"AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" Skye screamed as the ride she had dragged Ward onto shot them straight up into the air.
Click
"I am so getting a copy of that when we get off here." She shouted as the ride paused at its pinnacle.
"I swear you've got me into more photos this last couple of weeks than I have ever been in my life!" Ward exclaimed as the ride plummeted, making Skye scream again.
It stopped halfway down and climbed back to the top. It continued in this fashion, increasing the drop size, until it dropped all the way to the ground. Ward could hear people being ill on one of the other sides.
"That was fun. What do you want to do next?" Skye beamed at him.
"I do not care. This was your idea."
"You are such a grumpy assed spoil sport."
"I am a tactician and this is not a good place to hang out when you have people trying to kill you."
"They aren't going to find us here, so just chillax. Ooh! Roller coaster!" Skye told him, gripping his hand and dragging him over to the line.
"Skye, you do realise we are going to have to get more than close for this ride?" Ward asked her, looking at how people were seated.
"We're both grown up. I'm sure we can manage." She told him with an evil grin, seeing that when pairs were sat in the cars, the girls were sat almost on top of the boys.
Ward rolled his eyes and stepped forward in the queue.
When it was their turn Ward stepped forwards and hesitantly got into the car, before Skye climbed in on top of him. The attendant snapped the secure bar into position and they were off.
Skye giggled and laughed as they flew around the ride, while Ward stayed quiet and was trying to divert his attentions away from the woman in his lap.
Suddenly, Skye started coughing.
"You ok?" he asked her, concerned, as they were halfway round the ride with no way of stopping.
"Yeah!" Skye croaked. "I think I swallowed a bug."
That was enough to make Ward laugh, just in time for another camera to go:
Click.
Ward groaned into Skye's hair. He hoped that no one would ever see these pictures, but he had a feeling that they would.
The ride pulled into the exit station and Skye was helped out of the car.
Ward stumbled out and shook his legs, trying to get the feeling back into them. A combination of Skye sitting on him and being stuck in a small cart had made them quite numb.
"Pleeeaaassseee can we get the photos?" Skye asked pouting.
"If you must." Ward told her. She happily waltzed off towards the photo booth and selected the photo she wanted. Ward caught up to her and paid for it.
"Ferris Wheel next." He told her.
"What is it with you and heights?" She asked him.
"For starters there's no cameras."
Skye playfully punched him.
"Sorry!" She hissed through clenched teeth as she saw Ward's face crease. She had hit him on his stitches.
"You, me, Ferris Wheel, Now."
"So come on. What is it about this you love? Skye said as they swung in the bucket, reaching the top of the wheel.
"Have you ever been on one before?"
Skye shook her head.
"When we reach the top you'll see."
"See what?"
"Wait for it."
Their bucket reached the top of the wheel and paused as some people got off the wheel and some more got on. Skye let out a gasp of breath. She could see the lights of the towns spreading for miles.
"I feel like I'm on the top of the world." She whispered.
"This is why I like it. The view."
"Ok, you may have just changed my mind."
"About what?"
"Preferring to keep my feet on the ground."
"I don't somehow think you've ever had your feet on the ground!" Ward laughed, earning another punch off Skye.
"My feet have always been on the ground, you know, except when they're not."
"Cryptic."
"Skye. They're closing." Ward called as Skye tried to fit in one more ride.
"But we haven't..." Skye complained, pointing to a ride.
"We did. Twice. Now come on. Let's get out of here."
"I see Mr. Grumpy's back."
"I said we could stay an hour, that was six hours ago. And I won you that damned teddy. By the way. Good luck carrying that when we head out on foot."
"I'll find a way."
"Coulson will never let you keep it. Not even if you bat your eyelids at him." Ward countered before Skye even had a chance to fight back.
They walked out of the carnival and headed back towards their motel. They had chosen it specifically so they would be able to walk to the carnival that night.
"Thank you Ward. I had a really good time."
"So did I. It's been a while since I've done that."
"How long?"
"Before my sister left."
"That long?"
"Yes Skye, that long."
They reached the door to their room and Ward let them in.
"I'm going to go and shower some of this Carnie grime off me. If you wish to sleep in the bed tonight, I suggest you do the same." Ward told Skye as she dumped the teddy and mountains of photos on the table in their room.
"How am I supposed to shower if you're in it?" She called at his retreating back.
"Wait ten minutes and I'll leave the water running." He called back.
Ten minutes later Ward emerged from the bathroom, towel wrapped around his waist and hair glistening with water to find Skye looking through the new photos that she had accumulated of the two of them together.
"Did you see this one?" She asked.
"No."
"You need to express yourself more." She told him.
Ward peered over her shoulder at the photograph.
"You need to realise if you screw your eyes up all the time you'll miss stuff." He argued.
"I blinked!"
"Of course you did. Shower's free."
Skye headed to the bathroom, removed her clothes and stepped into the shower, screaming almost immediately.
"What?" Ward asked, bursting in.
"How the hell can you stand the shower so freaking cold?"
"I'm cold blooded." Ward jested, before sticking his hand in and turning the temperature up.
