The Circular Irony Part 5 by Nailani Williams

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

Summary: After the BDM. Zayne, M/I, S/K, R/OC pairing. Taking place after the events of “The Bravest Thing” and “The Welcoming Committee”. When Mal gets a job on Persephone he realizes he’s transporting a new generation of Browncoats, who have their own special person straight out of the Alliance Academy. Meanwhile Zoe and Jayne work out their working relationship and River gets a new creep-a-fying boyfriend.

Rating: PG-13

A/N: Merry Christmas!

Sorry, if this has some typos.:D!

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Mal:

Night was near middle when I woke up and Inara was no where to be found. I put on my pants, grabbed my shirt, and looked for her. She wasn’t in the shuttle and she wasn’t in the galley. This night traveling of hers was becoming a habit since we got off of Deadwood. And I was mighty angry with her for disturbing my rest. Last thing I need was Nara doing a River on me.

I finally found her on the catwalk. Sitting down her fancy kimono hanging around her in waves she was so pretty, no beautiful, it stopped my anger cold.

“Nara, what the hell are you doing?” I said softly, with less anger than I intended. She looked up at me and smiled.

“I needed to think. I had to clear my head so I decided to take a walk,” she said to me like I was the stupidest man in the verse.

“And you can’t clear your head back in the shuttle. You scared me,” I admitted leaning again the railing beside her. A part of me was just waiting for the day Inara came to her senses and hightail it far away from me.

“Why? I’m not going anywhere,” she said and took my hand. I thought it was to help her up instead she pulled gently and I came down to her sitting besides her. I couldn’t help tucking her hair behind her ear and kissing her temple. She smiled and then took a deep breath.

“I’m pregnant, Mal,” she said a rush. I blinked once…twice, my mouth hung open, I couldn’t seem to get it to funct