Even Roses Have Thorns, chapter eight
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Kaylee deals with the reprecussions of her tantrum. Some fluff, finally. Rated G.
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Chapter Eight: Etiam capillus unus habet umbram (even one hair has a shadow)
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When Jayne walked through the cargo bay, he was a mite confused as to why Kaylee was scrubbing down the steps.
“Ah, Kaylee, doncha got nothin’ better to be doin’?”
Kaylee looked up, embarrassed. They would all know eventually, of course. It was going to take her *days* to finish everything Zoë had told her to do. “Zoë’s makin’ me do it.”
“Why?”
“Fight with Simon.”
“So what’s the doc cleanin’?”
“He ain’t.”
“Oh.” Meaning, this was Kaylee’s fault. Jayne was mystified, but thought better of saying anything about that. “Mal always gives me septic vac,” he offered sympathetically.
“Captain’s prerogative, Jayne.” Zoë’s voice came from the walkway. “Best you don’t disturb her, she’s got plenty to do.” Zoë walked off.
Jayne waited until Zoë was out of earshot. “Gotta clean the whole cargo bay, huh?”
“Yeah.” She looked up again, and Jayne wasn’t sure that her face wasn’t a little tear streaked. “Plus wash all the common floors and dust everywhere, and clean the whole kitchen, ‘cluding the walls and the cupboards and everything in the cupboards, before I get my free time back. Whatever I do first’s sure to be filthy again before I finish. I’ll never be done.”
“I’m sorry Kaylee. I’ll uh, try to uh keep ma boots clean.” She looked miserable, and started back scrubbing. Jayne, with nothing more coming to mind to say, walked off.
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When Zoë walked into the dining area a while later, she was surprised at what she saw, but she made her voice very casual. “Jayne, you wouldn’t be cleaning the kitchen,
Like I said in my 'blurb' I hope to get chapter nine up as well today. I hope posting more than once a day is okay... once I'm done it's hard to resist the lure of the submit button.
Anyway, just a little fluff to break up the angst.
I think that Kaylee was way out of line to say those things to Simon, but I think it shows Simon's character that he is still willing to try and help her out. Really sweet!
Kaylee needs to talk and really listen to Simon, though. I hope that's coming soonish!
Simon seems to have got the backbone firmly installed, finally. Now he's giving River a piece of his mind too, when he feels the need. I like him being a bit more coherent and sure of himself: he's really very smart and capable, and it's time for him to work with that.
BEB
“No Zoë, why would Kaylee care about ma guns?” - transparently opaque, great stuff
“You could hide.” - classic comedy, perfect timing
“You have issues, Simon.” River said finally. - not good coming from the bad-shit loco ladymakes you
makes you remember that Firefly is definatly run by "ex-" army types
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