Kaylee sat on her bed staring up at her beautiful dress and reminiscing about the events of the previous evening. It has truly been one of the most magical nights of her entire life and surprisingly the first time she didn’t feel out of place at a party such as that. Kaylee knew she wouldn’t trade her loving upbringing or her life on Serenity for all the jewels in the world but that didn’t stop her from dreaming about a life of luxury from time to time. What poor girl didn’t? She thought about it more and more now that Simon was living on Serenity. Being around him filled her with so many contradicting emotions. Part of her felt inferior to him because he came from such a wealthy family and had been a much respected doctor before he capture River but part of her felt really good about herself because neither Simon’s family name nor his previous career meant nothing out here in the black. Whoever he had been made no difference to how he was treated and because he was so unfamiliar with life onboard a spaceship it gave Kaylee and chance to show him the ropes and impart some of the wisdom she had acquired while working on Serenity. What was more, once Simon got over the shock of how different things were onboard the firefly he was actually really receptive to her teaching and often sought her out during the day so she could talk his ear off with tales from her home planet or of previous heists the crew had pulled before he became a member.

Of course everybody knew that she didn’t just enjoy his attention because it made her feel good about herself. What had started off as a harmless crush had grown into something deeper and as every day went past Kaylee pined for Simon more and more. She knew that he liked her, at least as a friend, but she was clueless as to whether or not he felt the same as she did. Whether she was the last thing he thought about at night, whether he would talk the long route to a certain part of the ships just to catch a glimpse of her and whether seeing her smile made his heart flip over an