Title: Unexpected: Realization

Author: Tizzylish

Pairings: Major Mal/Inara, some Simon/Kaylee and Wash/Zoe

Spoilers: Takes place after the series but before the move in a ‘verse where Inara didn’t leave…

Summery: It seems Mal and Inara gave into there passions for one night and then pretended it never happened. Well it looks like fate is making sure they acknowledge it.

Notes: First Firefly fanfic, is unbetaed and will probably be reposted in a better final draft later…is the first part of a series….

“Simon this is impossible.” Inara spoke her voice shaking, losing some of her companion training to always keep her cool. “I can’t be…I mean I take precautions.” The last bit she said to herself more than the doctor standing in front of where she sat on the exam table.

“Inara, I’m sure you’re quite shocked by this but you are one-hundred percent pregnant. Eight weeks along it looks like.” Simon studied her face, he wasn’t a obstetrician but ever since the episode with Petaline he had memorized everything he could regarding pregnancy, labor and delivery. It helped having a photographic memory sometimes. He hoped the time would help Inara figure out who the father was it must be hard for her, not knowing.

Eight weeks, she was eight weeks pregnant. If it was eight weeks then there was only one person whose baby it could be. It had been one night, both had been out of there wits and had finally succumbed to there true desires but afterwards for reasons unknown to her they had pretended it hadn’t occurred. But she guessed fate had a funny way of making sure they would both have to remember it for the rest of there lives.

“Inara?” Simon prodded. “As your physician I am telling you that I’m not going to tell the crew. At least not until you decide what you’re going to do. If you need some more time to think things over I can bring some information in a few hours?” He was scared her characteristic calm seemed to be gone as he watched a tirade of thoughts play across her face. She seemed very deep in though