So now that my AC has been fixed, I can write with more ease. I must appologize for having to kill Josephin (I didn't kill anyone! She died) It just seemed logical. They're stuck in an island with no doctors, someone had to die, and it wasn't gonna be the baby. I'm sorry if Josephin's death bothered you, but it had to happen for the plot of the fic to reveal itself later on. Also if you're concerned about what the baby will eat, I kinda figured something out. It didn't occur to me until AFTER I posted chapter 8 that the baby would have no milk, but I did some extensive research (yeah right...I just googled it) and figured out how to make coconut milk. Yeah, yeah, I know it's kinda stupid. I don't even know if a baby could really survive on coconut milk, but if you just let this little detail go, I promise to bring about some very interesting twist of events.

Chapter 9: Hope

A couple of days after the baby's birth

Buffy sat on the ground feeding the baby. It was Faith's idea to mash some bananas and mix them in with coconut water. This idea was then renovated when they figured out how to make coconut milk by soaking the crushed coconut meat in hot water and mixing it with the natural coconut water. The baby seemed to like the coconut milk better than what they had been feeding her at first.

"You know B, I was thinking that she needs a name. We can't just keep calling her baby." the brunette said while working on opening another coconut. "Yeah, I know. It's just...this was all so unexpected." Buffy was holding the bottle firmly as the tiny girl sucked vigorously. Faith wiped sweat of her brow as she now crushed the coconut meat.

"We can call her 'Bottomless pit', or 'Pain in the Ass'. She's just constantly gulping down that coconut milk that's so fucking hard to make." Faith pouted slightly. "Faith! Like you care, there isn't anything better to do in this place anyways." the blonde shook her head at the brunette's childlike display.

"Anything must be better than this." She said as she mixed in the coconut water with some of the meat she had already been soaking. "Fine, here take the baby and I'll make the next bottle." Faith was reluctant, but took the girl in her arms and held the bottle. She stared down at the baby who was curiously looking up at her with her beautiful green eyes.

"Look at you with your dark hair and your green eyes..." She drifted off as she smiled then lightly poked the baby's little nose. "And your cute little nose." The baby gave her a toothless smile showing tiny little dimples on her cheeks. "Oh, and your pretty little dimples." Faith softly poked her dimples as well, but quickly withdrew her hand noticing that while the baby had been smiling she let the bottle leak it's substance all over her face.

"And your messy eating habits." the brunette frowned wiping her finger clean. Buffy laughed at Faith's disgusted face, and the vexed brunette just glared at her. The blonde handed her a rag that had been made from an article of clothing. "That's what you get for playing with her while she's trying to eat." Faith wiped the baby's mouth with a grumpy frown on her face. The girl just laughed and made little chuckling noises.

"Awww, look at that. She thinks you're funny...finally someone appreciates your humor." The baby kept smiling up at Faith as she glared at the blonde. The girls were startled by a loud noise coming from above them. As they looked up a plane could be seen making it's way accross the sky.

Too shocked to do anything they sat still with their mouths hanging open. "Hey! that was a plane!" Buffy stood up pointing where the plane was just a few seconds ago. "Stating the obvious again, B?" Faith raised her eyebrow at the blonde's display. "If there are planes going by we should make a signal. Something they'll be sure to see that way they'll send someone to rescue us." She ignored the brunette's words continuing her excited rant.

"Well it seems there is hope for us after all." Faith said looking down at the baby that was still smiling at her. A thoughtful look crossed the brunette's face. "Hope...that's a great name. We can name her 'Hope', what do you think B?" Faithlooked up and the blonde thendown at the baby with a smile on her face now.

"That's a great name." Buffy sat next tothe happybrunetteand looked down at the little girl in her arms who now seemed to be getting sleepy.

"Hope." She said caressing the baby's chubby little face.

TBC...
Was it so wrong that Josephin died? Maybe I should stop killing people in my stories...except for Angel...he can die a thousand times and it wouldn't be enough. Oh, and maybe Spike, he can die too, but that's probably in a different story. As far as this story goes, I don't think anyone else will die...maybe a few council men, I haven't decided yet.

Review and tell me what you think about the whole issue of people dying in my fic.