<em>~ Maddi with Elijah, in his hut ~</em><br/><br/><br/>The companionable silence was like balm to her soul.  She found for some reason that it didn't need to be filled.  It was as full of communication as it needed to be, both their bodies resting, just being together, breathing together.<br/><br/>She'd sipped some more water when Elijah reached for the bottle and loosening her fingers so he could take it she turned her head to smile at him.  Sharing water seemed such a small thing, but it was also so much more than that, sharing the air they breathed and living in the moment they had now.<br/><br/>As his lips found hers, she wasn't surprised.  His eyes had spoken so clearly of his intent, and inside she knew that hers, accepting it probably did too.  She chose to join with him. Softly, breath-takingly gently, letting her mouth be her spokesman and the deeper tremble inside her, her guide.