Authors note: Sooooo...while writting this chapter Miranda had been the last thing on my mind, as you can probably tell it'll be the last thing on shepard's mind also. I'm gonna say sorry ahead of time to the people on team Miranda- that is if there is any lol (you guys don't seem to fancy Miranda too much) I'm sorry because it would seem Shepard has moved on to liara. For now that is. But I'm not gonna spoil it so I'll stop talking and let you get to the story now. Btw Thanks for following and faving guys! Enjoy!

Two peas in a pod. Liara wasn't quite sure who or how someone came up with that, Shepard had never really explained the real meaning of the human expression, but because curiosity had always been one of liaras many traits she searched the saying on the extranet, she cursed herself when she felt a blush at the thought of Shepard laughing at her for looking such a silly thing up, but none the less she continued her online search for anything romantic that had to do with the phrase. She was desperate, really desperate. She was almost a little ashamed of her desperation when she typed in the search engine, "Can the phrase two peas in a pod be described as a romance expression used among different species, typically humans?" She figured even if it didn't mean more than friends in human culture maybe she would have a chance of thinking Shepard used it in a romantic way with an hanar culture or something. Does the hanar home world even grow peas? She knew what her next search would be, but that would have to wait until later.

Liara was still a bit...confused with her feelings. But that was nothing new, she just wished she had the courage to tell Shepard how she felt, and she wished Miranda had the courage to get hit by a bus. No, she would take that back, she didn't want Miranda to get hurt. Well not on any accounts of her wishing for it to happen.

Liara shook her head.

No, liara was a good person. She could never want to harm someone, but she did have to admit she was a little possessive and jealous. But Shepard wasn't hers, and probably would never would be. Shepard would never hug her like she did Miranda, Shepard would never love her like she did Miranda. The love of her life would never look at her the way she did when Shepard saw miranda. Shepard would never even kiss liara. Liara just wished the blonde loved her the way she loved Miranda, liara thought Shepard was perfect, with her looks and her talent but nothing was better than her smile when shepard teases her or when they're laughing at something that other people won't understand. They could never understand them and the bond they shared, it was way stronger than Shepard or liara led on, than Shepard even knew, liara was beginning to see the bigger picture. That when you meet the love of you life nothing is the same. She just wished Shepard saw that.

Liara did a lot of wishing these days, none of them came true though. When liara closed her eyes all she could think about was Shepard, it was a horrible feeling being in love with someone you had no chance with. Someone who couldn't even fathom how much you loved them. With someone who couldn't even imagine the thoughts and hopes you had for the both of them, together. As more than friends. When you love someone like liara loved Shepard-one sided love, you do anything to deny what you feel and always push it to the back of your head where all of your stupid feelings that you couldn't face lived, and act as if you don't love them, but you know you can't just stop loving someone you really care about, it's not just a little "crush". It was an unearthing, heart fluttering, nervous stuttering, gut wrenching love.

Liara wiped away a stream of tears for the fifth time since Shepard had left. No doubt it looked as if the white part of her eyes looked like they were replaced with blood.

Maybe she was obsessed?

Liara began wheezing, her ribs stretching her still sore body.

She didn't actually want to see Shepard. She didn't want Shepard to play the hero like she always did, because the damsel in distress always falls in love with the hero. And in liaras case, even deeper in love. She couldn't handle talking to Shepard because all she would do was get even more depressed. Was she just not good enough for Shepard? What was it? Liara had never felt as though she wasn't good enough, sure she wasn't picked first for sports, and she didn't have many friends or nobody other than her parents had every said "I love you" to her or "I care.", but that didn't matter to liara she always knew she was capable of anything. Shepard never said any of that now that she thought about it. But Shepard didn't have to then again, she always showed it. It would be nice to just hear it though. To for sure know, that she did,

When liara and Shepard had first started getting close, liara always reminded herself not intrude on shepard's privacy and to not ask questions or over step boundaries and most importantly, don't get attached. Liara figured since biotics 101 was just a semester class Shepard would just need help for the semester and then she would forget all about her. But the semester was almost over and she was still here. Liara didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing, but of course it felt like a good thing. The asari began to miss the days when she could just ogle at Shepard without the pain. Without Shepard really paying her attention and "caring". It was much easier on her heart.

Liara sat on her bed with her legs tucked to her chest. She had finally stopped crying even though, she felt it coming back. She would eventually have stop. It would be easier if she just walked away but she loved Shepard too much to leave her and even if she did, she'd come back, That's what love is.

"Liara? Are you alright, little one?" Benezia peek through the door.

The younger asari cleared her throat, "Yes mother, I'm alright."

Benezia, unconvinced, walked further into the room closing the door behind her. "I heard about what happened," she stepped closer and sat down on liaras bed close to her. "How are you feeling?"

Mentally or physically?

Liara put on her best smile, "I'm well mother, just a little tired really."

Benezia wrapped her arms around liara bringing her closer. "Oh little wing, you are a terrible lier. Just like your father."

Liara didn't laugh or even give a fake smile, which worried benezia more.

"What's on your mind? And please do not lie again." Benezia said.

"It's Shepard. I'm in love with her mother, and she does not feel the same." Liara admitted.

Benezia looked down at her daughter, "The blonde headed human from school? I thought she was interested you. How do you know she doesn't love you back? Did you ask?"

"Well, no. I didn't but-"

"Then why are you crying little wing?" Benezia said.

Liara took a moment before responding.

"It's complicated mother."

"How so?"

Liara fiddled with her hands. "She has not done any...romantic gestures for me."

"Oh and you have I suppose?" The older asari said sarcastically.

She was right. It was liaras fault too. "No." Liara said quietly.

"That girl has been taking care of you for the past weeks little wing. Bringing you strange human food and taking you everywhere she goes. I would say that SHES the one in love with you." Benezia smiled, "how could she not be? You are beautiful, smart and compassionate. You show great potential to be a bondmate."

"Thank you mother, I suppose you're right, but there's something else. She already has a... Lover."

Benezia smiled, "Your father did too when we first met." The asari laid a kiss on her daughters forehead before beginning to leave. "That changed very quickly once I got a hold of her."

Her hands were shaking and her palms began to sweat. It was one simple text, but who it was from changed everything. Liara could have just ignored the text like one part of herself told her too, but she couldn't resist, and plus she had already looked at it so Shepard could definitely see that she saw, the blonde was probably waiting for a response, waiting for the text bubble to pop up at the bottom of the screen.

Earlier, liara had told herself that she didn't want Shepard to be the hero but she was letting it happen again. By responding in the way she and Shepard wanted was letting Shepard save her and liara didn't want to be saved. Not by her anyways. Liara reread the text.

I'm coming over, K?

Liara heart stopped as she saw that her friend began to type. She laid her omni-tool on her bed, she could barely read the text because her obsessive shaking.

You there? Or..am I talking to myself? I'll double text liara. I'm desperate and lonely.

Liara could imagine Shepard having on a sarcastic smile as she texted this, little did she know liara wasn't smiling back or trying not to, The asari finally found the right words to say- or type, in this case.

I'm not feeling so well, I do not think right now's a good time.

Liara took a deep breath, baby steps. She would eventually get over Shepard by spending less time with her. The text back was instant.

Great. I'm omw, blasto. ;)

Liara panicked, scrambling her brain to find any excuse to tell Shepard to stop her from coming. But Shepard was determined, and once she had her mind set there was no changing it.

Omw? How far are you away? I don-

Liara eyes shot up towards her door when the it opened.

"Liara?" Shepard said squinting her eyes in the dark room.

Shepard spread her hands across the wall, she flipped on the light switched. Her eyes meeting liaras immediately. Shepard's smile faded slowly as more time passed as they stared at each other. She felt her knees buckle at the thought of liara being in enough pain for her to cry to the point of her eyes becoming bloodshot red. The blondes stomach flopped when the asari blush and cover her face with what looked like a mixture of shame and embarrassment, like Shepard had found out her most sacred secret.

"I..don't text and drive." Shepard mumbled as she shifted on her feet awkwardly.

Liara didn't say anything but Shepard took action none the less.

The blonde flipped off the lights. Liara still stayed in fetal position with her hands coving her face. Shepard didn't say anything, she simply kicked off her shoes and walked to the bed and wrapped her arms around liara.

"You said you were fine." Shepard whispered.

The she goes again. Being the hero as usual. And liara wasn't resisting either, it felt too good.

"Shepard th-there's something must tell you." Liara began.

"What is it? Is everything okay?" Shepard said, feeling liaras heart pump against her arm.

"Shepard." Liara took a deep breath to steady her shaky voice. Just like I practiced "Nothing is alright, I..I don't know how to say this."

Shepard heart lunged, she wanted liara to keep talking, but she was afraid of what she might say. Did liara want to stop being friends? Was she tired of Shepard and how she was always dragging her everywhere and always coming over? Did she think she was clingy?

Shepard let go of liara and scooted away. "Are you…do you…" talk damn it!

Liara had a horrified look on her face that Shepard couldn't see in the dark, did she know? Liara knew she shouldn't have listened to her mother, she knew that it would end badly if Shepard knew. She knew she shouldn't have let Shepard close enough to hurt her.

"I'm sorry, please do not hate me for this. It...the entire thing was just hurting me and I-I had to let you know." Liara said.

Shepard bit her lip, she was hurting her? The blonde felt a familiar sting in her eyes.

"B-but I love you liara." Shepard blurted.

Liara gasped dramatically, like one of those over exaggerated gasps you heard on tv when something drastic happened or they found out the killer had been the butler all along, she couldn't believed what she heard. Of course, this was a dream. I mean it had to be.

"Shepard..." Liara whispered her words quivering.

Shepard felt tears rolling down her cheeks, she couldn't remember the last she cried and it had hurt her so much, feeling like she was chocking on her own heart, as she was sure it was out of her chest by this time. She loved liara? She didn't even know she loved her. That's the first time she had said it out loud at least, she had thought about a million times.

"I-I should go.." Shepard hopped from the bed almost tripping over her shoes that was she definitely didn't have time to pick up.

Liara leaped at Shepard, "Addison!" Liara twirled Shepard around, which Shepard was more shocked about than her chasing after her.

Shepard stared down at liara, thanks to the little sliver of light peering from the blinds, the blonde was only able to see her, eyes, nose and lips. She was crying.

"You don't know how much I have been wanting to hear you say that." Liara said through her tears.

Shepard wiped away her tears like a little kid. "Really?"

The asari felt bold, her adrenalin was pumping and it was now or never.

"That was cute. You are cute." Liara grabbed shepard's face tenderly but possessively, she crushed her lips to shepard's, feeling a wave of ecstasy, passion and most of all relief fall over her. She could have sworn she was soaring through the clouds, or at least her heart was. Her knees, like jello, were about to give out when she opened her eyes and Shepard was staring directly at her with those big gray eyes, just as she could feel the strength draining from her body, the blonde swept liara off her feet, never breaking the kiss, They stumbled backwards, flying on to bed harshly, making both of them let out a groan.

Shepard broke the kiss to let liara breathe, her lips began running down liaras slender neck leaving what felt like trails of fire with every kiss.

"Shepard." Liara whimpered out of protest, but the human ignored her. Grinding her hips against liara, every stroke becoming harder. Liara wanted- well, she didn't want Shepard to stop but she needed her to. The young asari couldn't control her melds, so the chance of her getting pregnant were high and that was too high of a risk. Not just for liara but for the both of them.

But there she was biting her lip and moaning shepard's name shamelessly. Wanting and almost begging for more, resisting Shepard was proved to be futile and that was becoming quite clear to her.

But then, suddenly, Shepard stopped.

Shepard looked liara dead in her eyes. After at least, thirty seconds, liara said something.

"What?" She blushed.

Shepard blinked. "I want to make love to you. I want to make love to you until your eyes roll to the back of your head and you fall asleep screaming my name." Shepard ran her thumb over liaras plump lips. "I'm gonna make you cry with passion and moan with ecstasy. Until I make you orgasm, like you never have and never will again."

Liara felt winded, she could feel her azure pulsing with ever second that passed. "I-I think you might have already have." She blushed.

Shepard chuckled darkly, "Oh, you'll know when I have."

Liara never thought of Shepard like this, well she's thought ABOUT this a thousand times. But this is not how Shepard acted in her fantasies, liara would definitely have to tell tali how…sexual explicit she could be.

"Are you ready?" Shepard whispered.

Goddess yes. Liara bit her lip, "Shepard, I don't..I am not ready. What if I get pregnant?"

Shepard paused, she was obviously let down immensely. She tried not to show it ,she didn't want to make liara feel guilty.

"Well...can't you control that or something?" Shepard asked hopefully.

Liara shook her head, "No, I've never been sexually active. I've never tried to learn how to control it."

Shepard felt her heart skip, "That means I'm your first."

"Well..yes." Liara admitted, a little embarrassed. "You're the only one I want to uh..to make-make love with."

Shepard bit her lip, "Damn it liara. Stop being so damn sexy." Having life changing sex with liara would probably be one of shepard's biggest accomplishment to her, but being her first was life changing.