Chapter 3

"So your telling me that Adam died, we split up and never saw each other for a whole year. We met up again and I started dating Shalimar, I then broke up with her and you haven't seen me for eleven months." Emma said to Brennan, then started to laugh. Seeing the serious look on his face she abruptly stopped.

"Your not kidding are you?" She questioned and the elemental shook his head. Tears started to brim her eyes and she looked down. "How did he die?" She asked softly.

"You and him were out on a mission, things got outta hand and you called us for back up. When we got there you were trying to revive him. Turns out that a rogue new mutant set us up and he killed him with an energy blast."

Emma whipped the tears from her face but more made their way down her cheeks, "Killed by his own creation." She whispered softly.

Brennan got up from the chair he was sitting on and made his way over to her bed. Sitting down next to her he carefully wrapped an arm around her comforting her.

A few minutes later Jesse and Shalimar entered the room. Looking at Brennan with his arms around Emma, Shalimar felt a pang of jealousy.Realising that Emma could pick up on it she tried to think of something else.

"So the doctor said you can go home later today." She said to the psionic.

"I can?" Emma asked happy.

"Yeah but as long as you get loads of bedrest." The feral put in.

"Where's Teagan?" Brennan added not noticing her in the room. He had become quite close to her over the last few months.

"She was feeling tired so I took her home in the helix." Jesse said.

"You guys still haven't told me who she is." Emma added.

Jesse smiled and walked over to Emma's bedside. "Teagan's my wife." He said proudly.

"Your married!" Emma said shocked, which made Jesse beam even more.

"And I'm going to be a daddy." He added.

"Wow. I'm so happy for you Jess. Boy or girl?"

"We don't know. We want it to be a surprise." The molecular told her.

Their happy moment was broken by the doctor entering the room.

"Okay Emma. Once we get the needles out of you and fill in all the appropriate paperwork, I see no reason why you can't go home. But only on one condition, that you gt plenty of bedrest and come back for weekly check ups."

Emma nodded and said thanks before he exited the room.

"Wait. I need clothes. I can't go home in a hospital gown." Emma suddenly realised.

"I'll go to your appartment and pick up some for you." Shalimar offered. "I still have my key."

Emma smiled at her, then remembered what Brennan had said about the two of them dating. For some reason she suddenly became nervous and began to blush. "Um, thanks."

Shalimar stepped into the appartment and memories she had tried to forget suddenly came rushing back all at once. Walking into the bedroom she quickly grabbed a small carry case and began packing as fast as she could, wanting to get out of there as soon as possible. Zipping up the bag she went to make her way out when she noticed some pictures on the desk that weren't there when she lived there. Walking over she saw a picture of her, Emma, Adam, Brennan and Jesse and then a picture of her and Emma together.

Walking back into Emma's hospitalroom she saw Emma sitting on the side of the bed waiting to get dressed. Jesse and Brennan were in the chairs next to her. She placed the bag on the bed.

"I'm gonna make my own way home. I need some fresh air." She told them. "I'll see you when I get home." She walked out of the door before any of them could question her. It was over an hour walk back to Sanctuary, but she decided that she could use that time to think things through.

Walking down the busy streets her mind drifted back to the pictures on Emma's desk. She remembered clearly when they had been taken. The first was when they had went out to a restaurant celebrating Emma and Brennan joining the Mutant X team. The one of her and Emma had been taken about two weeks after they had been going out. The memories brought an unwilling smile to her lips and she sighed, wishing things could have been different.