Chapter 8

By the time that Emma and Shal got back to Sanctuary it was beginning to get late. Exhausted, Emma had fallen asleep on the drive back. Walking around to the passenger side of the car, Shalimar opened the door and began to undo Emma's seatbelt. At the feel of someone leaning over her Emma began to stir. Opening her eyes she saw Shalimar crouching down next to her.

"Where are we?" She asked still half asleep.

"Back at Sanctuary." The feral told her, helping her stand from the car. "Come on lets get you to bed."

Emma nodded and leaned into Shalimar, not trusting herself to be able to walk by herself. Shalimar didn't mind the extra weight and wrapped an arm around the redheads waist, helping support her.

Walking into the psionic's bedroom, Shalimar sat Emma on the bed and dropped the bag she was carrying to the floor. Going through the bag she pulled out some clean night clothes and placed them on the bed next to Emma.

"Get changed and go to bed." Shalimar said softly, stroking the psionics hair, "I'll see you in the morning." She began to walk to the door.

"Stay with me." Emma asked, sounding like a small child.

Shalimar turned and sighed, "I don't think us sharing a bed is a good idea Emma."

Emma put her head down and nodded. Shalimar felt guilty but she didn't know if she could handle all the feelings that sleeping next to Emma would bring.

"I could go and get Brennan?" Shalimar offered, but Emma shook her head.

"It's okay. I'll be fine." She whispered.

Regretfully Shalimar walked out of the room, leaving Emma to sleep on her own. Heading to the living room, she told the guys that they were both back, before heading off to bed herself.

Changing into her night clothes Shalimar made her way into the bathroom. Standing at the wash basin she could hear Emma crying softly in her room. Bracing herself against the sink, she hung her head. Taking a few deep breaths she stood properly. Walking to Emma's door she opened it to see Emma lying in bed, her face buried in the pillow.

Closing the door behing her, the feral walked to Emma's bed before pulling back the covers and crawling in next to Emma. She placed her hand gently on her arm, rubbing it soothingly.

Emma pulled her head from the pillow and smiled weakly at the blonde. "Thanks."

As Emma's breathing evened out Shalimar noticed that the psionic looked to be asleep. Turning to face away from her she closed her eyes. Feeling Emma's hand rest gently on her hip she brought her own down and placed it on top, intwining their fingers, before bringing it up to rest over her heart.

Behind her she could feel Emma moving closer to her. She shut her eyes tighter at the feel of Emma body pressed tightly against hers. Her eyes shot open at the feel of Emma brushing her hair away from her neck and soft, warm lips pressing against it.

"Emma..." She protested weakly in a shakey breath, as she rolled onto her back.

Emma lifted herself up and leaned on her forearm. Looking down at the feral she couldn't hold herself back. She leaned down to whisper in her ear, "Love me..." Pulling back slightly she pressed her forehead against Shalimar's, "..just for tonight." She continued.

Closing her eyes once again, Shalimar nodded. Pulling her hand from Emma, she place it on the small of the redheads back. Lifting up she lied Emma down on her back. They looked into each others eyes for a long moment before Shalimar's moved over her face to finally rest on her lips. Leaning down she gently brushed her lips across hers.

Somewhere inside Shalimar knew that this wasn't right, but when her lips met Emma's all her worry and cares vanished leaving nothing but her and Emma.

Pulling the covers away from them, Shalimar brought one hand down to unbutton Emma's night shirt, whilst kissing her lips over and over. As the last button gave way she pulled her lips away from Emma's and helped her out of the shirt. As she kissed her way over Emma's now naked upper half, she felt the psionic tugging at her top. Lifting up slightly she allowed Emma to pull it over her head and drop it to the side. Assisting her she also allowed the redhead to pull her pyjama bottoms off, leaving her only in her underwear.

Pressing her lips against Emma's again she let her hands roam the body beneath her. Her right trailed down to the psionics shorts. Slipping her fingers into the waistline she tugged them down, glad that she wasn't wearing any underwear.

As Shalimar made love to her, she knew that this was the one thing she could do with all her heart. Loving Emma was second nature to her and she knew that when loving Emma, she could hold nothing back.