Thank you everyone for the amazing reviews! Yas-m, newtonks, Romantic in Denial and maricejayo you guys are great thank you for the kind words (: They are really inspiriting! This scene does not have as much tension as the last one, I got a feeling in this first morning Julia was really trying to take a step away from him, but at the end of this episode they were, like always, back in the circle.

First morning

(S01x02 – Part 2/3)

The next morning when he woke up, he could not find Julia anywhere. It was a good thing actually, he had to get back to the cabin as fast as he could to grab his dog tags – preferable without anyone seeing him. When he left the house however, he found Julia with a tennis ball in her hand hitting the wall furiously with it. She looked angry and pissed. She threw the ball against the wall repeatedly trying to catch the soldiers' attention. After another angry hit, the ball popped towards him and he caught it easily.

"I wouldn't even bother." He said but Julia was not in the chatting mood it seemed. She was almost ignoring his presence. "I mean, you could strip naked in front of these guys, they are still not gonna pay attention." He added jokingly all the way carefully watching her pacing up and down in front of the dome.

"I tried that an hour ago. They didn't even blink." She murmured frustratedly.

Barbie smiled at her ready comeback. It was of course a joke… right? He suddenly felt a pang of jealousy. She would not strip naked in front of all these guys, would she? Sure they would not react, not openly. He knew that because he was once in military but he also knew they would have watched. They were men after all. The images entering his mind were more than disturbing and he could feel the sudden anger rising in him.

"Oh. I looked around by the way, but no sign of your dog tags." She said, the anger and cold slowly disappearing from her voice as she finally turned to him.

"Oh, yeah, no worries. You know what? I probably just left them in my car." He explained quickly. The sooner she forgot about them the better. He just needed a few hours to get them back and then no more chances for anyone to ever find out about Peter and him. Thank God Julia seemed to be already forgetting it as she was staring at the soldiers outside the wall and all the equipment they were using.

"So what makes you think these guys are under orders not to talk to us?" She asked yet again surprising him how exactly well she got what he meant with his earlier comment.

"Because they are not talking to us." He said teasingly. But Julia was not having any of it. She grabbed the ball from his hands looking at him with the "don't give me your shit" look and turned away. She was in a bad mood all right.

"Maybe they did this you know. Maybe they are responsible." She started to get angry again.

"And why would they do that?" He asked watching her carefully trying to see into her beautiful head.

"I don't know." She opened her arms in a gesture of defeat. "Could be, uh, an experiment. Some sort of portable detention camp? Maybe we are being used as guinea pigs." She was certainly getting pissed as she raised her voice higher and higher.

"Whatever it is, these guys are the reason my husband is trapped out there!" She shouted this time throwing the ball hard against the wall.

Barbie caught it easily again. The husband again… Peter… He liked to call it just husband, it made him less real… He threw a glance her way as she stared with narrowed eyes at the soldiers outside the wall. Suddenly she turned on her heels, hurried to her car and opened its door in one swift movement. She had something in her mind, it was obvious. She was a real whirlwind today.

"Where are you going?" He asked stunned and curios at the same time. What could have caught her attention this time?

"The radio station. They might not be talking with us but they are talking to somebody." She said and without waiting for his response she hurriedly drove away.

Barbie stared after her for a while. She was one damn smart woman. Nothing escaped her attention it seemed. She looked definitely pissed today, at the wall, at the soldiers, at him and even at herself. She also seemed to be running from him either because she realized that he meant trouble for her, just as she meant trouble for him, or she needed space away from him to bring whatever happened between them yesterday under control. She also had the perfect excuse… her life with her husband… Turning on his heels he headed towards the town center. It was just fine, he also needed time away from her so he could force his mind to work normally again, based on pure logic and common sense. He needed to cover his ass, get the dog tags and forget about her. He wished it was just as easy…

So, this was it for today. Next one is coming soon I promise!