A/N: Thank you for your kind reviews. I can't wait for Friday, because that's when Firefly comes on, and of course, Serenity comes out in theaters. I think I'll have to wait for it to come out on DVD before I can get it. Also: I know that the series is out on DVD, but I can't rent it if I can't find it…
Anyways, please enjoy this next chapter as I think about where I want to go with this. I have somewhat of an idea as to where, but how is now the main question. Thanks again for your reviews, and here's chapter two.
Jayne walked into the infirmary, uninvited as usual. He wasn't really looking for Simon, just so long as the doctor wasn't there. It was as he was making sure he wasn't there that Jayne came across the woman laying calmly on one of the beds. Jayne didn't recognize her, and smiled slyly. Was this his lucky day?
"Who are you?" he demanded, startling her.
She sat upright on the bed and clung to the sheet, frightened, "Doctor Simon told me to wait here. I'm Alexandria."
"Well, Alexandria, I'm Jayne. What brings you to this little dump?" Jayne asked, leaning a hand on the edge of the bed, staring at her.
Just then, Simon and Mal walked into the room. Neither of which were surprised that Jayne would be there. Where there was a new girl, he was almost always first in line.
However, Mal heard what he said about the ship, "I know you didn't mean that, Jayne."
Embarrassment passed over Jayne's face momentarily; he had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
Simon walked over to Alex protectively, before introducing the two men. He tried to calm her, and it seemed to work.
"I must apologize, I am simply not comfortable around men", she sighed, not really wanting to go into it much.
"I can have Sheppard set you up with a room", Mal offered, relenting for now to the fact that they had a stowaway onboard.
At least she wasn't claiming to be his wife.
He looked at Jayne, a stare telling him to leave the room immediately, which he did, leaving Simon and Alex in the room again.
"I don't suppose you want to talk about it?" Simon asked, once the other two men were out of earshot; he was a surgeon, not a counselor.
She smiled softly, "No, not really."
"Well, I guess I need to introduce you to the rest of the crew", Simon smiled, letting her know that she was alright and free to leave the infirmary if she wanted to.
She was definitely someone with a past, but then again, who on the Serenity didn't have a past?