Here's chapter 12! In this chapter Shepard will propose to Tevos, obviously few people will be confused because they all thought the proposal had already happen, but Shepard wants to do it properly.

Enjoy! – Sorry for any typo.


Chapter 12: Proposal…maybe

Monday - Cafe

It has been five days since Shepard and Jack bought Tevos ring. Why doesn't Tevos have the ring already in her finger? Simple because Shepard is still thinking about the best way to propose her, she never thought it could be this hard, but god damn it, it was, and a lot. She asked help for Jack, but obviously the tattooed woman refused to help Shepard, because she didn't wanted to spend another bunch of hours doing 'boring shit' when she could be at the hotel 'doing Miranda'. So Shepard simple went to take Miranda away from Jack. Let's see how she will do Miranda, now.

"You still didn't propose her? But your wedding is already being prepared…" Miranda said to Shepard as she remained clueless. She couldn't understand why Shepard was asking for her help to propose to Tevos, when their wedding is already being prepared, in fact, yesterday Miranda had to check the flowers with Tevos and Liara.

"Yes, yes, but like…I never really propose her, you see?" Shepard was trying to find some excuse without telling her the real true.

Miranda frowned slightly and stared oddly at Shepard. "I..I can't see it, I don't even know how is that possible."

"Just, ugh…Miranda will you help me or not?"

"Sure, but how do you want me to help you?"

"I thought by now you would have some good idea."

"Why me, though?"

"Well, because you are the perfect genes and whatsoever. Plus, I found out that you were the one who proposed Jack, so tell me how you did it?" Shepard finished her words with a big smile and hoping that Miranda's proposal was a big wonderful thing.

"After sex."

"What?!" Shepard gasped, there goes her expectations.

"Yes, after, you know…I got on her lap while she was lying down, then removed the little box and asked her to marry me."

"Just like that?"

"Just like that."

"That's just lame..." Shepard groaned before tilt her head down over her arm that was placed over the table.

"Well, excuse me if my proposal wouldn't buy you, but it worked." Miranda rolled her eyes while taking a sip from her coffee. This place was indeed a comfy cafe, perhaps she should come more times here.

"I thought Jack would do something like that, not from you."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"I thought you would make something big! Like something to remember forever! Something that left her speechless."

"Oh trust me she will always remember that night, and I left her more than speechless."

"Lalala, not listening." Shepard shut her eyes a bit tightly, she was not interested on listening Jack and Miranda's sex life, which she thought it was probably very active and kinky, so no need to detail.

"Shepard, if you really want it then there's no need to make it such big deal, just be honest and cut the chase."

"Miranda that might work with Jack because she isn't girly. But with Tevos it's different."

"I guess you are right…Tevos is a councilor, already a grown up woman and elegant one. She probably wants something chic."

"Chic? Like something elegant? Like a dinner and then propose?"

"Yes, I guess something like that."

Shepard now looked down at her arm as she thought deeply about that matter, it wasn't a big deal, but she could turn it into something awesome, right? She could bring cameras to film the all moment; she could put some nice decorations, or pay somebody to do that because they were probably better than her. Oh she could bring music!

"Thanks Miranda, I might just do that."


Tuesday - Park

Today Shepard decided she should ask help of Kasumi and Ashley, she was actually leading to have a private conversation with each one, but they couldn't stay away from each other, so Shepard had to have a conversation with both of them, together. They were worse than Jack was to Miranda.

"So…like I was saying I need your guys idea on how to propose to Tevos.." Shepard said a bit awkwardly because Ashley and Kasumi were basically making out in front of her. They were having ice-cream together, because Kasumi wanted it so much, obviously Shepard didn't wanted anything because she was freezing, but Ashley and Kasumi used the ice-cream as an excuse to keep kissing each other's lips because it was tasty. "Guys, guys…hey! This is getting disgusting."

Kasumi's legs were over Ashley's lap while she had Ashley's left palm over her legs and her right arm wrapped around Kasumi's waist to keep her closer to her side. Both were kissing and tasting more what was left from the ice-cream on their lips, only when Shepard decided to raise her voice that they decided to stop. "Sorry…sorry, Sheppy."

"Didn't you already propose her, skipper? I thought your guys wedding was next month." Ashley asked with a perked up eyebrow.

"I did but-…" No, Shepard wasn't going to explain this again. "Whatever guys, just give me some good idea."

"How are we supposed to know? We have never been married." Ashley said with a shrug.

Kasumi cleared her throat. "Yeah, about that.."

"You have been married?" Ashley gasped as her eyes quickly landed on Kasumi.

"Not really married, but already engaged."

"How come you never told me?"

"I didn't thought it was important.."

"Well it is when I asked you if you had already been married."

"But I haven't! Just close to it."

"It is still important! Who was she?"

"Well HE was some c-sec officer."

"He!? And an officer?! You are a thief!"

"Nobody said it wouldn't work! You know opposites attract each other!"

I am done here… Shepard thought as she simple removed herself from the bench in the park and began to walk away with her crutches, this was total a waste of time.

But the couple just kept arguing like Shepard wasn't even there from the beginning.

"We are not opposites!"

"We are! Just not…body thing, well your body structure is different from mine though..."

"Kasumi don't change the subject."

"I'm not! I was just saying that we are opposites and that's why we fit together so perfectly."

"Oh yeah? Like puzzle pieces?" Ashley grinned.

"Yes, like puzzle pieces." Kasumi smirked and winked before lean in to capture Ashley's lips onto hers.


Wednesday - Hamburgers place

Today, luckily for Shepard, Jack decided to help, mostly because the tattooed woman had a crazy idea in her mind, and now Shepard was basically eating her hamburger while watching Jack ranting about something that was totally mind blowing but something that Tevos wouldn't enjoy, in fact, the only person who would enjoy being proposed like that was Jack. And maybe Shepard, it sounded pretty cool too…

"And then when she looks up, she will see the Normandy coming down, and then the door is opening and then you are in all your armor and shit, and you jump off, and then you remove your gun and run towards her like you are about to attack the enemy, but when you are closer to her, you throw the gun down, get on your knees, remove the helmet, and show her the ring. – AND THEN BOMB, MARRIED FOR LIFE." Jack said everything very excited and used her hands to at least try her best to make a preview of what should really happen, she even used her hamburger to be the Normandy, and the fries were Shepard and Tevos.

"That sounds…complicated. How does it all start anyway?" Shepard commented before take another bit from her hamburger, and try to understand better Jack's plan.

"It all starts with her waking up and seeing a note by her side, she will read it and in there it will say you had to leave because of an urgent mission in the alliance."

"I believe that won't happen." Shepard said while pointing at the crutches.

"They could use you as just the commander; you don't have to leave the ship to fight, duh!"

"Hardly…"

"Shut up, Shepard, just listen to me. – She will get all worried and sad, that kind of shit because of the note. But as the day passes by she will find different notes through the places she goes-"

"How will I know which places she goes?"

"Obviously me, Miranda and the others will be with her and lead her to those places without making it suspicious, now shhhh- Each note says your feelings about her, what you like, and blah blah, that romantic lame stuff, and in the end she will stop by that large empty space you have downtown, I don't know the name of that shit, but whatever. – That's where the Normandy comes down and bomb!"

"Does the Normandy even fits there?"

"…"

"…"

"Shepard stop ruining the best proposal ever, like seriously, if you don't want my help then you could've just said!" Jack huffed out before take a big bite of her hamburger.

"I want your help! But with something possible, okay? Even if Normandy fit there, I couldn't jump out of it and I couldn't run to her." Shepard remembered Jack about her left leg.

"Well, you could try."

"Yes, but it doesn't mean it will work!"

"Geez, fine, fine, don't need to complain more. You will figure something out, but this is my idea and I don't have any better ones."

"Thank you anyway, Jack." Shepard sighed before finish her food.

Then silence invaded their lunch, till Jack remembered something.

"Hey you are going to pay, right? I forgot my wallet…"


Thursday - Shopping Mall

Today Shepard was shopping with her mother, only because Shepard wanted her mother's idea but she really didn't knew how to start without making everything sound suspicious.

"Do you think these pants would look good?" Hannah asked her daughter as she placed the pants in front of her waist to see it would stay good or not while staring at the big mirror on one of the walls from the store.

Shepard was right behind her mother. "Huh? Yeah, totally." The commander was a bit lost in her thoughts because she was getting nervous to have this conversation with her mother, and she shouldn't because she's already a grown up woman, and her mother believes Shepard already proposed to Tevos.

"hum, no.." Hannah placed the pants away and kept searching for more. "Are you okay, dear? You seem troubled."

"Oh I-…totally fine, it's just…" Shepard began to chew on her lower lip.

"You can tell me if anything's bothering you."

"How did dad proposed to you?" Shepard asked with a perked up eyebrow. Yes, that would just do it, she didn't had to ask her mother for ideas, she just had to listen the experience her mother had with her father and perhaps get few ideas from it.

"Oh, it was normal, Jane. No big deal." Hannah shrugged as she found another pair of pants and went to see them back on the mirror.

"I still want to know, if that's okay.."

"Hum, we had a nice dinner at some good restaurant that used to be open downtown next to the park, then after that we went to take a walk on the park, and when we arrived that beautiful small bridge with the lake underneath, he began to say his feelings for me in his own way, then he proposed. Obviously got on his knees and done it just right. It was overwhelming and I was crying like a baby. " Hannah chuckled a bit at the end of her words, remembering that day just fine.

"Ah…nice." Shepard pressed her lips together as she looked away, that wouldn't help her one a bit, unless she convinced Tevos to go for a walk at the park then perhaps it would be useful, but would Tevos even remember that day forever? Just a simple walk at the park and propose? Would it be stuck in her mind?

"Why the question, though?"

"Huh? Oh nothing, just curious.

"Jane…are you with doubts?" Hannah now asked dead serious as she began to wonder if her daughter was having second doubts about the marriage.

"Wha-What are you saying, mom? Of course not! I was just curious; you know…Dad doesn't seem a romantic type so I got curious how his proposal was." Shepard replayed with a nervous tone but she was trying her best to make her mother believe on her words right now.

"Oh, yes your father is helpless when it comes to romance, but I still loved the proposal, and I still love his failing attempts to do something romantic."

"Really? Even if he totally screws it up?"

"Obviously, Jane. When you truly love your partner there is nothing that you won't love or admire." Hannah said with a big smile.

Shepard simple forced a weak smile before go deep in thought, again. Perhaps her mother was right, perhaps Tevos would love anything that Shepard done for her and she would still appreciate it without making fun of Shepard's helpless romanticism as well.


Friday - Library

Today Shepard decided the best opinion would come from Liara. Because why not? She was an asari she knew how they worked, she knew their likes/dislikes, cultures and whatsoever, so perhaps the young asari had the solution for Shepard.

"A proposal? " Liara asked lowly as she held a book. They were at the local library.

"Yes, like, you asaris when want to spend the rest of your life with your partner, it's called bonding, right? We humans propose to the other one, see if they say yes or not, and its marriage."

"Hum…" Liara stood up from her seat and went investigate through the shelves from the library.

Shepard simple watched Liara disappearing behind some shelves. What is she doing… She thought, and then Liara was finally back with a different book on her hands, she sat down in front of Shepard and began to read slowly through the book. "I see…in here it says the human male must got on his knees to propose with a ring on a small box…" Liara basically said what she just read then looked at Shepard. "A ring?"

"Yes a ring, it's like the bracelets you asaris wear, and I already got the ring, but anyway! Do you have any ideas how the proposal should be done?"

"Oh." Liara replayed when she understand what the ring meant. "Hum, perhaps you could have a dinner with her?"

"Somebody already gave me that idea."

"You could give her flowers and then ask?"

"Liara, really? I thought an intelligent and big scientist like you could have better ideas." Shepard groaned in frustration, nobody really had the best idea out there, but she couldn't blame them, because Shepard didn't knew either.

"I'm sorry, Shepard, but I really don't know how you should do it. We asaris usually just do it without much big trouble, it turns out to be very obvious after several melding sessions, that sometimes we don't even have to say anything, at least not outside the meld." Liara explained Shepard as she kept reading the human book she had on her hands to understand better this proposal thing.

"Fine, it's okay, it's not really your fault anyway. – I will just go and search something on the extranet." Shepard grabbed her crutches and pushed herself up from the seat, but while she done that, she accidently bumped in a pile of books and they all fell down from the trouble, hitting the ground with a loud sound.

"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The old woman shushed Shepard and looked at her with a rather unamused look and annoyed one. Then she basically pointed at the door.

"Are you kicking me out?"

"Shhhhhh.." The woman kept shushing her and still waited for Shepard to walk out.

Shepard simple looked speechless at Liara wondering if this old lady was for real, Liara simple gave her an apologetic look before continue her reading. "Unbelievable.." The commander complained and just left without another word, but she made sure to send a dirty look to the old lady while she left.


Saturday - Shepard's Vacation Mansion

Shepard thought today she could try and ask her father, but for what? Her mother basically told her how helpless her father was towards romance, and how their proposal really went, so there was no need to have a conversation with him.

This was just overwhelming, Shepard wanted to do something right, something beautiful, something decent, but she had no idea on what to do. Perhaps she should just go with something simple and turn it awesome, no? Miranda's idea so far is the best one, her mother's proposal was after a dinner, and Liara's first idea was something alike Miranda's as well, so maybe having a decent dinner with Tevos is what she really needs to make everything look good.

Perhaps she could put a reservation at that awesome chic restaurant downtown, then she would tell him to play a specific music, perhaps she could make them play the Titanic theme song, My heart will go on from Celine Dion, Tevos seemed to love it when she watched the movie. Or maybe that's just way too sad… - Then she could have that walk at the park after the dinner, since they are in December the Christmas lights are already ready to shine and make everything pretty, so perhaps making the proposal under all those beautiful Christmas lights will be a very good idea.

Either way, Shepard would go with that idea, now she just had to wait and see if it will be something that Tevos really appreciates and not forces herself to enjoy it just because it's the proposal that came from Shepard. She wants the asari to really, really, really enjoy it.


Sunday - Shepard's Vacation Mansion

Today was the day, well 'Tonight was the night', because Shepard was getting all ready for the dinner with Tevos. She was at their room getting dressed, while Tevos still remained at the bathroom to put some make-up on and fix few things, at least that's what she said, and Shepard began to wonder why the make-up and 'fix few things' were taking so long. Tevos was naturally beautiful, so there wasn't much to fix, right?

After what it seemed 20 minutes, Tevos was finally done and she was now stepping out of the bathroom. Shepard turned around with the help of her crutches as she took a good look at Tevos, she was totally breathtaking, and Shepard is pretty sure she looks prettier pregnant. The asari was wearing one of the dresses she recently bought, it was a dark red, tight till her waist zone then it slowly began to expand so she could easily walk, but the red covered her entire form, since it reached the ground. But Tevos took this long to just put the dress? Shepard looked now up at Tevos face, and noticed that the asari did had some makeup, mostly for her eyes and lips. "Wow you are…amazing." Shepard whispered after finally stop admiring her quietly.

Tevos pressed her palm against the door and leaned her hip slightly to the side as she smiled sweetly at Shepard, letting the blonde woman admire her and when Shepard finally decided to use words and not just stare Tevos simple chuckled. "Thank you dear, you look good too." Tevos replayed her as she took another look at Shepard, the human was wearing something more comfortable than a dress, obviously. She was wearing some formal a bit tight dark pants, with a dark blazer and underneath white blouse, clumsy tugged into the pants and revealing the dark belt she was using.

Shepard smiled shyly and if she could rub the back of her head she would. "Thanks…shall we go?" She licked her lips while asking.

Tevos pushed herself away from the door and walked up to the bed where her purse and jacket stayed, she made sure everything she needed was there, then she put on her jacket and put her purse over her shoulder. "Yes." She smiled at Shepard.


Chic Restaurant

The ride in the shuttle to here was a bit quiet, mostly because Shepard was feeling very nervous and was thinking this through, plus Tevos was the one who was driving the shuttle so she didn't wanted to distract the asari. Also, Shepard's leg decided to start hurting, and she just wanted to facepalm herself so hard at that moment, because she was thinking about taking the syringe a bit early so she could go through this night without any pain, but she completely forgot it, and now she will go through a lot of pain and pretend like nothing is wrong.

When they finally reached the restaurant, Shepard went to the front so she could tell the man about their reservation and while a waiter took Tevos to their table, Shepard just stayed behind to talk to the man. "Got the music?"

"I'm sorry, but no ma'am, we tried but it seems they can't leave London."

"What?!"

"Once again, I apologize, we can still give you the music with our own musicians, but it won't be the song you wish."

"Ugh.." Shepard huffed out as she felt her leg hurting again, right, don't stress yourself, everything will still be okay. There's no music, which means the proposal at the Restaurant won't be so pretty anymore, but she will still do it. "It's okay." She lied through her teeth but there wasn't really anything else she could do now. So she simple went to her table.

"Is everything okay?" Tevos asked as she was placing her purse over the chair.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I was discussing about maybe get us another reservation for next month or something." Shepard lied again but she gave a smile.

"Already planning that?" Tevos chuckled lightly as she stretched out her hands to grab one of the crutches.

Shepard allowed Tevos take one, and used the other one to help her sit down slowly over the chair, before take both crutches on her hands and lean it against the extra chair that was beside them. "Of course, or else I will forget." Shepard joked a bit as she pulled out her menu and began to decide what she wanted to eat.

"Oh, I would make sure to remind you." Tevos winked at Shepard with a silly smirk before grab her menu and find out what human food she would really like.

"So how is your food?" Shepard tried to make up some conversation because things was turning dead silence between the two of them since the food got on their table, plus Shepard wanted to forget the pain on her leg, it was getting more painful.

"Good. And yours?" Tevos seemed to be a bit troubled as well, and Shepard didn't know why.

"Good too." Shepard forced a small smile before look down at her plate and keep on eating.

After dinner, the desert came, and Shepard finished hers pretty quickly, now she was about to turn around to get her blazer over the chair to remove the tiny box with the ring, till she noticed that her blazer wasn't there.

"What's the matter?" Tevos questioned as she put a small piece of strawberry in her mouth.

"I just….where is my jacket?" Shepard asked Tevos with a small smile. "I'm feeling a bit cold."

"Oh, you left at the shuttle." Tevos said after swallowing the fruit. "Do you want me to go get it?"

"No!" Then Shepard realized she said it too loud.

Tevos simple looked confused at the human.

"I will go get it, don't worry." Shepard sent another awkward smile before grab her both crutches and leave the restaurant but not without bumping accidentally into somebody else's chair, but she did apologized for it and tried her best to leave without having everybody look at her.

"Where is it, where is it, where the hell is it?!" Shepard yelled at herself, as she kept looking through her jacket while sitting down on the shuttle, the doors were open, so who passed by could see her throwing a tantrum. "Why the hell it isn't here?!" She scolded herself again and kept looking through the blazer till her harsh moves ripped a bit of a pocket, and that was enough for her. She groaned in frustration and simple made a ball with the jacket before throw it away to the ground where the shuttles were parked. Nothing was going as she planned, she wanted to have a night with Tevos that would be romantic and relaxing, she wanted the music, she wanted the pain to be gone, and she wanted the damn ring to be on the pocket of her jacket! She probably forgot it at home in the drawers of her nightstand, so damn stupid of her.

With all this rage and feelings in her, tears began to show up and they were already rolling down. She hit the back of her head against the seat of the shuttle and then pressed her right palm over her eyes to cover them and try stop the tears from falling, while her left palm was over her left leg and massaging it in a rather brutish manner, she was frustrated, she didn't wanted this pain. It was making her remember the pain she went through at the final battle and after waking up. She had few sessions with the psychiatrist, because she also needed medicine for her PTSD, she spent this entire time denying she didn't had any kind of mental illness, till the final battle. But then she was getting better, and she stopped taking her meds five months ago, saying she was stable enough to stop them and get over it, but now she can see it for herself she is not okay, and she will need help, even if she doesn't want to believe it or accept it, she needs it.

"Shepard? Shepard? Oh! There you are." Tevos at first asked around worried sick about Shepard, because believe it or not it already has been 20minutes since the commander left the restaurant to pick up her jacket, so Tevos was starting to get worried and decided to find the woman on her own, and obviously for that Tevos had to be the one paying, while Shepard clearly would be the one paying everything.

Hearing Tevos voice, the commander quickly sniffed and wiped her tears away before clear her throat, and try to make herself presentable, but it was way too obvious she had been crying. "I'm sorry…I-" She really didn't had any kind of excuse. "Let's just go inside and finish our dinner." Shepard said as she tried to grab her crutches that were leaned against the shuttle, but her hands were trembling so much that she just left the crutches fall down on the ground. "Ohfuck." She cursed under her breath before let a frustrated sigh escape her lips.

"It's okay." Tevos smiled at Shepard as she approached their shuttle. "We already finished dinner, Shepard. I finished my desert and paid." Tevos told the human as she watched her trying to grab the crutches, and it was on that moment she caught a sight of Shepard's trembling hands. "Are you alright?" Tevos questioned Shepard as she walked closer to the crutches to pick them up for the human, but Shepard didn't allow her.

"What? Huff….I will pay you later then." Shepard mumbled as she bent down her body so her palms would reach the ground since she was still sitting on the seat from the shuttle. When she saw Tevos about to squat down to grab her crutches, she quickly stretched out her hand to stop Tevos from moving any further, the asari was pregnant, she had to stop with that thing. With a bit of a struggle, Shepard was able to grab the tip of her crutches and then drag it closer to her, and get a better hold of them.

"You don't have to." Tevos forced a smile since she could tell something was completely wrong with Shepard.

"Ugh, yes I do. This was supposed to be a nice evening, and everything is just ruined." Shepard was slowly letting her frustration escape her body.

"Shepard…" Tevos mumbled her name before get closer and place her palm softly over Shepard's shoulder. "This was a nice evening, a lovely one in fact. Nothing is ruined."

"Yes it is! There was no music, then my stupid leg started hurting, and then there was no ring. It's awful."

"Wa-…Your leg is hurting?" Tevos frowned slightly, getting concerned again about Shepard's state, why didn't the human told her anything? "Why didn't you tell me? You must be in a big pain now, Shepard. Let's go home." Tevos spoke in a rather rushed way as she began to walk around the shuttle to get inside to the driver seat. She didn't even pay much attention when Shepard spoke about the ring.


Shepard's Vacation Mansion

When they got home, the first thing Shepard done was get herself in the bed, because Tevos was commanding like a big momma bear, and Shepard done it without any second thoughts. Then Tevos took care of Shepard's medicine on her leg, and while she waited for the effect to kick in, she went to change her dress into something more comfortable to sleep, which was one of her famous sleeping gowns, that Shepard loved so much, but after such horrible night Shepard's eyes weren't even staring at Tevos like that.

Tevos also helped Shepard remove her clothes and put some baggy shirt, because Tevos knows that Shepard loves to sleep with less clothing possible. Right now Tevos was getting herself on the side of her bed and reaching down for Shepard's left leg to start massaging it while Shepard still remained pretty much silence and with a bothered expression.

"So….no music and no ring, huh?" Tevos finally broke the silence as she kept massaging slowly Shepard's legs. She was still curious about what Shepard really had in mind for this evening.

"Nothing much now…" Shepard mumbled under her breath, she was still feeling very annoyed and frustrated about everything so she didn't felt like talking about it, even though Tevos massage was helping her to relax slowly.

"Oh really?" Tevos perked up an eyebrow as she looked at Shepard from the corner of her eye as she kept massaging her leg.

"Yes really." Shepard was now almost pouting as she noticed that Tevos eyes were on her now. "What?"

"Oh, nothing, I just think that perhaps you had other plans for tonight." Tevos shrugged with a small smile.

"I did, but there's no point on telling you now."

"I actually would like to hear them out."

"Really?" Shepard looked up at Tevos with slight hope on her eyes.

"Yes really." Tevos gave her a small smile.

"Well...it was supposed to be with music, you know? The dinner, it would be the Titanic song you like." Shepard gave an awkward shy smile.

"Really!?" Tevos almost jumped in excitement and Shepard simple nodded. "That's so nice of you."

"Yeah, I guess so, but it didn't happen.."

"Tell me more."

"Huh?"

"You spoke about a ring too."

"Oh yeah...that well…" Shepard quickly got shy as she cleared her throat. "You told me that you needed a ring so men would know that you are engaged, and I got you one. So tonight I was thinking about proposing to you, you know, when a human asks the other to marry?"

"Technically it already happen, since our wedding is being planned right now." Tevos told Shepard with a curious expression.

"Yeah, technically yes, but I wanted something real, I wanted to have the memory of asking you to marry me, I wanted you to remember that day." Shepard gave the asari another awkward smile with a blush showing up her cheeks.

"I see…so the music didn't happen, but what happen with the ring?" Tevos was getting more curious that she even stopped massaging Shepard's leg.

"Well, I thought I had put it in the pocket of my jacket, but when I got to the shuttle I didn't found it, so I basically threw a childish tantrum." Shepard sighed out at the end of her words before lean the back of her head against the two pillows behind her.

"I find your childish tantrum's actually cute." Tevos giggled slightly before lean closer and peck Shepard's cheek.

"Yeah but we are going to have a child soon we don't need another one." Shepard smiled at Tevos warm kiss.

Tevos slowly wrapped her fingers around Shepard's hand as she began to rub the back of her hand with her thumb. "What I find cuter is how you say 'our child'." Tevos mumbled with a very warm smile upon her face.

Shepard smiled at Tevos mumble as well and began to caress her hand too. "Do you still want the ring?"

"Of course!" Tevos calm mood was totally gone. "You still have it?"

"Yes, I left it in my drawer. Dumb, right?" Shepard chuckled as she turned to her other side to her nightstand and then open the drawer to remove the little box with Tevos ring, and another one which was with her own ring.

"Not dumb…just clumsy." Tevos giggled as she was now very excited. She had never seen much of these wedding rings human's use, so she wanted to see what she would have.

"Well, here it goes…" Shepard took a deep breath as she open the little box and showed the beautiful golden ring she had picked last week. "Will you marry me?" Shepard asked nervously as she tighten a little more the box.

Tevos looked down at the ring on the little box and when she finally saw what was there for her. She was left totally speechless and tears were slowly forming on her eyes, she brought her hands up to her mouth as she was simple in awe, now she understand why this was so important for humans, it was just a ring, but it brought so many emotions, because your loved one went through hard work and then spent so much money to get you this lovely ring.

Shepard began to nibble on her lower lip, unsure if Tevos liked it or not, perhaps she didn't, Shepard knew she would've taken longer to find another ring, but she actually found this one perfect. "So?...you don't like it, right? Damn it, I knew I should've got the one on the store before." Shepard sighed out very disappointed as she was about to close the box till Tevos placed her palms over Shepard's hands.

"No, no! I love it, I really do." Tevos even allowed a sob to escape her lips at the end of her words. "May I?" Tevos felt her own hand shaking as she was reaching out for the ring.

Shepard smiled brightly as she was feeling very relieved that Tevos liked the ring, loved it in fact. "Oh let me put it…" Shepard mumbled as she removed the ring from the box, then took Tevos left hand and slowly slid the ring into her ring finger.

Whenever Shepard was done, Tevos brought her hand up closer and loved how lovely the contrast of her blue skin stayed at the golden color the ring had, and the big diamond rock it had in the middle was amazing. "Oh my…" Tevos was speechless once again.

"I've got mine as well." Shepard said as she began to shake the box with her own ring slowly, and then opened it to put it on herself.

"Wait, wait, can I put it on you?" Tevos licked her blue lips before swallow, hoping she wasn't doing anything wrong.

"Oh, of course you can." Shepard smiled as she handed the small box to Tevos.

Tevos took the box in her both hands and then removed the finger from it; she took Shepard's right hand and slid the ring into it. She wasn't aware that the ring had to be placed on the left hand, she thought it could be in any hand as long as it was there.

Shepard knew that Tevos put it on the wrong hand, but she wasn't going to tell anything to the asari, she would let it be, and maybe tomorrow she would put it on the left hand and Tevos wouldn't even notice, for now let them be happy without any concern.

"It looks beautiful…" Tevos said as she placed her left hand closer to Shepard's right hand to take a better look at both their hands and admiring the rings.

"Not as beautiful as you though." Shepard said like it was a serious matter but then smiled.

"You meant that?" Tevos finally looked up at Shepard and got herself closer to her side.

"Of course, I've never seen anybody else more beautiful than you, or anything else."

"You flatter me, Jane." Tevos giggled.

"I only say the truth. You are really gorgeous, Tevos." Shepard kept her smile and then on the end of her words she leaned closer to Tevos blue face and captured her lips into a lovely deep kiss.

"Well I-" Tevos was going to replay Shepard if the human didn't shut her up with a kiss. The asari groaned into such amazing kiss and then slowly wrapped her arms around Shepard's neck, deepening their kiss.

Shepard smirked into the kiss when she heard Tevos groan. She used her both palms to grab Tevos sides and pull her over her lap. Her leg wasn't hurting anymore, it had the drug so it wouldn't bother her.

Tevos was feeling a bit uneasy when Shepard got her on her lap, but when she finally sat down over Shepard's legs, the human made no painful groan, which meant that Tevos wasn't hurting her. The asari just kept her arms around the human's neck, while Shepard's palms were slowly siding down to Tevos ass. "Will we be interrupted again?" Tevos said after breaking the kiss.

Shepard gave a low chuckle as she nuzzled her nose against Tevos. "I guess not, my parents are asleep, and my leg is totally under the effect of drugs, there's nothing that can stop us, unless little Athena doesn't want anything to happen.." Shepard raised her both eyebrows as she looked down at Tevos belly, it was indeed getting bigger, and their bodies couldn't be as close as they wanted to because of it.

"Oh, Athena better not do anything now, let her be asleep." Tevos chuckled at this silly moment before nuzzle her nose against Shepard's again and peck her upper lip slowly.

Shepard chuckled too and when Tevos pecked her upper lip, the human took that chance to bit down on the asari's upper chubby lip and tug on it gently, she was desiring to do this for a while now, she was always amazed how beautiful and full Tevos lips looked and sometimes when the asari woman is talking too much, Shepard simple watches her lips moving.

Tevos yelped slightly not really expecting that from Shepard, but she didn't dislike it. "Silly…" Tevos mumbled with a smirk before slid her hands to Shepard's shoulders and then down to her chest and finally having some hold of Shepard's breasts, which made the strong commander moan like a fragile feminine woman.

Yes, nobody would interrupt them now…


EXPECT ME, YES I INTERRUPTED. – Lol, sorry guys but that's how it goes, perhaps next chapter you will read something hot. – But anyway, what did you guys thought about this chapter? I was afraid it was going to suck and be too lame, so it took me awhile to type it. But I really hope you guys liked it.

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