Day Fourteen - Dinner

[imeantosay]

Who: Simon, prodding Kaylee
When: Dinner time
Where: her room, eventually the Italian restaurant
Rating: PG
Invasion: *giggle* not so much

Status: Closed, Finished
Summary: Simon picks up Kaylee for dinner and Jaime is there helping her get ready, complete with plan to follow after them with Mal later.  The four go to dinner separately but at the same

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[and_snow_fell]

Jaime giggled madly at the knock before she moved to answer the door, pulling it open only a crack to peer out to ascertain that it was, in fact, Simon, and not Mal coming to check on them. Well, her.

"Just a minute," she said, hiding herself behind the door so that he wouldn't see she was dressed for dinner, too. No sense in making him more uncomfortable than Kaylee assured her he'd already be.

Kaylee rolled her eyes, smoothing down the dress as she studied herself in the mirror. The black dinner dress - with the pink sash and bow that Jaime had tried to argue her out of still firmly intact - wasn't really her style, she didn't think

[and_snow_fell]

Simon was a little surprised to see Jaime there, but he supposed he shouldn’t be; she and Kaylee had been spending a lot of time together. And with the captain having … well actually he didn’t want to think about what the captain did with Jaime, really. He still didn’t really think it was proper. Not that there was much the captain did that was proper.

“Jaime,” he said conversationally, “What a pleasant surprise; helping Kaylee get ready, I assume?”

Which meant that she’d likely dressed up. He caught a glimpse of her as she stepped into her shoes and swallowed a bit. The bow was … a bit much, but otherwise she actually looked quite nice, if a bit uncomfortable in it.

"Ahuh," Jaime agreed. "She'll be out in a sec," she promised, grinning wickedly as she closed the door. She ignored the way Kaylee rolled her eyes, and instead she gave the other girl a last once-over before nodding her approval.

"I still don't like the idea of you an' Mal bein' in the same place," she muttered crossly.

"I promise we'll stay out of sight and be

[and_snow_fell]

“You look lovely,” he assured her, smiling lightly, “And I’m sure Jaime did a fine job of helping you get ready.”

Though he did wonder what kind of things a girl who bedded men twice her age might be filling Kaylee’s head with. Not that Kaylee didn’t have her own ideas; he knew that much.

Offering her an arm, he began to lead them out of the dorms.

Kaylee flushed slightly at the compliment as she took his arm lightly. She started to walk along with him. "Really, a little more trouble than it was worth, lettin' her help me get ready. Jaime's got some ... well, some ideas as to what's appropriate and what ain't," Kaylee murmured.

Sure, they were similarly minded, and most of the time, Kaylee would agree, but ... with Simon, she wanted to try to be a little more respectful about what she wore and acted like.

[imeantosay]

"I'm sure she had good intentions," he insisted, smiling to her and generally trying to ignore the pink.

It was very Kaylee, he had to admit to that at least, and for that reason he didn't mind it so much as he might have on someone else.

"So have you been to this restaurant before?" he said conversationally as they headed out of the dorms.