“Well duh!”  Lara
said with some force her hands on her hips as the wind tussled her fine hair,
she pushed a stray hair from her eyes.

            “Life is
dangerous.”  Jayden grinned with some
mischief.  Lara
sighed, and threw up her hand, giving up.

            “Fine just do
it!”  Lara
closed her eyes and she heard Jayden giggle. 
Then she jumped.

            They were perched on a
bridge in the middle of nowhere and Jayden was attempting her first bungee
jump, with Lara there to watch as
she faced certain death.  Lara
cringed as she heard her yelling, waiting for the ‘splat’ but hearing none. 
She heard yelps of fun and joy and she peek through her fingers as they
waited for the cord to stop expanding and Lara
waiting until Jayden was back at her side.

            Jayden finally got
back to her, Lara gave her a long
look.  “Wanna try it?”  Jayden asked and Lara
took in a long breath and nodded no. 
“Chicken.”  Jayden made clucking
noises and Lara slapped her arm.  Jayden took off the helmet and waved her
arms.

            “Look ma, no
hands!”  Lara
was beside herself, she’d been spending obscene amounts of time with
Jayden.  She was a no holds barred woman,
with a lust for life and a passion for adrenaline.

            “I’m not chicken, I’m
smart.  I’m safe, I like solid
ground.  I’m not a risk taker.”  Lara
said as they began to walk back towards her car.  Jayden laughed softly, then slinging an arm
around Lara‘s shoulder and whispered.

            “Lara,
how can you not be a risk taker, you’re a ***** woman.”  Lara rolled
her hazel eyes, and then put an arm around Jayden’s waist.

            “That’s not a risk,
it’s a choice.  It is who I am.  Not what I am.  I don’t let it rule my life; I let it be part
of my life.”  Jayden nodded, and opened
the car door.

            “I never understood
that until now, I always thought it was the other way around.  Could be why I never understood C.J.
until now.”  Lara
buckled her seat belt and gave Jayden a longing look; so much of her sister’s
life had shaped her own.  She didn’t even
realize it.

            “You had to jump off a
bridge, literally to figure that out?” 
Jayden’s face was serious for a long moment.  Then said with a dead pan face.