Author's Note: There are times when I feel that the friendship between Lee and Kara is not as smooth as it could be. Kara does not always seem to understand what Lee is doing and why, and he does not always explain it. This is a short story I wrote about that matter.

Warning: The warning is placed here for vinsmouse, who wanted a spew warning here, claiming it might be a bad idea to drink while reading the funnier parts. So please keep in mind that drinking any kind of beverage while reading this, might be hazzard'ous to the health of your screen.

Disclaimer: I do not own Battlestar Galactica, and I merely take them out to play with for my own amusement, I make no profit and I promise that no harm shall come to them that can not be repaired by a good mechanic, some duct tape and a welding rig.

Chapter 3: Reaching An Understanding

"Hey, I haven't seen you in a couple of days now," Kara grinned as she fell in step with Lee. She truly had not. He had been staying in his fathers quarters until he was cleared for duty again. It hadn't been that long, but it had been a couple of days.

"Well, you are going to see quite a lot of me for a couple of days now," he told her with a small smile. "I need to get everything back in order again."

"Yeah, uh, about that," she raised a hand to her chin. "There is probably quite a bit of mess for you to clear up you know."

"I thought there would be," he nodded. He had really expected nothing else.

"So, where are you headed now?" she asked. He was dressed as he would be for training. Tank top, sweat pants and running shoes, but he had not been running when she met him, he had just been walking the corridor.

"Mess, see if I can get something to eat," he told her.

"I was just heading there, though they said the food today wasn't very good," she said quietly, trying to simply make conversation.

"I'm not exactly expecting it to be all that good," he told her with a wry smile.

"I just though, I mean, you're not gonna make a mess if it's bad are you?" she finally said, it was not a very good thing to say, but she really did not know what to say to him.

"I will try not to," he snorted. "I don't think you have to worry too much though, I haven't thrown up at all for the last two days now."

"That's quite a statement," she had to smile. "Look Lee, I'm sorry I've made it so much harder for you. I appreciate what you were trying to do for me, it just made me mad that I couldn't handle it for myself."

"Yeah, well, none of us are perfect," he said. "I have that from the highest authority."

"I'll try to shape up," she offered.

Lee stopped walking for a moment. "Kara, listen to me, I don't want you to change who you are, hell, I know you are a cocky insubordinate ass," he broke off and chuckled at the look on her face. "Don't punch me out yet will ya, I haven't finished yet."

"Alright, but I hope this conversation isn't for the sole purpose of insulting me," she decided. "If it is, I will punch you, hard."

"It's not," he promised. "It's to try and reach an understanding. I'm not going to try and stop you from being who you are, you want to piss Tigh off, that's fine with me. I don't mind having him at me for it because I enjoy it to when you make him sweat. But, you have to be able to listen to me when I need you to give it a rest. There are times when I need you to work with me instead of making it harder for me, okay?"

"It sounds reasonable," Kara admitted. "I'm not very good at realizing when I should do it, but you have my word I will try."

"I can tell you when," he grinned. "Whenever you see Tigh working to tear me apart five minutes after you have tried to beat me crap, that's when."

"Alright then," she smiled back. "The next time that happens, I will cut you a break and make sure I don't make it harder then I have to."

"Thank you," he started walking again and she fell in step with her. "I'm kinda sorry to, for some of the stuff I said to you. You did not deserve it, I was just mad."

"I understand Lee, and some of it, I did deserve, I guess that's why I was mad, I knew that."

"Well, we do get on each others nerves at times, but, you're a good friend, and I've always known I could count n you."

"Thank you Lee," she smiled. "Hey, are you up to sparing later?"

"I think so, though not if you go all out on me," he decided.

"I'll go easy on you this once," she laughed as they headed into the mess.

The End

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