Sorry abouut not uploading again yesterday. for some reason i cant login on my ipad (which is where all of my new chapters are for new stories so im doing this on my laptop which was a massive crack acorss the screen so if this has lots of typos sorry! is anyone else having this problem? (Where you cant log in)
After letting the empty kayaks go down by themselves, Tom decided to have a little challenge with Michael. He hoped that the odds were equal because neither had done white water kayaking before.
"Right, last one to the bottom's a twat!" Tom announced as he began paddling as fast as he could towards the rapids. Michael laughed before he chased after him in his kayak.
"Cheat!" Michael shouted as he quickly caught up with Tom. They then entered the rapids. They were whisked away from the current, but both used their upper body strength to paddle and stay upright.
Sam and Jac were walking on a gentle downhill slope as they walked along the rapids. Suddenly, Jac stopped, gasped and put her hand on her bump.
"Braxton hicks?" Sam asked quickly as she put her hand on Jac's back and rubbed it soothingly. Jac managed a nod. She put her hands on her bump, and felt her uterus become hard as the small contraction tightened her large extended abdomen.
Sam waited patiently for Jac to feel better. After a while, it passed.
"Sorry." Jac muttered as she stood upright again and they continued walking.
"Don't be silly, there's nothing to be sorry about." Sam smiled. "Ooh, here comes the first lot." Sam stated as the pair stopped at the river bank and looked up river. They had already seen the two empty kayaks go past them, this time they looked up to see two kayaks, still with Tom and Michael in them.
"Looks like I owe him a massage then." Sam joked as the two went past them. It was clear they were racing each other as they were frantically trying to both paddle furiously and stay upright in their boat at the same time. Once the two idiots had raced down the rapids, Sam and Jac began walking again. Jac noticed Sam taking deep breaths and occasionally rubbing her bump.
"Let me guess, you're bloated." Jac stated rather than asked.
"Is it that obvious?" Sam asked worriedly as she looked at her stomach.
"No no, you don't look it, it's just you're breathing deeply and you look a bit... Uncomfortable." Jac stated kindly.
"I'm fine." Sam muttered. "Don't forget that there's no toilets or showers where we're staying tonight." She stated.
"I'm telling you now, if I don't lean on a tree, I'll topple over because of this." Jac joked as she gestured her bump.
"Sam..." Jac began but she immediately regretted speaking.
"Yes." Sam smiled.
"Wh... What if... It doesn't matter." Jac blurted out.
"Come on, this is me you're talking to. What if what?" Sam asked kindly.
"What if I can't do it? I mean... I love her already, I know I do... But... But what if that isn't enough?" Jac asked quietly as her voice wobbled.
"Jac you're going to be an amazing Mum. You, Jonny and your little girl are going to be the perfect family. It'll all come naturally once she's here trust me. Mistakes will be made but you'll learn from them. And it's perfectly normal to worry about this, but I'm telling you now, in a few months time you'll regret nothing." Sam explained as she was thinking that she couldn't wait until her and Tom's little girl was there.
"I hope you don't mind me asking, but when did your bladder, issues start?" Sam asked.
"Why? Have you had problems?" Jac asked softly.
"Well I've always had a weak bladder so I'm used to it. But it was nothing major just a small leak when I was coughing the their day." Sam admitted.
"Well I think it was about 20 weeks... That was when I started getting pressure on my bladder constantly. But if you've got a weak bladder beforehand, I'd say you'd probably have issues sooner." Jac explained.
"Great." Sam said sarcastically.
"Have you told Tom?" Jac asked.
"Not quite." Sam muttered.
"And by that you mean no." Jac concluded.
Both women were wondering when their thoughts were interrupted by a girly squeal, manly scream and a deep chuckle. They both looked up the river where they saw the canoe that was smacking into the waves of the rapids. Sacha was enjoying the hilarity of the situation. Yet mo and Jonny were holding on for dear life as they were rapidly losing control.
Jac smirked as the trio's canoe bounded past them. Her and Sam were nearing where Tom and Michael were sitting, slightly out of breath. They had also grabbed the two spare kayaks and were in their boats in a small bay of gentle water.
"Who won?" Sam asked as her and Jac sat down on a bench on the bank. Jonny paddled the canoe into the little bay too and they all flopped out in their boats as they tried to catch their breath back.
"Who do ya think?" Michael snapped, leaving Tom smirking.
"You owe me a massage." Tom smiled.
"Yay." Sam said sarcastically.
"I was joking, I'll give you one later." Tom smiled.
"My heads still spinning." Jonny moaned whilst he was sitting at the back of here canoe with his head between his knees.
"Now you know how I feel if I get up to quickly." Jac joked.
Jeff and fletch had just paid as they walked out of tescos and met Dixie on the way out.
"Did you get everything?" Jeff asked.
"Yep, and a few extras. I hope you've got a love of food." Dixie smiled as they walked towards the coach with fletch pushing the trolley full of food, drink and decorations.
"Why?" Jeff smirked.
"Because Sam's gonna be there." Dixie laughed.
"Yeah but Tom's got her eating healthily, she won't be eating that much." Jeff replied.
"Have you not noticed her frequent visits over to the ambulance bay?" Dixie laughed.
"No but I'm guessing she does that because she's bored because she's not allowed in resus." Jeff stated.
"No Jeffrey, she does it so that she can have a hot chocolate and eat whatever's in our cupboards." Dixie smirked.
"So she's the one who's been eating all of my pork scratchings." Jeff smirked as the three began to unpack the shopping bags into the coach.
"And my biscuits and tea. And Norman's cereal." Dixie smirked. "Though she never touches Iain's food." She added.
"Yeah well I get the feeling that it's a bit awkward between them two still. You should see the patient hand over; when Iain has to give the details to Sam, he doesn't stop staring at her but Sam just turns on clinical mode and pays no attention to him." Jeff explained.
"Ready?" Harry smiled as group two slowly approached the rapids in a horizontal line of five. He was looking forward to this. He was sure he or one of the others was going to fall in but as long as it wasn't Gemma, he would find it funny.
"Yeah." Gemma mumbled as she didn't take her eyes off of the rapids.
"Who wants to go first? I vote Harry." Mary Claire said nervously.
"I vote Harry too!" Harry said as he smiled. He then looked over at Gemma who wasn't as over the moon as him. "You want me to stay with you?" Harry asked kindly.
"No go on, you go first." Gemma forced a smile. Reluctantly, Harry sped on ahead and entered the rapids. In the blink of an eye he disappeared and every now and then you caught a glimpse of him before he was zoomed into another wave again.
"Well, if I don't make it, tell Jac there's a stash of donuts in my office draw. Though I'm sure she's been stealing some of them anyway." Elliot joked. He took a deep breath before paddling forward followed by Edward, and a reluctant Mary Claire.
Whilst trying to steer away from a particularly rough patch of water, Harry put his paddle into the water but hit a rock that he didn't know was there. The sudden jolt caused pain to rip across his wrist but if he stopped paddling now, he'd be underwater within seconds. He fought against the pain until finally he got to the bottom of the rapids and into calmer waters.
Still with his aching wrist, Harry waited for Gemma and the others to come down.
"You alright?" Harry asked as Gemma entered the smoother waters. He ran his uninjured hand through his wet hair.
"That was easier than I thought." Gemma admitted, she half expected to be in the water by now. Surprisingly, Elliot and Edward also made it to the bottom safely but Mary Claire was a different story.
They were waiting for her when her red kayak came down without her in it. Worriedly the group looked around and were both relieved and humoured when they saw Mary Claire get washed into the small pool of calm water at the bottom of the rapids. She was like a drowned rat as she swam over to the river bank and climb up onto the grassy surface.
"The idea is not to fall in." Harry laughed as he paddled over to the bank with Mary Claire's boat at the tip of his kayak; he was pushing it. But as he paddled, he realised once again the stinging pain in his right wrist; he had a feeling it was fractured.
"Oh haha. We'll see who's laughing when I'm going out partying and you can't because your baby sitting." Mary Claire snapped.
"Hang on, if I wasn't with you who would you be with any way?" Harry smirked.
"Oh shut up and get my paddle." She snapped, he was right, she only ever went out clubbing with Harry and his friends.
"Right, let's pull over here for a break." Tom ordered as he paddled over to the side of a park that ended at the river bank.
"We're nearly there, what's the point in stopping now?." Jonny stated with Jac leaning back on his legs as she sat on the pillow in the canoe. Tom gave Jonny a look so Jonny obliged and the group paddled over to the side and held onto the small wooden jetty. Tom paddled up behind the canoe.
"We need to wait for Gemma for the baby shower." Tom whispered to Jonny.
"Okay." Jonny replied.
"I'm just going to take a leak." Tom said as he tied his kayak to the jetty and began to climb out.
"We're nearly at the campsite can't you just wait?" Sam asked.
"Well there's no toilets at the campsite, so I might as well just go in here." Tom shouted as he entered a forest at the side of the park.
After relieving himself, Tom took out his mobile and rang Jeff.
"Alright Tom." Jeff greeted.
"How the baby shower going?" Tom whispered.
"It's all going to plan, we're ready when you are."
"Right, we're about half a mile away, we're just taking a break so that we can wait for Gemma's group."
"Okay, I'll get the food going on the fire."
"You're cooking on hot he campfire?"
"Yep, I'm in charge of the BBQ on a fire. Don't worry Tom, it'll all go fine." Jeff said as he heard the slightly tone of panic in Tom's voice.
"Thanks. I'd better go."
"Bye."
Tom returned to the boats and as he exited the forest, he was greeted by an in pleased Jac.
"Took you long enough." She muttered as she waddled towards the forest to empty her bladder for the umpteenth time that day.
"There's something you're not telling me." Jac concluded as she sat on the jetty cross legged.
"Like what?" Jonny shrieked, he didn't want her finding out about the baby shower until she was there, otherwise she'd try and get out of it.
"I don't know but why are we waiting here? I am not letting the other team win my beanbag." Jac cried.
"Calm down! You'll get your beanbag I promise!" Jonny said to Jac.
"Jonny if you don't tell me what's going on you won't be at the birth, let alone be bible to deliver it." Jac snapped.
"Jac please, just trust me." Jonny pleaded as he put his hand on hers which was on her knee.
"Excuse me." Jac muttered as she stood up, turned around and waddled as fast as she could. She only made it a couple of steps before she vomited onto the grass. She quickly felt a hand rubbing her back soothingly. "Sorry." Jac muttered as as wiped her mouth.
Jonny took the bottle of water from Mo and opened the lid for Jac.
"Have a sip of this." Jonny said softly as he held the bottle to Jac with one hand and continued to rub her back with the other. Jac sipped the water, then Jonny took the bottle out of her shaky hand. "You alright?" Jonny asked worriedly.
"Yeah. It was just Michael's aftershave." Jac lied. She know spontaneous vomiting and nausea could come a day or two before labour, though that seemed to have escaped Jonny's mind because he didn't relate her vomiting to an onset of labour.
"I'm not wearing any aftershave." Michael stated.
"Well I... It must've been Sacha's then." Jac muttered.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you're okay now." Sam said so she gave Jonny a look to back off a bit.
"I'm fine." Jac said as she walked back towards the jetty and forced a smile.
"Quick lets overtake." Harry joked as he, Elliot, Edward, Gemma and a still slightly wet Mary Claire arrived in their kayaks, they stopped alongside the canoe which only had Mo in. Sacha, Tom, Sam and Michael were in their canoes whilst Jac and Jonny were on the jetty with their arms around each other's waist.
"Jac, are you alright?" Elliot asked caringly as she seemed withdraw and dazed.
"She's just a little under the weather, nothing to worry about." Jonny smiled as he gave Jac's hips a bit of a squeeze.
"Right we've got a bit of a surprise for Sam, Gemma and Jac." Tom began.
"Can you guess what it is?" Jonny smiled.
"Please don't say prenatal classes." Jac moaned.
"Nope." Jonny smiled. "But it is linked to the fact that you're all pregnant."
"Prenatal yoga?" Jac suggested grumpily.
"No." Jonny laughed.
"A big fat bender?" Jac asked.
"Hell no, the strongest thing you're allowed is sugar free lemonade." Jonny smirked. Both Gemma and Sam were sitting there, smirking at Jac's guesses but also wondering what the surprise is.
"I give up, just tell me." Jac ordered.
"I'll give you a clue-" Jonny began.
"Bloody tell me!" Jac snapped.
"We're having a baby shower for the three of you!" Jonny announced,
Sam smiled before she pulled Tom into a hug whilst they leant across each other kayaks, keeping each other balanced.
"Did you know about this?" Gemma asked.
"Of course. Everyone knew except you three." Harry smirked. Gemma shook her head as she couldn't stop smiling and she pulled Harry into a hug.
"Does it involve food?" Jac asked sheepishly.
"Of course." Jonny replied.
"Well then what're we waiting for?" Jac said loudly as she headed for the canoe. She waited for Jonny to get in first, he then gave her a hand into the canoe and the group set off down the river to the campsite (which was really a field with no toilets) where Dixie, Jeff and Fletch had set up the baby shower.
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