Kara Thrace was hurrying down the hall. A half eaten fuel line (don't ask, in my fantasy world…) had delayed taken FOREVER to fix, and she still had to cover half the ship to get to C Level.


Lee Adama was sitting impatiently in the storage closet waiting for Starbuck. As per usual, she was late. When she finally opened the door, he said,

"What took you so long?"

"You just HAD to choose the most secluded place on the ship, didn't you. Why couldn't we have done this in your OFFICE. That is what its there for."

"Well… anybody can walk in there, I wanted some privacy for this."

"Privacy?"

"Privacy. So. Start talking."

"About what?"

"Anders."

"What about Anders?"

"Start at the beginning."

"I never met his mother, but I'm sure that she carried him around in her belly," started Kara.

"STARBUCK," interrupted Lee, "start from your beginning WITH him."

"Ohhhhh. So like I told you in the breifing, Helo and I met up with the resistance on Caprica. Helo must have told him that I play pyramid, so he invited me to play. It got a little heated," at this Lee nodded. Playing around with Kara always got 'a little heated', "and then, we were kissing. And neither of us stopped, so before we knew it we were fracking. I don't know if it was just because of the war or what, but we escalated from frack buddies to 'lovers' really quick. Really, really, quick. Then I got taken, and there was the farm, then I left. We never really talked all that much, I guess. But you know how it is with me." Lee nodded. He had seen enough of her 'flings' to know how it was with Kara.

"Do you love him?" he asked.

"I don't know," said Kara, suddenly very interested in her feet.

"My dad asked me that one time. I said I didn't know either. He said either you love them or you don't. There's no middle ground. Commit or lose them forever. What is it?"

"I, I don't love him," said Kara as she looked up. For some reason, Lee looked a little relieved, "But I do remember some part of the whole 'talking' deal to included you telling me about that look from Dee."

"We kissed."

"Really. When was this?"

"The other day we were working out, and somehow she landed on top of me (insert Starbuck snort here) and then we were kissing."

"Wow."

"Will you shuttup?"

"Never pictured you with Dee."

"Why not?"

"She's from CIC."

"Your point is?"

"Right. I keep forgetting that you don't know Galactica history."

"What?"

"Prank wars. We used to pull pranks all the time. It was Pilots and the Deck Gang against Marines and CIC."

"What did my dad say to this?"

"He joined the pilots team. Said even though he pulled shifts in the CIC, he was born to fly."

"HAH. Sounds like something he would say." And with that the two pilots were back to old times.

"Planning pranks was always a good way to forget unresolved feelings," whispered Starbuck after Apollo left. Unbeknownst to her, Apollo was thinking the same thing out in the corridor.


A/N- don't worry, it will get funny again. i also will maybe put a little more Anders and Dee (i used to like her, but after they kissed i think shes a B). Maybe a little more angst, but mostly funny!