Shepard was jolted awake by her Omni-tool going off. She checked the readout and saw that it was Joker, "Yeah Joker?" she said, waking her companions.
"Got a call coming in from the Illusive Man, he says it's important."
"Ok patch him through."
There was a few seconds before the Illusive Man's face appeared, "Hello Shepard, sorry to disturb you but I thought you would like to know that your Quarian friend may be in the line of some trouble."
That got Shepard out of bed and searching for her clothes, "What's going on?"
"She's been sent to Haestrom by the Admiralty Board to collect data on the world's sun, however it is deep in Geth controlled space so the possibility of her and her team running into Geth is extremely high. Now… with her knowledge of the previous Normandy, we thought that you should try and acquire her as soon as you can. Her ship will arrive at Haestrom in two weeks, while at top speed the Normandy will arrive about five days afterwards. I won't lie to you Shepard she would be an invaluable asset to your team, but that sector is crawling with Geth so I wouldn't put it off."
Liara spoke up, "I can wait Shepard, go get Tali before she gets hurt."
"Ah Dr. T'soni, I have some intel for you but my people are double checking their findings. I'll have Shepard give the intel to you when she gets back."
An hour later Liara watched the Normandy take off. She said a silent prayer to the Goddess for them to fine their friend unharmed.
Three weeks later Kelly watched Shepard, Ashley, and Garrus hop off the shuttle on Haestrom through Shepard's helmet camera. As they started to make their way to Tali's position Edi told them about how the sun could fry their shields.
She did this every time Shepard went out, and usually she focused on Shepard… till she found a log entry. And when Shepard played it, even through the microphone Kelly heard the most beautiful voice she'd ever heard. She could tell it was Tali by the way it spoke of Shepard.
"Specialist Chambers, are you feeling ok?" EDI asked over the terminals speakers.
"Yes, I'm fine."
"I was worried because your heartrate spiked."
"I'm fine, but thanks for keeping an eye on me."
Kelly continued to watch until Shepard finally made it inside the observatory and Kelly finally saw Tali. She had always thought that the Quarians suits were beautiful, but she thought Tali's was like a work of art. And even though she was wearing a mask Kelly could just make out her face through the tinted 'glass'.
"Specialist Chambers?"
"I'm fine EDI… Though I may have just fallen in love."
Tali was working on a terminal on engineering deck when Kelly entered the area. Even from behind Kelly thought that she looked amazing. She coughed lightly to get her attention, "Oh, hello… I don't think we've met," Tali nervously said while timidly extending her arm, "Tali'Zora Vas Neema."
"Kelly Chambers," She replied, shaking the offered hand.
"The same Kelly that Shepard said is her sister?"
"The very same," Kelly said, her voice cracking a little, "Uhm, can we go someplace more private to talk?"
Tali motioned for her to follow her into the engine room where she locked the door behind them, "So what's this about?"
"Well I wanted to ask you a few questions as well as give you a psyche evaluation."
"Ok, what would you like to know?"
'Are you single?' Kelly thought, knowing full well that a blush was forming across her cheeks.
"Uhm, Excuse me?" Tali asked.
"Oh shit… did I just say that out loud?"
Tali giggled, "Yeah, you did."
"I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me. It's just that I thought that you look beautiful and that made me nervous and I tend to say stupid thing when I'm nervous, and my mouth gets a mind of it's own-"
"You think I'm pretty?" Tali asked.
Kelly was a deer in headlights, "Uhm yes."
"You can't even see my face."
"I'm sorry if I've made you uncomfortable," Kelly said backing away, "I'll just go-"
"Wait," Tali said, Kelly stopping in her tracks, "I wasn't uncomfortable, I was just surprised that you thought I was pretty even though you can't see my face."
"Actually, I can slightly. I can't see much but," she touched Tali's mask, "what I can see, combined with your voice, is the most beautiful thing ever in my opinion."
There was a few moments of silence before Tali said, "EDI, could you sterilize the room please?"
The room lit up in a grid pattern before EDI said, "Room sterilized."
Tali pulled an injector out of a hidden pocket and slid it through an injection port on her arm.
"What's that for?" Kelly asked.
Tali reached up and removed her mask, "It's an imuno-booster," she said, her voice sounding even more breathtaking without the suit muffling it and the speakers giving it a metallic sound, "I wanted you to see the real me so you can have a real picture in your head."
She dropped her hand and Kelly had to admit, "You're just how I envisioned," Kelly said nervously, a blush forming on her cheeks.
"Thank you."
"Uhm Tali… would you mind if… I took a picture of you?"
Tali looked at her surprised but smiled while nodding her consent.
Later that night as Shepard and Ashley were getting ready for bed, Kelly having gone to bed an hour before, Shepard noticed the picture of Tali on the nightstand next to Kelly's side of the bed, "Hey Ash," she whisper shouted. Ashley looked at her and she pointed to the picture. They both silently giggled and slid into bed.
The next two months Shepard spent tracking down project Firewalker, which had been deemed a priority due to the prospect of finding evidence of the Reapers. During this time she noticed that Kelly and Tali seemed to have started developing a relationship.
One night she had gone down to the cargo hold to swap out some of the parts on her armor and had found them in a small room made of the supply containers. Tali had set up a sterilization field and was wearing an Asari sun dress while Kelly drew her.
Both had been shocked at her finding them during such an activity, but she had quickly told them that she was fine with them being together.
But once they started heading back to Illium Shepard pulled Kelly aside, "Kelly, since you have this thing with Tali going you don't have to join in the orgy if you think it'll make her sad."
"It's ok, I've already told her about it and she said that she'll be fine since I had promised to do this before we met and she knows how you make people keep their promises."
"Well that's good, she's great at understanding things like that."
Kelly smiled at her, "That she is."
I made this chapter up quick because I was planning on doing something with Tali after the orgy but then I realized… she wouldn't be there.