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A/N: thanx for reviewing and I hope you guys aren't disappointed by the ending!
No one said a word as they hooked Jesse and Emma to the machines in the lab. There was no need to hook Emily up; she died on the flight back to Sanctuary. Adam laid Emily on a bed, but covered her up.
Shalimar was trying not to cry, she knew she had to be strong for Emma when she woke up. *The news about Emily will kill her. I know I already miss her. Poor Emma's going to take this really hard. Jesse too.* Shalimar stood there watching Adam remove the disks from Jesse and Emma. A lone tear slid down her cheek, but she didn't wipe it away. "Adam, can you let me know the minute one of them wakes up," Shalimar tried to steady her voice, but she didn't succeed. As soon as she walked out of the lab, she broke into sobs and ran to her room.
"Go make sure she's okay. I'll keep an eye on them," Adam removed the disk from Emma and began to seal her up.
Brennan nodded and headed towards Shalimar's room. "Shal, can I come in?"
"Go away Brennan," Shalimar didn't want him to see her like this; weak.
"Too bad I'm coming in." Brennan entered the room and sat down next to Shalimar.
Shalimar looked at him, "If I'm hurting this much, Emma's going to be feeling a million times worse. How are we going to break it to her?"
Brennan pulled Shalimar into his arms, "I don't know Shal."
"Shalimar, Brennan, come to the lab, they're both awake."
"We're coming Adam," Brennan said through his comm link as he and Shalimar ran to the lab.
The lab
Jesse and Emma were both awake and wondering why Adam refused to say anything until Brennan and Shalimar came back. Emma knew already what was wrong, she could feel it. Sadness weighed heavy in everybody's hearts. Emily was dead. Jesse felt Emma's pain and he too knew what was wrong.
Emma started to cry, just as Brennan and Shalimar entered the lab. "Can I see her?" Emma looked up at Adam with her tear streaked face, "Please Adam, I need to see her."
Adam nodded and brought Emma over to where he laid Emily. He lifted back the blanket and Emma started to cry again.
Jesse got off of the bed he had been lying on, and went over to her. He put his arms around her and held her as she cried. Soon he was consumed by tears also.
"Let's leave them alone for now." Adam ushered the other two out of the room. He felt like he had failed again. First with Gabriel, now with Emily. Adam laid down on his bed, and began to cry.
Two days later
They buried Emily where she and Shalimar had their picnic. Emily loved it there, and so they thought it would be the best place to let her rest.
Quietly they made their way back to Sanctuary. When they got inside Adam said, "We all need to get out of here tonight and have some fun. I won't take no for an answer. Now go to your rooms and get changed."
They all knew that Adam wasn't big on the whole club scene thing, but he was just trying to get them all to move on.
An hour later
Brennan and Shalimar were out on the dance floor, Adam was by the bar, and Jesse was convincing Emma to dance with him.
"Come on Emma, it's your favorite song. We can't let Brennan and Shalimar have all of the fun can we?" Before Emma could protest he dragged her out on the dance floor.
Jesse and Emma danced for about an hour. Jesse was surprised she stayed and danced with him. "I want to sit down for a while," Emma said.
"Yeah me too," Jesse slid his arm around Emma's waist and they walked off the dance floor. They walked over to Adam who was still sitting at the bar. "Hey Adam, why aren't you dancing?" Jesse knew that Adam wasn't really into dancing; but he felt bad that Adam had been sitting there watching the four of them dance for the past hour.
"You know Adam, we can go home now. I'm feeling better and so is everyone else."
Adam was about to say something when Shalimar and Brennan walked up. "Hey Adam, want to dance?" Shalimar flashed him a smile; she knew he would say no but thought it would be nice to ask anyway. He had been sitting alone at the bar, while the others enjoyed themselves.
Adam shook his head, "I think we should go back now."
Together they left for the parking lot Shalimar, Brennan, and Adam got in the Mustang, while Emma and Jesse drove back in the Audi.
Jesse was driving and Emma was staring out the window in the passenger seat. "Hey Jesse, are you tired?"
"No. Why," Jesse desperately wanted to take his eyes off of the road and look into her intense blue eyes. He wished she knew what she was thinking.
"Well, if your not, I was wondering if you wanted to watch a movie."
"I would, but Brennan and Shalimar already claimed the T.V., when we get back. And I'm not sure I can see Mission Impossible again. It's a good movie, but the other two watch it all the time." Jesse pulled into Sanctuary garage, and noticed the others were already inside.
Emma unfastened her seatbelt and looked at Jesse, "I have a T.V. in my room, we can watch a movie in there."
Jesse grinned, "Sounds good to me."
Emma got out of the car, "I'm going to get comfortable. You can too if you want, then just come over to my room." She ran off to her room leaving Jesse standing next to the Audi, stunned.
Ten minutes later
Jesse had changed into black pajamas pants, and a black muscle t-shirt. He didn't knock on Emma's door, just incase Brennan or Shalimar were nearby. Quietly he eased the door open, "Emma?"
"Come in Jess," Emma smiled. "What movie do you want to see?"
"Anything." Jesse looked at Emma; she was wearing grey pajama pants and a white tank top.
Emma couldn't help but blush, when Jesse didn't take his eyes off her. "How about Dracula 2000?"
"Okay," Jesse smiled. *I hope she scares easy, it would be a nice excuse for me to put my arm around her.*
Emma turned on the T.V. and popped the movie in. Then she climbed into her bed and slid under the covers. "Aren't you going to sit down? I won't bite."
Jesse smiled and climbed into her bed next to her. *Should I put my arm around her now, or wait for the movie to get to a scary part?*
*Now would be nice.*
Jesse jumped, he didn't know she was reading him. "Emma, don't do that."
Emma laughed, "Sorry I couldn't resist. You were really nervous, and I was just wondering why. I didn't mean for you to be uncomfortable, I just thought that we could watch a movie."
Jesse turned to her and cupped her chin in his hand, "I could never be uncomfortable around you." He brushed his lips against hers. Both of them forgot about the movie as they continued to kiss. Soon kissing wasn't satisfying either of them anymore. Slowly they pulled the clothes off of each other. Jesse began to kiss her neck and his hand trailed up her naked thigh. His gentle touch sent shivers through Emma's body.
Emma bit her lip to keep herself from crying out in pleasure, when he came into her. Finally he got off of her and laid beside her once again. Neither of them had noticed that the movie was over or that the T.V. was still on. Jesse pulled Emma into his arms and they both fell asleep.
The next day
Emma woke up to find Jesse just staring at her. "Were you watching me sleep?"
Jesse grinned, "Yeah. You looked like you were enjoying your dream, so I didn't wake you up."
"How thoughtful of you," Emma kissed him deeply. Then a thought crossed her mind and she stopped. "Jess what time is it?"
"It's only twelve-thirty."
"I'm usually up way before that. What if one of them comes in here? I think we should get up now." Emma climbed out of bed, and put on her bathrobe. "I'm going to take a shower." She left her room and closed the door behind her.
Jesse decided to get up too, he put his clothes back on and started for his bathroom.
Brennan saw him and said, "You feeling okay? Shalimar said that you and Emma were still sleeping. I know she's usually the first one awake."
"I'm fine. I just slept in. Does Adam want us to go save some new mutants or something?"
"No. The GSA hasn't gone after any more new mutants. Adam did say that he wanted to talk to everybody, but if you guys are sick, it can wait."
"Brennan, we're not sick. I'm going to take a shower and then I'll meet you in the lab."
"Alright," Brennan watched Jesse go into the bathroom. Jesse usually didn't sleep in late either, and while he was talking he seemed off. *I'll talk to him later and make sure he's really okay.* He headed back towards the lab.
Thirty minutes later in the lab
Emma walked into the lab, "Hey Adam, Shalimar said you wanted to talk to me. What about?"
Adam looked up from the computer, "Actually I wanted to talk to everybody at once."
Brennan walked into the room, "Hi Emma, did you sleep good last night?"
Brennan's question made Emma blush, "Yeah. Oh, hi Shalimar." Emma hoped she could turn the attention away from her and onto Shalimar.
"Hey guys. Jesse's still not here? I've been waiting hours to find out what Adam wanted to tell us, and now I have to wait even more?" Patience was not something that came easy to Shalimar. Adam already kicked her out of the lab once because she kept bugging him.
"Okay I'm here so we can start the meeting now." Jesse smiled and walked over to Emma. He slid his arms around her waist, and she leaned back into him. Brennan and Shalimar exchanged questioning glances and Adam just smiled.
"No more new mutants have been attacked or missing, so I thought it might be fun if we took a small vacation. I'll take my laptop and monitor the GSA's activities from wherever we go."
Shalimar smiled, "Where are we going?"
"I think I'll let you guys decided. Go talk about it and let me know when you've made a decision." Adam watched as they shouted out different destinations, they were all excited. *With everything that they've been through lately, they deserve some time off.*
A/N: That's the end of this story, but I'm going to do a sequel. I'll gladly take any suggestions for tier destination. So review and give me your vote on where you want them to go!