Sorry it's been so long, health issues and exams are to blame, but at least the latter is no longer an issue now so updates should get back to being more frequent. Don't worry I haven't given up on this, there isn't that much more to go. I hope you enjoy this chapter :)

Day 164

'Skye, I swear to God if you have my cardigan I'm going to kill you! I should have left ten minutes ago!' Fitz heard Jemma yell through the door.

'I already told you, I haven't seen it. Maybe you left it at Fitz's?' Skye replied sounding slightly irritated.

'Are you sure it's not ended up in your wardrobe?'

'Yes! Now just wear the leather jacket, the hotels a shit hole anyway, no one will care!' Skye called out, clearly growing impatient with Jemma.

'Fine.' Jemma said and opened the fornt door. 'Fitz? How long have you been there?' The shock on her face evident.

'Couple of minutes, you didn't hear me knock so I decided just to wait. Anyway I'm here for Skye so I won't make you any later. Bye bye.'

'Bye. Love you.' Jemma said as she gave him a quick peck on the lips. Her eyes widened as she realised what she had said.

Fitz froze momentarily, he hadn't wanted the first time she said that to be such a casual affair, with Skye standing, mouth agape, not six feet from them. 'I love you too.' He said with sincerity. 'I'll see you later.' He said with a smile. Jemma visibly relaxed and kissed him again and then ran off down the corridor.

'Oh my God! I can't believe that just happened! And I got a picture and everything, this it so going in my scrapbook.' Skye said as she turned her phone around to show him the picture.

'I hate you.' Fitz scowled as he walked into the flat.

'My lil' love birds. Saying they love each other. In front of me. It's like an early Christmas present.' Skye murmured dreamily.

'That's good, should save me some money then.' Fitz smirked.

'"Like". "Like a Christmas present", not an actually present.' Skye teased.

'Whatever.' Fitz sat down on the futon and Skye jumped down next to him. She sat silently, grinning crazily at him. 'What? Would you stop that, it's creepy?'

'I'm sorry, it's just so exciting. I've been waiting so long for this to happen and now it's all fitting into place.' Skye said, her voice getting all high pitched.

'You know, sometimes I think you're more invested in this relationship than we are.' Fitz said with a laugh.

'Duh-doy! But seriously, this is a huge deal.'

'I know.' Fitz couldn't help but grin at her. 'I can't believe it, it's crazy. I never thought someone other than my mum could be so important to me. I just hate that it took me so long to figure it out, I would have loved for her to meet my mum. But I guess that wasn't meant to be.'

'You nervous to meet her parents next weekend?'

'Yup.' He answered popping the 'p'.

'Yeah, I don't blame you, they're nice enough, but I don't think anyone will be good enough in their eyes.'

'Gee, thanks.'

'I'm mean, they're so easy to please, the last boy she brought home was a druggie and they loved him so you'll be fine. They are so-' Fitz glared at her, nudging her arm to shut her up.

'Lies aren't helpful either.'

'Well what do you want me to say?'

Fitz did his best impression of Skye and said, 'Oh Fitz don't worry, they'll love you, you're great and her parents will respect Jemma's choice of boyfriend.'

'But you just told me not to lie?' Fitz rolled his eyes. 'Also I don't appreciate the impression.' She quipped with a scowl.

'Anywho, you ready to leave?' Fitz asked.

'Umm… well, had I not spent twenty minutes trying to help your girlfriend find her cardigan, then yeah, I would have been ready. But alas, that oh so demanding woman prevented me from getting ready.'

'Right, well hurry up, I'm starving.' Fitz complained, rubbing his stomach for added effect.

'You're always starving.' Skye called, as she hurried off into her room.

'So, how's everything?' Skye asked with a coy smile. She and Fitz were sat in the coffee shop, each digging into their lunch.

'Fine.' Fitz answered with a quizzical look.

'I mean with Jemma.' Skye added.

'Why? What's she said?' Fitz asked, suddenly in a panic.

'Nothing bad, I just want to hear what you have to say.' Skye answered quickly, trying to calm his sudden burst of worry.

'Oh, alright. Well it's going really well. I don't think I've ever been this happy, I thought things couldn't get better after I became friends with you two, but it somehow did. Which I feel bad about because I feel like I shouldn't be this happy so soon after mum's passing.'

'She'd be happy for you, you're getting on with your life and you've found love, that's what every mom wants. Or so I hear, I wouldn't actually know.' Skye joked.

Fitz let out a little puff of air at Skye's joke, clearly slightly uncomfortable with how easily she made fun of her family situation, or lack thereof. 'I guess. Has she told you about… ummm… our issue?'

'Of her getting too carried away?' Fitz nodded solemnly in conformation. 'Yeah. She feels awful about it you know.'

'Yeah I do, and I feel equally bad, I just don't want her to settle, I don't want to be bad for her. She keeps saying she'll get used to it, but she's not. And I just worry she's going to realise that this isn't going to work long-term.' Her heart broke for him, he was so worried about her leaving him and Jemma was worried about the same thing. Both of them worried that they weren't good for the other. Of course Skye knew this was complete and utter nonsense, but unfortunately neither of them seemed to see it.

She took his hand in hers and spoke to him with sincerity. 'Fitz, you guys are meant to be, you will find a way to make it work. Yeah it's hard, for both of you, but you'll find a way for you both to figure his out.'

'I really hope you're right.' Fitz said, dropping their eye contact in favour of his bacon roll.

'I'm always right, it's one of my superpowers.' She retorted with a smirk.

The conversation continued effortlessly and Skye was reminded of how she needed to make sure the two of them still hung out on their own sometimes. It was nice just to be able to catch up with him without Jemma there to distract him. As much as she loved them being together she had learnt that she could only hand so much time with them both. However, on a one to one basis they never got too cutesy or annoying.

Once they finished their lunch they ordered a tea and coffee to go and went for a walk round the park. 'So how many of you are left in the house?' Skye asked, knowing that at least Mack had gone home for summer.

'Just me, Grant and Jaspar. Neither of which I'm fond of.' Fitz replied with pursed lips.

'Oh I bet that's a ball of laughs then. No wonder you're round ours all the time.'

'Yeah, it sucks, but they're both leaving this weekend and then it'll just be me, which will be strange. But better than just us three.'

'Well you're welcome at ours any time, and I'm sure Jemma will enjoy the company whilst I'm in America with Trip and his family.'

'That is if she stays. She's still not sure.'

'She'll stay at home with them the week after her mom's party and then remember why she hated living with her parents and then she'll spend the rest of the summer with you. Trust me, you'll have a boring week were you're one of the few students left in the area and then you'll have three weeks straight just with Jemma and then I'll be back. Which will of course be the highlight.'

'You being away or your return?' Fitz teased.

'Oh shut it.' Skye laughed as she pushed into him, almost sending him to the floor. 'You need to improve your coordination.'

'Or, you could just stop knocking into me?'

'Where's the fun in that?'

'I could have spilt my tea.' Fitz moaned.

Skye shrugged. 'Woops.'

The two continued round the park finishing their drinks and chatting. The sun shone bright and they took the opportunity to sunbath by the lake in the middle of the park. As Fitz lay on his back with his arms supporting his head and his eyes closed, Skye texted Jemma, letting her know where they were so she could join them at the end of her shift. They dosed in a comfortable silence, enjoying the sounds of children playing and dogs barking around them.

Skye opened her eyes, alarmed by the sudden disappearance of the sun. Jemma was stood over her, looking rather frazzled. 'Bad shift?'

'Nightmare.' She answered as she sat down. 'He asleep?' Jemma asked, motioning to Fitz.

'Nah, he just hates you.' Skye answered deadpan, as Fitz scrunched his nose in his sleep. 'I think he drifted off about ten minutes ago.' She sat up and leaned over to blow puffs of air on his face.

He mumbled a couple of times before opening his eyes and glaring up at Skye. 'Morning sleeping beauty.' At the sound of Jemma's voice he sat up and grinned.

'Hey. You found your cardigan then?' Fitz asked upon noticing her change of jacket.

'Yeah, it was at work, sorry about that Skye.' Jemma answered sheepishly.

'I told you I didn't have it, but nooooo, you didn't believe me.' Skye said irate, only half serious.

'My bad.' Jemma apologised. 'Wanna go grab some ice creams?'

'Of course.' Fitz shot up and then proceeded to plop back down with a groan. 'Head rush…'

'If you're paying?' Skye teased as she stood up, pulling Fitz with her. Jemma gave her a mock glare before cracking a smile with Skye. 'But seriously, I'm outta cash.'

'Don't worry, I'll cover you, I owe you some money anyway.' Fitz offered as he took Jemma's hand in his own. Despite the accidental "I love you" incident earlier that morning neither seemed to be finding it awkward, which pleased Skye, the last thing she wanted was for things to be awkward again.

With the sun starting to lower in the sky and their shadows growing longer, the three of them wondered off in the direction of the shops, in search of ice-cream. The rest of the afternoon was spent meandering around town as they chatted and laughed, feeling more relaxed than they had all year.

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