Kara hadn't said a word as they walked through the halls, heading toward the senior officers' quarters. She knocked on Adama's hatch, and upon laying eyes on her, he knew that something was very wrong. "What happened?" the Old Man quietly asked. Kacey reached to him for a hug.

"You tell me," Kara shot back as she handed over her daughter, looking between Lee and his father. "You said earlier that Sam might have to watch out for Lee when it came to Kacey. And now he goes completely Neanderthal on us. So what the hell is going on that I don't know about?"

"She made me a picture," Lee spoke up.

"What?"

"A drawing for my office. It was a heart a-and people and she said it was a family."

"Your family," Adama clarified. Kara took that in.

"Okay, I guess she's probably used to having a lot of aunts and uncles around. It's cute, but that doesn't – "

"Kara, there were only three people," Lee interrupted. "I tried to correct her, but…"

She swallowed hard, deciding to deal with the ramifications of that later. "Sam's been off ship all day, so I'm going to assume he didn't actually see this picture."

"He didn't have to," Adama told her. "He probably saw it come to life."

Kara was silent for a long moment, her jaw working. "Can one of you watch her for a little while?" she asked the men. The admiral nodded.

"Where are you going?"

"First, I'm gonna go beat the crap out of something in the training room so I hopefully won't punch my husband again." He raised an eyebrow at that. "Then I'm going to go fix this."

Kara's hands were red and sore, despite having used gloves, by the time that she got back to her quarters. Sam had an ice pack on his face, and was just sitting on the bed, waiting for her. Silence reigned for a long moment after she'd shut the door behind her.

"Where's Kacey?" Sam finally spoke up.

"With the Old Man."

He nodded. "I...I'm sorry I scared her."

"I'm not sorry I hit you for it."

"I understand." He knew some of her secrets, and there were still more that he probably didn't ever want to think about. "So…what now?" he asked.

"I don't know."

There was another long pause. "Are you sleeping with him?"

"He's been my friend forever, Sam. And apparently bought my daughter's affection with candy."

"You didn't answer the question."

"No, I'm not. There's never been anything between us."

He scoffed. "Don't frakking lie to my face. There's ALWAYS been something between you. I got a history lesson from a few of your pilots when I first arrived from Caprica; apparently the two of you are legendary. Whether you're flying together or sleeping together or frakking punching each other, there's always something between you."

Kara decided she wasn't going to argue that one. The only thing it would get her was a migraine. "I haven't ever slept with him, Sam. I married you. I went back to Caprica for your ass, for the love of the Gods. What else do you want?"

"Why haven't you?"

"What?"

"You said you've been friends with him forever, but you never slept with him. Why?"

"What the frak are you talking about?"

"It was about two days before we were in bed together, Kara. Would I be wrong if I assumed I'm not the only one to claim that accomplishment?" It took everything in her not to deck him again. Sam decided her silence was a 'yes'. "Why not Lee?"

She honestly didn't have an answer, and that concerned her. She'd never equated sex with love as she was growing up; it was just something she did – something that had been done to her far too early. Several members of her class at the Academy had gotten the privilege of a night with her, but it never meant anything. Zak had actually had an even faster time than Sam's. So why hadn't it ever been like that with Lee?

Sam saw the answer in her eyes, even if she couldn't say it out loud. "I never thought you were actually going to come back to Caprica. I prayed that you would, but…it was a miracle the day you showed up. And I waited and prayed again for four months on New Caprica that you would come back to me once more. But I never had you in the first place, did I?"

"I tried…" Her voice was rough, barely more than a whisper. Getting up, Sam tossed the ice pack on the desk and started packing a bag. Kara just watched him, unable and unwilling to tell him to stop. In one sense, she HAD done what she'd told Adama she would – she'd resolved what had happened earlier in the evening. However, that resolution made things so much more complicated.

"Goodbye, Kara," Sam told her.

She sighed. "Goodbye."

That night, Kacey volunteered to keep her mother company on the 'big bed' since they were now alone. They curled up together under the blanket and talked about what would come next. Kara gave the little girl her word that she'd always take care of her and wouldn't let anyone hurt her again. It nearly broke her heart when Kacey made the same offer.

Kara was on the afternoon shift the next day, and dropped Kacey off in the morning with Sharon and Helo so that she could go run before flying. As she stretched out in the hallway outside her quarters, she was surprised to see Lee walking toward her.

"Hey," she said. "You need me for something?"

He nodded. "Mind if I join you? I'm probably gonna be about half as fast, but…"

Kara smiled. "Let's go, Adama. Show me what you've got."

TBC...