Tali and John had made their way outside of the Normandy and Tali could only stare at everything she passed and could truly touch without the suit in between her and the true universe around her. She couldn't help but smile as she felt all of the cold metal both on her hands and under her feet as they walked towards the airlock to go outside. John of course had noticed his fiance's obsession with touching everything she possibly could but he wasn't impatient with her at all, he let her run her hands over anything and made sure he took his time so she could get the full experience of everything that he had come to know as normal for his entire life.

Tali was so excited to experience everything the universe had to offer her out of her suit that she had totally forgotten they were going to the beach to swim. John had to help guide her back towards the bach as she was basically wandering all over CIC touching everything she could find just feeling the touch metal and the smooth and how warm or cold it was to the touch. When John finally got her away from all the things in the Normandy they walked down the ramp towards the sand and Shepard made sure to wait on her at the bottom of the ramp.

Tali was both excited and nervous to take her first steps on something that wasn't metal or built by someone. She was worried that her feet may get hurt by the sand, but John seemed like he knew she would be fine and was standing and watching her with all of his love and excitement very evident to her, which made her a little braver. She smiled at him and began her slow descent into the sand holding onto John as she set her feet onto the sand.

Tali froze when she felt the grains of sand under her feet and then felt John give her hand a light squeeze of encouragement, so she slowly put more weight on her foot letting it sink into the sand before she set her other foot beside the first. Tali couldn't explain the feeling she just began sliding her feet around in the sand feeling it under her feet and it goes over the top of them.

She then bent down and picked up two handfuls of sand a let it fall through her hands feeling the grains rub against her hands as they fell to the ground. She stared in amazement as it fell before she burst with excitement and began to pick up more sand and just watch it fall back to the ground.

John smiled as he watched her go through the experience and he stepped over to her and bent down to her level where she was squatted and still just picking up and feeling the sand in her toes and hands. "Hey hun, I know you're having an amazing time but I figure you might wanna go and check out the water and the sand in the water, It's a totally different experience I promise,".

Tali looked up at him and smiled, "Ok, well let's go check that out right now," she said as she suddenly stood up and grabbed John's hand pulling him behind her as she ran towards the water. Once they reached the water Tali was no longer afraid to experience all of the things that the universe could now offer her and she simply jumped right into the water feeling the coolness of it come over her body.

This was definitely a new experience to her as she had already taken a shower without her suit on but to be completely surrounded by the water instead of having it poured on you, was amazing. Tali however had forgotten about holding her breath underwater as she had never needed to with her suit and when she tried to take a breath of air she instead got water, and this caused her to panic a little as she was suddenly trying to reach the surface.

However, in her panicked state, she didn't notice two strong arms wrap around her and carefully pull her out of the water holding her bridal style. When she was out of the water and could see again she saw that it was indeed John who had pulled her from the water. John had a small smirk on his face whenever she had finished coughing and calmed down, "Forgot you couldn't breathe water?" he smiled at her as he gently held her. "Yeah," she said a little embarrassed as she could feel warmth going to her cheeks. John noticed her getting more embarrassed about almost drowning and he then decided to lean down and kiss her, "Better?" Tali smiled back at him as they broke the kiss, "Much,".

John then set her down in the shallower water and let her stand on her own. "Make sure you don't drown yourself, I just got to propose to you I can't lose you now," Tali gives him a soft laugh before she kisses him before turning and continuing her adventure of the beach.

After almost two hours Tali had finally tired herself out enough that she was ready to take a break for a little while. She made her way out of the water and towards John who had been talking with some of the other crew and watching her as she went out on her adventure.

"Done with your fun?" he asked as she got closer to them, "Yes, it was fun but it takes a lot out of you,". John smiled and hugged her when she was by his side, "Well I'm glad you can enjoy all of it now,". Tali was too tired to give another response and John noticed her eyes were looking heavy and he could feel her leaning more and more into him.

"Well I better get her to bed, I can feel that she's tired herself out completely," Garrus gave the pair a smile as he watched John pick her up in his arms and turn towards the Normandy. "Good job lover boy!" he yells after him getting a laugh out of the rest of the crew. John just shook his head unable to come up with something off the top of his head.

John could feel Tali's breath slow down until he was sure she was already asleep, 'Man, she really must have been having some fun to have tired herself out that much,' he couldn't help but smile at how she was now able to experience everything just like anyone else could. When he had made it to their room he carried her to the bed and carefully set her down before he went into the bathroom and got a quick shower before returning to the bed and laying down next to Tali. He smiled as he looked at her face taking in each and every feature and memorizing her beauty, he then lightly kissed her forehead, "I love you," he then fell into one of the deepest and best nights of sleep he has ever had.

The next day John was up before Tali and had begun working on some of the paperwork he had for their shore leave when they get back to the rest of humanity's fleet. He was also working on more of the preparations for his and Tali's wedding as he was making sure the wedding planner he had hired was getting everything they needed to get everything perfect for them, although all of this was mainly for Tali.

John apparently must have been seriously focused on his work because he hadn't noticed Tali was awake until he felt her slender arms wrap around his neck and felt a light kiss on his cheek. "Well you must have been up early," Tali said as she looked over all of the work he had gotten done already, which caused her to wonder just how many things he was good at. She smiled knowing that she was getting the man that just about every woman in the universe could want, and she wasn't planning to share him.

"Yeah, I figured I would start on all of this stuff until you woke up, and then I'd see what you wanted to do with our last few days of shore leave." John turned his chair to face her and pulled her into his lap before giving her a quick kiss looking her over and seeing that she was wearing his jacket and it looked like she had some athletic shorts on underneath it.

"Well I can let you work if you want to finish everything and then we can just go check on the crew, I've to plenty of things I can go work on down in engineering," Tali said looking at the small pile of paperwork John still had on his desk. John shook his head at her though before he pulled her close for a hug and held her tight to him.

"No, this is your and the crew's vacation I wouldn't ever have any of you work during shore leave," Tali squeezed him back before he let go of her and she could once again look him in the eyes. She smiled at him and tested him with a kiss, staying just far enough back that their lips were just barely touching before yanking back after his few attempts to kiss her and giving him a quick kiss on the forehead.

"Well I guess I'm gonna go out and find out what the crew is doing today, so if you'd like to come with you can but you don't have to," she said with a teasing voice as she got off of his lap and walked to their closet, purposefully swaying her hips extra knowing that it would tease him. Which worked completely as she heard him get out of his chair and began following after her. Tali was glad to see she could still tease him so easily and even though he knew she was he loved for her to do it anyway.

John knew that she was trying to work him up but he also had a few tricks up his sleeve too, as he made sure he got right behind her and rubbed himself on acting like he was trying to reach for something in the closet before grabbing one of his t-shirts and some athletic shorts and turning to walk to the bed before slapping her ass as he walked away. This made Tali let out a mixture of a small moan and squeal of surprise which just made John smile, "I can play that game too hun," he said to her without turning around to face her as he began to get changed.

Tali could feel the heat rising to her cheeks but she was starting to get used to it, and even enjoy it when he did it a little. Tali mentally shook her head and got herself as focused as she could before grabbing a sports bra and one of her new t-shirts to go along with her athletic shorts.