Chapter 2: The Kiss

Brennan woke up to hear soft music in the dojo, he went to see who was there and saw Shalimar doing her workout. Brennan loved to watch her workout especially when she was doing kata.

Brennan walked into the kitchen to see Lexa cleaning the table with the breakfast she had made on the counter.

"All right, food" he said anxiously

"You sure you want to have some, I made it" Lexa replied sweetly ignoring the grin on his face.

Brennan sat at the table and ate his food. Lexa started laughing at his table manners (he didn't really have any). When Brennan was finished his breakfast and followed Lexa into his the game room. Lexa waited a little before leaning in and kissed Brennan. Shalimar had finished her kata and was carrying a glass vase into the kitchen, she saw the kiss dropped the vase and ran into the dojo as she started to cry.

Brennan broke the kiss and yelled, "Shalimar" as he started to run after her. Lexa just smiled thinking how good his lips tasted in her mouth.

Shalimar just sucked up her tears as Brennan ran into the room. She turned around to see Brennan standing at the door. He tried to say he was sorry but she just pushed him away and started kicking a punching bag down the stairs.

"Shal just tell me what's wrong" he asked see the sorrow in her eyes.

"God, Brennan out of all the people, I thought you would know how I was feeling. Well, I guess you're as blind as people say you are" she yelled at him holding in the tears.

Shalimar walked out and left Brennan standing there. "Why do I keep hurting her, I love her and yet I hurt her without trying to" Brennan started beating himself up for what he just did to the women he loved. "I don't understand this, I love him and he keeps hurting me, I don't get it. God, I wish I could tell him how I feel but the question is, how?" Shalimar was trying to figure out how to tell Brennan how she felt. She had told Jesse and Adam but she didn't have the nerve to tell him, it was driving her crazy.

Adam and Jesse had woken up a few minutes before the kiss between Brennan and Lexa. Jesse watched it happen and went to comfort Shalimar, either that or beat Brennan up. Jesse was going to tell Brennan how Shal felt but she wouldn't let him.

That night they all went to the bar to loosen up. Adam did not come because he had to work on something, or at least that's what he told Shalimar, Brennan, Jesse and Lexa. They started dancing and drinking. Shalimar was having a drink when Lexa walked up to her and said she was sorry. Shalimar just drank her first glass of tequila and went onto the dance floor.

A few hours later everybody was sitting at the bar. Lexa brought up the idea to play a game and everybody agreed. They were thinking of games to play when Lexa came up with an idea.

"Hey, how about we play truth or dare" she asked with a daring look on her face.