A/N: Ok so this is the second to last chapter... For this story at least. Song of the Chapter: Never Let me Go - Florence and the Machine. but only for the first half.
So have you ever had a dream about someone and you knew it was them but at the same times it wasn't?
The last half of the chapter is fluff...


Aela walked the familiar coastline of her home. The sun hung lazily in the sky and its orange rays were warm on her skin while the breeze was cool. It was calm and peaceful. She paused and stared out at the ocean as the warm water washed over her ankles. She heard the sound of her tribe like white noise a bit of a ways away from her. She could hear the Children playing and the elders laughing. She stretched her arms up toward the sky lengthening her whole body. She felt an uneasy feeling. Something's not right. She thought and looked over her body at her tribe cloths. That wasn't it. She checked her arms covered in tribal markings. That wasn't it either. Her eyes landed on the unity symbol on her left wrist. Was this it? Am I married? I don't remember.. She inspected the black ink lines on her wrist further.

"Hey." A kind voice called and she looked to her left to inspect. A man with thick black hair and loving amber eyes approached her with a soft warm smile. "Where have you been?" He asked wrapping his arms around her and giving her a kiss on the cheek. She caught a glimpse of his symbol on his left wrist matching hers. Am I married to him?! She had no idea who this man was but he seemed right. Nothing else seemed right here but he did. His skin was tanned but a shade or two lighter than her own. The Tribe let me marry someone from outside? She wondered.

"Just went for a walk on the shore." She said as he nuzzled into her neck.

"Mmm now you smell like sea water." He purred into her ear. His hot breath sent shivers down her body. His left hand glided across her taught belly, finger tips barely skimming her skin. "We have sometime before dinner." He purred seductively into her ear. I don't even know this guy and he wants to get in between my legs?! She thought but her body seemed to know him even if she didn't. And it wanted him bad.
"What did you have in mind?" She asked and was pleased when he dipped his head into her neck and ran the tip of his tongue from her collar bone to her ear. A soft noise of approval escaped her throat; he planted his lips against her pulse point and gave a gentle nibble.

"Don't leave a mark." She protested ever so lightly.

"Why?" He asked breathily.

"Because we can't let anyone know." She said pulling away slightly.

"Everyone knows we are together." He said looking down at her with furrowed brows. He stared into her caramel eyes with confusion. "Where did that come from?" He asked.

"I don't know." She said shaking her head and looking at the ground. This isn't right. We had to keep it a secret but….why? Why does this feel wrong? Everything but when he touches me, but even than something is wrong, he isn't who he is…is he?

"What's the matter Ahote?" He asks eyes still searching her. She takes a step back from him. He shouldn't know that name. She thought and her hands glide across her lower abdomen as if trying to remind her of something. A name, a person, what?! What is it that's making me feel so out of place? 'It's not right. It looks pretty, calm and peaceful. But it's not right'. I know who said that who was it?... my… friend. She struggled to remember anything before now. She had a feeling of urgency. She was supposed to be….with….someone…

"It's you but it's not." She says looking at him strangely. As an image of the same man in black military armor looks over her with concern. That's right! That's him!

"Kaidan" she says his name and the vision of the man in black takes the place of the look alike.

"Aela." He says with a smile. A deep sound cries around them and the sky turns black.

"What is that?" She asks and looks round them. Kaidan begins to vanish before her eyes.

"NO KAIDAN COME BACK!" She tries to run after him but as she moves forward he seems to move farther back. A look of anxiety washes over his face and he reaches for her but can't quite touch her before he's gone. She feels something hit her from where she wasn't sure but she falls onto her back and closes her eyes. Sounds of battle engulf her now.
The air is crisp and cold on her skin. Everything is dark her eyes are heavy, it's hard to breath. She heard a muffled voice familiar to her in the distance.

"Shepard!" The Soft but commanding says closer almost right above her. "We found her!" The voice shouted away to someone else. Aela feels movement around her than soft hands on her neck trying to support it. She tries to open her eyes once again. Her vision is blurry all she can make out is the color of red, blue and gold at first.

"It's ok Shepard, I got you." The soft voice coos as Aela's vision clears enough for her to make out the asari justicar.

"S-samara?" Aela says with a dry voice before her vision goes to black again.


(A while before)

Kaidan felt a harsh biotic pull on his right arm, causing him to step back, ripping the pistol from his grip. He looked behind him and saw Liara standing there, Biotics swirling and holding his pistol.

"I heard it too." She said to him. He stared at her for a moment than turned, almost embarrassed, to face his former students.

"Go check on the others." He ordered them.

"SIR." The saluted in unison and walked off toward the make shift med bay.

"Are you ok?" Liara asked as she came beside him. Kaidan looked at her coming out of a thought and nodded.

"Yea I'm…OK..I think." He said still unsure.
"She's not gone Kaidan. I know it." Liara said with conviction. Kaidan stared at the asari for a moment taking note of her determined expression.

"Well last time I didn't believe you, I was horribly wrong. If you say she's alive I'll believe you."
"Good. Because she IS alive. I can just feel it." Liara goaded
"I do too but that's how I felt last time." He said with a sullen almost defeated voice.

"In all fairness she came back to life last time too." Liara reminded.

"Great so we just have to do is find another crazy trillionare to pay unspeakable amounts of credits to bring her back." He said and took a seat at the work bench than waved over Dr. Michel. He might as well let her patch him up so he could start looking for her…or her body.

"Maybe. Maybe not." Liara said handing him back his pistol.

"Thanks… For taking it from me." He said sheepishly.

"Well I didn't want to have to see Shepard sad again when we find her." She said and began fidgeting on her omni-tool. Kaidan forced a smile but it was stifled by a wince of pain as Dr. Michel grazed his collar bone. He hissed sucking in a sharp breath than unclipped his armor and sat it on the floor next to him. He undid his top and pulled it off so she could examine him better.

"You're collar bone may be fractured." She said skimming over it causing him to wince again. He let out a pained growl and took a deep breath trying to focus on anything but the pain.

"Ok Doc. Patch me up." He said holding his breath.

"Ugh sorry Major this isn't a quick fix, like say this gash right here." She said poking his left shoulder blade

"Ow." He hissed feeling a burning sensation.

"Yea right there." She said playfully and began to dress the wound.

"I don't mean to be a pushy asshole but just get me in good enough shape to get back out there." He requested with a few pained hisses and grunts as the cargo door began to lower again.

"Kaidan she called the ship down so you could get away." Liara chimed after hearing the request.

"I have to find her.. OW! Damn it." He hissed as Dr. Michel found a sore spot in his ribs.

"Might be a cracked rib." Chloe said and began to scan the area with her omni-tool.

"We'll find her. I promise. Even if it means I have to dig through rubble myself." Liara said with almost Shepard like determination that made Kaidan smirk through the pain.

"I believe that's our job." A familiar thick accent said. Liara and Kaidan looked to the owner of the voice.

"Zaeed." Garrus greeted as he, Tali, and Miranda came from the elevator. The Turian shook the old mercenaries hand and took a head count as the group of familiar faces made their way aboard.

"Samara, Grunt, Kasumi, Jack, Jacob, Miranda, Tali, Looks like the gangs all here." Garrus teased lightly as three more brought up the rear.

"Connor, What are you doing here?" Kaidan asked spotting the native. His expression changed as he spotted the behemoth known as Siegfried not far behind. The towering brunette stared Kaidan down with harsh dead eyes causing Kaidan to swallow hard. Kaidan looked forward and stared at the floor trying to remain perfectly still for Dr. Michel.
Jack stood in front of Vega giving him shit pretending not to be worried about his injuries. Vega's smirk as flirtatiously as he could muster and teasingly called her on it and he could have sworn he saw her blush slightly.

"Whatever at least I didn't almost have my face blow off by a tank" She muttered quietly under her breath looking around the shuttle bay. His grin widened.
"We have orders from Hackett for a second team to the beam." Connor said despondently. Kaidan clenched his jaw. Don't even care that she's gone just want to get it done? He thought bitterly.

"Well that is the official order." Siegfried said with a tone that peeked Kaidan's interest. He looked up at the older man with an intrigued expression and was met with menacing eyes.

"We're supposed to look for her. But obviously Hackett couldn't order some of his best off the field too look for one soldier so he said we were to be back up for the beam." Connor informed.

"Well, they still have to get me to the beam." A familiar high voice Kaidan would never forget in his lifetime said. Kaidan's eye dropped to the Siegfried's right where familiar green eyes were staring at him. With their same lust filled look that made his skin crawl.

"Ciara?" He asked not sure that was her. She looked different in her armor and no make-up…a good different.

"Yep that's me." She smiled as her eyes roamed his bare upper body.

"Watch it Commander he's a taken man." Siegfried's voice rumbled low. Kaidan's eyes widened slightly in horror and shot back up to Siegfried's. This was it Aela wasn't going to be alone long because her dad was about to kill him. Ciara looked at the ground embarrassedly as if she had been caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

"We'll talk about that later, Major." Siegfried said and Kaidan blinked unsure if he should feel relieved or not.
"How did you all get together?" Kaidan said looking over the group.

"Errrm I—ugh I mean- The Shadow Broker may have sent a message to each one of them informing them of the situation." Liara said and Kaidan saw the asari blush for the first time. He mouthed his thanks to the asari whom gave a subtle nod of acknowledgement.

"Alright everyone listen closely we have a mission to do so listen closely." Siegfried boomed for all to listen as he stood in the middle of the shuttle bay.


Kaidan paced the now nearly vacant shuttle bay waiting for word form Siegfried's team. Due to his injuries they didn't want him to go with them so once again he resumed listening to their radio frequency.

'Demolisher Alpha has made it to the beam.' Connor's voice came over the comm. And now the search for her begins.

"Damn it I should be down there." He grumbled to himself.

"You already know why they didn't take us Major." Vega said sitting in his usual place with his weights.

"Well I know why they didn't take you." Kaidan teased

"Ey." Vega protested. "I'm not the only one that got a little banged up. Hell you took more than I did." Kaidan rolled his eyes and continued pacing. His thoughts were slow agenizing realizations. What if they only find her body? Or what if she's alive but the baby's….not…. I guess we do technically have the tools to make more…. He ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. Just let her be ok. Just let her be alive and ok. He repeated over and over again in his head like a prayer.

"Relax, Kaidan. They'll find her." James tried to reassure. "Think happy thoughts major like….ugh well I'm curious how long have you two been together together?"

"Officially since I came aboard." Kaidan said like it should have been obvious.

"Well what about before? You were on the original Normandy right?" Vega asked relaxing back letting his head rest against the wall.
"Yea, including that time…since….maybe a day or two before Ilos." Kaidan said having to stop and think about it as he slowly turned around to face away from the elevator.

"What made you take the chance?" Vega questioned. Fraternization was a big deal. Worthy of discharge and Major Alenko did not seem the type to take his career lightly.
"Have you seen her?" Kaidan asked playfully turning to look at James, on his stride toward the cargo door,

"Well I mean I could understand a once in a life time opportunity if you know what I mean, but hell you married her." James practically cried bringing his head up from the wall.

"Well first off marrying her has been the once in a life time opportunity and second I'm not a short stay and a quick lay kind of guy." Vega nodded in understanding while Kaidan stopped his pacing, lost deep in thought. "She was just different. I mean I'm not the kind of guy who's the life of the party, who has a lot of friends."

"Really?" James asked with sarcasm inspecting his slinged arm.
"No it's true. I mean some people even find my..um…integrity ….annoying." Kaidan said a little shyly.

"Really" Vega asked looking up at him slathering the sarcasm extra thick. Kaidan looked over at him

"No seriously I-…ok fine now you're just messin' with me." He said picking up on it. He had learned to pick up quickly around Aela who always seemed to have a smart ass comment.

"Naaaww not at all Major." Vega teased back with a friendly smile.

"It was subtle really." Kaidan carried on, back to his deep thinking. "I mean I was obviously attracted to her from the get go but, it's not like a silly kids movie were two people meet and fall in love right away." He said but now that he sat back and thought about it maybe it was. He had felt a pull to her. Like an addiction ever since she had come aboard the Normandy SR.1. Always trying to make excuses to be by her. Always shocked as hell when she took him on a mission. Seriously sometimes he even purposefully 'broke' the console by her room just so he could have a valid excuse to be there. How much maintenance could once console really need? And leaving her on Horizon had been the hardest thing for him to do since every fiber in his body had screamed at him to go back. Had he ever not loved her? Well obviously not before he knew here but that was the point he was contemplating. Had it always been her even when he didn't know it?

"I mostly kept to myself on the original Normandy but she would come over and sit by me once in a while." He said recalling one of his first memories about her. "I think the first time I really started to fall for her was when we were headed to Therum to pick up Liara:

Kaidan sat the table in the mess quietly keeping to himself and being generally invisible to most of the crew members. He was keeping to himself reading a datapad. He had just procured the newest installment of his favorite manga about a demon and human girl. Shepard came around the corner from her cabin with the aggravated expression on her face and plopped down across from him tossing a datapad on the table whilst playing a game on her omni-tool.

"Fuck you." She hissed at the screen. He shuffled nervously in his chair trying to focus on his story while simultaneously trying not to let anyone see what he was reading. The game beeped and the sad sounds of a game over where heard from her omni-tool.

"God damn it! FUCK THIS GAME!" she grumbled and flicked her omni-tool off.

"Still losing Commander?" an Ensign asked walking behind Kaidan and stopping.

"Shut up." She snipped.

"Ok, Ok.." He said holding his hands up in defense. He paused quietly and Kaidan could feel eyes on him. He shuffled uncomfortably again and froze when he heard "What the fuck are you reading Alenko? Is that a comic book?"

"Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe fuck you." Aela bite before Kaidan could say a word.

"Wait she really said that?" Vega asked not believing that Shepard was ever that brazen and harsh.

"Ooooohh yea. She was MEAN as all hell back then. On our first mission she punched a civilian knocking him out because he was hysterically ranting about something." Kaidan dismissed with a hand wave.

"Anyway.."

Bothe men stared at her taken back a bit. "Who the fuck cares what Lieutenant Alenko reads in his spare time? I don't see it having any major impact on your life, does it Ensign?" She snipped as if defending herself not him.

"Nuh-no ma'am." The ensign stuttered sounding like he might piss himself.

"Drop and give me twenty-five for pissing me off." She finished and flicked her datapad on.

"Ughh…uh, Ay ay ma'am" The Ensign stuttered and got down slower than she wanted him to.

"Make it fifty for taking too long and bothering a senior officer about his reading material." She said.

"Yes ma'am" He huffed.

"You didn't have to do that." Kaidan said quietly, flicking his eyes up toward her in his usual tense demeanor.

"I know I didn't have to" she said casting her cold caramel eyes on him. "But it made me feel better. What are you reading?" She asked out of what he assumed was curiosity since her voice retained its icy tone.

"Um, Akuma no kasai its-
"I know what it is." She said holding up her datapad to show him she was reading the same thing.

"That was the first time she smiled at me. Like really smiled. Not just forced it. That smile….. It damn near made my heart stop." Kaidan said recalling her smile. That simple curving of her perfect lips from their usual unhappy line.

"Were you ever afraid of her?" Vega asked causing Kaidan to give him look.
"No. Intimidated, yea, But never afraid. I was just really…different back then. But so was she." He said and resumed his pacing.

"This is nice tell me more about her. You now before I met her." Vega inquired truly intrigued. She sounded like almost a different person.

"Uhh ok let me think." Kaidan said once again digging through his filing system of memories while he paced.

"Ok one time…" Kaidan began as a call came over the comm.

"The Crucible is firing. Everyone pull back and meet at the rendezvous."

"Shit. Joker we can't go! She's still out there they're looking for her now." Kaidan called up to Joker.

"You don't think I know that?" The pilot responded.

"Hold out as long as we can." He demanded.

"I'm trying." Joker said and Kaidan heard another crackle over the private frequency for the ground team.

"Normandy, We have Shepard I repeat we have Shepard. Come and get us!" Jack's distinct voice called.

"What?" Vega asked seeing Kaidan's hand fly to his ear.
"That was Jack. They got her." Kaidan said with shock. His heart pounded in his chest. She didn't saw how they found her. Dead. Alive. In pieces?! "Joker get us to the ground team they got Shepard."
"Glory be and Halleluiah! On our way." Joker called back

"Told you everything was going to be good." Vega said coming over to place a friendly hand on Kaidan's shoulder. "So umm.. did…Jack… ya know…say anything else…about me….maybe?"
"What? No why would…" Kaidan inquired looking to Vega as it clicked. "Seriously you and Jack?" He asked.

"Wuh it's not like that." Vega started to say not sounding too convincing. Kaidan turned and walked toward the cargo door as it began to lower.

"Yeah, yeah, sure it's not." He called behind him.

"It's not." Vega said quietly to himself.
Kaidan waited at the edge of the cargo door waiting eagerly for it to completely open. When it did his breath caught in his chest as he saw Siegfried carrying her limp body across the tattered battle field toward him. She's not moving! She's not moving! He began to freak out. His heart pounded against his chest and he was having trouble breathing at first, but as Siegfried got closer his breathing became rapid and anxious. As soon as Siegfried's foot touched the metal of the ramp Kaidan ran down to meet him.

"Here." Siegfried's deep voice offered and Kaidan held out his arms to take her. He clenched his jaw trying not to break down. But all those feelings of fear and anxiety were wiped away when he got her snug against him and could feel her breathing in his arms.

"She's alive." He said not even a whisper. Joy ran through his body, he turned and practically ran up the ramp he had to get her to med-bay asap.
"Everybody in the crucible is firing!" he yelled over his shoulder half way up the ramp.

"It already has." Garrus said. Kaidan tossed a haphazard look behind him and saw the purple …thing headed their way and hold as up the ramp and behind cover. Protecting her body with his. The energy passed over them but nothing happened to them. After a few minutes pause he peaked around the corner to see what the damage was. Reaper's toppled over lifeless before his eyes. No time for celebrating he thought and headed toward the elevator once again.

"Come on baby be ok." He said into her disheveled hair as her bloody face rested against his chest.

Kaidan placed her on the one unoccupied bed that was left, near the desk.

"We got this Kaidan." Dr. Chakwas reassured as both doctors began to examine her. Cutting what was left of her charred armor off. He backed up to get out their way till he felt the wall to the AI core stopped him. He leaned against for support and slid down it involuntarily. He damn near passed out right there feeling is exhaustion fully for the first time. She's alive. She's alive. She's alive. He though as his eyes dropped and he lost consciousness.


Kaidan jumped awake with a jerk. He looked around the room disoriented for a moment than scrambled to his feet when he realized where he was. Neither Chakwas nor Michel was anywhere in site. Aela lie on the bed covered only by the medical sheet up to her collar bone. I should get her some cloths but I don't want to leave her.

"Oh good, you're up." Dr. Chakwas said coming into the room with some cloths for her. "I'm going to need your help putting these on her." She said holding up the cloths as she went to Aela's side.

"Is she ok?" He asked hoarsely.

"Yes she only looked bad on the outside. Minor cuts and scrapes, a few minor burns but nothing irreversible." Karin said pulling the shirt over Aela's head and gently pulling it over her arms than down all the way over. She tossed the shorts to him. He felt weird dressing his wife while she was unconscious but he'd rather cloth her than have her wake up naked he supposed.

"And….the baby…?" he asked not sure he wanted to know as he pulled the shorts up her legs and rested them on her hips.

"About the size of a kidney bean." She said from her desk looking for something.

"You mean its ok?" He gaped at her in surprised.

"Well yes it has enough amniotic fluid and cushioning around it to be ok. I told you she looked worse than she was." Karin said picking up a piece of paper and handing it to him. "See for yourself." She said handing it to him. The black and white photo looked like it was off a bean too. Kaidan smiled at it.

"When do you think she'll wake up?" He asked.

"Whenever she feels like I suppose. She woke up for a brief moment about an hour ago and tried to leave. Said she had to get back out there and stop them. When I told her we already got them she basically flopped back down and went back to sleep." Kaidan shook his head and laughed lightly to himself. She would. Aela groaned and sounded as if she were about to wake up. He snapped to her side in an instant.

"Aela." He said softly as her eyes fluttered for a few seconds than stayed close.

"Kaidan?" She asked in a haze.
"Yeah?" He said excitedly. She recognizes me.
"Move." She requested with a pain in her voice.
"What?" He asked in confusion his heart sinking slightly.

"Hold this." Dr. Chakwas said handing him a bucket.

"Why?" He asked taking the bucket and holding it next to him as Aela sat up quickly and retched into it.

"Morning sickness." Karin said snickering at his surprised expression.

"ooh." He replied looking around the room in any direction but toward her.

"I'll take that." Karin said when Aela had finished. Kaidan all too happily handed the bucket over to her.

"When does that go away?" Aela grumbled laying back down.

"Depends" Karin said sitting at her desk typing away on her terminal.
"On?" Aela asked rather shortly.
"Weather you do or not. Some women have it their entire pregnancy." Karin said nonchalantly.
"WHAT? " Aela moaned her displeasure. "Kaidan."
"Yeah?" He said locking eyes with her.
"I hate you." She grumbled. A slow smile crept across his lips and he laughed lightly at her for a moment.
"I love you too." He responded.


( Few months later)

Aela stood in the bathroom standing up straight, holing her P.T shirt she had transformed into a pj shirt up by her chest and examining the tear drop shape that her abdomen had become in the mirror than looked down at her toes. Or at least tried to see her toes.

"Wow." She mused quietly

"What?" Kaidan asked from the desk just outside working at the terminal.

"I really am pregnant I can't see my toes anymore." She said in wander straining her neck forward to catch site of her feet. Kaidan looked up from the terminal with a confused expression and turned his head toward the door.
"So a blood test and five months of morning sickness didn't convince you but your toes do?" He asked.

"Yep." She replied and dropped her shirt down again. He shook his head and returned work.


Kaidan awoke to the sounds of gentle whimpers next to him. It took him a while to realize what was going on as the soft sound had wandered into his dreaming and now he was utterly confused as to where that sound came from before returning to reality. As he became coherent of his surrounding he realized the sound of soft crying was coming from next to him. He lifted his head lazily looking over his wife to the right of him with one eye.

"What's wrong?" He asked groggily.

"Nothing go back to sleep." She said softly laying on her side back to him. He could hear in her voice that she had been crying.

"Don't lie to me what's the matter?" He asked slightly more alert and rubbing the sleep from his eye.

"He won't let me sleep. I'm so tired but he keeps moving." She whimpered. Kaidan rolled over toward her snuggling up against her nuzzling his head into her hair.

"I'm sorry honey. " He said and slid his left hand over her side and glided it gently over her curved belly. He felt the small kicked and what he assumed could be punches in her abdomen. "Damn he really is having a party." He said lifting his head up.

"Yea and about ten minutes ago he did this weird stretch thing and pushed his feet into my ribs. Not so fun for me." She said wiping a few tears that dared to travel down her cheek. Kaidan rolled away to his side of the bed and tossed his legs over the edge sitting up and twisting his neck to crack it before going to his dresser and pulling on track pants and a tank than headed for the elevator.

"Where are you going?" she asked softly.

"I'm going to make you some tea. Maybe calm his ass down a little." He said before the door hissed closed behind him.
The sensation of the cold steel of the elevator floor caused him to wake up the remainder of the way. He deeply regretted not putting on sock or slippers but he wasn't about to go back up for them. He was way too tired to make more than one trip. The door dinged on deck 3 and he walked wearily out and around the corner to the mess spotting Vega at the table with Garrus. They sounded like they were shooting the shit.

"What are you guys doing up?" He asked walking past them toward the kitchen.

"I saw Javik head into Liara's room around midnight and we're waiting here to see when he comes out." Garrus said lining up some playing cards in his hand.

"Yea it's been three hours now." James said looking over his own. "Got any two's?"
"No…" Garrus said and an awkward silence hung in the air for a few minutes.
"This is the part where you say 'go fish'." Vega promoted.
"Why?" Garrus asked placing a pair on the table.
"Because that's the name of the game." Vega laughed lightly at the turian.
"You humans have strange names for strange games. Ok Go Fish." Garrus said. Normally Kaidan would have been entertained and probably coerced into joining them in the waiting game for the scandal of the year. Liara and Javik, but he recalled when he himself had snuck out of Aela's room and Joker had been sitting there in wait. But at the same time he wasn't about to break up their watch because he would definitely want to hear about it in the morning and he was sure Aela would be amused.

"What are you doing up?" Garrus asked eyeing Kaidan as he poured water into a cup and put it the microwave and set it.

"The baby's keeping Aela up, so I though some tea might help." He said sleepily.

"Make sure it's not Chamomile." Vega said and placed down a set of eights.

"Well now I have all these cards and no pairs." Garrus said not understanding the point to this game.
"That's why you are supposed to ask me if I have any." James said with annoyance.
"Why would I ask my opponent if he has what I need?" Garrus tried to reason the lack of logic.
"I don't know it's just how the game is played." James said in a huff.
"This is a stupid game." Garrus said staring at Vega over his card.
"You're a stupid game." James said slapping another pair down.
"Yeah real mature Jimmy." Garrus laughed than asked for a five.

"Why?" Kaidan asked looking through the box of teas in from the cabinet.

"It has powerful anti-inflammatory properties that can cause early contractions. Yea I'd also really like it if Lola would stop leaving her damn prego books lying around." James said tossing a look to Garrus whose mandibles twitched to a smile.
"No one said you had to read them Vega." Kaidan laughed to himself as the microwave beeped and he placed the bag into the hot water.

"I know they just looked interesting." James said quietly to himself. Kaidan shook his head and headed back toward the elevator with the hot cup.

"Don't stay up too late guys ….. And tell me everything in the morning." He said slinking past them.

"You got it." Garrus said as Kaidan got into the elevator. He carefully monitored every bump and vibration to make sure the contents of the cup didn't spill. He gave a short relieved sigh as the lift dinged and opened on to their floor. He carefully carried the hot tea into the room.

"Ok Honey I got you Red raspberry leaf-"he started to say but stopped halfway to their bed as he heard the sound of her soft breathing. He stared at her not sure she was asleep or not.

"Aela." He said softly. When she didn't respond he knew she was out. His shoulders dropped slightly and he rolled his eyes. No need to waist it. He thought and took a sip of the tea. Not bad. He thought and set the cup on the desk than crawled back in bed. He'd dump it out in the morning.


A/N: The last chapter is next... bum bum bum...