Title: Road Trip

Pairing: Emma/Shalimar

Summary: Emma and Shalimar go on a road trip to a concert.

Disclaimer: The characters of Mutant X and the band Linkin Park do not belong to me in any way. I am only borrowing them for the sake of this story. No copyright infringement was intended. Any characters you do not recognize belong to me.

A/N: This is my very first Mutant X fic ever. If the characters seem to act strange, pay no attention. After all, this story isn't real anyway. Just a BIG figment of my imagination. As always, please RER: read, enjoy, review. Pretty please with mutants on top?

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Emma paced back and forth frantically in her room, waiting for Shalimar to come with either the good news or the bad news. Her mind was working over a million miles a minute and she could hardly contain any of her thoughts. Her heart was racing and her palms were starting to get all sweaty and clammy.

The only other time she was ever like this was back in high school, senior year. Emma smiled at the memory as she remembered what she and her friend had done on one particular day. Before she was able to go into detail, Shalimar ran into the room holding a white envelope.

Emma stopped her frantic pacing and turned to face her friend. "Did you get them? Please tell me you got them! Well, did you? Did you?!"

Shalimar looked at her with an amused grin plastered on her face before waving the envelope in front of Emma's face. "I got them!"

Emma screamed with joy and threw her arms around Shalimar, jumping up and down and hugging her so tight that not even Brennan would have been able to break free. Shalimar hugged her friend back and just smiled. They stayed that way for a couple of minutes before Emma pulled away from the embrace. She looked excited as she went to her closet and started rummaging through to find what clothes she would wear.

"What should I wear? My gosh, I don't have anything! Should I wear this? No, how about this? Shalimar don't just stand there. Come help me! This is an important event!"

Shalimar grinned and shook her head. "Not so fast Emma. The concert's not until next week. I do believe you have plenty of time left."

"Yeah, but still… It's better to be ready than to be one of those last minute people. RIGHT, SHALIMAR?" Emma looked at her with a cocky expression on her face.

Shalimar immediately got what she was saying. "Hey! That was only one time! And I had an excuse!"

"Oh, yeah? Please remind me because I suddenly forgot."

"Well, I had to…umm…there was this…uhh…person! Yeah, person! I had to rescue her."

"Yeah, right. You know Shalimar, you're getting worse at lying with each one you tell. You really need to work on that. You know better than to try and fool me. I'm not just some ordinary person." Emma tapped her head to prove her point.

Shalimar just stood there with her mouth open. "You've been in my head? Whatever happened to the privacy rule you had set out for us?"

Emma smiled. "I don't have to be in your head to know that you're lying. I mean, come on, you suck at it."

Shalimar just smirked at her and then broke out into a grin. "You know, I don't HAVE to take you to this concert. I'll just go ask Brennan or Jesse if they want to tag along instead." She made her way to the door and proceeded to exit through it.

Emma, with a horrified expression on her face, ran to Shalimar and grabbed her arm. "No!! I was just goofing with you! No need to take this seriously." She let go of Shalimar's arm and waited for a reaction.

Shalimar slowly turned around and smiled at Emma. "I know. I was just goofing too. I know how much you love Linkin Park. I wouldn't want you to miss it."

Emma sighed and turned back around, heading to the closet. "Whew!! For a minute there I thought you weren't fooling around! I got scared." She pulled out an outfit and looked at it for a few seconds before tossing it back into the closet. "So how do you think Jesse and Brennan will react to this? I'm guessing they're going to get pissed off at us and complain."

Shalimar went over and started looking through some clothes too. "I don't know and I really couldn't care less. Remember how mean they were being to us last time when they got tickets for that other concert? Well, just think of this as payback with interest because this time, we have free backstage passes to meet them! Just think of how much madder they'll get!" She burst out laughing as she pictured Brennan and Jesse turning red with anger and envy.

Emma laughed too as she also pictured it in her head. "Now I can't wait!"

Shalimar pulled out an outfit and examined it for a few seconds. "How about this? I think it'll look good on you. It looks brand new."

Emma turned to her and eyed the outfit Shalimar held in her hands. "It is new. Barely bought it a few days ago. I haven't even worn it yet." She eyed it for a couple more minutes. "Perfect! I'll wear it to the concert. A brand new outfit for me to wear while jamming out to my favorite all-time band! That day is going to be one of the best days of my life!"

Shalimar just smiled and looked at Emma, glad that she was able to make her so happy. I should do this more often. It makes me happy just to see her happy.

Emma felt eyes looking at her and turned to Shalimar. She blushed slightly as their eyes made contact. She quickly turned away to hide her face so Shalimar wouldn't see the redness creeping up in her cheeks. Unbeknownst to Emma, Shalimar had already seen her but didn't say anything about it. The last thing Shalimar wanted was to make Emma uncomfortable around her. So she kept her mouth closed and smiled in her head.

Emma started cleaning up the mess that they had made in the closet and tried to calm down. Her heart had been beating rapidly when Shalimar made eye contact with her. Which was weird because that had never happened before. What's wrong with me? I've never done that before and suddenly, out-of-the-blue, I start blushing! Shalimar's just a friend. Nothing like that should have ever happened. What's wrong with me?

She shook the thoughts from her head as Shalimar bent over to help her. When they finished straightening out the closet, Shalimar turned to Emma. "Want to help me find some clothes to wear also? I think we should leave tomorrow that way we can go sightseeing before the concert and really call it memorable! Besides, if I don't get through with it now, I'll probably hold off until the last minute. And I wouldn't want that to happen again!"

Emma laughed. "No, you wouldn't. After I help you with the main ordeal, I should probably start packing for the days to follow up until the concert. And you should too! No help from me though!" Emma looked back at her closet and sighed. "I guess I'll have to mess up my closet again. Oh, well! Let's go my friend! On to that forbidden closet of yours!"

They laughed and walked out of Emma's room, heading to Shalimar's and gossiping about the upcoming concert. They ran into Adam on the way and informed him of the great news.

Emma's eyes glistened as she got excited once again. "So what do you think Adam? That's wonderful isn't it?"

"I'm guessing Shalimar used her feral abilities to run to the ticket booth to get there before anyone else, am I right?"

Shalimar nodded with a guilty expression on her face. "I had to Adam! They would've been sold out if I ran at the pace of a normal human! I barely got there anyway! Even with my ability!"

Adam just chuckled and held up his hand for Shalimar to stop babbling. "Shalimar it's okay! I perfectly understand. Just do me a favor."

Shalimar nodded. "What?"

"Can you also do the same for me? It'll save a great deal of trouble, especially with what happened last time I tried to get some tickets of my own."

"Sure. Anything for you."

Adam smiled and walked on to the lab. He didn't hear Shalimar mumble to Emma, "As long as we get what we want." They snickered and walked on, entering Shalimar's room and heading straight for her closet.

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So what do you think so far? Don't worry, the romance will come on a bit later and the next chapter is the beginning of the whole road trip. And as always, don't forget to review! All comments welcome, including flames.