"New Order"
Ch. 4
(Serenity, Abby and Connors Quarter's )
"You can see many possible futures?" Mal asked.
"Yeah," Abby said slowly.
Mal stood up from the bed.
"Wow. Some couple of days,"
Abby stood up as well. She folded her arms. "What?"
"Firstly, you're alive. Secondly, I have a son. And thirdly, my personal favorite, you can see a lot of possible futures!" Mal told her. "Why can't things ever be simple?"
"Believe me, if I knew, I'd tell you," Abby said, sighing heavily.
(Commissary)
They all sat around the table, laughing, like they've come to accustomed too over the last week. Mal sat at the head of the table, as the captain of his ship should. To his right sat Abby, Connor, River and Simon. To his left were Kaylee, Zoe, Wash, Jayne, Book, and Inara sat at the other end of the table. Sure, the table was cramped with food and people. But, to Mal and Abby, it reminded them about what used to be. Before the war.
Connor gave a big yawn.
"Time for bed, young man," Abby ordered her son to bed.
"I'm not tired," he told her.
He yawned again.
"Bed. Now." she ordered again.
"Mom," Connor whined.
"I'll be there in a few to read you more of that story," Abby promised.
"Okay,"
Connor got up from the table, took his plate to the kitchen counter ready to get washed, and let for his room with one final goodnight to the crew.
"Cute kid," Jayne commented with his mouth full of food.
"Would you please stop talking with you mouth full," Simon told him.
Abby caught Mal's eye and grinned. Somehow, Jayne and Simon found something to argue about at ever mealtime. Thankfully Jayne chose to ignore Simons comment and continued to eat.
"So, I saw you and Zoe spar, the other day," Inara said to Abby. "You are a very good fighter. You moved very gracefully."
"Really? Who won?" Mal asked, interested.
Even Jayne stopped shoveling his food and looked up.
"I did," Abby blushed.
Wash looked over to his wife.
"She still owes me a rematch," Zoe shrugged, and then grinned at Abby.
"After the job?" Abby said.
"Deal,"
"Do you mind an audience?" Mal asked.
Zoe and Abby looked at one another. Abby rolled her eyes and motioned a hand to Zoe.
"If you must," Zoe said.
Abby excused herself to tuck in her son.
(Connors Room)
"Are we ready to start Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?" Abby asked as Connor slipped into bed.
"Yeah! I've been looking forward to it all day, mom!" he told her excitedly.
Abby sat down on the chair next to his bed.
She opened up the book and began to read:
"The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive,"
Abby peered over the book and saw that Connor was hanging on to every word. She smiled. Abby finished the first chapter.
She closed the book and placed it on the small table behind her. She kissed Connor goodnight on the forehead. Abby gracefully slid the door shut behind her.
To be continued . . .
(Small Disclaimer: I don't own any rights to the Harry Potter Franchise. I'm just an obsessive fan, just like have the world. )