Out to the black Chapter 18

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This is my first Fan Fiction ever. Constructive reviews are shiny.

This fic takes place two years after Serenity (BDM) and has the established couples of Simon/Kaylee, Mal/Inara, Zoë/OC and a budding Jayne/River romance.

A/N Get the hankies out folks… Get’s kinda bumpy.

Out to the black

Chapter Eighteen – Re-entry

Zoë entered Free Birds small bridge. Looking for Allan, she spotted the bottom of his sneakers protruding from an open access panel between the two pilot seats. After several minutes of waiting, Zoë lightly kicked one of Allan’s feet. Startled, the engineer jumped.

“Ow! Son of a…”

“You avoiding me?” Zoë asked.

“Zoë?” came the muffled reply.

“Yep, now get up here I ain’t talking to your feet.”

“Just a sec.”

Slowly Allan wiggled himself out of the opening. Once he had extracted himself, he sat on the floor, leaning against the pilots seat. Flashing Zoë a boyish Grin.

“Hey beautiful,” He said, still grinning.

“Don’t you hey beautiful me… I asked you a question.”

Allan’s face fell. Looking into Zoë’s eyes he could tell she wasn’t very happy with him, “Could you please repeat the question?” he said quietly.

Zoë stared hard at him, “I said, are you avoiding me?”

Relief showed on Allan’s face, “Sorry Zoë, I haven’t been avoiding you. Well at least not on purpose.”

“Not on purpose?”

Allan sighed, “I’m a bit of a workaholic. If I get involved in a project, particularly if I’m working mostly by myself, I kind of forget to stop working. Usually I end up skipping meals and talking to people.”

Zoë still looked at him skeptically, “And?”

Standing up, Allan stepped close to Zoë, “And… I’m an idiot. I’ve been avoiding the most beautiful woman on the ship.”

“Leave Inara out of this.”

“Huh?”

Zoë tried to hold the angry expression on her face. Conceding defeat, she smiled.

“You really think I’m the most