A/N: This is it! The end! Just like to say thank you to all the reviewers!

Part 10: Friday morning

Emma walked down the steps towards Gary who was sitting on the third from bottom step. "Are you okay?" she asked as she sat down next to him.

"Yeah...I think I'll be okay. Eventually."

"I'm really sorry about Jenny," Emma said.

"It's not your fault, Emma. Besides, I really do think it's better this way. Adam spoke to me last night and he said something about which Jenny I wanted to save and which Jenny I was helping. I thought about that a lot and this morning I realised that the real Jenny that I loved and cared for had left me long ago. And now she's gone she can finally rest in peace. After all, now she doesn't even have the GSA to worry about," Gary finished.

"Well, I'm glad that your dealing with it."

"Oh hey, how is Brennan after passing out yesterday?"

"He's still in bed sleeping, but Adam ran some tests on him earlier today and said he's gonna be fine."

"That's good. Sorry, I forgot that with the whole energy this its a little dangerous to elementals."

"Oh, don't worry about it, everything's fine. Um, do you know when you're going to leave?" Emma added, quietly.

"Actually, I was just about to come look for you to say goodbye. I'm leaving now."

"Already?"

"Yeah, I really need to get going."

"B-but, where are you gonna go?"

"I have an old friend of mine called Alaine. She's went to Ohio a few months ago while on a course for college. I'll visit her," Gary said.

"Oh. So is she an old 'friend' or 'girl-friend'?" Emma asked.

"Well, we never dated..."

"Why do I feel like that sentence is missing a 'but'?"

Gary laughed, but then turned serious again, still smiling. "I'll see you around?"

"Yeah. See you around," she said. And then they hugged.

Gary walked down all the remaining steps and then started to make his way, before turning around again. "Tell Adam I said bye okay. And thanks."

"I will."

"Okay then," Gary said.

"What, no more messages? That's it?" Emma asked, jokingly.

"Well, I hardly spoke to Jesse, Shaliamr hates me and avoids me like the plague - although I'm not complaining about that part as she had a pretty good grip on my neck that day. Plus, Brennan doesn't really like me much either 'cause of you."

"What do you mean 'because of me'?" Emma asked.

"Emma, the guy's in love with you."

"What?" she asked, quieter, this time.

"Yeah. He even threatened to kill me if you didn't make it yesterday. And I don't have any witnesses, but I'm not lying."

Emma didn't know what to say or do and therefore just stood there.

Gary smiled and walked back up to her again. "You're scared."

"Huh? Me? Scared - scared of what?"

"That's where you've got me stumped too. But you shouldn't be afraid to go for things. Even though you survived the ritual it just as well could have gone the other way and Jenny might be alive and you dead."

"You know, you're starting to sound too much like Adam for your own good," Emma told him. But her voice was shaky.

"One day Emma, you're gonna be that girl in the park." After a moment's silence Gary added, "Take care of yourself, okay?"

"Yeah. You too," she said. Gary kissed her on the cheek and then walked out of the Sanctuary.

*

Emma gently knocked on Brennan's room door. She expected no reply and was about to open it quietly anyway when she heard a voice from inside say, "Come in."

"Hi, Sorry I thought you might still be sleeping," she said as she opened the door. "How are you feeling?" Brennan was standing across the room from her. He was already dressed only just as his hair was still wet.

"I just got up a while ago, but I thought I'd better take a shower first. I'm feeling a lot better than last night, but my head still hurts a little. Hey, have you eaten breakfast yet?"

"Not yet."

"Well, hey, let's go down and get something to eat," Brennan said.

"Uh...yeah." Emma stood still by the door without moving.

"Emma?" Brennan said, as he moved towards her. "What's going on?"

"Um...Brennan, we need to talk," she said finally and faced him.

"Okay...what about?"

"Well," Emma said and then paused and walked around the room a bit moving away. "I'm not really sure."

Brennan didn't know what to say as she was confusing him more and more.

"You see...Gary said something and well, I wasn't sure about it so I talked to Jesse and he thought so too. I just wanted to ask you too," Emma said and folded her arms, walking round more.

"Oh..." Brennan said quietly and sat down slowly on the side of the bed. "Did-did Gary ask you to go with him...when he goes?"

"Huh?"

"Well, the guy does like you," Brennan said.

"Yeah, I know," Emma sighed, "I read his mind. But that was this small thing - we sorta became friends, y'know. But...what does that have to do with this? Wait a minute, did you think I was thinking about going with Gary?"

"Wasn't that what you were talking about?" Brennan asked, confused.

"No!" Emma exclaimed. "That's not what this was about - it-it was about you!" She sighed again and sat on the bed next to Brennan. "And, well, me too, I guess."

"It is?"

"Jesse said that you...well, you...you know!" Emma burst out eventually as she found she wasn't able to say the words out loud. If she did say them out loud it would make it seem more real - and she didn't want to fool herself just in case. As her heart was telling her.

"Oh...so you wanted to ask me to find out if it was really true?" Brennan said. Emma nodded her head. "Well..." Brennan was finding it just as hard as Emma to say the words out loud - but for different reasons. Suddenly, Brennan remembered something, "Uh, Emma didn't you...read my mind? You said that you read Gary's."

"Yeah...I-I didn't because I wanted to ask you about it."

"Well, Emma I -"

"Brennan, it's okay. Forget about it, Jesse and Gary were wrong, it doesn't matter." Emma got up and made her way towards the door.

"Wait!" Brennan said suddenly and went after her.

He reached her before she opened the door and then she turned around. She didn't say anything as she expceted him too. But instead of saying anything, he kissed her. The kiss surprised Emma so much that by the time she was about to kiss him back he had already broke away. "I guess it is true. Sorry," he said. But he didn't really look that sorry. In fact, he was smiling. Emma beamed. "Emma, I was going to tell you, but - " Emma interupted him pulling him closer and kissing him.
It was a few minutes later that Brennan's room door was pushed open by Jesse, accidentally stumbling upon the pair still kissing, but now sitting on the one chair in the room. "Whoa, sorry guys. I didn't mean to...disturb you."

"It's okay Jesse," Emma said, but he could see she was blushing.

"I just called you to come for breakfast."

"We'll come," Brennan said.

"Okay. And, also - it's about time!" And from the way Jesse said it, Brennan and Emma could tell that he wasn't talking about breakfast.

After Jesse left, Brennan asked Emma, "So shall we go downstairs?" kissing her forehead.

"Actually, I am a little hungry," she admitted.

"Then we *have* to go," he said. Brennan carried her up off his lap and Emma started giggling.

Then the two of them then ran down the stairs holding hands and laughing.