Mass Effect (c) Bioware
Story (c) Me

Shepard invited Liara, Tali, Jack, Miranda, and Kasumi to come to the hospital. It took some effort, but with Liara's help and the Shadow Broker network, they tracked down Kasumi. Two days after getting engaged to Kaidan, the girls called in were assembled in her room in the hospital. They had all been happy to see her awake and healthy. Most of them (Jack not included) gave her a hug. Jack just gave her a fist-bump.

"It's so good again to see you, Shepard." Liara said. Shepard nodded.

"Likewise."

"Glad to see you're in one piece, Shep." Kasumi remarked cheerfully.

"We owe a lot to you, Shepard. It's a relief to see you." Miranda said. Tali shrugged.

"Ditto what they said."

Jack snickered. "Are we done kissing and hugging yet?"

"She almost died, Jack." Miranda said flatly. Jack snorted.

"I know that, and I'm glad she's not dead, but any more of this and I might as well start puking from the sweetness."

Miranda rolled her eyes and turned to Shepard. "Anyways, thanks for inviting us."

Kasumi spoke up. "I heard you're getting married, Shep. Congratulations." she said. Shepard grinned and nodded. She gazed at all of them.

"Thanks. Anyways..." Shepard grunted as she sat up, wincing as she hit a bruise at moving, "That's actually why I asked all of you to come over here. I want you all to be my bridesmaids." she said. A few gasped, and a few just nodded. "And Liara..." The asari looked up at Shepard. "I want you to be my maid of honor."

Liara gasped again. "Oh my goodness, Shepard, this is..amazing. Of course I'll be your maid of honor."

"Great. And how many of you want to be bridesmaids?" the Commander asked. All of them voiced their agreement. Liara beamed.

"Shepard, I'll take care of everything. You rest up. I'll work with you and we'll figure out the wedding plans."

"Hey, don't forget us," Kasumi said, "We want a word in, too."

"Alright. So it's settled, then. You are all now my bridesmaids." Shepard said. Jack laughed.

"I never saw myself ever as a bridesmaid, but I guess that's what's going down. And I just gotta to say, I love your lineup of maids, Jane. You got me, the Psychotic Biotic, a master thief, a quarian admiral, an ex-Cerberus bitch, and the Shadow Broker as your maid of honor. It sounds like the beginning of a joke."

"Haha. Very funny, Jack," Miranda said, sounding slightly irritated at being called an ex-Cerberus bitch, "well, wedding, here we come."

"Make sure to let me do the bachelorette party!" Jack said. Kasumi pouted.

"Aww, I wanted to do the party!"

Meanwhile, on the Normandy, six men were in the lounge of the crew deck. Kaidan had called them in. Garrus, Cortez, Joker, James, and Javik were waiting to hear what he had to say. All of them were situated around the Poker table, and James was already beginning to play with the cards. Javik finally spoke first. "Major Alenko, what are we here for? Being idle is making me anxious."

"Right. Well, you all know I proposed to Shepard."

"Of course, hombre!" James said, high-fiving Kaidan, "What about it?"

"I want you guys to be my groomsmen."

All the men with the exception of Javik began to clap and cheer. Javik blinked his four eyes in confusion. "I am aware of what a wedding is, but not groomsmen. What do those do?"

"It's, uh...well, I guess you help the groom prepare for the wedding..."

"You mean mostly party prior to marriage with a little bit of preparation." Cortez said, pushing around a die on the table. Garrus laughed.

"It's mostly a human thing, Javik, but as long as I get alcohol, I'm good."

Javik paused for a second. "This seems rather pointless." he said. Joker shrugged.

"Well, think of it this way. In the part we prepare it's all for Shepard's special day. Do it for the Commander." he said. Javik sighed.

"Very well. If it is for the Commander who saved the galaxy and ended the cycle, I shall partake in this primitive ceremony. And I suppose it's not like I have anything better to do. Just two weeks ago all I had in my life was war and Reapers and now both of those are gone."

"Thanks, Javik," Kaidan said, "and now, Joker...I want to know if you'll be my best man."

The pilot smirked. "I already called it three years ago. It'll be a pain in the ass for my legs, but it'll be worth it to be best man."

"So what now?" Garrus asked, lifting his legs up on the table and leaning back in his chair. "Do we go get tuxes or what?"

"I'm waiting to hear what Shepard and the bridesmaids want to do. We'll figure it out from there. Shepard said that she was going to invite Liara as her maid of honor, and Tali, Kasumi, Miranda, and Jack as her bridesmaids, by the way."

"So we're going the interesting way, aren't we?" Garrus uttered, stretching. "So be it."