A Different beginning----Chapter 11
MOSTLY AU AND IT STARTS AT THE MINI-SERIES......ALSO I AM WRITING THIS SOLO AND AM SORRY FOR ANY MISTAKES.
Chapter-------11
When Kara woke up she knew that she had only slept for a couple of hours. She had lain awake most of the night trying to figure out what she felt for Lee. Kara also knew that Adama would be letting them know his decision on the frat regs this morning, so she got up to shower and dress before going to the meeting. As she showered she continued trying to work out her feelings for Lee, she knew it would only be a matter of time before she would have to decide. Kara finished showering and got dressed in a tank and pair of cargo's since she had CAP immediately following the meeting. When she walked into the pilots briefing room she saw that Lee was getting ready to go over the CAP schedule for this week, so she took her usual seat.
In the meantime Lee had been pacing in his office, he had no idea which way his dad was going with this. If he was in favor of it Lee was afraid it might spook Kara off. If he decided against it then what would Kara and him do? Plus Lee was afraid if the commander went against it, there might be a small mutiny over it. The people had already gotten their hopes up just as he had gotten his hopes of over Kara. They had only known each other about a month and he hardly knew anything about her, but he was determined to learn as much as he could. Lee wished he could pinpoint the exact moment that they started calling each other by their names so effortlessly. The only thing Lee knew was, that if he was going to have something with someone he wanted it to be Kara. Lee grabbed his jacket and headed to the briefing room.
Lee had been going over this weeks CAP schedule with the pilots when his father walked in. He immediately called out " Attention on deck " and everyone stood at attention.
Adama waved them down with his hand " Have a seat "
After everyone had sat down " As I am sure you are all aware the President and I have been reviewing a few of the laws and frat regulations is one of them." he paused "We recognize that our world is different now and we must change with it, so we have agreed to change the frat regulations with one restriction "
" What sort of restriction, sir?" someone asked
" That you can not let it affect your jobs " After pausing to see if anyone had a question he continued " This is a military ship, so we will be held to a higher standard, now we are implementing this with a one month probation period and if everything is found okay after that month, we will make it permanent. "
Lee who had taken a seat by Kara while his father was speaking turned his head to look at her as he finished. She had an amused grin on her face, so Lee continued looking around the room and saw that most of the pilots had a similar look.
Adama was speaking again " That is all, dismissed everyone " Adama stayed there standing while the room emptied. He looked out and saw Kara and Lee still sitting there. " Why are you two still here? Starbuck I thought you had the next CAP "
Kara snapped out of her day dreaming and jumped up, as of last week she had been cleared to fly " I do sir, I was just waiting until the coast was clear "
" What about you Apollo?" Adama asked him
Lee jumped up then " I am headed to the hangar deck to work on my viper "
Adama held his hands apart gesturing " Well go "
" Yes sir " they both said and saluted and walked out
As they were walking to the flight deck Lee asked " So, where do we go from here Kara ?"
Kara turned to look at him " I'm not sure Lee, but I think we should take it slow for a while "
Lee stopped which caused her to stop and he pulled her into an empty corridor " Why?"
Kara put her hands on her hips " Don't you think we should give ourselves time to adjust to all of this before we do anything?"
Lee laughed " As long as you know there is something to adjust to then I agree we can take the time "
Kara smirked " You do huh? "
Lee looked around and not seeing anyone he turned her until her back was to the wall then leaned in to kiss her. They had not kissed since that morning on the planet. Kara seemed to have forgotten the point she was trying to make because she started kissing him back, eventually Lee pulled back and looked her in the eyes" Although the next time Flat Top makes a pass at you I might deck him." Lee said joking
Kara laughed " As long as I get to do the same to Dee and Racetrack "
" Agreed " Lee said as he leaned in and starting kissing her neck slowly heading back to her mouth for another kiss.
Kara forced herself to stop the kiss " As much as I'm enjoying this I have to go, I am on CAP "
" We can pick up where we left off after CAP " Lee said as he gave her another quick kiss before heading back onto the walkway.
As they continued on to the hangar deck Kara could see a few people huddled up together talking. She hoped nobody fraked it up within the next month. Kara could already imagine the betting pools that would be started because of this. She then thought of the chief and Boomer and what this meant for them, then she wondered if other people had already been breaking the regs.
" A cubit for your thoughts " Lee said to break the silence between them
" I was thinking about Boomer and the Chief and praying that nobody fraked this up for them " she told him
" Let's hope not " Lee said as they went their separate ways once they made it to the hangar deck.
Lee was standing on the flight deck when Kara landed and he watched as she jumped from her viper not waiting on the stairs. She then ran right past him without speaking, so Lee followed to see what she was up to. He watched as she went into a supply office and came back out carrying several things then headed to her bunk-room.
When Lee walked in she had a helmet and a can of red paint paint laid out on a table. " What are you doing? "
Kara motioned him over " What the CAG should be doing, it is Flat Tops thousandth landing and we need to get this helmet painted and down to the flight deck "
Lee walked over and stuck his finger in the paint like she had done and started helping her, just as they were finishing Adama walked in. " I hope you plan on cleaning up your mess "
Kara pointed her finger at Lee " It was his fault " she said laughing
Lee pointed back at her and in the process managed to get paint on her face " She is lying dad, this is all her "
Kara then took her finger with paint on it and ran it all the way down the middle of his face, and then she busted out laughing
Adama was happy to see that Lee and Kara had became friends, he watched them play a moment longer then coughed to get their attention "Come on you two, we need to go "
Kara grabbed the helmet and followed the two Adama's towards the flight deck.
As they were walking they were listening to Kara talking about Adama's thousandth landing. They were all three cutting up and enjoying the moment, when the sirens started blaring. They took off rushing down to the hangar deck and was shocked by what had happened.
A cylon raider had jumped into their airspace and crashed into the hangar deck killing several pilots and injuring others. Kara stood there holding the helmet and could not get her feet to move. She watched as people scrambled to help other people. Lee gently touched her shoulder " We need to help Kara " she nodded at him but did not say a word as she started picking her way across the deck to help. All she could think was that Flat Top never got to see his helmet.
After six hours of non stop cleaning they finally had the deck back in order. They heard Adama announce over the comm that there would be a large service tomorrow.
Everyone from the pilots to the deck crew that was not injured met up in the rec room to have a few drinks in honor of the ones they had lost. No one was thinking about the frat regs now. Kara had more to drink then usual, she did not know if she could handle losing any more of their pilots. They had lost so many to the cylons already. Lee did not drink as much as everyone else, he knew tomorrow would be a hard day and Kara was way past getting drunk. When the night started to die down he went to help Kara to her bunk, he knew if he didn't that she would probably end up passed out on the floor of the rec room. Lee reached for one of Kara's hands and pulled her up out of the chair she was slouched over in "Come on Kara , I'll help you to your bunk "
Kara let Lee walk her to her room, as she was plastered " How many more pilots are we going to lose?"
Lee did not know how to answer that because he had been wondering the same thing. " I don't know Kara, we will talk about it tomorrow after you have had some sleep " he took off her boots before putting Kara in her bunk and as soon as she laid down she closed her eyes. Lee covered her and brushed her hair out of her face and was getting ready to leave when Kara mumbled " Stay with me tonight Lee "
Lee really did not want to leave her alone so he undressed , leaving his tank and boxers on and climbed into bed with her. She immediately turned to him and fell asleep with her head on his shoulder. He reached and pulled on her curtain, closing it. This would be the first time they had slept together since the ice planet. Lee soon drifted off to sleep thinking about how they were going to manage with so few pilots left.
Kara woke up the next morning with a splitting headache and felt someone in the bed beside her. Oh gods she thought, please let it be Lee, she was afraid to open her eyes and find out. She knew she had gotten really drunk last night, but could not remember how she got from the rec room to her cot. Frak, she hoped she had not done something stupid, like frak somebody, unless it was Lee. Kara finally opened one eye and saw that it was Lee, and sighed heavily, waking him up. She looked at him " Hi, we didn't do anything stupid did we, cause I don't remember "
Lee laughed " No, you were to drunk to do anything, besides you are still fully dressed "
Kara raised the covers and looked and sure enough she still had all her clothes on. "Not that I mind, but what are you doing in my bunk?"
Lee sighed and tossed the cover back so he could get dressed " Because you asked me to stay "
" Oh " Kara said as she watched him get dressed " Where are you going?"
After he finished dressing he sat on the edge of the cot " I have to go to my office to get dressed for the service which is in less than an hour "
Reality came crashing back in for Kara " Frak" she said softly
" Yeah, now you need to get up and get dressed " Lee said as he stood up " I will see you at the service "
He was half-way to the hatch when he heard Kara " Thanks for making sure I made it back to my bunk "
Lee nodded before leaving the room.
After the service was over Adama asked Kara and Lee to come with him to his office. " Have a seat while I pour us a drink "
Kara and Lee did as instructed, waiting for Adama to bring them their drink. After he handed it to them he sat down and they drank in silence for a while " I know this might seem to soon after what just happened, but we don't have the luxury of waiting " Adama took another sip " We need more pilots, Lee I will need you to look in the fleet and find some and Starbuck I need you to train them "
Kara sat her glass down and stood up and began pacing " Sir, I don't think I could do that, there must be someone better qualified "
Adama put his glass down and had to turn in his chair to see her " Kara the Academy had enough faith in you to want you to become an instructor"
Kara continued pacing " Yeah, but this will be different, at least at the academy they would already have received some kind of training before they came to me "
" They would only have known what they learned in textbooks, besides there is no one else, you have to do this Kara " Adama told her
Lee who had been watching Kara pace stood up and walked over to her " Kara you can do this, we can do this together "
Kara finally relented " Okay, but where are you supposed to find these pilots, it seems like they would have already come forward if they were in the fleet"
Adama stood up " Look, I need you both to do the jobs I have assigned you, now take the rest of the day off and get started on this first thing in the morning, dismissed "
Kara and Lee left the office together, but Kara headed the opposite way he thought she would be going " Where are you off to?"
" I have a date with a punching bag " she then headed to the gym
Lee let her go, he figured it was her way of dealing with all that had happened. Even though he had been given the rest of the day off he headed to his office to work. He sent a memo to all fleet captains asking if they knew anyone who was interested in becoming a pilot. Lee knew Kara's part would be harder than his, all he had to do was find them, but she had to train them.
Lee had to try and come up with a manageable CAP rotation using the few pilots they had left. He already knew that they would be pulling double shifts. Even though Kara had to teach the new pilots she would still have to fly double shifts like the rest of them. Lee hoped she would not burn out with all the extra work she would now have.
Two hours later while he was still working up the rosters Kara came walking in and sat down across from him. " I thought you were off Apollo "
Lee who had been looking at her sit down said " I am, but the schedule needed reworking and I thought I would go ahead and get a start on trying to find some pilots to replace the ones we lost "
" How is that going?" Kara asked
Lee put his pen down and rubbed his face before answering " I am waiting to hear back from the fleet captains on who they might know that would be capable of becoming pilots."
Kara nodded and leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes a moment thinking, when she opened her eyes a moment later she saw that Lee was looking at her " What happens if we can't find enough people?"
Lee took a moment to lean back in his chair " Then I am hoping that you can come up with a solution "
Kara reached across the desk and pulled the flight roster towards her and began looking it over " We can pull some of the raptor pilots in and train them on vipers "
Lee leaned forward " Do you think that will work?"
Kara thought a moment before answering " It would be an adjustment for them but I think that some of them could be trained to fly vipers "
Lee looked across his desk at her " Who do you suggest?"
Kara grabbed his pen and started writing " I think Crashdown, Pike and Jojo might work out "
Just as she finished writing there was a knock on the hatch.
Lee yelled " Come in " and took the roster back from Kara as Dee came walking in.
Lee looked up at her " Yes, can I help you Petty Officer?"
Dee shuffled her feet uncomfortable with Starbuck being there but spoke anyway " I was coming off shift when you received a memo from some of the fleet captains and thought I might bring it by for you "
" Thank you " Lee said as he reached for the paper she was carrying, when she did not leave Lee asked " Was there something else you needed?"
Dee looked at Starbuck out of the corner of her eye " No, that was all " she said before turning to leave
" Well thank you again " Lee said as he started reading
Kara had been watching Dee and she knew there was more that she wanted to say to Lee but did not because she was there, after Dee left Kara cleared her throat " I think I just messed up your chances at a date Apollo "
Lee looked at her " What do you mean?"
Kara winked at him " I think Dee was planning on making a move on you but I was here "
" You do huh?" Lee asked laughing then looked back down at the paper " It's a good thing you already came up with a solution because there are only three people listed here that want to be pilots "
" Frak " Kara said immediately forgetting about Dee
" Yeah I know " Lee said sighing as he put the memo down
They both became lost in thought, finally Kara spoke to break the silence " You know the chief has asked me to help him on the cylon raider "
" What are his plans for it?" Lee asked interested
Kara smiled " We are going to try to fly it "
Lee became concerned " Do you think that is wise?"
" Of course " Kara responded
" Where are you going to find the time Kara, you already have to fly double caps and train the pilots " Lee asked worried once again that she would be taking on too much
Kara stood up " I will just have to find the time because this is important "
Lee got up and walked around the desk to stand before her " Just don't wear yourself out Kara " he reached for her and pulled her into his arms
Kara relaxed in his arms and let him hug her " There may not be much time for us "
Lee pulled back from the hug and looked at her closely " That is something we will find the time for "
Kara silently agreed but thought of Dee " You could always spend time with Dee or someone else "
" You are the only someone that I want to spend time with " he said and kissed her lightly on the lips
" Are you sure Lee because I can be pretty intense and stubborn about things?" Kara asked before stepping out of his embrace
Lee let her go " I am sure Kara, now drop it "
Kara went towards the hatch " Fine, I am going down to check out the cylon raider "
Lee did not know when he would have time off again so he walked over to her " I will go with you "
" Suit yourself " Kara said as she walked out of the office with Lee right beside her
When Kara and Lee made it to the private area where the cylon raider was being kept the chief was already there walking around it.
" What have you figured out so far chief?" Kara asked as she made her way around the raider
The chief stopped and stepped back from it " As far as I can tell it is dead, so we should not have any problems out of it "
Lee joined the conservation " Chief I thought you were off duty "
The chief looked at Lee " I am, but I did not want to wait to get started on it "
By this time Kara had already made her way underneath the raider " There should be a way to open it up " she said as she continued feeling around underneath it
" I have been trying I hope you have better luck than me " chief told her
About that time Kara had found some sort of panel and she pushed on it and the raider started slowly opening " I think I found something " she announced
The chief joined her under the raider " It is a small opening, Starbuck you are going to have to stick your head through it and get a look, it looks to small for me to fit through it "
Kara did not have to asked twice she immediately stuck her head inside and pulled it back out after only a few seconds " My gods it stinks in there"
The chief went to see how far he could get in the opening, he got far enough to know what Kara meant when she said it stinks " Well that looks like your job Starbuck, since I will not be able to fit inside "
" Oh joy " Kara remarked, but she was excited at the prospect of being able to work on the raider " Come on Lee you can fit inside don't you want to have a look " Kara said playfully
" No thanks I can smell it from here " Lee said as he took a few steps back
Kara went and grabbed a pair of orange coveralls and started putting them on.
' Are you going to fool with that thing now?" Lee asked
" Why not, I am off so is the chief " Kara said looking at the chief knowing he would be ready to start working on it
When Lee saw the chief was as excited as Kara about it he said " Well I have other things to do so I will leave you two to it "
" You afraid to get dirty Apollo?" Kara asked but Lee knew she was joking
" Just make sure you take several showers when you are finished " Lee doubted they even heard him because they were already getting prepared to hoist Kara inside of the raider, so he walked off to leave them to it
Kara and the chief ended up spending several hours on the raider. While the chief checked the outside of the raider making several repairs to the less damaged parts of it Kara had torn out the inside of it. It was a good thing that they had parked it in a private area because the smell easily reached everything in a fifty foot range surrounding it.
By the time Kara had finished she was covered in stinky goo " My gods I smell awful " she said as she tried to get most of it off of her with rags
The chief who smelled almost as bad just being in the area of the thing told her " Starbuck I believe Apollo was right, you are going to have to take a lot of showers and even then you will still probably smell like it "
Kara who still had a smile on her face even though she smelled so bad said " You too chief, somehow I don't think Boomer is going to like the way you smell either "
After that Kara and the chief finally gave up on the raider for the day and they headed to get cleaned up.
Lee had left them to go work on vipers even though he was off. He knew that Kara and the chief would probably have to be pulled away from the raider and he knew that no matter how much time he spent working on the vipers it would always be more work to do.
Lee noticed that while the chief was busy with the raider that Cally did a good job of running the deck crew. Lee finished up and went to his office to take a shower and get cleaned up. After that he went back to work on the CAP schedule so that he could turn it in to Tigh at the next mornings briefing.
After Kara had taken several showers she headed to the mess hall to grab something to eat. She noticed that people gave her a wide berth, she must have still smelled. When she finished eating she went in search of Lee to see if he felt like working out. She knew that he would probably still be in his office working or napping.
Kara did not bother knocking on Lee's office hatch she just walked in. She was right about him working. " Have you been working all this time?" she asked as she sat down
Lee did not bother looking up when he heard someone enter his office, he knew that Kara was the only one that would not bother knocking. As she came closer he started to smell something awful and looked up " You stink, and no I worked on vipers for a while "
" Sorry, but if I had scrubbed any more I would not have any skin left " Kara told him not caring what he said " What are you working on now?" she asked
" The schedule to give to Tigh in the morning " Lee told her as he finished up
" When are the new recruits coming?" she asked
" Tomorrow and after they get settled I have a meeting with them and the raptor pilots " Lee told her as he tried to scoot back further away from her
Kara ignored his obvious attempt to get away from her " When do I start training them?"
" Day after tomorrow " he told her
" Do you feel like working out tonight?" Kara asked getting to her reason for stopping by
Lee scrunched up his nose " I don't know if I can with the way you smell "
" Get over it already Lee " Kara told him finally getting upset with him
Lee stood up " Fine, but I think I will grab a bite to eat before we do, I'm not sure if I will still be hungry after that with the way you smell " he said joking
Kara got up " I will meet you in an hour, unless you want me to go with you to eat " she said teasing him
" No thanks, if it is all the same to you I would rather eat without having to smell that awful smell " he said as he headed to the hatchway
Kara got up and walked out with him " Fine, but I am not going to shower before we work out you will just have to deal with it "
" Thank you " Lee said
Even though Kara had told Lee she would not shower before working out she remembered that she still had a small amount of her vanilla scented shampoo left. She went to her locker and found the shampoo hidden way to the back of her locker. After her shower she headed to the gym to wait on Lee. While she was there waiting on him she started to remember how her and Helo used to come here to work out. It was times like this when she missed Helo the most.
Kara knew it had been more than an hour, she wondered what was taking Lee so long. As she waited she decided to lift weights, something she had not done in a while. Boomer had come in so she knew she would have a spotter if she needed one.
In the meantime Lee had got caught up with Racetrack. She had sat down at his table right as he had started eating and started up a conservation. " Hey Apollo, do you care if I join you?"
Lee knew he could not tell her no " Sure go ahead "
After a few bites she asked " So, are you glad they changed the frat regs?"
Lee had to give it to her she came right to the point " I guess so " was all he said
" Are you planning on seeing anybody?" she asked while looking directly at him
" Maybe " Lee thought if he kept his answers short that she might change the subject.
Racetrack waited a while before she said anything else " It is Starbuck, isn't it?"
Lee was glad she seemed to realize what others had not " Yes "
Racetrack decided to talk about something else " How is the search for new pilots going?"
" We have a few coming over tomorrow " was all Lee wanted to say about it
Lee had finished eating and got up to leave " I have to go now I have a workout session planned "
" Okay " Racetrack said
As Lee put his tray up he was glad that he had gotten through that fairly easy. After that he headed to the gym.
When Lee entered the gym he saw Kara lifting weights with Boomer spotting her. He walked on in and started wrapping his hands in order to get ready for his and Kara's sparring match.
Boomer saw him and said " Apollo is here now so I am going to go, I am supposed to meet Galen soon "
Kara laughed " Be prepared he is going to smell like me only worse because I am pretty sure he did not shower as many times as I did "
" Great " was all Boomer said before she walked out
Kara got up and wiped her face " What took you so long?"
Lee felt like teasing her a bit " Oh I had dinner with Racetrack " he said smiling
" You did huh " Kara said as she started wrapping her hands
" Yep " Lee said as he took his place on the mat
Kara took her time before going over to him " So, did you two set up a date?"
Lee decided he did not want to tease her after all being as they were going to start sparring " No, she caught on pretty quick that I was not interested "
" Good " Kara said as she took the first jab
Lee noticed right away that she smelled better " Did you take another shower?" and then he jabbed back at her
Kara did not answer she just continued jabbing back hitting him in the stomach.
After Lee straightened back up he jabbed back catching her on the shoulder " You smell like vanilla "
" I know " was all she said as they settled into sparring
After about thirty minutes they stopped to catch their breath. Lee had had enough so he started unwrapping his hands.
Kara decided to do the same " I just hope Dee figures it out as quick as Racetrack did "
Lee grabbed her and pulled her to him " Why, you are not jealous are you?"
" Never " Kara said laughing
Lee looked around and saw that they were still alone and kissed her briefly before pulling back " Good, because there is no reason for you to be "
After they made out for a while they both headed off for their showers and then to bed separately with plans to meet up for their run in the morning.
The next day Kara had not see Lee since they had ran that morning, until they flew CAP together. Kara was not kidding the night before when she said that she hoped Dee caught on as quick as Racetrack had about her and Lee. Kara had an idea just in case, she knew that Dee listened to the pilots during CAP, it was part of her job, so she decided to give her a little hint. " So Apollo are you going to take advantage of the new frat regs?"
Lee knew what Kara was doing " That depends, are you going to Starbuck?"
" Yeah, I already have my target picked out " Kara said as she laughed
" Really, do I know this somebody?" Lee said playing along
" Well he is new to the Galactica, but I think you know him, what about you Apollo who are you planning on seeing?" Starbuck asked him
" Someone that has been on the Galactica for about a year and she flies a viper "Lee said, knowing what he was doing
" That sounds like a match made in the skies " Kara bantered back even though she could not believe Lee just said that knowing she was the only female viper pilot, so much for just a hint.
" Would you two cut it out " Boomer said playfully
" Would you like us to talk about you and yours?" Starbuck bantered back
" No thank you Starbuck " Boomer answered
Apollo spoke up " Okay, why don't we all stop with the chit chat and finish this patrol "
" Aw nobody wants to play today " Starbuck said but she got quiet and let it go
The rest of the patrol was uneventful, then they landed. As soon as Kara finished her flight log Cally walked over " The new pilots are here "
Kara looked around and did not see anybody new " Where are they?"
Cally took the flight log from Starbuck " The commander sent them to an empty bunk room to get settled in "
Kara could see Lee headed her way " Thanks Cally, I'll see you later
As Cally turned she saw Apollo headed their way and knew why Starbuck had cut their conservation short " Hey Apollo " she said as she passed him
Lee just nodded as he kept his eyes on Kara trying to gauge her mood. He went and leaned against her viper waiting for her to speak and she did not disappoint " Lee are you crazy, now everyone will know about us, including your dad "
" Why do you think I did it?" he asked " Now not only will the flirting stop, but now you have no excuse to try and end whatever this is between us" Lee said waiting on her to blow up
Kara grinned instead " I suppose you have a point "
Lee reached up and pushed her hair back " Yeah, at least we don't have to worry about anybody bothering us anymore "
Kara backed up a step knowing they were close to a PDA " The new pilot recruits are here "
Lee noticed that Kara stepped back making him realize that they standing way to close to each other. " I will go and see them as soon as I finish up here "
" Good " Kara said " I do not want to see them till in the morning " she said trailing her fingers on his arm as she walked away
After Lee watched Kara leave he went to finish up on the deck before heading to his office to change.
After Lee changed his clothes he went to the bunk room where the new recruits were. He stepped through the hatch unnoticed at first because they were talking. He cleared his throat and they came to a somewhat attempt of standing at attention.
" At ease, I am Captain Adama and your CAG." before any one could speak he continued " After you settle in you need to familiarize yourselves with the ship and your are to report to the briefing room at 0600 first thing in the morning, any questions?"
The only female in the room asked " Will you be our instructor?"
" No, that will be Starbuck and I advice against being late " Lee felt he should warn them. After that he left them, hoping that Kara could turn them into pilots.
Kara was in the rec room playing cards when Lee walked in. She watched as he made his way to their table and as he sat down the other players looked back and forth between them. Kara knew that by now everyone had heard what was said during their CAP. Kara figured she needed to say something to break the silence " So Apollo I am glad you joined us, just get ready to lose your cubits to me "
" What makes you think that you will be the winner Starbuck?" Lee asked remembering the last time he played and what they had said about Kara hardly ever losing.
Kara could feel the tension ease at the table " Care to make a side wager on that?"
Lee looked at her and saw that she had that certain shit eating grin on her face " No, just deal the cards Starbuck "
They played a few hands with everyone talking back and forth " So did you get the nuggets settled in?"
When she spoke Lee had been looking at his cards trying to figure out whether to fold or not " Yes, and try not to scare them away before you even get started " Lee folded
Kara threw down her full colors hand and heard all the groans " Hey, I can't help it if you guys don't know how to play "
They played for a while longer until Kara and Lee were called for over the intercom telling them to report to the commanders office.
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