<em>~ Maddi with Desmond at girls camp ~</em><br/><br/>Her thoughts as she used some sand to scour the dishes weren't that pleasant.  Maddi, knew she had to go back and keep an eye on the guy, as it did sound, and seem, as though he had been very ill. She wished  Lizzie  was with her, she would have known what to do.  She wondered what the two other girls were doing. She had a good idea what Kira was up to with Romeo -  but Lizzie?  Where was she?  She couldn't believe they had both been stupid enough to go off on their own. Why couldn't they have just stayed in camp and the three of them could have worked thing out together.  She hated that she felt it was all her responsibility, and she felt so dam helpless.<br/><br/>As she came back to camp she was surprised to see Desmond sitting up against a tree.  She had thought he would probably have dosed off.  He still looked pale, but there was a definite improvement in the colour of his face and his eyes looked clearer.  She was even more surprised when he just came out with what had happened to the guys, and how they got stranded here.  She had thought he was going to play the cool dude who couldn't be arsed to communicate and play it big.<br/><br/>She could hear the disinterest in his voice and wondered if it was because he had been unwell and that was why he wasn't connecting with her that much. Walking over to her back pack she pulled out her water bottle, taking a quick swig she brought it too him, resting the back of her hand against his forehead briefly to check he didn't have a fever.  Kneeling down for a moment beside him,  she gave him the bottle and smiled, saying gently, "Look, don't worry about talking about it now Desmond, it sounds like you had even more difficult a day than we girls did, would you like me to make a bed up for you by the fire?  Maybe the best thing for you would be to get a good rest."