Hey guys! Um… I don't have much to say right now except that this'll mostly be in Cori's POV, like last time, and it's set about a year later. Enjoy!

Oh, and just a warning- you may want to keep a box of tissues handy for this fic…

~BGBD~

"I'm going to lash the bamboo rods together like this to make a windsurfer, which I'll use to sail to that island…" My mate and I watch intently from the sofa as the survival expert on TV constructs various objects out of bamboo and palm leaves. It's really very interesting- for a human, he's pretty cool.

"Hey, Cori?" Jemima asks, nuzzling me gently.

"Yes, love?"

"We should do that someday." I give a wry, slightly sad smile. I know that she's not talking about making a bamboo windsurfer.

Jemima and I have had a very… strenuous… relationship. Her parents never approved of me, and had raised a huge hissy fit when we became mates two months ago. Then before that, there had been our temporary break-up, a pregnancy scare, and… well, we wrote it all down, if you want to go read it.

I nod.

"Find some nice, deserted island… settle down... raise a family…" I sigh. "I suppose that's expanding a bit on what he's doing, though. He's trying to get off the island, and we're trying to get on…"

Jemi snuggles in closer to me.

"Cori… why does my dad hate you so much? Even though you did all those things that proved you're a good tom? Like warning him about those Pollicles!" Her face tenses, her brows knitting together in an expression that I've seen far too often lately. "He would have been killed if it weren't for you!"

I sigh again.

"I don't know, Jems… I think it's just the idea of someone being mated to his only daughter… and that tom being me just makes it worse." I try and smile at her. "But I have you and Tanto- that's all that matters to me." I press a kiss to her forehead. "Now, let's get back to watching Bear. I think the show's almost over."

~BGBD~

I'm not so happy with how it's beginning, but I couldn't really figure out what to write for the TV thing…

It'll get better (and sadder) later, though!