Sorry about the wait, life is busy and it's taken awhile for this chapter to come into fruitation. Also, I would like to apologize if I came off a little curt or un-nice with the last post in regards to babyfic. My only excuse is I was on cold meds (which is also why I haven't posted for awhile) and colds... along with the meds, make my atriculation all loopy.

Now, onto the chapter....

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"No, I wanna go home!"

"So do I!"

"But you can't go on MY horse!"

"Well it's the only one!"

"Tough luck sugarpop but you can't take 'em! Now you're welcome to come with me ta my home.... don't exactly know how my'll boss'll take it but you'll be treated right."

"I don't want to go to your home, I want to go to mine!"

"Then start walkin!"

"They'll find me and kill me!"

"Well hell dontcha think I done e'nuff fer you? Now you can take my offer or take yer chances. Trust me I ain't always this nice! Caught me at a good time!"

"FINE!"

"FINE!" Jayne snarled at Aveline, beet red as she was glaring up at him with her petite face plenty miffed itself. They hadn't gotten on the right foot, since... well since the very beginning, and Jayne was thinking how he just should have taken her home and avoided trouble. Sure, everyone would have chewed him out for buying a wife, but he had killed some joe and now she was turning out to be an ungrateful, tough little bag of cactus that wasn't below hitting him in the soft spot. With his massive arms folded to his chest, he rumbled out. "Git. Caused me 'nuff grief."

With a scowl, she turned and stalked off to her homesite.

"Women." He huffed, turning around himself to fetch Donner from the stream. "Quit loungin' we gotta go."

Donner, looked up from his spot on the small stream, munching on his yummy green shoots. Seeing the woman spinning around, picking up a branch and prowling back as Jayne lumbered forward, he nickered.

"Don't protest ya giant rawhide." Jayne untied the reins with growl. "I'm sore