Today was a special day for Shepard and Tali. They were together for four months now. Both of them stayed in the Captain's cabin during the whole day. While Lia was working down at the AI Core with Legion.

She had started to like the Geth. He even offer to help her pilgrimage, but she rejected it.

"Thank you Legion, but this is up to me, if I ask for help that would mean that I can't success alone."

"We understand it Creator Vael, however if you need any assistant please contact it to this platform."

"Thanks I will inform you." Then she turned to EDI.

"EDI, I will reroute some of your power from nun critical areas to your mainframe, with that you will be able to increase your speed by 0,0057%, do you have anything against it?"

"No, and thank you Lia, I will inform you if anything strange will happen."

She tipped a few commands to the consol and completed the procedure.

At the mess hall Garrus was talking with Samara.

"Samara you lived when the Quarians lived without they suits am I right?" Garrus asked the justicar.

"Yes Garrus I've seen them, may I guess why you asking this? You are concern about the Commander let another Quarian aboard."

"Well yes, maybe... but I don't know how Tali will be with this situation... you know the last Quarian Shepard brought to the ship is the one now in his cabin."

"I see now what your point is Garrus. You think that Lia'Vael will try to take away Shepard from Tali. Do not fear my friend... Quarians highly respects each other's relationships."

"I don't fear about Lia, I fear about Shepard... You know itching under her helmet as well, but I hope I'm wrong."

"I will pray for you to be wrong."

After completing the upgrades on EDI Lia went to take a little break. She stepped to the mess and saw that Garrus and Samara were chatting on something. She grabbed a food tube and some dextro juice and sat next to them.

"How are you to holding up?" She asked them, even doe she was about just a week on the Normandy she had a good relationship with both of them.

"Aaagh we were just chatting and that's all. What have you been up to? Starting to be a friend with the Geth as I see?" Garrus smiled while drinking another glass of his wine.

"No, I was just calibrated EDIs energy fusions, so she will be faster now."

"Girl you are an angel and a fierce enemy to me now. In this ship only one does calibration, and that one is me. I am the master of it! Maybe I will show you some tricks...maybe..."

"You know Garrus; the student defeats its master." Lia responded with a smirk

"Anyway, don't you guys know where Tali is? I want to show her what I did with EDI."

"Well she is up with the Commander at their cabin." Samara response was in her usual tone.

"So...the rumours are true then? So Tali and the Commander are bond together. That is strange; I never thought that interspecies bonding is allowed in the fleet."

"Well I don't think the fleet knows this Lia, but I bet you they will find out about it sooner or later. And that'll be truly funny, I bet you."

Garrus emptied his bottle of wine, and headed back to the main battery.

"You have feelings for the commander do you?" Samara looked straight into her visor.

"No...No... Especially since he is Talis bond mate... of course not. Tali is way more better than I will be ever... and besides I never were a cross species type."

"I see, than I must ask you to tell me what you think about the commander."

The Asari carefully looked at Lias hands, as she was rubbing them to each other as she spooked about the Commander.

"I respect him. He helped me, when I was truly alone, even let me onto his ship and made me one of his crew. He even promised me to help on my pilgrimage. That means a lot for me."

Samara had noticed that the girls' gesture started to become sad.

"I will never be able to repay him as much as he did to me... and that makes me feel sad... All I can take is help with the ship, and if the time comes I will be by their side in the flotilla, so their bond will be official." Her voice was sad, but proud to.

"I may think you won't have to do that, but Shepard would appreciate it very well. And don't be sad, you are one of us now."

After that Samara stepped away back to her room. Lia was there alone, drinking her juice with a straw. When she noticed EDIs blue bubble form near her.

"Lia, your upgrades were much more better than you calculated, my speed has increased with 0,0077%. You are a real talent, thank you again."

"Anytime EDI. Hmm... EDI can you tell the Commander and Tali that I'd like to speak with them? Thanks."

She finished her juice and was thinking of the past events around her.

I will repay this to them, they could count on me when time comes... Tali is so lucky I wish one day there will be someone who could see throw this mask...Someday...