Chapter 1 - Chapter 1: Acting Strange

“Kelly, is there anything I should know?” asked Shepard as he entered the CIC room.

“You have some new messages in your private terminal and also Jack wanted to see you. She looked worried, which is pretty unusual for her.” answered Chambers while typing something on her computer.

“I’ll look into it” replied Shepard
 
 He was anxious to see her due to their previous “close” encounters in the engineering. The fact that Jack, as Kelly said, was worried made him even more troubled. After a shot chat with the Illusive Man as a “report” for the last mission Shepard decided to go visit Jack. While going down the engineering stairs to Jack’s “Hidey-hole” he could see her with her hands covering her face but he could clearly see the tear going down her chin.

“You had something on your mind, Jack?”

“Uh…no…I…” she was stumbling on her words which wasn’t a case found often in her. Shepard knew that whatever Jack had to say, it was hard for her and he didn’t want to push her to it.
He walked a few steps towards her and said:

“Jack, take your time.”

“Thank you Shepard… I’ll come talk to you when I can” she nodded as a sign for him to leave. So he did once he got in the elevator he signed.
In the next week each time they met in the Normandy halls was followed by awkwardness. Shepard was starting to wonder if she was ever going to come to talk to him or has this “miracle” passed.