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"Hey, that looks fun..." Maya pointed to the sky where a man had just jumped from a platform suspended from a crane.
"Oh wow," her friends Ruby and Lauren said, watching as he plummeted to the ground before a rope arrested his fall and sent him bouncing back into the air.
Intrigued, the three girls walked through the festival crowds until they found the queue for the bungee jump, but Maya frowned when she saw the price. "Fifty quid?" she pouted. "Aww, I wanted to try it but that's way too much."
Ruby started to laugh. "But look," she said, pointing at a hand-drawn note stuck onto the bottom of the sign. "It says 'naked girls go free' -- go on Maya, I dare you!"
Lauren, who like the other two had been day drinking since eleven and was very tipsy, joined in with the teasing, and soon Maya, who'd always been a bit of a daredevil, gave in and pushed her way to the front of the line.
"Hi," she smiled, addressing the cute attendant. "Can I get a free jump?"
The boy grinned back at her. "Oh, you want to do it naked?" he said. "I'll be honest, you're the first chick who's shown any interest!"
"Well, you only live once and everything, right?" Maya laughed. "So, can I?"
The boy held up a harness. "Well, you need to wear this, but first..."
"But first, I need to get naked," Maya smirked. "Girls, can you give me some cover please?"