He quickly entered his quarters as to not attract attention and shut the door behind him. Once the door fully closed he set the bag on his desk and removed the contents onto it. He picked up the suit examining it in his hands, it wasn't the best suit but he hoped Liara would like it. He quickly changed out of his N7 jacket and t-shirt as he slid on the suit sealing it shut. Once he had finished changing he packed his picture frame into his bag. Shepard headed over to the door making sure he had everything he needed and opened the door. He walked over to the med bay and over to Liara's quarters.

Shepard activated the com panel, "Are you ready?"

The door slid open to reveal Liara in a stunning black dress with white stripes going down the side.

"You look amazing," Shepard said as he studied her dress.

"I could say the same thing about you," she said as she ran her hand down his chest.

Shepard grabbed Liara hand as they walked up the stairs to the CIC. As they arrived in the CIC Garrus was there to greet him as he took a break from his calibrations to greet the two.

"Damn you two look nice, well at least T'Soni does," Garrus said as he walked over to the two.

"You know I could always have you doing inventory all day," Shepard said as he smiled over at Garrus.

"On second thought you look great Shepard," Garrus said.

"That's more like it Garrus," Shepard said.

"You two have a nice night, I'll just be here calibrating," Garrus said as he walked back to his terminal

"See you around Garrus," Shepard said as they walked over to the airlock.

Once they had finished the decontamination cycle they headed down the docking ramp and onto the elevator.

"So will I ever get to see what's in that bag?" Liara asked as they stepped onto the elevator.

"Possibly," Shepard said smiling as he activated the elevator.

As the elevator descended Shepard pulled Liara in close to him as they admired the view. Once the elevator had come to a stop in the middle of the C-Sec HQ the doors slid open as the sound of the crowds came rushing in. Shepard grabbed Liara's hand as they made their way through the crowds of officers and civilians to the transit station on the far side of the room. The terminal was filled with citizens each trying to make their way through the crowds to their own destinations. Shepard pulled up his omni-tool syncing it with the transit terminal as they called a car.

"These crowds are very unnerving," Liara said as she scanned the globs of people in the transit station.

"Yeah sure seems extremely crowded tonight, even for the Citadel."

After a few moments Shepard's omni-tool came to life as a notification popped up directing them to their sky car. They slowly made their way through the sea of bodies as they came to pad twelve where their car was waiting. Shepard and Liara made their way onto the pad and into the car, once inside Liara confirmed their destination through the display beside them. The car burst to life propelling them up into the air as it headed for their destination.

"Well that was a rather quick wait," Liara said as she leaned back into her seat.

"Being a Spectre does have its advantages," Shepard said as he set his bag onto the floor.

The sky car danced through traffic as it made its way to their destination. After a few minutes of travel they came to a slow as they entered the proximity of one of the wards. The sky car began to descend onto the balcony of a building as the VI in the car let them know that they had reached their destination. Shepard grabbed his bag off the floor and waited as the door to the sky car slowly rose open allowing them to exit.

A waiter rushed to greet them as they exited the car, "Welcome! I presume you are Mr. Shepard and Dr. T'Soni yes?"

"Yeah that's us," Shepard said

"Excellent let me show you to your table," the waiter said as he guided them through a glass archway into a giant dining area. "A table for two with a view as per your request Mr. Shepard."

Shepard thanked the waiter as they sat down and looked at the menus in front of them.

"Shepard I see you spared no expense," Liara said as she admired her surroundings.

"Spectre status comes with a very large discretionary fund," Shepard said as he peered over the menu.

"What are you having?" Liara asked him as she looked over her menu, "I don't have a clue as to what half of this food is."

"I've always liked steak, that's probably what I'll order," Shepard said as he put down his menu.

"I suppose that's what I'll get then," Liara said as she put her menu down.

Shepard beckoned the waiter over to their table, "We'll both take the steak and I think I'll just have a water to drink."

"And what would you like to drink Dr. T'Soni?"

"I think I'll just have a glass of water as well."

"Very well the food should be ready in about fifteen minutes, I'll bring you out the water shortly. Please enjoy yourselves until then," the waiter said as he walked away.

"Now that we're here you can show me what's in that bag," Liara said as she stared over at the bag sitting by Shepard's chair.

"I suppose I can show you now," Shepard said with a smirk on his face as grabbed the bag and set it on the table.

Shepard opened the bag to reveal the matching set of picture frames each glowing with the picture Conrad had taken of them earlier.

"One for you and one for me," Shepard said as he handed one of the frames to Liara. "I know it's not much but I'm not much of a gif-"

"Shepard they're perfect," Liara said as she grabbed the frame from his hand.

As Liara put the frame by her seat the waiter returned to their table with a glass of water in each hand, "Enjoy," he said as he sat each glass on the table and walked back to the other side of the restaurant.

"Well I suppose it's my turn," Liara said as she took a sip of water from her glass as she pulled a silver locket from a small pocket in her dress as she offered it to Shepard.

"Thank you," Shepard said as he took the locket from Liara's hand.

Shepard examined the silver locket as he held the metal oval in his hand. He opened the locket to see the same picture he had given her, "How'd you get this picture?" Shepard asked as he closed the locket.

"Well I didn't want to ruin the surprise so I asked Conrad for a copy."

"It's beautiful Liara, I couldn't have asked for a better gift," Shepard said as he secured the locket in his pocket.

"Well I suppose I still owed you for getting me off of Therum," Liara said as she took a drink of water.

"Hello again!" The waiter said as he came over to their table carrying a plate in each hand. The waiter sat Liara's plate in front of her as she examined the piece of meat. Shepard's plate was next as he began to unravel the silver wear from his napkin.

"Now if there's anything I can get for you, don't hesitate to ask," the waiter said as he observed the two.

"Thank you, I think we'll be alright for now," Shepard said.

As the waiter began to walk away Shepard and Liara began to start on their steak. Liara broke the silence, "This is very… intriguing."

"I'm glad you like it," Shepard said

"I like it… almost as much as your biscuits and gravy," Liara said before taking another bite of her meal.

Shepard laughed, probably a little too loud considering how high class the restaurant was but he couldn't help himself he hadn't felt been this happy in a long time.

"Well given the option, I think I'd take the steak over the gravy," Shepard said as he began to cut another piece of his steak up.

"I'll promise not to tell the chef, wouldn't want any confrontations over his cooking," Liara said before taking a drink from her glass.

"Well speaking of confrontations Wrex almost got arrested outside the Normandy," Shepard said

"What was he doing?" Liara asked

"Surprisingly nothing," Shepard said before taking another drink, "they thought he was trespassing plus apparently C-Sec was looking to bring him in for the questioning on the murder of Fist."

"Name sounds familiar, who was he?" Liara asked before taking another bite.

"Well he used to be an agent for the shadow broker before he went rouge and joined Saren," Shepard said before taking another drink. "Garrus, Wrex, and I took him down at his club Chora's Den when we were looking for evidence to prove Saren went rouge and was working with Ben-" Shepard paused, "Shit Liara, I'm sorry I didn't mean to bring up Benezia," Shepard said as he put his silver wear down.

"No Shepard, it's alright. I've come to terms with what happened, I choose to remember her how she used to be and it's comforting to know her intentions were pure although in the end fruitless," Liara said as she slowly cut up more of her meal.

"I can respect that," Shepard said as he took the last bite of his meal.

"What's going on over there?" Liara asked as she pointed over to the entrance where three C-Sec officers, two humans and a turian, were arguing with one of the employees.

"Hope it's nothing serious," Shepard said before finishing off his drink.