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Chapter 1

Shalimar ended the call she had just recieved, then headed to where Jesse and Brennan sat. She sat in the chair next to Brennan and let out a sigh.

"What's up Shal. Who was on the phone?" the elemental asked the question without removing his eyes from the book he was reading.

"Katie, she invited me to her wedding"

"Katie, as in the gay, super hot Katie with the super hot girlfriend"

"Yeah that Katie, you perv." Shalimar relpied with a smirk

"Hey im a guy. Well what's wrong? I thought you'd be happy for her?"

"I am it's just she's having it on this little cruise ship that she's hiring and she told me I had to bring someone to make up the numbers"

"I'd be more than happy to come, all those hot women getting it on." Brennan said a far a way look in his eyes.

"No, you wanna take me Shal, after all I am your little brother." Jesse decided to join in the conversation.

"As if i'd take either of you. You'd both be tripping over you tongues you'd be drooling that much"

"Oh damn. Well ask Em if she wants to go im sure she'd be more than happy to go."

"I was going to but do you not think she may feel uncomfortable? I mean it is a gay wedding, you think she'd be ok with that?"

"Of couse she will, I don't think Emma is the homophobic type and definitly not the ....." Brennan's sentance was cut short by Shalimar.

"Stop, i don't wanna hear anything about yours and Emma's sex life ok, that's just.....eww"

"How did you know i was going to say anything about that? Acctually don't answer that."

"Ok then im going to try and find Emma. You sure you don't mind me taking her away for a week?" Shalimar knew that Brennan and Emma were inseperable most of the time.

"No just make sure you both have fun, that's if she wants to go."

"Ok thanks." Shalimar stood up and headed for Emma's room.
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Shalimar knocked at Emma's door again. When there was no answer she opened the door and poked her head inside, only then could she hear the sound of the shower. She closed the door and walked to her room, deciding to wait for Emma to come out of the shower before talking to her.

After half an hour Shalimar could still hear the water from the shower coming from the bathroom she shared with Emma. Deciding that Emma had been in there way too long she stood up and knocked at the bathroom door.

"Em you in there?"

She knocked again. No answer. She opened the door slowly and stepped inside to see Emma sitting in the corner of the shower knees puller upto her chest and arms wrapped tightly around them, her eyes were red.

Shalimar quickly walked up to her and turned off the shower, she then grabbed a towel and wrapped in over the front of Emma.

"Emma, sweetie what's wrong? Are you ok?"

Emma looked at Shalimar as if just realising that she was there. She stood up with the help of Shalimar, who wrapped the towel even further around her.

Emma looked at Shalimar with a pained expression on her face. "What am I going to do Shalimar?"

"Ssh, lets go get you dried then we can talk."

Shalimar guided Emma towards her room. She had never seen Emma in such a state before.

"You put your underwear on while I get you some jeans and a shirt ok."

Emma just nodded in response, so Shalimar turned to Emma's closet and picked out a pair of jeans and a shirt. When she thought enough time had passed for Emma to be in her underwear she turned back round. Emma sat on the edge of the bed in just her bra and panties looking totally lost. Shalimar didn't know why Emma was so upset but it broke her heart to she her in such a state. She walked over to her and started to help her put her jeans on, then the shirt. After she was finished she sat down on the bed as close to Emma as she could get.

"Emma, what's wrong? I'v never seen you like this before"

"He's planning to propose to me." It was bearly above a whisper but Shalimar highted senses heard it.

"And you don't want him to?" She took hold of Emma's hand hoping to offer some more support.

Emma turned to look Shalimar straight in the eye. "I don't love him."

Shalimar was totally shocked at that, they had always look so happy together and in love. "But you are so happy when your with him and anyone who isn't blind can see the love between you two."

"I am really happy with him, it's just when he first told me that he loved me, i knew that i didn't love him back but i just said it cos i thought that i just needed time to fall for him, i mean we'd only been going out a month. But now it's been nearly nine months and i know that iwill never be able to love him like he thinks i do"

"Em, look my friend has invited me to her wedding, it's on a small cruiseship for a week, why don't you come with me, it will give you time to think about things"

"Yeah that sound good, but i think i should tell Brennan before i leave, that way he will have time away from me aswell"

"Ok well if you need anything you know where i am ok?"

"Thank you Shal, for everything." Shalimar smiled at Emma, gave her a kiss on the forehead then left Emma in her room, she knew she needed time to decide how to break up with Brennan.