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Sorry for the delay in this chapter, but my laptop's been messing up recently.
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
Skye
Grant and I room together, much to Toby's glee. He follows us upstairs.
"Oooohhh, have a nice night Grant, Skye!" Toby giggles. Grant glares at him, but I have to hide my smile. Toby spots my smile, and looks triumphant.
"See! Skye agrees with me! She knows you're going to have a great night, don't you, Skye?"
"Go away, Toby!" Grant growls. "Don't you have anything better to do than hound me and Skye?"
Toby pretends to think about it.
"Er...Nope!"
Grant shuts the door in Toby's face.
When I awake, it's to the sound of Grant's beating heart.
I blink open my eyes slowly: it's still dark, so I'm assuming it's still sleepy-time. I close my eyes again, settling back down. In his sleep, Grant's arms encircle me more tightly. Listening to the steady rhythmic beat of his heart, I start to feel even more sleepy.
Then a startling loud sound shrill ringing pierces the air. Grant groans, sitting up, dislodging me. He picks up the phone.
"Yeah, Ward speaking."
I lean closer to him, so I can hear the conversation.
"Simmons here. Just wanted to check how you were doing."
"Do you know what time it is, Simmons?" Grant growls.
"But I-" Simmons tries to protest.
"Call me in the morning. At a reasonable time, Simmons!" Grant half-yells down the phone before hanging up and settling himself back into bed with me.
Breakfast is nice, I suppose. I'm pretty tired, so I can't enjoy it a much. But Grant's family do offer me Cheerios, though.
I scoop a spoonful of Cheerios into my mouth, watching Grant, who's talking with Toby. Grant look so cute, I think to myself. Silently, I vow to make him visit his family more often.
Grant's phone goes off.
"Skye, would you get that?" He says as he and Toby start up an arm wresting match. I smile, picking up the phone.
"Hello?" I say, twirling a piece of my hair around my finger.
"Skye? I thought this was Ward's phone...?" Fitz trails off.
"It is! He's just..." I pause, thinking. Do I tell Fitz that he's having an arm wrestling match with his brother? I don't think so: Grant's meant to be tough, and I think arm wrestling with his brother makes him seem to nice. "Busy." I finish.
"Oh, okay." Fitz says. "Anyway, Lysakia and May reported in last night: they've checked in successfully, and are planning on scoping out the local area today. What about you and Ward?"
"We're fine, we're really settling in with his family!" I bubble happily. "It's going great!"
"Right..." Fitz says. "Well, Coulson wants you to remember to find out anything about Selikov, and not to get too caught up in the whole family thing."
"Right." I say, realising that I'd completely forgotten about the mission. "I totally will remember, Fitz."
I hang up, placing the phone down on a marble kitchen counter. Toby grins as Grant pushes his hand down onto the table.
"I win - again!" Grant crows. Toby laughs.
"I'll beat you some day, brother!"
"I bet even Skye would beat you!" Grant mocks. I laugh at their boyishness. I love this side of Grant: the carefree side, who likes to have fun.
Presently, the door knocks. Elisabeth gets up to answer it.
Suddenly, the kitchen door bangs open, and a tall guy who look exactly like Grant stands in the doorway, Elisabeth standing nervously behind him. Both Grant and Toby stiffen, the fun of a moment ago lost.
"Alec." Grant snarls.
"Grant. We have unfinished business." The guy smiles darkly.
So Grant's older brother who 'beat the shit out of him' has arrived! The next chapter will be interesting, I promise!
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