A Different Beginning----Chapter 12
Mostly AU and it starts at the mini-series. I am writing this story solo so all mistakes are mine. I apologize in advance.
Chapter-------12
As Kara and Lee were on their way to the commanders office they started speculating as to why he wanted to see them. " Lee, do you think your dad was told about our comm conservation during CAP?"
" Maybe, or he just might want to know how many people we found for the pilot program " Lee said as he brushed his hand against hers.
Kara pulled Lee to a stop twenty feet from the commanders hatchway " What if he wants to know what is going on between us?"
Lee stepped close to her as someone passed them " Well since nothing has technically happened we don't have to tell him anything, unless you want to "
Kara thought about it for a second " No, I don't want to say anything yet, even though he changed the frat regs he might not be to happy to know about us, besides like you said technically nothing has happened "
Lee was disappointed she felt that way, but she had spent the last year with his dad so she might know best " Fine, we won't say anything...yet "
Kara squeezed his hand once and then pulled him along with her as she headed to the commanders office. They knocked and waited for him to tell them to enter. They both walked inside and stood at attention.
Adama who had been waiting on Kara and Lee looked up from his paperwork when he heard a knock on his hatch. He watched as they came in and stood at attention. " At ease and have a seat " Adama said as he headed to his small sitting room and sat down in his chair leaving the sofa for them to sit on.
After Kara and Lee sat they waited on Adama to start the conservation as they had no idea what the meeting was about.
Adama looked at them a moment before speaking. He had personal and professional reasons for calling them to his office and decided to start with the professional ones. " Lee, how many people were you able to find for the pilot program?"
Lee was glad when his father asked a work related question, maybe his father did not know about him and Kara. " I was only able to find three people, but Kara has come up with another solution "
Lee looked at Kara letting her know to tell what she had came up with " Sir, I thought we might pull some of the raptor pilots in and train them on vipers since we have enough raptor pilots "
Adama was hoping for more people, but Kara's idea seemed plausible " Do you really think that will work?"
" Yes sir, as you know Lee and I both know how to fly raptors so if there comes a time when we need more raptor pilots then we will be able to fill in, plus the ones that I train for vipers " Kara explained
Adama nodded his approval " Which raptor pilots did you have in mind?"
Lee decided to answer since he was the one that had okay-ed it " Crashdown, Pike and JoJo "
Adama stood up and headed for his liquor " Would the two of you like a drink?"
Kara knew then that he was not through with them " I still have maintenance work to do, but since you are offering I will have one "
Adama started pouring two drinks and then turned to look at Lee " What about you son?"
Lee knew this was going to turn personal and thought he might need liquid encouragement " Yes sir, I will have one also "
He poured one more drink and then took them theirs before going back for his. After that, he got his and sat back down not missing the look that passed between them.
After a minute of silence while they each drank he asked " So, is there any truth to the rumors about you two being romantically involved?"
Lee waited for Kara to answer since she was the one who did not want to tell him .
Kara knew that Lee would keep silent and wait on her to answer " No sir " she then took another swallow of her drink.
Adama did not know if he believed her since she gave such a short answer and did not laugh it off " I have noticed that the two of you have been spending a lot of time together "
Lee spoke up then " Well, you did assign Kara to help me until I learned who all of the pilots are and now we are trying to put together enough people for the viper training program "
Adama realized that must be where all the rumors was coming from " Well that is good to know " he said as he finished off his drink.
Kara was not surprised by what he said, but Lee was " Would it have been a problem if it were true about me and Kara?"
Kara jerked and looked at Lee, surprised by what he had asked and Adama simply looked at Lee and Kara for a moment before answering "I know that we changed the frat regs, but you and Kara work more closely together than anyone else, so yeah I can see where it might cause problems " Adama paused a moment before continuing " Since the rumors are not true then it makes your question irrelevant "
Even though Kara knew Adama might not approve she was still stunned by his answer so she finished her drink in one gulp and placed it on the table in front of her and looked over at Lee. She could tell he was not happy at all.
Lee was not willing to let it go yet. " You know dad there may come a time when Kara and I are not as busy and we might decide to start dating "
Adama thought Lee was speaking of other people " I expect so, Kara you have been on this ship for over a year so you probably have already become close with someone " Adama said teasing her " Lee I think there is already someone after you " he said chuckling
Lee then finished his drink and sat it down with a loud thump. Could his dad not really understand what he meant about him and Kara. Silence hung heavy in the air.
Adama not realizing that there was tension in the room continued speaking " You know Lee I heard another rumor that Petty Officer Dualla from the CIC might be interested in you "
Kara tensed up when he said that. Did the old man really think that Lee should start seeing Dee. Then for the first time Kara thought that even though her and Adama were close he might not think she was good enough for his son. Kara stood up abruptly after having that thought " If that is all sir, I need to be going "
Lee knew Kara was upset and he was not sure if it was with him or his dad. Before she could leave he heard his dad start speaking again.
Adama was not sure why Kara was in such a hurry, but he was not finished " Sit back down Kara, I wanted to ask you about the cylon raider. "
Kara took a deep breath and sat back down a little farther from Lee this time. " What would you like to know, sir?"
Adama could feel the tension coming off of Kara, but did not comment on it. " What have you figured out so far?"
Kara answered in an even tone " The chief and I have repaired the outside and gutted the inside of it "
Adama felt like he had to carry the conservation " And what are your overall plans for it?"
Kara was ready to leave so she answered as simply as she could " To make it fly worthy "
" That sounds good, how long before you think it will be ready?" Adama asked after looking at Lee and seeing that he was just as tense as Kara.
Kara stood up again " I am not sure sir, now if you don't mind I really need to go "
Adama stood up " That will be all, but keep me informed as to the pilots training and on the raider "
Kara nodded and slipped out the door as fast as she could.
By this time Lee had also stood. He needed to go after Kara. " I need to go also "
" Wait a minute Lee, I still want to talk to you about something " Adama said as he sat back down.
Lee knew he could not get into it with his dad about him and Kara without first speaking to her so he sat down. " What is it?"
" I wanted to see how you are settling in with being the CAG" Adama asked him wondering why Lee still seemed anxious.
" It is going okay, Kara has been a big help " Lee told him wishing he would hurry up.
Adama chuckled " I knew she would be able to help you and I am glad to see the two of you getting along "
Lee could not help but ask his dad about Kara, seeing how close they are to each other " So, you would be okay with Kara seeing someone?"
Adama thought that was a silly question " Of course, but I want it to be with someone worthy of her, after all she is like a daughter to me "
That was what Lee did not understand. How come his dad thought that him and Kara seeing each other would cause problems? Did his dad not think that he was good enough for Kara? These were questions Lee wanted answers to. Before he could say anything else his dad started speaking again.
Adama waited for Lee to say something and when he did not he spoke. " Lee, I really think you would like Dualla if you got to know her unless you already have someone in mind "
Lee really needed to talk to Kara, it seems they might have made a mistake by denying there was anything between them. " I am too busy right now to even think about dating "
" Okay and I know Kara is too, but keep an eye on her I don't want her taken advantage of " Adama said and then asked " Has there been any problems with the pilots or the deck crew since we changed the frat regs?"
Lee scooted to the edge of the sofa getting ready to leave " There has not been any time, the deaths from the cylon raider crashing onto the flight deck has been on every ones mind "
Adama's mood changed as soon as Lee brought up the hangar incident " Of course " he saw Lee sitting on the edge of the sofa and decided to end their conservation " It looks like you have somewhere to be, so I won't keep you any longer " Adama then stood
Lee stood and headed to the hatchway " Goodbye " and he went out the hatch as fast as he could without letting letting his dad know how big of a hurry he was really in.
When Kara left Adama's office she did not go to work, instead she headed to the walkway above the hangar deck. She needed to think and she knew that Lee did not know about that place yet. When Kara got there she sat down far enough back so that if anyone looked up they would not see her. Kara could not help but believe that Adama thought she was not good enough for Lee, since he seemed intent on getting Lee and Dualla together. That kind of thinking led Kara herself to believe that Dualla was the kind of woman Lee needed, especially since she already had the commanders approval.
Kara thought back on all the times her and Lee had been close and while she wanted to believe that Lee was interested in her Adama had put doubts in her, plus since her and Lee spent so much time together he had not had the chance to get to know other people. Kara knew then that she would have to stop whatever was happening between her and Lee for his benefit. As much as it hurt her she knew that would be the right thing to do. Since she had it all worked out in her mind she got up and headed down to the hangar, as soon as she got there she picked a viper and went to work hoping to take her mind off of Lee.
As soon as Lee left his dads office he headed to the hangar deck to find Kara. Lee knew that he had not known Kara for long, but he knew that she was upset, he just was not sure about what. Lee had this strange feeling that things had changed for him and Kara. The more he thought about it the quicker he walked hoping to get the chance to talk to her.
Lee stopped when he reached the hangar bay and looked around for Kara. At first he did not see her then he spotted her under a viper, he walked up to the viper and squatted down so that he could see most of her. " Kara could you come out from under there so we can talk?"
This was what Kara had been dreading , so in an even voice she spoke " Not now Lee I really need to get this viper fixed "
" Come on Kara, you and I both know you can finish that later " Lee practically begged
Kara answered keeping her voice low " I have other stuff to do later, I promise we will talk when I have time " she said hoping he would let it go.
Lee knew then that no matter what he said she was not going to talk to him now " Fine Kara, but we are going to talk later " he stood up and after another minute of standing there walked off.
Kara stopped what she was doing as soon as he left and tried to calm herself down. After a couple of deep breaths she went back to work. While she was working the chief came by and asked if she wanted to work on the raider. Kara told him she did, because she still was not ready to see Lee.
When Kara made it to the area where they were keeping the raider she saw that the chief was already there. " So, what do you want to do first Chief?"
Since they were both still on duty the chief wanted to work on the raider for the rest of their shift. " Why don't you crawl inside and see what kind of controls we might need "
Kara was more than happy to work, she desperately needed to keep her mind occupied so she crawled inside the raider. " My gods it still smells in here " she hollered
" I will have one of the deck crew try to find something to wipe it down with and see if that helps with the smell " the chief yelled back
Kara got settled inside by laying on her stomach " Okay Chief I am going to try a few things out, just keep an eye out because I have no idea what I am doing "
Even though she had torn the guts out there was still gooey stringy things, she reached up and squeezed one of the tendrils and the raider rocked side to side " Well I guess that must control the wing flaps " she yelled
The chief had jumped back when the raider jerked " Let me know before you touch anything else, I would like time to get out of the way "
" All right here I go with something else " she yelled and after a second she squeezed another tendril and the raider lurched forward, she quickly let go. She tried to look behind her where her feet were and could just barely make out what looked like a peddle. Kara yelled to the chief to step back and pushed on the peddle and the raider started firing. Okay that startled the frak out of her, she was not sure she should continue, but there was one more peddle so she touched it lightly with her foot and the raider hovered up for just a moment before she stopped. She looked around trying to find out if there was some way of getting oxygen inside this thing. Kara saw several hose like things and started pulling them off. The second one she pulled had oxygen blowing out of it. She then climbed out and went to stand by the chief.
" Well that was fun " Kara said as she wiped sweat off of her face.
The Chief could not believe how much they had learned today. " Wow, you know I think we just might be able to get this thing to fly "
Kara stood beside the chief beaming " I know, isn't it great."
The chief could not help but smile too " I will get someone to clean the inside of it before you get back in it "
Kara gave one last long look at the raider " Thanks chief I will see you tomorrow "
The chief stopped her before she could walk off " Are you going to let the commander know about what we discovered today?"
Frak Kara thought, now she had Lee back on her mind " Why don't you let him know, I am going to take a shower "
The chief was puzzled as to why Starbuck wanted him to tell the commander, but he was not going to ask her why " I'll let him know "
Kara nodded then walked away heading to the showers.
After Lee had left Kara working on the viper he went to run down the three raptor pilots to let them know that they would start training in the morning on vipers. He talked to each of them separately and only Pike seemed to have a problem with who would be training him. He let Lee know that he was not happy with having Starbuck as his instructor. Lee had let him know that if he caused any problems he would be put on report.
Lee went to his office to do paperwork while he waited on Kara. After two hours he realized that Kara had no intention of talking to him. He left his office in search of her and each place he looked she was not there. Lee finally ran into the chief who told him they had worked on the raider and Starbuck had gone to take a shower. Lee knew better than to corner her in the showers, there would be other people around so he went back to his office. When he laid down on the couch he meant only to nap, but woke four hours later.
After getting up Lee walked down to the bunk room and went inside. He found Kara's curtain closed and knew she had turned in for the night. Lee did not want to wake her so he left with the intent of talking to her tomorrow.
Kara had to take several showers again trying to get the smell of the raider off her. After getting dressed she went to eat and then returned to her bunk room. She knew she was avoiding Lee, but she did not feel like talking to him so she went to bed instead of playing cards. Kara knew she had a briefing with the new pilots first thing in the morning so she tried to sleep. It was a long time before she could fall asleep, as her thoughts were on her, Lee and Adama. Kara knew the commander cared about her, but she knew that he could not see her and Lee together.
She woke up the next morning after barely getting any sleep. She dressed and made her wake to the briefing room hoping that she would not run into Lee. Kara made it to the room twenty minutes before her scheduled meeting, so she took a seat trying to focus on her lesson plan. Soon her thoughts drifted to the first time she laid eyes on Lee, it had been in this room. She could not believe it had only been about seven weeks ago. Finally she stood up and walked to the front of the room and stood behind the podium. Shaking her thoughts of Lee away as people started coming in.
Kara knew there would only be six people training to fly vipers and she needed to make sure they all passed. She waited till everybody was there and looked down at her watch and noticed that everyone had made it on time.
Kara cleared her throat " For those of you who don't know, my name is Lt. Thrace, but you can call me Starbuck or God " she paused " For the new people you will have three raptor pilots joining you, they are Crashdown, JoJo and Pike"
Kara waited while the new nuggets looked around at the other three pilots " I will be issuing call signs to each of you when I see fit to do so "
" Now I know that while you guys already know how to fly raptors I warn you that a viper is in no way comparable to a raptor " she said addressing the raptor pilots " So you three will be starting from scratch just like the nuggets "
Kara looked around the room at each of them " Now if there are no questions we will begin "
After four hours of going over all the instruments of a viper and all the do and don'ts Kara got ready to end the class after issuing call signs to the nuggets. From now on they would be called Kat, Chuckles and Hotdog. " That is it for today, same time tomorrow "
Kara watched as they filed out and then she started to panic. She had seen Lee look in on her class and knew he would be waiting for her outside the hatch.
When Lee got up this morning he got ready for his morning run. He thought that Kara would not miss their run, but after waiting for thirty minutes he knew she had no intention of running. Lee ran two extra laps than normal trying to run off that bad feeling he had ever since leaving his father's office.
After running he showered than ate breakfast before going by the briefing room where Kara was teaching. He stepped inside quietly and listened for a few minutes and watched Kara. Lee knew that she would be a good instructor, he just hoped they did not give her too much trouble. Lee thought she had glanced his way once, but he could not be sure.
Lee stepped back outside and waited. He knew her class would be ending soon and they were going to talk. He stood to the side as everyone came out. He knew the nuggets would be excited but he did not expect the raptor pilots excitement. After ten minutes Kara finally came out the hatch and Lee stepped in front of her. " Kara, I know you are avoiding me, but we need to talk "
Kara could not bring herself to look Lee in the eyes so she looked past him. " Fine Lee, where do you want to talk?"
Lee stepped to the side " My office " and he started walking with Kara falling in beside him.
As soon as they entered Kara went and sat down in the extra chair at his desk " So talk "
Now that they were here Lee did not know where to start. " Kara what upset you in dads office yesterday?"
Kara still would not look directly at him " I'm not sure what you mean "
Lee formed his thoughts before he spoke " Okay, how about I tell you what I think?"
Kara chanced a quick look at him " Fine "
Lee reached across the desk to grab her hand, but she pulled it back away from him " I think we made a mistake in not telling dad about us "
" I don't " Kara told him
Lee had to stop himself from yelling at her " What do you mean?"
Kara knew a short comment would not work this time " Think about it Lee, you have not had the chance to get to know other people since we have had to spend so much time together, so I think you need to take the time to do so "
Lee shut his eyes a moment then opened them and looked directly at her " What are you saying Kara?"
Kara steeled herself to say the words that she did not really want to say " " I am ending whatever this was between us "
This time there was no way that he was not going to yell, he jumped up and placed his hands on the desk and leaned forward until he was almost in her face " I am not going to let you end us "
Kara knew that she had to finish this, so she stood up " You can't stop me " and turned to walk out.
Lee ran around the desk and grabbed her arm pulling her around to face him " Kara, please don't do this "
Kara looked at him then " I am sorry Lee, it is better to end it now rather than later "
Lee took her hand " Kara, who says we have to end this?"
Kara jerked her hand away " The commander does not think it would be a good thing and neither do I anymore "
" My father has no say in who I want to see and why have you changed your mind all of a sudden " he shouted
Kara looked at him one last time " We are still friends and co- workers Lee, that will have to be enough " then she walked out.
Lee stood there in shock for a second before going over to his desk and sweeping everything off of it in a fit of rage.
As soon as Kara left Lee she headed to the gym. She knew that if she did not do something immediately she would fall apart. After taping her hands she lit into the punching bag and for thirty minutes she hit the bag so often and so hard that by the time she finished her hands were swollen. As she sat there on the floor trying to catch her breath she wondered what to do next. Finally after her breathing evened out she got up and removed the tape from her hands. Having done that she headed to the hangar bay to work, which was hard with her hands the way they were.
Kara worked on vipers anyway until it was time to get changed for CAP. At least she would be flying for the next four hours and then she could shower and climb into her cot until tomorrow and then she would start the whole day over again, minus Lee. What Kara had forgot was that Lee would also be flying CAP. She did not know how Lee felt because he only spoke when he had to and he never spoke directly to her. For that Kara was glad because she had nothing to say, it was the quietest CAP she had ever flown. As soon as they landed she jumped out of her viper and finished her checklist with Cally and then got out of there as fast as she could. She headed to the showers and then to bed skipping dinner.
After Kara left and his office was torn apart Lee sat down and stared at nothing trying to figure out why Kara had done what she did. Lee was as upset with her as he was his father. Lee knew that Kara had called things off between them partly because of his dad. He still was not sure why his dad thought him and Kara would be a bad idea. Was it because he was not good enough for her and did Kara think the same thing, that she was not good enough for him. Lee stayed in his office until it was time for CAP. Being out there with Kara and not being able to talk to her was hard. Lee could not wait for this day to end.
After he landed he sat in his viper so he could watch Kara as she went through her checklist, and then she almost ran out of there. Lee knew Kara was wrong, he did not need to get to know other people to know that she was the one he wanted to be with. After she left he got out of his viper and as soon as he was through he headed back to his office ignoring people along the way. When he entered he was reminded of everything all over again, his office was a mess. He slowly started cleaning it up just to have something to do. After he finished he took a shower and started doing paperwork. Lee decided he would give her a few days and then try to talk to her again. He fell asleep thinking of Kara.
When Kara woke up her thoughts immediately went to Lee. She had missed being able to run, but she did not want to take a chance of running into Lee. Kara wondered if he was running and then quickly started thinking about class just so she could not think of him. Kara got dressed and went for breakfast since she had skipped dinner the night before. She sat down at a table far away from the rest of the crowd, she was in no mood for chit chat. Apparently Duck decided he wanted to sit with her and then invited her to a game tonight. Kara figured she might as well try to get back into the swing of things and told him she would be there. At the very least she could get drunk. She finished eating and left for the CIC before her class. On her way out she passed Lee coming in and aside from nodding at each other they did not utter a sound. Kara figured she must have really pissed him off.
When Lee woke up the next morning he decided to skip running, without Kara it was not as much fun. He dressed quickly and left for the mess to get some breakfast. Just as he was going in he saw Kara coming out. He wanted to speak to her, but felt it was too soon so he nodded and walked on by. Since he was not in the mood to be bothered he sat by himself hoping no one bothered him. Lee really wanted to talk to his dad, but knew that he would have to wait until he talked to Kara first. He did not have a busy day today, he had a CIC shift after breakfast then a four hour CAP and nothing to do after that. Lee had no idea what he was going to do after that, when he was around Kara it seemed like he always had something to do. He finished his breakfast and headed to the CIC.
As he was on his way to the CIC he looked at his watch and realized he would be early. Well he had nothing else to do, so he headed there. As soon as he entered his father motioned him over.
Adama watched as Lee came toward him, somehow he seemed different. " Captain, you are early "
All Lee had to say was " Yes sir "
Adama looked at him closely wanting to know what was wrong, but knew better than to ask " I heard you had a quiet CAP yesterday "
Again all Lee said was " Yes sir "
Adama figured he did not want to talk about it so he changed the subject " How is the pilot training going, I have not seen Starbuck to ask her?"
Lee looked up at him then " Neither have I "
" Don't you two ever take time off?" Adama asked him while looking over a report Gaeta had handed him.
" There is to much work to be done " he answered while glancing around the CIC.
Adama had an idea " Why don't you come to dinner tonight?"
Lee thought about it for a second and knew that it would help kill the time " Sure I'll be there "
Adama handed the report back to Gaeta " Good, I will see you around seven then "
Lee nodded as his father walked away, he was going off shift.
The CIC was boring Lee thought as he looked around and then he saw that Dualla was glancing his way. He smiled politely before looking away to listen in on the refueling that was happening. Lee wondered how Kara's class was going, he knew that she planned on taking them out tomorrow. Lee wished he could stop thinking about her, but he couldn't. After three hours he was finally free to leave the CIC, so he headed down to the flight deck to wait on CAP.
Lee never saw Kara enter the hangar bay and it was almost time for CAP, he wondered where she was. It was not until they had launched that he found out that Kara had switched her CAP with Keeper. Even though it was supposed to go through him he knew that she would have gone through Colonel Tigh to change it up. He hoped she had a reason for changing her CAP and it was not just because she did not want to fly with him. Lee knew that as soon as he landed she would be launching and it would be tomorrow before he saw her again. He could do nothing about it now so he settled in for a four hour CAP.
As soon as Kara passed Lee on his way into the mess she headed for the CIC to change her CAP. She had run into Keeper the night before in the showers and had asked him to change with her. It was not that she did not love to fly with Lee it was because it was to hard. She knew they would have to talk eventually, but she was trying to postpone it as long as she could. This way she could fly a late afternoon CAP and then hit the rec room for a few hands of cards and lots to drink. Then when she would go to bed and hopefully she would be too tired and drunk to think about Lee.
After her class was over she went up to the walkway above the flight deck so she could watch Lee as he got into his viper. She might not want to talk to him, but she needed to be able to look at him. So she stood up there and watched him and when she saw him looking around, she wondered if he was looking for her. Kara had been avoiding Adama also, she just really did not want to see him. Kara still could not help but think that he might not think she was good enough for his son. As soon as Lee launched she sat down and let her mind wonder over the last several weeks.
While Lee was on CAP Kara used his office to write up a report about the pilots in her class. Even though they were not talking she knew that he needed to know how the pilots were doing. Then she left him a memo letting him know that she would be taking them out into space tomorrow. After that she wrote a similar report for Adama so she would not have to talk to him either. Kara knew that she was acting childish and that the commander would have no idea what was wrong with her. After she finished, she left Lee's report on his desk and took Adama's with her.
Kara headed to the CIC, she knew that Colonel Tigh would still be on duty. As she walked in she could not help but notice Dee, she knew that she was listening to Apollo on CAP. Kara walked over to Tigh " Colonel could you make sure that the commander gets this report?"
After Tigh looked at her he reached and took the report from her. " Is this about the new viper pilots?"
" Yes " Kara said as she stood there hoping she could leave soon.
It seemed like Tigh felt like talking " How are they doing?"
Kara looked around the CIC to keep from looking at him " I am a little worried about the nuggets but the raptor pilots are catching on faster than I thought they would "
" That's good to hear, I will make sure the commander gets this "and he turned away to tend to something.
Kara left while he was busy, she had already stayed longer than she planned on. As she was leaving she heard Dee talking " How is it going out there Apollo?"
Kara knew she had no valid reason for asking Lee that, it was just her way of flirting with him. After glaring a hole in Dee's back she left the CIC. Kara went down to the hangar deck to get ready for her patrol.
After Lee finished his CAP he landed. As soon as he finished up with his checklist he went to the pilots briefing room to listen in on CAP. He knew that Kara was the flight leader out there and he wanted to hear her voice. Lee soon realized that Kara did not have much to say other than what she had to as patrol leader. He listened a while longer and then left for his office.
When Lee got to his office the first thing he did was take a shower. Lee finished getting dressed and went to his desk to see if there was any new memos for him. He still had a couple of hours before he had to be at his dads for dinner. As he sat down he grabbed the memo that was sitting in the center of his desk. It was from Kara letting him know the progress of her class. Lee did not know how much more of the silent treatment he could take from Kara.
As he was going over the flight roster he heard the sirens go off and thinking that it was the cylons he rushed down to the hangar deck. Once there he was told that a bomb had gone off on the C deck. Lee headed to a phone to call up to the CIC, he was told by Gaeta that a cylon had got past Galactica security and blown himself up along with the bomb. Lee headed up there and saw his father talking to the marines and went over to talk to him.
Adama finished with the marines and turned to talk to Lee who had walked up " No one was hurt, but someone recognized the bomber as Doral, that was the reporter that had been taking pictures during the decommissioning ceremony "
Lee was stunned that someone had slipped past their security " So you think he was a cylon?"
Adama nodded his head " Yes I do, and now we know the identity of another cylon "
Adama motioned for Lee to walk with him " I need to go over a few things, but I will see you at dinner "
Lee stopped when they came to an intersection " Okay, I am going down to the hangar deck and let the chief know what is going on because I am sure there will be a lot of questions "
Adama nodded and walked off leaving Lee to handle things with his pilots.
When Kara finished her patrol and landed she heard the news about what had happened on C deck. As soon as she found out that no one was hurt she headed for the showers. Afterwards she went through her locker picking out a few things to bet with at the card game.
After she sat down at the table the first thing she did was pour herself a drink. She then looked around the table to see who would be playing. She saw that Duck, Racetrack, Ripper and Pike would be playing. Seeing Racetrack reminded her of Lee, even though she knew that Racetrack had backed off because she thought her and Lee had something going on. Kara felt it only fair to let her know that her and Lee were just friends.
Kara played a few hands listening to the players talking back and forth with each other and after a few drinks she decided to let the table know, so that there would be no more gossip about her and Lee. " Have you guys heard, Apollo is a free man now, so if any of you guys or gals want a shot at him now is the time " she said chuckling.
Everyone at the table had heard about the CAP where Apollo and Starbuck had hinted about them being an item, so it was a surprise what Starbuck had said. Duck was the only one brave enough to ask " What happened, I thought you guys were an item, I mean the two of you spend a lot of time together "
Kara downed the drink she had before slapping the glass back on the table " We decided it was a mistake and really it was not much of anything to began with "
Kara saw that Racetrack was trying to keep a smile off her face and the rest of the pilots just shrugged and got back to their cards. Kara poured herself another drink and got back to taking most of the pots. After a few more drinks she had quit thinking about Lee and started loosening up. Kara found herself enjoying the card game and after everyone run out of cubits except her, they changed the game to personal items. By the time the game was over Kara had won a much needed bottle of shampoo and a few razors, and she realized how drunk she was when she tried to stand up and stumbled. Duck ended up helping her to her bunk where she fell into bed with all her clothes on and passed out.
While Kara was playing cards Lee was with his father. He had gone a few minutes early wanting to talk about the cylon who had blown up a bomb on C deck. After they sat down and they each had a drink Lee had to ask again " Are you sure that he was a cylon?"
Adama finished swallowing before answering " Yes we are sure and luckily there was no major damage "
Lee thought about the other cylon and remembered something he had been meaning to ask " Can you tell me about the Leobon model and what he has to do with Kara?"
Adama thought about telling him then remembered telling Kara that he would not say anything " It is not my place to tell you, ask Kara she may tell you "
Lee mumbled " I doubt that "
Adama put his glass down " Lee, have you noticed anything different about Kara?"
Lee looked away from his dad and focused on a spot behind him, he did not want to discuss Kara with his dad " No, not really, why?"
Adama sighed " Kara wrote out a report about her class and gave it to Tigh to give to me, it seems like she is avoiding me "
Lee took a swallow of his drink " Maybe she is just busy "
Adama shook hid head " No there is more to it than that, anyway to change the subject I have a surprise for you "
Lee looked at his father wondering what he was up to " What kind of surprise?"
Adama smiled " I have invited someone to join us for dinner "
Before Lee could ask who there was a knock on the hatch " Here they are now " Adama said as he got up to open the hatch
Lee was absolutely stunned to see Dualla walking into the room and she had a dress on. It took everything Lee had not to jump all over his father for what he had set up. Lee looked past her and saw that his dad was smiling like he had done this great thing. Lee sat there speechless while they took their seat.
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