Shepard stormed out of the frigate, pushing aside even Grunt and his Aralakh company, shocking every Krogan there who usually was used to doing the pushing aside. One of the unsuspecting Aralakh who was causally walking in front and coming right between Shepard and the clear path ahead had his head smacked and his body practically shoved aside by the pregnant woman so she could continue stomping her way without breaking her stride. That look she gave him immediately shut that supposedly fuming Krogan up and he cowered aside to make the path as clear as she wanted.

"She's already showing signs?" Zaeed asked. "God damn it, mate. You've your work cut out for you."

"Signs?" Garrus asked. "What signs?"

"Don't expecting Turian moms show signs? You know? The ones that says 'you're in hell till further notice' signs?" Zaeed asked back.

"What?" Garrus rubbed his neck. "Expecting Turian moms? You are not making sense."

"I'm talking about...," Zaeed said.

"Whoever call it morning sickness deserves to be shot!" Shepard called out from in front. "It's no longer morning and I still feel sick!"

"That," he finished.

"Are they supposed to act like that for the next nine months?" Garrus said.

"I think yours seems to be in the game way too early," Zaeed said. "I thought they only qualify for that later. Maybe she is just unhappy she's been knocked up without her knowledge. The Normandy women are a force by it fucking self. Not to be reckon with. But what do I know?"

"What the hell am I suppose to do?" Garrus asked. "I've never even been near a pregnant Turian, not to mention a pregnant human."

"Strap a melon on yourself for a whole day or two," Vega stepped up to stand with them, cradling his hands a little under the waist band of his training pants and leaning back to show where the melon should logistically go. "That might help you understand what pregnant human females are like. You know, like if you carry that around all day for almost a whole year, you'll bitch like them too."

"I think he might need to strap on one of Urdnot Wrex's babies to get the full feel of the whole pregnant Shepard deal judging from the way that girl is acting," Zaeed said. "Her bitching is epically out of proportion."

"You've got work cut out for you, Scars," Vega repeated Zaeed's words. "I don't think I want to be you right now."

"I don't think Shepard is cut out to be pregnant, if you ask me," Zaeed said. "I think you better be prepared for the worse, mate. Pillows, data pads throwing, uncontrolled crying between laughing, suddenly surges of anger..."

"I think all pregnant females just go mad for no reason," Grunt joined in the conversation when they walked up to where he was. He had slowed down so that the other three could catch up. "They just go mad."

"Pork's ears dipped in chocolate ice-cream...," Vega was saying more to himself than to the others.

The other two Levo based organics turned and stared at him, totally disgusted. Garrus had one of his brows lifted.

"What?" Vega said. "Pregnant women will eat like the worst combo of foods ever, the worst of the worst."

"You people are so reassuring," Garrus said, sighing.

While the boys were talking, Shepard had zoomed in on the one person she had stomped out of the frigate for and stampeded right toward her.

"I am fucking pregnant!" She shouted into Tali's face mask when she got there, leaving saliva sputtered all over on its screen.

As if on queue, Tali pulled out a handkerchief from where Shepard had no idea from. That caught Shepard off guard for a few seconds. A hankie? Really?

Tali wiped her mask with the hankie as she self-consciously turned her head to and from to make sure no one was near enough to hear them. Unfortunately for her, quite a few Quarians were at port that day and they all were already staring at the two women.

"Thanks to you and the three inside!" Shepard continued after blinking away her confusion regarding Tali and her handkerchief and pointing behind her without looking back. Unfortunately, Garrus, Vega, Zaeed and Grunt were the ones a few feet behind where she had pointed. The Quarians around them were gasping and whispering and shaking their heads.

"Keelah," Tali said, hoping her handkerchief was big enough to cover her helmet. "Do you need to scream this loud? And I had nothing to do with that little project. So please just shut up already. It's embarrassing!"

"When did you start carrying around a handkerchief?" Shepard asked as she followed the movement of that piece of cloth in her friend's three fingered hand.

"I always carry at least one," Tali said. "You never know when you might need one."

"Why would you need a hankie when you're living in a god damn suit?" Shepard asked. "And why are you still living in a god damn suit?"

"It takes getting use to," Tali said. "I've lived in a suit all my life. I can't just run around without it just like that or I'll..."

"Feel like a snail without a shell!" Shepard finished the sentence for her. "You'll feel like a slug!"

"Whatever that is," Tali said. "Will you just lower your voice!"

"What the hell do you guys want anyway?" Shepard did not lower her voice but for Tali's sake, at least she was no longer screaming. "Just give me the god damn surprise now. I'm pregnant. I am going home."

"Shepard!" Tali said. "It's not that simple!"

"Give it to me before I kill you." Shepard said.

"Shepard-Commander," Legion walked up. "Is everything all right?"

"Legion?" Shepard turned from Tali and immediately forgot all about what they were talking about, much to Tali's relief. "Is that you?"

"Affirmative," Legion said.

"How...," Shepard turned back to her. "Is he..."

"We've been working to reactivate him for two years now," Tali said. "Well, he's really just part of the surprise. There are... I guess you can say, two more to go?"

"Do those two more surprises make me fat?" Shepard asked. Her eyes as narrowed as they could get. "Because I swear, Tali, I will kill you."

"Will a new house make you fat?" Tali was taking a big risk asking the question. She was more than a little terrified of this new Shepard.

"Oh, how's that?" Shepard asked, clearly surprised this time. A good kind of surprise. But her eyes were still menacingly narrow. "Where's that?"

"Here, in Rannoch," Tali said. "We thought since Rannoch had not been touched for so long by organics, it's the perfect place for the babies to grow up. It has clean air and beautiful beaches. And remember I told you about getting some land with beaches...?"

"I thought you said you had nothing to do with me getting pregnant?"

"I didn't," Tali sworn without actually swearing. "I really didn't. I knew about it but I was too busy with Legion and the house and the... The other surprise to have anything to do with it. It's by the beach. You know, the house? You will love it."

Shepard continued to watch Tali with narrowed eyes until Tali felt she had suddenly grown much smaller and was looking up at the woman. Then she realized she had actually bent her knees and was slanted back while Shepard was standing on tip toe, leaning forward. And then suddenly,

"Garrus!" Shepard shouted right into Tali's helmet again. This time, it made Tali jumped a few feet left of her friend. Shepard's eyes never left her. "Garrus!"

"What?" Garrus came running up. "Spirits, woman. What?"

And Garrus saw Legion.

"Legion?" Garrus blinked.

"Garrus-Vakarian," Legion greeted. "Good to see you again."

"Spirits!" Garrus clapped his talons together and his mandibles flared opened with glee. "I'd never! It's good to have you back!"

"Likewise," Legion said. "It is good to be back."

"He's the surprise?" Garrus asked Tali. "That is some awesome engineering!"

Tali shook and nodded her head at the same time. Garrus frowned at her expression.

"He isn't the surprise?" he asked.

"We are part of it," Legion said.

"Guess what's our surprise?" Shepard's face was beaming.

"What?" Garrus asked. "Legion isn't a good enough surprise? There's still more?"

"We've a house by the beach!" Shepard laughed. "Here! By the beach!"

She jumped on him and hugged him which caused him to have to swing his body and hers together around for balance so they did not topple.

"I always wanted a house by the beach!" she was laughing and talking all at once.

Maybe the signs Zaeed was talking about was not all that bad after all. Garrus relaxed himself and laughed with her, hugging her back.

"We've a beach house!" Shepard was still laughing. "What do you think?"

"I think you're looking exceedingly beautiful right about now, love of my life," Garrus said and laughed with her.

Tali relaxed and breathed. Legion looked at her and in an extremely ungeth-like way, gave her a thumb's up. She smiled, mouthed a "thank you" although she knew he could not see it with her helmet in the way, and returned the gesture.

"Legion?" Zaeed came walking up with Grunt and Vega. "Fucking-A! Is that you, Legion? Never thought I'd see your ugly face again!"

"Zaeed-Massani, Urdnot-Grunt, Lieutenant-Vega-James," Legion greeted. "Welcome."

"When are we going to eat?" Grunt asked. "My company's hungry."

"I want to see my new house," Shepard said still smiling broadly. "And I'm not bringing two dozen Krogans with me there."

"Oh, don't worry," Tali said. "When I said I have land, I mean I have land."

"You're kidding me," Shepard said.

"I have an island," Tali said. "Well, sixty-three islands actually, including the three main connected islands where the houses are. The continents closest to us are already developing into a fine city. Place is relatively tropical, with two seasons. Gets a bit chilly at night but nothing you guys can't handle, especially for Turians. Humidity level is pretty constant. Not that humid mostly. Rainfall typical during the colder season. Not near any fault lines and sheltered and protected by larger land masses around. No predatory creatures either. Mostly meek, smaller herbivorous animals. Some can be domesticated as pets."

"You are kidding me," Garrus said.

"Your house is on one of the main islands," Tali continued. "The three main islands are connected by sky causeways. All three islands' infrastructures are already well established. I have no idea what most of the other islands are like though. Never actually have the time to explore them... I claimed the place without looking at it. I had been studying the planet from data pads and books since young and... you know, already had an idea where I would like to live..."

"I'll say," Garrus laughed.

"If infrastructures can be built, I might develop the lands. But my island and yours, they are just for us. Anyway, your house is not just my work alone. It's a gift from us all."

"We have an island!" Shepard whooped and hugged Garrus tighter. "We have an island!"

"This is one hell of a birthday gift, guys," Garrus was a little overwhelmed himself.

"Birthday?" Grunt asked the rest when they started toward the sky transports. "What birthday?"

Zaeed and Vega both shrugged.

"Don't know," Vega said. "Don't dare ask. I'm not going to get my head fucking bit off by loco Lola. Did you see the way she just switched from Hell Bitch to Little Miss "Oh-my-God-we-have-an-island"?"

"Never seen a pregnant woman going emo so early," Zaeed said. "Hope everything is fine. Watch the liquor tight, boys. Make sure Shepard does not go ten feet near it. Never know what a pregnant woman might do to our babies out of jealousy."

"Hell! Aye aye, sir!" Vega said.

"I will just distract her with food," Grunt said. "I read up on human pregnancy when you guys told me that Shepard's going to be pregnant. I read that most human females won't be able to resist temptation that fits their cravings. I will do recon and find out all her weak spots. All the food she cant resists. I am here ready for battle, hundred and fifty percent!"

"Thatta' boy," Zaeed approved.

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