Emma lifted her head to scan the crowd for any signs of the feral. She let out a long sigh in the realization she was absent from the room. She lifted her right hand to attempt to contact her through the comlink.

"Shalimar, are you there?"

Emma sighed when she heard no answer.

"Shalimar, please answer me," she pleaded further but to no success.

She let her hand fall back to her side in defeat and began walking back to the table where Jesse was anxiously awaiting her return. A warm molecular smile greeted her upon reaching him and she smiled her own sweet smile in return.

"Hey, I missed you," he informed as she sat down.

Sighing as she made contact with the chair she glanced across the empty table glad there wasn't any one else sitting with them at the moment since she really didn't feel like entertaining right then.

Cool night air gently blew past the feral's ears as she leaned against the railing on the balcony. She sighed in union with the breeze taking the crisp air into her lungs before releasing it ever so slowly. She crossed one arm over the other and leaned further into the cold rail beneath her warm flesh. Her head came down to rest on her forearm, her breath blowing against her own skin.

She wondered how she could possibly go home and face the psionic tonight. She didn't understand why she was making such a big deal out of a romantic kiss, especially after all the flirting she'd shared with the red head. Because she realized despite it all she never really knew the psionic's true intentions and if they weren't what she'd hoped for she might have just opened a can of worms she couldn't ignore.

'What's the worst that could happen?' she asked herself. 'She could reject you," she answered her question hating the way it sounded. She knew nothing would hurt her more than being rejected by the woman she loved.

"Shalimar, what are you doing out here?" a deep voice made it's way to the feral's ears causing her to turn around.

"Hi, Adam," she replied, instantly turning to look back out over the balcony at the ocean seeming to fight itself the same way she was inside. "Just takin' a little break."

"Is everything alright?" he asked, stepping beside her and resting his glass on the edge of the balcony.

"To tell you the truth I'm not quite sure yet," she replied instantly remembering the look on the psionic's face after she'd kissed her. "But it doesn't look good."

"Well you wanna talk about it?" he asked leaning against the rail as if to imply he wasn't going anywhere.

"I don't know it's just," she cut herself off not even knowing where to begin as she was sure she'd made a mess of things. Her golden eyes turned up to meet Adam's, the friendly gleam calming her, reminding her she'd always felt like she could talk to him about anything.

"Emma," he said before she could decide how to answer him.

She furled her brow in surprise he'd said the psionic's name. He smiled a knowing smile down to her and she looked ahead, laughing slightly.

"So is there anyone that doesn't know?" she asked hanging her head onto her forearm again.

"I think there might be," he replied taking a sip from his glass.

The tone in his voice told her he was implying she should come clean with the red head. She wasn't sure she was ready to make a move that bold although she was also questioning if it would matter since she'd already practically made her feelings known, especially if half to team already knew.

"I think she might know already," Shalimar informed, sighing before continuing. "But I don't think it matters."

"Don't you think that's Emma's decision to make?"

Shalimar paused for a moment as she thought the statement over. She could at least give Emma a chance to speak even if it was a chance to break her heart. Could she really go on much longer wondering if she really meant all those things she said and did?

"Is something wrong?" Jesse asked noticing the distant look in the psionic's blue eyes as she stared blankly across the room at the wall.

"Huh?" she finally answered, her eyes still frozen in position.

"Are you alright?"

"Oh," she said, snapping herself back into reality and turning to smile at him. "Yeah I'm fine. Just thinking."

Her eyes looked back to the crowd and she instantly looked to Shalimar making her way across the floor towards the bar. Wanting to clear the air with her as soon as possible she stood up.

"Um, I'll be right back," she informed the molecular and began to make her way across the floor, her eyes locked on the feral leaning on the bar. She stopped suddenly as Adam blocked her path.

"Emma, there you are. I was wondering if you could do something for me."

She managed a smile at the man standing before her and tried to lean around him to keep her gaze on the feral not wanting her to leave before she could talk to her.

"What is it, Adam?" she asked politely knowing she really didn't want to do anything but speak to her friend at the moment.

"I need you to go back to Sanctuary and get a file for me."

"Right now?"

"Yes. It's very important."

Emma sighed at the request but knew she wanted to assist in the mission however she was needed. She looked back over to the feral who seemed a bit saddened and wished she could go over and explain herself but turned her attention back to Adam before her.

"Oh, yeah. Sure," she agreed.

"Great. Take the Helix and get home. I'll instruct you on how to pull the file I need when you get there," he informed and smiled a grateful thank you before turning to walk over to Jesse still sitting at the table.

Emma sighed and looked back to where the feral had just been standing only to find she was nowhere in sight once again.