I'm not really that pleased with this chapter, but here it is. And to all of you lovely folks who review, could you evaluate my attempts at humor? I think that's the worst part of my writing, and I really want to get better at it.

FYI: Canton is a real town in China. Just thought I'd let you know.

AN: This has been in the general spot for awhile, but I didn't realize it. Sorry if that threw any off!

Jayne's Girl

Simon and Kaylee's wedding had taken place not exactly as they had planned it: while Kaylee was lying nearly dead in the infirmary with Book very quickly blessing them, though neither of them was religious. Kaylee had been injured in the engine room while they had been involved in a pretty rocky landing. A falling piece of thing had banged her on the head, knocking her unconscious. Simon wasn't sure if she was going to make it, so they second she briefly woke up, he asked Book to marry them. The confused preacher did as he was asked and Kaylee barely had time to squeak out and “I do” before she fainted again. Thankfully, Simon brought her back to normal and she was fine. Neither of them had ever wanted renew their vows; it seemed like they never had time to do it when they had tried, so eventually they just gave up. Maybe one day they would have a proper wedding, but most likely not while they were on the ship.

Almost immediately after they had gotten married, Kaylee had gotten pregnant with twins. The two little runts had turned out to be blessings, with their son Bert (Bertrand Tracey was his real name, but he never used it) being more like Kaylee than like Simon. He had her light hair, her hazel eyes, and his mother's signature smile. It was the first thing that Simon had noticed about his son. The first time he smiled, Simon knew that he would be channeling his mother. He acted like her, too: he was very adventurous and crawled everywhere that he could, though his favorite place was sitting in with Mommy in her hammock in the engine room while he napped.

Their daughter, Ali, whose name