At least Fox seemed to have changed his tune and was finally taking things seriously. He flexed his arms above his head and then ran in place.
“Alright, alright,” Jason said to the guys. “You heard the ladies, you’re up first. You’ll start off with the tire run, climb over the wall, swing from the monkey bars over the mud pit, army crawl under our rope course, jump from trunk to trunk in our stepping stone area, and then sprint to the bell at the opposite end of the field. We’ll be taking an average of everyone’s times, so there’s no need to show off in this one. You’re only as strong as your weakest link.”
Sienna smiled triumphantly as Harry continued to pout off to the side. She wasn’t sure what Reagan saw in the guy, but right now, she was happy he was the third groomsman. The moody peacock was sure to slow down their average.
“On your mark, get set, go!”
The guys started running. The first obstacle was the tire run. It consisted of about twenty tires tied together, flat on their sides. It seemed simple enough, and the guys all made it through the obstacle without a hitch.
After that, it was the climbing wall. It was tall and had several ropes hanging down the side for people to use to get over. Fox was the first one to the wall, and he immediately grabbed the rope and started climbing. His sleeves were still rolled up, and Sienna could see his muscles bulging from the effort of climbing up.
She couldn’t decide if she should be happy that Fox was making an effort after her little pep-talk yesterday, or be upset that she was now in danger of losing.
Wade beat Fox over the wall by a second, with Eli close behind. Who knew teachers were so buff? Even Harry was only a few seconds behind the rest of the guys as they ran over to the monkey bars.
“Come on, babe,” Audrey yelled from beside Sienna. “You got this!”
Sienna smacked her sister on the arm. “Don’t cheer him on,” she said through gritted teeth.
Audrey looked toward her with an unapologetic smile and shrugged her shoulders. “What? He’s still my fiancé, and I want him to do well.”
“But we don’t want them to win.” Sienna rolled her eyes.
“Wanna hear a secret?” Audrey leaned in toward Sienna. “I really don’t care. As long as I get to marry him in eight days, they can playChopsticksas I walk down the aisle for all I care.”
Sienna shook her head and turned her attention back to the obstacle course. Wade and Fox were hurrying across the monkey bars and…wait. Were they trying to knock each other off? What idiots. At least if they succeeded, that would give the bridesmaids an advantage.
She watched them play around for another moment, before her eyes went to where Harry stood hesitating at the edge of the mud pit.
“What is he doing?” Sienna asked under her breath.
Reagan sighed. “His phone.”
Sienna turned toward Reagan and raised her brows.
“He’s afraid of falling into the mud and ruining it.”
“Why doesn’t he just set it down?” Audrey asked.
“You don’t understand the relationship he was with that thing,” Reagan said before she ran over to where Harry stood, his face red.
While Sienna was too far to hear what was being said, the way Reagan frowned probably wasn’t a good sign. She didn’t know Reagan’s fiancé that well, but she’d seen enough entitled jerks in New York to spot one a mile away. Harry slammed the phone into her hand and wiped his hands on his athletic shorts. Then he jumped up and grabbed the monkey bars.
Harry had only made it halfway, when his grip faltered, and he fell into the mud. Sienna laughed, until she saw the murderous look on Harry’s face when he stood up. He said something to Reagan that had her rushing back to where the rest of the girls stood.
“Are you—”
“I’m fine,” Reagan answered quickly and turned to gaze back to where the guys were still competing.
Wade and Fox still led the pack as they finished the army crawl and jogged over to where tree trunks of various heights were scattered. They started jumping from trunk to truck, with Eli still close behind.
Sienna looked at Harry just in time to see him shake his head and get down on his stomach for the army crawl. Moments earlier, she’d been happy to see him lagging behind, but after watching him speak to Reagan the way he did, the victory felt hollow.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Wade rang the bell wildly until Fox caught up and pushed him out of the way. He, too, rang the bell enthusiastically. Wade pushed him back, and the two guys started laughing.
Fox was actuallylaughing.
