Lee was waiting for his father when he arrived back aboard Galactica.
"Sir." Lee said.
"Captain. Is there a problem?"
"No sir, I was just wondering if you had a minute." Lee replied.
"Walk with me back to CIC." Adama suggested.
"Yes sir."
Lee wasn't sure how to bring the subject up.
"It was her request." Adama stated.
"Kara?" Lee questioned.
"She came to see me this morning."
"Why would she request to go off the ship?" Lee asked.
"She said cabin fever."
"Cabin fever."
"She's been grounded for three weeks, only to be told that Cottle won't let her fly for at least another week."
"I know she hates not flying." Lee sighed.
"She wanted to get away for a few days and help out somewhere else in the fleet. I was speaking to the President and she said she could use some assistance with a project." Adama stated.
"And you let her?"
"It was a reasonable request." Adama replied. "But I told her she was supposed to talk to you first."
"She told me she was going away for a few days to help the President with something. But nothing else and I'm not sure that wasn't just because I was stood next to her when Dee brought her your note."
"That would be classified as telling you." Adama knew Kara knew how to skate around orders, breaking them when she had to.
"So you just let her go?"
"Cottle said she's allowed to do everything except fly. There are only so many worst case scenarios that you can tell people before they refuse to get in the pilots seat. She requested an assignment where she could be useful and honestly son, I don't have to justify command decisions to you."
"Yes sir. You know she was in a really good mood when she woke up this morning, annoyingly good. She woke people up."
"She'll be back in a few days you can talk to her then. I need to get back to CIC."
"Yes sir." Lee replied.
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"Lieutenant Thrace."
"Madam President." Kara started to get up.
"No please stay where you are. May I join you?" She requested.
"Please." Kara replied.
"I understand you've recovered from your concussion."
"The headache and nausea is gone, but Dr Cottle wants me ground for at least another week." Kara confirmed.
"But you'd rather be out there in a viper."
"I'm a viper pilot it's what I do sir." Kara replied.
"What would you have been doing if the Cylons hadn't attack?"
"After I got out of the brig?" Kara asked.
"You were in the brig?" The President questioned.
"Colonel Tigh and I had a slight disagreement which resulted in my hit him. We have a slight personality conflict and he doesn't approve of my methods."
"I see, and after you resolved that issue."
"I was on orders to report back to teach basic flight." Kara replied.
"You've known the Adama family a long time."
"Lee was my roommate during the academy and OCS and I was engaged to Zak."
"That's the Commander's son who died." The President recalled.
"Yes sir."
"And there was some conflict?"
"Lee blamed his father for Zak's death. He thought he had forced Zak to become a pilot and when he died in that crash Lee blamed him. They barely talked for two years. Lee didn't even want to be at the decommissioning ceremony, but was under orders to be there. They still have some issues but I think they've worked through most of it."
"It's hard to hold onto the past when something like this happens."
"The need to get passed it is strong, it doesn't mean you can let go of everything."
"Like your issues with Colonel Tigh?" The President suggested.
"I'm not the only person to have issues with the Colonel and his wife."
"What are the problems with Mrs Tigh, I've only met her a few times."
"This is a little informal sir." Kara remarked.
"Lieutenant, I spend all day trying to iron out conflicts over food, water and other resources it's nice to have a normal conversation that isn't going to have an impact on the fleet."
"Yes sir. Mrs Tigh isn't exactly backward about coming forward." Kara said putting it delicately. "She makes several of the crew very uncomfortable making passes at them very unsubtly."
"Would one of those people be Apollo?" The President guessed.
"That would be an accurate guess yes sir." Kara confirmed.
TBC