And so the second part brings the second day.

A/N: For those who wanted to know why Simon wasn't chosen, please be patient and let the story unfold at its own leisure. I believe the edict is: show, don't tell.

Disclaimer: The ones you've seen, they're Joss'. The ones you haven't, they're mine.

Rated: This one is PG, it's a little more frisky.

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CHAPTER TWO.

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She led him back to the table and collapsed into the seat with breathless laughter. Jayne figured, with all these people, he was gonna have to resort to the tried and true method of talking to people without actually saying their names.

He gave one last look back at the other tables.

"Don't you know any girls from when you were young?"

She laughed.

"Not your kinda girls." Was that a wink, did she just wink at him? "What's the matter, you feelin' jealous?"

He took the opportunity to run his finger over the top her hand as it rested on the table, her smile faltered only a second and he watched the way her eyes flickered down to it and back up to grin across the table.

"It's like I never left! Mick, you didn't tell me Billy Wu got married to little Jai-Anne!"

"That's old news." He shrugged it off. "'Sides, what do you care now?"

Jayne let his hand linger just a second longer over hers before letting go and reaching into the middle of the table to begin heaping food onto a plate. He felt eyes on him from all directions.

"Here." He set the full plate down in front of Kaylee. "You ain't stopped for more'n five minutes all day, so sit down and quit yer yammerin' until you eat somethin'."

"Thank you." Her eyes lit up as he swiped her empty plate away and looked over the offerings on the table. He pretended not to notice the feel of her head leaning against his shoulder for