Marguerite stepped between the two men, "All right...John, why don't you come help me make breakfast. Veronica will go down and prepare a room for Alex."
"I will?!" Veronica asked.
"You will." Marguerite said, giving her friend a look. Veronica sighed and handed Emilia to her daddy and headed down stairs. She know how easily this situation could become hurtful to Roxton and Marguerite and she didn't want to add to their problems...she'd just remember to point out that Marguerite owed her one when this was over.
Roxton sighed and gave one last look towards Alex before heading into the kitchen, Marguerite following, leaving Alex with Ned and Challenger.
"Now this waterfall you said that the passageway opened up behind..." Challenger prompted.
"It's about 2 days north east..huge riverbed but all dried up now." Alex offered.
"The Summerlee River." Ned said with a grin.
"Sounds like it." Challenger said, grinning as well. "No wonder we never found the way off...it's half way down a waterfall."
Meanwhile in the kitchen Marguerite was preparing breakfast...in other words burning it, while Roxton watched her, holding Will.
"How do you know he's here to help us?" John asked, switching his son to a more comfortable position in his arms. Will just ignored it and grabbed a handful of shirt and stuffed it in his mouth.
"Why would he come all this way to do anything else? John...I know this must be difficult for you......Do you think I'd leave you for him..? John do you ever think I could give you up and Will for anyone else?" She said, her voice getting soft. It was rare that she was upfront with such strong emotions, but this was most decidedly not the time for word games and playful insults.
"No. I trust you. It's him I don't trust. Marguerite, face it, from what you've told me and from what I've seen your taste in companions hasn't always been the best."
"And it seems it hasn't improved!" She said angrily, taking Will and heading across the bridge to their own tree house.
Ned, Challenger and Alex looked up in suprise and Marguerite's retreating back, then looked to Roxton at once who just turned on his heel and continued making breakfast.
"Looks like motherhood hasn't changed some things...." Alex said with a little smirk.
"You have NO idea." Ned said seriously.
"With a woman like that..you just have to take the bull by the horns." Said Alex, far to smugly for Roxton's liking. Then again anything Alex said about HIS Marguerite was never going to be to his liking.
"And hope you don't get cleaved in half in the process." Offered Challenger, helpful as always.
