"We can't wait any longer. It's your call, Doc. You wanna go back in that rain or do you want to stay another day in our lovely cave?" Kara looked questioningly at Cottle. It had been raining all day and the temperature had fallen, so now it was freezing cold even right next to the fire. Neither of them looked forward to going out there, but they had promised Cottle to get him back to the city. And Tyrol was also waiting for them, hopefully with a working radio so that they could finally contact Galactica.

"As much as I like it here, let's go. I have patients waiting and I can't risk staying away for one more day. And I have seen more than enough of your little drama up here."

Kara shot him an annoyed look. She wouldn't call their situation drama. Zarek had tried to kill Lee or had at least made his condition worse. Her husband was suddenly best friends with a terrorist. And he was jealous of her best friend. That wasn't drama, that was a nightmare. Though when she thought about it, it did sound a little bit like drama. "Well, let's go then." She muttered.

Sighing Zarek got up. He had hoped that Cottle, who was a lot older than himself, would rather stay here than going out in that rain. As Thrace had refused to let him alone with Apollo and Sam had insisted that she didn't go alone, he had to accompany them out there. He didn't really look forward to it. Kara Thrace was still furious at him and he thought her very well capable of throwing him off some rock on their way back. And it was raining. They would be soaked to the skin within minutes. And it was already cold in here, he didn't want to imagine how cold it would be out there. He threw a last glance at the warming fire before he followed Thrace and Cottle outside.

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Trembling, Tyrol waited for Starbuck and Cottle. It was frakking cold and he was soaked to the skin. He was hidden behind some bushes under a tree and he had hoped that the tree would protect him from the rain. It didn't. Tyrol checked his watch for the hundredth time. He had waited for almost an hour. He was worried that they might have been caught. If that was the case, he couldn't risk waiting much longer. If one of them would let it slip that they were supposed to meet him here …

"Hey Chief."

Relieved Tyrol turned around and saw Starbuck, Cottle and – to his surprise – Zarek appearing behind the bushes. "What took you so long?" He whispered.

"We had hoped the rain would stop. It's not fun getting down here in that rain." Kara replied. "So, we brought your Doc back. You got me a radio?" She grinned.

This time it was Cottle throwing her an annoyed glare.

"Yes, I got one." Tyrol replied before Cottle could say anything. He threw an uncomfortable look at the bag in his hands before he gave it to Kara.

"Great. Were there any problems getting it?" She asked.

"Uh no, uhm …" Tyrol stammered. He wasn't sure if he should tell them where he got the radio. He didn't really know how Starbuck stood with Sharon. She had every reason to hate her, just like everyone else. But then again … this was Starbuck. She had brought the other Sharon back from Caprica, so she had to trust her to some point. "I got it from Sharon."

"What?" Kara looked at him surprised. "Frak Chief, how can you trust a Cylon after all this? They're probably just waiting for us right now."

"No. Captain … I trust her. It's really her. My …. our Sharon. She … She really wants to help us. And I trust her. You can take the radio or leave it. It's your choice."

Kara thought about his words for a moment. "Couldn't you get another one?"

"We can't even get anywhere near the raptors or any others ships anymore. No chance."

"Frak! Okay, I take it. But if this is a trap then …" She didn't finish her sentence. If this was a trap, then there really wasn't anything she could do to him. She would be dead.

"Sharon said that the Cylons are jamming any transmissions, but if you go high enough in the mountains, that shouldn't be a problem."

"Okay, thanks Chief." She smiled at him. Despite the fact that he had trusted a Cylon, she was glad he got them a radio. Then she turned to Zarek and her smile disappeared. "Let's get back. This weather isn't going to get any better."

"Take care." Tyrol said.

"You too." Kara hesitated a moment, than she gave him a quick hug. Without saying anything else, she turned around and left. Zarek followed her quickly.

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"So we trust Cylons now?" Zarek asked when they were far enough away from the City.

"We trusted you ... to a certain degree. Trusting a Cylon is nothing compared to that." Kara replied smugly. She tried not to think about what trusting Zarek had almost cost her. She could have lost Lee. She still wasn't convinced that Zarek wouldn't have killed him with those injections if it had given him an opportunity. She just hoped that trusting Sharon wouldn't come back to bite them either.

XXXXXX

When Kara stepped into the cave, her hands felt like dead. She was wet and trembling all over from the cold. She quickly walked to the fire to warm up again.

"Here, take this." Sam said as he put a blanket around her. "I also made some coffee. I figured you could use some when you got back."

"Thanks." Kara replied as she took the cup of coffee from him. She could hardly hold it as her fingers were stiff from the cold. "Hmm, this is good. I don't think I'll ever get real warm again."

"You should get out of the wet clothes."

"I will once I get feeling in my hands again."

"I could help you with that." Anders said, giving her a small smile.

Hesitantly Kara looked around the cave. Zarek had retreated further inside the back, where he had started another fire. Then her eyes fell on Lee. He was sleeping only a few feet away. When she looked back at her husband, he looked expectantly at her. "Okay, thanks."

Slowly Sam began to pull of her clothes. Every time his hands touched her skin, it sent shivers through her body. She closed her eyes and for a few minutes she allowed herself to forget everything that happened the last few days and just enjoy her husband taking care of her.

When she was wearing warm and dry clothes again and wrapped in a blanket, she looked at Sam. "That doesn't mean I'm not angry with you anymore."

"I know it takes a lot more than that to make you forgive anything." He cleared his throat. "But I didn't do anything wrong this time, Kara. I didn't know Tom gave him the morpha. If I did, I would have put a stop to it immediately."

"You're still calling him Tom." Kara insisted.

"So basically you're mad at me because I'm calling someone by his first name." He cocked an eyebrow at her.

Kara let out a frustrated sigh. "I know that sounds ridiculous if you say it like this. But he's a terrorist, Sam. He killed people. He tried to get Lee killed, not just here …"

"He says he wasn't trying to kill him." Sam cut in.

"Don't defend him!" Kara glared at him. "He already tried it before on Kobol. And on the Astral Queen when he took all the hostages, he could have easily killed him too."

"But he didn't. Kara, I don't know what happened on Kobol or the Astral Queen. I wasn't there. When I met him for the first time, he was a member of the Quorum. A respected member and a confident of the president of the colonies. People make mistakes in their lives. Sometimes you just have to look past them. He changed."

"He'll never change."

"That's your opinion. It doesn't necessarily have to be mine. So, can we please forget about it and move on? I don't like us fighting."

"Neither do I." Kara sighed. "Okay, fine. I'll look pass that whole "My husband is friends with a known terrorist" thing. But then you have to accept my friendship with Lee too."

Anders let out a small laugh. "All right. I'm fine with Lee and you're fine with Tom."

"I'll never be fine with him. But I won't hold it against you when you are."

"So, are we okay?"

"Yes, we are."

Tbc

A.N.: Thanks to Laurie for beta reading. :) Thanks for all the kind reviews. I hope you like this chapter.