BLUE SUN ROOM FAN FICTION - GENERAL

ANKHAGOGO

Parental Worries
Sunday, December 10, 2006

Kaylee goes back home,and tells her parents about her new job. Companion piece to "First Step's the Hardest".


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“None of them men been gettin’ too friendly, have they?”

“No, Daddy,” I answered, tryin’ not to giggle at the thought. Wash was pretty clear gone on Zoë, the Cap’n treated me like I was his little sis, and he would have murdered Jayne if he tried anything. Course, that didn’t stop Jayne from tryin’ to try.

“You keepin’ warm enough?” Mama asked. “You gettin’ enough to eat?”

“Yep, plenty warm,” I told her, puttin’ my arm round her shoulders. She felt smaller somehow, and I told myself to ask Daddy later ‘bout her health. “We don’t have nothin’ fancy to eat, but I ain’t goin’ hungry.” I sure wasn’t gonna tell them ‘bout the real meat we got last week after relievin’ some backwater politician of the money he stole from the townfolk.

Mama patted my hand and kissed my cheek. “Well, you look real good,” she allowed, but I could see that she was a little bit sad. “We’re real pleased every time we get a letter or a wav from you.”

I reminded myself to send letters more often. It didn’t take nothin’ to make Mama smile – she just wanted to know I was alive and doin’ well. And I didn’t really have nothin’ to buy with the money I got, anyways. Not that it was much, but I knew it helped them out.

Daddy leaned forward, lookin’ real serious. “Now you tell me true, little Kaylee. You happy, roamin’ around out there in the black? Cause that’s all we want –you to be happy.”

I thought of our meals round the kitchen table, like we was a family; my hammock in the engine room, where I could just lay there and listen to Serenity’s engines hummin’ away. I remember the time Jayne had brought me them lights to put up on my door; how Zoë always made sure that there was enough hot water left for me to wash my hair, even though she never said nothin’ ; how Wash could always make me laugh, and how the Cap’n looked after me – and all of us, cept maybe Jayne – like we was his blood-kin.

“Yep, “ I nodded, smilin’ big and wide. “Yep, Daddy. I’m real happy.”

COMMENTS

Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:41 PM

BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER


You're not gonna kill of Mrs. Frye, are you? Cuz that would be cruel to take away Kaylee's joy by having her mom die:(

Still..great work:D

BEB

Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:23 PM

AMDOBELL


Lovely. And I like how you show Kaylee's parents, their own real concern being the happiness of their daughter. I always imagine Kaylee with a big sprawling family - brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles as well as her mom and dad but this reads as if she only had a mum and dad. Must be a two edged sword for her folks to know that she is happy being away from home like that. Ali D
You can't take the sky from me

Monday, December 11, 2006 4:24 PM

ANKHAGOGO


*You're not gonna kill of Mrs. Frye, are you?*

Ha, makes it sound like you've read my evil AU in other fandoms! But no, I hadn't planned on it. It's just that different perspective you get of your parents when you go away then come back.
Thanks!

Monday, December 11, 2006 4:26 PM

ANKHAGOGO


*this reads as if she only had a mum and dad*
I don't know if she's an only child, or simply the youngest, and the last to leave home.

And yep, it's all about letting your kids grow up. Her parents do make her sad for them, though.

Thanks!


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