<em>~ Maddi, with Tony, at the girl's camp ~</em><br/><br/>"Look Tony, really, I'm not a beating round the bush kind of person," she said, hearing the angry tone in his voice, "I know we didn't have enough time for the niceties, but really please don't make me ask again, it's my friends I'm worried about, surely you can understand that can't you?  Just tell me what the situation is and how many there are of you."<br/><br/>She nearly swore again, what was it about men and their dam egos?  It was fine for them to just accept sex was sex – but when a woman was straight up they hated it.  And why the fuck couldn't he just answer her question?  Surely he could see how upset she was for her friends?  She held it all in though, she wasn't going to antagonise the guy, not 'til she knew the lay of the land, that was for sure.<br/><br/>She swiftly piled wood onto the fire, building a neat, compact wigwam to keep it going as long as possible, as she didn't know how long she was going to be.  Eyeing the fish, she didn't want them to get taken either so she hung them up on a branch as high as she could reach - she didn't have time to untie the food store and put them in there - she had to go find the girls as soon as possible.