While Mal was gone, Simon just looked at Kaylee’s resting body, replaying both River’s and Inara’s words. He had to be there for her. He couldn’t stumble over his own words or he’d mess up and might not be able to help Kaylee at all. That option was not something Simon was willing to accept. He WOULD help the girl and he would be there for her, maybe even tell her how he truly felt, if he could build up the courage after what had happened to her. Hearing a low moan from the girl, Simon squeezed her hand and brushed a strand of hair from her forehead. For whatever reason, the young doctor began to sing a song from the old Earth by a group known as The Beatles.

“Blackbird singing in the dead of night/take these broken wings and learn to fly/all your life/you were only waiting for this moment to arise /Blackbird singing in the dead of night/take these sunken eyes and learn to see/all your life/you were only waiting for this moment to be free/blackbird fly/blackbird fly/in the light of the dark black sky/” Kaylee’s unconscious grip upon Simon’s hand seemed to loosen as he sang, her body relaxing. River looked at her brother, eyes widened. She hadn’t heard him sing since before she’d been sent to the Academy. Maybe he wouldn’t mess up this time, maybe.

“How is she, Captain?” Mal looked to Zoe and sighed quietly.

“The doc says she’ll pull through. Now, our job; it’s a legal one, so we there’s less of a chance the Alliance will follow us. We need to get three crates from here to Osiris. Medicine transpo.”

“Isn’t that…?”

“Yes. We can actually use this to our advantage, so long he and River stay on board…so Wash if you’ll…” Once again, a comment was cut off, this time by a crash in the hull. “What is going on in here?!” Mal glowered as he stalked towards the Hull, to see Bester standing there, looking out of place, which he was. “Bester what is the meaning of this?”

“I was wonderin’ if you needed a mechanic.”

“No. We have…” Zoe put a hand on Mal’s shoulder.

“It might be good to have one at least to Osiris, tha