Baby Boomerang

[Simon Tam]

Simon entered the dining room, his hands in his pockets and murder in his eyes. He zeroed right in on Jayne and stalked over to him. With as much force as he could muster, he grabbed the man by his t-shirt and got up in his face.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, touching my sister?!" he yelled. "She's emotionally unbalanced and almost half your age! How dare you!"

[Malcolm Reynolds]

*Malcolm had been zoning out. So when he heard the footsteps thundering in, he snapped, a shiver running down his back. He glanced in the direction of Simon, watching him move, blinking slightly.

What's his Gorram problem? He thought to himself. Then the Doctor was right in the face of his Mercanary, which he didn't think was wise, consdiering how quick to anger Jayne could get.

Malcolm sat up immediatly, pushing his chair back. He stood and took a step towards Simon* What you on about, 'Doc?

[Jayne Cobb]

Jayne was shocked beyond belief when Simon grabbed him. But at the words screaming out of his mouth, he felt his stomach plummet.

And seeing Mal come over to them, he felt the sweat begin to run down his back. 'Ai-yah, tyen-ah,' he thought. 'I'm dead.'

"Uh...he ain't on about nothin', Mal."

[Mikey Cobb]

Mikey watched as the smaller man took on her father. She was going to go over and stop them, but at the words coming out of the smaller man's mouth, she stopped. 'I knew there was somethin' goin' on with them,' she thought.

She felt herself get a bit mad at him when he said that nothing was going on, because obviously there was.

[Simon Tam]

Simon ground his teeth at Jayne's lie. "The hell nothing is going on, Jayne!" he exclaimed. "Why don't you stop lying for once?" He turned his head to Mal and said, "This BUN tyen-shung duh ee-DWAY-RO touched River. What exactly he did, I don't know, because I didn't want to hear it from her, I wanted to hear it from him!"

"And I especially think since your daughter is in this room, you had better tell the truth. I don't think you want her to know her father is a liar, in addition to being a family abandoner!"

[Kaylee Frye]

Simon! *Kaylee exclaimed at even the thought. She shook her head* How could you even think that? Jayne would never! River's just a little girl!

*Atleast thats how Kaylee viewed her. A little girl with the ability to kill anyone if she so desired. She was no staring at the three, Simon holding onto Jayne, Mal to the side*

[Malcolm Reynolds]

River ain't no little girl, Kaylee *Malcolm said in a low voice. He took another step towards Simon and Jayne.*

Doc'...let go of Jayne. Calm down...I'm sure it is a misunderstanding. *Well, he wasn't too sure. Now that Simon was bringing it up, he did remember walking in on a few situations that he had found odd...simply shook off. But thinking back on it...

...he didn't want to think on it*

[Jayne Cobb]

Now it was Jayne's turn to be angry at Simon. He grabbed the doctor by his collar and shoved him back. "I AIN'T[/b] a family abandoner! It was my choice t'be a merc! I thought they was dead!"

He looked at Mal and Mikey's faces and sighed. "But what he's sayin' is true. Me an' River....we kissed an'....we're t'gether now."

[Malcolm Reynolds]

*He kept silent as Jayne snapped at Simon. He wasn't going to step in during that, he valued his life. And it was out of line of Simon anyways. He gave a glare towards Simon, and was looking in his direction when Jayne's words hit him.

He turned his head back towards Jayne, blinking a few times* A 'Wha?

[Simon Tam]

Simon slammed his hand on the table. "What in the 'verse are you playing at, Jayne? You're just using my sister for your own amusement, aren't you?!"

[Jayne Cobb]

"No I ain't, Doc. I ain't usin' her for anythin'. I like her a lot. Took me a while t'realise it but I'm tellin' the truth."

"I di'n' say nothin' yet 'cause I di'n' wanna git you or Mal out fer my blood. Kinda like ya are now."

[Malcolm Reynolds]

*Mal placed his forehead against his fingertips, shutting his eyes. He had a slight feeling this could just esculate to getting worse and worse. He sighed* Simon... *He glanced up finally*

What River does is her business. She ain't no child no more. And Jayne isn't lying. *He usually could tell when the man was trying to pull one over on him* So why don't you just...go calm down or something...

[Simon Tam]

"What? Mal, you can't be behind him on this!"

Deep, way deep down, he knew Mal was right. The part of him that still saw River as a little girl. He couldn't let go though.

"She's...she's my sister."

[Jayne Cobb]

Jayne looked at Simon. "I know y'ain't exactly fond o'me, but know that I'm not lyin' when I say I care 'bout yer sister."

He resisted the urge to clap Simon on the shoulder, as he knew the younger man could lash out at him.

[Malcolm Reynolds]

And Kaylee's like mine. *His tone was more sincere then anything. He gave him a small smile* But you don't see me gettin' in you two's way, do ya'?

*He glanced towards Jayne. His mind was all worlds of confused, but he knew Jayne wouldn't do anything to really hurt River. And 'sides...the chances of her hurting him if he tried to were far more likely. He glanced back to Simon and continued to smile*