DISCLAIMER: See previous. Nothing has changed. I still own nothing except this character, Kenzi.
Dee was plotting. No one would ever think it of her, but she was trying to figure out a way to get Kenzi out of the way so she could have Lee. She didn't just want Kenzi out of Lee's life, she wanted Kenzi gone completely. And she was thinking of several ways to do just that, bringing a smile to her face.
She left her station and headed back to her bunk. She knew she was going to need to think over her plan prior to implementation, but that shouldn't be too hard for her.
Lee left his office. He knew he needed to talk to his father, but he wasn't ready to have that conversation with him. He figured if he and Kenzi got caught, they'd deal with it and then he'd tell his father. He just hoped they didn't get caught before he talked to his father.
He headed into the bunkhouse and got his change of clothes. He needed to shower before he met Kenzi and Kara and the rest of their friends that evening.
Kara and Kenzi sat at the bar drinking their ambrosia and talking with their fellow pilots. Kenzi tried not to look for Lee, but Kara's foot connecting with her shin, showed that, Kara at least, knew what she was doing. She joined the conversation and was telling the story of her and Kara and the recent prank they'd pulled on Helo, when Lee approached the table.
"Mind if I join you guys," Lee asked.
"Pull up a chair, Captain," Galen said.
"So why didn't you and Kara live together," Sam asked.
"We have different fathers. When Kenzi was born, my dad had already split and I knew nothing about him. Kenzi's dad was nice, but mom managed to drive him away," Kara said.
"Anyway, my dad took me to live with him when I was seven. Kara was nine. We saw each other during breaks, but by the time I was fifteen, mom didn't want me around. I was a reminder of another failure and she blamed it on me. Kara and I wrote letters to each other," Kenzi said.
"That's interesting that you both ended up here," Helo said. He'd heard stories from Kara about her half-sister and had only met her once during a training exercise when Kenzi had come to Caprica and stayed with Kara and him. After that they'd both been sent to Galactica and he hadn't seen Kenzi again.
"The gods smiled on us. I've missed my sister. She was my idol during flight school," Kenzi said.
Kara blushed. "Stop it," she said, glaring at Kenzi.
They spent the next few hours just talking and teasing each other. Kara, obviously enjoying her ambrosia, walked out of the bar with Sam. Kenzi rolled her eyes because she knew exactly what Kara was going to do and, while she didn't agree with Kara's cavalier attitude about frakking, wished her luck. She held up her glass in a mock salute to her sister as she stumbled out of the room.
She shook her head. Much of their party had either gone to bed or passed out. Kenzi and Lee were the only two people left at their table and Kenzi was ready to call it a night.
"I'd better get going," she said, standing up.
"Let me walk you," Lee said, offering her his arm as he led the way out of the bar.
"Aren't you worried about what people might think," she asked as they walked back to his office.
"No one's paying any attention to us at the moment," Lee said as he opened his office and led Kenzi inside. He locked the door and faced Kenzi.
"What are we going to do," he asked her.
"I don't know. Kara knows all about us, but she's my sister and you can count on her discretion. I'm more worried about Dee. She knew I was in love with you before and I'm afraid she's going to try to get us in trouble," Kenzi said.
"I don't think Dee would do something like that. She seems too nice," Lee said.
"Don't let it fool you. She's a snake," Kenzi said.
"I think you're overreacting," Lee said, handing Kenzi some sweats to change into.
"I hope you're right, Lee, but Dee hates me," Kenzi said.
Lee sat on the bunk and pulled Kenzi down beside him.
"Why would she hate you," Lee asked.
Kenzi took a deep breath and swallowed. This wasn't her favorite story to tell and she didn't know how Lee would react so she decided to tell him the most direct answer she could give.
"Because my father didn't acknowledge her presence and give her half of what was mine. She felt she was owed everything because she's my sister," Kenzi said.
Lee looked dumbstruck. "Sister," he choked out.
"Half-sister. She and I share a father. She's not related to Starbuck at all," Kenzi said.
"So why does she hate you," Lee asked.
"When we were in college, Dee believed the man that raised her was her father. That's when we were best friends. Later, after her father suffered a medical crisis and was going to need blood from his family, Dee volunteered to help. That's when she found out that her blood type was not only incompatible to her father's but that there was no way the man she called dad was her father. Apparently her mom had an affair with my dad about a year before he met mom and they had their affair. She found out in college that her father wasn't her father any more. Her mom told her who her father was and she was shocked to discover that her best friend was actually her half-sister. She thought that would make it easier to get an acknowledgment from dad, but he didn't believe her. He told her that if she was his daughter it didn't matter because she had a family that loved her. Her other father never made Dee feel bad the he wasn't her real father. Dee just couldn't accept that her best friend was now her sister and had all the things that Dee wanted herself. I was my father's favorite. Everyone knew my dad doted on me and he loved Kara, too. He didn't want anything to do with Dee. She decided to make my life miserable and make me 'pay' for her miserable life after that. I don't understand why. I would gladly accept her as my sister, but she doesn't want that she wants what my father didn't give her. Acknowledgment," she said to Lee.
Lee was pacing. Halfway through Kenzi's story, he'd gotten off the bunk and started pacing. He was trying to process the information Kenzi had just given him.
He looked at her. "Does anyone else know she's your sister," he asked.
"No. I didn't even tell Starbuck. She thinks Dee and I fought over a guy in school and that's why we hate each other. She also knows things could get sticky with Dee if she finds out about us being back together," Kenzi said.
"This is big," Lee said.
"Lee, please. Promise me you'll watch your back around Dee," Kenzi pleaded.
"OK, Kenz. I'll be careful. I still think you're overreacting," Lee said.
Kenzi curled up in his arms, the long night catch up with her. Soon they were both sleeping in the bunk in the CAG office. Oblivious to the plotting going on in another part of the ship.