Two Times Saved

Joss is Boss!!! He owns everything, except this story... but he owns everything else

Rated T, some course language

Total Rayne Flick!!! Set 6 months after BDM

Chapter 10!

"Mei mei what the hell are you wearing!" screeched Simon looking over his sister in horror.

Mal who was momentarily distracted ignored her brother's outraged voice and continued on his sprint to towards the ship. The others followed suit. Kaylee rolling her eyes at Simon and River grabbing a hold of his arm and dragging him with her. "Not now Simon!" she hissed, running at full speed. "I've already had a bad day... they can't follow one thing can they... one simple gorramn thing... men are all boobs!" she ranted as she raced after the others.

As soon as Mal ran into the cargo bay, Jayne pressed the switch that made the cargo bay ramp go up, and whilst this was happening, River had ran up into the bridge and was preparing for take off.

"Sir, they are going to be hot on our tails." said Zoe, walking instep with the captain.

Mal nodded "I know, we have to get out of her pronto." he said, placing the Diamond into a well padded box, he than sealed it tight and put it in a secure location just incase they ran into gun blasts.

River took off, it was a fairly easy incline into space, a few blasts, but serenity was able to shake them off. Once they were out into the black they were relatively unscathed which made her grin, because for once tonight this part of her vision had come true. She released half a dozen cry baby's and set Serenity to auto pilot, and with a sigh she headed into the mess hall where she could already hear the crew celebrating victory.

"TO THE MASTERMIND!" screamed Kaylee as she walked in, holding up a cup of her home brewed ale.

They all raised their glasses and toasted, Mal grinning widely. "Bout that Mal." said River, her eyes narrowing. "Which one of you buffoons dropped the diamond?" she sniggered, unhappy that her plan didn't go as smoothly as it liked.

Mal's grin vanished and his gaze fell on Jayne, who was attempting to retreat out the door. "Jayne!" Mal's voice shouted.

He turned around attempting to smile innocently. "Yeah Mal?"

"I saw you drop the Diamond, own up."

Jayne gulped. "Well it's not like it broke! It's a sturdy as a brick, not a scratch on it I swear. Only thing that happened was the alarm went off."

River smiled at him, she didn't mind him dropping it, if it was Mal she would have had a few words with him, but because it was Jayne, she gave him a sympathetic smile. "That's alright." she said sweetly. Which received a few confused looks from the rest of the crew, and a very happy grin from the Merc.

"So the Diamond is alright then?" asked Inara.

Mal nodded. "Perfectly fine, we've already got buyers lined up. There offers are more than substantial. By the rate they are offering we could buy a small moon!" he said grinning widely, wrapping an arm around Inara in pure happiness. Inara complied, resting her head on his shoulder. There was no more need for formalities, she was no longer a companion, so she no longer needed to keep up the façade.

"Let's get this Party started!" said Kaylee, offering out more of her brew.

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The celebration ended well into the morning, all of the crew rested well that night, some in the same bunk. cough cough Implying Mal and Inara, who finally came to terms with who they were and accepted that when one of them is angry it's just downright sexy. They both had a very enjoyable night in one another's presence.

Simon finally said the right words to Kaylee, which lead to him kissing Kaylee, which lead to them both consummating their love for the fiftieth time, since Mr. Universes moon.

Zoe, who was extremely content that her son was going to grow up on a moon that her family lived on. She would tell the crew when they were ready, but Zoe couldn't help but secretly smile at River, who made this all possible... and deep down she could tell in the girls eyes that this was the only way she could repay her for Wash's death, she silently thanked her for keeping her baby a secret.

That only left River and Jayne, who both couldn't sleep. River was up in the bridge, sorting through miscellaneous star systems on the cortex, she heard Jayne approach, but decided not to acknowledge him until he spoke.

"Hey ya River." he said, putting a hand on her shoulder tenderly. She grinned up at him, a genuine womanly smile, that he loved so much. "I've been thinkin' , when we get all this money were supposed to , and we settle down on the moon we own... I'm thinkin' I'm gonna settle down to, start a family." he said, spinning her gently around in the chair so she faced him. "I wanna see little Cobbs running around with out a care, and I wanna come home to a wife that is as beautiful as all the star systems combined...a wife I love and I'm gonna love forever" he hesitated, watching Rivers reaction. She was smiling softly, he took she already knew what he was about to say, and seeing her smile he already knew the answer, but he asked anyway. "And the thing is... I want that wife to be you... so what do you say? will ya marry me?"

River felt tears stream down her face, she knew he was going to ask, but she never expected all these feelings to almost overflow from with in her. She loved Jayne Cobb more deeply than anything in her life. She felt him wipe away a few of her tears, slightly nervous about her answer.

Jayne watched as she began nodding, and than she laughed, throwing herself into his arms. "There's nothing else I would rather want, than to be your wife Jayne Cobb."

Jayne smirked, pulling her close enough so he could kiss her, and a soon as their lips met, he knew that if heaven was this good, he'd never want to leave.

The end! woot! Thanks to all my readers and thank for all the reviews!