The meeting
The hole crew was there. Everybody who had ever served under Shepard on the Normandy was there. She had a hard time figuring out why. He had said nothing about this meeting. He only said it was very important.
And now she stood there in the combat information center. She was standing next to the elevator, alone. He had gone up to his cabin to get something.
She felt strangely alone without him. She actually missed him...and he had been gone only about three minutes.
She could hear everyone talking. Apparently nobody else seems to know what the meeting was about either . Then she could hear the elevator door opening.
She saw her commander stepping out in his finest suit. Not in his military one, but in his civilian suit.
"He looks dashing" She thought as he gave her a quick look while stepping out of the elevator.
He felt nervous. He took a quick glance of her beauty as he stepped out of the elevator. She was as beautiful as ever. Just looking at her always gave him strength. But not this time. This time he only got even more nervous.
He stopped over the galaxy map and took a deep breath. "Time for the pan" He thought while trying to calm himself.
"If I could get your attention, please!" He announced in a strong voice.
After the room had silenced he continued "I would like to thank you all for being here!"
He took a quick look at Liara before he continued "I wanted you all here because you are the closest thing to a family I have." He took a breath. He was nervous like never before.
"I have something like an announcement to make." He managed to say still keeping his tone.
"What kind of announcement" He could hear Jacob say.
He looked over at Liara and…
"Liara, would you join me for a moment?" She heard him say. Something about his voice was odd. It wasn't strong like it normally was. He almost sounded nervous.
Surprised she took steps towards him never breaking eye contact. She could see something in his eyes but couldn't figure out what it was. She knew something was up.
They stood there staring each other while the others waited in front of them she could feel something different in him. He was breathing heavy. He was shivering ever so slightly. He really was nervous.
"Liara, I have a question for you" He suddenly said in a breathless voice. She felt slightly concerned. He wasn't acting like himself.
As she was about to speak up he had fallen to one knee in front of her. She was horrified. "Was he sick!?" She thought. But those thoughts soon disappeared as he took something out of his pocket at smiled at her.
It was a small wooden box. He opened it and offered it to Liara. Inside was a ring. The most gorgeous ring she had ever seen! It was made of silver and it had a single blue jewel that sparkled in the light.
In a split second she knew what was happening! She smiled as her commander asked something truly wonderful.
"Liara, will you marry me?" Her commander asked in a strong but tender voice. A tear of joy ran down on her face.
He looked so worried when she didn't answer. He didn't know she was out of words. She was shivering from pure joy. She could feel happy tears running down on her face. She couldn't believe this was happening.
Finally she was able to whisper. "Yes" In that second she regained her voice and repeated louder. "By the goddess, yes!"
His face quickly changed to pure smile as he heard her words.
He placed the ring on her finger and stood up to kiss her. He was too slow. She jumped into his lap immediately. She tied her hands on his neck and wrapped her legs around his waist and kissed him.
The others cheered and and formed a semi circle around them while they embraced each other. He could feel a single tear running down on his cheek. Everything was going to be alright from now on. He felt complete.