"Full colors," Kara said, throwing down the cards, and Lee couldn't help but smirk, "We're playing by Earth rules so those are two Kings, a Queen, an eight, and a nine, Kara, making you a big fat loser."
Lee studied her over the top of the cards in his hand. She looked confident in the hand she had been dealt, but then again when didn't she? "I heard you got called in for questioning this morning," he said, throwing a few coins into the center of the bed.
Kara sighed and stretched her feet out along the bunk. Her toes skimmed Lee's knee. "They wanted me to tell the story about what happened at Ragnor again."
"The idiots haven't gotten past that yet?" Lee asked shaking his head.
"Tell me about it. You and I are going to be locked up in this cell for the next five years at the rate they're going."
Lee laughed. "That's a little overly dramatic. They did say as soon as we pass those blood tests, they would move us to a more humane holding facility. Personally, I'm hoping that means no more glass walls."
Kara nodded and took the time to wave at the guards standing outside the cell. "I think the blond one wants to frak me."
"I think we already have enough trouble as it is," Lee said, hoping he was keeping his jealousy in check. When Kara's smirk widened, he realized he hadn't done that good of a job. "Are you betting?"
"I see your thirty cubits and raise you one night of peace and quiet."
"Call," Lee said, throwing the last of his cubits into the pot. His cell was next to hers and in the dead of the night, he could hear every word she said. "Although I think a night of peace and quiet from you is worth a heck of a lot more than 200 cubits."
Kara rolled her eyes and shifted her body so that her feet lay in Lee's lap. His right hand reached down without thought to start rubbing it. "So how long do you really think this is going to take?"
"Well, we found Earth about five months ago. You and I have been down here two trying to convince them that we're not escaped mental patients or terrorists. Once we get them to accept the whole Ragnor thing, we can skip right to New Caprica and then our discovery of Earth. If we summarize, I think you and I can be out of here by the end of the month."
"Cock-eyed optimist," Kara growled, shaking her head. "They still think we're from jars."
"I think they called it Mars."
"Whatever." A commotion in the hall outside their cell drew their attention away from the game. It was shift change. "There goes my man," Kara said, blowing the blond guard a goodbye kiss.
"Seriously, Kara, for someone who's going completely stir crazy, you are asking for trouble."
Kara watched the guard until he was out of sight before turning back to Lee. "But did you hear him talk? He has the cute little accent that sounds like he's from Tauron. What do they call it here?"
"British," Lee answered, "and he sounds like fraking Baltar."
Kara's face wrinkled in disgust. "That's not funny."
"I thought it was," Lee smirked.
Kara moved her foot to kick him playfully in the groin before setting it down on his thigh again. "Do you think the Old Man misses us?"
"I think he's enjoying the vacation."
"Yeah, that's what I thought."
"Okay," Lee said, pushing her feet away so he could sit up straight. "I'm all in."
"All in with what?" she asked, gesturing to the empty mattress beside him.
"All in with I'll do one thing that you want me to do in order to piss off our guards, but only one."
"Even if that means openly fraking me in front of the guards so they have to stand around with blue balls until the next shift change?"
Lee raised his eyebrow at her. Why did he get the feeling she had been cooking up that particular plot for quite a while now? "A bet's a bet, I guess."
Kara's smile grew even though Lee wasn't sure that was possible. "All right. I accept your all in, and I'll meet you with the promise of not lying to the doctors so that you end up naked in front of a bunch of nurses again."
Lee shook his head. He was still mad at her for that one. "Show 'em."
"Full colors," Kara said, throwing down the cards, and Lee couldn't help but smirk, "We're playing by Earth rules so those are two Kings, a Queen, an eight, and a nine, Kara, making you a big fat loser."
Kara's smile immediately turned into a pout, and Lee tossed his two pairs to the side. He crawled across the pot sitting in the middle of the bunk and kept moving until he was nearly on top of her. "Don't worry," he whispered, leaning in to trail a line of kisses down the side of her neck. "I'll still frak you for the guards."
