Thanks for all the reviews they keep me going when I no I should be doing my school work. This

is the last chapter for this story so I hope you all enjoyed, if so or if not let me know cause

I can't fix anything if I don't what to fix.

(Sanctuary - One week later)

Shalimar had spent some time with with Richard in the last couple of days. There was still a

connection between them but Shalimar knew it wasn't like before, and Richard was still a new

mutant so that wasn't the answer. Shalimar didn't want to break either guys heart but she knew

she had to choose. Emma had helped her sort out the jumble in heard, telempathically, and by just

listening to her.

It was around the second day when Shalimar really started to wonder if Brennan was coming back.

He told her he would only be a couple of days but that was turned into a week with no Brennan.

Richard had taken Shalimar to Nautica which had turned from just being another club to her, and

Brennan's spot. Of course Richard didn't know that otherwise he would have for sure taken her

somewhere else. For about the first hour Shalimar wished she was with Brennan. Then she started

to have some fun. Her and Richard danced and then sat down at a table had a drink, and talked

for awhile. Shal was getting tired so she asked Richard to take her back home, and he did just

that. When they got back Richard asked Shalimar to lay down with him so she did. When he fell

asleep Shal snuck out and headed back to her room. Before she did she stopped infront of

Brennan's room. She found his lyric book in the top drawer of his night stand and took it out.

She didn't read it, she just slept with it under her pillow.

Then there was Richard so warm, kind, loving, and gentle. Throughout the entire week she knew she

still loved him, that's what made her decision so hard.

The next night Shalimar was so tired but couldn't sleep so she layed in bed with her eyes closed

to tired to even move when she felt someone get into her bed and their arm around her waist. She

just figured it was Richard.

(Sanctuary - Next Morning)

(Shalimar's Room)

Shalimar rolled over not rememberingthat someone else was in her bed. When she opened her eyes

she just sat there. There he was sleeping looking all cute, and peaceful. The love of her life

stirred as he started to wake up. // How could I ever doubt my feelings for him.// she thought.

Before even opening his eyes he did his normal little wake up yawn. Then he opened those

beautiful sweet choclatey brown eyes.

"Morning sinshine." Shal said more than happy than she had ever been. "Why didn't you sleep in

your own bed last night, not that I mind that you slept in mine?" She asked wanting ot bug him.

"It was too far away." he finally answered.

Shalimar just laughed at his comment. He could always make her laugh even when she was feeling

her worst.

"So you don't mind that I held you one last night?" he asked as he started to get up.

"One last time. So what you're neer going to hold me again." she hinted that he was the only man

for her.

"Shal what are you talking about it's to early in the morning for this?"

She couldn't take it anymore, she stood up and grabbed the cuff of his shirt and kissed him like

she had never kissed anybody before.

"Wow" was all he could manage. In between breathes he said " so I'm the one you want to spend

your life with?"

"Better believe it." Shal said finally breaking away from their embrace. To show her how he felt

he kissed her again, and that's when the door opened.

"Honey I'm home" the other guy said. He stopped dead in his tracks and starred as the couple

infront of him broke apart.

"So I guess that's it huh Shal, you're just going to run off with low life criminal." the other

guy said more than pissed off.

"You how you said perfect only comes around once in a lifetime."

"Yeah"

"Well you were right. The only way my life will ever be perfect is if this low life criminal is

in it. You know you came back from the dead but that doesn't change the fact that I moved on and

am way over you." Shal told him pissed off that he had said what he did about Brennan.

Richard stormed out out of Shal's room, and told Adam he was leaving, and Adam didn't stop him.

(Back in Shal's Room)

"So I'm really ' the one' huh?" Brennan asked never being happier.

"You got it, dude." Shal said teasing him as always.

"Man I'm glad to be home." Brennan said as he lifted up Shal and placed her back down on her bed.

"Yeah well it's good to have you home." Shalimar managed to say before Brennan started tickling her.

"Well look at that, their at it again." Adam told Jess, and Emma as he couldn't help but chuckle

at the two oldest members of Mutnt X.

"You know Adam I think you should give me and Bren, and me another vacation since things are

obviously slow around here.

"And where do you want to go this time. Paris, Rome, London, Cuba? Adam asked.

"Yeah sweetie where is it you want go?" Brennan asked totally shocked she wanted to go on another

vacation so soon.

"I want to go to this cottage of yours, it must really be nice since you stayed there longer than

you were supposed to."

"Hey what cottage!?" The two youngest members of the team asked in unison.

Before Adam dragged Jesse, and Emma out out of the Shal's room he told Shalimar and Brennan to

get out of Sanctuary, and to have fun becasue they weren't getting another vacation for a very

long time.

So they did just that.

THE END...or is it.

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A/N: I have a sequel in mind aswell as some other ideas so I thought I'd let you all choose. Just

let me know in a review, and I will start with the most popular choice then the second or

whatever.

Choices.

1. Sequel to Messed Up called Revenge

2. The mutant x team go to Australia to get away from Echardt after he found out where Sanctuary

was. However something happens to make one memberleave.

3.a highschool fic that i have in mind

4.Come up with a totally different idea.

So let me know waht you want me to write cause you all are the ones reading it. I can't thank

you all enough for reviewing. For my first fic I was overwhelmed with all the reviews and

feedback I got.

Ciao

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