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NOTES: OK …actually ppl I just wrote this REALLY SHORT interlude to be able to upload this note thingy here!! You guys are sooooo cute and waaaayyyy to good to little old me!!! So I felt I should answer all you GREAT ppl ….don´t worry! There is no way I´m going to stop writing, since I enjoy it far too miuch and I love the fact that you love the story! But this is like …REALLY long …so I´ll finish this story and start a new one!! Already got the storyline in my head and it´s coming along nicely!! Another two or three chapters tops and This story will be over but there will be a new one!!! Than you all sooo much !!!! This little fluff is for all of you and there will be more next week!!!
BEHOLDEN
" Do you ever just watch´er?"
Malcolm Reynolds looked up from his bandaged arm to the mercenary next to him. They were both standing outside the lab, looking in through the oval window. Inside Inara was sitting on the gurney while Simon was busy making sure that none of the bones of her face were broken. The bruise that covered one side of her face still was a rainbow of colours; lilac, red, blue , purple …….Mal felt his fists clench unconsciously. A part of him wished that he could kill Niska …again, but then Jayne had already taken care of that. River and Kaylee were standing next to the gurney, all three women talking as though they had completely forgotten about the world outside, the fact that they were all effectively fugitives from now on. Neither the bruise nor the dishevelled state of Inara´s appearance changed the fact that the companion was still unearthly beautiful.
" Do you ever just watch ´er ….without her knowing?" The tall mercenary didn´t look at Mal, he was still staring through the window into the lab. But his voice had taken a very low, harsh note.
" Just watchin´ the tilt of her head, way she moves …….." Mal looked at Jayne, trying to make his face as neutral as possible. He hadn´t paid it much attention before, but it was plain to see that Jayne had been in a very rare, almost solemn mood ever since Mal had yelled at Wash to get them of that gorram´ rock immediately the moment he had stepped over Serenity´s cargo ramp.
" You look at that and no matter how ruddin´ hard you wreck that gorram´ brain of yours, you can´t come even close to understanding how you could ever have come to love anybody this much." Malcolm Reynolds could not have been more surprised if Jayne had turned up wearing one of Simon´s vests or maybe hugged the good doctor. They had all been through a lot, not just the past few days, more like the past few months. Having Jayne Cobb utter the word love and not in relation to guns and knives was something Mal had never expected to witness …..ever!
In the lab River turned to look at the two men watching them, her face was calm, serene as her eyes met Jayne´s for an instant before she turned back to her brother. Mal´s eyes skimmed over Inara´s tired features, there was something in them ……something that worried her still.
He´d have to talk to her about it, find out what was gnawing at her …maybe even ……
But he couldn´t do it yet. Jayne made a sound, somewhere between a grunt and a snort, shaking his head. His face was set, not betraying any emotion, as though the fact that he was talking to Mal about it had to be countered in some way.
"And Then you look into those gorram, haunting eyes and you can´t ruddin´believe that it´s there ……it´s all there. That this gorram ´girl, this tiny slip of a girl loves you just as fiercely."
Jayne crossed his arms in front of his chest. Biting his lip he took a deep breath before he turned to Mal.
" I could never imagine how that felt, but now that I know ….I ain´t gonna give that up! I sure as hell ain´t gonna give that gorram´girl up!"
