Hello everyone. This was the story I was mentioning in The Two Spectres: Resurrection.

It's an AU to the ME universe so I hope you like it.

Let's get right down to it!

Citadel High

Jane Alexandria Shepard and Charles Alonso have been friends since they were the age of seven and six, with Jane being the older of the two. Jane's parents, James and Hannah Shepard, were both doctors. They have lived in Seattle since they were ten and twelve and have lived there for twenty-five years. The couple have recently been offered a job at Huerta Memorial Hospital on the Citadel. Charlie's parents, Eduardo and Samantha Alonso, were both high school teachers just south of Seattle. The two couples met one another during college, where they have been close ever since.

After hearing of the Shepard's promotion, the Alonsos began a life without them. It was difficult at first, a life without the Shepard's was bland and uneventful. Charlie cried when Jane moved away, begging his parent's to go with her. It broke both father and mother's hearts equally and it wasn't until six months later that the Alonso's put plans in motion. Samantha got an interview to teach at the Citadel's most prestigious high school. Children of all races attended the school and the school was one of the best schools in the galaxy.

Samantha's interview went better than she expected and after a second interview with the school board, she got the job. She was thrilled and put in a word for her husband. The school didn't accept any more applications but they passed his resume to a middle school, which was willing to bring him on board. Everything was set. When Charlie's parents told him the good news, he immediately jumped for joy, hugging his parents soon after. Charlie called Jane on his father's terminal and told her the good news. She jumped for joy as well.

Within a matter of a few weeks, the Alonsos were packed and headed to the Citadel for the first time. The trio looked around in amazement at how stunning the space station was. Charlie stared with eyes wide open as he took in the sights, smells and voices of his surroundings. This was the first time he saw a Krogan. His mouth dropped as he looked up and the Krogan in red armor. His face scratched up from what it appeared to be some sort of fight. He tugged on the Krogan's leg, and hid behind his father when he looked down at him with a grunt.

"Sorry about that sir," Eduardo spoke to the Krogan. "It's his first time on the Citadel. Name is Eduardo Alonso." He extended his hand towards the Krogan who shook it, to Eduardo's surprise.

"Wrex." The Krogan responded.

"And what is it that you do Wrex?" Eduardo asked.

"I'm a Physical Education teacher at Citadel High."

"Oh really?" Samantha butted in, "I just got a job there."

"Ah you're Miss Alonso everyone keeps yapping about. Mathematics correct?" Wrex asked.

Samantha nodded, "Correct. I begin next week."

"Wrex, we are going to be late!" A female Krogan shouted from a distance. Wrex lowered his shoulders and grunted once more.

"Women. Anyway, I should get going or else I'll never hear the end of it from Eve. It was nice knowing you." The large Krogan nodded his goodbye and ran off to join his wife.

"You okay little guy?" Eduardo looked down to his son, who simply stared at the Krogan as he walked away. "Charles?" his father asked once more.

Charlie looked up at his father and simply nodded. "I want to go home dad." He said and his father gave him a lopsided smile.

"Alright, let's go." Eddie hoisted him up, gaining a squealing laugh from Charlie and carried him over his shoulders as the new residents of the Citadel made their way towards their new home.

Once they got there, they were greeted by the Shepards along with others that the Shepards introduced: The Williams, Vakarians, Alenkos, Sturridges, Moreaus, Zorahs, Vegas, and the Noughts.

The Williams were a large family with four kids: Ashley, Abby, Sarah, and Lynn. Ashley was the oldest, six years old, Abby and Lyyn were four and Sarah was just a newborn. They had also, recently moved here. Anthony Williams was an retired Alliance officer while his wife, Gabriella, was a stay at home mom. The Vakarians had two children, Garrus and Solana with Garrus being the older of the two, just over seven. The father, Garrus Sr. was a C-Sec officer while his wife was a Citadel control worker.

The Sturridges have two kids, Alan and Amanda. They moved to the Citadel from London eight years ago and are enjoying their new home. Both kids were twins and had just turned five. Jennifer Moreau was a single mother that worked at Apollo's cafe in the evenings and took care of her son, Jeff in the mornings. Rael'Zorah, a single father, works as an engineer for C-Sec and has a daughter Tali, who had just turned five.

Leo and Cynthia Vega, came with their son, James, who is five, to the Citadel after winning the lottery back on Earth. The Noughts were the quiet, shy type but their daughter, Jennifer was quite the energetic young girl who had turned six a month ago.

Ashley, Jane, Charlie, Garrus, Jeff, Jennifer, Garrus, Tali, Solana, James, Alan, Abby, Lynn, and Amanda ran around the house and played for hours as the parents talked in the spacious living room. The Alonsos were surprised to find that the Shepards paid for everything: Brand new furniture, equipment and toys for Charlie. The house was a two story, three bedroom house. It was more than enough and the Alonsos were truly grateful to have such friends.

When it was time to leave, Charlie asked if Jane could spend the night.

"It's up to Mister and Misses Shepard, Charlie." Samantha told her son who, along with Jane, gave their best pouty face and their parents.

"Pleease!" Charlie and Jane said in unison. Both of their parents laughed and nodded in reply. Jane and Charlie jumped for joy and Charlie grabbed Jane by the hand and led her to his new bedroom. Samantha came in a half hour later to bring in a sleeping bag after the Shepards said their goodbyes for Jane to sleep in, but soon found Jane in Charlie's arms, both sleeping soundly. Samantha smiled at the sight at took a picture with her omni-tool

"Think we made a good choice?" Eduardo whispered as he slid his arms around his wife's waist, both watching Jane and Charlie sleeping.

"Definitely." Samantha smiled, "Charlie has missed her so much. I just want what's best for him."

"You think these two will get married some day?"

"Please Eddie," Samantha turned and swatted him playfully on his shoulder. "They love each other but not like that. Plus, did you see the way Charlie looked at Ashley? He practically blushed when he first saw her."

"If you say so." Eddie pulled his wife into the bedroom where they made love.

Seven years later...

Charlie woke up to a terrible noise. It was six in the morning and it was his first day of high school. He pushed the snooze button and groaned. Come on! I don't want to go. He protested as he turned on his stomach. His omni-tool beeped minutes later, indicating that he received a text message. He groaned again. Ugh! Who is it now! He flopped to his back and swiped a few commands on his omni tool. His frown turned upside down as he saw that it was Ashley who sent the message:

Hey Charlie!

Sleep okay? Hope you're ready for high school! I'll come pick you up at 6:45.

Love you.

-Ash

Charlie wiped the sleep from his eyes and sighed. Almost two years since I grabbed the courage to tell Ashley that I liked her. He smiled, I'm so happy she felt the same way. The alarm began beeping again, killing the mood instantly. He flared his biotics and crushed the alarm on the wall.

Hmph! Good Riddance!

He swung his legs over the bed and quickly grabbed his clothes for his first day at school and walked towards the shower. He enjoyed the way the hot water ran down his body. It always found a way to ease his nervousness and today, he was nervous. He was a A,B student and always stayed out of trouble for the most part. Though having Jennifer, or Jack, how she liked to be called, was a challenge because detention always followed that girl and she would always pester Charlie around. Jack enjoyed torturing him and enjoyed it even more when she could sink Charlie down to her level. She knew which buttons to push and he hated that about her...especially when Ashley was with him

I better behave today. I can't bring myself down to her level. I can do this. He repeated the words in head as he finished drying himself off. He walked downstairs towards the kitchen, finding his parents already at the bar, having breakfast and a cup of coffee.

"Morning sweetie, excited for the big day?" Samantha asked to which Charlie simply shrugged.

"I guess. Is Ash here yet?" Charlie asked.

"Not yet." His mother replied, "I made you some blueberry pancakes. They are on the pan."

Charlie smiled and went over to the cupboard above the counter to reach for a glass and walked over to the fridge and poured himself a cup of orange juice. He heated the pan to heat up his pancakes and placed it on a plate when small trails of smoke lifted off of his breakfast. Charlie sat next to his father, who was reading the sports section of the newspaper while he ate.

"The Seahawks won last night." Eddie grinned. "You owe me ten bucks kid."

"Ugh! Really?" Charlie rolled his eyes and reached for his wallet. Damn it.

His father laughed, "It's alright son, just knowing that I won is good enough. Eat up. You got a big day ahead.

Minutes passed by in the household and Charlie got up to wash his plate when the doorbell rang. His face lit up. He quickly placed his plate on the dishwasher and ran towards the door, finding Ashley in the doorway with a smile on her face

"Hey handsome!" Ashley walked in and gave Charlie a quick kiss on the lips before walking in to greet her boyfriend's parents. "Hello Mister and Misses Alonso."

"Oh Hello Ashley. My, you are looking cute!" Charlie's mom smiled.

"Th-thank you." Ashley blushed as she wrapped her arms into Charlie's, who blushed as well. Ashley wore long brown boots and dark blue jeans with a matching brown leather jacket that Charlie bought for her on her birthday.

"Well...I-we should be going now." Charlie looked away from his parents.

"You sure you don't want me to take you two with me?" Charlie's mom asked while she watched his son reach for his blue backpack.

"We're fine. We can walk there," Charlie turned to face Ashley, "right?" Charlie gave her a look that told her to say yes.

"Yeah, it shouldn't be a problem Misses A. I'll see you in class later today ma'am." The young couple walked out the door, hand in hand.

"When do you have my mom for math?" Charlie asked.

"Fifth period." Charlie's face turned pale. "Why?"

"Me too..." Charlie muttered under his breath.

"Really?" Ashley beamed, "at least we'll be together in at least one class."

"This isn't good."

"Why not?" She asked with a pout.

"No! I mean I'm glad I'm with you in a class too but...it's my mom. I...she'll embarrass us."

Ashley laughed and slapped him on the shoulder. "No she won't. We will be fine. I promise."

It's your funeral. Charlie said to himself as they walked in silence.

As they approached the school, they heard the bell ring. "Oh shit! Come on. The assembly is going to start!"

The auditorium was large that has four sections of seats in the first floor and three sections in the balcony above. By the time Charlie and Ashley arrived, most of the students have just begun to take their seats. All students received their messages the night before that contained their seating arrangements. First years students were to seat on the left side and the seating's ascended in order with the seniors sitting on the far right. The two quickly took their seat up front and waited for the principle to immerge from the curtains of the stage. Students talked with one another as they waited; Charlie looked around to find Shepard in the section to next to them but the lights dimmed moments later.

A tall man with brown hair walked towards the podium in the center of the stage with a cigarette in hand. Charlie tilted his head in confusion. This is a school right? He asked himself as the man cleared his throat while adjusting his tie in his rather expensive looking suit.

"Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the first day of the new year." The man glanced towards the freshmen section and smiled. "I would like to take this time to welcome these fine new students to my school. My name is Tim Harper, your principle. I am excited to get to know all of you for the next four years." Principle Harper turned to face the other three sections. "And also welcome to our returning students. I feel that this year will be a great year." Mister Harper adjusted his tie once more while he took a long drag from his cigar. "Now without further ado, let the year begin. Take twenty minutes to find your class and...good luck."

The lights to the auditorium turned on and Charlie and Ashley looked at one another, shrugging their shoulders moments later.

"Hey you two." Kasumi leaned in from the seat behind them.

"Hey Kasumi." Ash and Charlie said in unison. "What's your first class?" Charlie added.

"Art class," Kasumi smiled. "And you?"

Charlie activated his omni-tool and typed in a few commands. "Uhh, Prothean studies with Professor T'Soni?" Charlie groaned. "Apparently, it's a hybrid. Freshmen and Sophomores both attend that class. I hope I know someone on there or else I see myself going to sleep."

Ashley laughed and shook her head. "I have P.E with Professor Wrex."

"Cool!" Kasumi nodded, turning to Charlie. "Professor T'Soni? Ah she has a daughter who is also a freshmen." Kasumi looked around for her. The young human's face lit up when she saw her. "Liara!"

"Huh?" Liara looked around for the one that called for her. "Who called me?"

"Over here!" Kasumi waved her hand but it wasn't effective so Kasumi walked over to the asari and pulled her towards Ashley and Charlie.

"Hello," Charlie and Ashley greeted politely.

"H-hello." Liara looked down, her shyness creeping in.

Charlie smiled and placed his arms behind his back. "I hear you mother is a teacher in prothean studies? I'm in her class first period. Are you in her class?"

Liara nodded. "Yes. I have her in first period too."

"Great! I'm Charlie by the way."

"Liara T'Soni." Liara smiled weakly.

Charlie turned to his girlfriend, "I'll see you later?" Ashley nodded and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and went with Kasumi towards their classes.

Charlie turned to the shy asari and smiled. "I guess you're stuck with me. Come on, let's go to class before time runs out."

Charlie and Liara walked down the hallways, looking for their homeroom for a few minutes until they reached the third floor.

"Room 587. This is it." Liara looked up at the room number then back down at her omni-tool. Liara shifted nervously that Charlie easily noticed.

"Something wrong?" he asked.

"It's my mother...she can be difficult. I want to be a good daughter for her. I would hate to disappoint her."

Charlie nodded and firmly touched the asari's shoulder. "You'll be fine. I promise." Liara smiled faintly before the two walked inside.

"Charlie!" Jane smiled widely as she saw his best friend walk into class. Liara froze in the doorway as Charlie walked up to Jane to give her a hug. "I'm glad you are here. I thought I would be bored out of my mind for sure!"

Charlie laughed, leaning on Shepard's desk. "Yeah, I thought so as well. Oh hey! I'd like you to introduce you to someone." He turned towards the doorway, only to find Liara gone. What? "Uhh hang on a minute." Charlie walked out of the classroom, finding Liara pace nervously back and forth. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Your friend..." Liara's voice trailed.

"Yeah?" Charlie crossed his arms across his chest. "What about her?"

"She's..."

"Evil?" Charlie grinned, "it's probably the red hair and green eyes. It makes her look mean but she's nice enough to not bite on you."

Liara stopped in her tracks and looked at him with frightened eyes. "What?"

"Sorry," Charlie giggled at his friend's facial expression. "It's something humans say. What I mean is Jane is friendly. I'm sure she will like you."

Liara's cheeked turned a bright shade of purple. Goddess but she doesn't even know me! How can that be possible? Snap out of it T'Soni!

"Okay..." Liara straightened her outfit and walked passed Charlie and into the classroom. Charlie grabbed her hands and led her towards Shepard, who was busy playing a game on her omni-tool. Her tongue stuck out as she killed a vorcha.

"Yes!" Jane punched the air above her and her eyes looked up to an asari and Charlie looking down at her. Jane gasped and stood up instantly, her eyes not leaving the asari's blue sapphire eyes. She...she's so pretty. Jane's eyes moved lower and looked at the asari's freckles. She's adorable. Her eyes went even lower to look at the asari's violet lips before quickly looking up at her eyes once more. Gosh... Jane bit the inside of her cheek, wondering if the asari before her was some sort of dream but it wasn't. She was real and looking at her.

Charlie cleared his throat and spoke. "Jane, this is Liara T'Soni. Liara, this is Jane Shepard."

"Hello!" The two said rather quickly that caught Charlie by surprise. Jane and Liara stared at one another, neither knowing what to say to each other. The two blushed and looked away.

She's gorgeous. Liara said to herself.

I want her. Jane said to herself as she bit her lip.

"Well well well." Jack slammed her hands on the desk between Shepard and Liara. "Class hasn't started and blue has already found herself a girlfriend." The young biotic grinned after both Jane and Liara turned to glare at her. "Careful with asaris, Shepard. I hear they can fuck your brains out and leave you wanting more."

Jane's and Liara's eyes widened with embarrassment, gaining a rolling of the eyes from Charlie. "Jack knock it off."

"What?" Jack shrugged her shoulders. "It's true."

Jane and Charlie sighed in unison. Fantastic. We have to suffer with Jack for the next three months.

This is going to be an interesting year. Jack, Charlie, Jane and Liara both said to themselves; Jack was the only one laughing her ass off.

Jack will certainly be the one getting everyone into trouble. Hehe.

I hope you guys enjoyed the intro to this story.

Feel free to give me some helpful criticism. This is my first attempt at a 3rd person narrative so I hope I'm doing alright :/

The Two Spectres Saga will take priority over this but I will update this story frequently.

Until next time.