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Title: Toy Boats
Author: alianora
Rating: PG
Summery: 4th in the Carnival series.
Follows Cotton Candy, Ring Toss, and Carousel.

You really shouldn't ride the merry go round eight times in a row.



The girl was leaning over him, big eyes full of concern.

"Are you dying?"

He grunted and shut his eyes.

"Would you like to hold Turtle?" A soft head was shoved under his hand.

"Just let me alone, girl. I don't feel good." He tried to sink deeper into the table he was laying on.

"She is sorry. She did not mean for you to get so dizzy." Her voice was awful little. "She should have let you take her somewhere else."

He opened his eyes and shot her a halfhearted glare. "She should have, and I never shoulda gone on that gorram thing in the first place."

She scooted a little closer and patted his head gentle-like. It almost felt nice. Like she was normal. "She did not know you would get sick." She patted his head again. "Thank you for not throwing up on Turtle."

"That thing cost me enough trouble. I ain't gonna destroy it, cause you would cry, and then I'd have to get you a new one." Her little fingers felt good combing through his hair like that.

"Has the world stopped moving?" Her hair fell down around his face, blocking off the world around them as she eyed him hopefully.

"Not yet."

They sat for a few minutes, her cool hand sitting on his forehead, and him trying not to lose his lunch. Turtle was tucked under his arm still, which probably looked all kinds of funny to people walking by. But he didnt think he should sit up just yet, even to move the stupid thing. So, for right now, the big bad mercenary was cuddling with a stuffed animal.

He weren't really caring, to tell the truth.

The girl sighed mournfully. She was taking this awful hard. She had hovered over him as they was getting off the gorram ride. She had even scared away a whole family from the picnic table they was at, so he could lay down.

"The man is at sea," she said softly. "Drifting and bobbing, like a little boat." She was leaning down closer, cause her hair was tickling his face.

"Do we gotta be talking about boats?" he grumbled, spitting hair out of his mouth.

"Boats and water and diving down, like turtle at sea." She was whispering right in his ear now, and the feel of her breath was giving him the shivers right down his back.

But the queasy feeling was being pushed back as she was talking, so he didn't stop her, even though her hair was sliding across his neck and she had her head right up against his shoulder.

Her voice got even softer, and he opened his eyes when she touched his cheek. She was looking right at him, and humming a little.

"He has taken care of her today. Played games, gave her Turtle, took her around the world many times on a plaster horse. Now, he needs to rest." She smiled at him from where she leaned on his shoulder. "She and Turtle will watch over him."

He studied her, trying to figure out if the weird feeling he had now was the seasickness from that gorram ride, or was just her.

He had done fine when he was watching her while they was on the merry go round. But then she started watching him back, and smiling like she was smiling now, all soft and gentle, like he was something special. It made him all manner of uncomfortable.

So, he had concentrated on the people passing by, instead. Should've remembered he don't do well on rides that go 'round and 'round.

"Should've kept his eyes on her," she agreed softly. "She can keep you safe, in your boat on the water. Instead, you tried to drown, and she had to pull you from the ocean."

"We ain't going on no water rides, so you just get that out of your head."

She patted his cheek comfortingly. "No more hurricanes either."

Jayne hauled himself to a sitting position, grabbing onto Turtle to keep it from falling in the dirt, and the girl to keep her from overbalancing.

She clutched his shoulder and searched his face anxiously. "The boats have stopped?"

"Yep, no more spinning."

The crazy girl beamed at him happily. "Time for another game."

"Oh yeah? What am I winning you this time?"

"She is going to win him a goldfish to keep him company."

END

Back: Carousel
Next: Tower of Terror

Date: 2005-11-17 03:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] literarylemming.livejournal.com
"Are you dying?"

He grunted and shut his eyes.

"Would you like to hold Turtle?" A soft head was shoved under his hand.


That? Was SO GORRAM CUTE, I can't stop smiling!

And awwwwwwwwwwwww! Jayne is slowly starting to notice that River's something special! *squealing with glee!* Now I wanna see her win this goldfish! :D

Date: 2005-11-17 07:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yhbt.livejournal.com
It's true! so. cute.

Date: 2005-12-04 06:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
thank you! *beams*

Date: 2005-12-04 06:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
hee, sorry, no goldfish! but hopefully ferris wheel tomorrow!

Date: 2005-11-17 03:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winkingannie.livejournal.com
Yay for more carnival! Poor motion sick Jayne. I loved Jayne cuddling with Turtle b/c he was too sick to move and I adored the image of River scaring away a family so that Jayne could lay down.
*pets the pretty fic*

Date: 2005-12-04 06:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
hee! i think everyone should have a Turtle to make them feel better.

thanks for reading!

Date: 2005-11-17 03:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] realdedanaan.livejournal.com
Another very funny installment. Hehehe. Love that she was going to win him a goldfish and that he didn't care that people would give him funny looks as he lay there with Turtle tucked under his arm.

Date: 2005-12-04 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
Turtle makes everything better. *nods firmly*

thanks for reading!

Date: 2005-11-17 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoob2222.livejournal.com
I think I've said this before, but I'll say it again...you write the cutest fic. And I like Jayne drowning and River being his life boat.

Date: 2005-12-04 06:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
aww, thank you! im so glad so many people love this series as much as i do!

Date: 2005-11-17 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] walkwithheroes.livejournal.com
That was just the cutest thing ever. :)

Date: 2005-12-04 06:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
*blush* thank you!

Date: 2005-11-17 03:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] purpleskyfly.livejournal.com
Shiny!!!

So cute, HE HUGGED THE TURTLE! *giggle*

Name the fish Ma jr. ;D

Date: 2005-12-04 06:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
everyone should hug Turtle!

thanks for reading!

Date: 2005-11-17 04:18 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Yay! I don't know what it is lately, but every fic I read that you write reminds me of a song - in this story, it was the boats that did it.

And I watch the river flow and I know I must let go
But it's oh so hard
For the waves are all around my small canoe
I had always hoped this boat could carry two...


(from Don McLean's song, 'Oh My, What a Shame')

Love your story. *lick*

Date: 2005-11-17 04:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mik109.livejournal.com
thank you for the funny

these fair stories are great

Date: 2005-12-04 06:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
aww, thanks! *beams* they are way much fun to write.

Date: 2005-11-17 06:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rinalin.livejournal.com
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

"Are you dying?"

I could just envision that all so clearly. She's such as sweet little innocent weapon of mass destruction and I love her. And Jayne, I always love your Jayne. *steals him out from under River*

Date: 2005-12-04 06:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
out from UNDER River? *looks at naked jayne, half sexed and kinda pissed* um..you might want to fix that!

and yay!

Date: 2005-11-17 07:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] geek6.livejournal.com
i just read all 4 of these.. they're great.. i had a real good chuckle..lol

keep up the good work!..

Date: 2005-12-04 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
*beams* thanks for reading!

Date: 2005-11-17 08:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] calijirl5150.livejournal.com
"She is going to win him a goldfish to keep him company."

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

I have loved every part of their date

LExcellent job.

Date: 2005-12-04 06:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
*giggles* date! date! they are so on a date!

thanks for reading!

Date: 2005-11-17 09:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bugchicklv.livejournal.com
*squishes Fic and carries it to ciddle in the bed with her*

Date: 2005-12-04 06:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
hee! *tucks you and fic into bed and reads you a story*

thanks for reading!

Date: 2005-11-17 11:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wolviesrogue.livejournal.com
The idea of River being all anxious over Jayne being ill is so sweet,this is the cutest set of fic i think i have ever read.

Date: 2005-12-04 05:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
hee! thanks! the cuteness is overwhelming, i admit it!

Date: 2005-11-17 06:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crazywriterchic.livejournal.com
Oh, that is so cute! I can't believe Jayne got motion sickness on the marry-go-round. That should be fanon: Jayne gets motion sickness. *snort* So great.

Date: 2005-12-04 06:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliaspiral.livejournal.com
*giggles* i thought about putting them on the tilt a whirl, but this was more fun!

thanks for reading!

Date: 2005-11-17 07:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eustacia-vye28.livejournal.com
*pets fic*

This is so cute! Another great installmetn. :)

Date: 2005-12-04 05:28 pm (UTC)

Date: 2005-12-10 08:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] niz4.livejournal.com
...took her around the world many times on a plaster horse. Now, he needs to rest."

Beautiful....

*blissful sigh

Date: 2006-07-25 03:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] neroli66.livejournal.com
*happy sighs*

Lovely, lovely Alia written Rayne fluff to make the bad weekend go away! =)

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