Chapter 3 Morning
"It's Christmas!" came the screams from their daughter as she jumped onto the bed waking both Garrus and Ann from their slumber.
"Mmmm…" Ann groaned as she opened her eyes and saw her beautiful little girls face. Her bright green eyes dancing with mirth and happiness. "Morning sunshine." She said causing the little girl to giggle.
"Ma, Da." came her sons voice next to her ear. Turning her head she saw that the little boy's nose came up just to the edge of the bed. His fringe had lost most of its fuzzy feather-like texture and was taking on the natural scalely texture that Garrus had. He had told her that children lost that texture around three and that was their son's age now.
A moment later she heard Garrus' own groan as their daughter shifted her weight between the two parent's hips. "Come on Da!" she yelled. "Time for presents!"
"Okay." Came Garrus' muffled voice. "Go, we'll be out in a moment." That seemed to be the magic words as the two children ran off and out of their parent's room.
Turning around still in bed Ann looked at her husband, who looked just as tired as she felt. Pulling him close she sighed. "Morning." she said happily. Her eyes began to drift close.
"Happy Anniversary." He mumbled back to her, causing her to smile. A year after the war had ended, the Sol relay had been fixed, which had allowed those trapped in Arcturus System to be reunited with those on the other end. It had taken another year for the Aspien Crest relay, Thessian relay, Omega relay, and the Eden Prime relays to all be restored.
"Yep." she said with a sigh. They had yet to figure out how to return to their reality. John had gone missing during the final battle. After they'd disabled the rogue Reaper AI that lived on the Citadel things had got from bad to worse. She'd barely made it to the Normandy; unfortunately it wasn't her Normandy that she'd gotten onto, but John's, which had crashed and she'd gotten hurt badly. The last thing anybody saw was the Citadel exploding like a giant star going nova. Her ship and John hadn't been seen since. Sighing one last time she stretched her body and got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom.
When she returned from the bathroom with her clothes changed into blue jeans and a blue knitted sweater she saw Garrus had changed into a turian equivalent of what she was wearing. "Good minds think alike." He said, causing her to snort. He smiled and the two headed out to watch their children open presents.