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Recap: DJ bails on Beth and some of our survivors decide to take a break.

"I'm tried…" Sadie's shoulders drooped. "Can't we go back yet, Katie?"

"I don't know, Sadie…" Katie frowned. "If we don't have the rocks Courtney will be really mad…"

"Ugh! But I'm so tried!" Sadie stopped walking.

"I know..." Katie put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "But we can't just give up now!"

"Yeah, you're right." Sadie sniffed and stood up straighter. "Besides, Chris has put us through way worse then this!"

"Oh, totally!" Katie nodded in agreement. "Way, waaay worse!"

"We'll get through this, Katie!"

"I know we will, Sadie!"

The girls hugged.

"O.M.G." Sadie caught sight of something over her best friend's shoulder. The girls pulled away. "Katie, look! Is that…?" She pointed.

"Oohmygosh! It is!" squealed her thinner counterpart.

The girls looked at each other and then took off running down the beach.

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"I wonder how much farther it is to the high ground? We've been walking for hours…" Gwen groaned bending down to rub her sore calves.

"You okay?" Bridgette asked, stopped along side her.

"Hn? Yeah. Just getting a little sore." She stretched her arms above her head. "Could probably use a break…"

"Dudes!" Geoff called excitedly to them from ahead. "You gotta check this out!"

Gwen and Bridgette shared a curious look before going over to see what Geoff was pointing at. Peering over his shoulder they were met with a stunning scene.

"Wow!"

The jungle ended abruptly and three teens stood at atop a low cliff. Beneath them stretched a scenic blue lagoon complete with lush flora and a rocky waterfall on the opposite side of a sandy bank.

"It's so picturesque!" Bridgette exclaimed admiringly.

"Eh? I've seen better," Duncan dismissed as he and Trent came up behind them.

"Yeah, right…" Trent mumbled.

"This is great!" Bridgette gushed, ignoring them. "It's the perfect place to rest for a little while! Are those coconuts over there?" She pointed towards some palms across the water.

"Hope so," said Gwen, as her stomach gave a small gurgle. "I could do with something to eat right about now… You think the water'll be drinkable, at least?"

Trent started to answer her but Duncan cut him off.

"Dunno. Depends if there's fish. Hope there are," he grinned at the prospect of fresh meat, twirling his knife about in one hand. Bridgette frowned at him. He stuck the knife back into his pocket. "Wonder how deep it is?"

"Only one way to find out!" Geoff grinned and took off, careening towards the ledge.

"Geoff, WAIT!"

"Kowabunga!" Geoff yelled leaping from the overhang and cannonballing into the water.

"So much for fresh drinking water," Gwen muttered.

"Don't worry." Trent put a hand on her shoulder. "I think we can still drink from the waterfall."

"Geoff!" Bridgette rushed to the edge of the rise that he'd jumped from. "Geoff, are you okay?"

They all peeked over but only Geoff's cowboy hat bobbed in the water.

"Geoff?" Bridgette called again in a small voice.

Finally, Geoff popped up from the middle of the lake.

"Dudes! You gotta come in!" Geoff splashed about energetically. Bridgette giggled at his antics. Gwen rolled her eyes dramatically but the corners of her mouth twitched upwards.

"Sure thing, babe! Be right there!" Bridgette shouted down to her boyfriend. She, however, opted to take the safer rout and walk down the slope to the water. She turned and called the others. "You coming?"

Gwen looked ready to object but then she seemed to change her mind. "Oh, why not?" And followed her.

"But we don't have our swimsuits," Trent said.

"Shorts are good enough, I guess…" Duncan gave a little shrug and followed the girls down.

Trent stared at his retreating back.

"No, they're not," he muttered sulkily before walking down the hill as well.

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At the bottom, Geoff was doing a handstand underwater Bridgette was nowhere in sight.

Gwen went to sit on a rock by the water pulling off her boots and stocking. She let her ankles dangle in. Then she reached for the hem of her shirt.

"Whoa! Wait – Gwen!" Trent waved his hands about frantically. Duncan's brow shot up.

"What?" Gwen glanced over at them. "I got my swimsuit on underneath." She pulled off her shirt reveling her bikini top.

Both boys exhaled in heavily, looking equally relieved and disappointed.

"Right. Heh. I knew that." Trent gave an awkward laugh.

"Suuure." Gwen smirked and rolled her eyes. She finished stripping and sloppily folded her clothes, placing them on the rock.

"So are you guys coming in?" Bridgette asked rejoining them. She was also now wearing her swimwear.

"Did I miss a memo?" Duncan crossed his arms accusingly. "You weren't wearing that under your clothes. When did you have time to get it?"

"What can I say?" Bridgette shrugged. "A surf's always prepared for the water."

Geoff surfaced, spouting out a fountain of water from his mouth. "Haha! This is awesome!"

"Well, whatever you decide, then," Bridget shrugged and headed over to where Gwen was wading in.

Duncan folded his arms and slouched against the rock bed. "I'm good."

"Yeah, me too," Trent said.

They glared at each other briefly, then looked away.

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