Author's Note: This is a sequel to another story of mine 'Until Tomorrow'. You can find that on my profile. Please read that first. Enjoy!

Catherine gazed up at the false sky of the Presidium, taking in a breath of the recycled air. Sometimes the Citadel could really look beautiful, even if it was mostly artificial. It almost reminded her of old home on Eden Prime with the scent of flowers and the chatter of people.

The café was just as busy as always, but lucky for her she had the day off. She intended on enjoying it even if some of that enjoyment was watching her cold-hearted employer struggle to serve the customers. She smiled returning her attention to the chortling Asari opposite her.

Hestia giggled, almost choking on her food. "So after all this time you finally got with this mystery man?" She shook her head, her beautiful blue eyes resting on her friend. "I was starting to wonder why you were suddenly so happy," She smiled, her shiny blue lips wide on her pale blue face. "I was starting to wonder if you been at the Red Sand." She quickly stabbed at her salad and greedily ate the green leaves before looking up at her human friend.

With a smile Catherine returned the Asari's gaze, "are you saying I'm not normally happy? And no I'm not a sand tripper."

"Oh you're plenty happy, but this last month you've been... well extra happy." Hestia grinned. "So are you going to let me in on who he is?"

Catherine reddened and quickly picked at her own salad. Hestia was her best friend and had been since she'd arrived on the Citadel almost ten years ago. At the time Catherine hadn't expected some kid to try and take her bag when she was walking through the wards. As no C-Sec officers had been around at the time Hestia tackled the kid to the ground to retrieve Catherine's bag. She remembered Hestia telling her that it was some reflex from her Father's side and that she normally wasn't so aggressive. Happily Catherine had befriended the Asari and since then they'd been best friends.

"He's a C-Sec officer, lives in my building. It's funny we saw each other almost every day, but never spoke until recently." Catherine spoke, meeting her friend's curious stare.

"What his name?" Hestia smiled.

She pulled her long brown hair behind her ear before returning to those deep blue eyes, "Xeylan Aurius."

The Asari frowned, her purple markings wrinkling somewhat on her forehead. " 'Xeylan Aurius.' "

"Ah huh." Innocently Catherine mused back at her.

"That's not a very human name."

"Well that's because he's not human."

Astounded Hestia sat back in her chair, the plate in-front of her now completely empty. "My dear little Catherine, I'd never imagine you for a cross-species romance." She rolled her eyes, "I mean except for your obsession with Fleet and Flotilla and Destiny's Ascension.'"

Catherine chuckled, "Funny."

Hestia grinned, "So with a name like that I'm guessing a Turian?" The human nodded back. "You do know that you're allergic to him."

With a frown Catherine leaned back in her seat, "Thank you Doctor Antha." She gave out a small sigh. "Well we've not... you know."

"Had sex?"

"Yeah." Catherine excepted uncomfortably, trying to keep her voice down. "I mean I want to..." Her mind started to drift, thinking of her Turian boyfriend. His beautiful white markings, rich reddish colouring and strong body. She warmed as she fell out her thoughts. "... I don't even know if Humans and Turians are... compatible." Catherine spoke, her eyes a little sunken thinking about what kind of future she could have with a Turian.

"Your species are plenty compatible." Hestia said with a wink and a chuckle as she saw a red blush appear across Catherine's cheeks. "You know except the anaphylactic shock." Her blue lips spread into a wide grin.

Catherine gave her friend a worried look, from under he eyelashes. Hestia never could resist her cute human glances.

"Okay, okay, I'll stop teasing." The Asari gave in, "Look I want you to be happy, but I want you safe as well. We've got these new pills come through the clinic, it's a type of amino booster. The Quarian's developed it to prevent problems while their kids were out on pilgrimages. Well we've reverse engineered it to work for Levo too."

Catherine cocked her head as she gave Hestia a confused look, "So... what does that mean?"

"...It means that you can bang your boyfriend without a trip to the hospital."