Cen winced and grabbed her hands holding the smaller hands between his larger ones. He stares at her "Are you going to tell me what you were doing out there alone?" He hissed to her his voice low as his grip tightened on her hands. She tried briefly to try and get her hands back, giving up she sighs as she lets her hair fall forward hiding her face. "whats it to you?" she hisses back, her face tightening in anger as she ripped her hands from his grip she wrapped her arms tight around her body again. Turning she stares out the window towards the citadel and an awkward silence falls between them as the only sounds in the room are the muffled cars and occasional voice outside the room. Eri sighed and dropped her shoulders as she turns around and stares at him again "Why is it so important that you need to know why i was there, and how did you know i was going to be there I didn't tell anyone" She crossed her arms over her chest and leans back against the wall watching his face. Cen rubbed at his temples as a stubborn glint appeared in her eyes. "Eri you know I ca-" the rest of his sentence was cut off by an outburst of "Bullshit" She hissed and marched up to him so she was toe to toe, but she still had to crane her neck to look him in the face which pissed her off even more than him trying to stonewall her. "You are going to tell me exactly how and why you knew I'd be there when i didn't even tell bailey where i was" She placed her palms on his chest and shoved hard but considering how weak she was he barely even budged. "You want to know what i was doing out there alone with no back up? You're going to tell me everything. For example how exactly does a dead man rise from the grave?" She was practically yelling as she finished her sentence her nails digging deep into her palms leaving crescent shaped welts it was only then when she realized what she was doing so she stepped away dragging her hands through limp tangled honey brown locks and took a deep shuddering breath.
Cen gritted his teeth and his fingers flexed into a fist as he fought to control his temper, "I didn't leave because I wanted to Eri" He stepped towards her and lifted his hand to her but let it drop to his side as her eyes met his "I had no choice, I had to go undercover and i couldn't tell you" He rubbed the back of his neck "Eight years.. I mourned you after the accident, You told me it was a routine op" She fisted her hands in her hair again more to keep herself occupied. "And then when the ship that was supposed to be carrying you home was blown to pieces i went crazy Cen. Do you understand? I literally fell apart and it took me three of the eight years you've been gone to pull myself back together. And now eight years later you waltz back on the scene, all Hey how are ya? And you expect me to believe that you had no choice?" she struggled to keep her voice down and her hands at her sides "You always have a choice, You could have told me or at least let me know that you would be going dark. At least i would have known you were alive, i could have dealt with that" She fought for composure her anger spiking as her vision began to swim as her eyes filled with unshed tears. Blinking furiously she beat back the tears. "Eri, there was no way i was going to tell you what i was doing. For one it was dangerous to both you and me thats why i cut off all contact. I was trying to keep you from the shit i was about to wade through and I didn't want it staining your hands as well as mine." Eri just shook her head and stared at her feet "And now my choices don't mean a damn thing" Eri's head snapped up and she stared at him quizzically an unspoken question hanging in the air "You were right I knew you were going to be there because your partner was under surveillance and i was the one who was tailing him. So i knew your partner had sent you that message to your Comm Unit. And I also knew that those mercs would be waiting to ambush you there. Your partner" He paused and his heart clenched at how pale her face had gone, all the colour had rushed from her cheeks. He rushed forward and if he hadn't caught her against his chest as her knee's buckled she would have hit the floor hard. "I'm sorry you had to hear this, but your partner was the one who let the mercs know where you were."
"No, no, no" She shook her head vigorously "that can't be, my my partner wouldn't have done that." Cen's heart twisted as a dark emotion he refused to identify welled in his chest, gripping her arms she shook her. "Damnit Eri, You and I BOTH know that there was no way they would have been able to ambush you or pin you down like they had without help. And your partner would have been the only one who knew where you were going to be." Eri's body began to shake, and she dug her nails into his armor. And throwing pride to the wind she buried her face into his chest and pretended that the years had never happened. After a few minutes she stepped away and rubbed her face with her hands. "I'm going to need to hear the audio logs, but.." She paused let out a resigned sigh and sat back down on the bed. "I think i'm going to sleep for a bit i'm super wiped." She laid down and curled one hand under her pillow as she shifted to face Cen she looked at him for the first time since she'd woken up. He looked a lot older, had gotten a few new scars and the tip of one of his mandibles was missing. His attitude had changed, he wasn't the cocky young turian she'd known eight years ago, the cocksure attitude had been replaced by a quiet confidence and commanding presence. She covered a yawn and snuggled deeper into her pillow. Cen had nodded his head and just as he was about to leave he stopped as he felt her small hand grip his "Can...can you stay for a bit, I haven't forgiven you yet, and we have a lot more to talk about later.. But.." she yawned as she lay back in bed "I'd feel safer knowing you were watching my back. Cen struggled to keep his heart from racing, he stared down at her she didn't look good it was true. But if she meant what she'd said, then while there were sure to be many hardships in the future at least for the time being they had a truce.
Hey you guys, i know its been forever since i updated this and to be honest i totally forgot about it. Real life sucks sometimes you know? Its been so long i honestly forgot where i was going with the original story! eheh, anyhow I decided to start writing again sorry if this seems drawn out or too fast i plan on working on it as soon as i get the chance. Anyway Read, enjoy and leave a review! I need to know what's working and whats not!