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As the elevator neared deck one Shepard stated to become increasingly ambivalent, yes he was happy that Tali was gaining confidence and starting to come out of her suit a bit more 'both mentally and physically! Oh god if I ever get bored of being the Galaxy's Hero then I'm going to become a comedian!' Shepard laughed to himself then felt kind of stupid for laughing at his own joke, 'anyway' he returned to original thought ' I'm more scared now than when I walked in on Joker watching that really dodgy Hanar porn' Shepard shuddered at the very thought of it.
Shepard walked into the cockpit.
"Hey Joker how far are we away fr…"
"This one prophesises that one is going to pound you like yesterday's beef"
"Woops, should have put that one through the speaker; good thing no one…."
Joker swivelled quickly in his chair to check that no one was within ear shot, sadly however instead of an empty room he found he was face to face with the Commander.
"Oh crap, hey Commander; you just come in here?" He hoped that the Commander had.
"Nope sadly not Joker, I don't know who is more embarrassed at the moment, me or you"
"Oh come on Commander it was totally accidental!"
"You putting it through the speakers that was probably an accident, not the wanting to watch it part"
"Please don't tell everyone ok?"
This time it was EDI's voice that chimed in.
"Have now notified everyone aboard the Normandy at this current time, would you like me to send a message to everyone who is not aboard?"
"WHAT!" Joker almost had a seizure and a harsh vein started to pulsate on his forehead.
"That was a joke Jeff; I would never do such a thing regardless of how much sick and perverted the fantasies are"
"I hate you sometimes EDI"
"Likewise Jeff"
Shepard now back in real time had found that he was standing in the elevator with the doors open and had been for some time; expecting to see Tali there he was greeted instead by Kasumi.
"Hey Shep; are you sure you ok?"
"Hey Kasumi, yeah I'm fine just need some rest I think"
Kasumi just stood there rigid for a few seconds before bursting into laughter.
"What's so funny now then?"
Kasumi managed to calm herself down enough to splutter
"Well I don't really think Tali had much plan on that tonight Shep" She paused again falling back into her fit of laughter.
"Can you please just get to the point please Kasumi?"
Regaining composure now Kasumi continued "Well judging by the fact that she just told me she was going down to see Mordin and then talk to Kelly I wouldn't be surprised if you had your hands full tonight"
With that Kasumi walked past Shepard and into the elevator, she tried to hold herself from laughing at least until the door closed but it didn't work; just a fraction before the door closed all Shepard could hear was Kasumi roar with laughter.
'One minute she goes from being all quiet and mysterious to then something like that, well I guess you can't educate pork Shepard' He face palmed attempting to come up with a valid reason of why he still let her cloak on the ship.
An idea suddenly popped into Shepard's head 'If Tali is going to attempt to seduce me then I better have a shower first; I stink like Grunt's breath after he's eaten an entire live varren.'
With that Shepard stripped off, hid any evidence that he was here and jumped into the shower.
Out of the corner of her mask Tali recognised that Shepard was coming out of Mordin's lab, she leaped over the railing straight through the Galaxy Map and pushed herself as close as she could underneath the ramp, she wanted it to be a surprise for Shepard and to prove her love for him, instinctively her hand shot up to her pouch containing the anti-biotic injections and herbal contraptions that Mordin had just provided her with; Kelly's head then appeared from above.
"Shepard's gone Tali, its ok to come out now"
Tali crawled out of her hiding space to see the elevator in motion.
"I think that's exhausted all my knowledge on a subject such as inter-species relationships but here take this" She holds up Tali's Omni-tool to hers and scans "This might help"
Tali was starting to burn up furiously now "Thanks Kelly, you've been a great help"
"Oh and don't forget Tali, if you forget any of this just improvise! That little trick has helped me lots of times"
A small smile starts to appear across Kelly's face; seeing this as a good moment to escape Tali makes for the elevator.
"Thanks for your help Kelly"
Tali presses for deck 1, 'Keelah! Now comes the hard part'.
Shepard couldn't hear the elevator moving what with the shower being on and him being lost in his own thoughts.
'Why couldn't Cerberus have provided me with a bath? What with all the cash that they had plugged into this ship and me you think they could have put in a bath for me and my'
As Shepard finished that thought he brought into his view a yellow coloured piece of plastic, commonly known back on Earth as a Rubber Duck, Shepard loved his duck, it was the only memento to remind him of his past; Shepard didn't particularly like his past but he understood that it should never be forgotten and so that duck was his lifeline.
He was too busy examining TIM (the Duck) that he didn't hear the elevator stop on deck one, the doors open and someone enter, he didn't even acknowledge when the door to the bathroom opened but was awoken from his thoughts when Tali screamed.
"KEELAH! Oh Shepard I'm sorry!" Tali immediately sheltered her gaze from what she had seen, a deeply chiselled chest and stomach dripping wet; she only got a glimpse of what was normally hidden away from her and immediately her face began to heat up and a familiar arousal of her lower area occurred.
She retreated back into the cabin and found herself stopped when she backed all the way into Shepard's private terminal and models almost knocking the Shadow Broker's ship off.
'Oh Keelah, not a good way to start things off'
Shepard now entered back into the cabin wrapped only in a towel around his lower waist, Tali had a sudden urge to rip the towel away and pounce on him, it only happened for a split second though and was replaced by her old self not knowing what to say and stuttering through everything.
"Kee….keelah Shepard, I'm so sorr… sorry, I" her old defence mechanism started to kick in "…. I didn't realise that you were up here and I really shouldn't have come into there, it's just I didn't realise you were in the bathroom and I heard the shower running and I went to check it out and…"
She was cut off by Shepard placing a finger on her mouthpiece.
"Tali it's ok, I have no bother with you going anywhere you want on this deck, this is now your home as much as it is mine"
This made a huge smile shoot across Tali's face; she wrapped her arms around him and squeezed tightly.
"Keelah Shepard; you have no idea just how much that means to me"
"Well now that that's sorted out" Tali watched as a cheeky smile appeared across the Commander's face.
"What's this I hear about you sneaking off to see Mordin and Kelly when I'm not looking? I thought I told you to stay here and wait for when I got back; I hope this isn't going to become and problem is it Miss Vas Normandy?"
Hearing Shepard start teasing her like this just made Tali feel more aroused; adding to the fact that she could see Shepard's towel start to unknot itself.
'Oh Keelah, get a hold of yourself Tali; one "problem" at a time'
But no matter how hard Tali thought she couldn't formulate a decent excuse to try and make Shepard feel the same way as she did now, her eyes just flitted around their cabin, from the iodine blue radiating from the fish-tank to the door leading back out into the elevator but her eyes eventually graced back upon Shepard's bare skin.
'Keelah, I still don't understand why he chose me, he could have chosen anyone of the crew, kissed them whenever he pleased and fooled around with them at his given romantic opportunity; but he chose me which I have no clue still as to why…'
Shepard somehow sensed that Tali was still grappling over why he chose her over everyone else and sought to calm her fears.
"Tali I know what you're thinking" Shepard moved in closer and held Tali in his arms and continued "I chose you because you're the only person I care about in this way, ever since you and I have got closer I have felt so much better" He leaned in close and whispered next to her mouthpiece "You complete me".
That last comment sent Tali reeling 'She completed Shepard? Oh Keelah that's not possible!' Tali's legs instantly turned to jelly and so she leant against the desk attempting to keep her shock from Shepard. She felt like she was going to faint, she had no idea that Shepard was that into her; sure she knew that he had feelings for her but nothing of that sort.
"And also you have one killer body" Shepard added with a big Cheshire Cat smirk.
'Brilliant John; what a way to kill the mood'
Tali finally found her feet again and decided it was now John's turn to be embarrassed.
"Well if you're lucky you might get a surprise tonight" She said in her sultry tone.
Tali hadn't been expecting a counter from her Commander though.
"Oh no Miss Vas Normandy; I think if they'll be any surprises then I'll be the one doing them."
This pushed Tali completely over the edge again, now fully aroused and without thinking her hands shot up to her mask and clicked the release catches, she laid the mask on the desk and pounced on Shepard, not having enough time to prepare himself for an aroused Quarian pouncing on him Shepard was pushed to the floor all the time never letting their lips part letting their tongues explore each other's mouths.
As they lay on the floor wrapped in each other's arms Tali's hands started to explore more of Shepard's body eventually being contented with one stroking his hip and the other with just her index finger moving in vertical motions up and down his chest. Shepard's followed suit with his hands brushing her arms and then slowly one of his hands moved down her toned stomach and in between her legs in which Tali's response was an uncontrollable moan of pleasure; she started to grind slowly against Shepard's hand.
"Shepard?"
Shepard's hand instantly stopped and he pulled away.
"What is it Tali? Am I doing something wrong? I'm sorry if I am"
"No John you're doing nothing wrong at all; I was just wondering if you'd give me time to get out of my suit and let me feel your skin against mine" Tali shivered at the thought, the thought of the night before the relay appeared in her mind again fuelling her pleasure further.
"Oh right ok, sure thing beautiful" Shepard smiled at her pleasantly
"To tell you the truth John I would like you to help me, but it'd take far too long for my liking"
Now she finally got what she wanted before, John was genuinely surprised at that comment.
"Well then don't take too long Miss Vas Normandy; Captain's orders"
Shepard picked himself up off the floor and offered a hand to Tali, she took it and was heaved up into a quick hug before being let go; Shepard started to walk away but Tali grabbed his hand from behind.
"And just where do you think you're going Commander?"
"Well I figured that you wanted.."
"Well you thought wrong John I said I didn't want any help but that doesn't mean you can't give me a hand some of the time; my suit catches might get stuck round my back" She turned around and exposed her rear towards Shepard "And I might need your assistance"
"Well it'd be my pleasure Miss Vas Normandy"
Tali started to unclip the various catches around her suit for it to come off, the suit wasn't really practical in that sense, it took ages for it to fully come off but then it wasn't supposed to be as flexible as normal clothing, it was a Quarians home for the vast majority of their life and rarely did they come out of it; even for bonding.
Tali managed to get the hood, her helmet and the top half of her suit off without much trouble, however she got stuck when trying to get the lower half off, one of the clasps was a little stiff.
"John? I could require your assistance right about now"
Shepard could see that she was genuinely in distress and so moved forward to help her, he decided against helping her right away though and moved his arms around her now bare stomach from behind much to Tali's pleasure and began to slowly caress her body, Tali now turned so she was facing Shepard and for the second time in as many days placed her gloveless three digit hand on his chest.
It was instantly electrifying and both let their hands again explore each other's bodies, Tali let out a moan again as Shepard moved one of his hands onto her now bare chest and started to run his finger around Tali's nipples, they instantly hardened and Tali's breathing started to become more ragged, leaving Shepard's skin Tali again attempted to free the stubborn clasp but to no avail.
Shepard sensing that Tali was becoming impatient planted kisses from her jawline all the way down her body until he reached the clasp by her waist, with a bit of strength the clasp finally came undone and Tali was now fully exposed to the air around her; it felt good.
Planting kisses back up towards Tali's face he finally comes face to face with the Quarian again, Shepard took a step back to admire just how beautiful his Quarian girlfriend was gazing at her body until Tali surprised him.
"It's not fair John" that voice just cut through his defences every time.
"What's not fair Tali?"
"The fact that you still have your towel around your waist" without even getting permission from Shepard Tali stepped forward and ripped the towel away from his waist now exposing Shepard to her; he was every bit as beautiful as she thought he was going to be.
Pure instinct took over Tali now and she pushed Shepard with surprising force until his legs hit the bed and he was forced to fall back onto the bed; he wasn't unaccompanied for long though as Tali climbed on top of him straddling him and kissing him furiously. Shepard's hands resumed their task of pleasuring Tali one on her breast gently caressing it and the other made its way back down to her legs to which more moaning from her occurred.
Tali now moved her hands down towards Shepard's waist but he stopped what he was doing a moved her hands back up to his chest.
"Don't worry about me Tali; tonight is going to be all about you"
Tali felt another pang of pleasure shoot around her body as Shepard's hands continued back to what they were originally doing.
"I.." Her breathing now become erratic and deep "I love you John"
"I love you too Tali"