Chapter 10

Shalimar paced back and forwards making Jesse, Brennan and Alex dizzy. Adam had been operating on Emma for the past fourty minutes and no matter how hard she tried she couldn't focus on her work at hand.

"Shal." Jesse called her name but she didn't answer. He stood up and walked over to her, placing his hands on her shoulders, "Shal stop. Adam knows what he's doing she'll be fine, just stop pacing, your making me dizzy."

Shalimar nodded and reluctantly sat down infront of a computer. She was just about to get on with the rest of her work when she saw Adam walking into the room.

"How is she?" The feral asked anxious.

"She's fine. The operation was a success. I put her back in your room so she'll be more comfortable."

Shalimar sighed relieved. "How long 'til she wakes up?"

"Well the anesthetic I gave her should only last an hour at most, so I would say pretty soon."

"So what happens now? I mean will she just be able to use her legs again?"

"Once she has fully recovered, yes. She will need a lot of rest though."

Shalimar nodded. "Right. Well I better go, I don't want her to be alone when she wakes."

When Shalimar got to her room Emma was just starting to come round. Her eyes would flutter open for a second then close again and she was tossing and turning. Shalimar carefully sat on the edge of the bed and took hold of her hand. After a few minutes her eyes fluttered open again but instead of closing they focused on Shalimar.

"Emma?" Shalimar asked softly. Emma smiled indicating that she was awake.

"Hey. How you feeling?" The blonde asked.

"Tired." Emma croaked, her throat dry. Shalimar reached across to the night stand and picked up a bottle of water, helping Emma drink.

"Adam said that everything went fine and that you'll need a lot of rest."

"That I have no problems with. I feel like I could sleep for days."

Shalimar laughed. "Well, I better let you get some rest then." She went to stand up but Emma never let go of her hand.

"Stay." She asked. Shalimar nodded before climbing in next to her.

After a few hours Shalimar joined everyone else.

"How was she?" Adam asked.

""She was ok, just tired."

"That's good. Now that your here I want you to stay here with Alex and keep an eye on Emma while me, Brennan and Jesse go find out more about what Eckhart is up to."

Shalimar sighed and sat down on the sofa, "Can you not take him with you?" She said looking at Alex.

Adam laughed, "No, I need him to stay here where he's safe."

"Fine." Shalimar shouted to Adam who was just going through the hanger door. She picked up a magazine and started to read.

Shalimar sighed and put her third magazine that she had read down. The guys had been gone for ages and Adam had just informed her that they would be back soon. She looked up to see that Alex was staring at her.

"What?" She asked him. He got up from his seat and sat down close to her.

"What happened between us Shalimar? I mean one minute we were head over heals and the next we weren't."

"People grow apart Alex. We wre only young."

Suddenly Alex started to lean in, "I never stopped having feelings for you though." He whispered his face only inches from Shalimars. She didn't know what was happening, her head and heart were telling her to move away but her body just wasn't listening. When he kissed her she didn't respond but she didn't pull away either, until she sensed someone else in the room. She pulled back quickly and looked up.

"Emma!"