The ideas just keep on rolling.
Bill sat on the floor of the Hybrids chamber with Laura sleeping at his side. He ran his hand up and down her free arm while the Hybrid spoke nonsense. And for whatever reason it was something to chase away the silence. Laura said she had gotten used to all the little limping steps towards home. Bill was beginning to see what she means. The time he had spent away from her made him realize what Laura Roslin meant to him. Then he had landed his Raptor on the Basestar and taken her in his arms. Bill felt a weight lift from his heart as she told him that she loved him. Something must have happened for her to say those words out right to him, but he was glad that she did. It didn't make his pain any less. She was in his heart and that was where she was going to stay. He knew she was strong, but the cancer had ravaged her body.
If Bill could be selfish about one thing he was going to be selfish and keep Laura by his side as long as she could. She had been strong for years and now that strength was beginning to wane. He could see it everyday. More and more it fled. Bill placed a light kiss on her forehead and rested his head lightly on top of hers. For once in his life it couldn't hurt to offer prayer to Gods he didn't think existed, but Laura believed and it couldn't hurt.
'I know I have no right to ask this but spare her life. You Gods have never been a fore front in my life but she believes in you and I'm at the end of my rope. I need her too much.' Bill thought and pulled Laura closer to him. If he let her go now he would not be the same person. She had changed his life for the better and after all the wasted time he was going to lose her soon. Bill wouldn't be able to bare it.
"You can't leave me." Bill whispered and felt a single tear role down his cheek. He could feel the pain welling up in him as he thought about life with out her. If she died the pain of losing her would be like a knife to the heart and everyday with out her the knife would turn making the wound bleed anew in his heart. It's true that as time would go on Laura would be a cherished memory but now he wanted to keep her as long as he could.
"Bill?"
"Laura go back to sleep." Bill whispered.
"No." She replied and sat up. Laura looked into his eyes and saw the tears waiting to spill over. Cupping his face in her hands Laura used her thumbs to wipe away the tear trails that had fallen. "I've never seen you cry before." Laura said and offered up a weak smile when Bill turned his face into her palm and placed a gentle kiss there.
"I was thinking about when you leave this world and move on into the next." Bill spoke.
"Bill, I'm not going anywhere. I told you I'm not leaving you." Laura replied and settled back down next to him. Her stamina was the first thing to be taxed and she was tired more often. Bill didn't mind that she used him as a pillow. The sooner he got her back to Galactica the better he would feel. Just having her on this Basestar made him nervous.
"The sooner I get you home the better I'll feel." Adama mentioned and Laura chuckled and turned her head into his shoulder.
It felt good for her to be near Adama again. Her home was Galactica because he was there with her. He would often give her the greatest council she would need or pleasant conversation and sometimes he would oblige her with a fight if she was in the mood for one. Right now all she wanted was for Adama to hold her and he was. So she was content, and she would be exuberant when she was back on Galactica. Till they were home she was going to enjoy the closeness of Adama until they were back in his quarters. Right now was her peace of heaven and she intended to enjoy it