Happily Ever After And Then Some

New Beginnings

Garrus lifted Shelby's chin with a finger, guiding her eyes to look up at him. "I love you, Mrs. Vakarian." He smiled out.

Shelby smiled from ear to ear as she looked into Garrus' beautiful ice blue eyes. "I love you too, Garrus."

Garrus's mandibles twitched a bit in happiness and he kissed her forehead. "Where do you want to go for our honeymoon Shel?" Shelby's smile grew at that. She's married the one person she felt like she couldn't live without. It had only been a few weeks since the wedding, but Shelby was still as happy as the day Garrus had proposed to her. They had gone to Mindor so that Shelby could show him where she grew up, places she loved, things she did in her spare time. They stayed for a week with some old family friends that Shelby had known for years, going in with her boyfriend, but came out with her finance.

"So long as I'm with you, anywhere will be perfect."

Garrus pulled her close to him. "What about Scotland? You've always said you loved your trip when you were younger, and would love to go back sometime."

Shelby had mentioned her trip with her mom to Scotland all those years ago only a few times. She had loved that Garrus was always paying such close attention. "Scotland would be wonderful. So long as you don't mind all the downpours and consequential cold that this time of year would bring." She pointed out.

"Turians don't always like wet and cold, but you know I'll go anywhere with you."

"Garrus, you need to enjoy this too." She chastised him. "What about Costa Rica?"

Garrus' mandibles twitched a bit in a smile. "It doesn't matter to me. Wherever we go will be perfect."

"That's a yes." She said with a small chuckle. "Costa Rica it is then."

"I can book the flight for us to leave tomorrow, if that's alright with you, that is." He offered.

Shelby perked up to her tippy toes and gave him a quick kiss. "That sounds perfect."

"Alright. I'll be back." He said and left the room.

Shelby smiled and headed for her "artsy room" downstairs after Garrus was out of sight. Shelby walked through the door, leaving it open and walked over to the acoustic guitar that had a black base color with silver trim and a silver rearing horse outline decal on the front, With her bubbly, slightly messy signature on the other side, that sat in it's stand by her nightstand. Once the media had figured out she played guitar, seemingly every guitar company ever wanted to do a limited edition body with her signature. She chose to let Fender have the custom body since that was the brand of her first guitar and every guitar afterward. It was a long month-long process of doing almost nothing else but signing guitars, but seeing the looks on people's faces made it all worth it.

She took the guitar from its stand and went over to the futon couch and laid against the pillows as she started strumming "I Was Lost Without You." When Garrus came back out into the living room upstairs, he saw that Shelby was gone. "Shel?" He asked the air before he heard the music coming from downstairs, so he followed the sound. He got downstairs and rounded the corner, standing in the doorway of Shelby's artsy room and watched her play with a little smile.

Shelby was focused on her fingers pressing and strumming the right notes. She wasn't aware of Garrus in the doorway as he leaned against the door frame and listened to her play all the way through the song.

"That's beautiful Shel."

Shelby jumped a bit and looked over to Garrus. "Thanks. I'm self-taught." She said with a smile and started to set her guitar against the nightstand beside her.