A Night to Remember

Sequel to: Sacrifice

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Shepard walked into his quarters relieved to have finally cleared the air with Alenko he already had enough on his plate as it is, he didn't have the time or energy to fight with the Lieutenant over a hard call. He sat at his desk as his terminal flickered to life, "Where can a guy get something to eat around here?" Shepard thought to himself as he scrolled through the extranet listings. After a few minutes of scrolling he found a nice restaurant in the wards and made reservations. He closed the page and began to stand up as his omni-tool began to flash. He activated the display and saw a message from Liara asking him to meet her in a few minutes. Shepard closed the omni-tool and walked over to his closet and began throwing his uniform into the bin as he changed into his N7 jacket. As soon as he was finished changing he headed toward the door and over to the med bay to meet Liara.

Shepard saw Liara standing outside the med bay in one of his N7 jackets waiting for him, "I see you found one of my jackets," Shepard said as he walked over to her.

"Well it was either this or combat armor," Liara said smiling at him.

"No worries, it looks good on you anyway," he said as they started to walk up towards the CIC. They reached the CIC to find Presley working on some reports at his terminal, "You going to stay here all day Presley?" Shepard said as they walked over to him.

"No sir, just figure I'd let the rest of the crew off early. Just a few more reports to file and I'll be out of here," Presley said as he turned to face them, "You two go enjoy yourselves."

"Don't have to tell me twice," Shepard said as he and Liara walked over to the airlock. Liara activated the panel and the doors slid open. They walked out onto the loading ramp and headed towards the elevator.

"So what did you have in mind?" Liara asked as they entered the elevator.

"Made reservations at a nice little human restaurant down in the wards. We've still got a few hours to kill though," Shepard said as he tapped the panel bringing the elevator to life as they began their decent.

"So what do you want to do before dinner?" Liara asked as she wrapped her arm around Shepard's waist.

"I was thinking we could take a walk on the presidium," Shepard said as the elevator began to slow.

"I think I'd like that," Liara said as the elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. As they walked over to one of the rapid transit stations a voice rang out calling his name.

"Commander! Shepard! Wait it's me!" The man said as he ran toward Shepard and Liara. As the man got closer Shepard could finally make him out, it was Conrad Verner chasing after him.

"Hello Conrad," Shepard said as he waved over at Conrad trying his best to be polite.

"I wasn't expecting to see you here!" Conrad exclaimed as he finally caught up with them.

"I think the feeling is mutual," Shepard said as he put his arm around Liara's waist.

"Hello!" Conrad said as he put his hand forward, "I don't think we've met I'm Conrad one of the Commander's biggest fans."

"I'm Liara T'Soni," she said as she shook his hand.

"Are you two together?" Conrad asked

"Well… um… yes I suppose we are," Liara said as her face began to turn red.

"That's great! Do you think I could get a picture of you and the Commander?" Conrad asked.

"Sure I suppose there is no harm in it," Liara said

"Great!" Conrad exclaimed as he prepared to take a picture with his omni-tool. As Conrad prepared to take the picture Shepard and Liara posed for the picture standing side by side with Shepard kissing her on the cheek.

"There we go!" Conrad said as he took the picture, "Want me to send it to you Commander?"

"That'd be great Conrad," Shepard said smiling at him.

"Thanks so much Commander but I should let you two enjoy yourselves, see you around!" Conrad said as he started walking away from them.

"Sorry about him… he's a little eccentric," Shepard said once Conrad was out of sight.

"I think he's sweet," Liara said smiling up at Shepard.

Shepard activated his omni-tool and opened the picture Conrad had sent to him. The picture displayed in front of them showing Shepard kissing Liara on the cheek with smiles on their faces.

"Now that's something worth hanging on the wall," Shepard said as he closed the picture. "Now how about we go for that walk now," He said as they began walking over to one of the sky cars at the transit station. As they stepped into the sky car the screen inside lit up with a layout of all destinations on the Citadel and points of interest. Shepard selected the Presidium as the sky car shuddered to life as it lifted off the ground and proceeded to their destination.

"The view is magnificent," Liara said as she scooted closer to Shepard.

"Yeah," Shepard said as he watched them descend onto the Presidium.

The sky car shuddered as it came to a complete stop on the landing platform. When the doors opened Shepard climbed out of the door and helped Liara out. Once Liara was out of the car Shepard grabbed her hand as they walked over to a nearby bridge.

"The lake is so beautiful," Liara said as they walked across the bridge.

"Almost as beautiful as you," Shepard said as he turned to face Liara wrapping his arms around her back.

"I love you," Liara said as she reached up and kissed him. After a few moments of kissing they broke for air.

"Is that a statue of a Krogan?" Shepard asked as he gazed passed Liara to see a stunning statue of a Krogan in battle armor with springs of water around it.

"Yes it was erected after the Rachni wars," She said as they began walking toward it.

"I see, hell the Krogans must've been revered for practically saving the galaxy from the Rachni," Shepard said as they reached the steps to the memorial platform.

"Indeed but they became greedy," Liara said as they took a seat on the bench in front of them, "If I remember correctly there was even a movement to remove the statue."

"Guess that didn't pan out," Shepard said as he admired the statue.

"Even though it's a glaring reminder of what the Krogan have become, it's important that we remember our history," Liara said as she rested her head on Shepard's shoulder.

"Who knows maybe someday the Krogan will come around, they can't be all bad," Shepard said as he rested his hand on Liara's shoulder.

"Hopefully," Liara said as she gazed off into the distance.

"I think I saw a shop close by do you want to go see what they have?" Shepard asked.

"That sounds great," Liara said as she raised her head from his shoulder.

"Then let's go," Shepard said as he and Liara stood up. They went up the steps back onto the main platform and headed toward the shops to their right.