"Kaylee!" Mal yelled as he ran through Serenity. "Where is that girl?" He muttered. "KAYLEE!" He stopped outside the doctor's room when he heard the noises inside. He groaned before pounding on the door. "I don't pay ya to rut the doctor, do I, Kaylee? Get the hell back into the engine room!"

"Sorry...Cap'n." Kaylee panted from behind the door. "Be right..out!" Mal waited a few minutes before a very sweaty Kaylee appeared. "Hiya." She smiled. Mal just shook his head and mumbled in chinese before heading back the way he came. He was going to visit Inara. He hadn't seen her since the night before, and they hadn't even had much time to themselves. Inara had run off with Zoe leaving Mal alone. But he didn't mind, as long as Zoe was getting what she needed.

Mal walked into the shuttle without knocking, to see Zoe sitting cross legged on Inara's bed with a cup of tea and Inara sitting across from her on the couch. Both women were laughing.

"What is going on here?" Mal asked, surprised to see Zoe laughing.

"Zoe was telling me about when her and Wash first got together." Inara said with a smile.

"Oh. Well I'll just be out doing...captainy things if you need me." He backed out of the shuttle.

"No, sir, it's fine I was getting ready to leave." Zoe said as she got up and headed to the door. She grabbed Mal's arm and pulled him back in. "Thank you, Inara."

"Come back whenever you need to, Zoe."

"I will." Zoe left Mal and Inara alone. Inara put down her tea and came over to Mal, kissing him.

"Hey you." She said against his lips.

"Hey you." He replied. Mal let his hands travel to her waist, down over her backside and up again. She shivered. Soon the couple fell moaning onto the bed. Mal pulled at Inara's fancy silk dress, but Inara stopped him.

"Mal...I can't - not here - not this bed."

"It doesn't matter, 'Nara. I want you now." Inara looked into his eyes and whispered,

"I love you."

"I love you too." Mal said. Inara kissed him passionately and Mal continued where he left off.

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Zoe walked aimles