"Emma wait, please." Shalimar shouted as she slowly got closer to the psionic who was headed outside. She caught up with her just outside where Emma fell to her knees, still crying and shaking.
Shalimar sat down and embraced her, hugging her tightly.
"I'm so sorry baby, Brennan is just an idiot. Everyone knows nothing of what was said is true. He was just upset and didn't mean it. He'll come around."
"I know." Emma looked at Shalimar. "I just wasn't prepared for what he said or his emotions. Every ones emotions were just too much for me and I couldn't block it out and I freaked. I just got overwhelmed and couldn't handle the strong feelings."
"Anything I can do?"
"I'm fine.
"Okay." Shalimar locked eyes with Emma and they stared at each other.
"You're so beautiful…I love you." The words were merely a whisper, but Emma heard them and smiled.
"I love you too."
"You wanna go back inside?"
"Let's just stay here for a while."
"Okay." Shalimar moved so she had Emma between her legs and then she hugged her from behind, nuzzling her face in the psionics neck.
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Brennan didn't show up outside his room the rest of the night or the next day. Everyone was worried for him, but Emma and Shalimar both refused to talk to him considering he was the one who should come to them and say sorry for the way he acted.
By noon, Jesse had had enough and decided he had to talk to Brennan and see how he was doing.
He knocked on the door and walked in without waiting for an answer.
Surprisingly he found Brennan in bed.
"Hey man, how are you feeling?"
"Like an ass. I think I might have overreacted to the whole thing."
"Well, there's only one thing you can do and that's apologize to Shal and Emma."
"I know, I'm just trying to convince myself that they won't kill me when I see them."
"Trust me. They won't. But I think you should voice your regret now and get it over with."
"I guess you're right. I just don't know what to say."
"Sorry is a good start."
"You're right."
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"Hey Shal."
"Brennan! I thought you were in your room, being angry or something."
"I can't be that forever can I? Look, I wanted to apologize to you and talk about all of this."
"Sure, but I'm not the only one you should apologize to. You said some pretty nasty things to both Emma and me."
"I know and I will apologize to Emma too, but I wanted to talk to you first. I guess this all came as a shock to me. Anyway, I wanted to say that I'm really sorry for the way I acted and I hope that you can forgive me."
"Don't worry Brennan, I already have. It's just, you can't exactly decide who you fall for and I really like you, but as much as you don't want to hear it, I love Emma."
"I know."
"I'm sorry, but we're all gonna have to accept it, because my feelings for Emma is not gonna change for a long time."
"I understand. Just…I need to know that you won't feel uncomfortable around me because of this."
"Of course not. As long as you accept that I'm with Emma, everything is fine."
"Just give me a little time and everything will be back to normal."
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Brennan knocked on Emma's door and waited for an answer.
"Come in."
He opened the door and saw Emma lying in her bed, reading.
"Is this a bad time?"
"No, it's okay."
Brennan took a deep breath. "I guess I have a lot to apologize for huh? I don't even know where to start."
"Well, if you want me to be nice I'll let you get away with only apologizing for the way you reacted when we told everyone we were together."
Brennan took a chair and dragged it over to the bed and sat down.
"I'm sorry. I acted like a fool and an idiot and the things I said are unforgivable. Truth be told, I don't even know where some of those accusations came from. I was just completely taken of guard and it was my stupid and immature way of dealing with it. To try to hurt you so I wouldn't feel so hurt myself, and for that I'm truly sorry. I don't know what else you want me to say, but if there's anything I can do for you to forgive me, I'll do it. You're one of my best friends Emma and I let you down by acting like a complete asshole so I'll do anything to try to make it right between us again. I mean, if you think you can ever forgive me?"
Of course I forgive you. As long as you're fine with Shal and me being together? You can't decide who you fall for, but I really love Shalimar."
"I know, she said the same thing."
Emma tried to suppress a yawn, but Brennan noticed and got up.
"I'll let you sleep. Is there anything I can do before I go?"
"No, it's fine. You can tell Shal I need her here though."
"Okay, I'll do it right away. I'll, uh, see you tomorrow then."
"Yeah, night."
"Goodnight."
Brennan walked out and a few minutes later Shalimar popped into the room.
"Hey, Brennan said you wanted to talk to me. Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, I was just wondering if you would like to spend the night with me. I'm in the mood for some snuggling."
"Sure," Shalimar jumped onto the bed and Emma gave her a questioning look.
"Shouldn't you get ready?"
"Already have. Didn't you notice I was wearing my Pj's? I was kinda hoping you would ask me to stay."
"Okay, let me just get ready."
A few minutes later Emma lay back down on the bed and the feral snuggled close to her.
"Everything is gonna be fine," she whispered.
"I know." Emma answered securely.
"I love you."
"I love you too.
They both fell asleep, close to each other and feeling at peace for the fist time in a while.
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The End.
AN: Unless anyone has specific ideas or something as to how I can continue the story, this is it. Probably a crappy ending, but hey, no one is perfect right?