I know the medical stuff is all wrong! completely wrong! but hey...this is fiction!
They sat there for over a hour in a row waiting for the other teams to return. Gary's head had started to hurt now and he had gone pretty quiet but Sheelagh was keeping a close eye on him. Reg and Marylin had returned holding hands. They were a lovely couple thought Des. Woo! What has happened to me he thought. The first two to arrive was team 5 and 1 on a dead heat. Another half an hour later, well over the three hour time limit was team 6. When they got onto the beach everybody cheered them. Amber found this pretty funny and laughed with the rest of them, until Neil gave her a snide look and she shut up.
"Guess who's streaking tonight then, hey?" Cheered Phil in stitches
"Do we have to?" Moaned Leela
"Yes, a bet is a bet." Told Debbie smugly.
"Well I'm not playing your stupid childish games." Spat Neil
"As Debbie said Neil a bets a bet, you have to do it." Sam said in her determind tone she uses so much when interviewing suspects.
"What you gonna force me?" Laughed Neil
"Yes." Stormed Kerry
"Right shut up now. We can carry this argument on later when we get back. Its gonna start raining. Right. Team 4 you won so you receive 5 points, second place was team 3 you receive 4 points, third place is team 2 you receive 3 points. Joint forth is teams 1 and 5, who both receive 2 points and last and way out of time is the losers of today, lets have a cheer for team 6 who receive nil pwa." Grinned Adam as he said the last line.
"You excelled yourself Gabriel, well done." Congratulated Des knowing it would annoy Gabriel
"Shut it Taviner. I was just following Neil he was team leader." Explained Gabriel. Everyone got back on the bus and they set off back to camp.
They arrived about 6:30pm after taking a not so short, short cut. When they pulled into camp everyone cheered and jump off one by one once they had stopped. The clouds were grey turning black.
"It's gonna rain" Said Des looking up
"Just a bit" Agreed Sheelagh. Des and Sheelagh hadn't spoke to each other since they nearly kissed. They walked beside each other in a icey silence. Once they'd got near there tent where no one could here, they sat inside the middle section with the door half open.
"Look Shee, about before" Began Des
"Yeah, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have.." Interrupted Sheelagh
"No it weren't you it was me, I shouldn't have done that, you are happily married with Patrick and I just shouldn't of. I'm sorry, do you forgive me?" Des bowed his head in shame that he'd upset her.
"Do you forgive me? It was as much my fault as it was yours"
"Forgive u…what for? it weren't your fault"
"Yes it was"
"Call it even then"
"Even." Sheelagh and des shacked hands and went out side to join everyone else.
"You still owe me a massage." Smiled Des. Sheelagh grinned. Thankful that they could still talk after what had happened. She was so thankful that she'd been paired with him this week. They'd always got on well. She had never seen how sensitive he was before and she liked it. She was seeing Des in a different way.
"I'll give it you after tea. I'm staving. Where's Gary?"
"Over there I think"
"I'll go and check on him." Sheelagh walked down to the spring where Gary was lay at the side. Des stayed at the top and help Reg cook tea.
"What we cooking master chef?" Asked Des spinning a knife round
"BBQ tonight. Burgers or Hot dogs. Do you wanna do the muffins or do you wanna cook"
"I'll cook." Des put a pinny on and modelled it a bit. He walked up and down one of the logs while Honey gave a commentary.
"And heres Des modelling the sexy new pinny. It comes in the colour black embroided with white righting. The perfect present for any cooking man." Laughed Honey knowing exactly how to commentate a fashion show she'd been to that many.
"I know what!" Said Des. Des ran in his tent and got something out of his bag."Help me put this up."
He chucked one end of the roll of tape he'd brought out to Reg.
"What is it?" Asked Reg
"You'll see." Answered Des. They cornered off the cooking area with the yellow tape. On the tape it had 'warning! Men cooking!' repeated in black writing along it.
"Very nice" Reg laughed. They carried on with the bbq messing around as they did. After about five minutes Sheelagh came and joined them after sending Gary to bed for a hour. Neil watched them getting angrier and angrier.
"Look at her laughing with him as if he's done nothing wrong" Hissed Neil through gritted teeth.
"What you going on about now?" Said Gabriel rolling his eyes
"Sheelagh and Des"
"What about them"
"He…He had his hands all over her before when we watched them in the boat and she clearly didn't like it. Now he's laughing with her as if he's done nothing"
"Sheelagh wasn't bothered before, and he didn't touch her where he did on purpose it was just where his hands landed"
"You don't know what your talking about Gabriel. I'm gonna make her know what he's really like"
"Yeah" laughing Gabriel "How you gonna do that"
"You'll see." Neil stormed off leaving Gabriel amused because he was so serious about something that was hardly anything.
"What do you want to eat Shee?" Asked Des flipping the food on the bbq.
"Erm.. I'll have a burger. Just put it to the side for me I'm going to get Gary up"
Sheelagh walked off to get Gary up. Des got a burger and put it on a plate at the side. Neil looked at the burger. Perfect he thought. Neil picked the burger up.
"That's Sheelagh's that mate. Have this one.." said Des pleasantly seeming to have forgotten what had happened earlier that day. Des handed another burger to Neil.
"I'll take it to her if you want." Offered Neil
"Yeah, if that's alright she's gone to get Gary." Neil walked off with the burgers. He went in the direction of Gary's tent. When he was out of sight. He put down the burgers and got some of the medicine thing he'd brought with him. He read the side. 'Not to be taken by women'. He poured some of it onto Sheelaghs burger then picked them up again and carried on to the tent.
"Sheelagh, you there?" hollered Neil
"Yes, you alright?" Answered Sheelagh. Sheelagh climbed out of the tent. Neil pushed the burger into her hand.
"Here Des told me to give this to you. He said it's specially for you and not to let anyone else have it." Smiled Neil
"Oh…OK. Thanks." Said Sheelagh surprised he'd given it to Neil. Sheelagh took the burger and Neil walked off satisfied he'd done a good job. Sheelagh took a bite out of the burger while she made her way back to camp.
"Is that alright?" Asked Des indicating at her chewing and the half eaten burger.
"Lovely! Thank you Des!" Said Sheelagh once she'd finished chewing. Sheelagh sat down with everyone else, not having a clue what she was eating.