The taxi stopped in front of his apartment. Bill paid the driver and get off the car. He looked around and headed to the front door of the building. Opening the door he walked inside and smiled to door-keeper heading to the elevator. He pushed the bottom and the elevator's door opened. He got into and pushed the next bottom with number of the floor, where was his apartment. The elevator moved up. He pressed his back to elevator's wall and looked down. He was trying to help her and she freak out. She shoot him down and it hurt him. Not that he know her very well, but the look in her eyes told him, she need his help. After all Adar was going to rape her. Or… no that is just wrong. She's beautiful, intelligent woman, why she would like to be Adar's lover? Or maybe she is using sex to survive in politics. Nah! She's too damn smart for this, not like Ellen. The elevator stopped and the door opened. Oh get a grip. She didn't want you help or any other attention. Forget about her, Adama. She's out of your league. Bill got out and headed to his apartment's door. He opened the door and walked in, closing them behind. He turned the lights on and headed to his answering machine. He saw a red light which was blinking and smiled. He played the massage.
"Hey Bill. We gonna be tomorrow morning. Wait for us. Aye gotta go, Old Man. See ya tomorrow!" said the voice of his best friend and also the XO on his Old Girl, Saul Tigh. He and his wife Ellen were flying from Picon and after two weeks they finally will see each other.
When the massage ended he turned back and unbutton his uniform, taking off the jacket he placed it on the armchair, then he stripped down the trousers. He headed to the bathroom and turned on the tap. He undress the underwear and came into clod stream of water. Maybe this will help me forget about her. Laura. She's so beautiful. I hope I'll see her again. I would like to know how it is to hold her, kiss her red lips and feel her under my body. He gasped and pressed his hand to shower's wall. He felt his member harden. You see what are you doing to me, Laura? He said to himself. His hand travelled down through his body. When he reached to his pulsating member he grabbed it tightly and started to move his hand. Bill started to move faster and faster as he came with her name on his lips, he cleaned himself accurately and turned off the water. He stepped out the shower and grabbed the towel. Bill dressed his pants and robe when he wiped himself from the drops of water and headed to bedroom. He lied down on the king size bed. Several minutes later he felt asleep. Dreaming about her.
Next morning Laura had been woken by her phone. First thing she done was changing her side of bed from left to right, but she didn't get up. She pulled the spare blanket around herself and got back to sleep. Half an hour later the phone started ringing again. This time she sat down on the bed muttering something, but she didn't reach to answer it.
She was sitting on a bed and thinking. Last night after the ball when Bill lifted her home she wasn't the nicer person to him. He was only worried and wanted to help her. And he did help her, escape from the President. Oh Lords, Richard. He will be so angry, when he find out about the pregnancy. In that very moment her stomach went crazy. So she quickly got out the bed with her hand covering a mouth, heading to the bathroom. She stopped next to the toilet and vomited. When she emptied her stomach, she slashed the water and walked to the silk. She took a toothbrush and she brushed her teeth. Next she striped down from her nightgown and came in the drops of water under the shower. She cleaned her body and when she ended, Laura took a towel which was lying on the laundry's basket. She wrapped herself with it and then she took a second smaller towel and dried her hair. Laura putted a white silk robe after she hang up the towels and came back to the bedroom. Laura opened the wardrobe and took a green match set of the underwear and one of her favorite gray suit with green blouse. She changed into the outfit and looked at herself in the mirror, slowly putting her hand on her stomach, she always had a perfect body and now she will have to give it up for a baby.
Of course she loved the thought she became a mother and she was happy, but she knew that it won't be long before she'll start showing up and then it won't be easy to her; people will start asking the questions. She gasped and got back to the bathroom to put the makeup on her face. After few minutes she left and walked to the kitchen. She made herself a green tea and cornflakes to the breakfast. While the water boiled she reached to the phone. She had four missing calls. The three of them were from Adar and the one from her aid. She smiled to herself.
Billy- her aid, the young boy, who just finished the university. With big heart and always worried about her. He was very loyal and honest but didn't hesitate to correct her or gave her an opinion. She was always appreciating his opinion. Other people thought he is too young to have something to say, but she wasn't one of them, if someone had a good idea, it was a good idea, it didn't matter from who that did come from, a young aide or the cabinet's member.
She was like a mother to him, after his parents died in car accident on Picon last year. She dialed her office's phone number and after two signals, she heard his voice.
"Secretary of Education's office, how can I help you?"
"Good morning Billy, it's me."
"Madam Secretary!" she heard his enthusiastic voice which made her even more cheerful this morning. "Good morning, ma'm. What can I do for you?"
"Yes, I want you to clean my schedule to 11 am. And please call dr Cottle. I have an appointment with him at 9 am." She said drinking the tea. I hope my morning sickness will stop. I have a busy day today.
"Of course."
"Thank you Billy." She could hear his smile over the phone so she smiled too. But after this, his cheerful voice changed to worried one.
"Is everything ok, ma'm?" he asked.
"Yes Billy, nothing to worry about. I'll be at 11 o'clock in the office, oh and please tell the President I need to talk with him. He will be familiar with the topic. Oh and Billy?
"Yes?"
"Thank you." She said and when Billy thanked her too, she hung up the phone while finishing her tea. She put the empty glass to the dishwasher and took a handbag and keys. She left the house and get into her silver Mini One. She turned on the engine and withdraw the car form the garage heading to the Caprica City's Hera's Hospital.
Half an hour later she was sitting in large, white and very sterile room looking out the window and waiting for the doctor. Suddenly the door opened and she saw a middle-age man with cigarette in his mouth. He slowly approached to the desk letting the cloud of smoke through the nose and put the cigarette down in the ashtray. He put the documents aside on the desk while he sat down on the chair. Laura hold the breath.
"Well Madam Secretary the test is positive. You are pregnant. I'll prescribe you prenatal vitamins. Now you can go to the room 206, we will do sonogram and see if the baby is healthy." He said his grumpy voice and she nodded. Laura stood up and walked to the next room. She changed her outfit into hospital gown and sat down on a bed waiting for Dr. Cottle.
Bill was sitting in his apartment drinking morning coffee with his best friend and also a XO and his wife Ellen. They just came back from Picon. Ellen was sitting on the sofa next to her husband with her legs above his thins and painting her nails to pink color. Bill and Saul were catching up in the mean time. They were in due to shipping to Galactica for five days.
"We going to Marlay's Pub tonight? Care to join us?" Ellen asked but Bill only shocked his head. "Why not, you want to sit at home and watching TV, come on Bill."
"Nah. I have different plan."
"Which is?" Ellen didn't stop.
"I have to finish my model ship." He answered which wasn't exactly a lie. He had to finish it but the real reason why he didn't want go out was a certain redhead. Laura Roslin. He had hope that she will call him. He couldn't forget her. She was beautiful, intelligent and so damn sexy and those legs….
"Come on. You will finish it another day. It will be fun like always." She said talking a glass of brown liquid and drunk it all in one sip. Bill didn't even blink; he knew what the word fun mean to Ellen. And last time when they had 'fun' he ended up drunk on the street all in his vomits watching stars. It wasn't something which he wanted to do again. 'Yeah it was a real fun.' He said to himself. Ellen rolled her eyes when she noticed he's staring at the phone. "Oh I get it! She didn't call!"
"What?" Saul looked at his wife and then at Bill.
"Don't even start Ellen! I just don't want to go out!"
"Yeah, yeah, you just want to sit at home and staring at this frakking phone!" she yelled.
"What are you two frakking talking about?" Saul put his glass aside on the table and took Ellen's legs from his.
"Our Bill felt in love. Our little Bill is waiting for his girlfriend's call!" she laughed.
"Frak you Ellen." He hissed standing up. Ellen always was a difficult person and frankly he didn't know why Saul married her. She used to encourage the worsteds things in this guy. But love was a powerful thing and he had to respect his friend's feelings even if he loved the biggest ass in the whole Twelve Colonies. Ellen was Ellen, she was like she was, but without her Saul wouldn't be the same guy he known.
Bill took empty glasses and made his way to the kitchen. He put them into the silk and turned around. In front of him was standing Saul. He hummed something about his wife and then asked about this mysterious woman who Bill had crash on. His friends told him about Laura Roslin.
"Aye Old Man, gotta get out. She's messing with you. Come with us Bill. You won't regret it!"
"Yeah, last time I ended up with…" he didn't even finish, because the phone started ringing. He quickly walked to living room to answer the phone, but Ellen was faster. He gave her angry look and she only smirked. Few second later with grimace on her face she gave the phone head to Bill.
"It's Zack." Bill took the phone.
"Hi son. How are you?"
"Hi dad. I'm ok. Just calling to tell you about dinner. Tomorrow at 8. We will come for you at 7.30 if it's ok." He said.
"Yeah sure. Thanks Zack."
"No problem dad. So how are you?"
"Good. Saul and Ellen came over today." He gasped. "So Lee will be tomorrow at the dinner?"
"Yeah. Mom with Stanley too, and Zoey's parents and our maid of honor, Zoey's best friend." Bill frowned when he heard that his ex wife will come with her new husband. The same man who she had an affair with, while he had been in the space in two last year of their marriage.
"Kara Thrace?"
"Yes, how did you know?"
"She's my CAG son." He smiled. "The best pilot I have. So, tomorrow at 7.30?"
"Yeah. Ok I'm going out with Zoey, have a good day, dad. Bye."
"Bye son. Say hi to Zoey." With this Bill hang up the phone smiling.
Zoey and Zack were a very beautiful couple. Both had an idea how they want to spend their lives, both young and beautiful. Bill knew that one day Zoey would be like a daughter to him, and he wasn't mistaken. Adama turned around to face Ellen; he passed her and sat down on the couch.
"Don't you ever answer my phone calls, do you hear me Ellen? NEVER!" the blond woman only grimaced rolling her eyes.
TBC