Hello dear readers. I was hoping to get this out a couple days ago but Easter and family gatherings have to take priority. I hope you can understand. Well here it is. I hope you enjoy this new chapter :)
Sheela stepped out of her skycar and walked into the large hardware store with a bit of spring in her step. She'd always loved coming here. For some reason she had always enjoyed being surrounded by components and tools.
She quickly found the fuses she needed and started to browse looking for parts and equipment that might interest her. After a while she noticed that the only thing she was finding were the glances of different Quarian guys who worked at the store. Deciding that they had seen enough she paid for the fuses and drove home.
When Sheela arrived she walked around to replace the fuses and restored power to her home. As she entered the house she barely had enough time to close the door behind her before the comm. on the wall beeped. Hmm good timing...
Sheela activated the link. "Hello?"
The face of a Quarian girl about the same age as Sheela appeared on the screen with a smile on her face. "Hey Sheela. We still good for tomorrow?"
"Yeah Mari. Why?" Sheela replied with mild curiosity.
"Well..." Mari said with a glance over her shoulder. "There is a girl that I wanted to introduce you to. I know you are keeping your... interests secret from your parents, so I thought now was a good time to introduce you. I have told her a lot about you and I think you'll like her." Mari finished smiling at Sheela excitedly.
Sheela was absolutely stunned. "I... um.. what would..." Sheela fumbled for a moment and finally asked "What's her name?"
Mari smirked at her friends nerves and slowly shook her head. "Nuh uh uh. It's a secret. I will tell you that she is not Quarian. But nothing else!" As if to punctuate her point Mari cut the link at the end of her sentence.
Tali arrived back at Jack's apartment and told her Talon escort to go on home. As she sat in the decontamination chamber she heard what sounded like yelling and nearly silent gunfire inside the apartment. Quickly she hopped up onto the seat and waited for the door to open.
When it did she peeked inside and saw Jack sitting on her couch yelling at some game she was playing on her omnitool. Upon closer inspection it was Blasto: The Game and Jack was having difficulty with the level she was on.
Tali chuckled and removed her visor. "Having trouble Jackie?" she asked tauntingly as she sat down next to the biotic.
Jack paused the game and glared at the Quarian for a moment before giving a small half-laugh. "Don't start shit with me girl. You don't want to fuck with me when I'm pissed." She sneered as she returned her focus to the game.
Tali smirked and grabbed Jack's arm pulling her omnitool closer to her and quickly finished the task Jack had been attempting to complete. "There. Now maybe I can get some sleep without you screaming at this game." with that Tali stood and went to the bedroom, closing the door behind her.
Jack stared at the game for a moment with mixed frustration and relief. Fuck this shit... I'm too damn tired. Jack turned off the game and stripped. I'll deal with this shit tomorrow... Covering herself in a blanket on the couch she fell asleep.
Shepard and Nyreen had finally finished their preparations for the anniversary surprise for Aria when three in the morning rolled around. Shepard and Nyreen were both exhausted and sat on the Asari's favorite couch. Shepard looked over at the tired Turian and gave her a mildly confused look.
"I get why you wanted my help for the physical labor but I don't see why you wanted me to set up that cam-link system to the main monitor."
The Turian smiled and looked at her partner in crime. "Well, if you stick around for the surprise you will see why but you might not want to tell Aria if you enjoy it."
Shepard cocked an eyebrow and shrugged "alright. I'll stick around. Got anywhere I can sleep?"
The Turian stood and patted the couch. "I'll wake you before I bring Aria in tomorrow morning. She would be pissed if she found you asleep on her couch."
"Thanks. See you in the morning."
Sheela lay in bed thinking about what was going to happen the next day. A girl... Mari is bringing a girl for me to meet... And not a Quarian... I wonder what she will... Sheela was drawn out of her thoughts by the sound of the comm. on the wall. With a sigh she stood and walked over to her private terminal on her desk.
"Hello? Oh hey Mari."
Mari smiled at her friend. She had her head so that her hair was entirely off screen. The only parts of her face that could be seen were one eye, her mouth, nose, and one of the jet-black cranial lines on her forehead.
"Hey I just wanted to ask your opinion on something before I went ahead and finished." Mari moved all the way into the picture and Sheela saw that she had dyed a small portion of her black hair a light brown color. "Well? What do you think? Should I dye the rest of it?"
Sheela looked at her friend's hair like an appraiser might a diamond ring. "I like it Mari, but you might want to go a shade darker."
Mari nodded and smiled. "Thanks Sheela. Oh and I also wanted to make sure that you have some Levo snacks. Your date can't eat Dextro."
"Well that eliminates Turians..." Sheela whispered to herself.
"What was that?"
"Oh um nothing. Yeah I have some Levo foods and drinks."
"Good. See you tomorrow, Sheela."
"Bye Mari."
There you go. Please remember to leave a review and maybe you could try to guess what species the mystery girl is. Also if there is anything you might like to see as in maybe visits with the rest of the team please message me or leave your suggestion in your review.
