Author's Note: I wrote these to help raise awareness of US food banks' shortage of food donations. You can find out more by visiting National Public Radio's website and searching for "food donation shortage. You can also find a food bank near you by visiting America's Second Harvest's website. Please note, I am not affiliated with NPR or Second Harvest in anyway. Just trying to encourage people to donate food. :D

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I. STUPID

The first time River hit Jayne with a can of peaches he'd been stupid. Just because Mal had cuffed her with the heaviest restraints made by man, he'd expected her to still be in said restraints when he opened the pantry door. Just goes to show what they knew.

When he woke up, he growled at Kaylee and stalked over to the freezer to grab the bag of frozen grapes he'd used on his groin earlier. As he headed up to the bridge, he swore he wouldn't make the mistake of underestimating the crazy killer woman for a third time.