A/N: First fanfic. Uhmm.. I don't know what to write here so just try to be nice when giving a review. I hope you enjoy. This will be a compilation of stories of the life of the different characters of BIOWARE.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own these characters…what else..uhmm..BIOWARE owns them.

Drinking Buddies

The sun was just barely showing its rays and citizens of Kirkwall still lay in their bed with the exception of a few early risers and the city guard's evening watch. The streets were still void of merchants and the thieves that follow them. From the nobles of Hightown, the elves of the Alienage, to the dregs of Darktown; all still wish for blissful sleep. Even the Hanged Man sat silently, its patrons scattered around the dirty floor, lying in their drunken stupors. In this tavern, where your tankard is always full of piss-ale that would still get you relatively drunk, sat three heroes around a circular wooden table.

"It's a quarter till four, John," groaned Garret Hawke as he filled his friend's tankard with the Hanged Man's finest. "This better be good."

"I think I need something a little stronger than that, Garret," John Shepard replied, pushing the tankard to Hawke. He gave his friend a tired smile and leans against his chair, breathing deeply in an attempt to calm his nerves but only succeeding in inhaling the stench of drunken men, piss, and sex.

"Maker! What got you so wound up?" Hawke asked John before drinking the ale in one go.

"Take a guess," replied John, head still facing the ceiling with his arm covering his eyes.

"Women!" stated the third member of the trio. The elven grey warden, Theron Mahariel, placed three bottles of vodka on the table and promptly took his seat. "The only thing that would shake the resolve of the great commander Shepard is women!"

Hawke ran his hand through his jet black hair and tried to stifle a laugh which didn't go unnoticed by Shepard. "Look, whatever it is I'm sure it's not as bad as it seem," Hawke tried to hide his grin by taking a drink from his tankard that was filled by Mahariel.

"You obviously haven't seen Tali drunk," Shepard took his glass vodka and downed it in one go. "That's better! Heaven knows I needed that."

"I agree with Hawke on this one, John," Mahariel takes Hawkes tankard and threw it at the bartender who caught it with ease and proceeded in washing it.

Shepard looks at the elf but remained silent, prompting Mahariel to continue as he gives Hawke a relatively clean glass which he then proceeds filling with vodka, "Tali is a close friend of Liara. Those two are like sisters and I don't believe that they would really hurt each other on purpose."

"She shot Liara with her shotgun, Theron," the commander said, causing both the warden and the champion to down another glass of the strong liquor, "Twice."

"I'm sure those were warning shots," Hawke reassured his friend.

"She aimed it at her head," John replied, shifting his gaze from Hawke to Mahariel.

"Well, she was drunk right?" Mahariel reasoned with the SPECTRE in front of him, "She must've aimed it higher but…she..uhmm.."

"She was at point blank range," John Shepard interrupts Mahariel's failing attempt at reasoning. "It was a good thing Wynn was there."

Theron gave his friend a gentle pat on the back, "I still believe those two are the best of friends and will eventually reconcile."

"But I wonder what would cause Tali to shoot her best friend," Hawke gave Shepard a suspicious look and states, "You're not telling us the whole story, Commander."

John at this moment thought his glass of vodka was very interesting and decides to observe it thoroughly. But the commander can feel two pairs of eyes boring at him so he down the very interesting glass and admits, "Liara was giving me a lap dance when the incident happened."

"Maker's breath! What were you thinking, Shepard?" asked the surprised champion.

"It was Marian's fault," defended John, "somehow she and Isabela manage to convince Liara that giving me a lap dance was a good idea."

"Creators! No wonder Tali almost made sushi out of her friend," exclaimed Theron.

The trio then erupted in a loud roar of laughter, waking most of the tavern's patrons. Shepard's worry slowly disappearing, proving that sometimes it better to just laugh at your problems. Each of the heroes recalling their adventures with their respective companions, and although the most silly and hilarious moments don't usually end up in the game, and very few knows about them, they remember and treasure them. Garret Hawke, Theron Mahariel and John Shepard each grab a bottle of vodka and empty them before saying in unison…

"Rember that time when..."