Chapter 9

Jayne stood with the Captain and the Shepard looking a little nervous and a lot scared “Not sure what your plan is Captain but I wish you would get on with it, you’re cutting it a little close here.” “Not sure I have a plan Jayne, looks to me like your getting married.” Mal laughed at Jayne's discomfort “Better off now then if I had let you trade for Saffron.” “Here they come.” Book said as he straitened his collar. Maggie looked at Jayne as she and Inara came down the ramp and over to where they stood under the willow tree. Jayne only stared, mouth open as she walked up to him and took his hand “You look real pretty.” he told her, pretty hell she looked down right beautiful. Right now he would of said yes to anything. Captain was right about Saffron, Maggie was a much better deal. Hell he’d trade all his guns for her right now. The way she looked at him, with trust and respect in her eyes. Don’t know how long I can keep her, till I do something stupid and she realizes what an ass I am. Book started with a short prayer, gazing around at all the faces. Some friendly, some not so much. Marco waited for Jayne to stop the ceremony. God she looked good, almost wished he had been able to wed her himself. Lieutenant Matthews watched, making sure that this man married Maggie. To many young girls get sweet talked into the honeymoon first, then get no wedding. Kaylee watched thru tears, can’t believe Jayne is getting married before me. I know it’s not supposed to be for real, but judging by the looks on both their faces it just might be. Wish Simon could see this, maybe he wouldn’t be so standoffish. “Jayne, do you…” The Shepard started. “Ask Maggie first.” Jayne interrupted the Shepard. “Ah, Mary Margaret, do you take Jayne to….” Nether one really heard what Book had said, they were both dazed. “Jayne!” The preacher nudged him “You may…. Kiss… the.. bride.” As he said it he thought back to what Jayne had said about not kissing on the mouth. Looking at the rest of the crew he realized they remembered too. An eternity went by while Maggie and Jayne just looked at each other and the crew fidgeted waiting on Jayne. Slowly Maggie brought her hand up and caressed Jayne's cheek and brought his face down to hers. The crew all held their breath, letting it out slowly when Jayne didn’t fight it and wrapped his arms around Maggie’s waist and brought her in real close. What started as a tentative kiss ended with the preacher having to separate the two and announced “I give you Mr. and Mrs. Jayne Cobb.” The Captain stood up and said “Congratulations you two.” To the still dazed couple and “ ’bout time for you and your men to leave, we have a wedding party to go to.” to the unwelcome guest. “Well, I never thought he’d go thru with it, but congratulations and when are you leaving?” Marco asked as he walked towards the wagon. “We still have two days to load everything up and then we will be gone.” Mal answered as he and Zoë followed. “I hope this is the last time we see you, might not stop Jayne from killing you next time.” Mal looked back to where Jayne and Maggie stood with his arm still around her as they talked to Kaylee, Wash and the preacher. Marco and his men left, the Lieutenant and his men stayed behind “You won’t see him again Sir, if I have to toss him in jail myself. Mighty fine looking couple, give them my best.” “I will surely do that Lieutenant and I thank you for your help in keeping Marco away from here.” Mal looked at the Lieutenant “I’m not sure what Jayne would do if his honeymoon was interrupted.” As he laughed he looked back towards the couple and realized that everyone had gone “Well, I’m off to find the wedding party. Thanks again for your help.” The Captain and Zoë watched while the small group of men rode away before they turned and headed towards the fire pit where dinner was to be. Kaylee had gone to the ship to let Simon and River know it was safe to come out for dinner. Wash and Book left Jayne and Maggie and headed towards the food thinking that the happy couple would follow. Jayne had his own plans. If he had to be married fine, but he planned on enjoying it. Kissing Maggie had started all sorts of thoughts in him. He took her hand and steered her away from the ship and the fire and towards the house. Maggie had a pretty good idea where he was headed and veered him to the back door that was hidden from the view of the people around the fire. They headed up the back staircase to the same bedroom where all this had started last night. Jayne shut and locked the door, feeling better about his plan when he realized that Maggie had led them here thru the back staircase so no one would see them. He walked to where she stood by the bed and wrapped his arms around her again. He pulled her into an embrace that felt so soft and safe, he slowly moved his mouth down to hers as his hand caressed her back. “Why you trembling? I ain’t gonna hurt you.” Slowly he kissed a trail down her neck and onto her shoulders. Maggie could feel everything at once, the hands that roamed on her back, going ever so slowly. The heat of his mouth as he kissed up and down her neck and thru her clothes and his, she felt the heat and hardness of him as he held her close. With her eyes closed and almost unable to make coherent thought. “I’m not worried about you hurting me.” she whispered “I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed with me.” Jayne stopped and moved her away from him, with a puzzled look on his face he asked “How could I be disappointed with you?” Running his fingers down her cheek, he brushed a small tear away. “Kaylee told me about all your women and how that and guns was all you cared about. I know I was married twice, but my first husband was sixty years older then me and all he wanted was a cook and house keeper.” Maggie leaned into Jayne chest, hiding her face in shame “My second husband made me sleep in the room down the hall and when he was ready he would come in and force himself on me. He wanted me to get pregnant so everyone would think things were normal. No one ever touched me the way you do.” She turned her face up and looked at Jayne “No one has ever cared if they hurt me.” Jayne could not believe how she made him feel. Given his lifestyle he never thought anyone so sweet would every care about disappointing him. He knew now that he had to be very careful to never hurt her, not just because Mal would kill him, but because he would kill himself. He whispered in her ear “The only way you could disappoint me is if you asked me to stop.” Slowly he moved his mouth to hers and kissed her so softly she wasn't sure until they broke for air. Moving his hands up he slipped the straps of the dress down her arms and unzipped the back “Have to be careful with this so you can borrow it from Inara again.” soon the dress was laid out on a chair and Maggie stood, trembling, in her slip. Jayne came back to her and held her face in his hands. He kissed every thing but her mouth, he bent down and scooped her up into his arms. He walked slowly to the bed and laid her down. “I’ll be right back.” Jayne then stepped into the bathroom and stripped. He then took time to relieve the pressure building up in him. He grabbed a towel and wet it, then he stepped back into the bedroom holding the towel in front of him. He knew he was built larger then most, figured it might scare her a bit. Maggie hadn’t moved an inch, he laid next to her and pulled her onto her side next to him. He ran his hand slowly up and down her back, closer and closer to the hem of her slip each time. He kissed her face every where he could, he finally ran his hand up her side under her slip. Taking her breast in his hand he caressed the nipple with his thumb. He realized that she was now leaning into him and running her hand all up and down his back, he moved her slip up over her head. He then took each breast in turn into his mouth and slowly rolled his tongue around the nipple. He smiled to himself when she moaned. Maggie just looked at him, she had no idea what she was supposed to do, she knew what she wanted to do and that was to lay here forever and be touch by him. Nothing had ever felt so good, he was all muscle and scars. She wanted to taste his skin, but was not sure how to go about it, slowly she just leaned into him and kissed his shoulder. She licked it a little as she pulled away. Giving that he moaned and pulled her closer she figured it was an OK thing to do. So she did it again, with the same result and again, working her way down to his nipple. Not knowing if it would feel the same to him as it had to her, she took his nipple into her mouth and ran her tongue around it. Jayne jumped “Good Gorram women, I’m trying to take things slow here and you ain’t helping.” Maggie looked up at him and whispered “Don’t want to take it slow Jayne.” He about came just from the words alone, he was so ready. He figured he could either head back to the bathroom or just go for it and be as gentle as he could. Maggie made his mind up for him when she took the other nipple into her mouth. He growled and rolled her onto her back. Using his knees to spread her legs apart enough so he could get between them, he brought his mouth down to her belly and kissed a hot trail from one side to the other until she arched up on her own. He took advantage of that and slipped her underwear off. He started to kiss just above her mound and as slow as he could worked his way down. Maggie may not of known what to do, but her body did. She arched up to him and he grabbed her hips to hold her down as he moved down to slip his tongue into her. Maggie moaned and grabbed Jayne’s head and tried to pull him back up. He realized just how ready her body was, he let himself be dragged into a kiss. He positioned himself at her opening and slowly edged in, he stopped every inch to make sure she was OK. It was killing him, he wanted to plunge into her and revel in her heat. He was amazed that she could take all of him, not many could. They fit so well together that Jayne had to steady himself to not come with the first thrust. Taking a few seconds to calm himself down, he spent his time learning every inch of her face. Finally he felt ready to move, ever so slowly he pulled out, almost all the way. Maggie whimpered at the thought that he was done with her, when he plunged back in she arched almost all the way off the bed. He stroked a few more times and they were both going over the edge, Maggie would of screamed out loud, but Jayne had her mouth covered with his. “Damn she taste good.” was his last coherent thought. They laid next to each other in complete bliss until they heard footsteps at the door. “Maggie? You in there?” Inara whispered “Mal’s looking for you two.” Jayne jumped up and put his pants on before going to the door, Maggie barely had time to put her slip back on before Inara came in. “Jayne, you best get out of here. I told Mal that I thought you had gone back to your bunk for some brandy.” With one last look at Maggie he replied “Thanks ‘Nara.” and scooted out the door. “We need to get you changed and down to the fire. Let me help with your hair.” Inara grabbed a brush and picked the hairpins off the bed “Mal has a thing about shipboard romance, better not let him know about this right now.” “But we’re married!” Maggie cried as she slipped an old dress over her head “It’s what married people do.” “Well, one look at the glow on your face and Mal’s going to know something is up.” Inara finished with Maggie's hair and pushed her towards the door.