Disclaimer: I do not own Mutant X at all, for if I did Emma would have
never been written off.
Summary: Lexa has left for good and Emma turns up in town. Brennan is more than excited about Emma' s return from the "dead." Brennan and Shalimar break up. Mostly E/B and maybe a little J/S.
A/N:. Yeah the last chapter was a little short I must admit but it was just sort of the introduction. Thank you all who read and reviewed this story.
Jesse ran a hand through his light hair. He missed the team being, well . . . a team. Brennan and Shalimar were always together and seldom needed his company. Lexa had left, leaving word she was never coming back. He missed her. 'You barely knew her,' he told himself. He took a sip of his coffee, trying to sober his mind from becoming a depressed state. Jesse was getting used to losing people. He'd lost Adam, almost like his father in many ways. He'd given Jesse shelter, food, and a warm family consisting of himself and Shalimar and Jesse. But after the accident they couldn't find him, they still can't. And what about Emma. "She was something," he whispered to himself before taking another sip. He smiled, "She always made me have fun." He missed those eyes he could get lost in, but his feelings for her had long since settled . . . at least a little. He wanted to laugh with her again, to see that smile, but she was dead.
Shalimar looked at the man laying beside her. She smiled glancing at his dark hair and lean , and muscular body, he was hers. She closed her eyes to finally go into a slumber, well he was almost all hers. He had done it again. He had called out her name while he slept. 'Brennan loves me,' she thought, 'Doesn't he?' questions rushed through her mind about their relationship. 'Had this whole relationship been a lie. Not a lie, but a replacement for his with someone else?'
The sheets rustled beside her. "Shal?," said Brennan as he stroked her arm and then gently kissed her shoulder, "Is something wrong?"
She turned back around to face him. "I don't think we have a real relationship, Bren. I mean, yeah we are together and have had sex but, we aren't real."
"I don't understand?"
"We are only together, I think, because we needed someone to lean on. Because of Adam and Emma." She saw him wince at her name.
"That's what you think?"
She nodded.
"Then, okay," he stood up and started getting dressed.
"What are you doing?"
"Leaving."
"Why?"
"There's no reason to stay, because we're not together anymore."
"I didn't say that."
"No, I did." He left her room. Shalimar followed him only clothed in a silk robe.
"Where are you going?"
"Out. Tell Jess I'm bringing home food."
He sat at the bar with a beer in his hand. Brennan wasn't too unhappy with the break up. As a matter of fact it seemed to be sort of a relief, not that Shalimar was a burden, but he felt guilty. He didn't know what for. Maybe it was because he remembered having dreams of other women while lying next to her. Or maybe it was he wasn't ready for commitment to one person right now. Or maybe . . . oh, he didn't know what it was that made him that way he just was.
Jesse heard one of the waitresses yell she was taking a break. That voice. It was so familiar. He looked just in time to she the woman's profile before she left for the ladies' room. He followed her until he reached the door with the emblem informing him it was the ladies' room. Looking around he made sure no one was looking he phased through the wall staying there just a second to prove he had seen her.
He walked through the sanctuary looking for his teammates. When he was in the dojo Jesse saw Shalimar working out. "Hey," he announced his presence.
"Back at ya."
"Where's Brennan?"
"Dunno, but he said he bringing back food." She was still going at it.
"What's the matter Shal, what happened?"
Stopping she came up too him and they sat down together.
"Oh."
"That's about sums it up."
"I'm sorry."
"Why? We both knew nothing ever last. Something is always going to ruin something else. Accidents, illness, death."
* The chapter was a little longer this time. Yay me. So you who are actually reading this puh-lease review. I thrive on them.
Summary: Lexa has left for good and Emma turns up in town. Brennan is more than excited about Emma' s return from the "dead." Brennan and Shalimar break up. Mostly E/B and maybe a little J/S.
A/N:. Yeah the last chapter was a little short I must admit but it was just sort of the introduction. Thank you all who read and reviewed this story.
Jesse ran a hand through his light hair. He missed the team being, well . . . a team. Brennan and Shalimar were always together and seldom needed his company. Lexa had left, leaving word she was never coming back. He missed her. 'You barely knew her,' he told himself. He took a sip of his coffee, trying to sober his mind from becoming a depressed state. Jesse was getting used to losing people. He'd lost Adam, almost like his father in many ways. He'd given Jesse shelter, food, and a warm family consisting of himself and Shalimar and Jesse. But after the accident they couldn't find him, they still can't. And what about Emma. "She was something," he whispered to himself before taking another sip. He smiled, "She always made me have fun." He missed those eyes he could get lost in, but his feelings for her had long since settled . . . at least a little. He wanted to laugh with her again, to see that smile, but she was dead.
Shalimar looked at the man laying beside her. She smiled glancing at his dark hair and lean , and muscular body, he was hers. She closed her eyes to finally go into a slumber, well he was almost all hers. He had done it again. He had called out her name while he slept. 'Brennan loves me,' she thought, 'Doesn't he?' questions rushed through her mind about their relationship. 'Had this whole relationship been a lie. Not a lie, but a replacement for his with someone else?'
The sheets rustled beside her. "Shal?," said Brennan as he stroked her arm and then gently kissed her shoulder, "Is something wrong?"
She turned back around to face him. "I don't think we have a real relationship, Bren. I mean, yeah we are together and have had sex but, we aren't real."
"I don't understand?"
"We are only together, I think, because we needed someone to lean on. Because of Adam and Emma." She saw him wince at her name.
"That's what you think?"
She nodded.
"Then, okay," he stood up and started getting dressed.
"What are you doing?"
"Leaving."
"Why?"
"There's no reason to stay, because we're not together anymore."
"I didn't say that."
"No, I did." He left her room. Shalimar followed him only clothed in a silk robe.
"Where are you going?"
"Out. Tell Jess I'm bringing home food."
He sat at the bar with a beer in his hand. Brennan wasn't too unhappy with the break up. As a matter of fact it seemed to be sort of a relief, not that Shalimar was a burden, but he felt guilty. He didn't know what for. Maybe it was because he remembered having dreams of other women while lying next to her. Or maybe it was he wasn't ready for commitment to one person right now. Or maybe . . . oh, he didn't know what it was that made him that way he just was.
Jesse heard one of the waitresses yell she was taking a break. That voice. It was so familiar. He looked just in time to she the woman's profile before she left for the ladies' room. He followed her until he reached the door with the emblem informing him it was the ladies' room. Looking around he made sure no one was looking he phased through the wall staying there just a second to prove he had seen her.
He walked through the sanctuary looking for his teammates. When he was in the dojo Jesse saw Shalimar working out. "Hey," he announced his presence.
"Back at ya."
"Where's Brennan?"
"Dunno, but he said he bringing back food." She was still going at it.
"What's the matter Shal, what happened?"
Stopping she came up too him and they sat down together.
"Oh."
"That's about sums it up."
"I'm sorry."
"Why? We both knew nothing ever last. Something is always going to ruin something else. Accidents, illness, death."
* The chapter was a little longer this time. Yay me. So you who are actually reading this puh-lease review. I thrive on them.