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Volcano's Edge - Part II

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Maya. Post-BDM. More fluff with Kaylee's family on Phoros, but something is beginning. Read carefully as there may be a test at the end. NEW CHAPTER

CATEGORY: FICTION    TIMES READ: 3779    RATING: 9.0 (G)    SERIES: FIREFLY

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The next morning Eddie Frye went in search of his daughter to tell her breakfast was ready. He wasn’t surprised when he found her in her old shed, moving stuff about.

“You okay, Winnie?” he asked from the doorway, making Kaylee smile at the use of his old name for her.

“I'm shiny, Pa. Real shiny.”

“Then why ain't you with that husband of yours and my two granddaughters?” Like Simon, Eddie didn’t even think about Hope not being blood.

“Just felt like visiting. Remembering when I was young.” She patted her workbench, looking around at the disembowelled Cortex screens, the bits and pieces she’d collected when she wore pigtails, the sign on the door announcing it was ‘Kaylee’s Workshop’ , painted all around with little flowers. Maybe she hadn’t changed that much.

“Well, your Ma sent me to find you. She’s anxious we eat soon, so we can get everything ready for the rest of the family coming over later today.“

“The rest? How many’re coming?” She could still remember Simon’s trepidation at being faced with her relatives en masse at the wedding.

“Not many. A dozen or so. Maybe twenty, twenty-five.”

“Sounds good.”

“She wants to show off. You’d think that young River’s baby was her grandchild, the way she been cooing and getting all misty over him.”

“Well, guess maybe, in a way, he is.”

“How’d you figure that?”

“Well, I’m your daughter -”

“So your Ma keeps telling me.”

She thumped him. “And I’m married to Simon, and River’s his sister so she’s my sister-in-law … so don’t that kinda make her your daughter-in-law?”

Eddie laughed. “Not sure a court’d look on it like that.”

“Not talking about a court, talking about us. And Bethie and Hope’re Caleb’s cousins, no matter what, so I figure I’m right.”

“So your mother is a Grandma-in-law?”

“Something like that.”

“Oh, Winnie. You always did look on the bright side of everything.”

“Got to. Only natural. And I think you ought to put Caleb’s name in the Bible.”

“You think?”

“Sure. And I know River

Comments
Saturday, 28 June 2008 12:32
Oh no. Hank just can't seem to stay out of trouble! I guess that makes him a bona fide part of Serenity's crew! :D
Saturday, 28 June 2008 12:45
Ruining the fluffy fluff aren't you? Well, I guess Hank has to get kidnapped to find out who the vilan is. Here we go with the angst!
Saturday, 28 June 2008 14:11
Poor Hank. Loved the way Simon deadpanned Mal about the antiviral. This is getting way too fluffy - which means you've got the angst factory working overtime, don't you?
Saturday, 28 June 2008 15:42
Why in heaven's name does it keep happening to Hank? But I still loved it.
Saturday, 28 June 2008 18:04
I like the way everyone is with Kaylee's family. It's sweet, but yes, we need action soon.

Off on vaca, but can't wait to read more when I get back. :)
Saturday, 28 June 2008 22:37
Gorramit, couldn't those roaches have waited until Kaylee's other relatives arrived before trying to nab anyone? That way there'd be a ton of fiery Fryes and a whole passel of Serenity's crew on the warpath and hunting them down. Poor Hank, doesn't look like he is ever going to get a break and I am mighty worried about who might be behind it. Ali D
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Monday, 30 June 2008 02:01
'stealability'?!? It *should* be a word.
Nice angst, and way to get the Fryes involved!

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