Skye was passing by the lab when she heard "GOAL!" She was surprise, she knew Simmons always worked with all the world cup games playing in the background, and that she watched them when she took a break, but she didn't know that she liked any other team that wasn't England. And Skye knew that England wasn't playing today, she learned everything that is to be learned about the team by now, so she decided to go and see what was happening.
"Hey Simmons, who's playing?" she asked trying to sound casual.
The moment Jemma heard the door opening she got back to work, or pretended at least. "Huh? Oh, Bosnia – Argentina" She replied as Skye approached the TV to see the score. The game has just started and Argentina was winning 1-0. "Hm.. I don't know much about soc- football, but... isn't Argentina like England's nemesis or something?"
Simmons giggled at the choice of words "Well, I suppose you could say that, yes."
Skye was confused but smirked anyway while saying "Then why did you just screamed their goal like you were happy about it? And why are you pretending you're not watching?"
Jemma's eyes went wide but soon gave up "Oh, bloody hell! I like the team, okay?" She was a little embarrassed and continued "I know I'm not supposed to like it but I do, they play good football too, they've got Messi and Di María, it's a different style that I enjoy and I believe they at least deserve to go to the next round."
Skye laughed, she loved it when Simmons talked fast. "Hey, it's fine by me" Jemma gave her a little apologetic smile and Skye realized that they were alone and they weren't working, this was perfect. "Do you want some company to watch it then?"
Simmons smile went from little to huge "That'd be great, Skye, thank you!"
These days the missions were different, they weren't on the bus and they were playing it low while they tried to rebuild SHIELD. So there were more free time, which meant more time to think about anything and everything. And the days that followed England's first match, Jemma thought a lot, always about Skye. From the moment she met her she felt something, at first she figured that it was just sexual attraction, the girl was undeniable hot after all. But soon she knew it was a crush. Fitz knew about it and teased her constantly, but when they both agreed that Skye seemed one hundred percent straight, they let the subject go and Simmons focused more on her work.
But now, after everything that happened, they grew a lot closer, Skye cried on her shoulder about Ward, and she cried in Skye's shoulder over Fitz. They both were there when he woke up, and when he left to recover completely Skye tried to help her in any way with her work. They watched Doctor Who to make Jemma feel better, and they watched Buffy to make Skye feel better (and they both were actually loving both shows).
But after the game, Jemma felt something new, her crush was getting stronger and there was a new voice in her head that was trying to convince her that maybe, just maybe, Skye wasn't completely straight.
Thirty minutes had passed of the first half when Skye suddenly said "Simmons, what the hell do you like about this team? This game is boring!"
Jemma laughed. "I know, right? But they are usually better than this, I promise. You don't have to stay if you don't want to." Skye could hear that she didn't actually mean it, she wanted her to stay and she didn't mind at all, if the game was boring at least she could stare at Jemma, right?
Skye was a jealous person and she was impulsive. She had fallen for Jemma and didn't know how to deal with it. In any normal setting she would just flirt with the girl, but she wasn't really sure about Jemma's sexuality and even if she was into girls, Skye didn't think she would have much of a chance. These past few weeks Simmons was all over Triplett and Skye didn't like that one bit so she had to approach the subject somehow, she had to know if she was interested in him. So, as she watched her frown at the screen, when there was 2 minutes left on the first half, Skye blurt out "Is there something going on with Trip?"
Jemma's head turned towards Skye fast. "What?"
Skye was feeling pretty stupid for having said that out loud, for asking that way. "I mean, you two seem pretty close lately and I was just wondering, because we're friends but you never mentioned him… or anyone for that matter" Skye was trying to sound like a friend, she was really trying.
Jemma found the question odd, but she could understand the reason behind it, Skye had open her heart to her about Miles, about Ward and she didn't give anything in return. She told her about why Fitz was the hero, and when Skye was surprised that Jemma didn't liked him back, she changed the subject. She didn't want Skye to find out about her in case her feelings became too obvious and ruined their friendship. But right in that moment, with that question hanging in there, Simmons stopped caring and laughed.
"Trip is a really good friend!" She kept laughing and Skye was partly amused and partly confused. "And what's so funny about that?"
This was it. She wasn't about to confess her feelings but at least she'd give her friend a big piece of information about her life. "I'm gay, Skye, as gay as they come." Skye was shocked, she wasn't so full of herself that she thought that this revelation couuld mean Simmons see her as anything but a friend, but at least, at least, she suddenly knew that she had a tiny better chance than two minutes ago.
"Did I just freak you out? I thought you were more open minded than that"
"What? No! Sorry, I was just… thinking. It's weird you didn't say anything before, we've talked a lot."
"Oh. I'm sorry, I didn't think it was relevant, I don't know" Simmons tried to explain but she didn't have a good excuse and she still was kind of terrible at lying. Skye decided to let it go because she was happy with that turn of events. She moved her chair closer to Simmons and held her hand. "Well, I'm glad you told me. Did you tell Trip though? Because I really think he's into you"
"Yes, he knows. He just knew actually, I didn't have to tell him anything." Simmons half smiled at the memory.
"Well, good, I also expect to hear about your past love life now that you seem willing to share. It's only fair." Skye didn't want to hear it, but that's what a friend should say, and although she was planning to give it a shot, she also wanted to still be her friend if Simmons never returned her feelings.
"Someday" Jemma smiled, gave a squeezed to her hand and went back to watching the second half of game that had already started.
Their hands were still linked when Messi scored the second goal. Jemma screamed, letting go of Skye's hand without noticing. Skye was hoping she got up and look for someone to hug again, but she just liked the team, it wasn't England, she wasn't THAT happy about it.
A few minutes later Simmons realized that she missed Skye's hand, but there was no excuse to reach out for it again.
The second half was better, but Skye still had spent more time staring at Jemma than at the screen. Lost in thought, she didn't even noticed the game ending. "Did you enjoy that a bit more?" Simmons asked.
"Huh? Oh yes, it was better." She had a smile on her face but it had nothing to do with the fact that Argentina just won 2-1.
Author's note: So, I'm from Argentina (but I love a lot of teams on the World Cup) so this happened. Couldn't upload it sooner because internet is not working like it should.
There will be a chapter after every England game. The rest are just bonuses that may or may not happen.
Thanks for the reviews! =)
