Once Upon a Dream

Happiness and Dreams

A/N: I really hope you like this so far! Anyways, onward to the story!

Skye was getting really excited. She and Simmons have already gotten their dresses and masks for the party. She screamed as she was texting her other friends. Simmons was startled out of her biology project, almost dropping her Petri dish. She rolled her eyes and yelled, "SKYE! You almost made drop my Petri dish filled with E.Coli bacteria. It could've infected our whole room!"

"Not now, Simmons!" She furiously typed on her phone and squealed as soon as it vibrated. Jemma carefully set down her petri dish, took off her equipment, and stormed over to her.

"Listen to me. I am trying to do a project for my class and I cannot work with you constantly screaming every 2 minutes! Now please, Ms. Daisy Johnson!" Skye flinched after she heard her real name. Jemma only called Skye her real name whenever she was really pissed off. She muttered, "Sorry. I'll just go."

She grabbed her sweater and stepped out the door. Jemma slumped down onto her chair and rubbed her forehead. She couldn't wait for tomorrow. A stress-free, relaxing masquerade.

*A few hours later*

Jemma texted Skye to come back after she was done cleaning up her project. Since she knew it would be at least 30 minutes until she came back from where ever she went, she decided to pull out her dress for the ball. She went to the mirror and held it up to herself. She giggled as she remembered playing dress up when she was a little girl. She would always wear her pink Aurora dress around the house and her mother kept scolding her whenever she got it dirty. She dreamed of meeting her own prince who would wake her up and take her away to his majestic castle. But that dream died a few years ago after experiencing her worst break up. She easily connected with him, and they finished each other's sentences a lot. They both shared their love for science and loved Doctor Who. Then, the incident came when she found out that it was a dare to ask her out and that he was seeing another girl, who strangely shared the same similarities as her. The only difference was that she was far more prettier and smarter than Jemma and they've known each other for a very long time. It was aggravating seeing them together every day since they took the same classes, so she moved to another college where she met Bobbi and Grant, and got back together with Skye and Hunter.

Simmons heard the key being inserted into the lock and she ran to her closet to put her dress away. "Simmons? What are you doing?" Skye closed the door behind her.

"Oh... I was just about to change into my pajamas." She lied.

"You're already in your pjs." She looked down at herself.

"Oh." She chuckled nervously.

"Were you trying on your dress?"

"No! I was just observing it, seeing how it would look on me." She sat on her bed.

"Yeah. Sure...Anyways. Guess who asked me to the ball?"

"Who?"

"Grant!" Skye had a big grin on her face.

"I thought Lincoln asked you already."

"He did, but I would rather go with Grant. The night wouldn't be as electrifying with Lincoln." Jemma snorted.

"It's a ball, not a club."

"Still, you may never know." She wiggled her eyebrows.

"Ew!" Jemma threw a pillow at her face. (Man, Jemma keeps throwing pillows. Poor pillows.)

"So obviously Bobbi's going with Hunter. What about you?"

"Oh...I don't know. I'd rather go alone."

"Jemma!"

"No. You are not making me go with someone." She crossed her arms and huffed. "I want to go alone! I'll just meet someone there!"

"And if you don't?"

"...does it matter if we have to bring someone?"

"To me, yes! How long has it been since you've been with someone?"

"A few years...but I don't like anyone here."

"You need to get out there and be happy!"

"I was and still am happy! He made my whole world a happy place. Then, he destroyed it and ruined my perspective I had in life. Then, I came here, saw you and Hunter again, and met Bobbi and Grant. So you four made me whole again, but there's still a part of me missing. He took it and never put it back." She looked at Skye with glassy eyes. "Skye. I don't think I'm ready to get together with someone. I'm scared that they'll do the same thing he did to me." She rubbed her arms as tears streamed down her face.

Skye hugged her and said, "It's okay, Jemma. I understand that you're not ready.  I'm so sorry for pressuring you to try to get a date for the ball. Now. Why don't we watch an episode of Supernatural? I'm sure that'll cheer you up!"

A/N: Yes Skye and Jemma love watching Supernatural. I do too. Haha. Anyways. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Who knew Jemma's heart would be broken like that? Skye is such a good friend and roommate! Woo! Onwards! To the next chapter!