Title: Unexpected 5?
Author: Lea
Archiving: BSG2003, Apollo/Starbuck FanFic, and FSB all others please
just ask.
Spoilers: Up to Home season 2 and then becomes AU
Disclaimers: The don't belong to me, making no money yadda, yadda,
yadda
Summary: Lee and Kara still have to talk about what happened
between her and Dr Baltar and why was Lee so upset? But it seems that more
problems are getting in their way can they get past this and get their
friendship
back on track or could there be more between them and will they have the
courage to find out.

A huge thanks to Maria couldn't have done it without her, a fabulous beta.
I know this wasn't the greatest of chapters to send to you but thank you for
all the hard work you did in this one. I just would like to add Maria did a lot in this chapter and it wouldn't be as half as good if not for her.

Chapter 5

Kara frowned as she watched Lee stalk away. There was something wrong, he looked lost and alone. Her instincts told her to find out what was wrong, but her shift had just started and he wasn't going anywhere. She would just have to wait until she got back from her patrol. "Frak." She muttered to herself.

Despite the tension between them, they continued to work well together. Kara smiled to herself at the thought of his sparkling blue eyes, his smirk that could infuriate her to a point where she didn't know whether to kiss him or hit him. In her dreams, the kissing definitely won out. Lately though, her dreams had been unbelievably vivid. It usually started with them having an argument in the hangar bay by her viper. She had done something typically dangerous and he was reaming her out. At this point, she would be so angry with him that she would just grab him by his uniform and pull him to her where she would proceed to kiss the living daylights out of him. A long slow kiss in front of everyone and anyone. Kara was staking her claim on the CAG.

Kara knew where last part of the dream came from. Lee seemed oblivious to it, but he was the only one that was. He never noticed that when he walked around, whether in his uniform, fatigues, flight suit, or just a towel that he drew more than casual attention. Kara knew people had always stared at him. After all, there were a lot of nice things about him, but she had never noticed how the other women were looking at him. It seemed as if with each corner she turned, there was a woman staring at Lee, with varying degrees of desire on their faces. It was enough to make her want to scream, to hit something.

"Lt Thrace." A voice broke into her daydream; it was a voice that she had hoped to never hear again.

"Dr Baltar" She attempted to sound polite, but she could not control the rolling of her eyes. The man never seemed to give up.

"I was wondering if you had anymore thoughts on us." He asked silkily.

Her eyebrows rose in surprise. "There is no US, Doctor," her voice becoming cooler by the second.

"Well there could be." He smirked at her inching closer.

Six stood, staring back and forth between him and the other woman, mystified, trying to figure out what kept him going back for more.

"I've never seen you like this before Gaius, it's a little disappointing." The blonde stated as she continued to look the female pilot up and down. "I know I said she was fascination but she isn't THAT fascinating." The Cylon replied, coldly getting annoyed with his infatuation.

Gaius ignored her and concentrated on the woman that wasn't just in his mind.

Kara took a deep breath. "Dr Baltar, I am very flattered but I don't think that it would work between us." She told him politely, hoping that this time he would understand. She didn't want to have to tell the Vice-President of the fracking Colonies that there was no hope in hell of him ever toughing her again.

"It's Captain Adama, isn't it?" Gaius asked angrily.

"This has nothing to do with Lee." Kara told him truthfully. The problem was in fact the squirmy little weasel himself.

"Well, he is a very attractive man." Six said as her mind wandered to the Captain.

Gaius turned and glared at Six. He didn't need to hear that from her. He didn't want to know how attractive women found that damn man. Lee Adama could not beat him, no one beat him.

Kara watched him in confusion as he glared at an empty space. Dr Baltar seemed to get stranger and stranger each day that she saw him.

"So, does the good Captain know about the feelings you have for him?" Gaius inquired.

"My friendship with Captain Adama is none of your business. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a patrol to fly." With that, Kara turned on her heels and walked away without waiting for an answer.

"Give up on her, Gaius." Six whispered into his ear seductively.

"Never, she will want me and she will scream my name. Kara Thrace will be mine." He said determinedly. Gaius didn't quite understand his fascination with the Lieutenant himself, but there was something about her that called to him. He was obsessed with showing her how good he could be, how good they could be together.

Lee stood facing his father, listening to what the Commander had to say trying to keep his face impassive.

"Are you up for this, Captain?" Commander Adama asked, deep down hoping that he would say no, but accepting what would most likely going to happen. Lee was his father's son. The Commander in him knew that the answer yes, the father in him was just afraid that he was going to lose his oldest son now. Those two roles constantly battled within him.

"Of course, sir. I'll leave straight away." Lee saluted and turned to the door. His immediate thought was that maybe this assignment would give him a chance to breath. Maybe he could think about what to do with Kara, maybe he could come up with something to fix the mess in which he had found himself.

"Come back, son." His father said just as Lee was heading out the door.

Lee turned and smiled at his father.

"Dad, if anything should happen to me tell Kara that..." He stuttered and then stopped. Tell her what, that he loved her? How fair would it be if something had happened to him? She would have lost two people that loved her. "Never mind," He finished abruptly, hurrying through the hatch.

Commander Adama sat there and looked at the hatch his son just walked through. Something had changed between Lee and Kara, who he thought of as a daughter. On board the Galactica, before all hell broke loose, he managed to get to know the tempestuous young woman. He was amazed that she and Zak had fallen in love. Kara was such a strong personality and a strong willed woman, Zak was more like his mother, more easy-going, more amenable. Thinking back on it, he wasn't sure if things would have worked Zak and Kara. Now Lee was a better match. You could see it when they stood toe to toe; they were more than evenly matched. Maybe, after all of this time, the two of them would examine their feelings for each other.

Commander Adama laughed. The two of them admitting their feelings for each other, if in fact they actually had them, was laughable. He was pretty sure Lee knew how he felt, but the Commander wasn't sure about Kara's feelings. Regardless, they were both very stubborn, and nothing between them would ever be easy.

Kara returned to the hangar bay and climbed out her viper. Being on patrol had given her the chance to clear her mind a little. Now she had to find Lee.

"Chief, have you seen the Captain?" She asked Tyrol.

"He left a while ago on a raptor." Tyrol told her.

Kara frowned. According to the last schedule she had seen, Lee was supposed to be doing paperwork. Lee always tried to stay on schedule.

"Thanks Chief." Maybe the President had wanted to see him. The Commander would know. With that thought, she headed to the CIC to find out what was going on.

"Starbuck how was patrol." Commander Adama asked as soon as she walked in.

"Clear, no sign of trouble. Sir, where is Captain Adama? I needed to speak to him and I thought he was doing paperwork." Kara asked abruptly.

"Follow me." Adama said. Without waiting for a response, he walked toward his quarters. He knew that Kara would be following him.

Once they had returned to his office, he could see her eyes widen with fear as he indicated for her to sit down. Kara's throat tightened. Something was wrong when the Commander didn't immediately begin to talk. Had something happened to Lee?

"Starbuck, Lee is on a mission, a recon," William Adama told her. Kara could hear the worry in his voice as he paused for a moment. "We've lost contact. He hasn't reported in two hours."

Kara blinked back the tears that had suddenly filled her eyes; she wasn't going to cry, not here, not now.

"Uhh, ok I think I'd better..." Kara stuttered...

"He will be back, Starbuck." Adama said he tried to fill his voice full of certainty even though deep inside he was filled with fear.

"How do you know that, sir?" Kara asked. She couldn't lose Lee, not now, not ever. He was her best friend, he was…frak. Her train of thought stopped suddenly when faced with exactly what he was to her.

The phone in the Commander's office suddenly chirped. "Yes?" The Commander asked into the phone. "Sorry to interrupt sir but we have a Colonial ship that managed to escape from Caprica. It claims it is full of refugees and is asking to dock along side Galactica," Lieutenant Gaeta's voice came through the phone.

"I'll be right there. Send a detachment of marines down to the hanger bay immediately." Commander Adama ordered. He then turned to Kara. "Starbuck head down to the hanger bay. There is a Colonial ship docking, claiming they are from Caprica, with refugees. I expect a detailed report." He hoped that this would keep her mind occupied until they had more, hopefully good news about his son.

Kara nodded and ran to the hanger bay, her mind occupied on the situation with Lee. Her heart was heavy and filled with terror that she might never see him again.

"Kara?" Said an all too familiar voice.

So wrapped up in her own thoughts she never even noticed the people she walked past. Stopping suddenly, she stared into the eyes of Samuel T. Anders.