much weight. She was so proud of herself. Yet the constant feelings she'd felt everyday of her life were still upon her. She'd never felt any self-confidence in her life and she knew she wasn't about to start now. As soon as Rachel suggested that she buy a bikini and wear it at the local beach, she knew it was a bad idea.

She still envied Rachel, she was perfect in everyway. Her beautiful sandy blonde hair sat flawlessly yet it blew in the wind like beautiful ocean waves. Monica twirled a piece of her brunette hair around her finger as Rachel turned to look at her. "What's wrong?" she asked.

Monica sighed as she realized she had to tell the truth. "Whenever I'm around you, I feel like I can never be as beautiful as you are." Rachel walked up to Monica and put her hands on either side of her face and smiled. "You are beautiful Monica Geller, don't let anyone tell you different. Even yourself."

Monica tried to force a small smile, just to make Rachel feel like she'd succeeded in cheering her up.

Monica was about to speak again when a bunch of guys started walking up to them. Rachel giggled and looked at Monica. "Those are the guys I was talking about. Wanna hang out with them?" Monica smiled nervously towards the guys and then turned to her best friend. "I think I'll just go for a quick walk. I need to clear my head. I'll meet you back here in a bit." Rachel looked at Monica with a worried look on her face. "Okay…" She said with an uncertain tone.

Monica didn't know where she was walking but she just knew she had to get away from all the people, all the eyes she knew were watching her. She knew it was stupid to feel this way, but she just felt anxious, like she didn't belong there.

She kept walking and walking for what seemed like ages until she reached a hill, she could see it would be tough to climb and probably really dangerous. But for some reason she felt an urge to be at the top of it. She wanted to feel alive.

Once Monica reached the top she could see the whole ocean. She could see Rachel in the corner of her eye, splashing around with her model guys. She could see the typical blonde snobs from her school sunbathing their skins off. She was beginning to understand why they are starting to look more like carrots then humans.

She began to walk to the edge of the cliff and she gasped as she saw just how far up she was. Directly below her were piles of rocks. She winced as the waves crashed against them. She wondered how many people actually jumped off the cliff. She knew it wasn't impossible. If she jumped far enough out she could completely miss the rocks altogether.

She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath as she jumped off of the cliff. She suddenly wished she had never done it and she opened her eyes and saw that she was less the metre away from hitting the rocks. She tried to scream but the fall had taken her breath away and she could barely manage to do anything but wait for the landing. She looked down and saw the water right beneath her, she also saw that she was right against the rocks. She entered the water at a rapid speed and she gasped as the water engulfed her.

She thought she'd missed the rocks but then the back of her head smashed into one beneath the surface. She screamed out in pain as she began to black out and her mouth filled with water. She looked around her and realised how beautiful the underwater life is. She slowly closed her eyes and faded out to blackness. The last thing she felt were arms wrapping around her body, making her feel safe and she was no longer scared.