Logan was sitting by the grill when Goren came out onto the back deck to join him. "Hey, how do you feel?" he asked as he flipped the burgers on the grill.

"Better." He sat down on the perimeter bench.

"Where's Alex?"

"Out on the porch with Carolyn. I guess it's time for girl talk."

"Crap. They're plotting."

"Plotting what?"

"Get with the program here! We have almost a week out here in the woods with them. This is their chance to get back at us for every stupid thing we've done." Goren frowned, thinking. Logan stared at him. "What the hell are you thinking about?"

"I'm trying to think of anything I've done that would have pissed her off enough to try to get back at me out here."

"Well, I don't have to think. I do shit like that on a daily basis."

"I know that."

"Are you sure they haven't said anything to you?"

He shook his head. "Not a word."

"Maybe you could ask Alex…"

"Oh, no. I'm not about to do anything that's going to put me in the same category as you with either one of them."

"What happened to solidarity?"

"It went out the window with Eames and Barek." He raised his hands. "I am staying out of this."

"Coward."

"You got that right. I've been Eames' partner long enough to know that pissing her off is a bad thing. A very bad thing."

"So you don't think she's going to do anything to get you for this whole Wallace thing?"

He looked thoughtful again. "I don't know."

"You did break her ribs."

"She said she wasn't mad about that. And I didn't do it intentionally."

"It still pissed her off."

"No. It pissed her off that I underestimated Nicole and her threat to me. Several times. But, if she's going to get me back for that, I'm ok with it."

"You're what? Is your head on straight, man?"

He shrugged. "If it'll make her feel better…"

Logan just looked at him. "I give up. I am not even going to try to figure you out any more. It's not worth the headache."

He turned back to the burgers. They both looked toward the cabin when the door opened and the women came out onto the deck. "Done plotting?" Logan asked.

"Plotting what?" Barek wanted to know.

"My introduction to nature."

She started laughing. Eames smiled and sat beside her partner, leaning against him. He slid his arm around her. Logan frowned at his partner. "What are you laughing at?"

Goren didn't let his smile through, but his eyes were bright with amusement. "He's really worried."

Logan glared at him. "Just wait…you might find a snake in your bed."

Eames and Barek laughed while Goren rubbed the back of his head thoughtfully. "First of all, who's going to put it there? They aren't out to get me, and I can't see you running through the woods chasing down a snake. Secondly, why are you giving them ideas?"

"Ideas? Oh, shit! Look, you two…"

Barek collapsed into a chair and Eames was holding her sides. Logan looked at Goren, who wasn't laughing, but he had one of those smiles that worried him. Logan groaned. "I am so screwed."