#31 - Book - Expanded

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"Can we try it like this?" she asked, moving into position over him. "I like it like this." She gave him a sultry smile, hoping he'd be turned on by her forwardness. Men usually were, and in her experience they'd preferred being told what she liked - no chance of her being left wanting when they were done.

"Sure," Lee said, giving her a small smile. "Whatever you like."

Kara sat back on his legs, studying him. Something wasn't right.

"Okay, what is it?" she demanded

"What is what?" he asked, perplexed.

"What's bothering you? You've got that 'look'."

He raised himself up onto his elbows. "What look?" There was irritation in his voice now.

"The 'look' that says you're not happy with me. The 'look' that says you're going along with whatever I want but inside something's upsetting you." She crossed her arms over her chest. "So give - what is it?"

"How is it I'm so easy to read?" he asked, a trace of amusement creeping back into his voice.

"You're not." She leaned forward and kissed him on the tip of the nose. "Unless you're me, then you, Lee Adama, are an open book."

"With well worn pages?" He smiled.

She sat back and made an exaggerated show of studying him physically.

"Slightly used, but definitely not worn," she smirked. "I aim to fix that though."

Her smile faded slightly as she saw the veil drop down over his eyes again, covering something he wanted to hide from her.

"Okay, what is it?' she said, in an exasperated voice, climbing off him and standing arms akimbo beside the bed.

"What is what?" he repeated, sounding just as exasperated, and sitting up to face her.

"Tell me what's bothering you, because something obviously is."

He rose to stand before her. "There's nothing bothering me."

"You're a liar Adama," she challenged, waiting for his response.

"I'm a ...? Fine, you want to know what's bothering me?"

"That's why I asked," she said condescendingly.

"It bothers me that every time we make love you talk about previous times for you."

At her look of confusion he carried on.

" ' I like it like this', or 'this is my favourite'. How am I supposed to feel when I know you've had sex with maybe every other guy on this ship? And then you tell me which ones you liked and didn't like?"

"I never mentioned names." She waited, then her face broke into a huge grin at his shocked expression.

"I'm kidding." She moved closer and reached for his hands, linking their fingers together. "I haven't slept with every guy on this ship. Very few in fact, and I'm not trying to make you feel bad, it's just that ..."

An idea suddenly struck her and she pulled way and turned to rummage in the bottom of her locker.

"What? It's just what? What are you doing?" Lee demanded.

"Aha!" she said triumphantly, a small black leather-bound book in her hand. "Here it is."

"Here what is?"

Kara smiled seductively. "I won it in a game of triad. Long before you came here."

"So, what's in it?"

"See for yourself." She tossed it and he caught it neatly and opened it, eyes widening further than she'd ever seen them.

"My gods Kara, it's a ..."

" ... sex book." She smirked. "There are one hundred positions in it."

"You've memorized it?" he asked incredulously.

She blushed. "No, just perused it a few times. I've never actually ... tried any of them ..." she added, squirming slightly.

"You haven't?" The confidence was coming back to him. "So why did you say ..."

"I've imagined some of them." Her cheeks were definitely rosy now. "And there were a few I just really wanted to try. With you." Her eyes slid down to the ground. For some reason talk of sex embarrassed her far more than the act itself.

Lee stepped forward and lifted her chin with a finger, forcing her to look at him.

"Only a few?" he asked quietly, mouthing working to hold back a smirk.

She leaned forward and kissed him, full and passionately, and Lee felt himself begin to stir at the feel of her tongue in his mouth.

"Just a few tonight. I swear to you Lee Adama, I will not die a happy woman until we've tried every single position in that book."

He slid his arms around her waist, pulling her close against his aroused body.

"Let's get busy then shall we? I refuse to see you die without a smile on your face."

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