7:30am
By half seven, everyone was awake and getting ready, except Jac. And Jonny had decided to let her have a lie in after the two major events of last night so he turned her alarm off for her. Jonny had just sat down on a bean bag to join Tom, Michael, mo, Sacha and Elliot when he was jolted by a high pitched, ear pricing scream coming from his tent, followed by heavily breathing.
Jonny jumped up and quickly fumbled with the tent zip. Finally, he slid in on his knees to find Jac sitting up taking deep breaths with her hand on her heart. At the tent unzipping, Jac at first flinched back but once she realised it was Jonny, she dived forward as he took her into a hug.
"Let me guess, Holby Bigfoot?" Jonny guessed and he felt Jac nod once again.
He sat there for nearly five minutes until Jac had calmed down and he left her so that she could get changed in peace. Jonny ran his hand over his face as he sat back down on the bean bag.
"She alright?" Michael asked worriedly.
"No thanks to you and your bloody Bigfoot myth." Jonny muttered.
"Oh c'mon." Michael smirked. He wasn't that mean and surely it was a little humorous.
"I'll admit that would have been funny if it would've just scared her last night. But giving her nightmares is a bit cruel."
"Nightmares? She's had one!" Michael protested.
"No, two. She had one around 2am, and then she made me come to the toilet with her, wait outside the cubicle with my foot under the door so she knew I was there. That, is cruel." Jonny whispered harshly so that Jac didn't hear.
Michael was saved as he heard the tent unzip and Jac came storming out as she headed to the toilets with her hands in her hoodie pockets.
"Jac I'm sorry." Michael stated as he stood in front of her blocking her path.
"Move... Please." Jac mumbled pathetically. Michael looked down and saw the edge of her clean pad sticking out of her small hoodie pocket because it wouldn't fit in completely. Jac followed Michael's eye line and flushed red.
"Go on, I'm not gonna say anything." Michael stated quietly as he moved out of the way for Jac to walk past. Jac kept her head down as she walked over to the toilets with her hands in her pockets.
Sam was in there washing her face by the sink as Jac walked in.
"Morning." Sam smiled, but as she turned, she saw Jac's pale, clammy face. "You alright?"
"Fine." Jac muttered as she locked herself in a cubicle.
Ten minutes later
Everyone was ready except Mary Claire and Harry (who slept outside after Gemma wouldn't let him in their tent, on the bean bags using the fire as a source of heat before he fell asleep and woke up freezing cold) ; tents were down and bags were packed. They were all sitting on their beanbags or logs around the pile of ash that used to be the campfire. Sam and Tom were sitting on one beanbag next to Jac and Jonny who were on the other beanbag.
"Did you bring any hot chocolate?" Sam asked Tom which Jac heard.
"No sorry." Tom replied as he pulled Sam into a hug.
"Can I take one of the prizes?" Sam asked. She meant one of the galaxy hot chocolates that was a prize for the fastest team. They still had five to give to the winning team tomorrow.
"No!" Tom stated as he tried not to laugh.
"Go and make two hot chocolates." Jac ordered quietly. Like last time, Jac and Jonny had been given all five hot chocolates because the group knew it would put Jac in a better mood.
"I don't want one." Jonny stated.
"It's not for you." Jac stated. Jonny rolled his eyes as he slipped out from underneath Jac and went to get the Trangia out.
Soon, Jonny returned with two galaxy hot chocolates with squirty cream and mini marshmallows on top.
"There you go." Jonny said as Jac stood up, Jonny sat down and Jac sat on his lap. Jac took the two.
"Sam, here." Jac offered as she held out one cardboard cup of hot chocolate.
"For me?" Sam queried.
"No for Mary Claire." Jac said sarcastically.
"Thank you." Sam smiled as he she took it off of Jac and licked a bit of the cream off of the top. Both Jac and Sam proceeded to wrap their hands firmly around the cup as a source of heat. Tom smirked at both of the women as he wrapped his arms around Sam's stomach and rested his hands firmly where their child lay.
"I need to get up." Tom stated.
"No, you're staying put." Sam stated as she took a sip of the creamy hot chocolate.
"Alright then can I have your attention please? I would stand but somebody won't let me." Tom joked. Everyone turned to face Tom. "Now I've already plotted your routes for you because it's gonna be a long day and there's quite a few things that you need to avoid, such as wide rivers that we learnt last time." Tom stated as he looked over at Michael. "Now both teams can do the same route if you want but you'll leave at separate times. There's route A, which is 27 miles or route B, which is 19 miles-"
"Route B." Jac interrupted.
"Let me finish. Route A involves kayaking or canoeing downstream in the river and walking only two miles. Route B is mostly up and down hills." Tom stated. "Also bare in mind that although route A is longer, you'll have the current giving you a bit of a push to help. And, it'll all depends on each of you individually whether you're better at paddling or walking. I'll give you a few minutes to discuss." He explained. "Oh and on route A, you don't have to take your bags." He added.
The morning of my exam. yippee! Not. Anyway, Thanks for reading! Which route do you think each team will chose? Please review :)
