Welcoming Committee: Part 4 by Nailani Williams

Disclaimer: No Copyright Infringement intended so Joss put down the Sword of Infinite Truths!

Summary: After the BDM. Zayne, pairing. Taking place after, “The Bravest Thing” Jayne’s going home to Deadwood and he realizes that only his Mama’s happy he’s home.

Rating: PG-13

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving. I know I did. I also hope you enjoy this part, LOL it was a tough one to crack out with my family and friends hanging out with me all week. Thanks for reading and remember more feedback, more chapters, I swear...feedback is my Thanksgivng stuffing, LOL! ~ Lani

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Zoe:

I had worked myself up into a find state of worry by the time Jayne and I made it up to the rock path that led to the front of the Cobb Ranch House. Jayne just kept squeezing my hand and humming that nursery rhyme River was singing back on the ship. When we were just outside the front door, I panicked.

“Jayne, maybe it’s too soon, maybe this isn’t proper,” I rambled and he touched my face with out saying a word. He leaned into me raising my face up to kiss me, but he stopped only inches short of my lips.

“Stop worrying she’s gonna love you,” he whispered and I relaxed. He placed a small gentle peck on my lips and then banged the front door so hard I thought he was going to knock it off the hinges.

“I’m coming! Hold your horses,” I heard a woman’s voice from the other side. “Nathan Torres, if that’s you young man I’ll tan your h-” she opened the door and found Jayne standing there, his yellow hat on wearing a big ole smile. The woman flustered and for a moment I thought she was gonna faint.

“Jayne?” she said breathlessly. She was about the same size of Jayne’s cousin Mary, she was thin, but curvaceous, and she had long curly brown hair, that had a small smattering of white strips of graying hair in it, down to her shoulders and those blue eyes. I noticed she wasn’t wrinkled, that besides a few laugh lines and crows feet she looked no older than Jayne.

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