A/N Just a quick one to start off the story. This is just a small chapter to give you a small taste of my first fic.I will try to update weekly or more regularly once I get a chance. Just dealing with exams right now. Please review and comment and let me know what you think of my first fic.
Tali was very conflicted, it was 6 months since the end of the reaper war and Shepard had nearly finished building her a home on Rannoch, just like he had promised. Whilst it made her overjoyed to finally be able to live on her ancestors' homeworld and live outside her suit when she was in her home (thanks in part to the Geth); she did not, however, fathom why he had to bring her. She had grown to like Ashley over the course of her time on the Normandy, well after she'd stopped looking at her like she thought she stole something obviously, but she still regretted that Shepard had chosen her instead. Despite her suit, she always thought that there was chemistry between them. She sighed, deciding to spend her time on more productive things than procrastinating about her failed love life and turned back to the hob to finish cooking breakfast.
Ashley and Shepard came down the stairs at the same time and perched themselves on the stools at the marble breakfast bar that she 'simply had to have' and was 'the best thing since sliced bread', whatever that meant. 'Morning Tali, what you cooking, smells great' asked Shepard, eagerly eyeing the cooker. 'I made you two some bacon and eggs since you like them so much. I and I have the absolute delight that is nutrient paste'. Despite now being out of her suit and all the advances that the Quarians and Geth had made with their immune systems they had been more interested in infrastructure than inventing new foods. 'You'd think they'd try to do something about that really, ah well, ours smells great by the way. What have you got planned for today?' replied Shepard. 'Just more admiral stuff I'm afraid, you'd think that after 6 months the building plans and land applications would have slowed but they haven't; admiral Xen also thinks that these things all need to be handled by admirals for some reason' 'Me and Ash are going to go and finish up in the spare room and then we thought that we would make a start on the garden this afternoon, if that sounds good to you?'. 'It sounds absolutely perfect Shepard; I can't thank you enough for all that you have done for me.' She hugged Shepard before giving Ashley a curt nod and going to get her stuff ready, steadily eating her paste as she put on her envirosuit. She shouted another short goodbye through to the kitchen as she walked out the front door.