G O L D E N | why don't we |

│T W E N T Y - T W O│

"high like amphetamine, maybe you're just a dream" - lady gaga

The walk back from the spring wasn't as difficult as the walk there, everyone now knowing where is okay to step and where to be extremely careful. They were racing to beat the sun but nonetheless still enjoying the hike.

Zach felt pressure in his bladder, and suddenly slowed down, back at the spring he downed two bottles of water and he felt fine then but as they were walking in the water, he almost couldn't hold it.

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh." He repeated squeezing his legs together and kept moving telling himself he could hold it, just two more hours, he could hold it. But looking down at the water, he started freaking out.

"Um, Leylah?"

"Yeah?"

He bit his lip and clenched his fists, " I have to pee really bad like I'm about to burst." Leylah stopped walking and looked back at him with wide eyes.

"You can't pee here!" She whisper yelled as Charli and Corbyn passed them, Corbyn looking at Zach oddly.

"Bro, you don't look so good."

Zach squeezed his eyes together and huffed.

"Yeah no, I can't hold this."

He announced and Leylah groaned, taking off her backpack and dug around inside of it before she found an empty water bottle.

"Pee in this." She said handing it to him, Zach looked at the bottle then at Leylah.

"What if I can't aim it directly at? I don't think I can fit mini-me into the top of this bottle." He whispered and Leylah rolled her eyes pushing him towards the wall.

"Go before someone sees you." She warned, however, Jonah noticed that they were missing two and stopped Kalin and everyone else stopped to see what was holding them up.

Leylah was holding up her backpack to cover Zach as he undid the bottle's cap and then unzipped his pants.

"Zach please don't tell me you're doing what I think you're doing?" Emilia questioned covering her eyes with her hand in disbelief. Leylah looked back to Emilia and nodded.

"He's doing exactly what you think he's doing - Zach aim in the bottle for Christ sakes!" 

"Stop yelling at me before you make it crawl back up, hey I know you want me and all but you don't gotta stare, you've already seen it before." Zach teased and Leylah looked away blushing.

"Just hurry up." Zach finished up and then zipped up his pants, he screwed the cap to the bottle and it was almost filled to the top with pee, 

"Look! It's pretty warm actually." Zach said showing Leylah who pushed his hand away and then handed him hand sanitizer.

"You're gross now come on, oh and you're holding that by the way. Let's hope it doesn't spill in your bag." Leylah joked laughing as she put her backpack back on and joined the group and eventually Zach did too, feeling anxiety at hopes the pee wouldn't spill on his phone.

The rest of the hike was pretty quiet except for Kalin pointing out facts about the canyon every now and then but everyone was tired and ready to eat a proper meal and sleep. 

It was sunset by the time they made it back to the shuttle and they were all happy not having to do any more walking, arriving back to the Zion national park, Kalin let them all get inside his truck; Lee sitting with Jonah upfront so he could check her wound, Zach threw away his pee and then Kalin took them back to their hotel.