A Different Beginning----Chapter 13
Mostly AU and it begins with the mini-series. Also I am writing this solo and I apologize for any mistakes.
Chapter-----13
After Adama and Dualla had sat down Adama looked over at Lee who was sitting on his right. Adama thought Lee would be glad that Dualla was joining them for dinner, but he did not look to happy. Then Adama looked to the left of him and saw that Dualla was nervous and would not look at Lee. Well this was awkward thought Adama. " Dualla I am so glad you could join us "
She looked at Adama then " Please call me Dee and I am glad that you invited me "
" Well Dee " Adama said " I hope with you here we can talk about things other than work, right Lee " he said trying to get Lee to say something
Lee responded without looking at either of them " I guess so "
Adama was about to say something else when there was a knock on the hatch and then their dinner was brought in.
After they had each taken several bites Adama tried again to get Lee to talk " So Lee did you know that the Colonial Day Dance will be coming up soon?"
Lee looked at his father wondering what he was up to now "I have not thought about it "
Dee spoke up then " I have and I think it will give everybody a chance to relax and think about something other than the cylons " she finished and looked at Lee
" We need to worry about surviving before we can start thinking that far ahead " Lee said quietly
Adama looked over at his son " I always thought you were an optimist Lee "
Lee glared at his dad " Not anymore, there is nothing left to look forward to " without Kara he thought
" Gods you sound so morbid Apollo " Dee said taking a chance and looking directly at him
Adama spoke up " I agree and Dee I am sure that Lee would not mind you calling him by his name instead of his call sign, after all we are off duty "
Dee looked at Lee and at his nod she said " Thanks and you can call me Dee whenever you want "
Lee did not respond, instead he resumed eating without looking at either of them.
Dee had been happy when the commander had invited her to dinner with him and Lee. She knew that there must not be anything between him and Starbuck otherwise she would be here. She had thought briefly about starting something with Billy when she thought Apollo was no longer available. Now she wanted to see if there could be anything between her and Lee.
Dee tried to strike up a conservation with Lee " How did you like being stationed on the Atlantia?"
Lee was surprised by the question and found himself answering her " I liked it and I liked Admiral Nagala "
Adama spoke up " Lee did you know that Nagala and I were old friends?"
" No, we did not discuss personal things " Lee answered, even though he was still upset with his father
" Did you know that Dee has been on the Galactica about a year and a half?" Adama asked after taking a drink of water
" No " Lee answered as he pushed his plate back, he was ready to get out of there. He could only imagine what Kara would think about Dee eating dinner with him and his dad.
Adama knew something was bothering Lee and had been for a couple of days. " Would anybody care for dessert, I had one of Kara's favorite desserts prepared?"
Lee and Dee both looked at Adama surprised that he would bring Kara's name up.
" Why would you do that, when you knew she would not be here?" Lee asked harshly
Adama could not understand Lee's outburst " I happen to like it and thought that the two of you might like it also "
" I don't want any " Lee said a bit antagonistic
After seeing and hearing how Lee felt about it Dee said " No thanks " and decided she should leave " I have to be going, I have an early shift, but thank you again for inviting me Commander "
Adama stood up after Dee did " Your welcome, maybe we can do this again "
" I would like that " Dee said looking at Lee
Adama did not miss the way Dee looked at Lee " Lee, why don't you walk Dee back to her bunk room?" he thought that maybe if they were alone without him that Lee might open up more with Dee and then maybe he would have something to do besides working all the time. Adama thought they made a nice couple and if this worked out he might try to fix Kara up with someone. He wanted both Lee and Kara to be happy.
Lee could not believe what his father was trying to do and now he had put him on the spot "Sure, let's go Dee " the sooner he got this over with the sooner he could climb into his bed and think about Kara.
Lee left without telling his father good-bye, but Dee did " Good-bye Commander " and then she walked out of the hatchway with Lee.
After they left Adama found himself smiling thinking that he had done Lee a huge favor.
As Lee was walking Dee back to her quarters he was hoping they would not pass anyone. As luck would have it the last corner they turned they ran into Pike. Lee knew that he would find a way of letting Kara know because he was in her class and he did not seem to like Kara very much. As Lee thoughts had been on Kara and Pike he did not notice that they had made it to Dee's bunk room until she stopped. Lee was intending on leaving now that she was back at her room, but before he knew it she had leaned close to him and kissed him. Lee was so stunned that it took him a moment before he pulled back and stepped away from her.
Dee started blushing, she was afraid that Lee might think she had been to forward. " I am sorry I should not have done that "
Lee felt bad " It's all right, you just caught me off guard "
Dee had to ask him about Starbuck " Do you and Starbuck still have something going on?"
Lee knew that he was not going to try and explain his and Kara's complicated situation " Not anymore " he said sadly
" Good " Dee said " Well goodnight Lee and thank you for walking me back "
" Sure " Lee said turning to leave before she had even got the hatch closed. Lee walked back to his office wondering if Kara would even care, seeing as she was the one who had called off things between them. Something he still did not fully understand. Lee thought about going back to his fathers office to let him know to stay out of his personal life, but decided he was to emotionally drained to even do that. All he wanted to do was crawl into bed and think about Kara until he fell asleep.
Kara woke up the next morning with one of the worst hangovers she had in a long time. Once she woke up fully she started remembering bits and pieces from last night. Had she really told everyone about her and Lee? She kind of remembered Duck walking her back to the bunk room and after that she must have passed out. She hoped Lee did not here about it and then thought why should she care what he thought. Kara knew she would have to push the nuggets flight test back till this afternoon, she was in no shape to do it this morning. After taking a shower and getting dressed she went to eat hoping it would make her feel better.
Kara thanked the gods that she was able to eat without anyone bothering her. After she finished up she headed to the pilots room, but not before she ran into Adama. Kara had no choice but to stop when she saw that he wanted to speak to her.
Adama was glad he had ran into Kara " Hey Starbuck, why haven't I seen you lately?"
Kara answered without looking at him " I have been busy sir "
Adama chuckled " I told Lee that you and him work to much "
" Somebody has to do it " Kara said while fidgeting
Adama looked at her closely " Kara, are you feeling okay?"
"I'm fine sir, but I really need to be going I have class starting soon " Kara started to walk away
Adama stopped her " Why don't we have dinner together one night later in the week?"
" I'll try, but I can't promise " then she walked off before he could say anything else
By the time she made it to class she was feeling worse than when she woke up. She noticed that she was late because everyone was there and had been waiting on her " Something has come up so I am rescheduling the fly time to this afternoon. Meet me on the hangar deck at two o'clock, dismissed "
Kara waited until they had all left then sat down in one of the chairs. She blamed herself, she should have known better than to get drunk the night before the nuggets took to the air for the first time. Now all she needed was for the CAG to find out and start yelling at her. Kara decided to head back to her bunk and lie down, maybe he would not bother her there.
Instead of making it to her bunk she ended up rushing into the bathroom to throw up her breakfast and most of the booze she had drank last night. As she sat there on the floor she heard two people enter the bathroom, she pulled the stall door closed so they would not see her. As she leaned her head back against the wall she heard them start talking.
As soon as Dee and Gaeta made it into the bathroom Dee looked around and did not see anyone " You will never guess what I did last night Gaeta "
Gaeta smiled at how excited Dee was " Well, what did you do?"
Dee grinned " I had dinner with the Commander and Lee "
" You did!! " Gaeta exclaimed
" Yes and then Lee walked me back to my bunk room " she said still excited
" I thought Starbuck and Apollo were together " Gaeta said wondering what happened to them
Dee smiled again " Not anymore "
Kara who had been listening tuned the rest of it out. She would have thrown up again if she had anything left in her stomach. Apparently Lee had already forgotten about her, and Adama had gotten what he wanted, Lee with Dee. Kara sat there and let the tears run silently down her face not bothering to wipe them off. After a while she realized that Dee and Gaeta had left so she got up to wash her face. After Kara cleaned herself up she knew that from now on she would just be Starbuck, there would be no more Kara.
When Lee woke up he laid there thinking about last night. Somehow he was going to have to get Kara to change her mind about them. He missed her and everything that they used to do together. Lee knew Kara would find out about last night and he also knew how hard it would be to convince her that nothing had happened. He got up and dressed determined that by the end of the day he would have her at least willing to listen to him.
Lee knew that he had a shift in the CIC this morning, but after that he would track her down. As soon as he walked into the CIC he saw Dee looking at him and smiling. All he could do was smile back, he knew this was not her fault. As the shift went on he started tiring of the fact that Dee kept looking at him, did she think that there was something between them, he hoped not.
Colonel Tigh had walked over to stand next to him " I thought Starbuck was taking the nuggets up this morning "
Lee looked at his watch and realized he was right " Something probably came up, I'm sure she will do it later " Lee knew no such thing but he did not want to see Kara get in trouble, especially with Tigh.
After his shift was over he went in search of Kara. She was not in the briefing room or her bunk room, he then went to the hangar deck and did not see her there either. He walked over to the chief and waited for him to finish speaking to one of the deck crew.
As soon as the chief finished he looked at Apollo " Is there something you need Apollo?"
Lee folded his arms across his chest " I'm hoping you could tell me where Starbuck is "
The chief chuckled " She is with the raider, she works on it as often as she can "
" Thanks Chief " Lee said walking away heading to the area where they kept the raider.
When he got there he did not see her, so he stooped down to look underneath and saw her legs sticking out of it. For a moment he just stayed there and listened to her work, every now and then she would curse the raider, after a while he called out to her " Kara can you come out here, I need to talk to you "
Kara froze when she heard Lee, she did not even hear him come up. " I can't right now, it is to hard getting in and out of this thing "
Lee knew she was hoping he would give up and leave " Fine, I'll just wait until you finish "
Frak it Kara thought, she put her tools down and slipped out of the raider and stood to face him " What is it that you want Captain?"
Lee was hoping he would catch her in a good mood, instead she seemed pissed off " Why are the nuggets not in the air?"
Kara placed her hands on her hips " I rescheduled it for this afternoon, sir "
Lee relaxed his stance " Come on Kara, what is with you calling me Captain instead of Lee or Apollo?"
Kara spoke very slowly " Because you are my boss and we are not flying right now "
Lee decided to just get to the point " Kara I want to talk about us "
Kara took a deep breath " There is no us "
Lee reached for one of her hands, but she pulled it back away from him " I miss you Kara, and I think we should tell dad about us, I don't know how much longer I can go on like this "
Kara balled her fists up " If I'm not mistaken you seem to be doing just fine, considering you had a dinner date with Dee last night "
Lee took a step closer to her " Kara it was not what you think, dad set the whole thing up, I had no idea "
Kara took two steps back " Really, and did he make you walk her back to her room too?"
Lee sighed " In a way he set that up too "
" Things seem to be working out for you and your dad, so why don't you just stick with that and forget about us, because I have " Kara finished and turned to go back to work
" Kara please " Lee begged
Kara spun around to face him and yelled " Let it go, it will never work out between us, so stick to women your father approves of and everybody can be happy " then instead of going back to work on the raider she stormed off before he had a chance to say anything else.
After Kara walked away Lee sat down next to the raider and hung his head in defeat. He didn't think it would be this hard to get through to Kara, if only he could figure out what happened the day they met with his dad. He kept thinking back over it trying to remember if it was something he or his dad had said. What had she meant by saying that he should stick to women his dad approved of. She knew how much his dad cared about her. He decided no matter what she said he was not giving up on them. Finally he got up because it was almost time for CAP, another one without Kara he thought.
Kara met her nuggets on the flight deck one hour after Lee had launched for CAP. She knew that he would keep the CAP away from her nuggets. As soon as she had gone over everything with them and got them into their vipers she got into hers and they launched. Once she made sure that Pike, Crashdown and JoJo were okay she took the nuggets through a few maneuvers. She had to admit they were doing better than she thought they would, especally for their first time in space.
Kara then paired up JoJo and Chuckles followed by Crashdown and Kat then ending with Pike and Hotdog. She wanted to see how they would do flying with a designated wing man. She then put them through several maneuvers and set up situations where they would need to rely on each other. After two hours of training she knew it was now time for the biggest test of all, landing. She sent them back to the Galactica one by one and even though there had been a few close calls they all managed to land without to much damage.
After they had all landed she called the Galactica to let them know she would be in after running a few drills on her own. Kara took a deep breath and started flying for herself, she needed this time to just fly free. For a while she forgot all her troubles and just flew. She had stayed far away from CAP, she wanted this time to herself. Just as she was getting ready to go back her alarms started going off, she looked around and saw that three raiders had jumped in right behind her.
Before she could call it in the Galactica hailed her and CAP to let them know that raiders had been spotted on dradis. Kara did not have time to respond so she flipped end over end so that she was facing the oncoming raiders. Kara managed to take out one of them, but the other two got past her, so she flipped again getting ready, but before she could get a shot off she was hit by one of them. Kara knew how lucky she had gotten when she did not explode, but it had caught one of her wings making maneuvering difficult. Kara thought she was done for, then Apollo showed up and took out the one closest to her while someone from CAP finished off the other one.
Lee finally let out the breath he had been holding, he was afraid that he had lost Kara when he did not here her over the comm. After taking care of the raider he flew around her ship assessing the damage, she had lost one wing entirely. " Looks like you broke your ship Starbuck " he joked
" Thanks Apollo, now I just have to land it " Kara said as she finally got her viper turned toward the Galactica.
Lee could not believe she was going to try to land " Starbuck just punch out, you can't land like that "
Kara was not giving up on her viper, they had been through too much together " No way Apollo, I am landing "
Lee was getting frustrated " Kara, please just punch out "
" No " she yelled " Now stay out of my way "
Kara called Galactica " Galactica tell the chief to get ready, I will be coming in hot "
" Roger that Starbuck " Dee just had to be the one on the other end thought Kara
Kara said her prayers and started her run for the landing bay. She knew she would mess her viper up even more, but it couldn't be helped. As soon as she got near the deck she started braking and squealed all the way down the landing bay coming to rest against the far wall, the same way she had after bringing Apollo in at Ragnar. Then she must have blacked out, because when she came to she was in sickbay.
Lee landed right after Kara and jumped out almost before his viper had stopped moving. He took off running towards Kara pushing people out of his way. He prayed to the gods he did not believe in that she was okay. When he finally made it to her he thought she was dead until the chief told him she had only blacked out. Lee was the one who pulled her out after they lifted her canopy off. He was still holding her cradled in his arms when Doc Cottle and a stretcher showed up. " You need to put her on the stretcher Captain "
Lee finally heard Cottle speaking to him so he laid her down on the stretcher gently, but kept a hold of one of her hands. He did not let go until they got to sickbay and then Cottle ordered him out while he checked her over. Lee went as far as the waiting room chairs and sat down. It was not long before his father showed up.
Adama took a seat next to Lee " How is she?"
Lee leaned his head back against the wall and shut his eyes " I don't know "
Adama got up and went to look for a nurse or someone who could tell him more than Lee had. He could not find anyone, they must all be with Kara he thought. Finally he went back and sat across from Lee this time so he could watch the curtain everyone was behind. " I can't find anyone, Lee you must know something, someone said you were the one who pulled her out "
Lee opened his eyes and looked at his dad, he could tell that he was worried about Kara. Since him and Kara had become close he sometimes forgot how close his dad was to Kara. " I don't know how she pulled that landing off with just one wing "
Adama chuckled " Only Kara could pull something like that off "
Lee silently agreed and remembered what his dad had asked him " By the time I got to her she had blacked out "
After a while Doc Cottle came out and found both of the Adamas waiting on him. " She did not break anything, but she still has not woke up "
Adama wanted to know more " Is she going to be okay?"
Doc Cottle sat down next to him " As far as I can tell, I will know more once she wakes up "
Lee who had not spoken yet asked " Is it all right if I sit with her?"
Cottle looked at him wondering what was going on between him and Starbuck " I don't see why not, but I can't promise you that she will wake up anytime soon "
Adama had also been looking at Lee and noticed how worried he was about Kara " Lee this wasn't your fault " Adama said thinking that might be what was wrong with Lee.
" I know that " was all he said before he went in to see Kara.
Lee had been sitting by Kara's beside for an hour, during that time his dad had came and gone. As Lee sat there he took the opportunity to just look at her. He had never seen Kara so still and quiet, he hoped she woke up before he had to leave.
As Kara woke she started looking around the room and her eyes landed on Lee, he was sitting in a chair by her bed with his eyes shut. She took a moment to remember what had happened and was mad at herself for not being able to take the raiders out by herself. If she had not been preoccupied with her personal life she would have been more alert. Kara coughed loudly so that Lee would wake up, and he did.
Kara knew she was going to have to be mean to get him out of her room, as soon as he looked at her he smiled, but before he could say anything she did " I want you to leave, I don't feel like being around anybody "
Lee could not understand why she continued to act like this, she could have been killed today " Kara I have been waiting to make sure you were okay "
Kara looked away from him " Now you know, so leave "
Lee did not want to argue with her, plus he needed to get back to work " Fine, I will go, but I will be back and I'm pretty sure dad will be here as soon as he finds out you are awake "
Kara watched him as he stood up " Don't bother coming back and let the commander know that I am not ready for visitors, even him "
Lee was beginning to understand that Kara was as upset with his dad as she was with him. " I'll pass the message along, but dad will probably ignore it, he is as worried about you as I am "
He stood there a moment longer hoping that she would talk to him, instead she turned away from him and closed her eyes. No matter what she said he was coming back. He went back to his office after letting Cottle know that she was awake.
Kara was thinking about Lee and how if it wasn't for him she would probably be dead. Before she could could continue to drown herself in memories Cottle came in.
Cottle went to see Starbuck after Apollo had let him know she was awake. He walked up to her beside and started checking her vitals. " You got lucky Starbuck there was no injuries other than you getting knocked around a bit " he then pulled up the chair Apollo had been sitting in and sat down " How do you feel?"
Kara looked at him " Fine, when can I get out of here?"
" In the morning, I want to keep you overnight because you were out for so long " he knew she would probably fight him on that.
Kara nodded and surprised him when she did not argue about it " Fine, as long as you keep people from visiting me, I want to be left alone "
He had to abide by his patients request " All right, but what about the commander I know he wants to see you " he thought she would want to see Adama.
" Even him, can I have something for my headache?" she asked hoping he would not ask her why she wanted people kept away.
Cottle got up to leave " I will send the nurse in with something for your headache, and I will check in on you before my shift ends, in the meantime get some rest " he knew how hard she had been working since the war started.
Kara nodded and after he left she closed her eyes hoping to get some sleep.
When Cottle got off he called to make sure the commander was in his quarters and let him know that he would be coming by. Cottle knew that the commander would not be happy about Kara's request to deny visitors, but he had to do what his patient wanted.
As soon as he went inside the commanders quarters Adama offered him a drink, which he desperately needed. It had been a while since he had taken some time off. He only wished he didn't have to deliver what he knew would be unwelcome news. " Thanks, this is just what I needed " he said when Adama handed him his drink.
Adama had heard from Lee that Kara had woken up and that she did not want to see anyone, he wondered if Cottle knew why. He offered him a seat and after they were settled he asked " How is Kara doing?"
Cottle took several swallows of his drink before answering " She is fine, but I am keeping her overnight because of her being passed out for so long "
Adama nodded his understanding " Do you know why she does not want any visitors?"
Even though Cottle did not understand it himself he tried to answer him " I'm not sure, maybe it is because she just wants to rest without being interrupted, you know that she has been to busy to have time just to relax "
" You are probably right, but there seems to be something bothering her " even though he did not really understand her reasons he knew that he would abide by them.
Cottle decided to to warn him about Apollo " She does not want to see your son either and I am pretty sure he will still try to see her " after finishing off his drink he continued " I am going to have to order him to stay out of sickbay "
Adama thought Cottle was being a little dramatic, he knew that Lee would understand " I am sure he will understand, it is his job to make sure his pilots are okay "
Cottle just shook his head, he knew there was something more than Apollo just wanting to check on a pilot. He decided not to say anything, since the commander seemed to think it was nothing, he stood up " I need to be going, I need to get some sleep while I can "
Adama understood and after thanking him for coming by, walked with Cottle out of his office " I am needed in the CIC, thanks again "
Cottle simply nodded and walked away, reminding himself to let the overnight staff know that Starbuck was to have no visitors.
Lee had gone to his office after leaving Kara. He knew that he would have to write a report about what had happened today. He knew that when Kara was better she would have to write her own version about what had happened out there. After that he went to the bunk room where the pilots in Kara's class stayed. Lee knew that she would not be recovered enough to be at class early the next morning, and he needed to let them know that class would be suspended for a day.
After he told them Crashdown asked " What are we supposed to do instead?"
Lee had not thought about that. " Report to the hangar deck first thing in the morning, I will let the chief know that you will be showing up " he paused a moment thinking " Crashdown I want you, Pike, and JoJo to help the nuggets out by showing them how to work on vipers and raptors "
Lee heard a few of them groan about having to do maintenance, but he knew they would follow orders and he needed to be somewhere, so he let it go and left.
Lee headed down to sickbay to see Kara. He no sooner walked through the doors before he was stopped immediately by a nurse " Captain, Doc Cottle left orders that Lt. Thrace was not to have any visitors "
Lee took a step to move past her " I am the CAG and I have the right to check on my pilot "
The nurse put her hand up to stop him " The Doctor said you would say that, but he said his orders stand, so I am afraid you are going to have to leave "
Lee knew that he would have to leave, because Cottle outranked him. He turned and slowly walked out of sickbay. Lee wondered if his dad had found out Kara's reasons for not wanting visitors. Lee wanted to talk to him, but knew he was on watch in the CIC. He headed to the rec room to see if there was a card game going on. He needed to do something to keep his mind busy, otherwise he would spend the rest of the evening thinking about Kara.
Lee was in luck there seemed to be a couple of tables with games going on. He saw Duck and decided to sit at his table. " You guys mind dealing me in?"
" We can always use fresh players " Duck said chuckling as he dealt Lee in.
After picking up his cards Lee looked around to see who all was playing. Frak, he thought as his eyes landed on Dee, he knew he couldn't leave, he had just sat down. Lee began to think the whole universe was conspiring to keep him and Kara apart.
Boomer had watched as Apollo sat down and waited to ask him about Starbuck " How is Starbuck doing, Captain?"
Lee knew that as the CAG they knew he would have already checked on Kara " She is going to be all right, but Cottle is not allowing any visitors "
As Keeper picked up his cards he said " That seems a bit odd "
Boomer had no idea what was going on, but she felt fairly certain that Starbuck had been the one who had asked Cottle to keep visitors away. " I am sure Doc has his reasons " she said hoping to stop the questions.
Lee looked at Boomer when she said that, and he got the idea that Boomer knew that it was Kara who had stopped anyone from being able to see her.
After a few hands had been played Lee saw Keeper pouring a drink and decided he wanted one too. " Can I get one of those?" he asked pointing at Keepers drink.
Keeper reached and grabbed another glass and poured the CAG one and slid it over to him. He watched as Lee downed the drink and pushed his glass back for another one. " You sure you want another one Apollo?"
" I'm sure, now pour " Lee picked up the glass when Keeper passed it back to him. He looked around and saw that they were looking at him and decided to drink this one slower.
They continued playing and after a while they did not think about how much the CAG was drinking. Lee knew he was getting drunk, but he did not care. He even managed to win a few hands and did not care that Dee had scooted her chair closer to him. He even loosened up and made small talk with them. Dee had started flirting with him and after a while he flirted back. Lee realized he was having fun for the first time since Kara had called things off between them.
Boomer had been watching Apollo all night and knew he was trying to get drunk. She also knew that he cared about Kara as much as she cared about him. She watched as Dee moved closer to Apollo and started flirting with him, but when he started flirting back Boomer knew she had to do something. " It seems odd not to have Starbuck playing with us " she said it loud enough to get Apollo's attention.
Lee jerked when he heard Boomer say Starbuck and looked across the table at her. He then realized that Dee was practically in his lap so he scooted his chair away from her. Hearing Starbucks name was like having a cold bucket of water thrown on him. Lee was ashamed of himself, but he knew that Kara was part to blame for his behavior. If she kept pushing him away he would just have to resign himself to moving on, but not tonight he thought as he stood up to leave. " I enjoyed it guys, but I need to hit my rack " he looked at Boomer one last time before leaving.
The table had gotten quiet after Boomer mentioned Starbuck. They watched as their CAG got up and left quickly. " I wonder what that was about?" asked Duck
Boomer spoke up " I think Apollo suddenly realized how drunk he was getting "
" He seemed to be having a good time " Dee blurted out and then blushed.
Keeper laughed " Aw, it seems Dee has a crush on the CAG " Duck laughed at that
" I think Apollo has other priorities " Boomer said looking at Dee
" You are talking about Starbuck, aren't you?" Duck asked her
Before Boomer could reply Dee said something " He told me that things were over between him and Starbuck "
Keeper chuckled " Care to make a wager on that Dee?"
" Count me in, even though Starbuck herself told me things were over between them, I don't believe it " Duck said laughing
Dee was not about to give up " Then why did I get invited to have dinner with him and the commander, plus Lee also walked me back to my bunk room "
The table got quiet when she said that, that was something they did not know.
Boomer had heard enough " Believe what you want Dee, but Apollo and Starbuck will never be over " then she got up and left.
After Boomer left Keeper and Duck decided to call it a night leaving Dee sitting at the table by herself. Dee decided that she would do whatever it took to make Lee forget about Starbuck. With that decided she smiled and got up, she would put her plan in motion tomorrow.
Lee had stumbled his way back to his office after leaving the rec room. He would have to find Dee tomorrow and apologize for the way he acted, even though he could not remember if he had did anything wrong. Lee knew that things between him and Kara was messed up and it was beginning to interfere with his job. Since he had tried everything he could think of to get her to listen to him, he decided maybe it would be best just to leave her alone. He did not want to give up on them, but he did not know what else to do.
Lee finally crawled into bed and just like always he fell asleep thinking of Kara.
Kara woke up after a long nap and was disappointed not to see Lee, even though she had told him to leave. She was really glad that the commander had not come. Kara felt like he was betraying her by setting Lee up with Dee. Kara knew she had to stick by her plan even though being without Lee was killing her, she wished she could run away. She had even thought about quitting the military and going to live on a civilian ship, but knew she needed to finish training the nuggets first. Maybe after that she would think about leaving, she could always tend bar on Cloud Nine.
After she finished eating she rolled over and shut her eyes and tried to imagine what life would be like if she left the Galactica.
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