AN: Don't kill me if it's lots of mistakes here. I've been up for way too long and I'm getting sick of reading this chapter again and again, so I'll just post it and hope it's good enough. Enjoy!

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When Shalimar pulled back she searched for any sign as to how the psionic felt about the kiss, but found none.

"I'm sorry." Shalimar said in a whisper.

The words and the hot breath hitting her lips brought Emma out of her daze and she looked up into the worried eyes of a very nervous feral.

"It's okay. Actually it's more than okay it's…" Emma looked at Shalimar's lips and back to her eyes. "It's not like I didn't notice," Emma continued, smiling at the slight blush in the ferals cheeks.

"And here I am thinking I was discreet."

"You have been pretty good at hiding it to everyone else. The boys don't have a clue, but I think Adam knows something is going on."

"So you're okay with this? I mean, where do we stand in all this?" There was a flicker of hope in the blonde's eyes and Emma smiled brightly.

"Hmm, you'll definitely have to take me out on a date, but for now I was thinking less talking and more kissing."

Shalimar's eyes widened at this before her lips curled into a sly smile. "I'd like that," she answered as she leaned forward. This time when her lips met Emma's, the psionic kissed back. At first it was just lips against lips slowly and softly, but after a while the feral carefully ran her tongue over the brunettes bottom lip, begging for permission to taste Emma properly.

The brunette parted her lips more and when her tongue met Shalimar's she could swear she heard the blonde sigh. As they tasted each other, Emma let out a low moan of pleasure that Shalimar only picked up because of her feral senses. When she heard it she let out a moan of her own before they had to pull away for air. The two women looked at each other, trying to get their breathing under control, both smiling. They stayed like that, just looking at each other, for several minutes.

Shalimar was the first to break the comfortable silence.

"I guess you had another reason for coming here right? Did Adam send you or something?"

"Right, I forgot. We need to catch Jodi so we have a plan."

"Okay, what are we gonna do?"

"We're going to use me as bait so-"

"No. No way."

"It's the only plan we've got."

"Not gonna happen. I don't want to risk you being hurt. No."

Emma sighed. "Do you see any other possibilities?"

"We'll find something else. I'm not gonna hand you over to that lunatic. She could hurt you, it's too risky."

Emma took a firm hold around the ferals neck, forcing her to look at the psionic.

"We're gonna have to do this. And everything will be fine. I know you'll watch over me. Okay?"

"I don't like it."

"It will be fine. Let's meet the others and form a plan."

Shalimar took a deep breath and sighed.

"Fine. It's not like I could say no to you anyway," she said to herself.

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There should be another way Adam." Shalimar sad angry. "You're asking her to risk her life and God knows what to get this lunatic." A slight shudder went through the blonde at the thought of what Jodi could do to Emma if she got her.

"The plan is simple enough. All Emma has to do is go to a bar and have fun, and we'll protect her. Brennan and Jesse and you will all be somewhere in the club."

Shalimar sighed in defeat. "Fine, but only if I'm allowed to go with her."

"Then Jodi might not show."

"She's obsessed about Emma. She doesn't care if I'm there or not. Trust me, I've seen how this woman works." She whined.

Adam saw the determination in the feral and knew if she didn't get what she wanted, Emma could forget going to that club at all.

"Okay. Go and get ready for a night of partying." Adam said to everyone.

"Not you two, I want to talk to both of you," he said as Emma and Shalimar started to walk away.

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"Okay, what's going on here?" He asked with a soft voice.

He was met by two blank faces.

"First of all I want to know what Jodi's real history is with Emma and second, I want to know what's going on between the two of you."

Shalimar looked at Emma signalizing that she would have to decide if she wanted to tell about Jodi.

Emma took a deep breath and then looked directly at Adam.

"Jodi was my girlfriend. She was crazy so we broke up and then she got completely insane and started following me and breaking into my apartment and stuff. She was sent to an institution and now she's out and wants me back because she's like obsessed with me."

"Okay. And the two of you?"

Emma looked over at Shalimar who took over and started speaking.

"We're…dating, sort of."

"I see." Adam studied them for a moment. "And how long have you been together?"

"Um, ten minutes?" Shalimar said more as a question to Emma if they called themselves together than as an answer to Adam.

Adam sighed.

"Does this freak you out? I mean, are you mad?" Shalimar said when she saw the frown on Adam's face.

"No, it's not that. It's just that this complicates things."

"What things?" Emma said already knowing what Adam meant.

"The team, our missions…"

"Look Adam," Shalimar said, starting to get angry with him again.

"No, you look Shalimar," he said before she could continue. "I know there's nothing I can do to stop you two from being in a relationship, but I want you to promise me that whenever we're on a mission, both of you will think about what needs to be done and put the mission before each other."

"We've always put the team's safety before the mission," Emma said confused.

"Yes and that will continue, but I don't want you two to be over protective of each other."

I can't promise that Adam," Shalimar said with a sigh. "It depends on the situation we're in. No one knows how we're gonna react to a situation before we're actually in it."

He sighed, knowing there was nothing he could do at the moment.

"Fine. We'll leave in two hours, be ready by then."

"See ya later," Shalimar said excitedly as she took Emma's hand and dragged her away.

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Shalimar closed the door to Emma's room and grinned at the psionic.

"So, we have two hours to kill. What do you wanna do?"

"I don't know. Did you have anything in mind?" Emma answered back flirtatiously, but in reality she was a little nervous.

"Oh, I have a few suggestions." Slowly Shalimar walked closer to Emma. She stopped when her face was centimetres from the younger woman's, and looked into her eyes. "You think you're up for it?"

Emma smiled. "Maybe."

She immediately felt Shalimar's right hand move around her waist and then she was pulled forward so her body was pressed against the ferals. Shalimar's other hand gently cupped her face and then she locked eyes with Emma to ask if it was okay. Unconsciously Emma licked her lips which made the feral lean closer, pressing her lips softly against hers. For a while they were content on just lips moving against lips, but Shalimar soon let her tongue move over the psionics lips and the kiss grew more passionate.

Carefully and slowly the feral started moving Emma backwards and Emma broke the kiss for a split second when she felt her leg hit something. She noticed it was the bed and went back to the kissing.

Gently Shalimar laid her down on the bed, never breaking away from the kiss and she let out a soft moan when she felt Emma take a hold of her hips, pressing her body down against hers. Neither woman could believe how good it felt to feel the other's body pressed against their own. They kept kissing and kissing, neither one knowing what time it was and neither one wanting to check. Shalimar was using one hand to support herself while the other ran up and down Emma's side. Both of Emma's hands were moving slowly back and forth over the ferals back, occasionally pressing down so their upper bodies got pressed tighter against one another, earning low moans from Shalimar. And all the time they kept kissing, both women breathing heavily.

Shockingly, Shalimar was the first one to pull away. Considering she was on top she figured it was kinda like her duty to check the time.

She looked up at the watch on the nightstand and then down at Emma again.

"We should start getting ready."

"Why, what time is it?"

"It's little over an hour 'til we have to meet the others."

"What?" Emma said surprised.

"Guess we got a little carried away huh?" the feral joked.

Emma looked at Shalimar's lips and laughed.

"What?"

"Your lips are swollen and your face is flushed."

"Yeah, look who's talking."

"Me too?"

"Mhm." Shalimar gave her a soft peck.

"We should get ready," Emma said.

"I know. Guess I'll see you later?"

"Yeah."

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"Everyone ready to go?" Shalimar asked as she and Emma entered the room to find the others waiting.

As they got closer to the guys, all three were staring at them.

"What?" Shalimar asked.

"Your lips are swollen," Brennan said as he stepped closer to check better. Shalimar took a step back and quickly replied: "No they're not." She silently cursed, thinking the swelling would have disappeared by now.

"Hey, yours are too Emma," Jesse said as he tried to get a closer look at her, but Emma pulled back too. She started blushing. "I…I just…"

"What, you've eaten something you're allergic to?" Jesse joked.

"Yeah, something like that."

"I don't think-"Brennan started to say, but was cut of by Adam.

"Let's get moving guys. We don't have all night."

As Shalimar and Emma walked past him, he gave then a stern look, but they just smiled innocently back.