Disclaimer: I own nothing of BSG except the character of Tari.

Summary: This is about Tari Adama, the child of Bill and Laura. I know that this was already created but think of it as a re-imagined series. The BSG characters I don't own. Tari I own and there area few characters that I don't own either. I merely borrowed them from people I know on a Forum site that I now play on for BSG.

Rating: T+ through M

PILOTS REC ROOM:

Tony saw Destiny sitting with Matt, and two other pilots he didn't recognize. Destiny turned to see Tony staring and motioned him over. She pushed Matt closer to the other male pilot and made room for her friend from Pegasus. They had shared plenty of hardships and Tari was a thing in common between them.

"So Tony, have you met Vixon and Ghost Rider?" Destiny pointed out the two other people.

"Now I have. Her Raptor is back but I missed her on the Flight deck."

"I haven't seen her yet. Matt you seen Tari?"

"Briefly. She invited me to dinner with the President, Admiral, CAG, and Starbuck." Matt admitted and ran a hand through his hair. In all honesty he was nervous about the dinner. Several times Tari had said, 'If you don't want to I won't blame you.' He had nearly taken her offer and run for it. But it was for Tari and he wanted to show the Admiral that he was not a pilot after one thing. Especially since that one thing happened to be with his daughter.

"Ooh the entire line up. Damn you must be special to get an invite like that." Destiny laughed.

"Or just frakking the Admiral's Daughter." Vixon said. Once a long time ago she and Matt had been a thing but he had given her up for that reporter, D'Anna Biers. Now he was with Tari. When would Matt learn?

"She's a good girl." Matt said.

"Key word in the sentence being 'Girl."

"Vixon relax." Ghost said and rubbed his hand over her back.

"Ok well, Tony you wanna tour of the Bucket?" Destiny asked eager to change the subject. Tony smiled t his friend and got up with out a word. He needed to get up and moving and not to be thinking about the red head who had come to him bloody.

"Hope you have fun at dinner... Matt." Tony said and followed Destiny out of the Rec Room.

ADAMA'S QUARTERS:

Tari sat with her brother on the couch while she waited for Matt to show. She had given him the option not to come tonight but secretly she had hoped he would decide to have dinner here. It would like a validation of the shaky relationship they had started. Tari had wanted to tell Matt about Tony and her time on the Pegasus but there was a barrier preventing her from speaking the memories aloud. Tari wound her hair around her index finger and watched the hatch. Lee tried not to pay attention to his sister but she was starting to make him nervous. Starbuck poked him in the shoulder to get his attention and Lee just looked at her. Lee wasn't sure whether he wanted to mad or irritated. Matt 'Hephaestus' Lensherr was sleeping with his baby sister. It was true they had never been close but they were still family.

Admiral Adama and President Roslin just watched the three pilots with polite interest. Lee was talking and laughing with Starbuck who seemed more at ease these days since coming back from Caprica. Tari on the other hand was fidgeting. Matt Lensherr still had yet to show and that was the source of their daughter's unease. Laura had only seen the pilot in passing while she was on her way to Admiral's quarters. If he showed it would be a good opportunity to chat with the man who was sleeping with her daughter. Bill on the other hand would just as soon not have Matt show up. He had been partially absent in his daughters life but he was still her father and the idea of one of his pilots sleeping with her just set his teeth on edge.

In one fluid motion the occupants of the Admirals quarters turned when the hatch opened and Matt walked in. He dressed himself in black suit pants and a white button up shirt with his black service boots. Tari liked the conservative look. It was way better than the grey dress uniforms they had to wear for formal occasions. Tonight was just dinner and nothing more. Well nothing more to her but Matt looked ready to run for the flight deck and take the nearest Raptor off of Galactica.

"Hey Matt, glad you could make it." Kara spoke first and rising from the couch she clapped Matt on the back. He laughed and walked over to the Admiral and President. Matt inclined his head and held out his hand for the President. Laura looked at him as she gave him her hand.

"As always Madam President you are looking beautiful." Matt smiled and lightly kissed the back of her hand. Laura chuckled and removed her hand. He certainly had manners.

"Thank you Maj. Lensherr." Laura said and cast a side long glance at Bill who locked his jaw.

"Heph, you want a drink?" Lee offered leaving his sister on the couch. Tari was content to watch Matt even as her parents watched him. She saw him in a whole new way. Matt looked like he fit right into this little picture. He stood with Lee, Starbuck, and the President holding a conversation like regular people and not like they were the last humans left in the universe. Tari looked up her father came to sit next to her.

"You really like him, don't you?" Adama asked his youngest.

"I think I do." Tari answered and rested her head on her fathers shoulder.

"That's enough for me, until he breaks your heart."

"Then you are going to kill him?" Tari laughed and Bill patted her knee laughing with her. The hatch opened again and a specialist entered with a tray of food. Tari didn't realize how hungry she was until she smelled the noodle and the chicken that went with it. With her stomach growling Tari sat down next to Matt and waited for the plates to be passed around. Lee and Starbuck sat on right side of the table with Tari and Matt on the other and Laura and Bill at either end.

"So, Matt which Colony are you from?" Laura asked idly just before she took a sip of water.

"I was born of Picon, but I lived a good portion of my life on Aerilon. My father owned a ranch, raised cattle and horses."

"Really?" Starbuck asked, "I never would have thought of you as the ranching type, Matt. You are a Viper Jock through and through."

"Yeah, I know. Makes people shocked when I tell them that." Matt laughed and took Tari's hand under the table.

"What made you decide to be a pilot?" Laura asked again and shrugged off a glance from her daughter.

"I wanted something different. When I was old enough I moved to Caprica and joined the military where I excelled as a pilot. Course I am no where near the caliber of Apollo, Starbuck, and your very own Ares, but I pull my weight." Matt raised the back of Tari's hand to his lips and kissed it lightly. Tari looked at the others and she felt the color start to rise in her face but she focused on her food.

"And how old are you?" Laura asked. It was like she was the one asking all the questions.

"Ok that's enough. Mother stop. Can we have a nice conversation instead of an interrogation?" Tari dropped her chop sticks and stared at her mother.

"Tari, its fine. It's true I have a few years on your daughter, but that doesn't matter to her. Well I would hope it doesn't." Matt chuckled and continued to eat. Tari just wanted to get dinner over with and spend more alone time with Matt.

"So, any news on who will run against you in the coming election?" Lee asked. Tari smiled at her brother for the quick change of the subject.

"I don't know. No one out there has the guts enough I guess." Laura laughed.

"Maybe they are smart enough to realize that with you as President we all would be safer." Tari said.

"I heard rumors that Gaius Baltar was planning to run against you Madam President." Matt chimed in.

"What?!" Laura and Bill said as one.

"That weasel." Tari commented.

"It's just the word I heard on Galactica."

"I've heard the same thing." Lee said.

"It will never come to anything." Laura said and they ate in silence for a while.

SENIOR OFFICERS QUARTERS:

Kara bowed her spine and groaned when her back came into contact with Lee's warm chest. After dinner they had headed to the Gym for a little fun but that fun soon turned into something more and thus they ended up in his rack. The heat was just cooling and the sweat on her flesh caused goose bumps to rise up from the swirling air of the ventilation system. Lee kissed his way down her spine and back up biting lightly on her shoulder blade.

"What do you think about Tari and Matt?" Kara asked then sighed curling into Lee's side after she slid the curtain shut. It wasn't sound proofing but it would be some semblance of privacy should someone come in.

"All I have to say is if he hurts my sister then I will..."

"You'll what?" Kara leaned over and smiled down at Lee.

"Beating the crap out of him comes to mind." Lee laughed and leaned up to kissed Kara's throat.

"Come on, the Old Man beats the crap out of you. What makes you think you can beat the crap out of Matt?" Kara laughed as Lee managed to pin her.

"The Old Man was my teacher." Lee replied and kissed Starbuck long and hard stopping anymore conversation from her. Kara ran her short nails down his back and chuckled in his ear when he moved further down her body.

ADMIRAL'S QUARTERS:

Roslin lounged with Adama in his rack. Dinner had been over for a few hours and they had needed something to occupy themselves. She hadn't wanted to go back to Colonial One instead she was here with Adama like this; being his lover. Laura lay on her back and contented in the feel of Adama's hand rubbing over her stomach and down her left side. He had been doing that for the last ten minutes and Laura was wondering why, but was too content to ask him why. Bill slid down and kissed her flat stomach over her grey tank top.

"What are you doing?" Laura asked lazily running her fingers through his hair.

"Just imagining something." Bill whispered and moved the material up so it bunched right under her ribs. He placed light butterfly kisses in a circle.

"Imagining what?" Laura cocked her head and looked at Adama as he stared at her up the line of her body.

"What you must have looked like pregnant with our daughter." Bill whispered and kissed her bare stomach one more time before resuming his place next to her. She just smiled at him and laced her fingers with his. It was a strange thing for Adama to wonder and yet it was also just like him.

"I was fat, and couldn't see my feet." Laura said and turned a little red.

"Why did you never tell me?"

"I didn't know how to find you. We only slept together once and I get pregnant with your child. I was confused." Laura confessed. She had wanted to tell him how afraid she had been while carrying their child. Laura was alone and just starting out on Adar's political career. Bill was gone and it was only a few years later when she found out that he was married and had two sons. Laura stayed away out of foolish pride. But when Tari was five she had asked about her father and why her last name was different from her mothers. That was Laura's breaking point and it was why she had decided to find Bill and tell him he had a daughter.

"I still bet you were beautiful." Bill assured her, "As you are now."

Laura rose up enough to touch her lips to his but it was Bill who fueled the fire between them. When he had seen her in that bar he knew he wanted to bed her even though it would have been to make his wife angry. There was something about Laura that drew a man like Bill. And he was still drawn to her even at all these years.

TARI'S QUARTERS:

Tari curled up with Matt and drew circles on his exposed chest. She had wanted to ask him if he was thoroughly scarred from the interrogation her mother had given him but she thought better of it. Instead she opted for the contented silence. There was something else that they needed to talk about but it meant speaking of old memories that she had long buried.

"What is the story with Tony?" Matt whispered and kissed the top of his lovers head.

"He was a pilot that... served to scratch my itch. And he was the one who tended my wounds instead of the doctors. I didn't want many people to know." Tari sat up and wrapped her arms around her knees.

Matt said nothing instead he pulled Tari into the safety of his arms and just held her close. This new info shed light into the relationship she must have had with Tony. Right now she had a lot on her mind. He probably had won some points with Lee, but with her father and mother. That was something he didn't want to think about. At least not right now. He had a beautiful woman in his arms what else was there to think about?

ADAMA'S QUARTERS:

Laura Roslin stretched and buried her head in the pillow trying to drown out the buzzing of the wireless. Adama was next to her and still sound asleep or she thought he was still asleep. Laura hid her smile when she heard Adama growl and reach over her to grab the receiver. Of course he had to reach over her and Laura decided not to move.

"Laura, move."

"Uh uh." She groaned. Bill managed to get the receiver and still glare at Laura.

"Adama."

"Hold for Colonial One." Dualla said. Bill scrubbed his hand over his face and waited for the connecting call.

"Great." Bill muttered and leaned over Roslin. She was still lying on her stomach with her face turned away from him. Half of her back was bare to his roving gaze and her skin still held a glow to it.

"Admiral it's Billy, course you knew that. I'm looking for the President." Billy said quickly.

"And the first thing you do is call the Admiral's quarters?" Bill asked before he nipped Laura's shoulder. She flinched at the sudden feel of his teeth on her skin. Laura turned her head away from him to hide her contented smile. Being with Bill Adama made sense to her when nothing in this world did. By a mathematical absurdity she became President. Luck brought her daughter Tari back into her life and now Laura was here with Bill Adama.

"I figured since she didn't return to the Colonial One that she was with you." Billy stammered on his end.

"Hold on." Bill replied and put the receiver in Laura's line of sight. She shook her head no and this time buried her head under the pillow. Bill sighed and thought, 'Red heads are not morning people.' Taking the pillow Bill held the receiver to Laura's ear and she listened intently to what Billy had to say. In the next instant she was up and clutching the blanket to her body and the receiver to her ear.

"Are you certain?" Laura asked as she leaned over the side. "I'll be there soon." She snapped and slammed the receiver back into the cradle harder than needed. When she came back up in a sitting position she had Bill's uniform jacket in her hands. Without a word to Bill she slid the jacket on and buttoned it up while climbing out of his rack. Bill glanced over at the clock and the time was 05:35. For Bill it was too early for a political crisis.

Five steps away from the rack and Laura turned to stare at Bill, "You going to get out of bed and get dressed?"

"Not when you are wearing part of my uniform." Bill replied and Laura tossed his pants at him.

"Get dressed." She replied gathering her clothes.

TARI'S QUARTERS:

Matt watched as Tari lay sprawled across her rack. He had gotten out of her rack to scrub through the wireless and came across a broadcast by Baltar claiming he was running for the office of the President. Roslin and Adama must have heard this already, if they were awake. Matt had to shake his head against that thought. Anyone with eyes could see the attraction between the two leaders. Most chose to ignore it and go about their lives with the knowledge that they were in safe hands. And he was one of those people. He worried about whether Tari was going to run on him at the first sign of trouble.

"This just in: Gaius Baltar has stated he will run for President opposite Laura Roslin." Matt changed the wireless band again to find a media conference with Roslin and Adama.

"Hmmm." Matt turned to see Tari rolling over and covering her head with a pillow. 'Red Heads hate morning.' Matt thought and shook his head at her sleeping form. How she could have survived Military training he would never know.

"Madam President, how does it feel to know that you have someone out there willing to run against you in the coming election?" Seyku Hamilton asked.

"Healthy competition is a normal part of a political race. I just hope Dr .Baltar is up to the challenge." Laura replied. Matt could hear the smile in her voice.

"Admiral, who are you endorsing in the coming election?" Plya asked.

"The Military is choosing to remain neutral at this time." Adama replied. Matt could see him now. He would be standing tall and his hands would be behind his back.

Casting another glance back at Tari he saw her looking right at him. When they had passed the ready room she had seen he was on the Rotation for a scouting mission with Racetrack. Tari climbed out of her warm rack to hand Matt his collar and Helmet.

"Good Hunting Hephaestus." She whispered. Matt smiled and lightly kissed her forehead before walking out of her quarters.

FLIGHT DECK:

Matt walked over to Racetrack and greeted her while they waited for the Chief to give the go ahead. Tyrol made sure to check over every Raptor and Viper personally before a pilot would take it out.

"So, have a nice night in Ares bed?" Racetrack asked and nudged Matt in the ribs while smiling.

"How can you tell I was there?"

"Easy. The gleam in your eyes and the bite mark on your neck." She laughed.

"The mark is a few days old and well… yes I just left Ares' billet."

"I think this is the longest you have been with a single woman." Racetrack mused, "Who was the last one, D'Anna something."

"D'Anna Biers." Matt said flatly. That had ended some what abruptly. It was her choice not Matt's. He found himself thinking about her sometimes, but in the past weeks D'Anna had not come into his thoughts at all. The last time he had thought about her was the morning before he slept with Tari. Now the Raptor jock had put the blonde in his head again.

"All right L.T your Raptor is ready. Good Hunting." Tyrol said.

"Thanks Chief." Matt said and boarded the Raptor after Racetrack.

RECON MISSION:
SECTOR DELTA 3

"Whatever this hash is, it is frakking with the DRADIS." Racetrack grumbled as she flew into the cloud.

"I got some intermittent radiation signatures, but nothing high enough to be lethal." Matt commented as he sat at the ECO console.

"Matt?"

"What?" Matt replied.

"Look out the frakking front." Racetrack said. Matt looked up and saw a planet of nothing but green a blue.

"What's the reading?"

"Carbon, Oxygen, and all the other things that make a nice habitable planet." Matt replied.

"Do you think this is Earth?"

"I don't know but I say we have something here. Let's get back to the Fleet and report to the Admiral and President." Matt said and Racetrack could hear the excitement in his voice.

GALACTICA:
GYM

Tari circled Ghost Rider who was foolish enough to challenge her to a sparring match. He had managed to get two lucky shots in before she connected her left fist to his jaw and brought her knee up into his stomach effectively sending him to his knees. Doggedly Ghost got back to his feet and raised his fists again. He tried a left jab and Tari dodged, glancing a blow off his shoulder. Ghost sent a jab into her back. Tari's spine bowed and Ghost worked in a shot to her stomach. Coughing Tari rubbed her right glove over her stomach before resetting her stance and circling him again. Tari gave him a wicked grin as she jabbed him in the nose causing blood to gush. But Tari didn't stop there. Planting her fist into his gut Tari took every shot she could get. One shot went to his ribs another to his side and lastly to his jaw. Ghost went down but refused to stay down. Instead of raising his guard Ghost charged Tari clamping his arms around her upper arms immobilizing the young woman. Tari, having only one option, head butted Ghost. She heard the cartilage in his nose crush and heard the bone crack. Ghost let go of her and held his bloody and broken nose. When he looked at his opponent she had blood on her forehead and was smiling.

"You broke my nose." Ghost moaned.

"Oh well, you give up?" Tari goaded and jumped up and down hitting her gloved fists together.

"Yeah right bitch." Ghost growled and hit his gloved fist together and cracked his neck from side to side. They exchanged heated punches. Tari coming from his left and busting his lip with a right hook. Ghost kicked her feet out from under her. Tari went down to one knee and looked up at him just as Ghost back handed her. Tari spit blood out from behind her mouth guard and got back up. She dodged another blow and delivered two quick blows to his sides and another to his already broken nose. Then she brought her knee up into his stomach sending him to his knees again. When Ghost looked up at her Tari didn't back hand him like he had done to her. She drove her fist down at and angle and sent him sprawling on his stomach where he stayed down this time.

"That's my Girl!!"

Tari turned to see Tony, and not Matt. Momentarily she was stunned but recovered enough to celebrate her victory. She walked over to him and took off her gloves. Tony touched the cut just below her eye and the one on her bottom lip.

"I haven't seen you fight like that since you fought Specialist Gage." Tony said and Tari laughed.

"Yeah, what can I say? He pissed me off."

"What did...Ghost... do to you?" Tony struggled with the call sign for Dylan Wolfe.

"He challenged me." Tari said and shrugged her shoulders. She spit out her bloody mouth guard and put it back in the holder. When she got a chance she would have to rinse it out and clean it really well.

"You want me to take care of those wounds for you?"

"Naw, I'm good." Tari placed her hand on Tony's shoulder and smiled at him. She remembered that fight he was talking about. It was the only dance Cain had put on and Gage made the mistake of challenging her. She put him down hard and fast. His little buddy Vareem was cheering on his buddy and when Tari had put him down Vareem shut up. When Tari passed Tony to go to her quarters she saw Matt smiling at her.

"Hey baby."

Tari didn't say anything. She jumped up into Matt's arms and kissed him hard. Even though her lip was still bleeding and everything. Her ribs hurt but she didn't care. Matt was back and now she could have some fun. She pulled away and smiled wide, "When did you get back?"

"Just now. We found something the Admiral and the President should see. But I saw a crowd and I had to check out what was causing the commotion. What I saw was my girl beating the crap out of Ghost Rider. What did he do to you anyway?" Matt laughed as he still held his lover who was bloody and bruised.

"Nothing, he challenged me."

"Remind me not to make you mad." Matt raised his lips to hers and lightly kissed her. It was a tender and sweet kiss that made Tari's heart flip.

"Ooh, I have to head to my dad's quarters anyway. Apparently my mother is fuming about Baltar." Tari laughed and jumped down out of Matt's arms to head to her Father's quarters. She forgot that she was bloody and bruised.