Caught up with waterloo road so it's all good :D

By 10am, the group were between their first and second checkpoint when suddenly, they turned a corner to find a wide, fast flowing river.
"Michael?" Jonny queried. There was no way Jac was crossing that. It was nearly 15m wide. The water was very fast and the rocky path across wasn't flat.

"Um. Gimme a minute." Michael said as he pulled the map out.

After studying the map, Michael realised that they had a problem.
"Right, we either cross the river, or we have to walk four miles down stream to a bridge and then another four miles back upstream to get back to check point two." Michael said awkwardly; he had made the mistake of thinking that the river would be a small stream and less dangerous.

"I'm sorry but Jac is not going over that." Jonny stated.
"Jonny, she'll be fine. She was yesterday." Michael said, he hoped that Jac would be as stubborn as she was yesterday about the fact that she wasn't impaired because she was pregnant.

"Michael... I-I don't want to go over that." Jac said quietly.
"Oh come on Jac-"
"Michael, look at her. She's pregnant and she's scared!" Jonny shouted loudly.
"What?" Jac snapped. "I am not scared. And do you know what I'm fed up of you thinking that you can tell me what to do." Jac stated as she walked quickly towards the river and put her foot on the first bit of rock that was two inches under water.
"Jac!" Jonny shouted but it was too late.

Sam was the closest to her so she quickly jumped on the rocks behind her.
"Jac, slow down a bit." Sam whispered to her as Jonny stood anxiously on the bank watching the pair. Jac knew it was for the best so she slowed down to a slow walk.

Jac wobbled a little as she lost her balance on the stone but Sam quickly put her hands on Jac's hips and steadied her. Jac stood still for a moment and twisted her neck to face Sam who was still cautiously holding on to Jac by her hips.
"Thanks." Jac smiled.
"Don't worry, you helped me earlier." Sam replied as she smiled back.

Soon, with each other's help, they both reached the other side and Jonny let out a sigh of relief.
"Right, we'll go in pairs then. who's next?" Michael asked.
"Come on Elliot." Edward said as he approached the waters edge. Elliot joined him and they also made it safely across, as did Arthur and Gemma, Harry and Mary Claire, Jonny and Mo, leaving Michael, Sacha and Tom.

"Right um, I suppose it's best if we go as a three." Michael said as he tucked the map in his pocket and the trio made their way to the river.

In the middle of the river, Tom was first, then Michael, then Sacha. Jac was tentatively watching their every move. Suddenly, Sacha's foot slipped off of the rock and he let out a manly scream. As Jac saw his foot slide off of the rock, she shouted. "Sacha!" And Jac put her hands over her mouth. She moved closer to the river but Jonny grabbed her arm because he didn't want her going in too.

All of that happened in a spilt second, but after that, they realised that there was a rock merely inches below the surface next to sacha that his foot landed on. Sacha let out a sigh of relief before he let out a little chuckle for panicking over nothing.

Jonny realised that Jac was still staring at the spot where Sacha's foot slipped and she was feeling rather stupid for shouting his name.
"He's fine." Jonny whispered as he pulled Jac into a hug, bringing her out of her trance. Jac said nothing but she hugged Jonny back and tucked her head into his chest.

A few moments later, Jonny went to pull away but Jac didn't want to let go so he continued to hug her. He looked down at her head, buried in his chest, and realised that there was a tear that had escaped her eyes rolling down her cheek.

He blamed the hormones so he continued to hug her because he assumed she didn't want anyone seeing her at that moment.

"Right, let's continue we're not far from check point two." Michael said once the three were on land.
"You okay?" Jonny whispered. Jac finally pulled away from him and nodded. "Come on then." Jonny said as he slipped his arm between her small rucksack and her back and rested his hand on her waist. They joined on the end of the group.

Soon, they arrived at checkpoint two and the coach was parked in a car park.
"What took you so long?" Fletch joked, they had been at the check point for over an hour because they only had to drive for about fifteen minutes between the two checkpoints.
"Haha." Tom said sarcastically.
"I've got an idea, why dont you do it fletch?" Dixie suggested.
"No, I'm the first aider I need to be on standby at all times." Fletch said quickly.
"Yeah but surely it's better for you to be with the group because then they'll get treatment quicker if anyone gets injured." Sam stated.
"Someone's feeling better." Fletch joked to change the subject. Sam immediately shot her eyes at Tom.
"You told him?" She snapped.
"No I-" Tom tried.
"Wow, thanks Tom." Sam interrupted as she walked away from him.
"Someone's in the dog house." Fletch joked.
"Not now fletch." Tom said as he hung his head in his hands. He remembered that morning when he was chucked out of the tent so that Sam could change and he told Fletch that Sam had 'women's problems.'

Sam walked away from Tom and looked about the group looking for someone she could go and sit with. Her eyes fell on Jac who was sitting by herself on a log with two bags next to her so she went over and sat next to her.
"Where's Jonny?" Sam queried.
"Nature calls. Why aren't you with Tom?" Jac asked.
"He told fletch." Sam muttered.
"Told him what?" Jac asked, Sam looked at Jac and Jac knew what she meant. "Oh right. So?" Jac said, wondering why that was an issue because she though her and fletch were friends.

"I dont know... It's just one of those things that's supposed to stay between us. He shouldn't going round telling people." Sam explained.
"I bet it's not as bad as Jonny telling everyone I was pregnant when I didn't want him to." Jac joked to lighten the atmosphere.
"What? Like gossiping?"
"Nope. He got the whole of Darwin to gather round and showed everyone the 12 week scan." Jac stated as she smiled at the memory.
"How many weeks are you now?"
"I'll be 24 weeks on Tuesday." Jac stated.
"Not interrupting am I?" Jonny asked as he sat on the opposite side of Jac to Sam.
"Yes so go away." Jac said bluntly. Jonny rolled his eyes before he got up and went to see Mo.

"Go and talk to Tom. I'm sure he won't do it again." Jac suggested.
"Yeah but he shouldn't have done it in the first place." Sam stated.
"Alright then- Ugh will you stop kicking me!" Jac said rather loudly causing the entire group to look over at her. Jonny quickly ran over to her.
"Please?" Jonny pleaded.
"Fine." Jac rolled her eyes as Jonny squatted in front of her and put his hands on her bump making Sam smirk.
"I'll leave you two to it." Sam said quietly as she got up and approached Tom.

"Can we talk? Please?" Tom asked.
"In private." Sam said sternly as she glared at Fletch.
"Come on you nosey bugger." Dixie said as she dragged fletch away.
"Okay, I'm sorry I told him. I didn't know how embarrassed-"
"Embarrassed? Try mortified." Sam interrupted.
"Alright, i just didn't know that you were so mortified about it. But I know now and I promise I won't tell anyone ever again." Tom explained. "Forgiven?" He added.
"If you make dinner tonight." Sam said as she couldn't hold in a smile.
"Fish finger sandwich it is then." He said but Sam glared at him. "I was joking!" Tom protested. "I'll make low fat lasagne." Tom stated.
"Try and make it edible." Sam moaned.
"My cooking is not that bad!"
"Tom, you burnt a ready meal. I didn't even think I was possible that a grown up couldn't cook a ready meal!" Sam joked.
"Come here." Tom said as he pulled Sam into a hug. "You love me really." He joked.

Jonny was now sitting on the log with Jac.
"You shouldn't have gone across the river. And I know you only did it out of spite. I saw the fear in your eyes once you'd started." Jonny stated softly.
"You shouldn't think that because I'm pregnant, you can tell me what to do or that you know what I'm feeling." Jac stated.
"I know. Besides, it's impossible to tell what you're feeling because you're so bloody hormonal." Jonny joked as he put his arm around Jac's shoulders.
"I can't help it." She said quietly. Jonny heard her voice crack at the end; she was starting to cry. Again.

"God, will you stop it! I'm running out of tissues!" Jonny joked as he handed Jac one.
"I'm sorry." Jac cried as she hung her head in between her knees.
"And stop saying sorry! You have nothing to he sorry for. Besides, it's actually rather entertaining." Jonny joked. This made Jac laugh and she hit him playfully in the arm.

"Right, let's get going." Michael shouted.
"No, I need a pee." Jac shouted as she stood up and walked into the forest quickly.

"I can still see you." Michael shouted, which echoed through the forest.
"No you can't." Jac shouted back.
"You just put your middle finger up." Michael stated.
"Stop watching!" Jac shouted.

Everyone in the group laughed and turned around away from Jac.
"So, who's up for DofE silver?" Tom joked.
"I am." Sacha stated.
"Me too. Though next time I'll bring painkillers. And more alcohol." Harry said.
"I'm up for it." Everyone agreed that they wanted to do silver.
"Are you being serious? I thought you all hated it?" Sam said.
"The walking part yeah but you get to eat as much as you want and you don't pile on the pounds." Mo joked.
"And we know what to do differently next time." Edward stated.
"Yeah like don't give Mary Claire the maps." Arthur joked. Everyone turned around at him. Did he really just make a joke?
"That's not fair I bet you lot can't read a map either." Mary Claire argued.

Just then, Jac walked back and took her bag off of Jonny.
"So Jac, you up for the Silver expedition?" Tom joked.
"If we get the marshmallows again then yeah sure." Jac said and Jonny looked at her like he'd seen a ghost.
"You feeling alright?" Jonny joked. "Actually, it does make sense. She likes eating crap and then she doesn't put on weight eh Naylor?" He added.
"Duh." Jac said sarcastically as the group began walking.

Thanks for reading :) I've got another chapter or two for this one but I'm thinking of doing another story for DofE Silver. Please give me all of you ideas for that (I'll be needing plenty ;) and it'll probably be set when Jac is 25 weeks pregnant (two weeks after this) Again, please PM or review with your ideas so I can start writing it.

(The more I write in advance, the quicker I can update :))

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