A Jayne Fic Part 1: Boy Meets Girls

The dive bar on Alexis was just the sorta place where Jayne felt most at home. His pockets lined with credits from their latest job, everyone sitting at booth, munching on steaks Mal had ordered out of his cut, everyone was feelin' awful good-spirited, even he and Simon hadn't had an argument for around 3 hours.

Mal nudged Jayne quietly "That girl behind the bar's been watchin you since we strolled in." Kaylee heard Mal and laughed loudly, "Which girl's eyein Jayne? Cap'n." That stated the rest of the table, even Zoe who hadn't had much to smile about lately, all began enquiring after the girl who had been dubbed "Jayne's sweety" by Kaylee. Jayne started blushing awful fierce, "I'm gonna go get the next round." He said pushin' past Zoe and Inara to get out.

"Another round for the booth in the corner." He said still blushing. The young redhead that Mal was insistin had a thing for him took his order with a beaming smile. "Where ya from?" She asked as she poured his order. "Ah I just flew in this mornin' on a delivery job." Jayne returned her smile wonderin if there was any truth in what Mal said. "I saw you and your friends walk in, ya'll gonna be round long?" She started loading drinks onto a wooden tray, he handed her a pile of platinum, she shook her head. "It's my last night, I'll shout if you let me have a drink with you." Jayne stared her, not sure how the others would react. "I'll just deliver these drinks to your friends and you find us a table." He stood there, dumbstruck, as she brazenly winked at him. "On the house folks." The redhead announced to the table, and as Mal ordered the crew to raise a glass in her honor she slid into the smaller booth Jayne picked out.

Well Jayne and the redhead, whose name was Abigail, sat there until she glanced at the clock on the wall. "Oh shoot Jayne, I have to go, I really hope I can see you in the morning before you leave, can I?" She stood there looking genuinely hopeful, at first Jayne had a suspic