"River? River! mei-mei, what are you doing?" , Wash yelled as he stepped onto the bridge. River was in the pilot chair making Serenity do tricks in space."River I was only gone a minute." Wash was trying to stay calm, but it was hard considering Mal would be furious that she was even on the bridge."Minutes are millenniums" River retorted without looking away from the black. "Ya, well, your millenniums up kido, ...." Wash said as he nudged her slightly from the seat. River was persistent he could give her that, she resisted, and made Serenity do a figure 8 in space. Just then Zoe waddled onto the bridge, shooting wash a glance that simply said "Why is she flying?". Wash simply smiled and said with mock disappointment , "Should a 9 month pregnant lady really be stressing?" Zoe replied by smirking and rolling her eyes at her husband. River looked knowingly at the couple, Zoe was due any day now, and no one could wait for the newest edition to serenity. Even Mal and Jayne were all smiles lately. Simon however happy he was, had mixed feelings of having, and delivering a baby on serenity. Zoe however hormonal she was, was doing well as far as health went. Wash and Zoe wanted to be surprised, so the only ones who knew the baby gender, were Simon and River.

Zoe hated that no one would let her do anything... it was like she had the pelage. As excited as she was, she really wanted this Gao yang jong duh goo yang the hell out of her! She knew she was close enough to labor, so she decided to take a stroll around the cargo bay. When she had waddled successfully down all the stairs, she saw Inara pacing. Zoe hadn't meant to sneak up her, it just happened, as Inara turned she let out a small shriek. Zoe held out he hands in a surrender, "Sorry ''Nara didn't mean to scare ya like that."

"Oh its alright Zoe, I don't know how I didn't hear you coming down those stairs!" Inara immediately regretted saying it like that and covered her mouth with her hands.

Zoe simply chuckled and said "Ya well your right there, I feel