Here is the next chapter, this is a bit of a fun chapter. Enjoy and please review!

Chapter 11

Normandy SR2

I go through some of my old things. I feel bad about what happened to Niket but I also don't. He deserved to die after trying to get my sister back with my fucked up father. He wanted to ruin her life all for money. How could he be so selfish...how could he betray me. All those years of friendship. Then that damn Asari bitch killed him, right in front of me. I lashed out with all my anger and snapped her neck with my biotics. I just need to clear my head thus I'm going through some of my personal effects and disposing of anything that reminds me of Niket. I find an image of Danny and I buried in my personal belongings I pause and look at his sweet face. I miss him so much at times. As I stare at him, I remember all the plans we had together. Marriage, children, building a home in Australia. We never got to have that life. Instead here I am...alone. I hear a knock at my door, and put down the picture on my desk.

"Come in."

In walks Nathan Shepard. He wears batman pajama pants along with a matching batman t-shirt. In his hand he carries a batman comic and he smiles at me and takes a seat on my desk. He has excitement in his eyes.

"Look what I found on Illium, the newest comic of Batman. He is right now protecting Gotham from Blue Suns mercenaries. In this issue he took down one of the top lieutenants." He points to me an image of Batman fighting the Blue Suns.

"I didn't know you liked comics?"

"I love them...Batman is my favorite as you can see." He points to his attire.

"I see." I go back to my work.

"See the Blue Suns have come to Gotham City and are the leaders of this whole human trafficking ring that are being sent to Batarian slavers. Batman in this issue helps with unraveling this whole ring and stops the one head lieutenant."

"Is Batman still Bruce Wayne?" I ask.

"Of course he is, who else would he be, no one is batman but Bruce Wayne, well technically Dick Grayson did wear the cowl back in the either the late 20th century or was it the beginning in the 21st. Ah...shit...I can't remember. Also Jean-Paul Valley wore it too but he also went a bit psycho too."

I smile as I see how excited he is talking about a mythical superhero. I shake my head listening to him going on and on about Bruce Wayne. I go back to my work and continue to listen to him as he talks. Nodding my head to reassure him that I am indeed listening to him.

I watch as his eyes roam from looking at me to my desk. His eyes stop at the image of Danny and I. He picks up the picture and looks at it intently. His eyes scan it and points to Danny.

"Who is he?" He asks me.

"He was my boyfriend. Taken from me long ago." I answer taking away the photo from him and putting it back into my desk.

"I'm sorry." He answers.

"Don't worry that was a long time ago." I look up at him and smile and go back to work.

He sits there in silence and watches me work. He grabs a strand of my loose hair and places it behind my ear. I look up at him and his brown eyes look deeply into mine. He inches closer to me and our lips touch, it begins as soft as a feather. Our lips move together. My heart races and I love the taste of his lips. He pulls away, our foreheads touch, resting on one another. I can hear him breathing, I wonder if he is just as aroused as I am that by that one kiss. He inhales sharply and begins to speak.

"I'm glad we got your sister to safety." He whispers to me.

"Me too, she deserves a normal life. Thank you for helping me."

"You're welcome." He leans in a bit closer.

"Why did you kiss me?" I ask, my voice chokes.

"Because I'm falling for you." He leans in again and our lips touch once more.

His lips on mine feel like they are meant to be there. His hands cups my face as he deepens the kiss. My hand reaches up to his neck and gently touches it. Our kiss breaks and our foreheads touch once more. I breathe in deeply and I hear him swallow hard.

"We can't Nate...our mission is too important."

"Miranda...I can't hide what I'm feeling. I know you feel it too...so let me in." He answers in a whisper.

I can smell his aftershave, his brown eyes look so amazing, I could get lost in them. I have not felt this way about any man but Danny. Yet Nate Shepard is driving me crazy. I want to be with him. I enjoy spending time with him, he helped me rescue my sister but...I don't know. I don't...we don't have time for romantic entanglements.

"Nate...I'm going to have to think about this."

"All right." He backs away and I already miss his scent.

He gets up off my desk, picking back up his beloved Batman comic. He begins to walk toward the door when something inside my gut tells me that you need to stop him.

"Wait." I get up from my desk and walk over to him.

My hand reaches out and gently rubs his left cheek, feeling the smoothness of his recent shave. His hand reaches out and rests on my shoulder. I smile at him and he smiles back at me.

"Why don't you read to me your comic."

"You mean it?" He asks excitement in his eyes.

"Yes, it's been a very long time since I've read a comic."

"Sweet! You are going to love this, this issue was so good." He walks into my room and takes a seat on one of my sofas.

I sit next to him and listen to him as he reads to me, Batman versus the Blue Suns. This night is the beginning of my relationship with Nate.