Part 5: by lornein.
Note: You get to know more about Michael in this chapter. He will be a pretty cool guy let me tell you. Imagine Kurt Russell as Michael!!
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Shalimar hated packing. She hated the idea of being without her teammates for six weeks on an uninterrupted vacation with someone. Even if the someone concerned was her potential fiancée. Or that's what Emma wanted her to acknowledge.
"This trip is to make up my mind over Michael. I do not have to marry him. It's my decision to make." Shalimar said out loud.
"That's right Shal. That's what you have to remember." Jesse said from the doorway. "I really want you to be happy Shal. Even if it is without Brennan."
"Do I have to Jesse ?" Shalimar snapped.
"If anyone deserves to be happy it's you Shalimar. I like Michael. Just give him a chance okay." Jesse smiled at Shalimar.
Jesse gave Shalimar a hug but he was not sure that she took his words seriously.
"Okay bye Shal. Call us."
"Jesse would you say goodbye to Adam and Emma for me" Shalimar said. She really didn't want any more advice.
"Sure I am supposed to meet them in five minutes. So I'll see you later okay."
"Bye Jesse." Shalimar sighed. It was time to leave.
Michael Prescott was a complex man. He had an established practice in psychiatry and was very well off. He had two very well known parents, both members of the elite society. And he could have any woman that he wanted. But he just didn't want any woman, he wanted Shalimar Fox. Michael had grown up with more than enough money and very little grief. The first bolt of grief that he felt was when his grandmother had died. So he decided that he wanted to study people's emotions. So he became a psychiatrist. He was always good at what he did so it soon became his forte. That's when he met her. Shalimar Fox had been an emotional wreck. She had lost the one love of her life and although she wouldn't tell Michael had guessed that she worked for one of those secret government agencies. She would not open up to him but once she learned that Michael was a new mutant himself, a psionic she was freer with him. So, Michael listened. He was always a good listener. He soon met with her friends, Emma De Lauro, a telempath, Jesse Kilmartin, a molecular and their leader Adam Kane. All were friendly to him. Maybe because they realized that he was getting somewhere with their friend.
Michael wanted to know more about Brennan Muwlray. Shalimar never took his name but Michael knew that she always carried pictures of him with her. Emma helped him a lot. With time Michael realized that he was starting to have feelings for Shalimar while she still called him Dr. Prescott. So he asked her out. For some reason she had said yes. So they went out a lot. Although she didn't realize it but all these times Michael was falling more and more in love with her. He just knew that he had to have her as his life partner. So he proposed. She was shocked. Michael still laughed inwardly when sometimes he imagined her shocked face. Her feral eyes glowed gold and she jumped up from her seat and smacked Michael on the back of his head. Then she left. Michael knew it had come as a shock to her. So he called Emma and asked her to straighten things out. He had proposed on a certain impulse but he was not sorry. This was what he wanted. It came as a surprise when Shalimar called about the vacation. He had mentally thanked Emma and instantly agreed. He ran a hand through blond brown hair and sighed.
"I will make you forget Brennan Muwlray Shalimar. I promise."
End of chapter 4. please remember that this is a Bren/Shal fic so don't be disheartened(hint hint!!). Please review.