Soon, Sam, Tom, Dixie, Fletch, Harry, Zorsia, Gemma, Mary Claire and Arthur came over with their hiking bags to the circle of bean bags and they stood behind group one, creating a bigger circle. Jac's bag had already been put on the coach.

Jac looked awkwardly over at Tom. She was embarrassed after he had found her last night when she was scared of the thunder. Tom quickly shuffled around the circle and squatted down behind Jac.
"Stop looking so worried. The storm's passed now and I'm not going to say anything so you can relax." Tom whispered into Jac's ear. Because she was only Jonny's lap, he could just about make out what they were saying.
"Um... Thanks... F-for last night." Jac stuttered.
"It's okay, are you alright now?" Tom asked kindly.
"She's fine; she's got me." Jonny joked as he carefully bouncing Jac on his lap once, hoping that that would not trigger another bladder accident.

Tom smiled before he went and stood back next to Sam who still had a dull ache in her lower half.
"What's he on about?" Jonny queried. He could only remember Tom waking him up telling him that Jac needed him before he left.
"Before he brought me to the tent, I was crouched down trying to protect her." Jac explained quietly as she nodded to her bump. "He found me and took me back to the tent."
"Why were you out there in the first place?" Jonny queried.
"She was booting my bladder." Jac stated and that was enough for him.

"How come we have to come over here and they don't have to come over to our place?" Harry moaned, he still had a banging headache. As did Gemma and. Mary Claire but thankfully for Arthur, he hadn't drunk as much alcohol so he, like Zorsia, had avoided a hangover.

"Because this group won yesterday and I risk getting castrated if I make a certain member of this group leave her beanbag." Tom joked.
"Oh I wonder who that is?" Edward joked as they all looked at Jac.
"You can't use pregnancy as an excuse for everything. Oh I can't carry my bag, I can't get off of my fat ass." Zorsia mimicked Jac.

Jonny looked down at Jac and she pulled her hoodie over her bum. He could see she was upset but so far, she had managed to keep the tears in.
"You're not fat." Jonny whispered to Jac. He couldn't believe that Zorsia had said that about Jac. She wasn't carrying the bag because carrying it poses a health risk to their baby, not because she couldn't be bothered.

"That was incredibly rude and nasty thing to say about your colleague. Apologise now." Elliot ordered.
"No, you know what, I don't need my cv touching up so I don't need to be on this bloody trek. God I'm fed up of everyone being on her side! She's a bully to F1s and everyone knows it but no one does anything about it." Zorsia stated as she began walking towards the gate with her hiking bag on her back. Sam debated chasing after her but she knew it would only end in her being insulted too.
"She's gonna get lost." Tom stated.
Who cares." Jac mumbled and Jonny smirked at her.

"Thank god, she makes a situation so awkward doesn't she?" Harry joked and everyone laughed, he had successfully lightened the atmosphere.
"Well she's not getting the award and I have a feeling miss Campbell will be having a word with her." Tom stated. They could all see her walking along the road, back towards the main road miles away and she picked up her phone, presumably calling a taxi.

"Right, would you like to swap groups today? Or walk as one group?" Tom asked, now that Zorsia had left, everyone felt more comfortable and happier.
"One group so we don't get lost again." Edward said quickly, he did not want Mary Claire to be in charge of navigation again.
"Everyone agreed? Right, come on then. I think we're ready to-"
"Uuuuggghhhh!" Harry, Gemma and Mary Claire all moaned.

"Will you lot stop moaning!" Tom joked.
"I've got a hangover." Gemma protested.
"So? she got a headache." Tom lied as he he pointed to Sam. Only he and Mo knew that she had period pains, though most of the girls could tell by her body language and the fact that she hadn't said a word since they gathered. Tom just didn't want anyone to assume it was period pains if they saw her taking painkillers, or if he hey noticed she wasn't right.

"Alright then, if it's so easy why don't you do it with us?" Harry suggested.
"Fine." Tom agreed. He knew he could do it however he regretted what he said when he looked at Sam's upset face. "But only me, not Sam." He added.

"No, she's the one with the headache so it would kind of defeat the object if she didn't go." Harry argued.
"Yeah but she's-"
"I'm fine Tom. I'll do it." Sam agreed she knew that the paracetamol wasn't doing much but she also knew that in an hour, she could take ibuprofen and they pretty much always worked. She just wanted to wait for any of the ibuprofen that may have gotten into her blood stream before she threw it up to wear off. She only agreed because she was sure tom was about to tell them the real issue.

Tom and Sam gave the coordinates and map to Michael because he appeared to be good with plotting routes yesterday. He quickly plotted a 13 mile route, longer than yesterday's but unavoidable as they were going to a different finish point.

"Jonny, I need the toilet." Jac whispered to him. Jonny realised the issue: the tents had been taken down so she ahead nowhere to hide.
"Right are we all ready?" Tom shouted as he pulled his bag on his back.
"I'll go start the engine. Come on Fletch." Dixie said as they headed over to the coach. They started the engine and pulled away, heading for the Trekkers first check point.

Jonny jumped up and pulled Tom aside.
"Jac needs the loo can you lot start walking and we'll catch up." Jonny asked quietly.
"Yeah sure. We'll go slowly." Tom said as he started following the large group. Jonny nodded in thanks and ushered Jac over to the fence with his hiking back on his back. Like yesterday, he held his coat open behind her so if anyone turned around they wouldn't see anything, and once she'd finished, they caught up with the group and set off for the day.

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