"This hearing has concluded. The matter of Neel'Corah's innocence will be decided in the next few hours" the admirals said, and the whole room said the prayer again. I sighed heavily and closed my eyes. God I'm really screwed... I thought as Tali and Yeemi'Neram led me out of the room.
The trip back to the hospital room was quiet, no one said anything, no one needed to. I fully trusted that Yeemi'Neram had used all her tricks and pulls to keep me on the ship, but who knows.
The door closed behind us and we were left into the small space between the doors as the pressurizing completed. My room had a different air in it than rest of the ship, and needed to be kept like that. I took of the breathing mask, the cool air of the room filling my lungs as I sat down on the bed, Tali sitting down next to me.
The doctor did her thing, checked bunch on meters and numbers on her pad, my blood pressure and so on.
"You should still lay down, your concussion wasn't a small one, so the more time you spend in bed the better" she said and sat down her datapad. "And I mean sleeping, you look awful" she joked as she left the room.
"Oh wow thanks, that makes me feel a lot better" I laughed after her as she disappeared out of the room.
Tali sat down on the sofa next to the bed and opened her omni-tool, which caught my eye and a flur of memories rushed to my head.
"Is that... is that the Nexus model?" I propped myself up and asked, looking to her. She seemed to be caught off-guard by the question and didn't answer for a short moment.
"Uuhh, no. It's actually the new Polaris one" she chuckled. "You know omni-tools?"
"I've been known to play with few every now and then" I smiled to her. "Why are you surprised?"
"Because you don't exactly come off as a tech nerd" she laughed and moved closer to me on the sofa.
"That so?" I laughed. "Then what do I come off as?"
"Well I dont know... maybe a teacher or a doctor?" She said. "That's what most good looking humans are" she said.
I raised my brows at the last part, slightly amused expression on my face. "Excuse me?" I asked, blood rushing to my cheeks, making me blush slightly.
"I mean not that you're good looking, I mean you are but... wow, it's really hot in here..." she struggled, which made me blush even more. What is happening to me...
An awkward silence fell, neither of us knowing how to come back from the last part. After some time Tali took something from her pocket and threw it to me.
"What's that?" I asked as it landed on my lap.
"It's an omni-strap you tool" she laughed. "Come on, try it!" She quirked and shot up.
"Okay okay" I laughed and clipped it on, the bright glow of the hologram soon flickering. But it wasn't orange, it was blue and purple, it looked so cool.
"Where did you get this thing?" I asked and looked up to her, genuinely impressed by the thing.
"It's my old one, Bluewire if I'm not mistaken" she said, taking my hand and doing something with the omni-tool. "It's yours now"
My eyes widened as I looked at her.
"Tali I can't take this, and I'm pretty sure you shouldn't be giving me it either..."
She looked at me for a moment, probably grinning under her helmet. "Then you better make sure no one finds out about this" she said mischievously.
"Unbelievable..." I rolled my eyes but couldn't help but smile. I like her
"C'mon, I'll show you few updates and upgrades I made" she said and hopped on the bed, taking my arm to her lap.
As she explained about the omni-tool, I found myself fixated on her fingers wrapped around mine or staring at her facemask, wondering what she looked like. As I listened to her babble on and on, I closed my eyes and quickly fell asleep.