All of Me - Agent's of S.H.I.E.L.D

Chapter Thirty Four

2nd Floor - 17:18 p.m - Wraparound Verandah

Jemma and Skye were seated at the glass two seated table on the wraparound verandah outside of Skye’s room, a glass of rosa moscato in hand as they enjoyed the sunset and chatted. Skye was filling Jemma in about her and Grant since the biochemist was eager for details about their relationship. It felt nice having a sister of sorts to share this with. The two had been out here for almost twenty minutes now. The weather was lovely and the sky was filled with bright oranges, pinks and reds.

“ … I know Ward can seem distant and cold most of the time,” she supplied. “But when it’s just the two of us … he’s different. He’s warm and gentle. He makes me feel safe and loved. Something that I missed out on growing up,” she admitted, looking out towards the amazing view as she cradled her wine glass in her hand.

Jemma felt her heart sink at hearing the younger woman’s words. She didn’t know a lot about Skye’s past since the younger woman was so tight lipped about it, but she knew it wasn’t a happy one. That much was evident.

Skye ignored the sympathy that was pouring from her friend and kept her focus looking out into the beautiful view of the outback country as she sipped her wine.

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Several minutes passed and the two young women just enjoyed the serenity of the atmosphere.

“So … when did you suspect something?” Skye asked out of curiosity, breaking the silence.

Jemma placed her glass back on the small round glass patio table as she looked at her friend with a smile. “The night the four of us went to that pub in Arizona ... Puzzles,” she revealed. “You both just seemed real comfortable around one another, plus you made ‘serious Agent Grant Ward’ make a fool of himself in front of room of strangers … I knew that you were both attracted to one another and constantly flirted, but I wasn’t sure if it had gone past that point.”

Skye was impressed with Jemma’s investigative skills and was surprised that she hadn’t said something sooner. “It had definitely gone past that point,” she admitted with a coy smile. “A good way to get a guy to do something he doesn’t want to - whisper something you promise to do to him later in his ear,” she smirked.

Jemma felt the heat rise to her face. “I’ll keep that in mind,” she commented, clearing her throat.  

Skye grinned. Speaking of which … “So, what’s going on with you and Fitz?” she asked before taking a sip from her glass, her eyes watched the biochemist carefully.

Jemma had been drinking at the moment her surrogate little sister had asked the question. She swallowed the cool liquid down the wrong pipe and started coughing.

Skye quickly placed her glass on the table. “Are you okay?” she asked, panicked. “I didn’t mean to make choke,” she supplied.

Jemma nodded her head and took another sip of the drink before clearing her throat. “I’m okay,” she managed. “Just went down the wrong pipe,” she expressed as she took another sip.

Skye waited a moment before she approached the question once again. “So you Fitz?”

Jemma felt the heat rise to her face, feeling flustered. “Nothing,” she answered a little too quickly.

Skye felt a smile tug at her lips as she rolled her eyes. “Jemma,” she voiced, feeling the warm sensation that was coming from the older woman since mentioning the engineer's name. “This is me that you're talking to … last night I know that Maggie and I interrupted something between you two. I could feel it and you two have been starting at one another all day. You both look away when the other one catches you.”