A/N: *UPDATE* There won't be many changes in this chapter either, but it still needed some editing. Enjoy. M for language.
Garrus had honestly done his best to waste as much time as he could. He'd ridden up and down the elevator three times now. And that didn't include the initial trip to get bedding. He'd gone up to the bridge to talk to Joker and Kelly and even gone so far as to do some of his beloved calibrating. But he had too much on his mind.
What was going on with Shepard?
He had known that he should have tossed her over his shoulder and hauled her ass down to the med bay after the first week, but knowing how she felt about it, he really didn't want to make her uncomfortable. Dammit sometimes he was just too nice. Now he was standing in the mess hall, pillows and blankets piled on one of the tables, as he contemplated what was occurring behind the darkened windows not three feet from him. A sudden thought struck him.
"EDI." He called into the empty air.
"Yes, Officer Vakarian?" Her monotone voice echoed through the room.
"Have your video feeds and microphones been disabled in the medical bay?" He asked. He almost felt bad for disobeying an order. But Chakwas wasn't his commanding officer and he just had to know what was going on in that room.
"They have not, Officer Vakarian." She replied. "If you report to your terminal in the Main Battery I can patch you in." Garrus told her to do so and left the mess hall, and bedding, to do something that was more Kaumi's style.
"I'm ready EDI." He said after pulling up the console. The orange screen played static for a few seconds before the image of Shepard, Chakwas and Miranda, gaping at the monitor of some machine, appeared. He stared at it for a minute trying to decipher what they were so shocked about. He fiddled with the controls a bit before he could finally make out what they were seeing. The image made his heart stop in his chest.
He bolted from the Main Battery so fast that he nearly hit the door before it had a chance to open. He vaguely heard EDI say 'logging you out' before he was at the med bay door and nearly tearing it apart.
Why the fuck was everything so slow when you were in a rush?
When the doors finally did open (without Garrus having to destroy them) three shocked women stared at him. His eyes were glued to the screen. To him, everything was in slow motion. In his mind it had taken a week to reach the gurney his mate was laying on. He successfully burned the image of the Turian/Human fetus into his brain forever. When his gaze finally fell on Shepard he felt his stomach do back flips.
This isn't a dream.
He literally fell to his knees next to her. "Spirits…" He whispered to no one in particular and suddenly wished that he possessed the ability to cry. This was just too much.
What did this mean for Shepard? What did it mean for the baby?
"How?" He said finally raising his gaze to the two women who still hadn't managed to blink. They both shook their heads and did that annoying shrug thing. "Well find the fuck out." He ground between clenched teeth and tight mandibles.
"Garrus!" Shepard glared at him. "Is that how you ask for a goddamn favor?" He turned his glare on his mate and he couldn't find a reason to soften his gaze. This was going to end badly. He was going to lose someone. He could feel it in the pit of his stomach. She glared back with equal intensity and the air was so thick you could have cut it and spread it on a slice of toast.
"I…Spirits…fuck." Garrus babbled as he ran his hands angrily over his fringe and turned to stare at the dark windows.
How the FUCK did this happen?
"Gar…I thought you would be happy…" The obvious pain in his mate's voice made him want to stab himself in the eye with a scalpel. Instead he turned to stare at her.
"Ri…if the situation were different I would be…" He knew she would understand what he meant and he wasn't surprised when her stare turned hot and then cold.
"You mean if I were a Turian." She said in accusation. His only response was a curt nod. "Well gee, I'm fucking sorry that my parents turned out to be human. I'm sorry that they didn't adopt some adorable Turian baby and then dump her on the fucking street to fend for herself. Excuse the fuck me for falling the fuck in love with you." With that she swung her legs over the side of the gurney, closed her robe and stalked out of the med bay.
"Riley!" Garrus bellowed angrily following closely at her heels. She turned once she was in the elevator laying a hand over one of the doors to keep them open. He was about to say something, anything to make her understand why this was not good news.
"Garrus. You have hurt me more than anyone has ever hurt me in my entire life. You've insulted my race, you've insulted me personally and you've insulted my goddamn baby. If you come up to my cabin tonight I will shoot you in the face and leave your corpse to rot where it lands." With that she stepped back and the elevator doors closed in his face. For the second time that night he wanted to tear something apart. He spent the next few minutes growling, panting and flexing his talons. He wanted to make something bleed.
Spirits, why did humans not have sparring rings? WHY?
His gaze fell on the pillows and blankets laying on the table and Turian smirk plastered itself on his face. She might have the mattress, but he was going to be the comfy one. And he wasn't going to risk serious bodily injury to take the damn woman, who had basically just called him a dishonorable asshole, her blankets. She could be chilly for a night. Without further ado he gathered them in his arms and stalked, not unlike his mate had done earlier, to the Main Battery to sleep.
Dr. Chakwas and Miranda were still frozen in place at the revelation that Shepard was pregnant with a Turian. And now everyone seemed to be completely pissed off with each other.
"How did he find out?" Miranda inquired staring at the door to the Main Battery.
"I think I know." Dr. Chakwas said gesturing to the ceiling.
"EDI!" Miranda yelled at the ceiling tiles.
"Yes, Officer Lawson?"
"Why did you let Garrus know what was going on in here?" She said her hands landing on her hips.
"You did not specify whether or not what was occurring in the medical bay was confidential, Officer Lawson." EDI said. Arguing with a monotone AI really wasn't very satisfying.
"EDI from now on, if someone is asked to leave, do not let that person know what's going on." Miranda said rubbing her temples. She was going to need a strong drink after this.
"Logged, Officer Lawson." EDI said and went silent.
"What now?" Miranda said glancing at the doctor.
"We need find out how this happened. And what the dangers are. I believe we will need Dr. Solus' help as well." Miranda nodded in agreement.
"In the morning." She said. Dr. Chakwas agreed.
In the morning they would decide what to do. Tonight they needed to rest. These next few months were going to bring on a whole new kind of trouble.
A/N: Mostly grammatical changes, but still an improvement. Reviews are appreciated.