The Dr. Tam Journals – Part 12 – The Message

After laying in bed most of the morning and afternoon, enjoying long lingering hours of pleasure with her husband, Kaylee awoke and felt famished and the need for a shower. Simon still dozed so she carefully crawled out of bed, put on his robe, grabbed her soap, shampoo, and a green towel and, after a quick inspection of the passenger lounge to make sure no one was about, she dashed across to the bathroom. After disabling the timing device and adjusting the water to just the right temperature, not too hot, but just enough to sting, she climbed into the shower booth under the invigorating spray of water and enjoyed a long shower, without a shred of guilt as they would soon be on Persephone and could replenish their water supply.

She was still drying her hair with her towel when a knock came to the door. It was Simon so she let him in and gave him a long kiss. He badly needed a shower too so Kaylee disabled the control device once again and the water started flowing again immediately. After a long while he joined her in their room and they got dressed and went up stairs. It was now after seven and they thought everyone would be finished supper. They were wrong.

The table was full and the talking stopped as everyone stared at them as they entered the room. Kaylee felt very self-conscious.

“What?” she said as she suddenly felt hot and her face turned red.

“Still with us Doctor?” teased Zoe and everyone broke into grins at Simon and Kaylee’s obvious discomfort.

“OK, OK,” said Kaylee as they sat down, Simon also a shade of red. “Can’t us married folk enjoy an afternoon of …being together.”

“Is that what they’re calling it now?” Zoe continued.

“You don’t have to be married, though,” said Inara and she looked at Mal with a lingering lustful stare and he nearly spit out the sip of coffee he had just taken.

“Ah, yeah. We saved you some dinner,” Mal said as everyone smiled at him now. “Figured you’d….need it.”

“I’ll get it” said Simon as Kaylee was