Skye had noticed that she enjoyed the games so much more when she wanted a team to win, so she decided that she was going to go for the small teams. She wanted Costa Rica to win the World Cup, she wanted Belgium to keep going. She wanted Colombia to win, but Brazil had took care of that soon enough.
It turned out to be a fun problem, because Jemma was still rooting for Argentina, and it was time for Argentina – Belgium.
They had some down time so everyone was watching again in their usual places. Argentina's goal came quickly and Simmons screamed, she gave Triplett a high five and Skye glared at them, Jemma found it hilarious.
The first half ended without anything truly exciting. It was pretty obvious what was going to happen in the half-time. Everybody but the younger girls left, they just made out until everyone was back and the second half began. Skye thought it was a good routine.
"Don't everyone get up at once, please." Fitz' small smile was greeting them from the door.
"Oh my God, Fitz!" Jemma attacked him with the strongest hug. She suddenly felt complete. Skye was waiting for her turn, with the biggest smile on her face. After everyone welcome him back him, they went back to the TV. Skye was about to sit down when Jemma stopped her, before Skye could even ask, Fitz was sitting right there between them. Simmons apologetic look was enough for Skye to understand.
None of them could pay attention to the game, they just wanted to talk to Fitz. He was doing great, and they were all happy, it was like nothing had happen.
Except that it did. And now that Jemma knew that he was fine, the only thing in her mind was the last conversation they had. He was her hero because he was in love with her. He knew she was gay, but she still didn't want to hurt him.
"Simmons?" He was clearly waiting for an answer but she hadn't heard a thing for the last ten minutes. "Jemma?"
"Sorry, what was that, Fitz?"
Skye looked at her, trying to ask with her eyes if something was wrong. Jemma wasn't looking at her. Skye was beginning to overthink and overanalyze everything.
"The teams, Simmons, who are you rooting for now?" He continued with "Argentina, Germany, and Costa Rica, right?"
She was answering at the same time "Argentina, Germany and Costa Rica." She smiled. "Yes, that's right, Fitz."
"Had anyone else missed the way they talk together?" Skye asked with a smile that didn't reach her eyes and a bit of a sarcastic tone that only Jemma and Trip noticed. She was happy because Fitz was back, and she was happy for Jemma. Still, it was perfectly fine to be a little jealous, wasn't it? FitzSimmons kept talking like they used to, and Skye felt that she was being ignored, so she decided to give her full attention to the game.
She really wanted for Belgium to score, mostly so she could scream and let some frustration (that had nothing to do with football) out. But they never did and the game ended with Argentina winning.
"Skye, could I talk to you for a minute?" Jemma sounded polite and distant, it scared Skye to death. Everyone else noticed the tension in the air, except Fitz. Trip just asked him something about a gadget so they could be busy for a while to let the girls talk.
"Do you want to take this somewhere else?" Skye asked worried.
"Fitz is not within earshot so I think we're okay."
"So this is about Fitz?" She was confused.
"I don't know how to tell him, Skye, I don't want to hurt him."
Skye let out a breath. "Jemma, you scared the shit out of me, I was thinking you were going to leave me or something."
It was Jemma's turned to look confused. "What?! Why would I do that?"
"Well… Fitz is back." The moment she heard herself saying it, she knew she was being ridiculous.
Jemma blinked, and blinked again. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"I… I don't know, I'm sorry. I guess I was just irrationally jealous."
Jemma smiled warmly at her. "Is there a way to be rationally jealous?" she joked, and it worked because Skye returned her smile. "Skye, I…"
"No, it's okay, I'm sorry. I get it, you don't have to explain. And he already knows you're gay, Jem, this won't hurt him more, he'll be happy for you."
Jemma wasn't going to explain anything, but she was glad Skye interrupted her. Maybe this wasn't the time or the place to say was she was about to. She also thought Skye was right and wanted to talk to Fitz before taking another step in this relationship. So she just leaned in and kiss her. Skye deepened the kiss, her hand running through Jemma's hair, she wanted more. Jemma suddenly stopped her.
"Not here, this is definitely not how I want Fitz to find out. Let's go."
They were on their way to Skye's room when they heard "Simmons, do you want to watch some Doctor Who before Costa Rica?"
They turned around to see a hopeful Fitz. Skye looked at Jemma, they both knew Fitz wanted and needed it, he just got back and could use something like that.
Jemma was about to make some excuse up because she didn't want to disappoint Skye, but she was surprised to hear "Only if I can join and we watch from the episode where I left off." Jemma grinned at her.
Fitz smiled brightly, surprised "You're watching the Doctor? I've obviously missed a lot"
"I've been watching the whole World Cup because you weren't here and you're surprised I'm watching a TV show?" They both laughed and went to set everything up. Jemma watched them go, feeling like the luckiest woman on Earth.
