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Chapter 5

"Emma?" Jesse called her attention. "Are you alright?"

Emma's eyes lingers at the space Brennan left. ~he is avoiding me~ she assumed.

"Emma!" Jesse nudged her this time and it caught her attention. She stared at Jesse not sure of what to say. "Are you alright?" Jesse asked her again.



Emma wanted to say yes but her tears betrayed her. Jesse was a bit dazed. He didn't know what happened to Emma. He just pulled her and let her cry in his arms. Emma cupped her mouth to keep her sobs but the throbbing was just too much to keep. Isn't leaving her enough? She was wishing that they could at least be friends but why is Brennan acting like 'they' never happened? Why is he acting as if she never existed?



"Emma, what's wrong? Tell me!" Jesse willed her to look at him but Emma avoided his eyes as she was shaking her head. She believed too much on her and Brennan. She gave everything for him. She was ready to be his wife for the rest of her life.

Her knees finally fail her and she landed on the floor. Good thing, Jesse was holding her and she really didn't fell that hard. "Emma" Jesse uttered in surprised as she fell helpless at his feet. Jesse knelt beside her, trying his best to comfort her.



Her memory tripped back to the time when they were just friends. Brennan would join them every time he would catch her and Jesse rehearsing. Brennan would always be around her. When she fell, Brennan would be there to catch her; if she trip, Brennan would be their to heal her wounds; if she's crying, Brennan would be there to wipe her tears. Where is the Brennan she knew? Where is the Brennan she learned to love?



"Why are you doing this?" Emma unconsciously pronounced. "Why?" she screamed. Jesse didn't know what to say, he didn't know what Emma was talking about. He held Emma tighter as she rocked her small frame in his broad arms.



"I need him." She pushed Jesse away so as to look at him. "I need him, Jesse." Tears flowed like a river from her eyes yet Jesse cannot understand what she was saying.

"You need who?" Jesse asked her as he willed her to look at him.

"I need him. I need BRENNAN. I want him b..." Emma stopped as she remembered. Jesse will be furious if he discovered that Brennan was playing games with her and Shalimar.



There was a short silence between them. Emma's tears stopped to suddenly as she was avoiding Jesse's eyes.

"What?" Jesse said softly and then all hell broke lose. "You want him back? Is that it? Is that what you are going to say?" Jesse's eyes widened. He could not believe it. His hunches are true. Brennan was playing with Shalimar and Emma.



Emma turned her back at Jesse to escape his questioning but Jesse was quick and he got her by her arms. "Tell me." He willed her. Emma didn't know what to say, she just kept on crying. "I knew it!" Jesse uttered. He was using you and Shal. That ass. I will kill him!" Jesse angrily spat out. He knew that Brennan is a lady killer and he had made a lot of girls run after him. He has left millions of then after having a night of hot sex with them. Jesse was afraid he would do the same to Shalimar and Emma. He had his hunches but he wanted to keep the friendship. But now that he knows, he would not let this pass. He would teach Brennan a lesson once and for all.



"No Jesse. You don't understand!" she stopped him



"Really? Then make me!" he told her. His eyes were red in anger and his fists are tightly clenched. His flesh is shaking and Emma could feel him trembling. Emma don't know what to say. It is not even clear to her why Brennan left her. The last thing that she could remember is Shalimar coming to her room and telling her that she and Brennan got Adam's blessings at last. The slightest memory of that day rips her heart apart. She shook her head and decided to lie.



"Brennan and I..." she started. "We were best of friends." Tears again threatened to fall from her just dried eyes. "We were best friends, until I fell for him." Emma looked away as she tells Jesse half of the real story. "I thought our feelings were mutual until he told me that he and Shalimar are now officially dating." Emma swallowed as the tears fell from her eyes.



Jesse's heart melted after hearing Emma out. He pulled her close to him. Her situation was like his. He thought Shalimar liked him but then he found out that Brennan was dating her and it broke all his hopes. He sighed; he didn't know what to say to make Emma feel better. He knows how she is feeling right now.



Emma shook her head. She really didn't know what had transpired between Shalimar and Brennan. Maybe that is what really happened. Maybe Brennan didn't really loved her. Maybe he just used her to get to Shalimar. These thoughts didn't do well to her rather it hurts her much more.



"Is that why you blanched the day Shalimar announced her pregnancy?" Jesse then asked her. Emma looked at him with minimal swollen eyes and nodded. Jesse pulled her close to him again. "I'm sorry!" he said with a, now, soft voice. "You are not alone Emma. I'm still here. I'll be your friend." Jesse comforted her. But that is not what she had on mind. She wanted Brennan to feel all of this pain. She wanted Brennan to suffer as much as she is now. But how could she do it to the man she'd give her life for? How could she hurt the man that means everything to him? How could she do this to the man he loves? ~How could you love a man like this?~ her thoughts taunted. She sighed as she stopped from crying and she looked at Jesse.



"Thank you Jess." She told her and gave her a peck on the cheek.



"Maybe you need to rest for now." Jesse told her and she just nodded.



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Brennan heard Emma's voice while he was in the shower. Could it really be Emma? How could he hear her in the loud shower? Still he decided to see for himself. He turned the shower off and quickly dried himself off. He went out and found Shalimar sleeping soundly. He hurriedly stepped to his drawer pulling out new shirt and pants and then he quickly put it on then he heard Jesse's voice. Something serious might be happening-he thought and then he stepped out of his room.



"What the..." he utter as he arrived in the scene. Jesse was holding Emma while they are kneeling on the floor then Emma smile at Jesse and kissed him.



It dulled his senses and tears begun to fall from his eyes again. ~so it is final. She has left me for good~ he thought as he marched back, defeated, to his room.





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