Notes- Sorry this took so long. I wrote this chapter during my vacation (which i'm still on) hence the long wait. Originally this was the final chapter but it got to be way too long so I split it in two. The real final chapter isn't done just yet and this one is still a little rough around the edges so if you see something wrong Tell Me! Enjoy! Oh and if theres anything you'd like to see in the final chapter tell me and I may be able to work it in. Annnnd my new Shepard and Liara series will be starting soon! Now i'm really done.

Miranda dabbed at her mouth with her napkin as she chewed her final bite of breakfast.

"Okay, this is actually amazing." Jack said pointing at her plate with her fork. "I haven't eaten anything good in months."

"Well i'm glad your enjoying it."

"You're still a bit of a cold bitch but at least you know where to find good waffles." Jack said before stuffing another bite into her mouth with her fork.

"I can live with that. Listen Jack I think we need to talk."

Jack didn't bother swallowing her food first before she spoke. "Talk? Didn't we already discuss all that crap? We're friends who fuck not much more needs to be said."

Miranda looked annoyed. "We...we...i'm sorry but can you please finish chewing before you talk."

Jack rolled her eyes and did as she asked. "Happy?"

"We need to go over how this works."

Jack chuckled. "What sex?"

"No you impossible woman. Our arrangement!"

Jack smiled. Even after their bonding she still liked geting a rise out of Miranda. "I like it when you get feisty."

"So since pretty much everyone we know works for the Alliance we need to keep this only between us even outside of work. And..."

"God, shut up! We went over the arrangement. I got it! It's just sex."

Just sex didn't quite explain it but Jack decided she'd downplay her feelings on the subject.

Miranda narrowed her eyes and lowered her voice despite Jack's lack of effort to keep the conversation private. "Between you and me! Think about how vocal we've been of our feelings towards each other in the past. How exactly do you think it will look if people get wind of what we occasionally like to do in our off time? I want to make sure you understand that there is a very good reason to keep this a secret."

Jack thought it over. Even if she knew she was wrong she didn't like admitting it. And if people knew what happened between her and Lawson it would make a lot of things she said very openly seem very hypocritical.

"Alright you have a point. So even outside of work we keep it locked down. Whatever, who the hell else do I have to tell anyway?"

"Good. I'm sorry I snapped at you."

Jack finished her meal and leaned back in her chair. "Shit, you're not gonna start acting all soft on me are you?"

Miranda cupped her hands on top of the table and brought her voice down to almost a whisper. "We had intercourse. I think we can at least be civil with each other."

Jack scrunched up her nose. "Intercourse? Really?"

"Fine. We fucked." Miranda admitted looking awkward when the swear left her lips.

Jack laughed at the woman's attempt at cursing. "One night and I'm already rubbing off on you cheerleader."

"You better head out now I got the check."

"Sure, I was hoping to arrive a little early anyway so I can find a change of clothes. Not that I don't enjoy playing dress up like the Cerberus cheerleader." Jack got to her feet. "Oh and in case my sarcasm wasn't clear. I fucking hate this thing." She said as she stretched the collar out on the catsuit to give her some small reprieve from it's constriction.

"Go on, I'll be right behind you."

"See ya at work. Thanks for the waffles."

"My pleasure."

As Jack walked towards work she finally took a moment to analyze everything that had transpired in the last few hours. Had she really done this? Jack had her fair share of sexual experiences but it never was something that she revolved her life around. Just a quick fuck here or there to get her mind off it usually was all she needed.

She never had anything close to an emotional connection with the men she had been with. In actuality she hated almost all of them and she hated herself the morning after even more.

But being with Miranda was different. In addition to the obvious physical connection they had shared there was something more to it than just sex. She had felt some sort of an emotional link with Lawson. Nothing as strong as love, Jack doubted she would ever fall in love with someone but Miranda had been special. More than special she had been amazing.

Amazing enough to have her not sneak out of her place while she was asleep. Amazing enough to spend the morning after having breakfast with her while wearing her ridiculous clothes none the less.

Jack was confused, excited and a little scared of the changes that were taking place within her. Yesterday she had been depressed, more than just depressed but actively seeking any form of motivation for her life.

She had loved her students. They weren't just kids to her they were her kids. They had filled her otherwise empty life with something meaningful and now they were dead. Or in some cases worse than dead. She had failed them. It was her job to teach them how to look after themselves and yet almost every last one of them had suffered painful deaths at the hands of the Reapers in London.

Jack had been on auto-pilot since the war ended. She just let the Alliance station her where ever and did whatever they asked. She had never been so submissive in her life, and she had never been more miserable.

Now she felt something she hadn't felt in months. Jack was happy.

This thing with Miranda didn't make much sense. They had hated each others guts. They worked together. And Jack had thought up until about her second orgasm last night that she wasn't gay. Now Jack wondered if she had always been a lesbian but lacked the balls to explore the possibility. She certainly had no intentions of going back and the reality finally set in just before she passed through security and entered HQ.

A familiar but friendly voice made her jump once she was inside. "Hello Jack." Kahlee Sanders said as she studied a datapad but continued briskly walking to some unknown destination.

Jack picked up her pace to walk beside her as they spoke."What are you doing here Sanders? I thought you were supposed to be on Elysium." Jack asked. She was surprised to see her in Vancouver but vaguely remembered being made aware of her visit recently.

"Don't tell me you forgot already Jack."

"Forgot what?"

Kahlee let out a disappointed groan. "Damnit, we're supposed to present our proposal for reconstruction of Grissom Academy today!"

Jack's eyes widened.

Was that today?

The academy had been sitting derelict in orbit of Elysium ever since Commander Shepard rescued Jack, Kahlee and the students from Cerberus over a year ago. The station was still heavily damaged from Cerberus's attack and on top of that education was not exactly a top priority for the Alliance.

"I've been a little busy Kahlee. Must of slipped my mind but now that you mention it..."

Kahlee pried her eyes from the datapad and stared at Jack. "Yeah?"

"I'm not sure I'm the right person for that."

"What do you mean? You were our most popular instructor and the Alliance will be more likely to give us the go ahead if the person they personally appointed to the project is still onboard. I need you Jack. Why would you not be right for this?"

She wanted to tell her that she didn't think she could bring herself to teach again. That Rodriguez and Prangley and all the other students deaths were her fault. But she just couldn't seem to tell her that when Kahlee was looking at her wih such desperation. She knew how much the academy meant to Kahlee. And with Anderson gone it was all she had left.

You owe her this much.

"Fine. What time do we go up against the board?"

Kahlee smiled. "Not for a couple hours. I'll call you when it's time. In the meantime what the hell are you wearing?"

Suddenly Jack remembered she was still in Miranda's catsuit and panic hit her. She calmed down when she remembered Sanders didn't know who Miranda was.

"I'm just trying out a new style." Jack said already knowing how unconvincing it sounded.

"Uh Huh, well you might want to find a uniform before we present. Oh and here." Kahlee reached in her pocket and handed Jack a hanker cheif.

"What the hell is this for?"

"That's for the lipstick on your neck."

Jack tried not to but there was no mistaking the blush on her face. "Oh I must of..."

"Don't bother. I just hope your girlfriend doesn't work here. If the Alliance catches wind that your invloved with another officer they might shut down our proposal for breach in protocol. So as a favor to me can you wait until after this is done before you go public?"

"She's not my girlfriend! And I never said she works for the Alliance."

"But i'm right aren't I?"

Jack rolled her eyes. "Shut up. I'll see you later."

Kahlee chuckled and after a breif goodbye Sanders was gone. Before anyone else could notice it she wiped Miranda's lipstick off her neck with Kahlee's gift. She must of missed it during her group shower in the morning.

Jack made the familiar trek to her unit's offices. She wondered if Alenko would be in today. She didn't patriculary like Kaidan because she usually had to actually work when he was there. Plus he always struck Jack as a stick in the mud. On top of the extra workload his presence threatened she couldn't let Alenko see her until she changed into a uniform.

She peeked her head around the corner to get a view of who was in this morning and to her dismay Kaidan Alenko was standing in the center of the room talking with some recruit she didn't recognize.

Jack jumped when she heard a door open behind her and she spun around to see who was behind her.

Miranda Lawson stood in the doorframe of a small closet holding an Alliance uniform.

"Hurry up and get in here before someone sees us." Lawson said in a hushed tone.

Jack scurried into the closet and closed the door behind her. She grabbed the uniform from her hands and instantly unzipped the catsuit and let it fall to the ground. Miranda quickly stuffed the discarded catsuit into a dufflebag. Jack hurriedly put on the uniform not bothering with the buttons yet.

Miranda reached up and did them for her. "Nobody knows right?"

"Kahlee Sanders knows I was with a woman last night but she doesn't know it's you. She did somehow figure out that you work for the Alliance."

Miranda finished buttoning the coat. "How the hell does she know all that?"

"Don't worry about it. But being in uniform should mean we're good. Alenko's in though. So that sucks."

"Really? Damnit. That might complicate things."

"Why?"

"If Kaidan is here that means we have something important to do. Plus he knows both of us well enough that he might figure out something is different between us."

"Well I already have to help Sanders with a proposal so your on your own Princess."

Miranda brushed a rogue strand of brown hair from Jack's face and tucked it behind her ear. "Well we better go see what's going on."

"Yeah. Keep your hands to yourself out there." Jack reminded her.

"Please Jack, I have better self control than that. As far as I'm concerned while we're in this building last night never happened."

Jack didn't understand why but Miranda's comment hurt her. "Uh..yeah okay."

Miranda smiled. "But I am looking forward to tonight." The admission alleviated some of Jack's pain and the biotic awkwardly returned her smile.

Jack opened the closet and stepped out with Miranda close behind. Kaidan was standing before them with a bemused look plastered on his face.

"What the hell were you two doing in there?" Kaidan asked.

Jack's heart skipped a beat and she could tell Miranda was equally caught off-guard.

Jack acted fast. "What the fuck do you think? The Cerberus bitch here was just giving me shit like always."

Miranda caught on instantly. "Hardly Jack. If you'd just do your bloody job properly I wouldn't have to remind you of how poorly you're doing it now. Honestly I don't know why the Alliance puts up with you. You're nothing but a liability."

"Alright enough ladies. I'm actually glad I caught you two together. I have some excellent news for you both." Kaidan said with a big grin.

"Your finally going to pluck your eyebrows?" Jack said.

Miranda tried to hide the chuckle that crept out of her. "What is it Kaidan?"

"Shepard is awake!"