Zoe stood on the ramp watching as the mule sped away from Serenity.

"Not going into town Zoe?" Mal asked as he walked up behind the woman.

"I could ask the same of you, Sir," Zoe said turning to look at Mal.

"Well....I'm a mite twitchy as 'nara gets near her time," Mal actually admitted. Next to Inara and River learning not to read everyone, and his mei mei, Zoe was the only other woman who could get under his skin.

Zoe nodded and Mal just shook his head wondering how all these women could read him so easy.

In town the mule stopped in front of a store and everyone got off.

"What's the plan?" River asked as she locked up the mule. She had been driving. River knew even if she had promised her brother that she wasn't reading everyone.

"I need the closest there is to a doctor," Simon said watching the snowfall. He pulled his heavy coat tighter around him. He wanted to be prepared as much as possible for when Inara delivered.

"The doctor and his small dispensary is a couple of blocks east of us," River said to her brother.

"Okay," Simon said. He had viewed the town's layout before they left Serenity.

"River and I are going to see if we can get anymore baby things," Kaylee answered.

"You mean girly things," Jayne added. "What if the baby's a boy?"

"Think I got enough coin for both," Kaylee said.

"We'll pool," River added though she shared a look with her brother. No one else wanted to admit it but they both knew that this would be the only child Inara would have.

The two girls headed off leaving Jayne and Simon on the board sidewalk.

"Where to first?" Jayne asked. "Beer or the doc?"

Simon would have preferred to go to the doctor's first be he decided that a beer wouldn't hurt.

"We can go for a beer," Simon said then they started walking.

The saloon was only a few steps from where the mule was parked.