River stood there at the door of the cargo bay.

It was noon, and she had given her brother a very eventful morning as he had to chase and battle her to get her to get dressed, brush her teeth and take her medication. River had decided to be stubborn while babbling on and on about ‘she’. In turn as Simon stood there, ready to go out with Kaylee who was seated in the humming hovercraft, he was reluctant to leave his sibling because she seemed to be having a bad day.

“She’ll be fine.” Gambit reassured, looking down at River. “Right?”

“Simon takes me too.” River was frustrated, and it was the root of her current behavior. Yes, she understood that Simon and Kaylee had feelings for one another. However the concept of big brother actually leaving her and taking Kaylee out wasn’t something easy to grasp at. Simon rarely left her, and for some strange reason, this rather purposeful trip away from her didn’t settle well with the reader at all. She had gleaned from his mind there were fun things planned, and she wanted to be included in the fun. The fact that she sensed a threat on the horizon barely even permeated her mind as she was focused on the fact that Simon was going to have fun and she wasn’t allowed to go.

Simon knelt next to her and straightened out the baggy dress on her willowy from as his voice came out calm yet firm. “No, River you’re going to stay here with Gambit. I’ll be back in a little while, alright?” He stroked her hair with a gloved hand as his attire was somewhat different from the usual. The effort on his part had been to dress down for the date, because if he went in his customary garments he’d be obviously overdressed for a festival, something that might attract the eye of anyone who had seen his wanted poster. So, he was wearing a pair of brown cargo pants he had acquired recently because he needed something to do chore work in, along with some work boots that were fairly new, a black sweater, an olive hued jacket Wash had let him borrow along with his own scarf and gloves. In appeara