Simon felt another tap on his shoulder. He turned and was faced with Kaylee once again.

"Did she say you were a doctor?" Kaylee asked. Simon smiled a bit.

"Yes. Why, is something wrong?" Simon asked. The constant doctor in him suddenly getting concerned.

"Oh…well…no. I've just never met a doctor before. We don't got one on the ship so…" Kaylee trailed off. She didn't notice River looking at her. Simon's brain started ticking.

"Kaylee…would you like to join us?" Simon asked. Kaylee gaped at him for a moment until coming up with a response.

"Really?" She asked. Simon nodded and Kaylee's smile grew as big as the planet.

"Well, that sounds shiny." She said. She stood up and Simon scooted closer to River to make room for Kaylee. Kaylee sat at the end of the table.

"Thanks." She said. Simon smiled and glanced at River, who was eating her meal.

"Oh…Kaylee…this is my sister, River." He introduced. Kaylee waved over to River who waved back. Simon started to eat his meal a bit, then turned to Kaylee.

"So…you're a crewman for a ship?" Simon asked. He was so intrigued by this girl, he wanted to learn everything.

"I guess you could say that…" Kaylee started. "…I'm just the mechanic. I keep her runnin' is all. The rest of the bunch are the ones you do the work." Kaylee finished. Emily arrived with Kaylee's pie and set it down in front of her. She smiled to see that Kaylee had joined the Tams. Kaylee squealed when she saw the pie and said a quick 'thank you' to Emily.

"Shiny!" She said as she took the first bit. Simon and River smiled at each other and ate more of their own meals.

"You seem a little young to be a mechanic." Simon said to her after a few minutes. She looked up at him with a playful look on her face.

"Well…aren't you a bit young to be a doctor?" Kaylee said, sending a smile over to Simon. He got shy suddenly and looked at the table. He blushed. He didn't know if it was really a compliment, but he took it as one.

"So…is your Captain always in such a bad mood?" Simon asked as politely as he could. Kaylee looked up from her pie, surprised.

"Who? Mal? Well…he's just stressed out 'cause we're on a Core planet. He fought for the Independence so…he gets a little twitchy when he's around Alliance Feds." Kaylee explained. Simon noted that he had been right about Mal, he was a brown coat. River looked over at Kaylee.

"You like strawberries." She stated simply. Gaining an odd look from Simon, but Kaylee just started talking.

"Oh God…I love them. They're my favorite. Don't see much of them when we're out in space. But once we touch down on a planet, they're all I can eat." Kaylee said, biting into another one.

"So…what kind of ship is it?" Simon asked her. He didn't know anything about ships, but he was interested to learn as much about this girl as he could, with the little time they had together.

"Oh…it's a Firefly class. Name's Serenity. She doesn't look like much, but she'll fool ya from time to time." Kaylee said with a sweet smile plastered on her face. She always got this way when she was talking about Serenity.