A/N: Okay guys, this chapter is going to be a sappy Bren/Shal chapter, well can you blame me I got to get them back together if I don't it will just kill me.

Chapter 10: Getting Back On Track

Shalimar had been walking around Sanctuary for at least an hour trying to figure out what to do. She hadn't talked to Brennan since their little "chat" at the Best Western. Hell, she hasn't even seen him since she woke up from her so-called coma; she hasn't seen him, that doesn't mean she hasn't felt him. Brennan was the one person she thought she could count on, she thought she could trust him, well that all went out the window when he left two years ago. She still loved him and everyone knew it, although she wasn't sure if Brennan thought it, he probably thought she hated him. But as much as she wanted to, as much as she tried, she couldn't. It was impossible to hate a man that you so deeply loved. Her mind went back to the conversation that she had with Emma earlier.

Flashback…

"Come on Shal, why don't you just talk to him" Emma pleaded.

"I can't" Shalimar retreated.

"Shal, it's been two years he's back and he ready to reconcile" Emma argued.

"Em, yeah I can see that he wants to reconcile but I don't know if I've forgiven him" Shal argued back.

"Oh don't give me that" Emma said as she stared at Shalimar knowingly.

"What" Shalimar asked, not knowing what Emma was getting at?

"Your ready to get back together with him just as much as he is, and don't tell me that you don't love him cause we both know you do" Emma demanded.

"Okay I'll talk to him, are you happy now" Shal caved.

"Yes" Emma smiled and walked away, happy with the way that Shalimar caved.

End of Flashback…

Shalimar had finally got up the nerve to wait in Brennan's room, while he was in the shower. She heard the water turn off and right off the bat she could smell his scent. She heard the knob to the bathroom turn and open.

Brennan opened his bathroom door and walked to his dresser to find a shirt to wear. He had on black sweat pants and found a white muscle shirt to put on. He walked back to his bathroom to receive a necklace that Shalimar had given him, completely ignoring Shalimar sitting on his bed. He walked out of the bathroom and saw Shal sitting on the bed and jumped a bit and fell on to his back and hit his head on the wet floor.

"Finally, I've been sitting here for like ten minutes" she announced while helping him up.

"You scared me half to death" he commented.

"Yeah, well that wasn't really my intention" she soothed.

Brennan got seated on his bed and stared up at Shalimar who was now leaned against his dresser.

"Why did you leave me?" she asked.

"You know why" Brennan reminded her.

"Come on Bren, we both know you had ulterior motives" Shal tried to get the truth out of him.

"I guess I didn't want to see you die because of me" Brennan sighed.

"Brennan, you gotta realize that I can take care of myself, even if you aren't there" Shalimar corrected as she moved to sit beside him.

"But…" Brennan tried to say.

"No buts, I will admit that the last time I took care of myself I ended up flying out a window and in a coma, but that is just one time and he knew my weakness" she paused, "Just like you value loyalty, I value trust, I need you to trust that I can handle myself" she finished, they were both standing in front of the bed.

There was an awkward silence after that little speech. It took a few minutes for Brennan to swoop down and kiss the woman in front of him, the woman he loved. The kiss was deeply heated when Shal broke it off, she wanted to move but her feet wouldn't budge. It was like her feet were glued to that particular spot on the ground. Suddenly she stepped forward and kissed Brennan like there was no tomorrow.

Her hands immediately went around his neck as his went to her waist.

Emma was on the 2nd level of Sanctuary watching the scene; she wanted to see how the communication was going between the two lovebirds. She half expected a heated argument or yelling, but what she saw was nothing like what she expected. Jesse walked up and asked what she was looking at but when he looked he immediately regretted it.

Shalimar's hands had moved from around Brennan's neck to underneath his shirt. Brennan brought his shirt above his head and threw it on the floor, kissed Shalimar even harder; his hands started untying Shalimar's tie-up halter-top. Shalimar was having the time of her life, kissing the man she loved although they did have a little slow period when she couldn't find him and thought he was dead. This was what both of their hearts wanted even though it took a whole lot of nudging from Emma, but they still wanted it. Shal's legs were now wrapped around Brennan's waist and their fingers were entwined.

After the Big Event…

Shalimar had fallen asleep with Brennan beside her. Brennan was twirling a strand of blonde hair with one finger and caressing her side with his other hand. It only took a few minutes for Shalimar to stir from her first pleasant sleep in 2 years. She opened her eyes to see Brennan's glorious face and immediately smiled.

"I could get used to this" she cooed as she snuggled into Brennan's chest.

"Same here" he agreed.

"You aren't going to get up and leave on me are you?" she asked cautiously.

"No, this time I'm here to stay" he chuckled.

"Good, because I now have people who will kill you if you do" she said, with a little grin.

Brennan had to chuckle a little more before turning Shalimar over and kiss her.

"Not in a million years, not again" he replied before he kissed her once more.

Summer is taking a hold of me again and I could only post one chapter of my stories Grrrrr…. Don't forget to Review, Review, Please REVIEW! Those who don't like it, DON'T REVIEW. I hate bad reviews