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watching as he skewered each fish on the longer branch and hung them over the fire.
    “I’ve never been fishing. It doesn’t seem like it would be that easy to get a fish to bite a hook.”
    David turned the branch as dinner sizzled in the heat. “It’s not about the hook - more about the bait. Feed them what they want, and you’ve got dinner.” He handed her the canteen, and she poured a little into the coconut shells for each of them before setting it aside.
    Kat nodded, watching quietly as he tended the meal. She was quiet, an uncommon trait in women as far as he knew. Most of them would fill the silence with endless chatter. He’d never met one who didn’t. It was...disconcerting.
    “So why do you want to have a kid?”
    He wished he could take the question back the second it came out. It was none of his business, and judging from the look on Kat’s face, she was about to make that abundantly clear.
    “Why would you think I do? And why would you care if I did?” She raised her eyebrows, waiting. He knew that look. She wasn’t waiting for an honest answer, she was waiting to rip him to shreds.
    He held up both hands in surrender. “You’re right, it’s none of my business. I apologize. And I think...” he poked at one of the fish with his finger, “this is done. Let’s eat.”
    Glancing at the surrounding foliage, he cut two large leaves off of a bushy plant of some sort and laid one fish on each, handing her one. Noting her watchful eye, he used his fingers to pull the skin off and then pieces of flesh, leaving the bones behind. She mimicked his movements in silence, her body tense as she picked the carcass clean.
    “Thank you,” she said quietly, wrapping the leaf around the bones. “What do we do with these?”
    He took it from her and stood. “I’ll toss ‘em back in the stream. Hand me the canteen and I’ll fill it up while I’m at it.”
    She wrinkled her nose. “You’re going to put bones in the water and then we’re going to drink it?”
    “You know these fish came from the same water we’re drinking, right? Besides, the bones will go downstream, and I’ll fill the canteen higher up. Make you feel better?”
    She shook her head. “Not really, but I don’t have a choice, do I?”
    “Not unless you want to skip the water. Feel free to try boiling it if you want. We might be able to find a rock somewhere around here.”
    She shooed him away. “Just go. I don’t want to know any more.”
    He went, anticipating another interesting discussion over toilet paper, or lack thereof.
    When he got back, he offered to help her dig a hole in the distance for taking care of her needs, but she informed him she’d already taken care of things. Not eager to have the discussion, he left it at that and put several more logs by the fire. Then he sat beside her in the small cave with his back to the rock wall, wrapping the second blanket around his shoulders.
    “What made you think I wanted a kid?”
    She sounded genuinely confused, and he looked over to find her practically scowling at the fire.
    “Why else would an attractive woman like yourself be looking for a one night stand?”
    She looked over at him, her frown deeper. “So women only want sex so they can get pregnant? That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. Are men the only ones who can just have sex for fun? Or even just relaxation?” She stumbled over the last bit, her voice so quiet he barely heard it. Then he remembered her comment about a prescription to fill.
    He laughed. “No way. You were serious about that whole prescription thing? Did your doctor actually tell you to go have sex? That is awesome. I really do want the name of that guy, just so I can go shake his hand.”
    She stood up, clearly agitated. “Why do you even care? We talked about this already. You don’t want to have sex with me, and for your information, I don’t want kids, now or ever. So why are we even talking about this? It’s ridiculous, and when