"Why don't you try just pretending it was dirty all along?"
Jon nodded and quickly ran for the bathroom. They had a small cylindrical container used mostly for ice, which he filled with water. Then Jon took a washcloth and some soap and went over the bed to start cleaning the spot off.
Kevin stirred and began to yawn. "Jon?" he said and looked over at what Jon was doing.
"There's some kind of stain on the sheet" replied Jon. "I can't believe I slept on it."
"Ooh, looks bad. But you don't need to bother, you know," said Kevin. "It's already morning."
"Hmm, yeah, I didn't want to stare at it all morning, but we can just toss a blanket over it" said Jon. It was a bit of a lame explanation, but at least with the spot half washed off Kevin wouldn't notice the difference between a new spot and an old spot.
After breakfast--more fast food--they drove to the park, parked the van, got their packs and checked them over, and started on the hike.
They passed a sign warning that a bear had been seen in the wilderness several months a go. Karyn read the sign and then said "Say, Jon, did you know that bears attack women more when they're having their period?"
Jon got a bit of a disgusted expresion on her face and replied "No, I didn't know that." He thought a moment and added "Are you worried about being attacked?"
"Don't worry about that!" said Megan. "It's an urban legend. They tested it and it wasn't true."
"Well, Karyn, if you're not having your period, it's nothing to worry about anyway, right?" Jon winked at Karyn.
"Right," said Karyn.
Several hours of hiking produced lots of green forests and a lot of birds and some raccoons, but no bears. Jon was glad that she didn't get tired any faster as a girl than as a boy, and tried to just enjoy the trip. Would the trip be without incident? Jon was supposed to have survived years hiding her sex, so a couple days of hiking should be nothing. Well, Jon did find out the answer to that question, which was....
