Gossip
Title: Gossip
Chapter: Helo
Characters/Pairings: Helo, Sharon; Kara/Lee
Spoilers/Warning: R
Summary: “Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” Benjamin Franklin - Secrets spread quickly around Galactica… Here’s how.
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Author’s Note:
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Helo left Kara in the mess, her cheek resting against the cool surface of the table as she stared dazedly at the wall, and headed quickly to his quarters. He was under strict orders not to tell anyone about the baby until authorized, but even Kara knew he wouldn’t be able to keep this fun fact a secret from his wife; which was good because he planned to spill as soon as he got home.
“You’re never gonna believe what I just found out,” Helo said as he pulled open the hatch to his and Sharon’s shared quarters.
“Oh?” Sharon asked as she bent to place Hera in her crib. She cooed at the baby for a moment or two before looking up at her husband expectantly. “Well?”
“I can’t just tell you,” Helo told her impatiently. “That would take away all the fun. You have to guess.”
Sharon rolled her eyes. It had been a long day and the last thing she wanted to do was stand around playing guessing games with the man-child she called a husband. “Can I have a hint?”
“No.”
“Please?”
“No.”
“Helo…”
“No.”
“Is Cally pregnant again?”
“No.” A sly smile slid across Helo’s face. “But someone else is.”
“Who?”
“Who is the absolute last person you would ever imagine having a child?”
“Starbuck,” Sharon scoffed. “But there’s no way she’d let herself…”
Sharon trailed off as she realized her husband was grinning goofily and nodding. No way, she thought as the realization finally began to sink in. No frakking way.
“You’re lying,” Sharon accused, eyes narrowing. “You have to be.”
“I’m not.” Helo chuckled. “She told me herself about twenty minutes ago.”
Sharon’s jaw dropped. “Starbuck’s knocked up?!”
Helo nodded again. “Yep.”
“This is…” Sharon shook her head. “I can’t believe it. Is she freaking out?”
“Oh yeah,” Helo said. “Poor thing looked like a lost puppy.”
“Do you know who the father is?”
“No.” Helo shook his head. “She wouldn’t tell me.”
“Not even a clue?”
Helo frowned. “She specifically told me not to tell Apollo. But that could just be because he’s her CAG and she wants to tell him herself.”
Sharon stared at her husband pointedly. “I doubt it.”
“He’s married.”
“So?” Sharon cocked her head. “He’s in love with Kara. Everyone knows it.”
“I do seem to remember nearly suffocating in sexual tension the last time I had to fly a run with the two of them,” Helo said thoughtfully. “Makes sense, I guess.”
“Which means I may have won the pool.” Sharon grinned, heading towards the hatch. “Watch Hera for me for a little while?”
“Wait,” Helo said, confused, “where are you going?”
“To see who won the bet,” Sharon said and disappeared into the hall.