AN: Yes, here's yet another long chapter, I don't know how you keep making me do them this long, but they just won't end so quickly longer... lol. You wanted to know how the meeting with Kaylee's family went, well here it is. Enjoy. And as always... COMMENT! ;)

*** Home sweet home ***

It had been a pretty good week for Jack Frye. His shop had two ships in for repairing, pretty thorough work needed to be done, which would bring some extra coins on the table. Someway, no matter how scarsely work had come, he had always made ends meet. But it felt good to have some extra, now that his youngest was coming home for a few days. The wave had arrived a week earlier where the captain had notified him they were swinging by. They had not arrived yet, but Jack never worried, probably been caught up with yet another mission. Instead of checking the cortex every minute to see if another wave had come, like his wife did, he placed himself under the engine, hoping to have the job done by the time they arrived.

- Daddy, a familliar voice said from the doorway and Jack hurriedly hoisted himself up from underneath it.

There she stood, his baby girl, all grown up. It was a rarity of her to be on this part of the 'verse, last time had been the first christmas after she had shipped off. The captain had planned it to just be Kaylee dropping off for a couple of days, then he had found Serenity to be landbased. Kaylee had never openly admitted doing it, but they all knew she had been responsible. The crew had ended up spending christmas with her folks and had a wonderfull time. That was close to a year and a half ago. And now she was finally back, lighting up the shop with that radiant smile of hers. She threw her arms around him, he lifted her up and spun her around.

- Baby girl, he whispered into her ear. - Good to have you back.

- Good to be back, she replied, hugging him tighter.

He finally let her back down and stepped back to take her into perspective.

- I ain't convinced Mal's feeding you properly on that b