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From the author: Thanks for the info about Freakangel… Hehehe…anyway, the kiss from the last chapter (I mean between Jesse and Emma) does not really mean anything. They're also human, you know. Well, thanks for the reviews… so loved them…
*I'm sorry*
Chapter 8
There was a momentary silence between them after Emma told Jesse the whole and true story. Emma almost leaped our of her seat when Jesse suddenly spoke.
"I'll kill him! I'll get that bastard for this!" he angrily said and moved to go out of Emma's room but Emma stopped him. Jesse was shaking. Brennan has been screwing up a lot lately but this is the biggest mess he have done. And now he is going to pay. Jesse clenched his fist tightly and it turned his knuckles white.
"Please Jesse, the harm has been done. He left me and he's with Shal now. We don't want Shal to know about this, do we?" Emma pleaded to him. She knew that hurting Brennan would not be of big help. Of course he wants Brennan back but that would be so selfish of her. She knew Shalimar needs him. Shalimar needs Brennan more than she does. She looked away to hide her lonely eyes from Jesse. She just wanted everything to be alright now. She just wanted to move on.
Jesse thought for a while and it pacified him. Emma is right. They could not dare to tell Shalimar that Emma and Brennan used to have a relationship or even tell Shalimar what happened this night. It might not be good for her—and the baby. "Right." Jesse nodded. "But how about you? You need him."
Emma flashed a defeated smile and looked at him with her emeralds "How about you? You need Shal." Jesse looked back at her with his blues.
Both went silent for awhile. Both wants the best for the one they love. Emma sighed and searched Jesse's eyes. "Let's just keep this between us. Okay?" Emma suggested.
"Of course…" Jesse agreed. He wanted to teach Brennan a lesson, but not yet. Just not yet.
***
But things were never the same. Brennan refrained from talking to them as well as meeting them in the hallway although they were all trying to be civil about it every time Adam calls them for a meeting. It was not easy. Brennan wanted to take Emma away from all this but what right does he has?
Shalimar needs him and he just can't run away from that. He would be a father soon. He should be happy. Yes, he wanted to be a father but not with Shalimar's kids. He wants to be the father of Emma's children. He wants to be with Emma for the rest of his life.
He sighed and looked at the pond section where Emma and Jesse were laughing together. They were talking about the new outfit Emma bought that weekend for her first real field work at the end of the month which is by the way only two weeks from then. Jesse thought that Emma would look silly but Shalimar assured them that it would look good on Emma. Emma also brought our her new make up kit which consist of dark colored eye shadows and awful red lipstick.
"Is Shalimar sure this would attract men?" Jesse inquired at he browsed over the make-up. He looked at Emma and he saw her nod to answer him yes. He threw back the make-up in the paper bag and handed it to Emma. "Well, I don't think this would attract me.
Emma smiled at him. "Shalimar meant to say 'NORMAL' men." She motioned a quotation. "You are far from being normal Jesse. You're AB-normal even to our kind." Emma grinned as she emphasized AB from the word abnormal.
"Wha…" Jesse's mouth was left open for a minute and then he faced her and grinned back at her. "Why you… you will pay for that!" he stood up and started to chase Emma around the pond. "I'll get you for that!" Jesse hollered and then let our laughter that was genuine.
Brennan wished he was the one running after Emma like that. He wished they were still together. Brennan gritted his teeth. He honestly wanted Emma to be happy but can't he? Emma certainly looks happy with Jesse. He placed his face between his hands then run them through his thick hair.
"Don't they look cute?"
Brennan heard Shalimar from behind him. He was a bit shocked but managed to act as if he was not. "What are you doing here? You should be resting?" he told her.
"Adam said I could use a little walk outside but then he could not find you so I decided to walk just inside the sanctuary. Luckily you are just here." Shalimar smiled and gave him a peck on the cheeks. "Do you mind if I sit beside you?"
"Not at all." Brennan smiled and guided her beside him. He let Shalimar sit beside him then gently wrapped him arms around her. He should concentrate on Shalimar. he realized he have ignored her too much. He pulled her and kissed her head.
Shalimar looked at him a bit astonished. Brennan has never kissed her unless it was her request. This was his first real kiss on her…well, not a sensual kiss but it was from his heart. "Thanks." She said.
"For what?" Brennan smiled and asked her.
"For being here. For just being here." She told him softly.
Brennan doesn't know if he understood but he smiled back at her and kissed her again. He promised himself to look after Shalimar more than he observed Emma and Jesse.
***
Jesse finally caught Emma and he pulled him close to him so he could tickle her. Emma's laughter filled the room as she beg for Jesse to stop. But Jesse didn't want to stop. He continued to tickle her. He was just happy Emma is feeling better now. It was not long till Emma got back on him. She extended her hand and started tickling him back when she suddenly caught a sight of Brennan with Shalimar.
Emma stopped and Jesse didn't know why the sudden change of mood. He followed Emma's stare and found Shalimar and Brennan holding each other.
Emma felt her world stopped for a moment. Brennan used to hold her that way; Brennan used to kiss her that way…now, he's holding Shalimar; now, he's kissing Shalimar. She swallowed to hide the lumps on her throat and then she looked away from them.
"Are you alright?" Jesse asked her and she was a bit surprised. She almost forgot that Jesse was there with her.
Emma nodded and forced a smile. "I'm fine! I'm fine." Emma brushed locks of her red hair that is on her face and then put it behind her ears. "I'm good." She whispered and then she walked back to where her things are and took it. "I think I'll bring this to my room first." She smiled again and started walking away.
"Ems!" Jesse called for her. She looked at him and forced a smile. "Let me come with you." He suggested and then Emma nodded. Jesse run beside Emma and embraced her. "Everything's going to be fine."
"I know. Thanks!"
Noticing the silence, Brennan looked at where Emma and Jesse used to be and then found them hugging. It ripped his heart out but he could not do anything. He smiled bitterly and closed his eyes to rest his mind--hoping that he'll dream about Emma; hoping he'll have Emma even just in his dreams.
****
There's only one week before Emma go out in her field work. Everyone is excited… well, that is except for Brennan. He sighed and looked at the dojo where Emma is training with Adam and Jesse while Shalimar laughs at her.
"Come on Ems, try to be more sensual." Shalimar suggested as she watched her flirt with a hologram. Emma obeyed Shalimar and flashed her sexy look. Jesse laughed at her.
"You are going to give a man headache." He teased. Emma let out a heavy sigh and moved a little bit sexier but still failed to pass Shalimar's scrutiny.
"I tell you, I have better chances of hooking up with that man than you, even if I'm pregnant." Shalimar laughed.
"Give me a break, Shal." Emma sighed again. "I've never flirted in my life before. At least not the way whores do." Emma grinned and it didn't failed to bring a smile in the groups face…except for one—Brennan.
"Of course you have!" Brennan spoke without thinking. Their head turned to where Brennan was. Emma's heart started a rapid crescendo. What was Brennan talking about?
"Oh, you forgot?" Brennan stood up and let out a forced laughter. Everyone is confused. They don't know what Brennan was talking about.
"Brennan… I don't know—"
"You don't know? Oh come on Emma. You know exactly what I'm talking about. You just forgot. Admit it sweetie, you tend to forget a lot of things. You were already committed when you run off with Caleb but you forgot, why? Because Caleb is incredibly charming? And that alien man?"
"Stop, Brennan, please!" Emma begged him but Brennan could not care less.
"And that Tyler? You just have to chase him"
"Leave Tyler out of this."
Brennan shook his head and laughed. "Oh yeah, Tyler was different. You had this 'bond'…" Brennan motioned a quotation. "…thing between you two. And what about Jess-" Brennan stopped. Everyone looked at Jesse then at Emma. There were tears in Emma's eyes. Her body is shaking. Emma marched down the dojo and was heading to her room when Brennan blocked her way. He wanted to apologize. Tell her he was sorry that he was not thinking but all he could say was…
"Ems…"
Emma released a deep breath before she spoke without looking at him. "I never forgot anything. But you seemed to forget that you… are now… going to be… a…father." The last word seemed to be a whisper before Emma let go of the sob and ran to her room.
"Nice work Brennan!" Jesse spat out as he walked down the steps of the dojo. It was not long enough before he was face to face with Brennan. He wanted to hurt him but Shalimar's presence kept him on guard. "Stop hurting Emma." Jesse whispered. "You've hurt her enough when you left her."
Brennan didn't have any idea that Jesse knew about them. He was so ashamed of himself. He gritted his teeth. He was an asshole.
"What was that all about?" Brennan heard Shalimar's voice and he looked at its direction. How is he going to explain to her? What could he possibly say to make Shalimar not doubt a thing?
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tell me how this one is…. Okay. I've tried my best to make it long but my head started to ache and I have to stop. Submit your review okay… thanks….
Lyza
Support site: its in 'triple w dot geocities dot com backslash resplendents1" (sorry got to spell it out so the fanfic site would pass it through.) please help me finish the site…
From the author: Thanks for the info about Freakangel… Hehehe…anyway, the kiss from the last chapter (I mean between Jesse and Emma) does not really mean anything. They're also human, you know. Well, thanks for the reviews… so loved them…
*I'm sorry*
Chapter 8
There was a momentary silence between them after Emma told Jesse the whole and true story. Emma almost leaped our of her seat when Jesse suddenly spoke.
"I'll kill him! I'll get that bastard for this!" he angrily said and moved to go out of Emma's room but Emma stopped him. Jesse was shaking. Brennan has been screwing up a lot lately but this is the biggest mess he have done. And now he is going to pay. Jesse clenched his fist tightly and it turned his knuckles white.
"Please Jesse, the harm has been done. He left me and he's with Shal now. We don't want Shal to know about this, do we?" Emma pleaded to him. She knew that hurting Brennan would not be of big help. Of course he wants Brennan back but that would be so selfish of her. She knew Shalimar needs him. Shalimar needs Brennan more than she does. She looked away to hide her lonely eyes from Jesse. She just wanted everything to be alright now. She just wanted to move on.
Jesse thought for a while and it pacified him. Emma is right. They could not dare to tell Shalimar that Emma and Brennan used to have a relationship or even tell Shalimar what happened this night. It might not be good for her—and the baby. "Right." Jesse nodded. "But how about you? You need him."
Emma flashed a defeated smile and looked at him with her emeralds "How about you? You need Shal." Jesse looked back at her with his blues.
Both went silent for awhile. Both wants the best for the one they love. Emma sighed and searched Jesse's eyes. "Let's just keep this between us. Okay?" Emma suggested.
"Of course…" Jesse agreed. He wanted to teach Brennan a lesson, but not yet. Just not yet.
***
But things were never the same. Brennan refrained from talking to them as well as meeting them in the hallway although they were all trying to be civil about it every time Adam calls them for a meeting. It was not easy. Brennan wanted to take Emma away from all this but what right does he has?
Shalimar needs him and he just can't run away from that. He would be a father soon. He should be happy. Yes, he wanted to be a father but not with Shalimar's kids. He wants to be the father of Emma's children. He wants to be with Emma for the rest of his life.
He sighed and looked at the pond section where Emma and Jesse were laughing together. They were talking about the new outfit Emma bought that weekend for her first real field work at the end of the month which is by the way only two weeks from then. Jesse thought that Emma would look silly but Shalimar assured them that it would look good on Emma. Emma also brought our her new make up kit which consist of dark colored eye shadows and awful red lipstick.
"Is Shalimar sure this would attract men?" Jesse inquired at he browsed over the make-up. He looked at Emma and he saw her nod to answer him yes. He threw back the make-up in the paper bag and handed it to Emma. "Well, I don't think this would attract me.
Emma smiled at him. "Shalimar meant to say 'NORMAL' men." She motioned a quotation. "You are far from being normal Jesse. You're AB-normal even to our kind." Emma grinned as she emphasized AB from the word abnormal.
"Wha…" Jesse's mouth was left open for a minute and then he faced her and grinned back at her. "Why you… you will pay for that!" he stood up and started to chase Emma around the pond. "I'll get you for that!" Jesse hollered and then let our laughter that was genuine.
Brennan wished he was the one running after Emma like that. He wished they were still together. Brennan gritted his teeth. He honestly wanted Emma to be happy but can't he? Emma certainly looks happy with Jesse. He placed his face between his hands then run them through his thick hair.
"Don't they look cute?"
Brennan heard Shalimar from behind him. He was a bit shocked but managed to act as if he was not. "What are you doing here? You should be resting?" he told her.
"Adam said I could use a little walk outside but then he could not find you so I decided to walk just inside the sanctuary. Luckily you are just here." Shalimar smiled and gave him a peck on the cheeks. "Do you mind if I sit beside you?"
"Not at all." Brennan smiled and guided her beside him. He let Shalimar sit beside him then gently wrapped him arms around her. He should concentrate on Shalimar. he realized he have ignored her too much. He pulled her and kissed her head.
Shalimar looked at him a bit astonished. Brennan has never kissed her unless it was her request. This was his first real kiss on her…well, not a sensual kiss but it was from his heart. "Thanks." She said.
"For what?" Brennan smiled and asked her.
"For being here. For just being here." She told him softly.
Brennan doesn't know if he understood but he smiled back at her and kissed her again. He promised himself to look after Shalimar more than he observed Emma and Jesse.
***
Jesse finally caught Emma and he pulled him close to him so he could tickle her. Emma's laughter filled the room as she beg for Jesse to stop. But Jesse didn't want to stop. He continued to tickle her. He was just happy Emma is feeling better now. It was not long till Emma got back on him. She extended her hand and started tickling him back when she suddenly caught a sight of Brennan with Shalimar.
Emma stopped and Jesse didn't know why the sudden change of mood. He followed Emma's stare and found Shalimar and Brennan holding each other.
Emma felt her world stopped for a moment. Brennan used to hold her that way; Brennan used to kiss her that way…now, he's holding Shalimar; now, he's kissing Shalimar. She swallowed to hide the lumps on her throat and then she looked away from them.
"Are you alright?" Jesse asked her and she was a bit surprised. She almost forgot that Jesse was there with her.
Emma nodded and forced a smile. "I'm fine! I'm fine." Emma brushed locks of her red hair that is on her face and then put it behind her ears. "I'm good." She whispered and then she walked back to where her things are and took it. "I think I'll bring this to my room first." She smiled again and started walking away.
"Ems!" Jesse called for her. She looked at him and forced a smile. "Let me come with you." He suggested and then Emma nodded. Jesse run beside Emma and embraced her. "Everything's going to be fine."
"I know. Thanks!"
Noticing the silence, Brennan looked at where Emma and Jesse used to be and then found them hugging. It ripped his heart out but he could not do anything. He smiled bitterly and closed his eyes to rest his mind--hoping that he'll dream about Emma; hoping he'll have Emma even just in his dreams.
****
There's only one week before Emma go out in her field work. Everyone is excited… well, that is except for Brennan. He sighed and looked at the dojo where Emma is training with Adam and Jesse while Shalimar laughs at her.
"Come on Ems, try to be more sensual." Shalimar suggested as she watched her flirt with a hologram. Emma obeyed Shalimar and flashed her sexy look. Jesse laughed at her.
"You are going to give a man headache." He teased. Emma let out a heavy sigh and moved a little bit sexier but still failed to pass Shalimar's scrutiny.
"I tell you, I have better chances of hooking up with that man than you, even if I'm pregnant." Shalimar laughed.
"Give me a break, Shal." Emma sighed again. "I've never flirted in my life before. At least not the way whores do." Emma grinned and it didn't failed to bring a smile in the groups face…except for one—Brennan.
"Of course you have!" Brennan spoke without thinking. Their head turned to where Brennan was. Emma's heart started a rapid crescendo. What was Brennan talking about?
"Oh, you forgot?" Brennan stood up and let out a forced laughter. Everyone is confused. They don't know what Brennan was talking about.
"Brennan… I don't know—"
"You don't know? Oh come on Emma. You know exactly what I'm talking about. You just forgot. Admit it sweetie, you tend to forget a lot of things. You were already committed when you run off with Caleb but you forgot, why? Because Caleb is incredibly charming? And that alien man?"
"Stop, Brennan, please!" Emma begged him but Brennan could not care less.
"And that Tyler? You just have to chase him"
"Leave Tyler out of this."
Brennan shook his head and laughed. "Oh yeah, Tyler was different. You had this 'bond'…" Brennan motioned a quotation. "…thing between you two. And what about Jess-" Brennan stopped. Everyone looked at Jesse then at Emma. There were tears in Emma's eyes. Her body is shaking. Emma marched down the dojo and was heading to her room when Brennan blocked her way. He wanted to apologize. Tell her he was sorry that he was not thinking but all he could say was…
"Ems…"
Emma released a deep breath before she spoke without looking at him. "I never forgot anything. But you seemed to forget that you… are now… going to be… a…father." The last word seemed to be a whisper before Emma let go of the sob and ran to her room.
"Nice work Brennan!" Jesse spat out as he walked down the steps of the dojo. It was not long enough before he was face to face with Brennan. He wanted to hurt him but Shalimar's presence kept him on guard. "Stop hurting Emma." Jesse whispered. "You've hurt her enough when you left her."
Brennan didn't have any idea that Jesse knew about them. He was so ashamed of himself. He gritted his teeth. He was an asshole.
"What was that all about?" Brennan heard Shalimar's voice and he looked at its direction. How is he going to explain to her? What could he possibly say to make Shalimar not doubt a thing?
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tell me how this one is…. Okay. I've tried my best to make it long but my head started to ache and I have to stop. Submit your review okay… thanks….
Lyza