<em>~ Time for sleep ~</em><br/><br/>Maddi couldn't help but smile, standing up and looking down at Kira, already fast asleep, she always did have that sailors knack for sleeping soundly where ever they were.  She stretched, and turned,  looking out at the beach and the dancing sea.  No matter how worried she was about their long term future, right now they were safe and warm and she'd do her damdest to keep them that way.<br/><br/>She turned the sleeping bags on the makeshift washing line, already the sides nearest the fire were nearly dry, they'd need them tonight when the temperatures dropped again she was sure.  She helped Lizzie clear away, talking quietly so as not to disturb Kira and then laid out her sports towel in the shelter for Lizzie to lay down on and grabbed a life jacket for a pillow, kissing her friend and wishing her good night.  She was still quieter than usual and for once it was Maddi mothering her and not the other way round. She briefly touched her forehead to check she wasn't coming coming down with something and she did feel a little warm, but hopefully that was from the fire.<br/><br/>She left her to sleep, promising she would join her very shortly as for some reason she felt kind of tetchy, almost irritable and unsettled and she wasn't ready to succumb to the tiredness just yet.  Putting some more wood onto the fire she walked down onto the beach, and sat in the sand staring out to sea, letting her thoughts drift and the sun warm her bones.  She undid her hair, slipping the band round her wrist so it could dry in the gentle breeze, looking at the sky right now no-one could have ever guessed just how bad the either had been just a short time ago.  Only the sea outside the reef gave a clue as it still thundered against the rocks and she looked across to the Misty Blue, hardly visible now as the tide and spray rose around it, it must have slipped even further too it wouldn't be long now before Kira's beautiful yacht was gone for ever.<br/><br/>It didn't take long for her thoughts to turn to the practicalities, making plans in her head and as her hair dried she ran her fingers through it and plaited it roughly, she may need to cut it short she thought if they were here any length of time as she twisted the band round the bottom.  Making her way back to camp, she took both the lifejackets left, and gently tucked one under Kira's head and laid the other beside Lizzie for herself.<br/><br/>She remembered just before she lay down that she couldn't leave the food laying about in case of animals or birds rifling through it, so she quickly tied a rock to the end of a long rope and swung it up over a branch, then when it slithered down over the other side and back down to her she gathered the jib-sail up and tied it round the top like a makeshift sack with all all their supplies in and hauled it up into the air, tying it off around the base of the tree.<br/><br/>Rubbing her hands on her thighs she went back to the shelter and finally gave into the aching demands of her body, lying down next to Lizzie and drifting off as soon as her head rested on the life jacket.