Lost Conversations - Part I

1. WHERE SIMON APOLOGIZES TO KAYLEE FOR HER GETTING SHOT

INT. SERENITY INFIRMARY

Kaylee sits on the examining table as Simon stands by.

SIMON

Lift up your shirt.

KAYLEE

(smiling)

Yes, doctor.

She lifts the bottom of her shirt to reveal the bandage on her stomach wound. He looks at it as they speak.

SIMON

You can call me Simon.

KAYLEE

Okay. Simon.

SIMON

I’ll have to remove the bandage to take a look. Might hurt a bit.

KAYLEE

Do what you gotta do.

He gentle pulls the bandage off as she grimaces.

SIMON

There. Healing nicely. I’ll give you a clean one and that should be the last.

He moves to get new bandage, applies it as they talk.

KAYLEE

That’s nice. I’ll stay out the way next time.

SIMON

You’ve been incredibly brave through all this.

KAYLEE

You did all the hard work.

SIMON

I guess I owed you that much since I was the reason you got shot.

KAYLEE

Oh, Simon, weren’t your fault. That lawman, he’s the one shot me.

SIMON

Kaylee, I’m feeling a bit guilty so I’d like to confess something.

KAYLEE

What?

He finishes the bandage. Looks at her, very serious.

SIMON

After you got shot, maybe you don’t remember but the Alliance cruiser told us to stop and prepare for boarding. I forced the captain to run for it. By threatening to not treat your wound.

KAYLEE

I remember it plain as day.

SIMON

And you’re not mad?

KAYLEE

Course not. You did it for River. I knew you weren’t going to let me die.

SIMON

Now I feel more guilty.

KAYLEE

It’s okay, you had to protect your sister. Hell, we’d only just met, so of course she was more important.

SIMON

You’re so...forgiving. You don’t realize how close to death you came.

KAYLEE

I know. Just don’t think on it. I heard about that joke the Capt'n played on you. Gave him a piece of my mind. That weren’t very nice of him.

SIMON

It seems that getting a laugh at my expense is a new game around here. The funny thing is, when he said you were dead I couldn’t accept it.