Please, if you can go back to chapter one. I edited the ending cus I thought it was a rather weak ending. So I added a whole new thing to it. It's quick, so you won't have to re read the whole thing. Just… like one paragraph…
Anyway enjoy.
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MassEffect
Garrus looked at himself in the windows reflection, he was in the armory with Jacob as the said man went on and on about Miranda. The poor man was like a lost puppy when it came to the woman.
"Yes… I agree." Garrus said atomatically, running soley on auto pilot, his mind actually on Shepard rather than if Miranda prefers red or white roses.
"That doesn't even make sense to the question…" Jacob crossed his arms and stared at Garrus.
"Hm? Oh sorry, I must have zoned out… I was just thinking about…" The door hissed open and Kelly walked in. "The girls are finally down, Miranda included." She announced to the nervous boys, Garrus for a different reason than because he wonders if Shepard will like him.
Garrus nodded, excusing Kelly from the room, the door hissing closed. "So… do you think I should go for the "quiet, listening kind" or the, "I'll talk as long as you don't tell me to shut up kind"? Jacob asked.
"Personally?"
Jacob looked at Garrus anxiously, nodding his head once.
"I don't think women find either one of those "kinds" attractive. I know it's… rather orginal or cliché… but, just 'be yourself'." Garrus advised.
"That's… stupid." Jacob shook his head stubbornly.
Garrus shrugged, not caring what the Ex-Cerberus Officer thought.
Jacob walked past Garrus through the door to CIC level to greet the girls.
Garrus rolled his shoulders and looked at his reflexion one more time, and sighed.
Shepard walked into the Armory just as he was about to turn and leave, following Jacob.
"Shepard, hey." He greeted, turning to face her.
"Hey Garrus. You look great." She smiled sincerely. Shepard looked him up and down, enjoying his civillian clothes instead of his bulky armor.
"Thanks Shepard." Garrus looked her up and down, enjoying the veiw. Her dress was a dark green, it complimented her dark long hair and her dark green eyes shone and stood out, looking so much more green than he'd ever seen before.
The dress had a slit, revealing her toned legs. She was wearing high black heels, different than his usual work heels. He slowly eyed her fromtop to bottom. He didn't have a "fetish" for humans but Shepard was different.
"Enjoying the view?" She smirked.
Garrus' gaze shot to her face. "Yes, definently." He smiled.
She walked up to him slowly and placed a gentle hand on his scarred side. "You okay?" Looking a little more sensitve and serious.
"Yeah, why?" He asked, not sure why she would be asking.
"It's… Earth…"
"Yeah." He said and looked down rather than at her. "But…" He looked back at her, "I'm fine. Unless… you'd rather I didn't come as your… date." Shepards eyes grew as wide as Mordin's, "I'd understand!" He said quickly. "You are a very important person on your planet, coming in with a turian as your date would have the paparazzi all over you. Not to mention that Al Juli whatsherface too…."
"Garrus stop." Shepard placed a single finger over his lips. "I WANT you to be my date. I think you've known me long enough to know that I don't give a varrens ass what people think about me." She lowered her finger away from his lips. "I love you. And if you think I would not be more than delighted to have you by my side… as my partner, my friend, my date, or ANYTHING… you are horribly mistaken."
Garrus sighed but not because he was upset.
"Garrus Vakarian, I will ask you this again. Will you be my date to this Movie Premiere of our crazy adventures, that will be horribly reenacted and incredibly inaccurate?"
Garrus laughed at her proposal, "I would be delighted." He smiled and offered his hand, she took it graciously, never breaking eye contact with him.
"Fantastic." She smiled at him.
"Shall we?" He asked, formally, offering her his arm. Thank god for the extranet. Garrus thought. Grateful for researching human traditions. He remembered finding that it was formal to go arm and arm, and that holding hands was always a plus. He got to kissing and had winced, knowing that couldn't work. He figured he would just have to make up for that with other human traditions.
Shepard rested her left hand in the crook of his right arm. "We shall."
The two exited the Armory arm in arm, immediately after exiting Miranda was yelling at them.
"I hope this little pep talk is over, we are behind schedule. I do not want our people, or humans, to be thought of as… incapable of being on time."
"Okay little miss punctual…" Shepard shot back. "We are all of three minutes behind schedule, get over it." Shepard shook her head. She looked at Jacob who was standing behind Miranda staring at her ass uncontrollably and without shame.
She pulled her arm away from Garrus' and stood up straight, holding her hands behind her back; classic military posture.
"Alright team. This mission will not be easy. But we survived Collectors… I KNOW we can beat these Paparazzi." She said in her Commander voice, saying the word 'Paparazzi' as if it was a threat. "Don't let them corner you, but do not lose patience. The best tactic for this enemy? Be patient, be polite, and don't be tricked into their traps. Don't show them anything that can be used against you! It won't be easy."
"But I know you are capable. I trust and believe in you. Oh and Zaeed." She zeroed him out. "Just don't speak… at all. Jack hold back your temper."
She eyed Hawthorne up and down when she noticed him checking Jack out, but moved on; if she says anything Jack would probably snap him in half biotically… though she could probably do it without biotics.
"Miranda no lectures. Grunt…." She trailed off, not sure what he should or should not do. "Just… behave."
"Are we clear?" She asked, just as Commander…ish as she could. When they nodded their understanding she nodded once. "Dismissed."
Everyone turned and started talking with one another, she watched as Jack turned around to see a staring Hawthorne, but instead of snapping him in half she laughed and pulled him away to the tech lab.
Shepard rose her eyebrows and turned to Garrus, she nodded her head to the cockpit and he followed behind her; both heading for cockpit.
"Joker…" She started but stopped when said man held up his hand to silence her. She snapped her mouth shut.
"This is SR-2 Normandy to Dock 4. Are we clear for landing?" He asked over the comm.
"This is Dock 4. You are clear for landing." A voice crackled over the comm.
"Roger that." Joker confirmed and then turned around to face his friend and his CO.
"Ready for some fun and excitement? Not only are we on Earth but we're in HOLLYWOOD! It's, like, a dream come true."
Shepard went to reply when Joker shooshed her, she sent him a warning look but complied.
"EDI? Why aren't you making a comment on my dream come true? Like how I'm only going to focus on the girls in short skirts… or want to do one thing or another… or SOMETHING. Or simply making fun of the fact I have a dream." Joker questioned the blue orb.
"Simply having a dream, Jeff, is not something that needs commenting on." EDI said simply.
"See there you have it, Joker. She's not out to get you." Garrus said from beside Shepard.
"She just WANTS you to think that…" Joker shot back.
"Uh huh." Garrus nodded his head.
"Anyway." Shepard interrupted, "You ready to go?"
"Yep." Joker answered and got out of his chair. "No stealing the ship EDI." Joker joked.
"I would have no use for stealing…"
"That was a joke." Shepard and Joker said at the same time, garrus not getting the joke.
"I see." EDI blinked but didn't say anything further.
Shepard chuckled. "Lets go boys."
Shepard got on the last remaining RT, they had rented out 5 of them, the others had already gone down to the hotel.
"C'mon." She said chipperly.
"Why are YOU so happy?" Joker asked, limping to the shuttle, Garrus following close behind.
"Cus I got my boys with me!" She said happily, disappearing into the shuttle.
"We aren't her 'boys'." Joker said stubbornly.
He stopped and looked behind him to the tall turian behind him. Garrus seemed to think for a moment., then nodded comically.
"Yah we are."
"Yeaaah." Joker agreed and finished his way to the shuttle.
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