A/N: I'm anxious to get this story posted, so I'm posting a bit faster than normal - I hope you all don't mind!

Thanks again to Leiasky for the beta and to everyone who's given me such awesome feedback! Keep it coming!

Simon was again lying with Kaylee as he heard their front door open and close. Knowing that all the necessary parties must now be in attendance, he pressed a soft kiss into her hair before rising. He had already showered and was fully dressed and so he entered their living room smiling tightly at the assembled crew.

“Can I get you all anything?” he asked, gesturing towards the kitchen.

“We’re fine, doc,” Zoe answered for them, cutting off whatever request had been forming on Jayne’s lips. Inara also declined his offer and so Zoe continued. “Why don’t you tell us ‘bout this plan o’ yours?”

Swallowing hard past the lump in his throat, Simon paced a small path before them, rubbing his hands together. “All right, this is just an idea, and I don’t have the specifics worked out yet, but I do think it has a chance of-“

“Oh, cut ta the chase, doc,” Jayne grumbled, still irritated that he had been awoken so early in the morning.

Ignoring the brute, Simon stopped pacing, turning to face Zoe. “I want to buy Kaylee’s family back.”

Inara gasped audibly at his words, more startled by the statement than the actual idea. Zoe simply cocked an eyebrow at him, trying to figure if the boy was feng le or just desperate. She was guessing it was about a fifty-fifty split at the moment.

“What I mean is,” Simon hastened to explain, chilled by Inara’s wide-eyed gaze. “If her family has already been sold, there’s a chance we could buy them back. I’m thinking that I can pose as a buyer, flash some credits and then get them into a place where we can either steal them back or pay for them out right.” Glancing back towards his room, he murmured, “I don’t really care at the moment ho