The Music Academy

She's Always A Woman To Me - Billy Joel (SB Gang)

A/N - I am quite certain that I really don't like how this turned out. The song talked to me and insisted that it is a SB song so I've written it. I've come to the conclusion that I don't know them as well as I know certain members of the GB group. So... please... I know Kayli's not a favorite but try to enjoy a look at what the guys are sort of dealing with. :)

I'd always wanted to find someone like Kayli.

No, I take that back. The last thing I ever wanted was someone like Kayli.

But the first time I saw her and she only averted her eyes a few times when I stood there completely naked, I knew that we'd never be able to get rid of her.

Nor would we want to.

Before Dr. Roberts got her to go with the boys, I had been compiling a list of what we knew about her. I knew that if we got her, we'd end up keeping her. There were ways to keep her within the Academy guidelines but from day one.

Every single moment. From the first day. Every mission was under attack because either there was absolutely some angle that we hadn't considered or she said something that meant we had to change course.

I wish we hadn't.

We ended up in so much other trouble because we allowed her to take charge in the middle of the mission. We weren't doing anyone any favors, especially not the team embedded in Ashley Waters with her brother. He was turning out to be far more slippery than Kayli had ever been.

I still wonder if any of us have ever seen her be real. She hides everything for the most part but the one thing I can't stand is when she hides things from us. She's never been completely honest. I even told her the story about how my father treated me and gave her wine when she's clearly under age.

Hmm, on second thought, Axel, best keep that part to yourself. Providing alcohol to a minor could really come back to bite you in the arse.

Anyway, I was open and vulnerable to her and she still didn't crack. It makes me sigh every time I find her hiding within herself like a child would but dang, Kayli's always going to be a woman to me.

She can kill with a smile, she can wound with her eyes

She can ruin your faith with her casual lies

And she only reveals what she wants you to see

She hides like a child but she's always a woman to me

If I've learned anything about Kayli... it's that I still have a lot more to learn.

She's unlike any other woman that I've ever known. She intrigues me. I try to tell her everything I can about what I know the Academy to be but she's so sucked in by these men, I know that I tell her the truth but she's never going to believe me.

She's always hungry. I'm always amazed at how much she can put away. I will always provide for her. I shudder to think of the world she lived in before that meant she didn't eat properly. I should probably look at stocking up on more healthy options, after watching her eat her way through my place. With a now destroyed kitchen, I guess I have to put that on the list anyway.

I know she'll take it as long as I don't make a big deal about it. As long as it's free... works for her. Sometimes I wonder if she's just equating the name Blake Coaltar to an open bank.

She certainly has no qualms about destroying things that belong to me.

But I also know she could probably take me or leave me.