Chapter 5:

2 hours left on Galactica. Gods help me. We just found out that President Baltar is hosting some sort of party for everybody to show the breaking of new ground on New Caprica. I will never understand that man's decisions. I don't think anyone will, even the cylons. Yes. Baltar has been working with the cylons. I just know it. Mmm… Well… Now that Lee knows about Bill and I, I have no idea what will happen. Within the past 24 hours I have seen the man that I love open up to me completely and reveal his heart, and then shut me.

After the incident, Bill went to go sit one of the two loveseats. He put his head between his knees and his hands behind his neck. I sat on the couch across the room from him just watching him, hearing the occasional grunt and groan from a man frustrated with himself.

I couldn't watch him like that. I couldn't bear it anymore. He was like that for half an hour for gods sakes. I went over to him and knelt on the floor right behind him and started gently rubbing his back.

"Hey, it's going to be ok." I said softly.

"Nnnng…" He looked up to me, sort of. "Laura. It's not ok. Lee is my son. The son of my wife."

"And she is dead. It's not your fault, or mine, or Lee's, or anyone else's. Don't you think it's time for you to move on?"

"I don't know Laura. I thought I was when I met you. I fell in love with you the first time I saw you. But after this thing with Lee, I don't know anymore. I've spent the past…I don't know how long since the cylons attacked…in love with you. I thought Lee would have picked up on that and been totally ok with this." He put his head back between his knees. "But I guess he isn't."

"I think he is. I think he was just a little shocked at what he saw. I mean, you had me picked up bridal style. And not to mention you were kissing me."

"Mmmmm…" He sat up and took a deep breathe in. He looked at me in the eyes. "I love you."

"I love you, too." I stood up. He grabbed my hand. I turned around.

"Thank you, Laura." I walked closer to him and sat on his lap and cuddled with him. He put both arms around me and held me. I was so tired by that point I don't really remember much. I do remember this though.

"Hey, Laura."

"Yeah, Bill." I looked up into his eyes, and he kissed me firmly on the lips. I was shocked but melted right into the kiss and him. He pulled my legs over his lap, so I was sitting completely across his legs, and ran his hands up my thighs. I wasn't wearing my usual skirt. Gods know what would have happened if I did. My hands pulled his head towards me, running my fingers through his thick gray hair. I came up for breath as he started kissing my neck, my hands still behind his head. His hands moved up from my legs to my t-shirt. I lifted my hands up to the sky as he pulled away and took off my shirt. Will picked me up and carried me over to the bed. While I was off the ground and in his arms I began unbuttoning his shirt. He set my down on the bed and took off his shirt and his tank. I looked at him with a smile on my face and took off my bra.

"Frak, Laura. I wanted to do that," he said jokingly before climbing on top of me. He bent down to reach my face and kissed me. I relaxed my legs and laid them flat on the bed with Will over my hips. He took off his pants and then took off mine. We were laughing the whole time.

Bill lied down next to me. We were both laughing and giggling.

"Thank you, Bill."

"Mmmm." He bent over me and kissed me on the cheek. "You're welcome, Laura."

"BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP!" My alarm went off to tell me that it was time to get ready to leave Galactica for New Caprica. I had 30 minutes to get on the hanger deck and get on the Raptor. This sucked. I really didn't want to go, but I had a duty to protect the child and it's mother. And I knew that it would make Bill happy to know that I was safe. It hurt to leave him though.

"Looks like it's time for me to get going now…" I got up from the bed and stood up. I grabbed some of my clothes and started putting them on.

"You know, Laura, I'm really going to miss you. Not just you, but you giving me the advice I need to do the difficult tasks. You telling me to do the right thing even when the consequences in the short term are awful. You giving me advice. You just sitting and having a drink with me over some of the issues the fleet is having. You keeping you're cool even when I can't." I walked across the room to grab my shirt.

"I'm going to miss you, too." I found it and put it on. Bill got up and started putting on his uniform. "I'm going to miss those drinks we had. The talks on the Colonial One. Me telling you what to do even when you didn't want to do those things."

"Well, at least we'll be able to see each other in a few days." I turned towards him.

"So you are coming to the whole 'breaking new ground' ceremony Baltar is hosting?"

He walked towards me and put his hands around my waist. He had his tank and pants on. "I wouldn't miss it for the world."

I felt like singing and dancing to some random song that my mother and father used to sing to each other while dancing.

"I love you a bushel and a peck
A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck
A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap
A barrel and a heap and I'm talkin' in my sleep
About you, about you
'Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your purdy neck I do"

To my surprise he knew the rest and started dancing with me.

"A doodle-oodle-ooh-doo
A-doodle-oodle-oodle-ooh-doo

I love you a bushel and a peck
A bushel and a peck though you make my heart a wreck
Make my heart a wreck and you make my life a mess
Make my life a mess, yes a mess of happiness
About you, about you
'Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your purdy neck I do

A doodle-oodle-ooh-doo
A-doodle-oodle-oodle-ooh-doo…"

We sang until it was time for me to go…

I hope you guys are liking this a lot. Btw I won't be writing this in chronological order of the episodes, but how it "really" happened. So yeah... It's not going to skip a year and a half forward like the series does with a lot of flashbacks. It's going to go through the flashbacks to "present day". Please review! I would LOVE your input!