Duk92-haha, glad you liked it hun…hope you enjoy the next chapters as much…
Badkarma00—I should say the same about your stories, I love them! Especially the Shade series!! When are you going to do more on that?? Anxiously anticipating the return of my favorite couple…
Everyone enjoy!
One year later
"RIVER!" everyone could hear Jayne roar throughout the ship.
From her place in the cockpit, River giggled and engaged the auto pilot as Jayne made his way to where she was.
"What in the gorram hell was you thinking?" he asked, enraged.
River giggled again and stood from the co-pilot's chair, she walked over to Jayne and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Zhang fu," she whispered seductively, "You cannot stay mad at her forever."
Jayne breathed heavily through his nose, "What if'n something had happened to you, huh? It ain't just you anymore ya know."
River frowned and looked down at the slight bump of her abdomen.
"I'm sorry," she said softly, moving her hands to cover her stomach.
Jayne sat in the pilot's chair and pulled River gently into his lap. One of his hands covered River's on her stomach.
"Baby, you gotta be more careful from now on. I can't have nothin' happen to you and the li'l bit."
"But it was the only way," she began.
Jayne covered her mouth with his hand; "Next time baby girl, tell me first so's you don't give me a gorram heart attack."
"Yes Jayne," River replied with a pout when Jayne removed his hand.
Chuckling, Jayne tilted his wife's head up and kissed her lips, making her sigh happily. They sat together on the bridge, staring out at the inky black of space and each lost in their own thoughts. River was four months pregnant, and Jayne had become the ultimate watchdog and protective guard when it came to his wife and child. When River turned her head, Jayne blinked and looked towards the cockpit door to see Simon standing there.
"Something you need doc?" he asked rubbing his hand over River's belly.
"I just wanted to make sure everything was alright," Simon said from the doorway.
He'd become like the brother River had missed so dearly when she and Jayne had married. He knew now that she didn't need to be fixed, because there was nothing too fix. After everything the two had been through, he saw just how much they needed each other. It had been almost three years since they'd become a couple, and two years since his own marriage to Kaylee; and despite his own aversion for the mercenary in the beginning, even he could see just how well they matched. And how much of the little sister Simon lost so many years ago Jayne brought back to life.
"All is well ge ge," River proclaimed with a smile.
Simon smiled back, "Then if you'll excuse me, I think I'll go find my wife."
As she watched Simon's retreating back, River giggled.
"What's goin' on crazy girl?" Jayne asked her, smiling.
"Simon's going to faint," she said between giggles.
"Why's that?"
"Kaylee's going to have a baby."
Jayne gaped, "An' you didn't tell him his wife was expecting?!"
Still giggling, River shook her head.
"Why not?"
"Cause it's a lot more funny this way," River said, gasping.
Jayne paused for a minute, then chuckled and kissed River's temple.
"Baby girl, you sure do have an odd sense of humor," he said good naturedly.
River looked up at him with a grin, her giggled dying down.
"Just trying to keep life in the Black interesting," she said before kissing her husband soundly.
