Re: Wash & River - 9 p.m.
Wash blinked a moment and then suddenly grinned. "Hey, it's River!" he exclaimed, as though there was nothing at all surprising about her showing up at the Lux after knowing she was here and yet seeing nothing of her. There wasn't anything entirely surprising, as one, this was River and she'd no doubt seen this, and two, everyone had been invited, but it was definitely welcome. The bonus was that if this was a knife mood instead of a soup mood, there was still no danger. Win-win situation.
"Chocolate milk it is." Milk and chocolate syrup were gathered and he set to making it, whistling quietly and still smiling at her. He had Zoƫ here, and that was the best he could ever ask for, but seeing River brought back a little of the 'family' that he missed about Serenity.
He reached behind the dinosaurs tucked under the ledge of the bar top and pulled out a glass with several brightly colored straws that looped in circles. "You want a funny straw?" he asked as he placed a napkin on the bartop and then the glass of milk on that, the glass of straws proffered with the other hand. Something of a child at heart when it came to certain amusements, the straws had caught his attention at the grocery store and so he'd brought a few with him.