"Come on, it would be funny!" Brennan said with a sparkle in his eyes. Jesse and Shalimar just looked at each other with hesitance. They are all used to playing jokes on each other but this was a joke against Emma. Yes Emma was a big girl and could handle things on her own but she was the youngest out of the group and they were used to protecting from everything.
"Shal, I have to admit, it is kinda funny ." Jesse said with a big grin on his face. Emma was a fun-loving girl thought Shalimar. Maybe the boys were right, it is just a harmless joke, right? Emma loved playing jokes on people so what was the big deal if the tables were turned....
Shalimar sighed heavily and said that she was in on it. "Yes!" Brennan cheered as he and Jesse high fived each other. "Okay, this is how it's going to go, everytime you talk to Emma you have to concentrate really hard on on a certain feeling."
"And what feeling is that, Brennan?" Jesse asked with mischevious smirk.
Brennan's grin turned into an ear to ear smile as he said, "Love, lust or passion whatever you wanna call it."
Shalimar shot up from the table, "No way guys, come on....seriously this is lame, I'm out."
"Just hear him out Shal, please?"
"Look, we all know Emma doesn't read our emotions all the time, but you have to admit that it happens anyway, it's hard to control something like that every second of everyday, so lets just have a little fun. It would be funny to see her blush and how she reacts to our thoughts for the couple of days. And maybe we could find out once and for all who she likes better, me or Jesse." Brennan broke out in laughter after his speech.
"Well you know it's me, I mean come on Brennan, I am better looking..." Jesse said standing up and placing his hands on his hips to pose like a model. Brennan just rolled his eyes at his friend.
Shalimar was strangely quiet and she pondered this in her mind. It would be kinda fun to see Emma's reaction to all this. To see the redheaded empath blush at every remark and look that she, Brennan and Jesse would give her. She always thought Emma was cute when she was flustered. And it's not like this is her idea, no matter what happened she could always blame Brennan, he started it... "Okay, so when do we start?"
Brennan raised an eyebrow, "See Jess, I knew Shal would come around."
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The next morning Emma woke up and needed her morning fix of coffee, coffee and more coffee. She padded down the hallway and into the kitchen while trying to rub her sleepy eyes awake. As soon as she stepped into the room she was hit with several waves of passion. Her eyes shot open to stare at Brennan and Jesse smiling at her.
"Good Morning Emma!" they sang in unison with big smiles on their faces.
Emma stood and blinked a couple of times trying to control the redness burning in her cheeks. Her skin was getting warm and a tingling sensation flowed over her body. She swallowed hard, and managed to say, "Morning." She quickly looked away from the boys and headed straight for the coffee pot. She could feel the boys stares burning into the back of her head. Her mind was swirling with feelings of love, lust, passion and hunger. She pulled her favorite mug out from the cabinet and picked up the warm coffee pot. She stopped just before she was about to pour herself a cup and thought with amusement that she was awake now, thanks to the boys, and for once in her life she didn't need coffee to get her up and about in the morning.
The boys watched her put the pot down. "No coffee this morning Em?" Jesse teased.
Emma whirled around and stared directly into his eyes. "No, this morning I am surprisingly wide awake."
"You do look wide awake Emma, you are actually glowing this morning. Do you feelokay?" Brennan asked with a look of mocked concern.
Emma's mind was racing. What is going on here? There is no way that Brennan and Jesse could feel this way about her. She has never felt that kind of feelings from them before. And what was she doing reading her friends? Well she wasn't exactly reading them but their emotions were so strong she couldn't help it. Not wanting to let the boys know that she could feel them she mumbled that she had to go and shower.
As soon as Emma left Brennan and Jesse laughed out loud at the great performance they gave. Brennan was the first to calm down and say, "I have to say that this is going to be better than I expected. Did you see how bright red her face got?"
"Oh yeah! This is going to be great, and it is pretty easy to projects thoughts like that, she is a beautiful girl even in the morning!
"You said it Jess. Lets just hope Shalimar keeps it up."
"I don't think that will be a problem, you see the way that they look at each other anyway. I think that there is an attraction there whether they admit it or not."
Brennan rolled his eyes, "Just because you want there to be an attraction doesn't mean there actually is one."
Laughter again filled the kitchen and spilled out into the hallway.
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Emma stood in the shower letting the warm water hit her square in the face. She couldn't stop replaying what just happened over and over again. Normally she blocks out her friends emotions really well. She would never want to invade their privacy on purpose but they were so strong. Was this for real? Did Brennan and Jesse truly feel that way? It was flattering, sure, but Emma didn't think of the guys in that way. She loved the boys very much but in a brotherly sisterly way not the way that they were feeling towards her. She turned off the shower and toweled dry. She wrapped the fuzzy towel around her and walked out of the bathroom. Hoping that Shalimar was awake and could talk Emma walked to the outside of her door and knocked. "Shal? You awake?"
Emma tapped on the door again and slowly pushed it open. She looked at the peaceful blonde stir in bed. She is so beautiful thought Emma. Blonde tendrils covered Shalimar's face. Emma carefully brushed the locks off her face so she could see the ferals flawless face. Shalimar awoke to the soft touch. Smiling up at the redheads beaming face she said, "You're awake early, what did you have 3 cups of coffee or something?" Emma smiled bigger and giggled, "If you only knew about my morning Shal." Emma sat down at the end of the bed.
Suddenly all of Shalimar's thoughts went back to the conversation with the boys yesterday. Now or never she thought.
"Oh Yeah? Well my don't you tell me about it." She said in her most seductive tone she could manage at the early hour. She looked at Emma who started to slowly blush. Shalimar realized that Emma was still in her towel and that she was still a little wet. She could see sprinkles of water on the tall womans shoulders. Shalimar eyed the psionic up and down and lightly licked her lips. Emma stood up and looked wide eyed into the feral's brown eyes. Her bright blue eyes were bright with amazement noted Shalimar. She has really alluring eyes she thought.
"I...uh..you see....it ...well...I have to g-go." Emma backed up out of the room and closed the door. She ran the 10 feet into her own room and shut the door. As soon as the door was shut she leaned against it for support. Now that was different. Was it just her or was her whole team hyped up on sex right now? Emma was still blushing at the feeling she got from Shalimar. Why did it make her feel so warm and fuzzy inside? It felt good when the boys were sending her those thoughts but when Shalimar did it, it felt different. It felt stronger, warmer and it got her a little bit excited herself. This is crazy! There is no way that Shalimar has a crush on me she thought. Well maybe just this once she would allow herself to read her friends to get to the bottom of this.
Shalimar sat up in bed and kicked her toned legs over the edge. See that wasn't so hard was it she thought. Surprisingly she didn't have to think too far out there, Emma looked beautiful wrapped up her in fluffy pink towel still a little wet from her shower. She has never noticed her eyes ever shining so bright before. Anyone would be lucky to have a girl like Emma, she's tall, slender, has a pretty face, big blue eyes and a sweet smile that could make anyone melt. Wait a second, what was she thinking? She was supposed to be pretending about those feelings for her best friend not be seriously considering them. She shook her head and hopped off the bed and walked towards the kitchen thinking it will be an interesting couple of days after all.
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End of Chapter 1
This is my first one so let me know if it sucks the big one! :)