A/N: I'm Tryin' guys! This time it's my bad, been working like a horse! Hope you enjoy!

Two hours seemed to fly by, and next thing Shepard knew, her room was filled with Joker's voice. "Commander, we've arrived at Grissom Academy, Alenko and Jack are currently awaiting you on board in the main quarters."

She sat up sleepily and sighed, rubbing the sleep from her eyes as she turned to Garrus, letting her fingers dance over his chest playfully. "Seems they're a little impatient on waiting for me to get to them." She chuckled sleepily. "We'll be down shortly. Garrus, love. Come on, time to get up."

The soft touch of her fingers woke him, rather then that of Joker's voice. It seemed he was becoming too comfortable nowadays, loosing his edge, and that was not allowed. He grumbled slightly, sitting up slightly, using his elbows to prop himself up, causing the sheets to slide down his chest. Apparently he'd discarded his shirt sometime during their nap, he simply shrugged it off as he let loose a large yawn. "Already? Just five more minutes..." He grumbled with a chuckle as he slowly clutched the blankets back up, trying to hide beneath them.

"Garrus..." She huffed, but couldn't help but giggle at his adorable yawn as she tugged at the blankets. "Don't make me get Jack up here to get you out of bed." She teased as she pried the blanket off him.

"Fine finnneee." He huffed, sitting up just enough to tug his shirt back on as he watched her. "We can make the bed later. Wouldn't want to keep them waiting for too much longer, last thing we need is for Jack to unleash a shockwave at Joker in the Command deck!."

She sat there, rubbing the sleep out of one of her arms that had somehow gotten its circulation cut off. Once she deemed it fine she stretched with a squeak, which prompted Garrus to poke at her arm with a laugh of his own at her strange noises. She gently batted at his hand with her own, nodding at his words with a small chuckle. "Uhm.. yeah that would be bad, for both Joker and the Normandy." She snickered as she ran her hands through her ruffled bed hair, attempting to make herself somewhat presentable. "Alright lets go scars."

Hand in hand they made their way to the elevator, waiting for the doors to close and for the slow descent to the Command deck. As they got closer, they could hear the echoing voices that flooded the hall just outside. As the elevator came to a stop, they could hear Jack and Joker arguing, Jack with her usual fiery attitude. "Oh boy.. here we go. I hope I don't get anymore scars after this." His grip tightened only slightly around her hand as the doors slid open.

Shepard chuckled softly, glancing up at him with a smirk. "Hey, didn't I already tell you? Scars are hella attractive." She snickered, her hand tracing along the scars that were left from the missile years ago. Her hand dropped back down the second the doors slid open, and Jack's usual cocky tone reached her.

"Shepard! God damn its good to see you still around! Kicking ass and taking names as always I assume." Her smirk was wide as she waltzed right over to inspect Shepard for herself. "Y'know when they told me you were still alive, I wanted to call some massive bullshit, but then I remembered you've died and come back before, so why the hell wouldn't you do it again!?" Her gaze then turned to Garrus, "And you!" She jabbed her finger at him, "Hell it's good to see you too, Garrus." She smirked, turning slightly to stare at Alenko. "Well don't be an asshole, get over here and say hello!"

Shepard could only laugh as Jack began rattling off, her temper just as always, and without her students around, her swear filter was probably tossed out the nearest airlock. "Nice to see you too, Jack." Her gaze moved to Alenko as she gave a curt nod. "Alenko."

Garrus chuckled at Jack's up front hellos. It was always nice to have her around, especially being the only one who could out drink both himself and James. "Right back at ya Jack, its great to see you!" He looked up to see Kaiden. He just stood there, arms crossed with a big smirk on his face.

"Huh, well what can I say, other than cheating death is becoming a habit for you Commander!" For a moment everyone enjoyed each others company. Bringing up good old times and filling in what has passed or changed. Afterwards Garrus explained the situation with Shepard, why they were needed and if it was possible for them to join back up with the Normandy. All except the pregnancy of course. That was still a secret!

"Well honestly, several of the kids have kinda taken to me as their mentor, or some shit, so I'm sure they can keep classes going while I get out and kick some ass." She grinned widely as she crossed her arms over her chest, and plopped herself down on the nearest chair in the small bar like room within the Normandy. "It'll be nice, just like the old days, just without the Cheerleader mucking things up." Her grin was smug.

Kaiden frowned momentarily as he watched Jack make herself at home. "Well I don't know Shepard.. this kinda came up quickly and was very unexpected. Eh what the hell, I guess I can stick around for a bit."

"Thanks, Jack, and you too Alenko. Its great to have you guys back. You can keep your old rooms, or take one of the new ones, whichever you prefer." There was a visible sag in Shepard's shoulders as she relaxed. Knowing that both of them would gladly join them once again was a huge relief.

Everything seemed to be going to plan. So far they had pure luck on their side in finding and recruiting everyone. Garrus looked over to Shepard, who was leaning against him lazily. "Two more down.. now all we have left are Wrex, Grunt, and Tali." He panned the room before glancing down to something that caught his eye. Mordin wasn't kidding in his video, Shepard's belly had gotten a bit more noticeable since they'd been reunited. Still not noticeable to those who had no idea, but to him, it stuck out like a sore thumb. They needed to gather the crew quickly, that or come up with a way to hide it. By the time he'd regained thought processes, he blinked to see Shepard staring intently at him, perhaps she had noticed him lost in thought, and the perk of her brow that signified she was confused, or curious. Quickly he looked down then back up, signaling her to look down and see what was on his mind.

Shepard hardly hesitated, only covering her sudden surprise by quickly adjusting her shirt, which had gotten a little crooked, luckily the other two didn't seem to notice, or care, but damn the baby was growing quickly. She shot Garrus a nervous look before linking into Joker's coms. "Joker, get us to Tuchanka immediately. We need to get things rolling and pick up the Krogans."