"You are spying on her you Bosh'tet!" He had never heard Tali so angry.
"Not spying exactly …." Kaidan holds up his hands in self-defense. "Besides you two" He indicates the Quarian and her Turian partner in crime "are the ones who told me to help her!"
"Tasi! None said anything about breaking her trust! Keelah don't you think she's been through enough!" The voice projector in Tali's mask cracked out. He had never heard her so pissed. Garrus put a hand on her back to try to calm her down.
"I know I know, but you two where there for her…I need to make up for lost time ya'know? Everything is so different now. When I saw you guys on Horizon I was so sure it couldn't be her. With the scars and the Cerberus armor? I was sure it SHE" He corrected himself" had to be a clone or something. And then you were with her Garrus and I couldn't do it. Not like that with everyone stolen away by bug-men. I am looking for a way to make things right but sometimes…." He rubbed the back of his neck. He hated not knowing how to explain.
"Sometimes you feel like everything is moving too fast and you are just along for the ride." Garrus supplied .
"Don't you go sympathizing with him!" Tali interrupted but he could hear in her voice that the anger had mostly gone out of it.
Those two were good for each other he thought not without the twinge of jealously. He had no feelings of that kind for Tali. She was more like a little sister but they had been Shepard's ground team from the beginning. He and Tali had taken on Saren while Garrus lead Joker from the skies. But they had found each other in the days leading up to the Collector base and he and Shepard were still a mystery to Kaidan.
"He is right thought, Tali you gave me the vids from Mars and then I rejoined the Normandy and I guess I was just hoping things would come together like you two did. Sounds stupid I guess when I say it like that." Kaidan was aware of the look that passed between the two. He was pretty sure Garrus was onboard but Tali was the one he really needed.
"It's not perfect. It's not what you wanted. But it's the best she could do." Tali's said her voice oddly soft.
"Huh?" It was clear she was quoting something but what exactly Kaidan had no idea.
"That's what Shepard said to her when we first found. Well when we were on the Alarei." Garrus informed him.
"It's alright Garrus. Kaidan that was what she said to me when we found out my father was testing geth. When we found his…body. She swore to me she wouldn't tell my people so neither of us were exiled. She kept quiet because she knew how much he cared for me. She understood my father did stupid things for love."
With that admission he knew Tali was on board.
A/N Thank you for all the wonderful feedback and constructive criticisms. Please feel free to contact me if you notice mistakes that I missed. I would love to give you credit for catching my mistakes! I am also now caught up to the parts I have pre written so the time between my brain and actually getting them uploaded gives more chances for slip ups. Thanks in advance !-Raven