The bunk was rather bare right now, with Kaylee's duffel bag being the only sign that anyone lived there at all. Still, it was bigger than her room back home and she didn't even have to share it with anyone. It was hers.
The crew seemed nice enough, if not exactly the kind of people Kaylee was used to. The captain had been kind enough to give her the job in the first place and had welcomed her aboard warmly when he spotted her hesitantly walking up the ramp. He had been a little rough with Bester, though Kaylee supposed he had deserved it. He hadn't seemed that good a mechanic to her anyway, and when the captain had shoved him off the ramp after his belongings he had shouted all kinds of abuse at her. But the captain had seemed pretty pleased to have her here, and that thrilled Kaylee to no end.
Zoe, the first mate... well, Kaylee wasn't quite sure what to think about her. She had nodded politely when the captain had introduced them, but Kaylee hadn't actually heard her say much yet. She wasn't like the women back home, whose thoughts you could read right off their faces most of the time. Kaylee didn't get the impression that she was shy or anything, just... reserved. It was a little disconcerting, though Kaylee was sure there wasn't any hostility or anything there. So that was okay.
She probably liked Wash best. He had shown her 'round the ship and made her feel right at home. He had a kind of endearing goofiness about him; he had joked about Zoe's seriousness and made her not seem quite so alien. And he wasn't completely clueless about the mechanics of things, either, which was comforting, even though Kaylee didn't really think she would have any trouble there. She could tell that he really loved this ship. The way he flew her was magnificent.
Kaylee was sure she was going to love her too. Serenity was just the kind of ship she had always wanted to be a part of. An honest-to-God real Firefly. She couldn't wait to get back inside her engines and get to work.
Kaylee lay in her new bed and listened to the hum of the engines.
Serenity was perfect.