Author's Notes: Thanks to those who read and commented. Glad you're liking the story so far.

There are actually 6 parts to this. When I wrote the last part, I forgot that I felt it was too long and split it up.

Thanks to http://www.fireflyfans.net/showprofile.asp?un=mal4prez>Mal4Prez for the beta.

Part II

Simon flattened a hand to his chest in an attempt to calm his racing heart. His head lolled to one side and he panted heavily, waiting for his body to stop trembling, for that post-coital tingling in his limbs to fade.

Kaylee lay sprawled atop him and he could feel the sharp thud of her heart beat against his abdomen, the small puffs of air escaping her parted lips doing absolutely nothing to cool his over-heated skin. She was nothing if not exhausting, beautiful and painfully arousing wrapped into one hell of an energetic package.

He’d let Kaylee take the lead, small payment for his inexcusable behavior the night before. And she’d led the way to the most exciting, pleasurable morning, of his life. But, as his mind began to regain some of its normal functionality, he realized with a sharp pant that it had done nothing to assuage the guilt he felt over how they’d come together – finally, after so many months of tiptoeing carefully around her unhidden interest. He didn’t know how to tell her how much he regretted that this happened now, the way it had. He’d wanted to make love to her for the first time in a real bed, when he was free to give her his whole heart, not one rife with worry over his broken and mentally traumatized sister. And in one weak moment, he’d –

“Simon?”

He blinked quickly and glanced down into Kaylee’s bright eyes and smiling face, struck speechless by the sultry look she leveled at him.

“Kaylee – I –“

She crossed her hands atop his on his chest and waited, clearly unfazed by his stuttering. “Don’t think you got ‘nuff sleep. Still got them big, dark circles under your –“

Si