Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you.

Kaylee read the note that was tucked into one of her overall pockets. It was so sweet and cute but what got her was that no one had signed it. She sighed; it was going to be one of those Valentine’s days.

Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you.

Wash took one look at the note that he found in the console hidden in between the Tyrannosaurus and Stegosaurus and knew that Zoe had written it. “My autumn flower” her thought, what would I do without you. Wash smiled, slipped the note into his pants pocket and walked down to the cargo bay whistling… wonder what he could do in return for her.

Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you.

Inara shook her head and laughed softly. Boyish charms always managed to make her smile. The note was tucked under her hairbrush in her shuttle. Who had come to visit her recently that could’ve left it? Kaylee…the hairbrush did make Inara believe that her closest friend on the ship may have done this. Mal… no, it couldn’t be, he came in saying that if she was leaving the ship then she better hurry up. Simon... hmmm, maybe, strange he was always very closed off to other females aside from River.

Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you.

Mal found the note on his desk next to his Ship Log. He shook his head, crumpled up the note and threw it in the bin. He picked up his pen to write a note in the logbook, put the pen down and fished out the note from his bin. Mal knew most of the crew’s handwriting. Wasn’t Wash… though the Captain had heard him quote one to Zoe before, wasn’t Simon... Mal harrumphed to himself. Jayne… not even going there, Kaylee… well he knew it wasn’t her coz she already harassed him about sending her some note and he told her it wasn’t him. Definitely not Inara…he had to admit to himself that their time, what it was, had passed and could no longer be. River…

River smiled to herself. Her plan had succeeded. Childish prank as it was but she knew who was meant for whom. Wash and Zoe had retired to their room; Kaylee had coerced Jayne into the kitchen with food. She had seen Inara wander into the Infirmary and with Simon occupied, River decided to the plan wouldn’t be a plan if all its assignments weren’t completed.

”Roses are red, Violets are blue”, River said the poem quietly as she walked to the room, down the stairs, and stood looking at the Captain. The note in his hand ”Sugar is sweet, and so are you”, he finished for her.

She reached out her hand. He smiled and took it.