Anders led the woman he once thought he loved through the wreckage of his life. They passed countless civilians geared up for battle. Crouched behind the rubble, some of the men called out to Kara, but most simply nodded. They were ready for whatever came. They had no hope. As per usual, Kara was going to crush their dreams. The men finally thinned out as Anders led them past the battlefield and into friendly territory. Here, there was more cheer. Much of the rubble had been cleared out to offer more room. Women looked up from their work as the motley trio passed. A few even smiled. Kara smiled back. At the back of the area, up against the wall, was the Stargate. Sitting next to it, almost beckoning them home, was the DHD.

"Please say that you remember the address," said Kara.

"You bet," said Lee as he calmly punched in the seven digits and the eighth 'area code'. As the Stargate sprang to life, Anders jumped. He quickly looked from the huge upright puddle to the two pilots, who were smiling happily.

"My guess is that this is a good thing," said Anders.

"Very, very good," said Lee. He nodded to Kara who was speaking into her radio.

"We have an OK to come through. I suggest you get everyone packed up so we can be outta here before the cylons realize whats what." Anders looked at her like she was crazy.

"Where does that go?"

"Earth," said Kara with a patented Crazy Starbuck smile. It made Lee go weak in the knees, not that he gave any indication. Anders looked like someone had told him that the pet aardvark that had been run over was in fact, not his, and his was still alive. That is to say, very happy (don't ask). He quickly ran over to the men and women that made up his army. Within minutes everyone was packed up and through the Stargate.

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On the other side, Starbuck and Apollo were greeted by Walter.

"If you just wait for a couple minutes, we'll have someone from up there," this was punctuated by a look to the ceiling, "down here to ID you." The pilots nodded, and after telling Anders the situation, they sat down on the edge of the ramp (I always thought that it was a really good place to just sit and talk…).

"I think we had a discussion to finish," whispered Kara.

"Yah?" responded Lee in the same tone, neither wanting to be overheard.

"So you were jealous."

"Very, very jealous. I've had a mad crush on you for years."

"Why not tell me. After all, I most definitely would've said yes."

"But… your Zack's…"

"Girl," Kara interrupted, "I was Zack's girl TWO YEARS AGO! Why don't I go over my love life in the past few years. Zack Adama- we were engaged, but on the rocks. We disagreed about EVERYTHING."

"I bet our friendship had something to do with that."

"A little. But it was mostly the fact that we were so different. He was very outgoing, and I tried not to run over him all the time, but it didn't work. We argued about flying- he wanted me to stay as an instructor, but you know the feeling. I had the itch to get into some combat. We argued about children. We argued about EVERYTHING. And it's not like you and I argue. We have fun. Zack didn't know how to argue and have fun. That's one of the things he couldn't understand," Kara trailed off, noticing Lee's expression, "but he's gone know, so none of that mattered. Next, we have our illustrious Vice President. He got me really, really, pissed drunk. Then he proceeded to frak me. Until I called out your name. Then I left," Kara smiled at Lee. He looked awful dumbstruck, "to continue, no I never frakked Anders. We came close, but then I just thought of you, and well, I couldn't. So no Anders." Kara looked down at her hands clasped in her lap, suddenly afraid of how her best friend would take the news that she was head over heels in love with him.

"Wow," Lee murmured, still processing the information. Kara felt herself blush.

"Anything else?"

"Do you love me?" asked Lee impulsively. Kara murmured something unintelligible. Lee put his fingers under her chin, almost caressing the soft skin there, and pulled her head up to look at him. "Do you love me?" he repeated.

"Yes."

A/N I love cliffies! Well, I loved to write them, reading thems another story! You know what to do… r&r, its common courtesy people!