Twister stood on the edge of the cliff and stared at the rushing water below. It was a very long way down. It made him dizzy just to look. His thoughts drifted to the last time he was here, four years ago. He remembered the joke that they had played on Lars then. Twister had hung his shirt on a branch hanging over the edge of the cliff. When Lars saw it he thought that Twister had fallen over. It was a pretty harsh thing to do, but Lars totally deserved it after leaving them stranded up there. He remembered how he and Otto laughed for months about the look on Lars's face before Twister finally jumped out of the tree with his video cam. Thinking about it now brought a weak smile to Twister's face, but when he looked back down into the canyon it faded quickly. This time he was going over for real and nobody would be laughing.
"So get it over with already" Twister said out loud to himself. He really didn't want to do it. Then he started thinking again about how his life would be if he didn't do it. He couldn't stand the thought of living like that. Reggie and Otto hated him and Lars never really cared about him to begin with. He had nobody now. He wondered if Reggie and Lars would stay together after he was gone. Maybe she'd be happier with him. Atleast Lars would whomp Otto's brains out if he tried to get in the way, and not even feel bad about it. That was something that Twister just couldn't bring himself to do. Otto was the best friend and he loved him like a brother even though he could be a pain in the ass. His whole body was trembling as he forced his legs to move closer to the edge. He stopped again less than a foot away and tried to build up his courage. "What are you scared or something?" Otto's words played in his mind from yesterday when they were surfing. He'd never be so scared in his life.
Twister was about to step forward again when heard a noise behind him. He turned and saw Reggie, Otto and Lars coming up the path on their bikes.
"DON'T DO IT TWISTER!" Reggie was screaming before they even got close to him.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" he yelled back, wishing that he hadn't waited so long.
'Great.' He thought to himself. THEY were here to try to stop him. THEY were going to pretend like they actually give a shit about him, when he knows that they don't. Weren't THEY were the damn reason he was here TO BEGIN WITH? Now he couldn't even be at peace in his last few minutes on this earth.
They stopped their bikes a good ten feet away from Twister—afraid that getting to close would only piss him off more.
"GO AWAY!" Twister shouted. "I want to be alone. Nothing you say is gonna stop me from doing this."
"Ok Twister, that's fine. Whatever you want to do. Just hear us out first ok?" Reggie said, her voice shaking. Just agree with everything he says she told herself. It worked on TV, right? She prayed that it would work in real life.
"What the hell are you doing Reggie?" Otto whispered. "You just told him to jump!"
"Just let me do the talking." She whispered back.
"I can't believe you three Lame-O's are even here. All of you hate me!"
"You're right Twister. We have been totally harshing you. I see why you feel this way." She said inching closer to him.
"It's like you always say Otto. Go big or don't go at all, right?"
"This isn't exactly what I meant, Twister" Otto said.
"I really wish you didn't have to see this Reggie."
"Me too Twister. I don't want to see you hurt yourself, but I don't want to tell what you what to do either. Its your decision" She said, taking a few more steps.
"I know you want to be with Lars, but I still love you!" His eyes filled with tears again.
Lars finally spoke up "It was totally my fault Twister. I kissed HER. I've liked Reggie for a long time. It hurt me to see her with you so I tried to steal her from you. Now I know that it was a HUGE mistake. I'm sorry bro!"
"Shut up Lars! You ALL are only telling me what I want to hear. You don't really mean ANY of it!" he said and took a step back towards the edge. His heels were only inches away now. Several small rocks broke off and plunged down into the river.
Reggie gasped, not sure how much longer she could stay calm. "Twister I love you, please don't do this. Everything will be ok. Otto said he's cool with us being together and he wants us all to be friends again, right Otto?"
"Yeah." Otto said, his face white as a sheet. "That's what I said bro. I swear! I'm totally cool with it now! I acted like an ass last night. I'm sorry dude! Now why don't we forget about this and lets go rip it up somewhere—all of us?"
"I know you all think I'm dumb enough to believe this crap, but I don't. I'm going to do this! Just go away and leave me alone!" Twister said.
Reggie had almost edged her way close enough to touch Twister. Otto walked up and stood beside her. He had an idea.
"Go ahead then! Are you gonna do it, or what?" Otto asked.
"Huh?" Twister looked surprised.
"I said go ahead. We don't care about you, right? You have nothing left to live for, right? So go ahead and jump. That is…if you're not scared." Otto said.
"What are you doing Rocket Dork?" Lars said. "If he jumps you better go right behind him or I'm gonna kill you myself!"
"I'm NOT scared OTTO!" Twister said.
"So what are you waiting for? Jump!"
"Fine. I WILL!" Twister said and turned around.
As soon as he had his back to them, Otto lunged and grabbed him by the shirt. Twister wobbled, the top half of his body leaning over the edge. Otto felt the shirt rip in his hand. He pulled Twister back with everything he had, praying that the material would hold. After what seemed like forever, Twister fell backwards and landed safely on solid ground.
As Twister going down, Otto lost his balance and stumbled forward. He teetered there on the edge of the cliff for a second. He cried out as he tried to steady himself. Reggie screamed and reached for his hand. Just as her fingers were about to close around his, there was a sickening crack as the rocks under his feet broke loose. Then he was suddenly gone.
Twister jumped back to his feet shouting "OTTO! NOOO!"
AN: Thx for the great reviews everybody!!! I'm glad you all like it. Of course I wouldn't kill Twister! That would be totally harsh. Otto, though….well you'll just have to wait and see. I'm really evil, aren't I? More soon!