Erica stops and heads off the path to rest for a moment.

I decided that I should stop for a minute to catch my breath. Not wanting to stay on the path when I was completely naked, I stepped off of the path and crouched in the brush, hoping that my cabin mates would not pass me by as I was resting. I had to be the first to be inside the cabin in order to win and get back a modicum of freedom. Unfortunately, I heard a group of girls talking on another path nearby. Their voices got louder as they got closer to my hiding spot.

It wasn't possible to hear them clearly, so I couldn't tell what they were discussing, and soon after, slowly, the voices died down as they moved out of hearing range. My heart sank. There was a large possibility that they had been my cabin mates and they were ahead of me now.

I caught my breath, and prepared to move on, despite the forceful beating of my heart. If the others had gotten past me, they were likely ready to cut off my path to the cabin.

Making sure that there wasn't anybody who could spot me, I stepped back onto the winding path and started moving again, not running like I was before, but still moving at a brisk pace, my hands clutching my privates as if they might fall off.

I was approaching the cabins, the finish line was right in front of me, I was feeling a mixture of relief and panic, wondering whether I was going to successfully make it back or be caught in some sort of trap.