Shalimar sighed and massaged the back of her neck as she made her way through Sanctuary's halls towards the kitchen. She smelled the bacon and eggs the entire way there and felt her stomach growl at the anticipation of eating something. She entered the room and was greeted by a smile from Emma standing at the stove cooking.

"Hey, good morning," the psionic said with a smile over to Shalimar.

Shalimar smiled back and sat herself down at the table trying to act as normal as she could.

"Good morning," Shalimar answered. She looked up to see Emma preparing two plates of food. She heard the popping sound of the toaster as it shot the bread back up and Emma removed it.

"Looks like you've cooked up quite a meal here."

"Yeah I hope you're hungry."

"I am," Shalimar answered and shifted with uneasiness in her seat. "But I don't feel so good. Maybe I'll just have a little."

Shalimar looked over to see Emma in her little apron looking as cute as could be. She began to feel a sense of family love that she'd never experienced before as she sat while the psionic brought her a cup of juice. Emma stood beside Shalimar and smiled down at her as the feral took a drink.

"Come on, Shal. Don't pretend you're not horny. I know you want me."

Shalimar's eyes widened at the psionics startling words as she nearly choked on her juice. She brought the cup down to the table and turned her eyes to Emma beside her.

"What?" The tone in the ferals voice sounded demanding as she looked to a somewhat confused Emma.

"I said don't pretend you're not hungry, Shal. I know you want some."

"Oh," Shalimar said softly and somewhat relieved. "Uh, sure. Thanks."

Emma smiled and headed over to the counter to bring a prepared plate to Shalimar and sat beside her with her own breakfast.

"So where are the guys?" Shalimar asked as she tried to break the tension she was now feeling. She lifted her fork to eat the breakfast the psionic had prepared for her.

"They left just before you woke up to go on a mission. I told them you hadn't been sleeping too well so they decided not to bother you. They should be back this evening so I guess you're stuck with me." Emma smiled at the feral who tried her best not to blush at the thought.

"Aw," Shalimar groaned trying to sound disappointed. She wasn't sure herself whether it was actually a good thing or not. She always loved being alone with Emma more than anything but wasn't sure if she was quite ready to handle it with all the recent flood of emotions through her heart.

Emma laughed off the ferals gesture and her curiosity peeked at seeing the look on the ferals face.

"Something on your mind?" she asked among bites of her breakfast.

"Just ya know, stuff. I haven't been sleeping too good and I think it all takes its toll."

"You wanna lay it on me?"

Shalimar's interest sparked at hearing the words come from the psionics mouth but knew she couldn't explain it all to her. She wasn't really sure how to even explain it all to herself yet. She knew she wanted the psionic but couldn't grasp what was going on in her mind to come to terms with everything else she was feeling.

"It's actually really complicated."

"Well, I'd really like to help you-"

"Yeah I said I didn't wanna talk about can we just drop it please?"

"Ok," Emma said slowly and somewhat defensively. "Didn't mean to pry."

"Then don't."

Shalimar could tell she'd offended and put off the psionic at speaking so harshly towards her. She thought Emma knew better than to try and convince her to share her feelings when she didn't want to.

After a few moments in the unbreaking silence, Emma finally spoke.

"I was gonna go through my wardrobe today and get rid of some old clothes and clothes that don't fit anymore. You wanna help me? Ya know, tell me what looks good and what I will never get a date in if I continue to wear it?"

"I don't know," Shalimar answered without removing her gaze from her plate.

"Ok. Well, we can do something else. Maybe a movie or something? Take advantage of a nice quiet day."

"You mean you wanna go out to a movie?"

"No, actually Adam asked us to stay here in case he needs us. And, I'd much prefer a quiet day of rest here."

"Yeah, me too."

Emma stood to her feet as she finished her breakfast. She looked down to Shalimar's nearly cleared plate.

"You done?"

"Yeah," the feral replied. "Thanks." Shalimar smiled as Emma took the plate from in front of her allowing their hands to brush against each other. Shalimar hoped she didn't tremble too much as the psionic headed into the kitchen behind her. She always loved every little touch she could get from her. She stood up and pushed the chair in after her.

"So wanna come watch a movie with me in my room?" Emma asked as she began to load up the dishwasher.

"Sounds like a plan," Shalimar answered and followed the psionic to her bedroom. She couldn't help admiring the woman's perfect curves as she walked behind her. Even if she wanted to she couldn't peel her eyes away from sexy way she shook her hip at just the right time when she walked. She admired her through her leather pants and felt her heart race with thoughts of how she'd look at that angle without any clothing to cover up her perfection. She'd seen her naked a few times before but never really got to examine her as much as she desperately wanted to.

When they reached Emma's room, she headed over to her dresser to look through her DVDs on the rack.

"So what do you wanna watch?"

"I don't know, what haven't we seen?"

"I have a few here I still haven't gotten around to watching. I'm up for whatever you are."

Shalimar plopped herself down on the bed on her stomach and braced herself on her elbows to look at the psionic a few feet from her.

"Whatever looks good is fine with me."

"Hmmm, how about," Shalimar said as she let her eyes scan the DVDs. "The Rundown?"

"I just watched that with Brennan the other day. What about Love, Actually? I still haven't sat through that one."

"Um, what else is there?"

"Fifty First Dates?"

"Isn't there anything with more um, action? What about that, Resident Evil: Apocalypse? Hot chicks and explosives. Can't go wrong there."

"I kinda told the guys I'd watch it with them. You can watch it with us when they get back."

"Oh. Ok."

"So I guess that only leaves a romantic date."

"What?"

Emma lifted the DVD case to Shalimar's view before slipping it into the DVD player.

"Oh. I guess so. Oh, wait," Shalimar said as she jumped to her feet. "Can't watch a movie without drinks. I'll be right back."

Shalimar headed out of the room and soon returned with two bottled sodas. She looked to Emma who had already made herself comfortable in the bed and turned the sheets down for Shalimar to slid in. Shalimar made her way over to the bed and slipped comfortably inside next to the psionic. She reached down to pull the covers slightly higher against her body.

"Here we go," she said as she handed one of the bottles to Emma.

"Thanks."

Emma took a sip from her drink and set it down on her nightstand. She gently kicked the sheets up a little to allow for more room and cuddled herself closer to Shalimar to rest her head on her shoulder. She slowly slid her hand down the sheets to take Shalimar's within her own. She looked back to the feral and smiled as she interlocked their fingers.

"What are you doing?" Shalimar asked softly hoping she didn't make it sound like she was uncomfortable when truthfully she couldn't imagine anything more perfect.

"What do you mean?" Emma asked as she tilted her head to peer into the ferals inquisitive, brown eyes. "We always cuddle like this. Is something wrong?"

"Oh, no, I didn't mean…," Shalimar let herself trail off. "It's nice." She smiled back at the psionic and let her head rest against her own as the movie began.