A moment ago Grant was sneaking up behind the metal tank where he heard a clang ready to dispatch the last of his assailants only to realize that he had been outsmarted. Granted he might have underestimated them but as soon as he realized his mistake he quickly turned back around, unfortunately he wasn't quick enough and was shot 4 times on his side.

"Fuck" he quietly cursed himself. Having a civilian outsmart an agent in training like him definitely bruised his ego.

But he eventually smirk when the girl started gloating completely unaware of his sister sneaking up behind her. He proudly watched his sister shakily pointed her paintball gun and pulled the trigger. Her aim was horrid but having 3 out of the 11 capsules that was released hit their mark was good enough for him.

"I did it!" His sister exclaimed jumping in place before running up to him. He was so proud of her, he might need to teach her how to properly shoot a gun later though.

"You set me up. You used yourself as bait so that she can shoot me didn't you." He completely forgot the presence of the girl that shot him and based on her tensed body language she was not happy.

"Maybe you should be more aware of your surroundings." he mocked her with her own sneering words. He removed his helmet ready to leave and celebrate with his sister when he hear his name called.

"Grant?"

"Skye?" To say that Grant Ward is shocked is the understatement of the century. He was cemented on his spot not knowing what to do or say and it seemed like Skye felt the same.

Bethany looked back and forth at her brother and the strange girl eyeing each other. They looked like they've seen a ghost and it made her curious as to what history the two may have had.

Smiling mischievously she walked up to Skye introducing herself "Hi I'm Bethany!"

Skye looked down at the bubbly blond girl in-front of her.

"Skye" she said shaking the little girl's outstretched hand.

"Are you my brother's girlfriend?" Bethany asked the beautiful young woman she shot earlier.

Her brother told her to stay where she's hiding so that he could investigate but she saw her following after him not long after. She knew instantly that it was a trap so when the woman shot her brother she pointed her own gun at her, closed her eyes and pulled the trigger. She was so happy when she saw that she successfully hit her behind her back.

"Uh…no." Skye stammered blushing profusely.

"Do you want to be?"

"Bethany!" Grant scolded her, his own cheeks getting redder.

Ignoring her brother's protest she continued "Do you wanna join us for dinner?"

"I would love to but I'm actually here with my friends." She smiled at her apologetically. Sure enough she saw two people approaching them, or rather approaching Skye.

"Hey Skye, who's this?" Jemma asked looking at them warily.

"Guys this is Grant Ward and his sister Bethany. These are my friends Jemma and Leo." She introduced them still feeling shocked at seeing Grant Ward again. She feels as if she has hundreds of butterflies nested in her stomach as soon as their eyes met.

"They can come too, right Grant?" Bethany looked up her brother with her puppy dog eyes that she knows he can't resist. She sees how taken his brother was with Skye and she wanted to help him along. Grant is good in a lot of things but getting a date is not one of them.

Grant whose attention had been solely on Skye's face took a while to comprehend his sister's question. Once he did, he immediately agreed and looked directly at Skye saying "We would love for all of you to join us for dinner."

"Great! There's a restaurant right outside. Come on I'm starving." Bethany announced leading the group out.

"Is he your boyfriend?" Leo whispered to her ear as soon as Bethany, followed by Grant, was a few distance away from them.

"Are you dating him?" Jemma softly asked.

"No." She hissed at them.

"Guys come on!" Bethany yelled at them and soon they started following them to the restaurant that Bethany is leading them to.

Still a few feet away from the two siblings, FitzSimmons continued to interrogate Skye sandwiching her between them.

"Who's he?" "How did you met?" "Why aren't you dating him?"

"Stop! Okay?" Skye snapped at them."We only met once. Remember the guy I told you about Jemma?"

"Hottie McJawline?" Jemma's eyes popped out in recognition while Leo's confused faced remain. Skye had told her once about a really hot guy she met on her way to Scitech. A man that, no matter what Skye does, she can never seem to forget.

"Oh my gosh, Skye! This is fate! It's Destiny! The cosmos are literally giving you a second chance!" Jemma clapped her hands jumping in place.

"Can somebody please fill me out here?" Leo grunted.

Silence.

Skye imagined her unexpected reunion with Grant Ward, it's usually in a cliche setting like bumping into each other in a coffee shop or vacationing in the same beach or her personal favorite running into each other again at the same diner where they first meet. Where ever or however their reunion takes place, it usually ends in him asking for her number and maybe even an official date. They would be laughing so much and never run out of thing to talk about. They would never have wanted for the day to end.

Instead she got silence. Complete. Awkward. Silence.

Neither Skye nor Grant knows what to say to each other. And Grant staring at her like he'd seen a ghost is not helping calm her nerves. Neither is the giddy grin his sister is sporting.

Sure the reality is more interesting than any of the chance meeting her imagination can come up with. Not every woman can say that they shot guy of her dreams, yes she literally dreamt about him multiple times, before she got shot by his sister.

A vibration from her phone gave her a momentary distraction. She hurriedly opened a message she received from Jemma who was sitting beside her.

Hottie McJawline is looking at you as if he wants to devour you. -J

He doesn't want to devour me...does he? -S

Skye subtly peeked at Ward and saw his intense brown eyes is still locked on her. Okay fine, maybe she has a point.

Is that a bad thing? -S

Not really. But this is a family restaurant. I don't think the management would appreciate it if you two start snogging. -J

Skye glared at her smirking friend.

Grant was useless. Completely utterly useless.

Bethany knew she had to take charge in order for her brother to get a date with Skye.

She started by making small talk with Skye and her friends hoping that her brother would join in. Instead he chooses to stay silent the entire time besides the one worded answers when she directed a question at him.

It's a shame really, Bethany liked Skye and her friends, they were all nice and friendly. They never talked down on her like she's some stupid kid not worth their time. She loved Jemma most especially; they talked non-stop about their favorite places in England. She even promised to visit her at her boarding school and take her to her favourite museums in London.

Anyways, they have already finished their dessert and Grant still hasn't uttered a single word. Standing up she announced "I'm going to the lavatory!" and looked pleadingly at Jemma willing her to understand her intention.

Perking up Jemma quickly stated "I'll come with you."

Jemma then turned to Fitz who was finishing up that last bite of the strawberry shortcake he ordered "Fitz, why don't you come and join us?"

"Why?" he asked clueless.

"Because I said so." Jemma commanded and dragged him from his seat leaving Skye alone with Grant Ward.

They sat there staring at each other neither is sure what to say. Skye fidgeted with her napkin while Grant looks tense.

"So...how have you been?" Grant awkwardly asked having no idea how to start a conversation.

"Good. You?"

"Good."

Silence fell upon them again neither knows how to start up a conversation.

"You know what they're up to, don't you?" Skye observed.

He huffed laugh "I got a pretty good idea."

He chuckled at the absurdity of the situation and soon Skye joined him.

"I sometimes hope that we'll meet again but this is not how I imagined it would happen." Skye laughingly stated.

"You imagined us to meeting again?" Grant asked disbelievingly but glad to find out that he's not the only one.

"Well, your jawline is hard to forget." Skye joked back trying to cover up her embarrassment.

"You're hard to forget too." He confessed. "In fact, ever since that night I can't stop thinking about you. I mentally kicked myself for not trying hard enough to get to know you better. Or at least get your number. I often imagined what it would be like if I did."

Grant looked away embarrassed and Skye didn't know how to respond. There is a good reason why Grant never bothered to ask for her number. If circumstances are different, if he wasn't recruited by SHIELD to train as an espionage maybe he would have asked her out on that very night he met her and maybe even pursued a relationship with her. He wonders what would happen if he just stop being rational and asked her out on an official date, it's not every day that a person would get a second chance and it would be a shame if he just throw it out.

Skye was feeling giddy after hearing Grant Ward's confession. She never imagined that that night made as much impact on his life as much as it did hers. She tried so much to forget the silly little crush she garnered from the short time they spent together but no matter what she does he'll always find his way into her thoughts. It's stupid for she hardly knows the guy. She wanted so much to know him and he to know her but she knows it's too dangerous for both of them.

With all the secrets and the risks of it blowing up in their faces, is it worth to take the chance?