Title: Surgery and jealousy
Series: Heart of Gold: Rayne style
Author: Sevangel
Disclaimer: Not
mine
Rating: PG-13
FYI: So very aggravated. I wrote this entire chapter, almost twice as long as this one is and then my computer did something stupid and it's gone. I rewrote this part but it's only half of it. I decided to post it anyways. I'll post the rest tomorrow.
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"What's takin so ruttin long?" Robert Cobb growls as he paces the area in front of the infirmary.
"Doc said he had to remove somethin." Mal replies. "I'm guessin it's gonna take some time."
"It's been two ruttin hours." Sam Cobb growls, his hands unfolding and refolding a pocketknife.
"Sam, ya need to calm down." Julie Cobb tells her husband.
"Can't." Sam replies. "That's my baby sister in there."
"Our baby sister." Tim Cobb replies. The younger man, being about the same age as Simon, flips erratically through a book, his mind not able to focus on it.
"Ya sure he knows what he's doin?" Bill Cobb questions. The large man, only two years younger than Jayne, paces beside his father. "He don't look old nuf to shave let alone be a doctor."
"How old is he?" Robert questions.
"26." Kaylee answers.
"26?" Robert gasps. "Hell, that's barely old nuf to finish with doctorin school."
"Simon's a ruttin genius." Jayne replies. "Gifted was the word he used."
"He graduated 3rd in his class." Wash comments.
"He used to be a trauma surgeon in one of the most respected hospitals on Capital City." Book adds.
"He reattached a girl's leg once." Kaylee pips up. "Her whole gorram leg. She named her hamster after him."
"Doc knows what he's doin." Mal assures them.
"What bout his sis?" Sam questions. "She a doctor too?"
"No." Jayne replies.
"Then how she know what she's doin?" Sam questions.
"Just does." Jayne answers.
"Jayne, I ain't tryin to piss ya off by doubtin your wife, I like my face the way it is, but how do ya know that?" Tim questions.
"Just do." Jayne answers. "She's smarter than him, hell he ruttin said she makes him look like a idiot child."
"River is more than a genius." Book explains. "She is probably one of the smartest people in the verse."
"3rd smartest actually." Simon says from the opening doorway. River helps him limp out of the infirmary, her body supporting his. "We had her IQ tested when she was 11 or 12. She registered as the 3rd smartest person alive."
"2nd." River corrects. "1st smartest died; wasn't strong enough to survive the academy."
"Academy?" Tim questions.
"Ain't the time." Jayne growls, ending the discussion before it even started. "How is she, doc?"
Simon doesn't answer, he just grows paler until his face goes completely white and becomes covered in sweat.
"Oh, God." Rita whimpers. "My baby…"
"I'm sorry." Simon croaks out.
"My baby girl…" Robert stops when Simon stumbles only to be caught by River.
"She's fine." Simon whispers. "The surgery went fine. She's asleep and she'll stay that way for a while."
"Gorram, doc." Jayne says, standing up. "Ya scared the ruttin hell out of us. What's wrong with ya? Ya look like death."
Simon opens his mouth to respond but nothing comes out. Instead, he falls forward into a dead faint, only missing the floor due to Jayne's quick reactions.
"Simon!" Kaylee gasps, rushing to his side.
River walks over to where Jayne is holdinh her brother and looks down at him. "The numbing agent wore off 45 minutes ago." River comments. She opens his eyes to peer at his pupils. "He wouldn't stop long enough to inject himself again. The swelling of his calf muscles caused his nervous system to go erratic and eventually his body shut down causing instant unconsciousness."
"Huh?" Kaylee mutters.
"He passed out." River explains.
"We see that, baby." Jayne says with a smile. "He gonna be okay?"
"Needs to sleep with his leg elevated." River replies.
"Jayne, take him on down to his bunk." Mal orders. "Kaylee, help him get the doc's leg all elevated."
Jayne picks the smaller man up and carries him down the hall with Kaylee at his side.
"Alright, little witch, she really gonna be okay?" Mal questions.
"Yes." River answers. "The surgery wasn't a difficult one; just a time consuming one." River answers. "She'll awaken in 8 hours, 46 minutes, and 21 seconds. She'll then empty the contents of her stomach. She'll want ice cream a few minutes later and Bobby."
"Bobby?" Mal questions.
"Her stuffed dog." Rita answers. "She always wants it when she's sick."
"Jayne mailed it to her for her 6th birthday." River comments. "It lost an eye and has been repaired many times but she refuses to dispose of it. It makes her feel safe, a security blanket."
River's statements don't faze the Serenity group; they're used to it. The Cobb clan, however are a bit freaked by her statements, all of them staring at her.
"Why'll starin at my wife for?" Jayne questions, moving to stand behind River. He wraps his arms around her waist and she leans back against his chest.
"Doc okay?" Mal questions.
"His leg is 3 times its normal size." Kaylee answers as she walks over to the group.
"He ain't gonna be able to limp round for a while." Jayne adds. "Gonna need help."
"Your parents stored the crutches you used when you were 10 after you fell out of the big oak tree." River comments. "They're in the attic."
"I was bout the doc's size then." Jayne replies. "He can use em."
"How'd she…" Sam starts.
"Baby, they introduce themselves yet?" Jayne questions his wife.
"Not yet." River replies. Jayne opens his mouth to reply when River cuts him off. "William, the 2nd eldest likes to be called Bill." River says, pointing to the man standing next to Jayne's father. "His wife, Andrea is at home with the children." She points over to the couple sitting on the couch. "Samuel or Sam and his wife Julie, his children living under her breasts." She then points to the last Cobb left in the room. "Timothy, to be called Tim, not married. Cassie and Britney are making dinner."
"How'd she…..we didn't tell her who we was." Bill stutters.
"Children?" Julie gasps.
"There are two of them." River replies. Sam and Julie go white. "You shouldn't be surprised, twin births are hereditary."
She then pulls out of Jayne's arms to walk across the room where Roy is sitting by himself, his back tense. "You didn't fail her." River says as she sits down next to the 12-year-old boy.
"Don't know what ya're talkin bout." Roy growls, his hands playing with a water gun.
River smiles sadly at the little boy who's trying to act like a big man. She wonders if Jayne acted that way when he was little. "Yes, you do." River replies. She can feel Jayne's family watching her as she talks. "You think you failed her; that the bond is broken."
"I shoulda known somethin was wrong." Roy whispers, looking over at her with tear filled eyes. "She's my twin; I shoulda known."
"You couldn't have known." River assures him. "It wasn't gradual; it just happened. You didn't fail her and the bond is still present. You have to be strong; she's going to need you."
"Don't know if'n I can." Roy replies.
"You're a Cobb." River says, standing up. "They're made of strong material. Do you want to visit her?"
"Can I?" Roy questions.
"Yes." River answers. "But she's sleeping and is very pale so don't be alarmed.." She holds her hand out and helps him to his feet.
"Let's go." Roy growls, pulling River with him into the infirmary, his hand holding tightly onto hers.
"Son, ya wanna explain this?" Robert questions.
"I forget to mention my wife's a reader?" Jayne questions with a smirk.
"Ya did at that." Robert replies.
"A real reader?" Bill questions.
"Yeah, how the hell do ya think she knew all that?" Jayne questions back. "I didn't tell her none of it, except havin a little sister named Matty."
"She can hear all our thoughts?" Tim questions.
"No." Jayne answer before anybody else can reply. "It don't work like that. Thoughts kinda just flow in and outa her brain. Some she catches and some she don't. Gets a bit confusin for her to sort through sometimes. Why?"
"No reason." Tim replies quickly. He doesn't want his older and much larger brother to know what his first thoughts were upon seeing his wife.
"First thoughts." River singsongs. She smirks at Tim, making him shift his feet restlessly.
Jayne looks between his wife and his brother before growling out, "Baby, he been thinkin things I need to know bout?"
"Not important." River replies. "Not the first person to think those thoughts."
"What thoughts?" Jayne growls, pulling River over to him. "And who else?"
"Male whores at Nandi's." River answers. "Badger. Captain daddy."
"Hey, now, don't be draggin me into this." Mal says, taking a step back from his irate merc. "I ain't ever had those kinda thoughts bout ya, little witch."
River just looks at him. "I heard your thoughts when I crawled out of my box."
"Okay, I did just the once." Mal corrects. "But ya was all naked and the thoughts formed on their own."
"What thoughts." Jayne growls, his arms tightening around River as he glares at Mal.
"It's not like I asked for them either." Tim defends.
"What thoughts." Jayne growls again.
"Just tell him." Kaylee says. "Ain't like he's gonna kill his own brother."
"Don't bet on it." Jayne growls, sending his brother death glare.
"Robert Jayne." Rita yells. "Ya ain't gonna be killin no one."
"I wanna know what they was thinkin bout my wife." Jayne yells, making Kaylee and Inara jump.
"Her legs." Wash replies, earning a glare from his wife. "Wifey, you know I would never, ever even think about cheating on you but I'm not going to deny that she's got great legs."
"Yes, she does." Inara agrees.
Jayne pushes River behind him and glares at every male in the room, including his father and his 12 year-old-brother walking out of the infirmary.
"What I do?" Roy questions at the look his oldest brother is giving him.
"Ya been lookin at River's legs?" Jayne growls.
"Ya saw me?" Roy questions and then runs to hide behind his father when Jayne growls.
"It's not like I did it on purpose, Jayne." Tim says. "I happened to glance into the infirmary and saw her. Did ya realize the bottom of her dress goes all transparent under those bright lights?"
"WHAT?" Jayne yells. He drags River into the infirmary, looks her up and down and drags her back out. "Go change." Jayne orders.
"No." River replies.
"Why not?" Jayne growls.
"I like this dress." River answers. "It makes me feel pretty and girly. Besides, nobody's going to act on their thoughts; they aren't that stupid." Jayne turns back around to glare at people again.
"Jayne, don't you think you're overreacting just a tad bit?" Wash questions. "You're growling at people."
"Watch it little man." Jayne growls. "I ain't forgotten how ya been lookin at my wife's legs."
"Looked." Wash defends. "It was just the one time when she came out of that box. I stopped thinking it when I realized she was all crazy and a minor."
"Hey, I'm not all crazy." River replies. "Just slightly crazy."
"Minor?" Robert questions. "How old is she?"
"Turned 18 bout 2 months ago." Jayne answers.
"When did ya start sexing her up?" Robert asks.
"Bout 3 months ago." Jayne answers sheepishly.
"ROBERT JAYNE COBB!" Rita yells. "I can't believe you took advantage…"
"I seduced him." River interrupts. "He was asleep when I snuck into his bunk, crawled on top of him, removed his boxers, and sucked him deep…."
Jayne places his hand over her mouth, cutting her off. "Don't think they need the details, baby." Jayne growls down, his cheeks turning a bit pink.
Julie, Inara, Zoe, and Kaylee all laugh at the blush staining Jayne's cheeks.
River giggles and leans her head back to give her husband a sexy smirk.
Jayne leers down at her before bending over to kiss her deeply. River moans and turns to face him, her arms moving to circle his neck. Jayne runs his hands down her back to cup her ass, pulling her fully against his body. River moans and rubs herself against him.
"GORRAMIT!" Mal yells. "Jayne, your parents are watchin. I swear, ya two ain't got a bit of self control. I am so ruttin tired of ya goin at it like rabbits in heat."
River jumps up to wrap her legs around Jayne's waist. His hands move to support her hips as he breaks the kiss, both of them panting heavily. He drags his mouth down her throat to suck at her skin, his mouth marking her soft flesh. He happens to glance up and sees the entire room, except for Roy whose eyes are being covered by his mother, watching. "Huh." Jayne mutters and looks over to Mal. "We'll be in our bunk." With that said, Jayne turns and carries River down the hall, her ankles locked against his back as she pulls his shirt off.
"Now that was entertaining." Tim says with a laugh. "They do that a lot?"
"Leave in the middle of a conversation or meeting to have sex?" Kaylee questions back.
"Yeah." Tim answers.
"Yep." Mal answers. "All the ruttin time."
"One would think having sex 4 times a day is enough." Wash comments.
"4 what?" Sam gasps, ignoring the glare his wife sends him.
"They have sex 4 times a day, at least." Kaylee explains. "Don't know how they got the energy to do it that much though."
"It's annoying to say the least." Mal replies. "I'm startin to believe the smartest thing I've ever done was sound proofin their bunk."
"Ya sound proofed their bunk?" Rita questions. "Why?"
"River's a screamer." Kaylee answers with a giggle. "And a loud one at that. Night fore they got married, River was screamin so loud, cap'n thought we was under attack again. He ran outa his room in his underpants."
"Ya gonna tell that story to everyone?" Mal questions Kaylee with a glare.
"Yep." Kaylee answers. "It was funny."
"Where'd Jayne go?" Cassie asks when she walks into the room, her hands weighed down with baskets of food.
"And River?" Britney questions from right behind her twin sister.
"Having sex." Roy answers.
"ROY DANIEL COBB!" Rita screeches.
"I ain't dumb ma." Roy replies. "I know bout sex and I know that's what they're doin."
"Is Matty okay?" Cassie and Britney ask.
"She's gonna be fine." Robert assures his 14-year-old daughters.
"She's sleepin now." Rita says. "Let's get that food on the table. Mal, show the girls to the dining area."
"Yes'm." Mal replies. He starts walking down the hallway towards the mess.
Cassie and Britney follow closely behind both looking at the captain's back. They then glance at each other and start giggling.
"They're awful tight, ain't they?" Kaylee questions, moving up beside the teenagers. "But they make his butt look nice."
The twins giggle again.
Mal's back stiffens and he starts walking faster. "Bunch of ruttin perverts." Mal mutters under his breath. "Wonder if there's somethin in the air."
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