Disclamer: No infringment of copy right was intended. Everything firefly comes from the mind of Josh Whedon...

Rated: PG

Comment: this is my first fanfic and i would love any helpfull criticism. It start were the show left off, Enjoy!

*LEAVING*

Inara loved Serenity. It was no longer just a ship to her it was a home that housed the only thing she had close to a family anymore. The thought of leaving her…...

“Inara we have to talk”, He strode into her shuttle in the same manner he always did. With complete ownership and without invitation

“Mal I don’t remember hearing a knock at my shuttle door?” crossing her arms.

“That’s because I didn’t, are you aware of today’s date?”

“I do own a calendar Mal”

“Well just for curiosities’ sake, what day have you marked to tell the crew that you’re leaving? It is Monday and you are leaving Sunday.” He crossed his arms as well and by doing so, illustrated to her, he was looking for a fight.

“I was planning on bringing up the subject tonight at dinner in fact. This isn’t easy for me Mal”. He wanted a fight but she was not going to give him one. She saw the change in his blue eyes, they softened, and before she could look any deeper he turned away. Just when she thought he was leaving….

“It’s best that your leaving should’ve never brought you on in the first place. Women like you has no business in are business and the sooner you leave the better”. Malcolm Renolds was a man of many faces but he had never shone her one this clearly before. And his coldness struck her like a knife to the heart and she struck back before she could calm herself.

“Well now that you’ve said what you came here to say, allow me to be equally blunt. I may sleep with people for money but you are the only whore between the two of us! Your honour and loyalty are for sale to anyone with cargo, you steel, lie and cheat in every job and then have the AUDASITY to call my profession dishonest. The only truth Mal is that you’re not free. You’re a petty thief that’s for sale