<em>~ Maddi with Desmond at girls camp ~</em><br/><br/>"No problem," said Maddi, her hand resting briefly on his arm before she reached over and brought the plate with cake over by his side.  "When you want to go back to your friends just let me know and I'll help you, you mustn't go on your own, from what Elijah said you should be careful.  The bottle of water and the cake is right by you now, and I'll leave you in peace and quiet for a few minutes while I go and get some water if that is OK with you."<br/><br/>She stood up and walked over to the fire, putting a couple of pieces of wood on it before going to the pile of their things and picking up the water carrier.  "I must get some more firewood too when I get back, I think, it looks like we won't have daylight for too much longer, so I'll be as quick as I can – just shout out if you need me, I'm only walking as far as the stream."<br/><br/>She hesitated for a moment, looking at him carefully to make sure he still looked OK,  she wasn't too sure it was that good an idea for him to leave at all yet, perhaps she could persuade him to just rest when she got back, "And if you change your mind, the sleeping bags are in the shelter behind you."