Chapter 2: Falling.
"No way." Rose frowned stubbornly in disbelief. She had heard of playing the game this way before but never had she done it herself. The Doctor, on the other hand, was still trying to get his head around the rules. "So if you ask me whether I'd rather a bath in spaghetti or a swordfight in a banana suit, I would literally have to do the option I would rather." Jack smiled evilly, "Yes and you have to do it or else you forfeit the game." Rose put her hands on the round wooden table they were sitting at and put her head in them. Although the gesture signalled she was upset about the idea however she actually wasn't too opposed to it.
"So are you in?" Jack was impatient to start the game, his fingers were constantly rapping on the table. "Yeah, I think so. Doctor?" The Doctor looked slightly pale, but agreed. "Well, seeing as I had the idea, I think it's only right I start the game," Jack looked briefly to the Doctor, then turned to Rose and said, "Rose Tyler, would you rather jump 25m from a tree, or eat 25 hotdogs?" Rose groaned, "Oh, I don't know! I don't have a very big stomach so I think I would jump from the tree." As soon as the words left her mouth the Doctor jumped up from his chair with a stricken look on his face. "Rose, you'll break something!" She shook her head with a smile playing at her mouth. "No, no, Doctor I won't! Nowhere did Jack say that I couldn't fall onto a mattress. Did you Jack?" Jack silently cursed loopholes. "Now, where's my tree?"
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The trio traipsed into the Console Room and the Doctor quickly navigated to the nearest park. This particular park happened to be on Goei 5, and looked like any normal park, with a playground and trees and bushes and seats, however the playground was unusually miniature and the trees were grey and red. And abnormally tall. "Jack, would you mind getting a mattress from a spare bedroom please." The Doctor said as they found a tree with a low lying branch that (they assumed) lay about 25m from the ground. "Scared yet, Tyler?" The Doctor asked, nudging her in the ribs. She returned the favour by pinching his arm, "Ow, I'm never doing that again!" Rose laughed half heartedly. "I am getting sort of scared though. Don't laugh if I scream." The Doctor crossed his fingers in his head. "I won't. You can count on me."
Jack returned to the tree with the mattress and after receiving a leg-up from Jack, climbed the tree to the chosen branch. She was really scared now, Jack was going to pay so badly for this. "Okay, after three," She yelled, "One," Damn, this is really high, "Two, Just do it Rose! "THREE!" She jumped.
The air whipped her hair and she curled up into a ball. Vaguely, she was aware of the Doctor and Jack 'whooping' and calling her name but she was more focused on her landing. VWOOMP! The mattress almost threw her off as she landed, on her side, hands wrapped tightly around her legs. "Woo-Hoo! Yes, Rose! You did it." Jack was ecstatic from the look on his face. The Doctor was more concerned with Rose's physical self. "Are you okay? You didn't break anything?" Rose brushed him off, "I'm fine, maybe a bruise or two in the morning, but I'm fine."
On their way back to the TARDIS, Rose edged closer to Jack just to whisper in his ear and said "It is so on, mate."