(A/N: I've never been cliff diving before, so my description of it is probably inaccurate. Live with it.)
The third time they meet at the cliffs, Jacob convinces Leah to go cliff diving with him.
"It's like nothing else in the world," he says. "It makes you forget everything else. When you're cliff diving, it's just you and the water."
They walk to the edge of the cliff together, and Jacob says, "I'll go first to show you how it's done. I don't want you dying because of this or anything."
"I'm not going to die, Jacob," Leah argues, but she watches him cliff dive into the dark water below them.
That doesn't look too hard, Leah thinks before following Jacob into the wavy, black water.
Her thoughts of Sam that constantly plague her mind are gone. The cliff diving numbs her thoughts until she can think only of going down, down, down and plunging into the cool water under her.
The fall lasts forever, and at the same time, it feels like there is only half a second between Leah jumping off the cliff and hitting the water.
"I give that landing a ten," Jacob announces as she pulls her head above the water.
"Thanks," Leah says.
"It was so…freeing," she breathes. "Can we do it again?"
Jacob laughs at her eagerness and smiles a smile he hasn't felt on his face for a long time. "Sure," he answers.
(A/N: Do I even need to tell you to let me know if you see typos and that reviews are love?)