Disclaimer: Tell me any avid fan of Mutant X that doesn't know I don't own them. LOL. I don't know how powerful these characters are and I don't even know if they are really like this. All of the actions mentioned below is just my imagination.
Authors Note: Hey! This is my very first time to attempt my luck in writing fiction. Please forgive my grammar (since English is not my native tongue). I waited long enough to see my Emma fight a hand to hand combat but my patience was put to vain so I decided to make her as star in my own FanFic. Please review. Comments on whatever is very much welcome. I don't know how to end this one so if you have any idea, I'll be honored to have your ideas in my fic. So here we go ... enjoy ...
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Note: this is rated R-18 for some scenes that are not for children towards the end. here we go again. Enjoy...
Underestimated
~Thought ~
Memory
/Sounds/
"Conversation"
Chapter 4
Adam walked through hallway leading to the mutant's room. He hardly ever wakes them up in the morning knowing how tired could they be after a day of war against their kind and his kind-average humans, but after remembering Shalimar's request the other night, he thought he ought to run a couple of tests with Emma. Adam stopped on Emma's door and knocked on it, trying not to wake the others ... especially Shalimar. Everybody knows what Shalimar is capable of doing if she's awakened against her will.
Adam knocked again but he heard nothing so he knocked some more and this time calling her name:
"Emma?" he called.
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He heard a deafening silence. Adam wasn't use to this. He knew Emma would answer immediately, the moment she heard his voice. He objectively knew that Emma was not in her room but his mind continue to convince him that Emma would not leave the Sanctuary's premises without even saying she will be out.
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Adam heard a sound coming from the dojo. He looked at his watch. It was five-thirty in the morning. He decided that Emma was in the dojo knowing the fact that she wakes up earlier than the others. Leaving Emma's room, Adam turned to the direction of the dojo.
"Shalimar?" Adam uttered in surprise. "You're up early." He exclaimed.
"Good morning too, Adam!" Shalimar mockingly replied. "Thanks for checking." She added with a bantering smile on her face.
Adam had to smile too then his mind pulled him back to business. "Have you seen Emma around?"
"Nope! She wasn't here when I came? Have you checked her room? Maybe she's still sleeping in."
"No, she isn't." Adam replied tersely. "I was just at her bedroom door but she was not answering then I heard noises in here and thought Emma is in here."
"Well, didn't you went in to see? Maybe she's into dreamland or something that's why she didn't heard you."
"I feel I'm too much of a gentle man to peek in." Adam replied and it made Shalimar giggle.
"Good morning Adam." Jesse came in the dojo, still in his sleeping attire with a coffee mug in his hand. "Good morning Shal, you're up early." He smiled, asking Adam if he likes to have some coffee with a gesture. Jesse knew Adam was not of a coffee drinker-Adam was more of a tea drinker, but he asked him anyway.
"Thank you Jesse but I really need to know where Emma is."
"Is Emma okay? What happened?" he worriedly asked, throwing a look at Adam then at Shalimar.
"Relax Jess. Maybe she's just out early." Shalimar hit him lightly on the back after climbing down the dojo and snatching the coffee from him with a grin.
"Adam!"
They heard a voice yelling from the hallway. They didn't have to see who was screaming to know that it was Brennan since there were only three male in the Sanctuary and both Jesse and Adam are already in the dojo. They saw Brennan as he reached the turn to the dojo. He was running fast and his eyes are wide opened as if he saw a ghost. He panted and caught for breath before he continued.
"You are not gonna believe what I just saw?" Brennan announced, still panting.
"What did you see?" Shalimar asked him but before Brennan could answer they heard someone coming. Their jaws all dropped when they saw who came in.
"Emma?" they all chorused.
"Told you, you won't believe it." Brennan uttered. Brennan decided to take a walk outside the Sanctuary when he noticed someone was jogging outside. He thought for a while; he knew it couldn't be Shalimar since he could recognize her even from afar. He knew it was not Jesse because the figure he could see was of small built and Jesse was a big man too, not too big but is definitely bigger than the figure he could see. Then it came to him ... ~Emma? ~ his jaw dropped then he saw her coming towards him. He flinched and he decided he has to tell the group. Emma ... jogging ... is something that does not happen everyday. He knew he is not the only one to be surprised.
Emma, still oblivious to what was happening around her ... since she was wearing a walkman, continued with what she was doing ... jogging? Emma stopped at front of the computer stretching her arms and singing with the tune only she could hear.
"Emma?!" they repeated, finally catching her attention.
Emma turned around and smiled. "Hi guys!" she greeted as she turned off her walkman. She lifted her eyes again from the walkman and saw Shalimar in the background. "Shal, you're up early!" she exclaimed.
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The MX team was so surprised to react. Emma has spent years with them and they have never seen her jogging. They are used to see a very innocent, naïve, reserved Emma. But now ... who would think she have this energy inside her.
Jesse stared at Emma noticing the enchanting glitter in her eyes. He could sense her good vibes although she is still panting and sweating hard. Jesse noted the sweats that drip from her hair and some sweats that crawl down her neck creating a series of wet path. He watched at her as she gathered her hair to a ponytail ... Emma makes the butterflies flutter in his stomach...
Brennan, at the same time, has his eyes on Emma; smiling at her but not really understanding what she was saying. He just noted every movement of her lips; the charming flicked of her eyes; the enticing sway of her head; the fine swerving of her hand; everything about her fills him and he enjoyed watching her.
Meanwhile, Adam flicked his eyes twice and he held his breath. Shalimar told him Emma needed to be scanned; he didn't expect Emma to be this change in a mater of overnight time span. His mind refused to function for a couple of minutes, rendering him unyielding in his position.
On the other hand, Shalimar liked the change in her best friends aura. She have to admit Emma looks good in a mid-rib tank and hipster jogging pants. Emma's attire suits her well and it brings out the model in her.
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"Hey guys?!" Emma swayed her hand in front of her friends. "Are you even hearing me?" she asked.
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"Hey!" Emma yelled again. "Guys?! Hello?!"
"Is that 'Speedo'?" Shalimar broke the silence and pointed at Emma's pants.
"Yes. Why?" Emma looked down at her pants then to Shalimar again.
"I didn't know you wore Speedo." Shalimar walked towards Emma, handing her the coffee mug she took from Jesse.
"Does it look awful on me?" Emma took the coffee from Shalimar.
"Are you kidding Ems? You look incredibly sexy!" Shalimar exclaimed.
Emma smiled and took the coffee near her nose then she took a sip from it. It's mocha java, her favorite. She lifted her head and face the three men in the Sanctuary. "So ..." she licked her lips, which still has the flavor of the coffee. "What are you all doing here in the dojo this early?"
Adam was the first to react from Emma's question.
"Well, I was looking for you when I heard a sound here in the dojo." Adam started.
"So he went here just to see me rehearsing this early." Shalimar added.
"Why were you looking for me Adam?" Emma asked, wiping her swear away and handing the coffee back to Shalimar.
"I needed to scan you for some test." Adam explained.
"Alright." Emma walked beside Adam as they headed towards the lab, leaving Jesse, Shalimar, and Brennan. She didn't even asked what the scanning is for. She knew she felt great and she knew nothing's wrong with her but sometimes, Adam does things they wouldn't understand and ends up to be right.
***
"What did you find?" Shalimar asked Adam the moment Emma has entered her room and Adam was left alone.
"Emma is perfectly well. She's not even experiencing an 'after-Tyler-effect' anymore." Adam explained
"Are you serious? I mean ... Emma's fine? Adam, Emma have been talking to herself and you're telling us that she's fine ... great even?"
"Shalimar, you should know that Emma is a psionic and..."
"I know that Adam and I also know that she is a 'tele-empath'." Shalimar raised her fingers and motioned a quotation mark sign. She remembered the first time Emma and Brennan joined the group. Adam told them about each other's power. Adam told them that Emma only able to sense emotion but cannot read thought. From then on Shalimar is comfortable that Emma cannot read their thoughts. That is also why, even if Emma already told her that she was just using her psionic powers, Shalimar didn't believe her that easy. Shalimar needed Adam's scientific point of view but not that she heard Adam's opinion, she still finds it hard to believe.
"I know that Shalimar, but you also remember that all of your powers are evolving. You remember when I told you that Jesse could only phase himself on walls but when his power evolved, he is now able to phase with us through the walls. My guess is that Emma is maximizing her evolved power just as you are doing." Adam addressed Shalimar and Brennan.
"You mean Emma was really communicating with a telepath yesterday?" Brennan waited for Adam's answer, hoping his answer would be a 'no'. he clenched and unclenched his hands in anticipation; his brows almost meeting; his lips closed.
"Did Emma told you she was?" Adam threw a question back.
"Yes she did. We thought she was just hallucinating or something like that." Shalimar leaned against the med bed, crossing her arms across her chest and slacking a little.
"If she said she is, then maybe she is. Emma's power is the hardest to evaluate and to control." Adam expressed. Adam knew Emma may have reached the maximum level of her powers still he is convinced that Emma's power is very impossible to monitor since even Emma herself can never know the extent of her powers. Adam let out a heavy sigh then he faced Shalimar. "Keep an eye on her Shal! We can't take chances." Adam requested and left the two mutants in the lab.
"Do you believe that she was communicating with a telepath?" Brennan asked Shalimar.
"If she said she is, then she is." Shalimar smiled. She is now convinced that her best friend is telling them the truth considering the glow on her face that time.
"I still think she's in drugs though." Brennan joked. It wasn't long till he got a giggle from Shalimar. "Where is Emma anyway?" he asked.
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"Adam." Emma walked to Adam's room after she took a bath and dressed up. Adam opened the door and he smiled at Emma. Emma smiled back at him. "I'm going out Adam. Is there something you want me to do before I go out?" she asked.
"No. Shalimar and Jesse would be staying in the Sanctuary today. I can ask them for assistance if ever something happened while you're gone." He answered with a beam in his face.
"Okay. I'll be going then."
"Umm ... Ems. Where did you say you where going?" Adam then asked her.
"I'm going to see a friend." was Emma's short answer. She didn't feel like telling everything to Adam. She smiled at him again and turned to leave. Adam accepted Emma's answer and he backed away to close his door again and go on with whatever he was doing when he heard Emma could out again.
"Umm...Adam, you'd better not wait for me before you eat supper. I'd be late."
Adam saw a glitter in Emma's eyes and then Emma left.
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Jesse and Shalimar was in the dojo, rehearsing with the solid hologram Adam programmed the other day. Sometimes, Jesse enjoyed being the only male mutant in the group-since Brennan is at the underground #016, teaching in self-defense classes. There are these times when they see themselves as rival, not in a very lethal way though, it's just that Jesse used to be the 'only man' for any job then Brennan and Emma joined the group. Since then, Brennan and him got this competition with each other. Times like this makes him very thankful he got a chance to be the 'only man' again.
"Come on Jess, you're not concentrating." Shalimar shoved him away a little with a smile on her face. "You're thinking of her aren't you?"
Jesse blinked and his forehead cringed a little. He was about to answer Shalimar when a solid hologram appeared in front of him and gave him a blow on the stomach. He bent in pain but the hologram didn't stopped. He phased when the hologram tried to punch him. Recovering from the blow, he stood up and kicked the hologram on the belly part and it vanished. Jesse found Shalimar on the computer control...laughing. "Turn it of Shal. I'm hit pretty good." He sat on the dojo floor.
"You are thinking of her!" it was not a question. Shalimar decided Jesse was thinking of Emma. Then she heard he was saying something. She didn't heard him clear but the movement of his lips told him every word. ~ 'damn Brennan.' He was cursing Brennan? ~ Shalimar told herself. "You were not thinking of her."
"What are you talking about Shal?" Jesse took his towel and climbed down the dojo. He was confused by Shalimar's questions. "Who's her?" he asked.
Shalimar jumped from the computer section to where Jesse is. "Sorry Jess, I thought you were thinking of Emma but..."
"Emma?" Jesse suddenly run out of breath and he winked a couple of times. He didn't know where Shalimar got the idea.
"Yeah. Emma! You're in loved with her, aren't you?" Shalimar smiled.
"I...what?"
"Come on Jess. It's obvious. You think about her everytime." Shalimar sat on the steps that lead up the dojo.
"Shal, I think about all of you everytime. I think about you too."
"But you think about Emma the most." She grinned.
"You think I'm in love with her because I think about him everytime? That is not enough basis to say that I'm really in love with her."
"Jess, you don't only think about her, you care for her."
"Well yeah but I care for you too. Does that make me in love with you too?"
"Nice try Jess but you won't get away this issue that easy, not with me. I know you care about all of us but you care for Emma the most." Shalimar continued to mess about with Jesse.
Jesse was left without words. Honestly, he cannot explain how he really felt about Emma. Like Shalimar, Emma is a part of his life the moment she joined the team. Jesse treated Emma as his sister but now, after all that they have been through together; Jesse knew the feeling of just being friends transcended to a higher level of relationship.
"You never ask me where I'm going, everytime I told you I'm going out." Shalimar added.
"Shal, you're a feral. You could even beat me and Brennan even if we spar against you together." Jesse had to laugh. He was telling her the truth. There was a time when he and Brennan would worry about her but then after being with her in some assignments and seeing she was a hell of a fighter they both decided Shalimar would not need that much protection though they really protect the groups' women all times. It was just different with the ferals.
Shalimar thought for a moment and decided that Jesse has a point. There is really no sense of them asking where she is going, not only because she could protect herself but also because she will not tell them anyway.
"Okay, you have a point but what about the way you talk about her. Your face glitter when she's around. Your actions are different when she walks in the room. Your eyes sparkle when she talks with you. And even if she's not here and you would be talking about her...God Jess, I wish men would talk about me that way. I mean, you never talk about women like that after..." Shalimar had to stop she didn't know if it was a good time to bring Amanda up. As Jesse's best friend, she knew how crushed he is when Amanda died. "...after..."
"Amanda died?" Jesse finished Shalimar's sentence for her and he smiled. "You don't have to worry about that issue Shal. I already recovered from that."
Shalimar had to smile. She's happy that Jesse have moved on after almost four years of living with the pain. Jesse stopped mourning few months after Amanda's death but Shalimar knew the pain would not go away that soon. She knew Jesse tried to live with it anyway, moving on step after step. Shalimar nodded and stood up, willing to drop the topic, which she brought up. "Well, I think am gonna leave you for awhile Jesse." She hit him lightly on the head and started walking.
Jesse looked at his best friend and then he stopped her. "But I could use an adviser here Shal."
Shalimar turned to face him. He saw the seriousness in Jesse's eyes. She let out a sigh. "You don't know what to do, do you?" she asked him. Jesse just shook his head. "Well, for starter, when are you planning to tell Emma?" Shalimar sat beside him again.
"Tell her that I think I'm in love with her? I don't even know if she's ready to let go of Tyler." Jesse sighed and closed his eyes for a while, imagining the day he saw Emma crying a year after Tyler's death. He thought Emma would go on after mourning for months like he did. He didn't know Emma was affected that much.
"How would you know if you don't try or at least make the first step." Shalimar suggested.
"Thanks Shal. I don't know what I'd do without you." Jesse smiled.
"I know." Shal grinned
"How could I even start to repay you?" Jesse looked at her with a grin willing to know what she wanted to do now.
"Well you could treat me to 'Papaya's Hotdog'. I heard they make the best hotdogs in town." Shalimar whipped her hair and beamed at Jesse.
"Really? Are they serving pizza too?" Jesse asked.
"Maybe. I'm really not sure. You sure love pizza huh Jess." Shalimar giggled.
Jesse nodded and joined Shalimar in giggling. "So... let's go?"
"After shower?" Shalimar suggested.
Jesse sniffed his shirt and chuckled. "Yeah. I think we really needed to take a shower."
***
"You're doing great Emma." Cole remarked favorably on Emma. "Most of the students would be spending five horrible weeks before they could learn the first phase of basic self-defense but you, you are one fast learner. Look at where you are now..."
"Just in ... phase ... two and ... I'm damn ... beat." Emma replied, panting from exhaustion.
"Is that whining I just heard?" Meg interrupted their conversation, grinning at Emma. "I think you needed to take a break Emma. You have been in this station for five whole hours. I know I promised that we would bring out the best in you but you don't need to kill yourself for it." she added.
"I'm ... not killing ... myself ... Meg." Emma said in between her breaths.
"Yeah sure. You're not killing yourself, you're only torturing it." Cole laughed catching Emma as she totter in weariness.
"I'm ... not ... doing ... that." Emma defended while she catches her breath after falling in Cole's arms.
"And what do you call this? Pampering?" Cole grinned and it made Emma laugh. Meg walked in the middle of the class, dismissing the other students who are helping them with Emma. Meg walked to her office beside Cole with Emma in his arms. Cole placed Emma on the comfort of Meg's soft couch.
"I guess we can't go out for lunch now, can we?" Meg smirked, picking up the phone, she dialed for a delivered lunch.
"Are you alright?" Cole asked Emma, seeing how tired she is.
Emma laughed; it was a sweet laughter. There was no trace of weariness in her laughter. "I haven't been more alright in my life."
"Yeah. And I'll bet you haven't had bruises before." Meg laughed as she handed Emma a glass of cold water. Meg sat beside Emma; smiling at her.
Emma looked at her bruises and smiled. "Oh I have had bruises, but not like this...never like this."
"Here, let me soothe it." Cole took a swab and was going to dabbed Emma's bruises but she stopped him.
"No Cole, don't. It will only heal them fast."
"Well that is usually what the swabs do Emma." Meg grinned. "Don't you want it to heal faster?"
"Nah! I like it this way. It would remind me that somebody finally wanted to rehearse self defense with me." Emma sighed.
***
"Hey guys! Where have you been?" Brennan asked Jesse and Shalimar as they arrived in the Sanctuary. They found Brennan in the couch, reading his favorite Walt Whitman book.
"We just took a time out." Shalimar answered, unhooking her arms from Jesse.
"We had our lunch out." Jesse added
"Time out? Lunch? Adam said you took off about eight hours ago." Brennan placed his book beside him and grinned at the two mutants.
"Don't go getting ideas Bren," Shalimar warned, flashing her feral eyes as to threaten him more in jest.
"Whoa!" Brennan raised his hands as if surrendering. "I'm not saying or thinking anything." He then placed his middle and index finger on his lips to control his mounting laughter. The two mutants started giggling. It was really fun to be with your friends. Nothing could be compared to it. Brennan's laughter finally broke loose, filling the Sanctuary with Shalimar and Jesse's giggles, and then they heard Adam calling from the hallway shortly before he appeared for the lab.
"Did Emma dropped a message already?" Adam asked.
"No, not yet." Brennan answered.
"Isn't she home yet." Shalimar looked her watch. It was already eight in the evening. "Well, it's still not that late. Maybe she's staying out later for the night."
"Yes. I remembered she said she'll be home late." Adam slapped his forehead lightly. His protective instinct over his beloved member is sometimes killing him. Pushing him into extreme concern and worry.
"Emma would stay up late? ... Alone? ...Outside?" Brennan demanded. "You let her Adam?"
"She will be with a friend Brennan, I think..."
"That's not the point Adam. Emma can't be alone outside the Sanctuary. It is dangerous for her."
"Brennan, aren't you hearing Adam? She's with someone-a friend." Shalimar explained.
"Still she should not be allowed to be out of the Sanctuary alone." Brennan's voice was firm. He really believed Emma needed to stay in the Sanctuary.
"Aren't you overreacting?" Shalimar looked at him, demanding for some explanation. If it was Jesse acting like this, she'd understand but this is Brennan.
~Maybe it's the bond. ~ she thought. Emma and Brennan shared a special bond from the first time they saw each other. Maybe that is what's making Brennan so worried about Emma.
"Let's finish this okay?" Adam suggested. "You three try to rest." With that, Adam left the rec room.
Brennan unwillingly headed to his room. Shalimar was behind him when she noticed Jesse settling on the couch.
"Jess?"
"I'm staying up later Shal."
"You'll be waiting for her?"
"I guess I will."
Shalimar smiled at him and nodded. "Okay. Goodnight then."
"Good night Shal." Jesse smiled back at her.
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The Sanctuary is surrendering into total silence. Brennan is already in his deep slumber. Adam just crept in his room, ending his lab work. Shalimar dozed off already-it was be a miracle considering she's a nocturnal. Jesse is feeling sleepy himself so he decided to take some coffee. He walked in the kitchen and started mixing some instant coffee powder when he heard light footsteps. He listened some more, he then heard the opening and the shutting of a door.
~Emma! ~ he thought. Jesse left his coffee and hurried at Emma's room. He was tempted to peek in but something stopped him, instead, he tried hearing what was happening inside when suddenly he heard a loud thumping. He called out to her.
"Emma? Are you alright?"
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"Come on Emma. If you don't answer I'll phase in."
~phase in? no Jesse, don't come in? ~ her mind begged.
"Emma? That's it! I'm phasing in."
"No, Jesse!" it was too late, Jesse have phased in. Jesse found her struggling on the floor.
"Oh my god. Emma, what happened..."
"I've got it Jesse." Emma pushed his hand away from her after Jesse offered a hand. "I can do it myself Jess."
Jesse stepped back and allowed her to try standing when her knees failed her again, sending her body flat on the floor.
"Okay. I guess I really needed help." Emma said embarrassedly
Jesse bend over to help her up and he assisted her as she tried to sit on her bed. "What happened on..." Jesse stopped when he noticed reddish spot on Emma's skin. "Are those bruises?"
Hiding her arms behind her, Emma shook her head but Jesse wasn't convinced.
"Let me see them." He effortlessly got Emma's arm. Jesse's forehead cringed as his concern over took him. "What happened to you?" he got more worried when he saw that the bruises are not only on her arms but also on her back, thighs and legs. "Who did this to you?" Jesse's hands clenched and his teeth gnashing. How could anyone hurt Emma like this.
"Jesse, relax." Emma smiled at him. "Nobody did this to me, I did this to myself."
Jesse's face turned blank. "You did this to yourself?"
Emma had to laugh at the expression on Jesse's face. "I know you're worried Jesse, but I'm really okay. These bruises are all because of me. I'm responsible for these." She smiled again.
"Emma, I'm confused. I don't seem to understand. You gave this to yourself. What's going on Em?"
"I swear I really wanted to tell you now but this is not the right time. I promise you'll be the first one to know what I've been up to but for tonight, I really, really need to rest. I'm a little trashed."
"Yeah I can see that." Jesse now smiled. "But I think you need a massage before you went to sleep." He suggested.
"Are you suggesting that I go to a massage parlor at this time of the night." Emma knew it was late and the whole city must be asleep.
"No, I mean, I could give you a massage." Jesse offered.
"You know how to?"
"Yes. Care to try?"
"Well, what the heck!" Emma turned on her belly as Jesse looked around for menthol oil. Emma felt Jesse's gentle hand on her back. He was really good at this. Then she felt the cold air on her back as he slowly took her tank off. If it was Brennan who's undressing her like that, she could have screamed for help, but this is Jesse. She felt at ease with him. Everything that he does seems right to her. Emma felt Jesse's skin against hers. It was a little rough but gentle. The menthol oil's scent filled the small confinement of Emma's room and it helped her relax even more. She then felt gentle pressure on her back. She let out quiet moans and she bit her lower lips.
Jesse enjoyed this moment. The enticing view of Emma's back fills him. Her back was still beautiful for him even with those small bruises. He applied sufficient amount of oil on her back and gently stroke it. Her moans were like music in his ears. Jesse looked at the clasp of Emma's bra. He knew he should remove it to give Emma a better massage so his hands slowly moved to unhook her bra. He heard Emma gasp as it fell off. God she was beautiful. Jesse's hand shivered as it made contact with her skin. The temptation is too hard for him to resist. He felt his trousers tightened on him.
Emma's heart pounded faster. She knew this was leading to something. When she felt Jesse's hand parted from her back, she turned to face him with her clothes still covering her front body. Jesse's eyes stopped on her lips, following her tongue as she licked her lips. Emma found Jesse bending over her until their lips finally met. Jesse was kissing her and she found herself kissing back.
Jesse's hands traveled to her side, gently stroking it. He gathered her body and pulled her closer to him. Emma released the pieces of clothing, which she was holding to cover her body, and she threw her arms around Jesse's neck to intensify the kiss. She let Jesse's tongue explore her mouth and she gently thrust her tongue against his.
Their lips parted when they needed to breath for some air. Jesse found himself needing her. His eyes traveled at Emma's body following the curved of her breast. That is when he realized that Emma is now half naked. He wanted her, he wanted her now but she was too precious for him that he couldn't do what his body desire. He wanted to give her more time. They might be acting under the circumstance and it could be the biggest mistake in their lives.
Jesse pulled Emma's sheet to cover her body. He laid her down again and tucked her in. he kissed her forehead and bid her good night.
"Jesse,"
He heard Emma called his name.
"Thank you," Emma smiled at him and he smiled back at her. "But I really want you to stay for tonight."
Jesse was caught of guard. His eyes widened and his jaws dropped.
"I'm not asking you to have sex with me if that is what you're thinking." Emma grinned and it snapped Jesse back. "But seriously, I really need a friend tonight."
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Both kept themselves from talking until Jesse broke the silence.
"Sure."
She heard Jesse replied. She stood up and took a decent tank before she climbed back on her bed. Jesse crept under the covers and settled beside her. Emma looked at him and smiled. "If you're not comfortable then you could leave just as I fall into sleep." She told him.
"I'll stay with you." Jesse replied with a smile. "Good night." He kissed her again.
"Good night." She replied.
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***Lyza***
So what do you think? I'm planning to mess with the groups' pairing. I think it'll be fun. Please review. Hope you've enjoyed.
Authors Note: Hey! This is my very first time to attempt my luck in writing fiction. Please forgive my grammar (since English is not my native tongue). I waited long enough to see my Emma fight a hand to hand combat but my patience was put to vain so I decided to make her as star in my own FanFic. Please review. Comments on whatever is very much welcome. I don't know how to end this one so if you have any idea, I'll be honored to have your ideas in my fic. So here we go ... enjoy ...
X-Gangsta's-Brat-X: thanks for the new post. I'll try to give Emma and Brennan a quality time together. I still don't know whom to pair Emma at the end. Thanks for the review.
Skyler: like I said in the email I send you, I'll try my best to make all of you happy. Thanks for reviewing.
Zoxx: I waited to read your post in the official review. I've been a sucker of complication so I guess I'll make the relationship complicated. LOL. Thank you for the official post.
Gryffy: I'll try to make a Brennan and Emma chapter. Thank you for posting a review.
Emma0211: I hope this chapter will make you happy. LOL. Thanks for posting your review.
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Ladiraid: your post is inspiring. i'll send you my personal thank you letter but as I always do, I'd like to thank you on my fanfic. Thanks very much. You have no idea how much it mean to me.
Note: this is rated R-18 for some scenes that are not for children towards the end. here we go again. Enjoy...
Underestimated
~Thought ~
Memory
/Sounds/
"Conversation"
Chapter 4
Adam walked through hallway leading to the mutant's room. He hardly ever wakes them up in the morning knowing how tired could they be after a day of war against their kind and his kind-average humans, but after remembering Shalimar's request the other night, he thought he ought to run a couple of tests with Emma. Adam stopped on Emma's door and knocked on it, trying not to wake the others ... especially Shalimar. Everybody knows what Shalimar is capable of doing if she's awakened against her will.
Adam knocked again but he heard nothing so he knocked some more and this time calling her name:
"Emma?" he called.
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He heard a deafening silence. Adam wasn't use to this. He knew Emma would answer immediately, the moment she heard his voice. He objectively knew that Emma was not in her room but his mind continue to convince him that Emma would not leave the Sanctuary's premises without even saying she will be out.
/Thud/
Adam heard a sound coming from the dojo. He looked at his watch. It was five-thirty in the morning. He decided that Emma was in the dojo knowing the fact that she wakes up earlier than the others. Leaving Emma's room, Adam turned to the direction of the dojo.
"Shalimar?" Adam uttered in surprise. "You're up early." He exclaimed.
"Good morning too, Adam!" Shalimar mockingly replied. "Thanks for checking." She added with a bantering smile on her face.
Adam had to smile too then his mind pulled him back to business. "Have you seen Emma around?"
"Nope! She wasn't here when I came? Have you checked her room? Maybe she's still sleeping in."
"No, she isn't." Adam replied tersely. "I was just at her bedroom door but she was not answering then I heard noises in here and thought Emma is in here."
"Well, didn't you went in to see? Maybe she's into dreamland or something that's why she didn't heard you."
"I feel I'm too much of a gentle man to peek in." Adam replied and it made Shalimar giggle.
"Good morning Adam." Jesse came in the dojo, still in his sleeping attire with a coffee mug in his hand. "Good morning Shal, you're up early." He smiled, asking Adam if he likes to have some coffee with a gesture. Jesse knew Adam was not of a coffee drinker-Adam was more of a tea drinker, but he asked him anyway.
"Thank you Jesse but I really need to know where Emma is."
"Is Emma okay? What happened?" he worriedly asked, throwing a look at Adam then at Shalimar.
"Relax Jess. Maybe she's just out early." Shalimar hit him lightly on the back after climbing down the dojo and snatching the coffee from him with a grin.
"Adam!"
They heard a voice yelling from the hallway. They didn't have to see who was screaming to know that it was Brennan since there were only three male in the Sanctuary and both Jesse and Adam are already in the dojo. They saw Brennan as he reached the turn to the dojo. He was running fast and his eyes are wide opened as if he saw a ghost. He panted and caught for breath before he continued.
"You are not gonna believe what I just saw?" Brennan announced, still panting.
"What did you see?" Shalimar asked him but before Brennan could answer they heard someone coming. Their jaws all dropped when they saw who came in.
"Emma?" they all chorused.
"Told you, you won't believe it." Brennan uttered. Brennan decided to take a walk outside the Sanctuary when he noticed someone was jogging outside. He thought for a while; he knew it couldn't be Shalimar since he could recognize her even from afar. He knew it was not Jesse because the figure he could see was of small built and Jesse was a big man too, not too big but is definitely bigger than the figure he could see. Then it came to him ... ~Emma? ~ his jaw dropped then he saw her coming towards him. He flinched and he decided he has to tell the group. Emma ... jogging ... is something that does not happen everyday. He knew he is not the only one to be surprised.
Emma, still oblivious to what was happening around her ... since she was wearing a walkman, continued with what she was doing ... jogging? Emma stopped at front of the computer stretching her arms and singing with the tune only she could hear.
"Emma?!" they repeated, finally catching her attention.
Emma turned around and smiled. "Hi guys!" she greeted as she turned off her walkman. She lifted her eyes again from the walkman and saw Shalimar in the background. "Shal, you're up early!" she exclaimed.
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The MX team was so surprised to react. Emma has spent years with them and they have never seen her jogging. They are used to see a very innocent, naïve, reserved Emma. But now ... who would think she have this energy inside her.
Jesse stared at Emma noticing the enchanting glitter in her eyes. He could sense her good vibes although she is still panting and sweating hard. Jesse noted the sweats that drip from her hair and some sweats that crawl down her neck creating a series of wet path. He watched at her as she gathered her hair to a ponytail ... Emma makes the butterflies flutter in his stomach...
Brennan, at the same time, has his eyes on Emma; smiling at her but not really understanding what she was saying. He just noted every movement of her lips; the charming flicked of her eyes; the enticing sway of her head; the fine swerving of her hand; everything about her fills him and he enjoyed watching her.
Meanwhile, Adam flicked his eyes twice and he held his breath. Shalimar told him Emma needed to be scanned; he didn't expect Emma to be this change in a mater of overnight time span. His mind refused to function for a couple of minutes, rendering him unyielding in his position.
On the other hand, Shalimar liked the change in her best friends aura. She have to admit Emma looks good in a mid-rib tank and hipster jogging pants. Emma's attire suits her well and it brings out the model in her.
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"Hey guys?!" Emma swayed her hand in front of her friends. "Are you even hearing me?" she asked.
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"Hey!" Emma yelled again. "Guys?! Hello?!"
"Is that 'Speedo'?" Shalimar broke the silence and pointed at Emma's pants.
"Yes. Why?" Emma looked down at her pants then to Shalimar again.
"I didn't know you wore Speedo." Shalimar walked towards Emma, handing her the coffee mug she took from Jesse.
"Does it look awful on me?" Emma took the coffee from Shalimar.
"Are you kidding Ems? You look incredibly sexy!" Shalimar exclaimed.
Emma smiled and took the coffee near her nose then she took a sip from it. It's mocha java, her favorite. She lifted her head and face the three men in the Sanctuary. "So ..." she licked her lips, which still has the flavor of the coffee. "What are you all doing here in the dojo this early?"
Adam was the first to react from Emma's question.
"Well, I was looking for you when I heard a sound here in the dojo." Adam started.
"So he went here just to see me rehearsing this early." Shalimar added.
"Why were you looking for me Adam?" Emma asked, wiping her swear away and handing the coffee back to Shalimar.
"I needed to scan you for some test." Adam explained.
"Alright." Emma walked beside Adam as they headed towards the lab, leaving Jesse, Shalimar, and Brennan. She didn't even asked what the scanning is for. She knew she felt great and she knew nothing's wrong with her but sometimes, Adam does things they wouldn't understand and ends up to be right.
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"What did you find?" Shalimar asked Adam the moment Emma has entered her room and Adam was left alone.
"Emma is perfectly well. She's not even experiencing an 'after-Tyler-effect' anymore." Adam explained
"Are you serious? I mean ... Emma's fine? Adam, Emma have been talking to herself and you're telling us that she's fine ... great even?"
"Shalimar, you should know that Emma is a psionic and..."
"I know that Adam and I also know that she is a 'tele-empath'." Shalimar raised her fingers and motioned a quotation mark sign. She remembered the first time Emma and Brennan joined the group. Adam told them about each other's power. Adam told them that Emma only able to sense emotion but cannot read thought. From then on Shalimar is comfortable that Emma cannot read their thoughts. That is also why, even if Emma already told her that she was just using her psionic powers, Shalimar didn't believe her that easy. Shalimar needed Adam's scientific point of view but not that she heard Adam's opinion, she still finds it hard to believe.
"I know that Shalimar, but you also remember that all of your powers are evolving. You remember when I told you that Jesse could only phase himself on walls but when his power evolved, he is now able to phase with us through the walls. My guess is that Emma is maximizing her evolved power just as you are doing." Adam addressed Shalimar and Brennan.
"You mean Emma was really communicating with a telepath yesterday?" Brennan waited for Adam's answer, hoping his answer would be a 'no'. he clenched and unclenched his hands in anticipation; his brows almost meeting; his lips closed.
"Did Emma told you she was?" Adam threw a question back.
"Yes she did. We thought she was just hallucinating or something like that." Shalimar leaned against the med bed, crossing her arms across her chest and slacking a little.
"If she said she is, then maybe she is. Emma's power is the hardest to evaluate and to control." Adam expressed. Adam knew Emma may have reached the maximum level of her powers still he is convinced that Emma's power is very impossible to monitor since even Emma herself can never know the extent of her powers. Adam let out a heavy sigh then he faced Shalimar. "Keep an eye on her Shal! We can't take chances." Adam requested and left the two mutants in the lab.
"Do you believe that she was communicating with a telepath?" Brennan asked Shalimar.
"If she said she is, then she is." Shalimar smiled. She is now convinced that her best friend is telling them the truth considering the glow on her face that time.
"I still think she's in drugs though." Brennan joked. It wasn't long till he got a giggle from Shalimar. "Where is Emma anyway?" he asked.
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"Adam." Emma walked to Adam's room after she took a bath and dressed up. Adam opened the door and he smiled at Emma. Emma smiled back at him. "I'm going out Adam. Is there something you want me to do before I go out?" she asked.
"No. Shalimar and Jesse would be staying in the Sanctuary today. I can ask them for assistance if ever something happened while you're gone." He answered with a beam in his face.
"Okay. I'll be going then."
"Umm ... Ems. Where did you say you where going?" Adam then asked her.
"I'm going to see a friend." was Emma's short answer. She didn't feel like telling everything to Adam. She smiled at him again and turned to leave. Adam accepted Emma's answer and he backed away to close his door again and go on with whatever he was doing when he heard Emma could out again.
"Umm...Adam, you'd better not wait for me before you eat supper. I'd be late."
Adam saw a glitter in Emma's eyes and then Emma left.
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Jesse and Shalimar was in the dojo, rehearsing with the solid hologram Adam programmed the other day. Sometimes, Jesse enjoyed being the only male mutant in the group-since Brennan is at the underground #016, teaching in self-defense classes. There are these times when they see themselves as rival, not in a very lethal way though, it's just that Jesse used to be the 'only man' for any job then Brennan and Emma joined the group. Since then, Brennan and him got this competition with each other. Times like this makes him very thankful he got a chance to be the 'only man' again.
"Come on Jess, you're not concentrating." Shalimar shoved him away a little with a smile on her face. "You're thinking of her aren't you?"
Jesse blinked and his forehead cringed a little. He was about to answer Shalimar when a solid hologram appeared in front of him and gave him a blow on the stomach. He bent in pain but the hologram didn't stopped. He phased when the hologram tried to punch him. Recovering from the blow, he stood up and kicked the hologram on the belly part and it vanished. Jesse found Shalimar on the computer control...laughing. "Turn it of Shal. I'm hit pretty good." He sat on the dojo floor.
"You are thinking of her!" it was not a question. Shalimar decided Jesse was thinking of Emma. Then she heard he was saying something. She didn't heard him clear but the movement of his lips told him every word. ~ 'damn Brennan.' He was cursing Brennan? ~ Shalimar told herself. "You were not thinking of her."
"What are you talking about Shal?" Jesse took his towel and climbed down the dojo. He was confused by Shalimar's questions. "Who's her?" he asked.
Shalimar jumped from the computer section to where Jesse is. "Sorry Jess, I thought you were thinking of Emma but..."
"Emma?" Jesse suddenly run out of breath and he winked a couple of times. He didn't know where Shalimar got the idea.
"Yeah. Emma! You're in loved with her, aren't you?" Shalimar smiled.
"I...what?"
"Come on Jess. It's obvious. You think about her everytime." Shalimar sat on the steps that lead up the dojo.
"Shal, I think about all of you everytime. I think about you too."
"But you think about Emma the most." She grinned.
"You think I'm in love with her because I think about him everytime? That is not enough basis to say that I'm really in love with her."
"Jess, you don't only think about her, you care for her."
"Well yeah but I care for you too. Does that make me in love with you too?"
"Nice try Jess but you won't get away this issue that easy, not with me. I know you care about all of us but you care for Emma the most." Shalimar continued to mess about with Jesse.
Jesse was left without words. Honestly, he cannot explain how he really felt about Emma. Like Shalimar, Emma is a part of his life the moment she joined the team. Jesse treated Emma as his sister but now, after all that they have been through together; Jesse knew the feeling of just being friends transcended to a higher level of relationship.
"You never ask me where I'm going, everytime I told you I'm going out." Shalimar added.
"Shal, you're a feral. You could even beat me and Brennan even if we spar against you together." Jesse had to laugh. He was telling her the truth. There was a time when he and Brennan would worry about her but then after being with her in some assignments and seeing she was a hell of a fighter they both decided Shalimar would not need that much protection though they really protect the groups' women all times. It was just different with the ferals.
Shalimar thought for a moment and decided that Jesse has a point. There is really no sense of them asking where she is going, not only because she could protect herself but also because she will not tell them anyway.
"Okay, you have a point but what about the way you talk about her. Your face glitter when she's around. Your actions are different when she walks in the room. Your eyes sparkle when she talks with you. And even if she's not here and you would be talking about her...God Jess, I wish men would talk about me that way. I mean, you never talk about women like that after..." Shalimar had to stop she didn't know if it was a good time to bring Amanda up. As Jesse's best friend, she knew how crushed he is when Amanda died. "...after..."
"Amanda died?" Jesse finished Shalimar's sentence for her and he smiled. "You don't have to worry about that issue Shal. I already recovered from that."
Shalimar had to smile. She's happy that Jesse have moved on after almost four years of living with the pain. Jesse stopped mourning few months after Amanda's death but Shalimar knew the pain would not go away that soon. She knew Jesse tried to live with it anyway, moving on step after step. Shalimar nodded and stood up, willing to drop the topic, which she brought up. "Well, I think am gonna leave you for awhile Jesse." She hit him lightly on the head and started walking.
Jesse looked at his best friend and then he stopped her. "But I could use an adviser here Shal."
Shalimar turned to face him. He saw the seriousness in Jesse's eyes. She let out a sigh. "You don't know what to do, do you?" she asked him. Jesse just shook his head. "Well, for starter, when are you planning to tell Emma?" Shalimar sat beside him again.
"Tell her that I think I'm in love with her? I don't even know if she's ready to let go of Tyler." Jesse sighed and closed his eyes for a while, imagining the day he saw Emma crying a year after Tyler's death. He thought Emma would go on after mourning for months like he did. He didn't know Emma was affected that much.
"How would you know if you don't try or at least make the first step." Shalimar suggested.
"Thanks Shal. I don't know what I'd do without you." Jesse smiled.
"I know." Shal grinned
"How could I even start to repay you?" Jesse looked at her with a grin willing to know what she wanted to do now.
"Well you could treat me to 'Papaya's Hotdog'. I heard they make the best hotdogs in town." Shalimar whipped her hair and beamed at Jesse.
"Really? Are they serving pizza too?" Jesse asked.
"Maybe. I'm really not sure. You sure love pizza huh Jess." Shalimar giggled.
Jesse nodded and joined Shalimar in giggling. "So... let's go?"
"After shower?" Shalimar suggested.
Jesse sniffed his shirt and chuckled. "Yeah. I think we really needed to take a shower."
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"You're doing great Emma." Cole remarked favorably on Emma. "Most of the students would be spending five horrible weeks before they could learn the first phase of basic self-defense but you, you are one fast learner. Look at where you are now..."
"Just in ... phase ... two and ... I'm damn ... beat." Emma replied, panting from exhaustion.
"Is that whining I just heard?" Meg interrupted their conversation, grinning at Emma. "I think you needed to take a break Emma. You have been in this station for five whole hours. I know I promised that we would bring out the best in you but you don't need to kill yourself for it." she added.
"I'm ... not killing ... myself ... Meg." Emma said in between her breaths.
"Yeah sure. You're not killing yourself, you're only torturing it." Cole laughed catching Emma as she totter in weariness.
"I'm ... not ... doing ... that." Emma defended while she catches her breath after falling in Cole's arms.
"And what do you call this? Pampering?" Cole grinned and it made Emma laugh. Meg walked in the middle of the class, dismissing the other students who are helping them with Emma. Meg walked to her office beside Cole with Emma in his arms. Cole placed Emma on the comfort of Meg's soft couch.
"I guess we can't go out for lunch now, can we?" Meg smirked, picking up the phone, she dialed for a delivered lunch.
"Are you alright?" Cole asked Emma, seeing how tired she is.
Emma laughed; it was a sweet laughter. There was no trace of weariness in her laughter. "I haven't been more alright in my life."
"Yeah. And I'll bet you haven't had bruises before." Meg laughed as she handed Emma a glass of cold water. Meg sat beside Emma; smiling at her.
Emma looked at her bruises and smiled. "Oh I have had bruises, but not like this...never like this."
"Here, let me soothe it." Cole took a swab and was going to dabbed Emma's bruises but she stopped him.
"No Cole, don't. It will only heal them fast."
"Well that is usually what the swabs do Emma." Meg grinned. "Don't you want it to heal faster?"
"Nah! I like it this way. It would remind me that somebody finally wanted to rehearse self defense with me." Emma sighed.
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"Hey guys! Where have you been?" Brennan asked Jesse and Shalimar as they arrived in the Sanctuary. They found Brennan in the couch, reading his favorite Walt Whitman book.
"We just took a time out." Shalimar answered, unhooking her arms from Jesse.
"We had our lunch out." Jesse added
"Time out? Lunch? Adam said you took off about eight hours ago." Brennan placed his book beside him and grinned at the two mutants.
"Don't go getting ideas Bren," Shalimar warned, flashing her feral eyes as to threaten him more in jest.
"Whoa!" Brennan raised his hands as if surrendering. "I'm not saying or thinking anything." He then placed his middle and index finger on his lips to control his mounting laughter. The two mutants started giggling. It was really fun to be with your friends. Nothing could be compared to it. Brennan's laughter finally broke loose, filling the Sanctuary with Shalimar and Jesse's giggles, and then they heard Adam calling from the hallway shortly before he appeared for the lab.
"Did Emma dropped a message already?" Adam asked.
"No, not yet." Brennan answered.
"Isn't she home yet." Shalimar looked her watch. It was already eight in the evening. "Well, it's still not that late. Maybe she's staying out later for the night."
"Yes. I remembered she said she'll be home late." Adam slapped his forehead lightly. His protective instinct over his beloved member is sometimes killing him. Pushing him into extreme concern and worry.
"Emma would stay up late? ... Alone? ...Outside?" Brennan demanded. "You let her Adam?"
"She will be with a friend Brennan, I think..."
"That's not the point Adam. Emma can't be alone outside the Sanctuary. It is dangerous for her."
"Brennan, aren't you hearing Adam? She's with someone-a friend." Shalimar explained.
"Still she should not be allowed to be out of the Sanctuary alone." Brennan's voice was firm. He really believed Emma needed to stay in the Sanctuary.
"Aren't you overreacting?" Shalimar looked at him, demanding for some explanation. If it was Jesse acting like this, she'd understand but this is Brennan.
~Maybe it's the bond. ~ she thought. Emma and Brennan shared a special bond from the first time they saw each other. Maybe that is what's making Brennan so worried about Emma.
"Let's finish this okay?" Adam suggested. "You three try to rest." With that, Adam left the rec room.
Brennan unwillingly headed to his room. Shalimar was behind him when she noticed Jesse settling on the couch.
"Jess?"
"I'm staying up later Shal."
"You'll be waiting for her?"
"I guess I will."
Shalimar smiled at him and nodded. "Okay. Goodnight then."
"Good night Shal." Jesse smiled back at her.
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The Sanctuary is surrendering into total silence. Brennan is already in his deep slumber. Adam just crept in his room, ending his lab work. Shalimar dozed off already-it was be a miracle considering she's a nocturnal. Jesse is feeling sleepy himself so he decided to take some coffee. He walked in the kitchen and started mixing some instant coffee powder when he heard light footsteps. He listened some more, he then heard the opening and the shutting of a door.
~Emma! ~ he thought. Jesse left his coffee and hurried at Emma's room. He was tempted to peek in but something stopped him, instead, he tried hearing what was happening inside when suddenly he heard a loud thumping. He called out to her.
"Emma? Are you alright?"
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"Come on Emma. If you don't answer I'll phase in."
~phase in? no Jesse, don't come in? ~ her mind begged.
"Emma? That's it! I'm phasing in."
"No, Jesse!" it was too late, Jesse have phased in. Jesse found her struggling on the floor.
"Oh my god. Emma, what happened..."
"I've got it Jesse." Emma pushed his hand away from her after Jesse offered a hand. "I can do it myself Jess."
Jesse stepped back and allowed her to try standing when her knees failed her again, sending her body flat on the floor.
"Okay. I guess I really needed help." Emma said embarrassedly
Jesse bend over to help her up and he assisted her as she tried to sit on her bed. "What happened on..." Jesse stopped when he noticed reddish spot on Emma's skin. "Are those bruises?"
Hiding her arms behind her, Emma shook her head but Jesse wasn't convinced.
"Let me see them." He effortlessly got Emma's arm. Jesse's forehead cringed as his concern over took him. "What happened to you?" he got more worried when he saw that the bruises are not only on her arms but also on her back, thighs and legs. "Who did this to you?" Jesse's hands clenched and his teeth gnashing. How could anyone hurt Emma like this.
"Jesse, relax." Emma smiled at him. "Nobody did this to me, I did this to myself."
Jesse's face turned blank. "You did this to yourself?"
Emma had to laugh at the expression on Jesse's face. "I know you're worried Jesse, but I'm really okay. These bruises are all because of me. I'm responsible for these." She smiled again.
"Emma, I'm confused. I don't seem to understand. You gave this to yourself. What's going on Em?"
"I swear I really wanted to tell you now but this is not the right time. I promise you'll be the first one to know what I've been up to but for tonight, I really, really need to rest. I'm a little trashed."
"Yeah I can see that." Jesse now smiled. "But I think you need a massage before you went to sleep." He suggested.
"Are you suggesting that I go to a massage parlor at this time of the night." Emma knew it was late and the whole city must be asleep.
"No, I mean, I could give you a massage." Jesse offered.
"You know how to?"
"Yes. Care to try?"
"Well, what the heck!" Emma turned on her belly as Jesse looked around for menthol oil. Emma felt Jesse's gentle hand on her back. He was really good at this. Then she felt the cold air on her back as he slowly took her tank off. If it was Brennan who's undressing her like that, she could have screamed for help, but this is Jesse. She felt at ease with him. Everything that he does seems right to her. Emma felt Jesse's skin against hers. It was a little rough but gentle. The menthol oil's scent filled the small confinement of Emma's room and it helped her relax even more. She then felt gentle pressure on her back. She let out quiet moans and she bit her lower lips.
Jesse enjoyed this moment. The enticing view of Emma's back fills him. Her back was still beautiful for him even with those small bruises. He applied sufficient amount of oil on her back and gently stroke it. Her moans were like music in his ears. Jesse looked at the clasp of Emma's bra. He knew he should remove it to give Emma a better massage so his hands slowly moved to unhook her bra. He heard Emma gasp as it fell off. God she was beautiful. Jesse's hand shivered as it made contact with her skin. The temptation is too hard for him to resist. He felt his trousers tightened on him.
Emma's heart pounded faster. She knew this was leading to something. When she felt Jesse's hand parted from her back, she turned to face him with her clothes still covering her front body. Jesse's eyes stopped on her lips, following her tongue as she licked her lips. Emma found Jesse bending over her until their lips finally met. Jesse was kissing her and she found herself kissing back.
Jesse's hands traveled to her side, gently stroking it. He gathered her body and pulled her closer to him. Emma released the pieces of clothing, which she was holding to cover her body, and she threw her arms around Jesse's neck to intensify the kiss. She let Jesse's tongue explore her mouth and she gently thrust her tongue against his.
Their lips parted when they needed to breath for some air. Jesse found himself needing her. His eyes traveled at Emma's body following the curved of her breast. That is when he realized that Emma is now half naked. He wanted her, he wanted her now but she was too precious for him that he couldn't do what his body desire. He wanted to give her more time. They might be acting under the circumstance and it could be the biggest mistake in their lives.
Jesse pulled Emma's sheet to cover her body. He laid her down again and tucked her in. he kissed her forehead and bid her good night.
"Jesse,"
He heard Emma called his name.
"Thank you," Emma smiled at him and he smiled back at her. "But I really want you to stay for tonight."
Jesse was caught of guard. His eyes widened and his jaws dropped.
"I'm not asking you to have sex with me if that is what you're thinking." Emma grinned and it snapped Jesse back. "But seriously, I really need a friend tonight."
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Both kept themselves from talking until Jesse broke the silence.
"Sure."
She heard Jesse replied. She stood up and took a decent tank before she climbed back on her bed. Jesse crept under the covers and settled beside her. Emma looked at him and smiled. "If you're not comfortable then you could leave just as I fall into sleep." She told him.
"I'll stay with you." Jesse replied with a smile. "Good night." He kissed her again.
"Good night." She replied.
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***Lyza***
So what do you think? I'm planning to mess with the groups' pairing. I think it'll be fun. Please review. Hope you've enjoyed.
