[ WP ] You jump . Your parachute does n't open .

3... 2... 1... With my last breath I step off. I've waited for this moment for months. My 20th birthday. What a way to spend it. I ca n't wait to tell everyone about this. They will be so jealous. Oh wait... I'm falling. This is happening! enough thinking enjoy the moment! 
 
 I look around slightly disoriented. When I look up I see a sky of green. It's odd. All my life I've seen the swirls of blue and white. Now it's an inviting shade of green. Looking below me I see that familiar site, the comforting protective blue. My feet are touching the sky. What a feeling of freedom. Nothing holding me back. Up can be down. Left is right. It's a peculiar feeling knowing for the time being direction truly does n't matter. 
 
 
 In the distance I hear a voice yelling over! `` OK PAY ATTENTION! WE ARE APPROACHING THE DEPLOYMENT ZONE! WE MUST DEPLOY OUR PARACHUTES IN 30 SECONDS! START COUNTING! 
 
... 3... 2..1... I pull the harness. My stomach sank. It broke. I look at the tether in my hand. The ring wrapped around my finger and the harness flailing off of it. It broke... 
 
 Not me. No... Why. 
 
 
 
 Tears begin streaming down my face as the world inches closer to me. I'm helpless. I scream for help but it's in vain. All anyone can do is watch as I plummet to my demise. 
 
 My life runs through my mind. All the things I've never done. The family I wo n't have. The kids I wo n't raise. My regrets pour through me. If only I had another chance.... 
 
 It's getting close... 
 
 3... 2... 1... 
 
 
 I shoot up. startled. Breathing heavily. Tears in my eyes. Frantic. I feel a familiar sinking sensation in my stomach. It was only a dream.
