Garrus had set up a trip to Palaven, his father Bastionus would be joining them to do to their damaged home world.
"So you are Commander Shepard. I've been looking forward to meeting you." Bastionus shook Jane's hand in delight, "And you must be Garrus' father, I'm glad I can finally meet you." She didn't know what to think of this older turian who looked slightly similar to Garrus.
While they were boarding, Bastionus whispered something to Jane, "now before you actually get onto Palaven, I wish to ask you some questions. Most of them concerning my son." She looked over to Garrus as he was finding a room for his father and for him.
Garrus quickly walked back over, a slight grin on his face. "I got you a room dad, it should be over that way, room 8. Jane and myself will stay in room 7, just come knock if you need us." His father nodded and presided down the hall towards his room.
"Garrus, may I ask you something?" She looked up at him, his facial expression didn't change, but simply acknowledge he was listening. "Your father wants me to answer some questions, does he normal do this?"
"Most of the time, I saw him do it to my sibling's mates." They trailed down the corridor and found their room. As Garrus opened it, he made a groan and turned towards her, "Not as fancy as they use to be."
"How long have you known him?"
"Since I went to find evidence to prove Saren was guilty, he also helped me with the collectors a few years ago."
"I see. Tell me, why do you have interests in him?"
Jane looked like she was about to have a nervous breakdown, she tried to remain as polite as she could, but it was getting harder as the questions got more personal. "Well, to be perfectly honest, he was one of the only people I could rely on. Major Kaiden, now Spectre, had abandoned me when we went to hit the collectors, though I don't blame him, seeing as I was working with Cer-"
"Cerberus, yeah I do recall that appearing on your file. Though I doubt that truly matters now, but what does matter is this." He leaned his head closer to Jane's. "Garrus looks up to you, he respects you, so...I must know this, will you ever abandon him?"
"I plan not to, but humans do fall out of love from time to time, though right now I plan to settle down and spend life with him."
"Thank you Commander, that is all I have to ask of you." They both stood up, shook hands, Jane walked out and went over to their cabin. "You okay Jane?"
"Been better I guess. Some of the questions he asked were personal, some I would rather not share with you." She sat right beside Garrus as he put his hand on hers. "Don't mind him. We are almost at Palaven, I truly can't wait for you to meet my family, even though it is huge."
"Tell me, how many family members do you even have?"
"Well the is my three younger brothers, my older sister, Sol, my father, I also have a few cousins, 'bout 5 grand parents, and 2 uncles. There may be some new brother-in-laws or sisters since the past three years so, I estimate a total of maybe 30."
"You have that many relatives?" She had a shocked look on her face, surprised at how many family members there are.
The air was dusty, still rubble laid almost everywhere from the war. Garrus' family lived in the mountain regions, where they had the best views, hunting grounds, and above all else, huge houses.
"Garrus!" Sol grabbed her brother, nearly squeezing him, "you must be Jane! I'm delighted to meet you finally, I'm Sol, short for Solarea (Sol-ar-ea)." She shook both of Jane's hands, this turian is rather jumpy, she thought to herself as they continued up the trail to the buildings.
"Trouble is looking forward to seeing you again Garrus, so is Dom and Ty are also waiting."
"Trouble?" Jane asked quite stiffly, just knowing his name sounded like trouble itself. "Yeah we nicknamed him that. No matter what he does, he always gets into it." They heard a quite groan from Bastionus, but ignored him.
They all heard cheers from up ahead, standing quite firmly were 2 turian brothers, they looked almost like twins, same armor, same guns on their backs. "Garrus! We are so glad to see you again! Damn man, nice scar." Garrus only nodded to his brothers, in which they nodded back
The older looking of the bothers didn't say anything yet, but simply moaned at his younger sibling,
"You must be Commander Shepard! I've heard all the stories! I can't wait to find out if they are true! I'm Jek, also known as 'trouble'." Jane now knew that it was quite clear now why he was called that. Young, clumsy, disobedient.
"I knew Garrus wasn't going to marry a turian babe, you owe me 50 credits Dom!" The older brother, Dom, handed over the credits to his younger brother.
"Yes well, can I please get her out of the sunlight? I know she is using super repellant for it but you can't be to careful." Garrus grabbed Jane's handed and they continued up the trail, leaving Sol, Bastionus, and his two brothers to chat with themselves.
"You have quite an interesting family Garrus, way more than I can say for mine." She leaned her head on the edge of his shoulder. "Personally I wouldn't mind for a smaller family, but the Vakarian household is known for the longest and most traditional of almost all the others."
He sighed slightly as they walked into a group of older turians, some of which looked to be in their 80s. "So uh... this is Jane Shepard, I'm sure you know about her from my father, but if you don't know, well we are engaged."
"Pfft." cried an elder, as he walked off, chuckling to himself. "I'm Valoran, Garrus' mother, all I can say is at least he found what he truly wants, and I hope you find the same as well." She walked off, as another turian spoke.
"May I say, this family has a very old traditional custom but it doesn't mean you can bring outsiders into the family Garrus! It doesn't mean just because this dreaded war is over, that we all can unite under marriage either!." Garrus moaned as the elder turian female walked off into the distance. "That was Grandma Grillus, To be honest I wouldn't have mind if she was well taken out."
"Garrus! don't say that about your relatives!" She smacked him on the shoulder so hard he almost collapsed. "I know but she always is a pain, even when my dad's brother married that Asari."
"So I take it I'm not the first outsider?" She seemed a bit relieved.
"You could say that, there's only been a few though. Come on lets go side so we can get out of this sun and dusty air."
Author's notes: Thanks for reading as always! Next chapter will be out on Tuesday since i'm planning to make it if possible 5,000 words long, that way I can cover more of the story and save 3 chapters for other stuff.
