Author's Note: I love the reviews I'm getting! Continue!
Also, I am really sorry this chapter took a while and it wasn't very much but I had to consider what you wanted in that message I sent out to all my readers.
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'Bugger!'
'What?!'
'Sorry! I didn't mean to shock you or anything.' Temperance replied to Spence. He was still on edge after the maze.
Wolf looked out over the water at the top of the hill. If there was ever too much rain, the river would overflow over the hill and into the large ditch, creating a swimming hole.
'Come on, Tempy. Your rope goes through here.' Wolf and the others started walking towards the water. Wolf turned his head when Temperance didn't follow. 'Come on, the other team are catching up. Look, there they go!'
'I can't swim!' Temperance said very quickly.
'What did you say?' Wolf said, turning around fully to face her.
'I said that I can't swim.'
'He knows what you said. Why can't you swim?' asked Spence.
'I guess my parents never got around to teaching me in their busy schedules.'
'But, don't supermodels and soccer stars get enough time off to book a swim instructor for their children?' Spence asked rather harshly.
'No, they apparently don't!' Temperance glared at him before sitting down in the mud and staring at the water. 'Go ahead, cross. I'll wait until I can grow wings and then I'll meet you there!'
'What if we drag you?' asked Hawk.
'Don't you dare!
'If we go first and find out how deep it is will you come?' asked Wolf.
Temperance just shrugged.
Hawk walked over to a nearby tree and pulled a branch off it. He walked a few metres into the water and pushed the branch into it. The branch kept sinking until it was far enough under the water to drench Hawk's arm. Hawk then pulled out the branch, dragged Temperance up and measured her against it. The tree branch went up to her waist but Hawks shoulder was above her head. She would have to swim, not walk.
'Are you afraid of drowning, or do you just not want to swim?' asked Alex.
'What?'
'Are you scared of the water, or do you think that, because you can't swim, there is no point trying?'
'I dunno. I think I might be scared of the water.'
'Spence is afraid of small spaces, yet he went in. It's not like he's braver than you or anything.'
Spence punched Alex on the arm. Temperance took a few steps to the water and looked at it. After a little while, she slowly took another step in. 'Ew, it's all muddy on the bottom. My foot's stuck!'
Ever so slowly, they all stepped into the water and started crossing. Once the water came up to Temperance's neck, they started swimming. They swam slowly at first until she got the hang of swimming. Surprisingly, the other team were still in the water, looking for Max's glasses that he needed to see with.
'We don't have all day, you know!' Hawk shouted to Eagle. Eagle smiled sadly back and shrugged.
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Author's Note: This took me forever to submit! Was I the only one who got an error message every time I tried to submit a document?