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It had been a long time since they have been off the ship and able to shop around. Kaylee and Simon were holding hands as they walked. It was nice that they finally had a relationship. Simon always had liked Kaylee, the way she was always so happy and saw the brighter side of things. After the whole Miranda affair he realized how much he wanted her and how he regretted never telling her or showing her, for that matter, how he truly felt about her sooner.

As they walked he made sure that River was still in view and smiled as he saw her look in awe at a man breathing out fire through his mouth.

"Oh, look at that," said Kaylee pointing to a bag of strawberries, her mouth watering for just one.

Simon thought really quickly how much he had from the job they last pulled. He wished he could have bought her some, but he knew that they wanted quite a bit of money. Then he saw something right next to the stand that caught his eye.

"Can you keep an eye on River?" Simon asked already letting go of her hand and heading out to the other stand.

After he had made his purchase he headed back to where the girls were, River now concentrating on something else. Simon approached Kaylee with a questioning look as to what his mei-mei was up to now.

"Counting the pebbles as she walks," said Kaylee with a big smile, "she's up to 178." Simon smiled back at Kaylee handing her what he had just bought.

“I got this for you.”

Kaylee squealed with delight and hugged him as she stared at the strawberry patch.

"Thank you! It's shiny!" said the very happy Kaylee, "I know exactly on which jumper I'm going to put it on." She smiled a big smile, until the worst scream imaginable was heard.

"REAVERS!"

Simon filled with fear, grabbed Kaylee closer to him and looked for River, but couldn't see her as the crowds of people were pushing against them. The next thing he knew, Kaylee was pushed away from him by the crowd.

"Kaylee!" he cried.

Trying to gain his control he