Title: Secrets From The Past

Author: feral86

E-mail: darkness_angel86@yahoo.com

Rating: PG-13

Paring: E/? (Try to guess)

Summary: Emma's life dramatically changes when her feelings for one of her friends changes. Later a friend from her past comes back into her life revealing a secret.

Authors Note: This is my first fanfiction story. Please tell me what you think of it after you read it. Should I continue or is it just a hopeless case. Let me know.



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The light shone in Emma DeLauro's bedroom and the cool air hit her skin before she was fully awake. Cursing under her breath for the regular morning routine she got up and took the new lotion she wanted to try, she walked out of her room into the hallway. She saw Brennan go into his shower, he and Jesse were sharing baths ever since Jesse's broke. Brennan would get up early just to bug Jesse. He would stay in the shower extra long until Jesse got angry. She continued walking up to her shower, when she was in front of Jesse's door she stopped for a second. In that second two things happened, she dropped her lotion and bend down to pick it up and Jesse opened the door hitting her in the back making her lose her balance. Jesse just brought his hands up to his face and froze there just staring at her. "Ow!" She whined in pain having hit her knee. "Jess... that hurt." "Sorry, I didn't mean to. How was I supposed to know you were going to be standing in front of my door?" He answered back. "What were you doing anyway?" He asked curiously. "I was picking up my lotion since it fell," she said a little too defensively. "Sorry, I didn't mean to sound defensive, I've just had a really bad night and so far my morning isn't going that well, anyways I think I'll take my shower and go to the mall for a while, hopefully my luck will change." She said with a smile. "By the way, Brenn just got in the shower. I don't think he'll be out for a while, you know, I think that you should phase in and pull him out one of these days. Entertain us. It would be fun." She winked at him and walked into the bathroom closing the door behind her.

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Just finishing her shower Emma got out and pulled a towel out of the rack. She wrapped it around herself tightly after having the cold wind hit her wet body again. She got the other towel and wrapped it around her head. Walking up to the sink she brushed her teeth and put on some make up. Getting out of the bathroom she knocked on Jesse's door. "H-Hey" he answered after seeing her appearance. "I thought that you might want to shower and since Brennan is still inside you can use my shower. As long as you don't mind smelling like me that is." She added smiling. "That's okay, you actually smell good." "Thanks, anyway if you're going to shave the razors are in the cabinet under the sink. You can throw it away after you use it. I usually do." "Okay, Thanks" "Well, I'll see you; I have to get changed. You should go and take your shower now." Saying that she walked into her room leaving a stunned Jesse behind. Inside she looked through her closet searching for just the right outfit. She stopped when she came up to a red shirt that leaves her back bare. She picked it out and kept on looking for a pair of pants. She chose some black tight fitting pants and put them on her bed. Going to the back of her closet she picked out a leather jacket and placed it next to her pants. She got dressed and went downstairs.

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Emma came downstairs after getting ready to go out. She saw Brennan in the kitchen and decided that she should talk to him. Ever since she woke up she had been feeling different about her friend. She knew that she liked him but as a friend now she wasn't so sure. Believing that talking to Brennan would help her she walked into the kitchen where he was. He was turned around facing the refrigerator. His back was turned towards her. He was drinking from a carton of milk. Thinking that it might be fun to scare him she went behind him and yelled "Boo," while hitting him playfully. He turned around and smiled at her. "You know you shouldn't drink milk out of the carton," she said teasingly. "You know how Shalimar feels about it." "Point taken." He said and smiled back at her. Getting an evil smile on his face he started walking up to her and grabbed her by the waist and started tickling her. "Stop...No....Brennan," "Stop.... tickling ...me." She said in between giggles. She was on the floor laughing so hard that she was crying when Jesse came downstairs. When he saw them he felt a pang of jealousy towards Brennan. He and Emma had always had a close relationship and the fact that she might end up falling in love with Brennan instead of him bothered him more than he cared to admit. Sure they were friends but they didn't play around as much as they did. He only wished that he could have that kind of relationship with her. In between all the laughter Emma managed to look up and see Jesse coming downstairs. "Hey...Jess...a little.... H-help here...." She said trying to get away from Brennan. "Hey Jess, what up." He said getting off Emma and helping her up. "Well guy's I have to go. I'm off to the mall,"she said fixing her hair and wiping her face of all the tears. "By the way, what are you guys doing today?" She asked turning around from the door. "I'm going to train for a while with Shalimar, then I have no idea as to what I'm doing." Answered Brennan. "How about you Jesse?" "Nothing really, I was just thinking of doing whatever came up. Why?" "How about you guys meet me at the park at around noon and we'll catch a movie. You can tell Shalimar when she gets up. See ya." As she opened the door Shalimar came downstairs and saw Emma leaving already. " Good God Emma, do you ever sleep? It's only 7:30 and you're already going out." "Hello to you to Shal." "Yeah, hey." She said sleepily. "You ask her guys." Said Emma pointing at the sleepy Shalimar. "Tell me what?" "Bye" she said as she left Sanctuary.

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