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I’m sure y’all know what happened next. I started freaking out. This was one of the wider ones we had crossed, and there were a lot of rocks. It looked really scary.

Jen and Katie took over, telling people what to do.

“Bruce, Kayce, and Luke, would you guys mind helping everyone across?” When they nodded, she assigned them their spots. “Kayce and Bruce, you are going to take off your packs and help people across. Luke, I want you to stand downstream of everyone to help anyone if they slip.”

I sat down on the stump that I was standing by and took as many deep breaths as I could.

“You ok, Brett?”

I looked up to see Ben looking down at me, concern on his face. I shook my head and mumbled “not really” under my breath. He didn’t say anything, he just sat next to me.

“C’mon, guys. Let’s get this over with.”

I rolled my eyes as I stood up and followed Tullia. She meant well, but I didn’t really want to do this. I wanted to run far, far away.

Bruce, Kayce and Luke ready to help us through the creek

I watched as Tullia went ahead of me, slipping once or twice but never losing her balance.

Bruce helping Tullia through a bad spot

I watched Ben go, not slipping at all. And then I knew that it was my turn.

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