A Different Beginning-Chapter 19

AU and it starts at the mini-series. I am writing this solo so I am sorry for any mistakes.

A.N.-Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting on this story it helps a lot and I am sorry if I have not gotten back to answering the comments yet. I also want to apologize if this chapter seems a bit strange. I guess I was in a weird mood when I wrote it. I wrestled with changing it for a few days but I kept coming back to the way I am posting it.

I still have to finish this day, but I decided to stop it here in hopes that I can get out of this strange mood I've been in. Thank you all again.

Chapter-19

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Kara woke up to what she thought was her alarm going off. As usual she reached to the head of her bed to slap the alarm off as she did every sleep shift. She jumped up in shock when she realized she had hit someone rather than her alarm clock. She looked down and when she saw Lee she remembered where she was.

Lee sat straight up in the bed when a slap to his face woke him up " What the frak ?" He opened his eyes and saw Kara sitting up on her knees looking at him and trying very hard not to laugh " Why the frak did you slap me Kara?"

A slight chuckle escaped as she tried to answer Lee " I thought I was in my bed so when the alarm went off I slapped it, well I slapped you, thinking I was in my bed " Kara saw Lee rubbing one of his eyes " Are you okay Lee?"

Lee thought she deserved a little pay back " I'm not sure, my eye hurts "

Kara pushed him back onto the bed and straddled him then she covered his good eye with one of her hands while leaving the hurt one open "Can you see me Lee?"

Lee thought of course I can, she was only about six inches away from his face, he shook his head no, wanting to see what she would do next "No, Kara I can't?" he kept moving his eye around like he was trying to see her, trying not to laugh at her intense concentration.

Kara jumped up off of him so fast it stunned him and as he sat up he saw her frantically trying to get her clothes on." What are you doing Kara?"

Kara stopped and looked at him strangely " I am taking you to Doc Cottle "

Lee thought for a second about keeping the ruse up just so he could watch Kara drag him to sickbay and order Cottle to fix his eye. He decided not to test that theory or they might end up in hack.

Lee figured he had better stop joking around before Kara killed him, as it was he had probably gone to far already. " Kara you can stop getting dressed, I don't need to go to sickbay "

Kara paused just as she was starting to put her shoes on and looked over at him " Why Lee, is your eye better?"

Lee chuckled lightly, he wanted so much to let her think his eye had gotten better on it's own. He reached a hand out " Come here Kara, please "

Kara put her shoes down and walked over to the bed where he was sitting and bent down looking closely at his eye again " Can you see me now?"

Lee could not help it he busted out laughing causing Kara to scowl him " What the frak is so funny Lee?"

Lee grabbed her around the waist and pulled her close to him and since he was still sitting down she had to look down at him " I am so sorry Kara, my eye was never hurt I just decided to pay you back for the slap, but then you looked so cute when you were worried and then I thought about you dragging me to sickbay to see Cottle and I knew I needed to stop "

Kara listened to everything he said then she thought about really poking him in the eye. She wondered what would have happened if he let her take him to Cottle, picturing that made her laugh. She leaned down and kissed the tip of his nose before standing up and backing away. " That was a good one Captain, but just remember payback is a bitch "

Lee was shocked " So your not mad?"

Kara straightened up after putting her shoes on and turned to look at him with that certain shit eating grin of hers " A little bit, but paying you back is going to be way to much fun "

Lee got up and put his shirt back on " Are you headed to the bunk room?"

Kara shook her head, she basically had her running clothes on " Since I had a decent nights sleep I think I am going to get a run in before a shower and breakfast "

Lee walked over to her and put his hands on her waist " Give me a minute and I'll run with you?"

Kara nodded " I'll be outside stretching "

As Kara waited on Lee she thought about the joke he had pulled on her. It was a good one she had to admit, but it had scared her, she thought she had hurt his fraking eye. She had today and tomorrow during their security shifts to come up with a way to pay him back.

Kara was disappointed though, she thought they would be able to take their time waking up together and they would have if she hadn't slapped him. Thinking about it that way she could see why Lee wanted to play his little joke. Waking up because someone had slapped you couldn't be a good way to wake up.

Lee came out of his room to find her stretching and smiling. " What are you smiling about?"

Kara laughed " About the way I woke you up, sorry "

Lee rubbed his face " That is the first time that has ever happened to me, if you hit your clock like you hit me I'm surprised it still works "

Kara shrugged " You ready?"

Lee didn't even get a chance to answer her, she took off right after that. He caught up with her and they fell into their running routine. After a while he spoke up " The only thing I have to do today is go back to Cloud Nine with you to finalize the security protocols "

Kara looked over at him " I know you told me last night "

Lee reached out and brushed her arm " I am going to be in the raptor with Racetrack and Skulls during your raider jump tests "

Kara nodded she had expected that " Are you ready to try and fly it yet?"

Lee looked over at her " Yeah, just not today "

Kara laughed " You mean you want me to test everything out about it first, before you climb your ass up in it, right?"

Lee chuckled " You caught me "

They ran several laps in silence after that before stopping for a break, they sat down on a container that was left in the walkway.

Lee reached and tapped her arm so she would look at him " Kara, are you sure that it is safe to jump the raider ?"

Kara knew he was worried and so was she a little bit " Yeah I'm sure, between Gaeta, Chief, and myself we have done everything we can to make it safe to jump, besides that is why the raptor will be jumping with me in case something does happen "

Lee nodded, he knew they had " How many jumps are you planning?"

Kara held up three fingers instead of answering.

Lee reached and grabbed her hand for a second while no one was around " Thanks for staying over last night, although I had planned on waking up differently "

Kara pulled her hand from his and rubbed his cheek " Sorry about that, I'm just used to waking up alone " she put her hand back down beside her " To be honest Lee I have never slept overnight with anybody but you, strange isn't it?"

Lee shook his head " No Kara it isn't strange at least not to me, I have never done that either, I always left or made sure they did " Lee paused, he wanted to say this right " That is why I feel so strongly that there is something between us because even though we haven't had sex yet, I can't imagine not being with you Kara "

Kara leaned over and kissed his cheek quickly and stood up " I am heading to the showers I'll see you on the deck later " She took a step then stopped and looked down at him with a grin " Oh and Lee remember, when you least expect it expect it " with that said she left.

Lee watched her trot off and realized that with everything that had happened this morning he didn't even get a chance to see those cute little blue panties again. Oh well he thought as he got up, that just meant he had something to look forward to. Lee headed to his office with a smile on his face.

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After Kara had a shower and breakfast she headed to the bay where the raider was being kept. She was still a little concerned about her and Lee being together, but she had agreed to try it his way this time. Lee seemed to be sure that them going to the dance together was the right thing to do, so she would just follow his lead on this. She promised herself if the commander seemed okay with it she would try to mend things between them.

When she arrived at the bay she saw Racetrack and Skulls prepping the raptor. They must have moved it into the same bay with the raider earlier so they could launch together. Kara saw the chief and Gaeta walking around the raider so she headed their way. She stopped and watched them finish another turn around the raider wondering if something was wrong " Is everything okay?"

Gaeta answered her " Yes Captain, I am just rechecking things, nothing to worry about "

Kara hated when people said that, because somehow something almost always happened, instead of voicing that thought out loud she replied "Good to know "

Chief Tryol walked up after running his hands along the raider one more time " It's as ready as it is ever going to be Starbuck, are you ready?"

Starbuck rolled her eyes she knew the chief felt something special for the raider, so did she " Yes chief I'm as ready as I'm ever going to be too " she said mocking him.

Chief Tyrol laughed " Point taken Starbuck "

Gaeta interrupted them " Captain, I will be coming along in case something happens with the jump drives "

Kara nodded, she didn't really care who was in the raptor except for Lee, thinking about him she looked around " Have you guys seen Apollo?"

They both shook their heads no.

Kara took one last look at the raider then headed to the raptor.

Racetrack saw Starbuck heading their way so she handed off the rest of the checklist to Skulls, she had a pretty good idea what Starbuck wanted to know.

Kara looked around the bay before stopping in front of Racetrack " Have you seen Apollo?"

Racetrack grinned, she was right " He called and said he was running late, but should be here soon "

Kara had a strange feeling that today could end up changing her life, or maybe she just felt that way because of the decision she and Lee had made. Kara looked around the bay again looking first at the raider and back to the raptor, she couldn't shake the feeling.

Racetrack had been quietly watching Starbuck after answering her about Apollo and she seemed distracted which was a bit unusual for Starbuck, before she launched she was usually excited. " Is everything okay Starbuck?"

Racetrack's question brought Kara out of her thoughts " Yeah, sure every thing is great, I'm just ready to go "

Racetrack looked over Starbuck's shoulder " Here comes Apollo now, I'm gonna finish up, see you in the air Starbuck " she walked back over to help Skulls.

Kara turned around and watched as Lee walked towards her, she noticed he had a folder with him " What is that?" she asked looking at said folder

Lee had come to a stop when he reached her " This is why I am late, I wanted to grab my notes on the security layout for Cloud Nine, I figured I could go over them while we waited in between jumps "

Kara simply nodded, she still had that strange feeling " Makes sense, I'm gonna go get ready " she said as she started to walk away

Lee could tell she was distracted by the way she kept looking around " Captain " she stopped and looked back at him " Is there a problem?"

Kara shook her head " No Apollo I'm just ready to go " giving him the same answer she gave Racetrack she then walked off.

Lee watched her walk across the bay and she seemed to be okay so he let it go. Lee waited until Gaeta had came across the bay before boarding the raptor. He took the co-pilots seat while Gaeta sat in the back with Skulls.

After the raider and raptor had launched and they had checked in with CIC one last time they took their first jump.

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Commander Adama made sure he would be on shift in the CIC when they jump tested the raider. Not that he needed a reason to be in his own CIC, but he wanted to be there in case something came up during this mission.

He had not seen Starbuck since she got out of life station yesterday. He had talked with Lee briefly and he had said to give her a couple of days, Adama had agreed.

There was so much happening right now with the election coming up and the dance. His biggest worry at the moment was the raider and what it could mean for them if the jump tests turned out successful. Adama was not sure how they could use it, but at least they would have it ready if an opportunity presented itself.

Adama kept his eyes on the dradis, keeping an eye on the CAP and hoping that the cylons didn't show up before Starbuck and Apollo got back.

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Starbuck came out of the first jump that Gaeta had plotted and watched as the raptor jumped in seconds behind her. Kara had started to feel better once she hit open space after leaving the Galactica. " It's about time you guys showed up "

When Racetrack came out of her jump and saw the raider she jerked, for a split second her reflexes had her about to start evasive maneuvers, before she remembered Starbuck was in the raider. Instead of responding about them showing up she made her own statement " It is frakking creepy seeing you in that raider Starbuck "

Starbuck laughed " It feels frakking creepy, ask Gaeta how long before we jump again "

Gaeta took the head set Skulls had " We have about five minutes in between jumps just like I thought, but your colonial transponder keeps blinking on and off " he paused " If it does it on the next jump we are going to need to jump back to the Galactica "

Everybody could hear Starbuck inhale deeply " Why, it's highly unlikely I will get shot at, since there are no other colonials out here besides our fleet "

Apollo turned around and looked at Gaeta " Starbucks right, we need to finish this up today "

Gaeta nodded and handed the headset back to Skulls who said " We are getting ready to jump in 5-4-3-2-1-jump "

When they came out of the second jump Skulls monitors started beeping, Apollo turned around " What's going on, is it cylons?"

Skulls shook his head and started grinning " There is a planet out there and it is showing it as habitable "

Racetrack who had been looking around saw it first " Oh my gods there it is "

Gaeta practically ran to the front of the raptor even though it didn't take five steps to get there. He started flipping through a set of charts he carried with him getting more excited the closer he came to understanding what they had found " I think that is Kobol " he whispered

It took Gaeta saying Kobol for Lee to realize they hadn't heard a peep from Starbuck. He looked at Skulls monitors while they were still rambling about Kobol and didn't see her raider anywhere " Frak Kobol where is Starbuck?" he yelled

Lee tapped his headset " Starbuck report " he waited " Starbuck I said report!"

Everyone in the raptor became silent waiting to hear her respond. Gaeta went to the back of the raptor and checked the transponder and saw that it wasn't showing up. Skulls was back at his station checking his screens for any sign of her. Racetrack was getting ready to sweep the area.

Lee tried once more " Starbuck where are you?"

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Kara had jumped in seconds before them and although she didn't know a lot about charts or mapping somehow she knew without a doubt that she was looking at Kobol.

She heard the raptor when it jumped in and listened as they were figuring out what she already knew. Kara tuned them out as Leobon's words kept running through her mind ' You will find Kobol Kara and it will lead you to Earth ' and then ' When it is time I will come for you '

Kara finally heard Lee telling her to report, she looked over to her right and saw her colonial signal not blinking. She was about to respond when she remembered what happened this morning.

She knew she should not do it, but it was to good of an opportunity to pass it up. Kara slowly flew the raider around and dropped down facing the front of the raptor and she could see Lee standing there " Can you see me now Apollo?"

Lee heard then saw Kara as she appeared right in front of him " Frak you Starbuck, that was not funny "

Kara grinned even though he couldn't see her " You thought it was funny when you did it, and I did warn you payback would be a bitch "

Lee could feel everyone looking at him, so he turned around ignoring Starbuck and started issuing orders " Gaeta we will not be making the last jump, we need to gather as much intel as we can before rejoining the fleet "

Gaeta nodded without looking up he was already on it.

Lee turned to Skulls " Take as many scans and pictures as you can "

Then he looked at Racetrack " Let Starbuck know what we are doing and tell her to stay put "

Racetrack gave Apollo and odd look and started to do as he had ordered when Starbuck chimed in " You do know that I can hear you, right Apollo?"

Lee turned to look at her even though he couldn't see her " Then I assume you know your orders, right Starbuck?"

Kara gave him a smock salute, which he didn't see " Touche "

Lee turned around before she could see him grin. He knew he should be mad at her, but like she said this morning getting her back was going to be fun.

After they went back to work in the raptor Kara's mind drifted back to Leobon and the strange feeling she had before they left the Galactica. She wondered just how much finding Kobol was going to change her life.

Lee had turned back to look at Kara in the raider after about ten minutes of not hearing anything from her and knew she was probably thinking about Leobon and Kobol. As he stood there he began to remember Leobon's words himself, especially about Kobol leading them to Earth.

Lee heard the raptor crew finishing up and getting ready to return to the fleet " What we discovered today does not go beyond the people in this raptor " Lee knew he did not need to include Kara, she knew not to speak of it " When we get back I am sure the Commander will call a meeting to discuss our findings with the President and anyone else he feels it is necessary to include "

No one commented so he continued " Starbuck since your Colonial transponder is out, after we jump you should give a five count before jumping back to the fleet "

Starbuck had already planned on it " Good idea Apollo, I don't feel like getting shot at again, especially by our own pilots "

Lee chuckled before turning serious " Just make sure you make it home Starbuck "

Kara looked at Kobol one last time and whispered " I will Apollo " but he was already gone

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Back on the Galactica Adama was giving orders out in the CIC as fast as he could. Fifteen minutes ago a basestar had jumped in and had launched about thirty raiders. The viper pilots were doing everything they could to give the fleet time to jump away. There was not a pilot out there that did not wish Starbuck and or Apollo were there with them. Adama had placed Duck in charge of the pilots while they were away. Hindsight made him aware that he should have never let them both go on the same mission.

As Adama was watching dradis he saw another colonial transponder pop up, he wondered if it was Starbuck or Apollo. He did not have to wonder long as he heard Apollo start speaking rapidly, so he listened.

Racetrack and Apollo were both startled when they jumped back to the fleet and saw the Galactia and her vipers trying to hold off a basestar and her raiders.

After Lee's momentary surprise he became instantly aware of the danger Starbuck would be in when she jumped in without her colonial transponder, she would show up as the enemy to the vipers and Galactca's dradis. He didn't hesitate " Galactica this is Apollo, the colonial transponder is out on Starbucks raider, relay message to the vipers "

Lee had no idea if Kara had shown up yet " Starbuck if you are out there form up on us, it should keep the vipers from firing at you " he waited a second before repeating. Lee looked at their position, they had been lucky that they hadn't jumped in right in the middle of the battle, but the jump had put them closer to the basestar than the Galactica.

Lee practically jumped out of his seat when he heard her and the raider at almost the same time, she was developing a habit of silently dropping in " Apollo, Starbuck I think your plan has a flaw in it " Kara didn't give him time to respond she kept on talking " The vipers may not shoot at me, but what in the frak is going to stop the raiders from firing at you "

As she was talking Racetrack and Apollo saw three raiders heading their way " Starbuck if you have any ideas now is the time to share them "

Starbuck knew they didn't have much time " I have two, first one is we jump the frak out of here right now or the second one, I start taking out those raiders " the raptor had no weapons, but her and the chief had outfitted the raider with weapons.

The commander had been listening to them as he was keeping up with the battle, so he knew they would be jumping in the next two minutes. He wasted no time " Apollo and Starbuck you are both ordered to jump to emergency coordinates right now " Adama had no idea if the cylons realized that they had one of their raiders or not, he hoped not. That had been the deciding factor in his decision to have them jump.

Apollo answered " You heard the commander Starbuck jump on my mark, 5-4-3-2-1-jump "

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After the fleet was reunited and two more jumps were made, the crew from the mission, the president and the commander were all gathered in a conference room. No one had said anything, even the commander only knew from Apollo that it was important and to have the president at the meeting.

Racetrack and Skulls both felt out of place, but with them knowing about the discovery of Kobol they had to be in attendance. Racetrack took a moment to look around as every one was getting settled. She saw Gaeta getting all of his files in order, Apollo had the raptor footage ready to be shown, the president and commander were sitting down and Starbuck had the same look on her face that she had before they left on the mission earlier, she wondered what that was about.

Adama was the first one to speak " Okay Captain we are all here, care to fill us in?" he had no idea what they had found, but it seemed that Lee thought it was very important.

Lee looked around, he really didn't know how to start this, so he decided to just say it " We are almost certain that we found Kobol "

He heard Roslin gasp as she looked at him first then at Starbuck " How certain are you?"

Gaeta answered her " I have no doubt that it is Kobol " he then laid out the map of the solar system they were in and pointed it out " Here we are and this is where Kobol is "

Adama looked at all of it then looked at Lee " I take it you have footage of it to show us " he stated more than asked

Lee nodded and played the footage, there really wasn't much to look at except for the pictures of the entire planet taken from quite a bit of distance and scans of the atmosphere. Lee knew it was enough to send a team back to take closer pictures and land on the planet itself.

Kara had stayed silent during the meeting, she knew it would only be a matter of time before Roslin or Adama asked her something. She also knew they would not say anything until Racetrack, Skulls and Gaeta were excused from the meeting. Kara felt eyes on her and looked up to find Roslin looking at her. Here we go, she thought.

When the footage ended Adama spoke up " Gaeta, Racetrack, Skulls you three are dismissed with orders not to speak of this with anyone, understood? " they all three answered " Yes sir ' before leaving the room.

What happened next Lee thought would have been almost funny if not for the seriousness of the situation. Adama and Roslin who were seated directly across from him and Kara spoke at the same time " Captain Thrace " " Starbuck ". Lee closed his eyes a moment then dropped his hand beside him and laid it on top of Kara's hand where she had it resting on her leg.

Kara knew what was coming so when she felt Lee place his had on hers she turned hers over so that she could interlace her fingers with his, she then looked up to face Adama and Roslin and chose to answer Adama " Yes commander?" No one in the room mistook her reasons for responding the way she did. Kara might be upset with the commander about personal issues, but when it came to professional things she answered to her commander first.

Adama sighed, relieved that at least she still seemed to respect him as her commanding officer " Do you believe that this planet you found is Kobol?"

It was her turn to sigh, Kara knew Adama did not believe in the gods and even though Leobon had told her she would find Kobol she believed it was Kobol because she believed in the gods, this was all becoming so frakked up " Yes sir, I do "

Adama simply looked at her and asked " Why?"

Kara knew she could not say it was because of scans or star charts and she knew that they all knew that, so she answered him the only way she thought he might understand " My gut, sir "

Adama nodded he expected as much " Good enough for me "

Roslin cleared her throat " Commander, I would like to consult with the priestess Eloshi about Kobol "

Lee and Kara were both surprised when she decided not to question Kara, and waited to see how the commander would respond.

Adama did not want to get involved in any religious arguments if he could avoid it. " As long as she understands not to speak of it with anyone but you "

Everyone saw her glance at Starbuck before she answered " Okay "

Lee knew Kara was anxious to leave " Commander, Captain Thrace and I both have security detail issues we need to take care of on Cloud Nine, so if we are through we need to leave "

Adama nodded " You can both go, but I need a detailed report concerning the raider as soon as possible "

They both stood and saluted before exiting the room.

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After leaving the meeting Kara and Lee split up so they could change clothes before heading to Cloud Nine.

When Lee got to his office he called down to the deck and told them to have a raptor ready in ten minutes. After changing he headed down to the hangar bay and when he saw that Kara had not made it he went through the checklist with Cally while he waited on her. When he finished he looked for Kara and saw her talking with Boomer a few feet away.

It was the first time he had to really think about how much finding Kobol might affect her. He could only guess how much it might frak with someones mind to be told by a cylon that you would find Kobol and than to have it come true. Lee knew she had been quiet before the mission but she seemed more like herself after they began. He smiled thinking that if he could find a way to pay her back maybe he could lighten things up a bit for her.

Kara had finished talking with Boomer and was heading to the raptor when she saw Lee looking her way and smiling so she headed over to him "What are you smiling about Apollo?"

Lee just grinned " You will find out later " he boarded the raptor after she did and stopped because she had " Why did you stop?"

Ordinarily Kara would have wanted to and have been the one to pilot the raptor, but she did not feel like flying it . Looking back over her shoulder at him she answered him " You can fly us over Apollo, I think I've had enough for one day " she went and sat in the passenger seat

Well that pretty much shocked him " You just want to make me your own personal pilot, don't you?" he replied as he took the pilots seat.

Kara smiled and threw back the words he had said to her this morning " You caught me "

They both remained silent after that until they had landed and existed the raptor.

As they were walking towards the front entrance Kara looked beside her at Lee " Where do we start Captain?"

Lee glanced at her " Inside then work our way out, Kara " he made a point of saying her name in a way that she would know to drop the rank.

Kara grinned, it had felt like a long day already, so she was glad that he had reminded her they were alone now " Okay Lee, lead the way "

Lee grinned back and started going over all of the security issues that he thought needed to be addressed concerning the security inside of Cloud Nine.

Kara took note of everything he showed her and remained silent as he led them back outside. She thought he would continue talking and start pointing out what needed changing outside, instead he went and sat down on the fake grass in a park like area. " What are you doing Lee?"

Lee looked up at her and smiled " I am taking a break Kara, why don't you join me "

Kara gave him a slight smile, but shook her head and started looking around " You know there are a lot of places out here that would be perfect for a sniper "

Lee was laying on his back with his head resting on his heads and his eyes closed " I know Kara and we will get back to it in a while, this feels nice you should try it "

Kara stopped looking around to glance at him before continuing " I hate politics, how in the frak did we end up with this anyway? " he didn't answer " Why do you think we found Kobol?" still no answer, so she started walking a bit farther away from him " The commander said he knew the way to Earth so why would we need Kobol?" she kept rambling, she was starting to freak out about Kobol and Leobon " How do you think a cylon would know that we would find Kobol?" she turned as she finished asking to see if Lee had fallen asleep, instead he was standing there with a water hose aimed at her " You had better not frakking ' she couldn't finish as she was soon being sprayed with it by Lee.

Lee had really planned on just relaxing, but he could tell Kara was getting herself wound up as everything that had happened today was finally catching up with her. He saw a gardener who had been watering some plants nearby put his water hose down and it gave him an idea. Not only for pay back, but to help get Kara out of tying herself up in knots with all that finding Kobol meant. Lee silently went and picked the hose up and was ready when she turned around.

Lee started laughing as she jumped back and yelled when the water hit her. Kara started trying to run from him but he chased her with it continuing to try and soak her completely. He quit laughing when Kara turned to run toward him, he tightened his grip on the hose now trying to spray her enough to keep her back.

Kara couldn't believe Lee was spraying water at her, at first she tried to get away from him by running. That lasted about a minute before she changed tactics and went to take it from him. Lee kept spraying but she wasn't giving up " I am going to get you Lee " she started laughing as she made it to him and they were both fighting over control of the hose.

As they were both laughing and struggling for the water hose they fell to the ground. It caused Lee's grip to loosen and gave Kara control of the hose. They were both laughing out loud as Kara got him on his back and straddled him ready to stick the hose down his shorts when suddenly the water stopped.

They both looked around at the same time and realized a crowd had gathered and saw that of all people Colonel Tigh was standing there, him having been the one to turn the water off.

For a long minute they all three seemed frozen in place before Tigh broke the moment " Aren't you two still on duty?"

Lee was trying to get Kara off of him so he could stand up, but she had started laughing so hard he couldn't. Lee looked and saw that Tigh was still waiting for an answer so he pinched Kara really hard on her ass and she yelped and jerked like he expected and he took the chance to sit her off of him. Lee looked at her and saw she was still laughing " Kara stop " he then made and effort to stand up. As soon as he stood up one of his shoes slipped on the wet grass and he ended up back flat of his ass and Kara's laughing reached a whole other level. " Frak " was all Lee had to say before giving and joining her.

By the time they got themselves under control and had stood up Tigh was gone. Lee looked at Kara " I wonder why he left?"

Kara chuckled " He probably couldn't figure out what to charge us with " Kara thought as she had found a dry place to sit down and stretched out in the fake sun " Water fight, unauthorized use of a water hose, or public laughing just to name a few " she shrugged

Lee had been trying to squeeze water out of his shirts without taking them off because they still had a small audience, grinned at her. " Your probably right " he finally gave up and sat beside her " You know you were the only one that was supposed to get wet "

Kara smirked at him " You need to start thinking your plans through " she said referring to the earlier one when they had first jumped back to the fleet.

Lee was glad to see that it had at least gotten her out of thinking about Kobol and Leobon " I agree at least when they concern you "

Kara closed her eyes " Thanks Lee "

Lee squeezed her hand he didn't need to ask her what for, they both knew.

After they had dried out as much as those were going to Kara sat up " We need to finish this security stuff I have something I need to do "

Lee who had laid back down sat up also " What?"

Kara stood up " It is personal Lee "

Lee got up " Okay, then let's finish up then, I will go and see Mark while you do whatever it is you have to do, unless you were going to see Mark "

Kara shook her head " Nope you can visit Mark and I'll meet up with you when I finish " Kara did not want him to know she was trying to find a dress for the dance.

As they finished up outside they never knew that they were being watched by Adam.

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