While Jayne Cobb sat at the table in the dining area with his feet up and his eyes closed River Tam sat on the other side a few seats over drawing a picture. “You know you might be able to fall asleep if you didn’t think about so many things.” She suggested without picking her head up.

“Quit it. Don’t go reading my mind again. I have a way I do things.” He said angrily without even looking at her.

“You enjoy feeling this way? Making yourself miserable?” she asked finally putting her pencil down when Jayne opened his eyes.

“River, it ain’t none your business, now leave me alone.” Closing them again.

She got up from her seat and went for the corridor. “I was only making conversation.” Se said on her way out.

As she walked the halls to her room she bumped into Kaylee.

“Oh, River, have you-.”

“-Seen Jayne? Yeah, commons, watch out he’s in a bad mood.”

“River, you should know by now Jayne’s always in a bad mood!” She shouted to her as she continued to walk away.

When Kaylee entered the commons Jayne was sure enough where River had said he would be.

“Jayne, what’d you say to River?” Kaylee asked when she entered. He picked his head up and looked at her in shock.

“What’d I say? She’s the reader ain’t me! Crazy woman, both of you, going and thinkin’ it was me done the sayin’. You can’t tell me you wouldn’t be pissy if she went fingering through your brain while you’re tryin’ to nap.” He gestured flaying his fingers around his face.

“River’s just getting her life back together. Starting to understand the things she hears in others heads.” She smiled.

“Yeah, well she ain’t botherin’ me no less.”

“Well neither is the Captain, he wants to see you on the bridge, got a new job for us.”

“I know we haven’t had a job in a while so I got us a good one. Gonna include all of us on it. It’s Alliance, and it’ll set us away for a spell. There’s a cruise ship leaving a port on Ariel, its ten days and a couples cruise on top of that. For the better part I think we all know who’s bunkin’ with who. Zoe’s gonna stay w