Chapter 4

Everybody had been sitting in the kitchen talking and laughing about everything that happened. Emma and Shalimar were laughing hysterically as they recalled the face Lexa had one when she was plastered on the wall. "So you don't like her either huh?" Shalimar asked while sipping more of her coffee "Not really, I don't trust her as far as I can throw her.well physically that is" Shalimar and Emma giggled. Brennan looked at Emma "Em, you look drained, do you wanna go have a nap or something?" She waved her hand. "I'm fine, I just didn't get much sleep last night" Emma smiled.

She got up from where she sat but stumbled a bit as she got up but Jesse caught her before she hit the floor "Emma, you okay?" She wiped her eyes "Yea, that nap sounds pretty good now" Jesse looked worried "Let me walk you to your room" "Jess, I'm fine" she tried to push away "Emma" Brennan and Shalimar said in unison. Emma turned around "Yes mom and dad" She snickered as Jesse walked her out. Brennan and Shalimar laughed.

Jesse opened the door and slowly moved her inside. As he laid Emma down on her bed, she almost fell asleep immediately. Jesse gently wrapped the blankets around her, he watched her sleeping form 'She's so beautiful when she sleeps' Jesse thought to himself. He gently kissed her on the forehead and walked out closing the door gently behind him.

Brennan and Shalimar sat in the kitchen. "Hey Shal, uhhh.would you like to go out for dinner tonight with me?" he practically blurted out as the blush appeared on his face. Shalimar smiled "I'd love too" she smiled as Jesse walked in. "How's Emma?" "She's drained alright, she fell asleep right away" Shalimar laughed "Well after kicking Lexa's ass like that anybody would be" Brennan and Jesse chuckled as Lexa walked in. Shalimar stopped laughing immediately and glared at Lexa. Lexa flinched "Uhhh.hello to you too, where's Emma?" she said as she gently rubbed her neck. "She went to sleep" Brennan said not even making eye contact with her. "She seems nice" Lexa said while pouring herself some coffee. "She is, and if you touch her I'll be making a flag for all Feral's using your head." Lexa immediately walked out of the kitchen.

Brennan smirked "Very nice Shal" Jesse chuckled "Thank you" Shalimar said as she giggled. "I'm gonna go read for a while" Brennan said as he walked out of the lab. "Jess." Jesse looked up. "When are you going to tell Emma you love her?" She cringed, a little bit too enforcive there. "What a nice way to put it gently Shal" Shalimar smirked "I don't know, like she just got back and I don't want to overwhelm her and I don't know if she feels the same way that I do and I really don't want to ruin our friendship and-" Shalimar put her hand on Jesse's arm "Jess, stop rambling" Jesse turned red "Sorry" Shalimar giggled. "Jess, is there anyway I can help?" "Well.you could try and find out if she likes me or not" Shalimar smiled "Will do, when she wakes up" Jesse smiled "Thanks" Shalimar jumped up from her seat. "Now, I have to go get ready for dinner with Brennan, will you keep an eye on Lexa and Emma for me, I don't trust Lexa at all, and I'm worried about Emma and also, if Emma wakes up, try and keep them a part. They'll kill each other if they see each other" Shalimar smiled. "Sure, Good Luck!" Jesse yelled back as she ran out of the room.

A couples hours had passed, all the lights were off in Sanctuary except for the one in the hallway. Brennan and Shalimar walked in arms linked. "Wow, I really had a nice time tonight" Brennan smiled "Me too" They stopped right in front of Shalimar's door. They were only inches from each other's face staring into each other's eyes. Shalimar gently kissed Brennan on the lips but they're kiss intensified as it lasted. They broke apart from each other "Wow..uhhhh.Good night" Shalimar smiled and walked into her room. Brennan stood there speechless. "WOW" he said as he gently shut the door to his room as he walked inside.

Screams ran through sanctuary as Brennan, Jesse, and Shalimar opened their doors. "Was that a scream?" Lexa gently opened her door "What's going on?" Another scream ran through Sanctuary "Emma!" Jesse said without noticed and dashed into her room with Brennan, Shalimar, and Lexa hot on his heels. Shalimar looked at the terrified Emma "She's having a nightmare" Jesse gently knelt down on to the bed and gently started shaking her. "Emma, Emma, its just a nightmare, wake up" Everybody jumped as Emma shot up in bed and immediately grabbed hold of Jesse. Jesse gently rubbed in small circles on her back. "Shhh, its ok, it was just a nightmare" Emma looked up, her eyes full of tears. "I remember.I remember" she whispered. Shalimar knelt down "Remember what Em?" She just continued to cry "I remember what happened at the explosion" Jesse held her tighter. Brennan's face became worried "Geeze Emma, your shaking" Lexa just watched even herself worrying, she had never seen anybody this worked up over a nightmare. Lexa gently put her hand on Emma's shoulder to try and help. Shalimar almost growled "Emma, what do you remember?" Lexa asked gently. She sobbed quietly and looked up at everyone. "Adam, he let me go, he let go of my hand"

Authors Notes: Cliffhanger, lol. I've decided to add a little bit of B/S in the fic just for the shippers. So please review and tell me what you think.