Shalimar stood beside Brennan in the middle of the room. He was chatting up some waitress who was offering them drinks but Shalimar didn't hear a word they said as she was much more focused on Jesse and Emma across the room. She couldn't peel her eyes off the two who seemed to be enjoying their couple charade a little too much. It didn't make her feel any better that the two of them looked so cute together either. She heard Brennan laughing beside her but it sounded like he was in the background to her. As far as her mind was concerned he was. She felt a hand on her shoulder and it didn't occur to her until the hand shook her to gain her attention.
"Huh?" she asked almost sounding dazed and confused as she turned her head to Brennan beside her.
"Where'd ya go?" he asked.
"Oh, nowhere," she lied. "I think I wanna go sit down."
"Yeah, sure. Come on," he said, taking her hand and putting his other behind her, wrapping it around the small of her back to escort her to the bar.
She sat herself down in a long sigh and Brennan sat beside her too curious now to refrain from asking what was bothering her.
"What's goin' on with you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Why are you acting so distant? It's not like you. You've hardly worked on getting any information tonight."
"I know and I'm sorry, Bren," she offered. "I just have something on my mind."
"What is it?"
"I can't tell you."
"I think I have a right to know, Shal."
"Excuse me?"
"It's affecting your work. Our work. What is it maybe I can help?"
"I don't think so, Brennan," she said, her eyes immediately focused on Emma again, laughing and reaching out to Jesse's arm as the two sat side by side at a table with another couple they were most likely pumping for information.
Shalimar couldn't take her eyes off the beauty across the room no matter how hard she tried. She contemplated how she could look so beautiful from so far away. But she did. The psionic was stunning and elegant, radiating beauty in her blue dress. No matter where in the room Shalimar seemed to look her eyes were always drawn right to the stunning psionic. It wasn't just tonight, however. It happened all the time, wherever they were. Early in the morning when her hair was all a mess, Shalimar couldn't think of anything she'd rather wake up to then the redhead.
It was driving her crazy now. Why couldn't she be the one sitting beside the psionic feeling those soft caresses on her arm and those moist nothings being whispered in her ear whenever she'd lean over to the molecular? Shalimar continued to torture herself with the sights before her contemplating whether or not to go over to them. What would she say? That she wanted to take over for Jesse as Emma's date? That would go over well. She was stuck, she realized, and she had to deal with it the rest of the night. Only tonight, she reminded herself. Hopefully.
"Shal," Brennan called as he pushed a drink over to her. "Hey, Shal," he called a little louder.
"What? Oh," she said looking down to the wine glass. She lifted it to take a sip but the sight of Emma cuddling herself against Jesse made her set it back down as she found herself starring at them again.
Brennan followed the feral's eyes over to Jesse and Emma's table.
"Jealous?"
Somehow that word seemed to get the feral's attention right away and she removed her eyes from the hurtful display of the psionic and molecular and met Brennan's eyes with her own.
"What?"
"What are you looking at?"
"Just checking the place out," she answered in an attempt to cover herself.
"Oh is that what you were checking out?" he asked, a hint of disbelief in his knowing voice.
She parted her lips and almost seemed to take offense at his words.
"Why don't you just let me do my job here, Brennan?"
Brennan put his hands up in defeat deciding it wasn't the best idea to cause a fight with his supposed girlfriend in front of a couple hundred people and reached down to take a drink.
As much as she despised it, Shalimar turned her attention back to Emma and Jesse, shocked to see the two making out at the table and both seeming to enjoy it very much. She couldn't help wondering if it was all acting and if it was she decided right then they deserved an Oscar for their performance. She reached down to take a sip and she quickly was looking down at an empty glass and a grinning Brennan.
"Hey, guys," Adam said as he approached beside them. "How's everything going?"
"Pretty good so far," Brennan answered.
"Good. I want you to talk with this couple over here," he informed, pointing to a nice looking couple making their way over to the bar.
"Will do, Adam," Brennan agreed.
"Thanks." Adam placed a hand on Brennan's shoulder and smiled at Shalimar. "You guys just have a good time."
"Oh yeah," Shalimar answered unable to hide her sarcasm. "I'm havin' a ball," she replied as she focused her eyes on Emma now in Jesse's lap as the two laughed and kissed, only further adding to her misery.