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Anyway - here is chapter 10.
"Kara, I will drag you to your quarters and tie you to the bed to make you sleep if you don't go now!"
"Kinky…but no thanks, I have to find Casey…"
He mimics her tone, "No, I have to find Casey. You have to get some frakkin sleep." She starts to interrupt but he continues, "Don't make me make it an order."
She cocks her eyebrow and looks at him skeptically, "Yeah, cause that has worked so well in the past."
He opens his mouth but she quickly says, "If you even try to use that voice on me again I promise you, you won't be able to have any more children."
"Gods you're a grouch today."
"I lost a two year old. How do you lose a two year old?! They half my size and three times as loud!"
"Two year olds have these amazing things called legs. These astounding inventions help them to wander off. And I have noticed that they have also developed amazing stealth abilities that allow them to be silent when they know they are doing something they shouldn't."
Kara starts drumming her nails. Lee runs his fingers through his hair. "Kara, please? Go to bed. You have been up for 19 hours. I promise that I will find Casey and I will put her to bed and I will rub your back and I will…do something else for you if you would just go to frakkin bed!!"
He looks so exhausted and hungry. Frak, why did I have to notice that now? He is going to win the argument for sure now. "Lee…"
From behind both of them comes a soft laugh. The President interrupts before Kara can say anything more, "Captain?"
Kara closes her eyes and sighs; of course, the President would show up right at this moment. "Yes Ma'am?"
"I was under the impression that Cottle ordered you to get more rest. And I know I heard him yelling at all three of you to go to bed nearly six hours ago."
Kara tries to speak, but Rosalin continues, "The human race is, of course, grateful that you were stubborn and disobeyed in this instance. You found a planet that has a food source. However, now that that is taken care of I would greatly appreciate it if you would follow doctor's orders and go to bed."
Kara stands dumbstruck for a moment as the president walks past her. She looks around then up at Lee, "Wow, that woman…"
"Is always where you don't want her to be?" Grumbles Ana.
Kara jumps, surprised. "Huh?"
"Oh, she found me doing maintenance on one of the Raptors…and ordered me to go to bed. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that she somehow tracked down Lynn and ordered to her to get some sleep too."
Lynn comes around the corner, "She did. Scared the shit out of me when I turned around and saw her there."
Lee glances at the three women and sighs. He was going to have to get all three of them to their quarters. "Ladies? I believe that you all have orders to go to bed." They turn to glare at him. Okay, that wasn't my best move ever…
Kara snorts then turns away quickly as she heads back to her quarters. Lee sighs with relief when he hears "Lee? If you don't find Casey I am going to make sure you can't father anymore kids."
Damn woman is going to drive 'round the bend.
Kara is standing on a strange ship. Defiantly not Galatica, but she can't figure out where she is. She tries to walk around but a sudden shudder forces her to brace herself against a wall.
As she makes her way toward what she thinks is the bridge the ship continues to shake periodically. Once she reaches the bridge of the ship, it shakes more violently that before and crewmembers scurry around frantically.
"What the frak is wrong? Has the rest of the fleet already jumped?"
"Yes sir. Something is wrong with the FTL drive we are trying to fix it and jump as quickly as possible."
"Sir we need to evac…" Before the crewmember can finish her sentence, Kara hears an explosion and sees a brilliant flash of light.
Kara startles awake suddenly, gasping. Her skin is shiny with sweat. She looks around quickly, making sure everything is as it should be.
"Hey, you okay?" Lee yawns
Kara shivers as she finally shakes herself out of her nightmare, "Yeah, just a bad dream." Her eyes narrow as she realizes that he is here, in bed with her…not out there looking for Casey. "What the frak are you doing here?"
"Uh, Kara? I think that would be obvious. However, I understand that the hormones might be getting to you so I will explain: I am sleeping here. The same way I have been sleeping here for the last ten days."
Stupid belly. She couldn't properly glare at him if she could barely sit up on her own. "I will get you for the hormone comment later. Did you even bother to look for Casey?"
He looks insulted. "Of course I looked for her and I found her. This is why I am here…trying to sleep…" he glances at the alarm clock, which reads 0200. Lee continues, groaning, "Because I have to be briefing everyone that is going on the initial expedition at 0600. Then I have to do preflight on the Raptors and then I am spending three days on the damn planet." He rolls over and mumbles, "Really should name it…tired of calling it 'the planet'."
"Why are we jumping that early?"
Lee grumbles, "We, as in the whole fleetaren't, just the expedition. The fleet is jumping to the planet around 1500. And we are doing it because Rosalin said so. She wants to begin gathering food as soon as possible."
Kara nods, agreeing, then gets back to Casey. "Where was she?"
"Hmm?" he grunts sleepily.
"Where was Casey? You said you found her, where?"
He rolls over to look sheepishly at her. "Does it really matter? She has been found and she is currently asleep" he motions to the cot on the other side of the room "…the same condition I would love to return to…"
She is silent for a second, then says in an utterly irritated voice, "…Lee…" He groans.
"She was hiding in the officer's shower."
"Liar, I looked in there earlier today, try again."
Lee blushes, "She was in…my…" He clears his throat uncomfortably.
"Lee, I swear to the Gods, if you are about to tell me that she was hiding in your bunk the whole day, I will be forced to hit you. Then I have to go beat Hotdog to a pulp for being a complete frakkin jackass."
"Hey now! It isn't my fault that she went elsewhere for most of the day…"
She glares at him, "Elsewhere?"
He blushes and squirms under her gaze, "She was on an unoccupied top bunk for most of the day."
She grits her teeth. "Men! You are all idiots. How would you get along without women? Only a man wouldn't bother to look up."
"Hey, I found her didn't I?"
"Yeah, only because she decided to come out. I told you I should have looked for her. I actually have the capacity to move my neck up and down."
Lee groans and smashes a pillow over his face. Kara looks down at him and tries to suppress a grin but the harder she tries the more she wants to laugh.
"Don't even start. If I hear one snicker, snort, or giggle from you I won't be responsible for my actions."
"Aww, poor Lee." She leans over carefully, tugs the pillow off his face, and kisses his forehead. "Did she tell you why she hid?"
He crosses his eyes in exasperation, "Kara? Why can't this wait until later?"
"Because I am awake and so are you…"
Lee grumbles in defeat and says, "She said she had a nightmare and that we would send her to 'go kaboom'. Her word, not mine."
Kara looks at Lee, alarmed. "What? Explode?" It was just a nightmare nothing more.
Lee shrugs, "Don't know. Anyway, dad said she will be sent back to the Adriatic after we make the jump to the planet."
Suddenly Lee sits up and grabs hold of the tanks Kara is wearing. He tilts her head slightly and kisses her deeply until he feels her relax into him then pulls away. Grinning at her, "Much as I would love to continue this, there is a two year old sleeping across the room and I have to be up in," he glances at the clock, "three hours and 42 minutes. Go back to sleep."
She grins evilly, "Wait; didn't you say something about rubbing my back?"
Lee smacks her with a pillow, "Later." Lee pulls her down on her side and spoons his body around hers. "Now sleep."
Short chapter, I know. But the next one should be longer.
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