OK this is probably the second in the series that also includes 'Blood', 'She Knew' and 'Ami-Jayne'. When I've finished all the parts I'll probably fix them up a bit and put them all together in one fic. Surprisingly this is one of my longer fic's. Yay, go me! I'm getting beter.
This story was inspired by the song 'The Scientist' because I'm going through a ColdPlay phase. I hope you like it.
Walls
Jayne didn't know when he started noticing River.
He new it had started happening a while before the battle to spread the signal.
He'd just started looking for her when he entered a room and had been subconsciously sitting down next to her at the dinner table.
But at the moment those doors closed, locking her in with the reavers, he realised.
He was in love with her.
But she was too young, really still only a child.
She'd never want to be with an old man from some backwater planet.
She deserved someone with a bit of class, a bit of schooling like the doc.
Except not the doc 'cause he was her brother and that just weren't right.
For those few minutes, as the doors remained closed, he let those thoughts run around freely in his head.
Then the doors slid open and she was still alive.
He breathed a sigh of relief then locked his thoughts so far inside his head that not even River could find them.
After that he avoided her as much as possible 'cause if anyone were to notice something different about him it would be her.
She noticed anyway.
One night, a couple of months after the battle and only a few weeks since her birthday, River slipped into his room just as he was putting away the last of his guns for the night.
"She knows your hiding something," She said suddenly.
Jayne jumped and spun around quickly.
He was backed up against the wall and the look she was giving him was making him feel awkward.
Her eyes were locked on his, piercing into him.
"Gorram girl, what are you doing here," He growled, trying to look anywhere but at her.
"I know it's not bad," River said slowly, "So why are you hiding it?"
"I'm not hiding anything crazy girl." Jayne said defensively.
Inside he was panicking.
How was it that she could still tell after all the walls he'd put up.
"Yes you are," River insisted, bringing her hand to the side of her head, "You're making her fill up with numbers and figures, makes my head hurt."
She paused, walking a few steps closer to Jayne and poking his chest with her finger.
He was starting to sweat.
She had him cornered so he couldn't slip out.
"You can make it stop," She poked him again, "Why are you hiding it?" She stepped even closer so she was almost touching him.
"I have to find it." She whispered, standing up on her toes and kissing him softly on the mouth.
His walls crumbled down around him.
He kissed her back.
That was the moment he realised that he didn't jst love her, he wanted to be with her for the rest of his life, to take care of her, to answer her questions, hold her when she was scared and kiss all of her secrets and voices away.
She pulled away from his slowly and smiled.
"Found it," She said softly, then kissed him again.
Please reveiw, i like them.