A NEW REASON, 5/5
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Set after A NEW BEGINNING. Maddy turns a year old and everyone celebrates while remembering her father. S/K, M/I, R/J
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 3393 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
A/N: This is effectively the end of the NEW series. There is one one-off left, A NEW LOVE, set approximately twelve years after the end of this story. I'll post it over the weekend.
Thanks again to all for reading, commenting and hanging in there - I know it's been angst fest with occasional spats of fluff.
And to Leiasky - who came with me through the entire 1,000-page opus and did more for the story than you can ever guess! Thank you.
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A NEW REASON, 5/5
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16 Months After Jayne’s Death
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“She is a beauty, baby girl.”
Jayne’s deep voice echoed in her ears, even as River was awakened by the sound of Maddy’s cry. Rolling out of bed reluctantly, River pulled on her robe and headed for her daughter, opening the door to the room her girls shared to find Cadie already standing over her crib.
Turning at River’s entrance, Cadie smile and said, “She’s okay. She just needed a little tummy rub.”
Smiling at her, River moved forward and saw for herself that Maddy was once again drifting off. Placing a kiss in Cadie’s hair, she murmured, “Well, thank you, little one. Let’s get you back in bed.”
Tucking her in, Cadie stared at her mama with those maddeningly big blue eyes and murmured, “Tell me a story.”
Raising an eyebrow, River ran her hand through Cadie’s hair and whispered, “A story? Oh, I don’t know too many good stories.”
Shaking her head, Cadie said insistently, “Yes, you do. That one you told us during the slumber party, on the ship, that was a really good story.”
Smiling at the memory, River remarked, “That’s the first time you ever called me mama.”
“I know,” Cadie said quietly. Watching her for just a moment more, Cadie pushed back her covers and crawled into River’s lap. “Please tell me a story.”
Lifting her, although it was none to easy, River scooted to the head of the bed and rested against the wall, pulling the covers up over them both. With her arms wrapped firmly around Cadie’s small
Really lovely, thank you.
This might be the end of this particular series, but there are a LOT more on the horizon. . . I know - I've read them all! These particular sets of stories have been done for MONTHS. . .Tamsibling has been typing her fingers off on stories as she's been posting these.
I keep telling her that she's got enough material lined up to post every day until the end of the year. No, I'm not joking. . .
Anyway, back to the end of this chapter. I think it was a nice, fluffy end to a completely angst-ridden set of stories.
I love River's conversation with Simon. Her insisting he's to never tell Maddy about Jayne.
And I think this is the first time you've mentioned Ethan and Emma's mismatched eyes. That will certainly set them apart.
> As soon as she had greeted Kaylee, she had known the secret her sister was trying to keep. Hugging her fiercely, River repeated a phrase to her she had used years before, right after the woman’s wedding. “I won’t tell. Not until you do.”
Ahhh, a familiar phrase. I was expecting to have Simon clear his throat and say 'we have an announcement' have Daniel roll his eyes and blow the surprise by saying "its just another baby."
Hee! But ending it where you did is perfect, especially knowing what the last story in this series will be about.
More! More! Gorramit! MORE!!!
... Yeah that was a bit over the top :\ Sorry :)
Beautiful end to a beautiful story. I'm glad to have read this.
And River's comment to Simon about never telling tales of Jayne to his niece was just genius;)
BEB
~ BWAHAHAHA !!!
“Actually, considering how crude Jayne was and the smell, I think Maddy is the better end of the deal.”
~ It's good that they can be light-hearted and joke about Jayne, it is definitely helpful in getting River past it
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