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Lee sat in his viper getting ready to be launched out into one of the most dangerous, not to mention suicidal missions, and all he could think about was Kara's words.
He had been offered the mission by the President, undercover of course, and he had yet to give her an answer. He didn't know whether or not he could just walk into a situation like this, one where he very well may not come back, and leave behind something that he might be able to have.
Something that he had wanted for a long that had all change very quickly. Because he didn't have anything now. He thought he did, but of course the gods weren't that kind.
Kara Thrace. The bane of his existence, the one person he can't live without, his best friend, and the love of his life...who doesn't love him back. Not at all actually, cuz it turns out that she had met someone else on Caprica. Someone who she could love back. A pyramid player, Lee had heard. One of mankinds last celebrities. Funny place we live in.
Lee had been walking towards the rec room where he knew without a doubt that she would be because he wasn't going have anymore of this song and dance where they flirted and got close then avoided each other and never talked about. He was gonna get it all out in the open. Right now. But lo and behold, the topic of the conversation was one of the very last things that he wanted to hear about.
"So Starbuck," started Kat."Scuttlebutt's that you found a new boy toy on that gods forsaken planet. Heard he was famous."
Starbuck smirked."Well Katraine if you consider being one of the last pro pyramid players in existence famous, then yes." The pilots in the room hollered and whistled.
"So there is a boy toy then?" Kat replied with a wolfish grin.
"Wait!" said Cally. "I thought you and Apollo were a...ya know..." Kara looked at her with an incredulous look. "A what?"
Cally struggled for the right words. "I don't know...a...thing?" Everyone was quiet now, and Lee was holding his breath. Each of them waiting for her reaction. Kara suddenly went from completely blank faced to boisterously laughing.
"Me and Apollo?" Kara struggled to get out between breaths. "You... you actually thought that I would have a thing with him of all people?" Her face was red from laughter.
Cally, not knowing what to say, had stuttered for a moment. "Well...I just...I thought that...I mean you guys were so close and I guess I always thought that the Captain had a thing for you." Everyone agreed and nodded along with what Cally said.
"Well you are very wrong." Said Kara. "We have history is all. Besides, Lee has always just been...well Lee. Theres nothing there. The pyramid player on the other hand.." Everyone whooped and hollered again.
Lee had quickly stumbled away from the rec room and into Helo. "Whoah Apollo. You okay there man?" He asked. Lee nodded and muttered that he was fine. But inside, his heart was shredded to pieces. "You sure?" He asked with a concerned look.
Lee quickly masked his emotions, at least for right now. "Yeah. Nothing to worry about. Just have some very important business that I need to take care of." Helo nodded at his answer, although Apollo knew that he saw holes. "Alright then. Have a goodnight."
Lee nodded and wished him the same as he hastily made his way to the hanger bay. He needed to contact the President to inform her that he was accepting the mission and that he would be leaving as soon as possible. After all, rescue missions such as this one need to be done in a certain window of time. If Lee was going to get those survivors off of Caprica then he needed to act now.
So here he was, getting ready to do something that will more than likely end his life. Lee had never thought that having one's name used to describe one's self could sound so much like an insult. He knew what Kara meant. Plain, boring, uptight, uninteresting. Just Lee.
He couldn't blame her though. He was getting ready to go and save the man who would have a bright shiny future with Kara, and he couldn't find a single fault in her choice. Couldn't be mad that, even though Lee had been there all along and ready to give her the world, she had found someone else. Someone undoubtably better than him. Though he was supposed that wouldn't be hard. Lee may have been one of the best looking men, but he was all too aware of his many flaws. All the little things about him that contributed to the bigger picture. The one that made him... just Lee.
Lee was launched out and prepared to follow through with his mission. He would destroy the cylon base and ensure safe passage for the raptors to get the survivors off the planet, and probably get killed in the crossfire. But this was Kara's happiness here. Maybe if he could get her this one thing, get back the man she loved for her,
then maybe he wouldn't be so insignificant. Maybe he could be more than Just Lee.
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