She was sitting at the table gently caressing her belly. She looked so beautiful, so radiant. Bill watched her for several minutes with Colonel Tight before she spotted him. If the peaceful picture of Laura with their unborn child was beautiful to him, the moment when she stood up and slowly start moving toward him with the biggest and brightens smile he had ever seen was something worth remembering.

"So I will tell the marines not to bother you two." Saul said to Bill and walking next to Laura he only muttered silently. "Madam Vice President." before he walked out the room closing hatch behind himself.

It felt like an eternity before he took her in his arms. Her smile had gone and somehow she started crying, but it was tears of joy her loved one is alive and here with her. She nestled into warm of his embrace as much as she could, notice she was a heavily pregnant woman, Bill kissed the top of her head.

"I missed you, Laura." Adama whispered into her hair, enjoying their coconuts' smell that he was missing every single night in the bed. Dreaming about having her by his side, cuddling with her and making love.

"Love you..."she looked him in the eyes before she reached his lips and kissed him soundly."Don't you ever dare fight with me again, Bill. I couldn't take it! It was a nightmare, I thought I lost you for good and that I will never tell you how stupid I was by letting you go. I'm sorry...I'm so sorry…"

"Hey..hey...ssh..I'm here, you're here. We are alive, together with our little bundle of joy here." he touched her belly and then he got on his knees and kissed it; the baby kicked so hard, he felt Laura faltered. He grabbed her arm before she could fall and led her to the couch so she could sit down. "How did you get out of Caprica?"

"Thanks to Lee. He came to my house a day before the attacks, we had dinner and talk a lot, he was shipping off to Pegasus next morning and didn't have a place to stay so I offered him a spare bedroom. I woke up in the middle of the night when I heard the..."

"Easy, breath." Their hands tangled

"I heard the bombs. We turn on the TV and they said there has been an attack on the Colonies; that the Cylons, they returned. We grabbed what we could and went to the military base. Lee was kind enough to take me and my aid Billy with himself to the Pegasus. Admiral Cain was furious, but then the Caprica was nuked and we lost most of the Cabinet's members. We received case orange and somehow I become a President. Cain didn't have much of a choice, but to execute my order to give up the battle and jump out of there. The rest I think you know by now. We encountered other Colonial ships and took them with us. Cylons somehow lost interest in us and Cain thought it will be our chance to strike them back, we followed them but instead of Cylon's fleet, we find you, Bill." she nestled into his warm arms.

"So what will happen to us?" she asked not wanting to hear the answer. What if he moved on with his life? Could she expect him to wait for her? She held her breath as he was silent. She was waiting, praying n her main that he still wants to be with her.

„Nothing's changed, my love. I want you to stay here with me, for good Laura. I'm not going to risk Adar will take you to Colonial One. I want us to be a family." He said

"I'm going to be a Vice President tomorrow morning." Laura got up and started nervously walking around, with her head buried in hands. "You're superior, Bill."

"That's not going to happen till tomorrow. We still have the whole night ahead. And tomorrow I will take you to Colonial One, I will be standing right by your side, while you will be sworn in. But for now you are here and you're not the Vice President and I'm not a Commander. For now, we are Laura and Bill." He turned her around so she could meet his eyes. And as she did, he took her cheeks into his palms and kissed her lips. Laura tangled her hands on his neck, deepening the kiss. That was what she was dreaming about for those months she spent without him. That's what was missing in her life. Love. Happiness. It was all about them right now, her and Bill. She couldn't believe she was here in his arms one again. This time she knew she will be ok, that no matter what tomorrow brings, she will have him by her side. The one she loves with all her heart and the one who loves her back.

The morning came much sooner than they thought. They were lying nestled into each other's arms in the bed. Bill's hand was caressing Laura's arm while he watched her sleep. So peaceful, like nothing happened like it was another ordinary day in their life. He wished this moment would last forever; undisturbed. But unfortunately, as the alarm clock went on, Laura stirred. She looked at him with sleepy eyes when Bill kissed her forehead.

"Good morning, my love."

"Morning." It took her a while to adjust to the light. As she fully opened her eyes, she saw Bill's worried face. "I don't want to face them. I don't want to get out of that bed. Not now, not ever. I just want us to stay here like this."

"I know, Laura. This is hard for me too. I just got you back and now I'm losing you again. And for what? For the fleet, because of the fracking regs. I will have to watch you every day by his side." Adama got out of the bed grabbing a brown robe that was laying on the floor, he put it on and walked into the bulk. He couldn't stop his anger. It was killing him, but he needed to be the strong one. She needed him right now. It was so damn hard to let her go, although they both didn't want to admit it they knew it was the right thing to do. They had to end their relationship, and for now on be only a Vice President and Commander, not Bill and Laura. Not anymore.

"Bill you know that nothing is going on between Adar and me. Not anymore. I love you." she said as he came back to the room. Laura was already dressed up for her upcoming ceremony.

"Laura it still will tear my heart apart every time I'll saw you and I won't be able to take you in my arms" Bill gently stroked her palm before he put a kiss on it.

"We will figure it out, somehow, someday. I'm not giving up on us, on our family."

The ceremony of Laura's swearing-in was simple yet elegant. As Bill promised, he stood by her side and when the priest pronounced her Vice President of the 12 Colonies of Kobol, he was the first one to clap.

It was late afternoon when Laura and Richard had finally finished paperwork and had time to simply sit down and talk. She wanted to leave as soon as she was done but he asked her for a few minutes and she didn't have any excuse to say no. She knew she had to talk to him sooner or later, but she was also afraid of what he might want to form her. They had unfinished business together and it was better for them to solve those right now.

"Laura, you have to understand." He said taking her palm in his hand. She didn't pull away from him, although her body tensed to his unwanted touch. "Back on Caprica, back then before Cylons came, we, I mean me and Brooke, were trying to get her pregnant. She desperately wanted child, someone she could love because Laura she knew my heart was and always will be yours."

"Richard…"

"Please let me finish. Do you remember what I told you back then when you announced me you are expecting our baby?" he asked.

"That I have to get rid of it."

"I didn't mean it, Laura. Deep inside I was, still am, happy you are expecting my child, but I was also frightened. You see, the reason I said what I say is that I can't have children. That's why we couldn't get pregnant with Brooke. I know this baby is mine, I know you were always faithful, never cheated on me. When you told me, Laura, I thought this is some kind of joke, but then your doctor confirmed it; your pregnancy is real and I am the father. Back then this child couldn't be born, but now everything changed. We could be together as a family.

"I was your mistress Richard, the fleet, the press they…"

"You do know that you are someone more than that to me. I love you, Laura." He interrupted her. His hand found his way to the abdomen, he slowly touched her. "You know the sex?

"Yes, it's a girl."

"A girl. We'll have a daughter."

Adar stood up slowly walking around his room, then he walked to the porthole and looked at the fleet, then he turned around facing Roslin again. "You will marry me, Laura. We will become a family; you, me and her. And you will name our daughter Aurora.

"Go frak yourself. My child is not yours's concern. You made up your mind when I told you about pregnancy. This conversation is over." she stood up and headed to the door, but Adar grabbed her elbow.

"You're mine, Laura. I'm not going to let you go to your pathetic Commander."

"Leave Bill out of it!"

"Cain is military commander so I don't need Adam anymore, he can simply disappear. Unless you value his life, you will stay away from him. It's that simple. You will be living here on Colonial One with me."

"If you think I'm going back to your bed, you're mistaken. It's over. I am free to do whatever I want. And if you will ever thy hurt my man, you will regret it!" she said and left the room. Adar was looking at the door for some time.

"We will see about that, Laura. We will see!"

TBC

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