Disclaimer: Not mine

Pairing: Emma/Shalimar

"Good morning guys." Said Shalimar joining Jesse, Emma and the others in the kitchen.

"Good morning" said all of them in unison.

Emma examined Shalimar carefully and just couldn`t believe how gorgeous the feral was looking today. She was wearing black leather pants and her favorite black jacket. If only she knew how much I love her and want her. I wish I could tell her, but…I just can't, it could ruin our friendship.

Suddenly Shalimar`s eyes met with her`s. The telempathic mutant smiled softly, before realizing she had been staring at her friend since she entered the kitchen. Damn! I hope she didn't notice. She must think I`m a freak. Instantly she felt her cheeks burn red in embarrassment and quickly turned her face to the floor. God! Of course she noticed! I can't believe I looked over to the floor! I`m so stupid! The psionic took a deep breath. Just calm down Emma. You can always use the 'I was reading you' excuse. The redhead raised her head and concentrated her eyes on Jesse,

"Hum, Em, Are you ok?" Jesse asked Emma, who blushed even harder.

"What?" She looked at him confused. "Oh, I'm g-great! Never been better." Emma replied tensely. In fact, she was so tense, she could actually feel her neck and upper back muscles react. Starting to feel awkward, the redhead stood up from her seat, rushed to the sink, and threw half of her breakfast away.

"You done already? You haven`t even started to eat." Brennan said with his mouth half full.

"I´m not really hungry." Emma said finishing to wash her dishes. She glanced back and noticided that, not only Shal and Jesse were staring at her, but Brennan and Adam were also giving her weird looks. I have to get out of here.

"You know what. It's really hot in here. I think I'm going outside to get some fresh air." Emma walked away from the sink and looked at the blond one more time, who smiled at her in response before she left the kitchen. She's even more beautiful when she's smiling.

Outside...

Emma has been sitting on the floor looking to the sky for what seemed like eternity and all she could think about was Shalimar. She loved everything about the feral, even her flaws. Soon she heard soft steps approaching her.

"Hi there." Shalimar said sitting next to her.

"Hi." The psionic greeted her with a weak smile.

"So" she started "Are you sure you're ok? The beautiful blonde asked full of concern.

She cares about me! That's so cute. The redhead looked deeply in the feral`s eyes and could sense something was different, she sensed some other kind of feeling coming out of Shalimar, but she didn't really know what it was.

"Yeah, I'm alright. It`s nothing."

"Really?" Shalimar looked at her suspiciously. " Because when we were back inside you said it was really hot in there" she paused "But the problem is that today is pretty damn cold." She finished.

Emma frozed. "Oh." She couldn't think of anything to say.

"C'mon Em, you know you can tell me everything. I know you are hiding something from me. You know you can trust me."

I'm so dead! What should I say to her? Maybe I should tell her how I feel, I can't keep hiding my feelings anymore. But what if she doesn't want me back. She would probably never look at me again.

"Yes Shal, I know I can trust you, it's just that…"

"Then what's the problem Emma?" she interrupted anxiously.

The psionic could feel every muscle of her body getting rigid, she was feeling like she had a big hole in her stomach and all she wanted to do was get up and run away. The feral felt how tense Emma was and started to become even more worried.

"Please tell me." Shalimar pleaded. "I cant stand seeing you like this." She said while her hands reached Emma's.

"Shal," said Emma taking a deep breath " I-I think that, "

"Shalimar, Emma, we have some mutant problems." Before she could finish Adam contacted them in their comns.

To be continued…

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