Chris and Frankie have just left after fetching Jacob. Samantha and Daniel were getting ready for their day as Daniel agreed to go skydiving with her that day.When they reached the center, all of Samantha"s friends were there.
"Woah, Kira… we haven"t seen you since Frankie"s birthday. Where have you been?", River asked as soon as she saw Kira.
"I had things to do, I got busy.", Samantha smiled at everyone.
"Hey, Kira, you look beautiful. What changed?", Kai just arrived with Chelsea.
Just as he said that, Daniel appeared from behind and Kai felt a chill on his spine. He instinctively turned around and got startled, "Jeez! Man! You"re like a ghost, I see you everywhere."
Daniel nodded to Kai and stood next to Samantha, like a King protecting his treasure.
"There"s something different about you two.", Chelsea commented on the side.
Samantha and Daniel looked at each other with an emotionless expression.
River hovered, "You know I"ve noticed that too, something"s really odd... I can"t place my finger on it. Kira looks like Kira but like she"s a different person?"
Kai rushed to hold Samantha"s shoulders, "Are you possessed by a ghost?"
Daniel brushed Kai"s hands away from Samantha"s shoulders and pulled her next to him.
"What"s up with you and ghost?", Samantha found Kai amusing.
"He claims to have seen a ghost last night.", Chelsea said with ridicule.
A couple of snickers and chortles later, Samantha got everyone"s attention.
"Umm... guys, I"ll be going back to my country soon. So... this will probably be my last jump with you before I leave."
Every one of her skydiving friends looked at her in shock, they were all silent not knowing how to respond to Samantha"s announcement.
Daniel looked at her, she had a smiling face but her eyes looked sad. It"s to be expected, after all... they"ve become her family for a few months when she had no one.
"Uhh... I said..."
"We heard you, Kira.", Kai said with a smile, "Gosh... I know you"ve just been in the country for 3 months but you"ve spent a lot of time with us here. It"ll be quite weird when you"re gone."
The others voiced out their thoughts too which warmed her heart. She didn"t expect them to be this regretful but she"s very glad to have known them. So after her little announcement, everyone got excited about the dive that they"ve planned on doing a mini freefall action for Samantha.
About an hour later, they were already in the plane thousands of feet from the ground. Samantha sat beside Daniel and Arthur was still his diving instructor. Compared to the last time, Samantha and Daniel were quite excited as they were going to jump together and this time, it wasn"t because of a dare but rather Daniel"s support for his woman and Samantha"s wish to be able to share what she loves doing with Daniel.
Samantha pressed a b.u.t.ton on her action camera and the light indicator turned on.
"We"re currently 10,000 ft above the ground. This will be my 70th skydive and I couldn"t be more excited.", Samantha positioned the camera to frame the whole team of skydivers,
"Say hi to the camera everyone.", she said and everybody waved and cheered loudly inside the plane.
She then turned the lens to Daniel and her as she moved closer to him, "I"m so honored to be jumping with him today.", she smiled to the camera and Daniel flashed his pearly white teeth as well before giving Samantha a peck on the cheek.
When the plane doors opened, 9 skydivers jumped consecutively, leaving Samantha, Daniel, and Arthur behind. Before she leaped, she leaned in and gave Daniel a big smack on the lips making his eyes widen and making Arthur howl in excitement.
Taking her cheesiness further, she made a heart shape with her hand as she jumped off the plane back first, showing her little heart to his man; Daniel jumped after her.
The 9 divers had started to join hands to form a pattern below Samantha and she zoomed to catch up, filling in her spot. The group of 10 skydivers formed a heart pattern with Samantha in the center of the base. The 9 divers wore all red jumpsuits and she wore her favorite white with pink accents making the heart shaped pattern really pretty. Daniel caught the action with his own camera attached to his body, it was one memorable free fall.
When they have reached the landing zone, everyone cheered and clapped their hands to welcome Samantha for her last jump with them.
They were all ecstatic when she invited them all to her going away party.
That night, Samantha and Daniel arrived separately in their own sports cars to meet up with Charlie and Quinn"s group outside of town. When the two of them arrived, Quinn welcomed Samantha with a puzzled face.
"Something"s weird about you today...", she said.
"What?"
"I don"t know.. and you asked everyone to gather for..?"
"I"m going home, Quinn."
Quinn"s mouth shaped into an O. "Charlie!!"
"Yep?", he said as he walked towards the two women.
Samantha smiled at Charlie and said, "I"m going home soon, Charlie."
His eyes brightened, "Oh... that"s great! I"m happy for you!", he said as he gave her a side hug.
Daniel went over to them and nodded to Quinn. Charlie noticed his presence, "Swift, you"re here too."
"Nice to see you again, Charlie.", Daniel shook his hand.
"Me too, me too. Lucas told me about why you came, if I had known... I would"ve taken better care of your woman."
Samantha protested, "What are you talking about, Charlie? You have! You"ve helped me a lot, I don"t know how I could"ve survived without you and everyone here."
"She told me everything about what you guys did for her, I"m very thankful for that. When you come to visit us in the future, I"ll take good care of you.", Daniel spoke to Charlie sincerely.
"I would love to visit your country in the future, I"ll make sure to see you guys so I"ll take your word for it."
About 15 cars have lined up on the road waiting for Charlie"s signal. When he drove away, 5 cars followed behind him before Samantha and Daniel trailed with the group. The ride was steady as they maneuvered along the long winding road. And at the end of their trail was a magnificent night view of the capital of Country D.
They parked their cars facing the view and they chilled on the spot. Samantha and Daniel spent the time talking to Charlie"s group and inviting them to her party the next evening.
Before midnight came, Samantha and Daniel bid farewell and called it a night. They"ve done a lot during the day and it was time to rest.
After taking a shower and changing to her sleepwear, Samantha snuggled up to Daniel talking about what happened during the day and their plan for Samantha"s going away party.
The couple laughed every now and then while having their silly conversation. Until their conversation lead to a hot make-out session. Both of them have gotten familiar with each other"s bodies and obviously, they would notice changes during their pa.s.sionate kisses. But Samantha noticed another thing, which was... Daniel has gotten a little more reserved than he usually is.
"Was he getting bored of me now? Am I not as desirable compared to when we haven"t done the deed?", she became quite bothered by it that it made her feel insecure about herself.
And just like the other 2 times when they were making out, and before things would go further, Daniel would pull away. Even if he"s being gentle and subtle about it, since it has been the 3rd time, Samantha was now beginning to question. Not that she was just h.o.r.n.y, which of course she was by the way, but because it was just weird how he would start and then suddenly "subtly" stop and tell her to go to sleep.
He gave her a few pecks on the lips before he pulled her close and embraced her.
Samantha"s brows furrowed, "Okay... something is definitely wrong with you."
Daniel lowered his head and met her gaze, "What do you mean? Nothing"s wrong."
"Yeah, right. Do you think I wouldn"t notice?"
Samantha looked into his eyes as she tried to read what"s on his mind and if it was possible for her to unlock the mystery but he just smiled.
"You"re thinking too much, babe. There"s nothing wrong. Go to sleep.", Daniel tried to draw her close again but this time Samantha stopped him with her hand.
"Nuh-uh, I"m not going to sleep unless you tell me what"s wrong. Did I do something?", Samantha asked. "Has she talked in her sleep again? Why doesn"t he want to..."
"You didn"t, why would you think that?"
"Okay, Mr. Cho, since you pushed me to be forward. I"ll ask you directly.", Samantha crossed her arms and mustered up the courage to ask him face to face.
"You"ve been holding back for 3 days now. Why?", she looked at him seriously and Daniel gulped. "Did I do something or is it that you"ve had enough?"
"No, what? Of course not… why would you think that?"
Staring at his beautiful face, she asked boldly, "So why don"t you want to have sèx with me?"