Author's Note: Not sure who is still following the story, but here is an update. I'm not sure that this story will continue much further, I may start a new story with a different femshep pairing. As always, any comments or ideas on this story or on a new one are always welcome. Thanks for reading!

Jane woke up to small kisses being trailed down her neck. She smiled lazily, and turned over to face Kaidan.

"Good morning," she muttered, still half asleep. She could feel the invisible patterns Kaidan was tracing over her bare skin.

"Mornin," he replied back, leaning in to capture her lips.

"Plans for the day?" Jane asked, arching her back like a cat to stretch out.

"Nope, just going to make a quick run to the store. New omni-tool came out and it has all the latest logistics programs and I still love getting upgraded hacking on my tool too." Kaidan said. Jane laughed at Kaidan's love for electronics and gadgets. His face lit up like he won the lottery. "What about you love?" he asked.

"Nothin—" Jane said before getting cut of by a ringing omni-tool message. She got up, taking the sheets to cover herself as she made her way over to the beeping tool. She opened the message and groaned.

"What is it?" Kaidan asked as he crossed the room.

"They don't want me for active duty, but they need me to play diplomat. I hate politicians and Udina was my prime example of why." Jane said, as she made her way into the closet to find her dress blues.

"So I'm guessing your going?" Kaidan asked.

"Yeah I am. I'm going to prove to Admiral Hackett that I'm still the same Commander Shepard… except that I have a new ring on my finger." Jane said looking down at her engagement ring with a smile.

"About that, it's been awhile since the war ended and you still haven't met my mom. I was hoping that we could visit her soon and maybe we could all start planning the wedding." Kaidan said as he placed his hands on either side of her face and kissed her.

"Mhm, I would love to. I have to go, and your distracting me. Your pure evil." Jane said mockingly.

"Now, would an evil man do this?" Kaidan said. He slid his hands down her body till he reached her hips. Then he leaned against her, with his mouth not quite touching her's, close enough to tease her with his tongue. Kaidan traced the shape of her lips with his tongue before closing the small gap and taking her bottom lip in his mouth with his teeth. Jane involuntarily groaned at the small gesture. Kaidan chuckled.

"I guess I'll see you later," Kaidan said, making his way to the bathroom to take a shower. Jane ran across the room and jumped on his back.

"Like I said E-V-I-L! You can't just leave me like that!" Jane exclaimed, placing her hands over his eyes. Kaidan put his hands on her legs that were wrapped around his waist, and slowly moved them up her thighs. He traced the small scar that marked her body from surgery to fix her leg. Kaidan walked backwards from the bathroom until his feet hit the board at the bottom of the bed. He tipped himself back, causing Jane to squeak as she fell back with Kaidan on top of her. Kaidan pinned her arms down.

"The Alliance will not appreciate your tardiness Ma'am" Kaidan said with a smirk.

"And the Alliance does not appreciate insubordination marine!" Jane said in between laughter. Kaidan squeezed her sides above her hips causing her to shriek in even more laughter.

"I surrender for the greater good! And for the fact that I really need to leave for work!" Jane said, getting up from Kaidan's hold. Kaidan helped her up and watched as she stalked back into the closet to retrieve the rest of her dress blues. Kaidan helped button up her shirt as she tied her hair in a low tight bun that seemed to frame her face.

"Permission to speak freely Ma'am?" Kaidan asked mockingly.

"Permission granted soldier." She replied back with a smile.

"That uniform leaves nothing to the imagination….especially when I know what's underneath." Kaidan said. Jane rolled her eyes and kissed him on the cheek as she made her way out of the bedroom door. Kaidan followed her downstairs to see her lacing up her favorite combat boots. Once Jane as all ready to go, she opened the front door but before she took a step, Kaidan had one last thing to say.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Kaidan asked. Jane turned around confused.

"I kissed you goodbye…" She said, trying to think of what else she had forgotten. Kaidan walked towards her with his hands still behind his back. When he brought his hand in front of him, he had two items. One item was her dress blues hat, and the second one was a pair of dog tags.

"The dog tags are mine. I want you to keep the one with my old lieutenant rank on it to remind you of me and how far we've come. On the other hand, the hat is still apart of the uniform babe." Jane raised her eyebrows at the nickname. Kaidan blushed deep red.

"Babe?" she repeated.

"Uh, aren't you going to be late? Let's get you going." Kaidan tried to usher. Jane gave him the infamous "no bullshit" look. "It just sort of came out," he admitted.

"Try again with the nicknames. "Babe" makes me feel inferior and we all know that I'm anything but that." Jane said cockily.

"Who are you playing diplomat for and how are you getting there?" Kaidan asked, trying to recover from the nickname incident.

"I'm apparently settling a territory dispute for the hanar and drell. And of course Joker will be getting me there in style in our baby." Jane said.

"Joker! The Normandy!" Kaidan sputtered in disbelief that it was just like old times.

"I promised Joker I would buy him a drink if he was my pilot." Jane said grinning.

"Stay safe, and come back to me." Kaidan said to Jane as she got into the skycar to go to the space station. Little did he know that "just like old times" would involve him being in a situation where he would almost lose her again.