A/N: And the angst continues ... I hope you like it.

Thanks to Leiasky for the beta.

Only three chapters left after this one ...

Previous Chapters:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=15760>Chapter 1, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=15783>Chapter 2, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=15892>Chapter 3, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=15910>Chapter 4, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=15954>Chapter 5, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=16005>Chapter 6, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=16062>Chapter 7, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=16114>Chapter 8, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=16131>Chapter 9, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=16142>Chapter 10, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=16184>Chapter 11, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=16209>Chapter 12, http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=16247>Chapter 13

Link to http://www.geocities.com/maegovannen/Firefly/Joss100Challenge.html>prompt table

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The Right to Love - Chapter 14 (Prompts 81-85)

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081. Book

Walking arm and arm down the planked sidewalks, Kaylee and Inara chatted and laughed like two schoolgirls without a care in the world. Their ease with one another had been almost instantaneous from the minute they’d met and Kaylee had never been so glad to have another woman on board Serenity. Inara had become a true confidant and the older sister she’d never had, and Kaylee loved the fact that she could tell her just about anything.

Having just finished off an ice cream, Kaylee’s concern with her hips having vanished the minute she’d tried on a beautiful red dress that had fit her perfectly, she turned to her friend and asked, “So, what’s goin’ on with you an’ the cap’n?”

Smiling to her patiently, I