A/N: so I'm attempting to get better at updating this particular story, but I just wanted to thank everyone who commented and gave their support….
She felt like an idiot. She felt so out of place walking those corridors. Well more like hobbling around the corridors on those horrible crutches.
Kara had asked her to meet her down in the break-room to play a round of cards with her. She even gave the specialist a lopsided grin when she told her that she would let her win a round. But Kara wasn't the reason for her unease. It was everyone else.
She had never really gone down to the break-room unless she had to tell someone that someone needed them. So as she passed a few people, she ducked her head and attempted to convince herself that she couldn't feel the heat in her checks rising.
"Cally!" the Lieutenant practically screamed from her seat as the specialist walked into the room. Her massive grin and sparkling eyes causing her dimples to shine through made everyone in the room to look at her.
She couldn't help but blush. There was the badass, rip-your-heart-straight-out-of-your-chest viper pilot looking all exited at here mere entrance in the break-room.
As Kara waved her over and pulled an empty seat from the table behind her, Cally made her way through the clutter of people. People who apparently had nothing else better to do than watch the brunette walked towards the blond.
Cally remembered the raised eyebrows she received when Kara assisted her with Galactica weeks ago. But these were different. Last time they were curious and puzzled. This time they were scrutinizing and as if they were sizing her up.
Cally attempted to put the thoughts behind her and focus on the blond as she finally reached her destination.
Taking a seat between the Chief and Kara, she couldn't help but smile as she received a nudge from the Chief. However the smile quickly faded as she looked around the table. Two of them were viper pilot's that she didn't have much to do with but were nice to her whenever they saw her. One of them was a member of her team and had even visited her in the infirmary so she gave a small smile to him. The last member was Lee, who was sitting directly across from them and he was obviously put off by her presence there. However, he did give her a smile even though she knew it was as forced as the one she knew she was giving him.
She was pulled out of her ravine as Kara pulled the crutches away from her and placed them on a wall not too far out of her reach. Smiling at Kara and squeaking out a small 'thanks' as Lee dealt out the cards for the next round.
"You in?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Of course she is," Kara responded for her in a tone that can only be described as if someone was speaking to a small child.
And once again all eyes and ears were on her and Kara. It seemed like every time they were together recently they were either interrupted or people just seemed to be staring at time. Some people even edged their chairs closer to the group at her table.
Lee attempted to let Kara's tone slide, and just shrugged her off as he dealt another round. He knew she probably didn't mean it. But it still hurt a little. He was noticing the changes in her more and more, especially since Cally had wound up in the infirmary.
Kara was different. Kara was different and it was because of Cally.
He had nothing against the brunette. She was smart, quiet and knew when to move out of people's way so that she didn't get hurt. There was a time when he thought she could be considered to be his friend. Then the attack on Caprica had changed everything. Changed how people dealt with one another, spoke with one another.
Mostly it had changed Kara.
She was the same with everyone else. That much of her personality he knew would never change. But the little things seemed to have changed. Not with everyone else they knew but with a few members of the crew. She was closer with Lee and his dad now. Friendlier to the Chief and sometimes he thought she was a little too friendly with the specialist.
Kara seemed to be drawn to the brunette like a moth to the flame. Her eyes would dart around the room and rest on the specialist the moment she walked into each and every room. Sometimes it felt she done it even when she knew the room would be empty. Her smile was wider when talking with Cally too. Her laugh seemed like it lasted longer too.
As he went through the list of changes in his head, he could have face-planted himself. He should have seen it before. Maybe he was too wrapped up in himself to notice. But Kara was his family and he had known her for years. Hell she didn't even look this love-struck when she was with his brother.
Chuckling to himself made everyone look up from their cards and straight up at him. Lee just smiled and leaned back into his chair as he shook his head. As everyone shuffled around their new sets of cards, he gazed at the duo.
It was as if no one else was in the room. Just the pair of them.
Kara was attempting to hide her cards as she hid behind her drink and Cally attempted to 'accidently' gaze at her cards. She was having horrible luck after all. But there they were giggling as if they were back at school talking about boys.
Lee gazed around the room, wondering if anyone else noticed. No one else seemed to think much of it, just raised an eyebrow. For a moment he had thought he was the only one that saw it, until he looked at the Chief.
The second their eyes connected they both knew what the other was thinking. And this made the Chief relax. He knew Lee wouldn't go after Kara now, and Cally would be free to get the girl.
Hell after this night he was sure Kara would be putty in Cally's hands. Not that she wasn't already, but his specialist seemed to have more charm tonight than he did another other time he had caught them flirting.
They had already played a few rounds, and with each round Cally had loosened up a little more. He knew she was a bit nervous sitting down with everyone watching them as if it was the most bazar thing in the world. Hell maybe it was to them. They hadn't seen the natural progression like he had or others down in the viper bay.
Everyone down there knew of the pairs growing relationship. Most didn't comment tho so other people didn't know.
At this moment he saw the same thing Lee had. But he had been watching the pair the whole night, watching the small interactions they made. He had seen more, more than either girl would admit to.
There were moments when Cally had changed into a bright shade of red as some innuendo one of the players had made. Nothing about the pair tho, but it was clear that they had thought about the other. He even noticed that when she looked at Kara at the corner of her eye, she bit her lip and attempted to focus on her cards a little harder.
Kara was the same. She nearly choked on her drink at one point when one of the viper pilots sitting behind Lee, had told them that he would love to have a girl work with him on his viper in a suggestive tone. She even watched the brunette at the corner of her eye, and in recent rounds she had even started to make small sounds to coach Cally along. The specialist had even started to play better too.
But it was getting late, and they have cylons to kill in the morning if Kara had it her way. It was time to call it a night.
Rising up from the table he announced his departure as he stretched.
"Getting old?" one of the viper pilots had joked, as he collected his winnings. This caused a round of laughter to follow. One of the young workers on his team even slapped him on his back, and smiled at him. For them it wasn't too late. The night was just starting for most.
"I think I better be off too," Cally mentioned to the group as the Chief finished his stretching. This caused Kara to sober immediately.
"I'll walk you," Kara insisted as she reached for Cally's crutches and stood up.
If no one had entertained thoughts of the pair more than friendship style relationship, they were now. Raised eyebrows were turning into shocked and wiggling eyebrows. Some even sniggered at the pair. Kara was still a player in their eyes after all, or she used to be.
All of this ceased however, when Kara handed Cally her crutches and moved the chair out from behind her. This was not like the Kara they had come to know. This was an entirely different person. One that seemed to dote and pay genuine attention to, with genuine affection.
The initial reactions wore off as Kara placed her hand on the brunette's back and walked her out of the room. She didn't even finish her drink, only muttered her goodbyes.
This was not the Kara they knew at all. This girl was in love.
No one even thought to think of it as wrong that they were two girls of that they were completely different. Half the women had thought of it as sweet, the other half wished they were the ones that had Kara wrapped around their fingers. And the men? They just thought it was hot.
A/N: so I was wondering where to go from here. Any situations you would like to see this pairing in?