<strong><em>Elijah -n- Maddi</em></strong><br/><br/>Elijah hadn't noticed until that moment how tired Maddi was.  Now he recognized the heaviness of her steps.  All that making fun of her, and here she was bone tired and carrying the heavier load.  Elijah felt like a jerk.  He lay down the items he had been carrying and lay beside Maddi holding her in his arms.  Making her as comfortable as he could   "Rest, my gorgeous fisherwoman.  For we have brought home the fish bacon and we can put up our feet.  And since neither of us thought to get dressed after fishing, we'll just declare this naked day."  Elijah let his hands soothe Maddi, brushing through her hair, and caressing her face.  Nothing sexual, it was all done straight from the heart.<br/><br/>The two of them lay there quietly in the shaded sand.  They felt the wind blow over them and smelled the ocean.  If only they weren't stuck in this place, it would have been heaven.  Elijah, actually, didn't care anymore about being stranded.  For him, right now, this was heaven.  The sky, the trees, the warm sand, Maddi in his arms, and the sounds of Kira and Des having sex...ok, maybe not that last one.  Although he did have to admit, they seemed to be enjoying each other.<br/><br/>"Shall we rest here until they finish, Maddi?  Or shall we get a bucket of water to throw on them?"