A/N: Sorry, for the delayed update, but I've been really busy & when I have
free time to write fiction I tend to end up concentrating on this original
fiction of mine.
Brennan sat down on the bed inside Emma's room. If not for the pink walls and stuffed teddy bear, it could have been msitaken for a guy's room since everything - the clothes, books, teddy bear - was thrown and lying around. They'd spoken a little but she didn't really know much about what had happened to her friends except for something strange happening today. Adam hadn't really said anything about sharing information so he'd said that he didn't know much either. That was really the truth, except for the part that he knew the two girls were mutants and it was more than just likely she didn't. "Hello?" a voice called.
Brennan looked up and saw the brunette had returned and had finished changing her clothes. "You know, I still don't see why we couldn't go straight to the party."
"Because, I can't go to a party in my tracksuit. You can only arrive at a party if you're dressed for it. It's a rule. Well, I assume you must be on a busy schedule," Emma teased, "we better get going."
"But, I'm not dressed for it," Brennan mocked.
Emma smiled. "It doesn't matter. You look passable. Or we can just say you didn't know there was one going on."
"Oh, by the way," Brennan said as he stood up and she picked up her purse, "how am I getting in? It's invitation only."
"Well, I have my invitaion," Emma said holding it up for him to see. "And it says I can bring a guest, so you can be that." Brennan nodded his head and Emma opened the door that he then held for her as she took her keys out of her pursem pausing to say, "Meaning the girls will be thinking you're my replacement boyfriend."
Looking at her cute smile made him think that that didn't sound like such a bad idea. "Wait, *replacement* boyfriend? What do you mean?"
"I actually already have a boyfriend," Emma said, locking the door behind them. "But he's in Chicago at the moment." Emma put the key back in her purse and started walking down the corridor, brown hair bouncing, until she realised Brennan wasn't following her. "You coming?"
"Oh yeah...sorry, just stopped to think of...something," he mumbled and quickly went up to her, them not saying much to each other on the journey to the party. Brennan was mainly thinking why he had previously been thinking that her having a boyfriend was a bad thing with unwanted thoughts about how hot she looked butting in. Emma was thinking about her boyfriend.
*
"Emma!" a blonde girl squealed, "I'm so glad you came!"
"Oh, me too Sadie," Emma said. When Sadie started eyeing Brennan approvingly, Emma added, "He's with me."
"*Oh*, of course." Sadie stepped back from the door and let them come in.
"She a good friend?" Brennan asked, stuffing his hands in his pockets.
Emma almost snorted as she switched her purse to her left hand, "I'm surprised she remembered my name. Just last week she was still calling me 'Gemma'."
"Oh." As Emma picked up a glass of punch Brennan asked, "So do you want to talk to your firends, now? I can look around for stuff..."
Emma shook her head. "Some students went on a trip to Chicago a few weeks back and a lot of the people I'm friends with here went on that. The only ones that didn't were...Mary and Kristin."
"Okay...then do you want to look for clues with me?...or we could hang...or something..." Emma smiled at Brennan. "I guess you haven't been having much fun, then lately."
"Not really."
"Um...Okay."
Emma smiled. "You've no idea what to say right?"
"Yeah, you sure read my mind."
"Alright, Brennan," Emma hopped off the stool she was sitting on and put her glass down on the table, "We better get to searching for clues."
"Yeah, we should. It's just..."
"What?"
"Where do we look for them?"
"Well, we'd probably better split up. You go look over there," Emma instructed Brennan showing him where to look. Then, she went to look for clues herself.
*
Almost two hours later Brennan sighed and gave up. He hadn't managed to find anything yet and decided he better find Emma before he got lost on the campus. He walked past the area she said she would be as she wasn't there then, but was still having trouble finding her. Just then, he heard a voice shout. Brennan turned and saw the outline of a darkly-dressed man with Emma.
"Let go of me!" Emma exclaimed desperately trying to pull her arm out of his grasp but he held on to her wrist.
Brennan couldn't see the man's face, but ran up to do something about it. He knew he couldn't use his powers in fornt of Emma since he still wasn't sure if she knew about Kristin & Mary's powers or if even Emma herself was a mutant. "Hey!"
The man had obviously noticed Brennan, but Brennan still couldn't see his face. Brennan prepared to fight without using his abilities as an elemental but didn't have to in the end as the man ran away the other side. This was a first for Brennan and so he was surprised. He stopped running and walked the rest of the distance up to Emma. "Are you okay?" he asked her.
"Yeah," Emma let out after a deep breath. "Thanks," she almost whispered.
"It's okay," Brennan said, noticing that Emma seemed really scared. "What did he want?"
"I don't know. He was looking for something."
"Do you think he's looking for Kristin and Mary too?" Brennan wondered.
"Uh. Maybe," Emma said, hugging herself tightly as it was beginning to get cold.
But for some reason - and as much as he wanted to be wrong - Brenna sensed that Emma knew more than she was saying.
A/N 2: I'll try and post the next chapter sooner!
Brennan sat down on the bed inside Emma's room. If not for the pink walls and stuffed teddy bear, it could have been msitaken for a guy's room since everything - the clothes, books, teddy bear - was thrown and lying around. They'd spoken a little but she didn't really know much about what had happened to her friends except for something strange happening today. Adam hadn't really said anything about sharing information so he'd said that he didn't know much either. That was really the truth, except for the part that he knew the two girls were mutants and it was more than just likely she didn't. "Hello?" a voice called.
Brennan looked up and saw the brunette had returned and had finished changing her clothes. "You know, I still don't see why we couldn't go straight to the party."
"Because, I can't go to a party in my tracksuit. You can only arrive at a party if you're dressed for it. It's a rule. Well, I assume you must be on a busy schedule," Emma teased, "we better get going."
"But, I'm not dressed for it," Brennan mocked.
Emma smiled. "It doesn't matter. You look passable. Or we can just say you didn't know there was one going on."
"Oh, by the way," Brennan said as he stood up and she picked up her purse, "how am I getting in? It's invitation only."
"Well, I have my invitaion," Emma said holding it up for him to see. "And it says I can bring a guest, so you can be that." Brennan nodded his head and Emma opened the door that he then held for her as she took her keys out of her pursem pausing to say, "Meaning the girls will be thinking you're my replacement boyfriend."
Looking at her cute smile made him think that that didn't sound like such a bad idea. "Wait, *replacement* boyfriend? What do you mean?"
"I actually already have a boyfriend," Emma said, locking the door behind them. "But he's in Chicago at the moment." Emma put the key back in her purse and started walking down the corridor, brown hair bouncing, until she realised Brennan wasn't following her. "You coming?"
"Oh yeah...sorry, just stopped to think of...something," he mumbled and quickly went up to her, them not saying much to each other on the journey to the party. Brennan was mainly thinking why he had previously been thinking that her having a boyfriend was a bad thing with unwanted thoughts about how hot she looked butting in. Emma was thinking about her boyfriend.
*
"Emma!" a blonde girl squealed, "I'm so glad you came!"
"Oh, me too Sadie," Emma said. When Sadie started eyeing Brennan approvingly, Emma added, "He's with me."
"*Oh*, of course." Sadie stepped back from the door and let them come in.
"She a good friend?" Brennan asked, stuffing his hands in his pockets.
Emma almost snorted as she switched her purse to her left hand, "I'm surprised she remembered my name. Just last week she was still calling me 'Gemma'."
"Oh." As Emma picked up a glass of punch Brennan asked, "So do you want to talk to your firends, now? I can look around for stuff..."
Emma shook her head. "Some students went on a trip to Chicago a few weeks back and a lot of the people I'm friends with here went on that. The only ones that didn't were...Mary and Kristin."
"Okay...then do you want to look for clues with me?...or we could hang...or something..." Emma smiled at Brennan. "I guess you haven't been having much fun, then lately."
"Not really."
"Um...Okay."
Emma smiled. "You've no idea what to say right?"
"Yeah, you sure read my mind."
"Alright, Brennan," Emma hopped off the stool she was sitting on and put her glass down on the table, "We better get to searching for clues."
"Yeah, we should. It's just..."
"What?"
"Where do we look for them?"
"Well, we'd probably better split up. You go look over there," Emma instructed Brennan showing him where to look. Then, she went to look for clues herself.
*
Almost two hours later Brennan sighed and gave up. He hadn't managed to find anything yet and decided he better find Emma before he got lost on the campus. He walked past the area she said she would be as she wasn't there then, but was still having trouble finding her. Just then, he heard a voice shout. Brennan turned and saw the outline of a darkly-dressed man with Emma.
"Let go of me!" Emma exclaimed desperately trying to pull her arm out of his grasp but he held on to her wrist.
Brennan couldn't see the man's face, but ran up to do something about it. He knew he couldn't use his powers in fornt of Emma since he still wasn't sure if she knew about Kristin & Mary's powers or if even Emma herself was a mutant. "Hey!"
The man had obviously noticed Brennan, but Brennan still couldn't see his face. Brennan prepared to fight without using his abilities as an elemental but didn't have to in the end as the man ran away the other side. This was a first for Brennan and so he was surprised. He stopped running and walked the rest of the distance up to Emma. "Are you okay?" he asked her.
"Yeah," Emma let out after a deep breath. "Thanks," she almost whispered.
"It's okay," Brennan said, noticing that Emma seemed really scared. "What did he want?"
"I don't know. He was looking for something."
"Do you think he's looking for Kristin and Mary too?" Brennan wondered.
"Uh. Maybe," Emma said, hugging herself tightly as it was beginning to get cold.
But for some reason - and as much as he wanted to be wrong - Brenna sensed that Emma knew more than she was saying.
A/N 2: I'll try and post the next chapter sooner!