<em>~ Maddi, Elijah and the one that didn't get away ~</em><br/><br/>Maddi quickly pulled in her line, dumping it into the bucket, and went to Elijah's aid.  He'd got the line round his hand, and she bit her lip, how bad was she not teaching him properly, this was her fault.  She got him to unwind his hand and let the line out a little, giving him her hip to brace against she helped him wind the line on the piece of timber.<br/><br/>In her head she was saying 'Please do not let go......please......please......" as she knew just how dam important the lines and hooks were and they couldn't afford to loose them.  She managed though  to keep her voice low and calm thoughout, praising him, teasing him and when at last the monster fish was being drawn up onto the rocks she laughed, "Jeez Elijah, you really never do things by halves do you!"  She had no idea what kind of fish it was, it looked uncommonly like a barramundi and they were fabulous eating, but she hadn't thought you found them in these waters, maybe it was a distant cousin she thought, chuckling, amazed the line had taken the strain, thank goodness Elijah had managed to pull it in so steadily.<br/><br/>"So first me, now a monster fish, I hate to think what you night catch next!" she said, her hands on her hips with mock seriousness.  She laughed again, "Well that's our fishing over, we don't need any more after this beaut. I wonder what on earth we'll do with our time," she flirted, grinning.  He did that to her she thought, made her grin, and smile, and laugh... She couldn't resist kissing him, the salt on his lips joining hers, "Mmmmm tasty, seconds please..." she said kissing him again, teasing his lips with her tongue.<br/><br/>She loved kissing him, her hands rested on the maleness of his chest, and she could feel even this simple kiss awakening her.  Her breathing already slightly raised she stepped back and eyed his fish,  "Now all we have to do is get it back to camp......"<br/><br/>She didn't really want to cut any twine and then she had an idea, it was such a large fish.... she undid her belt and threaded it through the gills, buckling it back together again.  "There, problem solved, " she said looking up at him again.<br/><br/>She put both their lines tidily in the canvas bucket, tightened it off and gave it to Elijah, "How about you take that and I take your monster fish, it's time I got acquainted with your other catches......"