Chapter 2:
I heard the music playing that I heard last night while Bill and I were dancing. I slowly opened up my eyes.
"Good Morning beautiful." He was sitting on a chair facing the bed and was fully clothed, except he didn't have the top of his uniform on.
"Mmmm… What time is it?"
"Time for you to get up. C'mon. Let's get you out of bed. I called your people and told them to pack all of your stuff already and bring it here. It's all by the door waiting for you." William was no less than five feet away from me and I was already feeling the pangs of separation.
"But… Can't I stay with you?"
"Laura, I love you so much." He pulled the chair closer to me. "I love you so much that in order for me to be sure that you are safe, I need you to go to New Caprica. I know you don't want to. I don't want you to either, but I need to know you are safe."
I turned on my side so I could see the love of my life. "Fine. I'll go. How long until the Raptors leave?"
"30 minutes.
"Oh gods." I started to get out of bed.
"But another one is leaving around 23:00."
"Just one?" I lay back down on my back.
"Just one."
"Why only one?" I sat up, covering my naked body with the sheets. I forgot I slept naked last night.
"It's just for you. No one else will be on it except for you and the pilots."
"A single raptor saved for me. No one else will be leaving with me… Where are the hybrid child and Maya?"
"They are on Zephyr. They will be leaving with the rest of the Raptors from there in 1 hour."
"I want them on my Raptor when I leave. It's too risky to have them go with a crowd even though they've been living with them for ages. I need to talk with Maya about living arrangements as well. Plus when I start teaching, I'm going to need an assistant teacher." It's true. I was so scared about opening a new school down on New Caprica and I know I'm going to need an assistant later on. If anything, I want it to be her. I remember when we were doing background checks; she was one of the few with legitimate degrees in education that hadn't joined the military.
"*Sigh* When were you going to tell me you were going to teach again?" He sounded very annoyed by my decision. I guess he wanted me to lead a rebel group or something…
"I wasn't. I didn't make the decision until about 5 minutes ago when you said you were going to put me on a raptor to New Caprica."
"Well, I think it's a brilliant plan for you. And technically there is really nothing I can do to keep you on Galactica, unless you want to be smuggled. You would never leave this room, nor see the crew. You would literally be doing nothing all day except keeping me company, which I wouldn't mind."
"I wish to keep myself useful in this new world where humanity 'can prosper'." After a long pause, we both start cracking up.
"Ha-ha 'prosper'. No one will prosper under Baltar," William choked out while laughing.
"Yeah for sure. Isn't that a fact… Ugh I need to get up, and get dressed. Need to look good for the people." I got out of bed, still grabbing on to the sheets, and walked towards my suitcases.
"Oh no. You're not leaving this room just yet." He grabbed my hand and pulled me on to his lap playfully. His kissed my lips and I kissed back. We laughed during the entire kiss. And it felt so right to be in his arms again. Lords, what will I do without him by my side? Bill began kissing my neck tenderly.
"You know… I can't do this all the time right?"
"Do what? Be naked? Of course you can!" He pulled away from my neck.
"Says the one who is fully clothed." I slipped out of his arms and stood up. I walked towards my suitcases and picked up my dirty clothes on the floor. I grabbed a shirt and jeans and underwear and changed into them.
"You are the most beautiful woman in the universe, Laura."
I walked towards my lover. "And you, my dear, are the most handsome man."
He kissed me gently on the lips. I walked away from him with a smile on my face and tears in my eyes. I left the room to go say goodbye to all the people I had grown to cared for. I stopped right before I opened the door.
"Oh. Before I go, I need you to go with me to speak with Sharron."
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