Lee woke up to find Kara's smiling face only inches in front of him, he grinned back at her and let his hand rest on her hip.

"Feel any better?" she asked shyly, which made him smile even more.

"Yeah thanks, your a real mate..."

Kara's smile dropped at his words and she looked away, but Lee lifted his hand and turned her head back to face him

"... and I love you" he whispered as he lent forward and pressed his lips to hers.

Kara wrapped her arms around his neck and Lee ran his hand down her side, pulling the curtain closed as he did so.

About an hour later they walked side by side down the corridor on their way to see the girl that they had rescued yesterday, Lee had said her name was Alisa, Ali for short, and that he had looked after her when he was on her ship. Just as they stepped through the hatch Lee grabbed Kara's wrist and she turned towards him.

"Kara there's something I have to warn you about..." but he was interrupted by Ali running across to him.

"Daddy!" she shrieked as she jumped up into his arms.

"Hey sweetheart," he said wrapping her up in a big hug. Then he turned back to Kara and couldn't help but laugh at her obvious confusion, he sighed.

"I...uurrrmmm... sort of adopted her... in a way" he explained, "not officially or anything, I just sort of took her in and..."

"she just sort of started calling you Daddy" Kara finished finding it hard to hide her amusement at his nervous confession, "so does she have a Mommy?"

"Not yet" Lee said taking a anxious step towards Kara and smiling hopefully.

Kara leaned forward so that her mouth was within an inch of his ear and whispered, "Well we can't have that now can we"

Lee pulled back and stared at her making sure she knew what she was doing. Kara simply smiled at him and nodded, touched at his concern.

"Ali sweety, come and meet your new mommy" he said, to the little girl who was now looking very interested in one of the nurses setting up some operating equipment. She squealed when she heard him and ran towards them.

"I have to warn you I'm no good with kids" Kara laughed.

"Neither am I... but you seem to be doing a good job" Lee laughed back as Kara subconsciously picked Ali up and rested her on her hip.

Slightly embarrassed Kara put the girl back down and they all walked out together, Lee holding Ali's hand so she didn't get lost. On their way to the rec room they met Commander Adama walking to CIC.

"Hey Ali this is the Commander, he's the one who runs the ship" Kara said pointing at Adama.

Adama seemed completely confused when both pilots burst out laughing as the girl cried, "Oh so that's Granddad then."

"So you told her about Granddad then" Kara laughed, as they continued down the corridor.

"I might have mentioned him" Lee said managing to control his laughter.

"But you didn't tell Granddad about her."

"errrm... I'll have to now won't I"

They all laughed and began to race each other to the rec room.

The rec room was pretty quiet, it was quite full but the shift had just finished and most of the pilots were just quietly playing a game of triad before they went back to their racks. Suddenly the hatch flew open and three bodies piled through, making everyone look up.

"Yay I beat you!" a young voice shouted.

"Awww shucks, you're just too fast for me" Lee said grabbing the girl and tickling her, making her giggle.

Kara stood behind them, laughing at the confused faces staring at them, especially when they heard the girl screech, "Daddy stop it, Mommy tell Daddy to stop it, it tickles."

Kara straightened up and pulled at Lee's shoulder, "Now Lee, what have I told you about playing with the kid."

Lee just stuck his tongue out at her, picked Ali up and walked over to one of the tables. They all sat down and were completely engrossed in conversation when one of the pilots walked up to their table and coughed.

"eerrrmmm... sirs we were just... errm wondering..." he stammered looking at Ali.

"Oh yeah sorry," Lee said laughing slightly, "Guys this is Ali, Ali these are the pilots and other members of the crew, Ali is..." he paused looking at Kara for help.

"Ali is his daughter,"

"Our daughter," Lee corrected.

"Alright our daughter," Kara confirmed.

"But you weren't..." the pilot said confused

"I'm adopted" Ali said proudly, unintentionally explaining.

The three of them went back to their conversation, leaving the pilot to retreat back to his table, still slightly confused.

They spent the afternoon taking Ali on a tour of the ship as they both had the day off, finishing off in the mess for diner. After diner, it was time for Ali to go to bed, so they all made their way to the bunk room.

"Right then do you want the top or the bottom?" Kara asked her.

"Top, Top." she shouted excitedly.

Lee laughed, picked her up and put her on the top bunk, "Ok sweetheart. You alright?"

"Yes daddy. Night-night" she said snuggling down into the rack.

"Night sweety," Kara said kissing her on the forehead.

"Night darling" Lee said also kissing her forehead.

They watched her for a while, Lee wrapping his arms around Kara.

"Come on I've got CAP in a few hours" Lee said lying down on the bottom bunk.

Kara smiled as she lay down next to him, feeling his arm wrap around her again and pull her back against him.

"Night Kara," he whispered.

"Night Lee"

A/N Sorry a bit of a boring chapter, I will try and make the next one more interesting.