Chapter 4

For the next few days life seemed to settle into a routine. Emma would go to work while Shalimar stayed at home trying her best to locate Brennan and Jesse and trying to find out more about the guys that were after them.

Sighing Shalimar closed her laptop and stood up. She was tired of sitting aroundall day and felt as though she was going crazy. They never went out at a night time incase they ran into their new 'friends'. Pulling her coat on she looked at her watch. She would go check on Emma and maybe have lunch with her.

Pushing the door to the store open she looked round trying to spot Emma. It was a big store so she could be anywhere. Deciding that she was better off asking she walked upto someone in the stores uniform.

"Hi. I was wondering if you new where I could find Emma DeLauro?" She asked the young man.

"Um I think she's on her lunch break so she should be in the staff room. I could go get her if it's important."

"Oh no it's fine. I was just going to see if she wanted to go out for lunch. Guess I'll have to go by myself. But thanks for your help." She said smiling at him before walking away.

"Hey. If you want I can buzz you in so you can go have lunch in there with her?" The man asked even though it was against the store rules.

"Are you sure? Won't you get in trouble or something?"

"Only if you tell. And I wouldn't want a beautiful lady like you eating all by herself." The man said grinning widely at the feral.

Shalimar laughed at the mans attemps of flirting.

"That would be great then." Shalimar said.

Walking into the small staff room Shalimar could see that Emma was pouring herself a drink. Looking around there was no-one else in sight.

"Hey." Shalimar said making her presence known.

Turning round Emma smiled at the feral. "Hey what you doing here? And how did you get in?"

"Well I was bored so I decided to come see if you wanted lunch. And as how I got in...Daniel I think his name was, took an instant liking to me." Shalimar said laughing. "He is such a bad flirt."

"Yeah I know." Emma said laughing.

"Do you want a drink or anything?" Emma asked Shalimar who had sat herself down.

"Uh, yeah please."

Emma sat down next to Shalimar and passed her her drink. Looking up as the door opened a small groan slipped passed her lips. "Oh great." She muttered so only Shal could hear.

Turing around in her seat Shalimar looked at the three boys no older than their late teens who had just walked in. Looking back at her one of them made their way over to them.

"Hey Em. Im still up for tonight if you are." He said putting extra emphasis on the up.

"Fuck you Connar." Emma said quite aggitated.

Shalimar watched the exchange going on and didn't know what to make of it but it made her angry. She could sense that Emma was unconfortable and a little embarrassed.

"So who's this?" The guy named Connar asked indicating towards Shal.

Standing up Shalimar got a good idea in her head. She walked around the table to lean on it next to Emma and was right infront of Connar.

"Shalimar." She said offering her hand. Taking it Connar began to shake it. "And I would prefere if you didn't talk to my girlfriend like that." Shalimar said gripping his hand and squeezing hard.

Emma looked up shocked at hearing Shalimar call her her girlfriend. Then she looked at Connar's face and could tell that he was in pain, but Shalimar wasn't letting go of his hand.

"Shal, let him go." Emma said pulling her away. She could sense anger and jelousy coming from thr feral.

Reluctantly letting go Shal kept her eyes locked on him, her anger still boiling. She felt herself being pulled by Emma away from the rest of the guys.

"What do you think your doing?" Emma whispered harshly to the feral.

Shocked by Emma's tone Shalimar looked up into her eyes. "I, um, I don't know." She responded truthfully. She had no idea why she had just acted the way she did.

"Go home Shal. I'll talk to you in a few hours." Emma said more calmly.

Nodding Shalimar began to walk out.