Chapter Four
One Year Later
"Come on Shal we need to leave." Jesse shouted from the main room.
"But it's starting to rain." Shalimar said as she poked her head out of her room.
"Well if we leave now, we can hopefully make it back here before the storm passes."
"Okay, okay. Let me just find my jacket." She said as her head disappeared back into her room.
"Where are you guys going?" Brennan asked as he and Lexa came walking up.
"Yeah shouldn't we find you too hogging up the TV with your raining movie ritual thing?" Lexa questioned.
"Well tonight is our first anniversary of recommitting our friendship." Shalimar said with a smile.
"If I didn't know better, it sounds like you guys are mar-"
"Okay have fun you two." Brennan said with a smile as he cut Lexa off.
"Let's go Shal." Jesse said holding out his arm. With a smile Shalimar intertwined her arm in his, as they walked off to the car.
"What is with you?" Brennan asked.
"What?"
"If I didn't know better, it sounds like you guys are married." Brennan said imitating Lexa.
"Hey they could be."
"Lexa their not, so just drop it."
"Yeah, whatever, ready to eat?"
"After you."
Two hours later, Jesse and Shalimar came back from their nice dinner. They were so glad that heaven kept brining on the rain. So they quickly changed into the pajamas, grabbed the blankets and some snacks and within ten minutes they were on the couch watching movies.
Brennan and Lexa came back late from a club, only to find Jesse and Shalimar asleep on the couch. Brennan laughed and Lexa just shook her head and headed off to bed. It seemed to Brennan that they always seemed to fall asleep in the same position. Carefully fixing the blankets and moving the popcorn, he left them to sleep with the sound of the gentle rain that tapped on the earth around them
The End