Lee dogged the hatch to the pilots ready room and gestured to Julia that she should take one of the many seats. Lee sat down on the step near the podium.
“I owe Kara Thrace everything, Major Adama.” Julia started. “I thought I’d lost Kacey on New Caprica and I honestly didn’t know how I could go on...” her voice caught as Lee saw written all over the woman’s face the pain and strain that the separation had caused. Lee stood up and got Julia a glass of water, and she collected herself as she sipped it before continuing in more measured tones, as if she was struggling to keep her emotions in check, “and then I stepped off that Raptor and Kacey was there, and she was being cared for. Kara Thrace brought my baby back to me. She gave my life back to me.”
Lee nodded. “I can see why you feel that way about Captain Thrace, but I don’t understand why you feel like you need to talk to me about her.” Lee tried to keep his own emotions in check, trying not to repeat his mistake of earlier by speaking unnecessarily harshly.
“I’ve been having contact with her since we left New Caprica, you know. I’ve been trying to keep her in touch with Kacey, who is mad about her, and to thank Kara for rescuing my baby.” Julia paused to look at the child in her arms who was drifting off to sleep. “I think there’s something really wrong with her, Major Adama. At first she seemed happy to see Kacey, but she’s been rejecting us recently. She seems to be coming unglued and I can’t help her. I’m talking to you, because I don’t know who else I can talk to. I’ve been there when I thought I’d lost Kacey for good, and I can see what’s happening to her and I know she needs help. She needs someone.”
Julia paused, looking up at Lee, and he knew that his face betrayed him. The reason Kara wouldn’t stay in her box was because he cared too much about her, and in revealing how much trouble Kara was in, Julia had got around his defensive walls around his feelings about her, making him forget all his thoughts about how much he hated her. It left only the hurt from that night and love he felt for Kara.
“Please, Major Adama, please get her the help she needs.”
Lee nodded, trying to stop the tears he felt pricking at his eyes. “It’s okay Julia. I’ll make sure she doesn’t fall through the cracks.”
Julia let herself out, leaving Lee alone with his thoughts.
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Re: Lee and Julia Part II
Date: 2011-08-03 02:05 pm (UTC)“I owe Kara Thrace everything, Major Adama.” Julia started. “I thought I’d lost Kacey on New Caprica and I honestly didn’t know how I could go on...” her voice caught as Lee saw written all over the woman’s face the pain and strain that the separation had caused. Lee stood up and got Julia a glass of water, and she collected herself as she sipped it before continuing in more measured tones, as if she was struggling to keep her emotions in check, “and then I stepped off that Raptor and Kacey was there, and she was being cared for. Kara Thrace brought my baby back to me. She gave my life back to me.”
Lee nodded. “I can see why you feel that way about Captain Thrace, but I don’t understand why you feel like you need to talk to me about her.” Lee tried to keep his own emotions in check, trying not to repeat his mistake of earlier by speaking unnecessarily harshly.
“I’ve been having contact with her since we left New Caprica, you know. I’ve been trying to keep her in touch with Kacey, who is mad about her, and to thank Kara for rescuing my baby.” Julia paused to look at the child in her arms who was drifting off to sleep. “I think there’s something really wrong with her, Major Adama. At first she seemed happy to see Kacey, but she’s been rejecting us recently. She seems to be coming unglued and I can’t help her. I’m talking to you, because I don’t know who else I can talk to. I’ve been there when I thought I’d lost Kacey for good, and I can see what’s happening to her and I know she needs help. She needs someone.”
Julia paused, looking up at Lee, and he knew that his face betrayed him. The reason Kara wouldn’t stay in her box was because he cared too much about her, and in revealing how much trouble Kara was in, Julia had got around his defensive walls around his feelings about her, making him forget all his thoughts about how much he hated her. It left only the hurt from that night and love he felt for Kara.
“Please, Major Adama, please get her the help she needs.”
Lee nodded, trying to stop the tears he felt pricking at his eyes. “It’s okay Julia. I’ll make sure she doesn’t fall through the cracks.”
Julia let herself out, leaving Lee alone with his thoughts.