Chapter 5

Walking into her appartment Emma looked around for Shalimar. Finding her in the kitchen she was surprised to see Shalimar attempting to make dinner.

"What the hell did you think you were doing?" Emma asked quite angry.

"I didn't like the way he talked to you." Shalimar said almost casually.

"So that gives you the right to break his hand and get me into trouble?" Emma asked raising her voice.

"I broke his hand?" Shalimar asked sounding proud. Seeing the stare that she got from Emma she quickly continued. "Right..not the point. Im sorry I got you into trouble. I just don't know what came over me, he pissed me off."

"You had no reason to be pissed off Shal, it should have been me who was pissed."

"Ok im sorry, can we please just forget about this?" Shalimar asked.

"No, not until you give me a real reason of why you did it. You weren't just angry Shal, you were jealous."

"I told you a real reason." Shalimar said firmly not acknowledging the fact that Emma new she was jealous.

"Oh forget it." Emma said before walking out of the room and into the bedroom.

Emma lay on the bed for a while thinking about things. She knew Shalimar was just being protective of her but it still made her angry. And what was up with her calling her her girlfriend? Deciding that arguing with Shalimar was going to get them no where, she made the decision to apoligise for shouting at her. Just as she was about to get up off the bed she heard a gentle nock on the door.

"Em, can I come in?" Came the ferals soft voice.

At Emma's positive response Shalimar opened the door. Seeing Emma lying on the bed she walked over and lay down next to her.

"I've been thinking and I think I know the real reason" Shalimar said quietly.

There was a few seconds of silence. Emma opened her mouth to ask what the reason was but before she could speak she felt Shalimar's lips on her own. It was so quick that Emma didn't know if it had actually happened or not. She felt Shalimar getting up from the bed, then heard her say, "Think about it."

Shalimar sat on the sofa. It had been almost an hour since she left Emma. She heard the bedroom door open and saw Emam walk over to her. Closing her eyes she was expecting Emma to shout at her but was surprised when she felt Emma sit close to her and take her hand.

"Why now?" Emma asked.

"Huh?" Was Shalimar's confused relpy.

"Why now. We've known each other for over 2 years Shal and never once have you showed any signs of being attracted to me."

"I've always been attracted to you Em, but being apart of mutant x I learned to putmy feelings to the back of my mind and learned to love you as just a friend. Then today all of those old feelings came back to me and im tired of hiding my feelings."

There was a few minutes of silence as Emma tried to process the new information.

"I understand if you want me to go or something." Shalimar said sadly, turning her gaze to the floor.

Bringing her hand to the ferals face Emma slowly turned it to face her. Looking into Shalimar's eyes she could feel how much she cared for her. Smiling she slowly leaned in. Just as her lips were about to touch Shalimar's she whispered against them. "I don't want you to go anywhere."

Their kissing quickly turned passionate and Emma pulled away. Seeing Shalimar's desire filled eye's she stood up taking Shalimar's hand and led them to the bedroom.

AN: Sorry about the late update but my computer has broke so I had to write this at a friends. So I may not be updating for a while. I'll try my best though. And thanks for all the reviews.