Jemma Simmons knew that Grant Ward was a man that had a secret past, but that didn't stop her from falling in love of him; she knew that she shouldn't, but just being around him made her fall more and more in love. He was kind to her and protected her, he seemed like he liked her too; she could only hope that one day he'd let her know that he loved her too. So as they both sat in the lab due to an accident that happened on one of their missions; she felt nervous with him being alone in the lab with her. She was cleaning one of his wounds when Coulson's voice came through the com; he told them that they'd be at the hub as soon as possible and that they should stay in the lab till everything was handled.

Jemma continued to look over Ward's wounds as he tried to make small talk about anything, but the issue that was currently leaving them stuck in the lab; he wanted her to feel comfortable even though he and she both knew that this was awkward. They had been collecting evidence from a mysterious murder when Jemma had accidently touched a piece of something, that wasn't meant to be touched by a human, leading to her and Ward being attacked by four armed men who were trying to get to the 084. Ward had fought the men while Jemma tried to collect the 084; she had to grab it with bare hands after Ward had the men on the floor and they needed to make a quick exit.

When they returned to the bus Jemma was helping Ward along, he had been stabbed in the leg and chest; so once they were on the bus May got them in the air and out of the area. Jemma took care of Ward's injuries and since she had touched the 084 without gloves and then touched Ward they both were told to stay in the lab under quarantine until they knew if the 084 was dangerous. Which lead to his moment of Ward asking her questions about her family while she worked on stitching up some of the stab wounds.

"So do you have any siblings?" Ward asked.

"Yes I have an older brother and little sister. I used to have a younger brother too. James is in the royal navy and Anna is a doctor in training. Do you have any siblings?" Jemma said as she started to stitch up a wound on Wards chest.

"Yes I have an older brother and a younger brother. What happened to your little brother?"

"He committed suicide when he was thirteen. He was gay and in school he was made fun of and picked on. I found him in his room. He had shot himself while the rest of us were out. We still don't know where he got the gun."

"I'm sorry to hear that Jemma. What was his name?"

"Alex. It's alright. I've worked on getting through that. What about your brothers?"

"Matt was in prison last I heard and John was murdered when he was twelve."

"What happened? Sorry you don't have to answer if you don't want to."

"No it's all right I just haven't really talked about it in a while. When I was younger Matt my older brother was scary, he could change from a nice persona and then he'd turn into this insane person. He would torture John and I. He used to scare me so much that I pretty much did anything that he wanted; I didn't want to do anything that he told me to do, but he would threaten me and I was young so I thought I had to listen. My parents didn't believe me when I told them some of the things that he would do; I tried to protect John as much as I could."

"I'm sure John knew that. I tried to protect Alex too."

"I don't know if John knew that, but I hope that he did. I'm sure Alex knew too. So one day Matt threw John in to the well that he would throw him into when he was upset and wanted to teach him a lesson. John was struggling so much that I ran and got my parents, but by time I got there with them it was too late. My parents called the police and they came to arrest Matt and get John's body out of the well, but before they could get there I started to try and beat Matt up and my parent's had me arrested for assault. I was so angry at all of them; I ended up in juvie that's where I met Agent Bradley. He talked to the judge and got me released; after that I stayed with him and he taught me a lot of things and prepared me for the academy."

"I'm so sorry Grant. You've had a tough childhood. How old were you when John died?"

"Fifteen."

"How old were you when Alex committed suicide?"

"I had just turned sixteen."

Jemma had finished stitching up the wounds on Ward's body and they sat together on the lab table top; Ward put an arm around Jemma as I'm sorry and a thank you. Jemma leaned into Ward's embrace and they both sat there thinking for a few moments before the heard Coulson again, "Were about an hour from landing."

Jemma and Ward didn't reply, they knew that the rest of the team were probably watching them from the conference room; they both were surprised that Skye, Triplett, and Fitz weren't at the doors hanging out and talking with them while they waited to land at the hub.

In the conference room, Coulson and May were watching the video feed, but weren't listening to what was going on. Skye, Triplett, and Fitz had been in and out of the room to check on Ward and Jemma, but they were given orders so they only came when they needed a break. On the video feed Ward and Jemma were still talking, but Jemma had started to do research on the 084 they picked up; Coulson and May both noticed the look Ward would get when Jemma was working with something dangerous.

"Do you think he'd ever tell her that he loves her?" Coulson asked wanting everyone to be happy.

"I don't know. She loves him too, but feels she's not his type." May replied.

"He probably thinks that she and Fitz are an item and if he didn't think Fitz and she were together he'd probably think she likes Triplett."

"Everyone who doesn't live on this bus thinks that. It's because they finish each other's sentences and they basically are the same. Skye and Triplett know that they both are denying the feelings that they have."

"Triplett told me he knew something was going on between the two of them and that he thought I should know should anything happen to one of them."

May just nodded and agreed that it was a good idea to know just how much Ward and Jemma cared about each other. On the video feed Jemma was starting to check out the body of the victim and was beginning to do the autopsy, while she waited for the test results to come back about the 084.

Back in the lab Ward was starting to ask Jemma questions, while she did the autopsy on the man that Coulson and Fitz had brought back to the bus before Ward and Jemma left the scene; Jemma was starting to take out the man's organs to weight and dissect them to get information that could help them.

"So have you always wanted to do this?" Ward asked.

"When I was younger I wanted to be a veterinarian, but when there was an outbreak of herpangina that affected some of my cousins, it fascinated me. So I started looking into chemistry and biology; during psy-ops I started to go to classes to be a doctor and finished a little before we got on the team."

"Wow that's amazing."

"Thanks. Did you ever think that you'd want to do this before juvie?"

"No, not really I never thought that far ahead. When I was younger I was just trying to survive, my parents weren't the greatest plus Matt was crazy, but that wasn't till I was about eight and John was five. We moved around a lot, my dad had drug problems and my mom had a drinking problem, I'm surprised no one noticed a problem before. I was the one who took care of John when we were little; he was so good, it amazed me how good he could be compared to the rest of the family. I've never met anyone else in our family or even heard of any other relatives."

"That most have been hard. I know most of my family, my dad has two siblings and my mum has three. We have family reunions every year; if you want you can come with me to one it's actually coming up."

"Like a date?" Ward said with hope in his eyes.

"Well…that's if…you wanted it to be." Jemma said nervously.

"I'd love too."

"Really?!"

"Yes."

"All right then. It's on Tuesday July 8th and you might want to bring a swimsuit. My brother always throws me in, so you might want to have yours with you or on you." Jemma said with a smile. Ward didn't answer right away, but had a look of desire as he pictured Jemma wet in a pool. "Grant!" Jemma said embarrassed by the thought Ward it looked like Ward was having.

"Sorry, just picturing you…okay. I'll stop." Ward said slightly embarrassed too.

"We're arriving in five minutes." Coulson said over the coms.

"Are you almost done with the autopsy?" Ward asked changing the subject.

"Yes. He did of a heart attack. I don't know if it was due to the 084 or naturally. His arteries have a little bit of plaque a piece might have caused the heart attack, but I haven't had a chance to examine his heart closely." Jemma said as she started to stitch the man back up. "I left out his heart to be looked at. We can put it back later."

"Well I'm sure we'll do just that. After we give our data over to the hub would you like to go to lunch with me?"

"I'd love too."

"Okay."

"After we're cleared to exit the lab you might want to put a better shirt on."

"Yeah you too, you have a little bit of my blood on your shirt."

Jemma smiled and continued to stitch up the man, while they waited to land Jemma input her data into the computer which was automatically updated at the hub where the lab was going through the data. Ward sat at the lab table watching Jemma do her work; he would never admit it to the others, but he loved to watch her work.