Considering the short amount of time given to prepare the wedding, the accommodations were nice, yet simple. With the exception of her two families, the biological one and the one on Serenity, Kaylee had several local relatives and family friends that would be in attendance. The ceremony was held, of all unlikely places, at the foot of Serenity’s cargo ramp, according to the Chinese tradition that the wedding is held at the groom’s home, and the man who would join Kaywinnit Lee Frye and Simon Tam in holy matrimony was none other than Captain Malcolm Reynolds.

“But Dear,” Kaylee’s mother had argued, “we have our family minister attending the wedding, anyway. He’s done hundreds of them.”

“Your parents are right,” Mal had agreed. “I’m just a crusty old sailor. I mean, I *could* do it; I got that power as a captain.”

“You should just go ahead and let Pastor Michaels take care of it,” Carl had added.

Kaylee smiled sweetly and shook her head. “Nah, let Pastor Michaels sit in the audience and relax. I wanna put my sweet, dear captain in the spotlight.” Her expression had become serious at that point. “Unless, yanno, ya don’t *wanna* do it…”

Well, much to his current state of deer-in-the-headlights, Mal had agreed to the ceremony, anyway. *Pastor Michaels needs to get his behind back up here. I got no ruttin’ idea what I’m doin’…*

Mal wasn’t the only person present who had been roped into a position of honor on this most propitious of occasions. Simon had originally slated Gabriel to be his Best Man, but his innocent, sweet sister informed him that Gabriel would be much happier being left alone to enjoy the wedding from the back. Simon had, therefore, drafted Jayne as the best man, a decision that, a year previous, would have gotten him a laugh at best and a rough shove into the nearest wall at worst. Instead, Jayne had nearly fallen over himself with gratitude. *Dunno what’s gotten into him,* Mal thought, *but it’s better’n how he used to be…*

As for Kaylee, she had four women to choose from and no way to