She's very nervous to say the least, in this moment she would rather have gone through anything Melinda wanted to teacher when it came to basic self-defense, or to sit and listen through every single information Phil has on Captain America. She was even prepared to go back in time to the first time she meets Maria, Natasha and Clint once more than to go through with this. Deep down she knows she has nothing to worry about, her siblings have made sure everything is safe and they have given her a phone with their numbers on the speed dial just to be on the safe side.

Everything is going to be alright, it's not like she hasn't been playing with other kids her own age before. Granted, back then, most of the time it had been forced or she had been invited in because some parent felt sorry that she was being left out. This however is something completely different. This time around, she's going home with her first friend.

After today's training, she would be going home with Gwen. Maria needed to work over time, and Natasha and Clint are out on a mission, a mission that apparently includes Phil. She knows she isn't supposed to know that information, but she had overheard them talking about it the night before they left. Which meant she had not been able to sleep properly that night because she ended up missing him and once she starts missing him, she also starts to miss Melinda a lot.

Realizing she is spiraling down the same road once more, she shakes her head, now isn't the time for that. With a deep breath, Skye changes from her training clothes into something more comfortable, Gwen had been fast in her own changing and had the time to use the bathroom before Skye is ready.

"This is going to be so much fun!"

Gwen happily says, linking her own arm around Skye's as they leave the changing room. Skye gives her a small smile, not knowing exactly what else to do in this moment. She let Gwen lead them, feeling this is the easiest way right now. As the enter the lobby, her eyes lands on Gwen's father and she forces herself to take a deep breath and to stay calm. Natasha and Maria have told her that he is a good man, and he will be making sure she is safe and sound when ever he is around.

It didn't help with her fear completely, at least she knows he's good enough if her sisters are telling her that he is. She had come to terms with how far they will go to make sure she's safe and sound after all. Feeling how Gwen let's her arm go and rushes to her father for a hug, Skye slowly walks towards them, she makes sure that she has both Zia and Evgenia in sight just in case.

Feeling how Gwen's father looks at her, she freezes up slightly and she must remind herself once more that Natasha and Maria trust this man. Seeing how he smiles warmly at her and don't even try to move towards her makes Skye feel slightly better, it's not much but it's something.

"So, are you two ready to head out?"

The older man asks, his eyes retuning back to Gwen who happily nods her head. With a nod of his own, he opens the door and holds it open for them. When Skye doesn't move, Gwen is beside her once more and pulls her along. A police car is waiting for them outside and Skye can feel how here eyes grows big, memories she has been trying to forget suddenly rushes towards her once more and she needs to close her eyes.

Remembering and hearing Melinda's voice in her head, telling her how to breath properly, she follows the instructions to calm herself down. This isn't like last time; she needs to remember that this is far from last time. As she opens her eyes once more, she sees how Gwen's father opens the back door for them and Gwen happily jumps in. She's a bit more careful as she enters the car and once the older man is sure both girls are inside safely, he closes the door.

"Have you ever ridden in a police car before?"

Gwen suddenly asks and Skye shakes her head, it being easier to just say no, had she said yes there would be a lot more follow up questions, questions she's not ready to answer yet. Seeing the happy smile on her friend's face, Skye forces herself to relax and smile back, but the moment Gwen's father starts to car and starts driving down the road, she can't help but to freak out slightly.

"Did you two have a fun lesson today?"

She hears Gwen's father asks and from the corner of her eye she can see Gwen nod happily and before she knows it, her friend starts to tell him all about the day. Taking this time, Skye carefully leans back in the seat and let's her friend do all the talking and to her surprise, Gwen's father doesn't try to pull her into the conversation, the only time she speaks is when Gwen asks her something. Her answers are mostly short and to the point, but she finds it odd that the older man sitting in the front doesn't seem to care about that.

Remembering other play dates, she has had, she can clearly remember the parents of the other child asking her a lot of question and she could see them get slightly frustrated with her when she didn't speak as much and the fact that she was rude, at least in their eyes. The situation she is in now is completely different and that makes her worry for a whole other reason.

She's happy however when the car finally comes to a stop, signalling that they have reached their destination. Beside her, Gwen could hardly be still, and Skye can't help but to smile slightly about that. Gwen's father, George, she forces herself to remember, leaves the car first and walks around to open the door for them. Feeling how Gwen takes her hand once more, Skye finds herself being pulled out of the car.

"Come on! I need to show you my room!"

Gwen tells her happily and Skye can feel her smile grow slightly, this whole thing is completely new to her, and she have no idea of what to think. But in that moment, she come to realise one thing, her new friend is slightly crazy, and she absolutely love it. Gwen ends up showing her around the whole house and the back yard before they finally end up on the floor of the living room, playing kid clue.

Before she knew it, there was a knock on the door and Maria has been let inside. Turning her head from the board, Skye smiles big and is quickly up on her feet, running to hug Maria tightly. Hearing her sister laugh lightly and hugging her back, Skye realises she's not as worried or tense as she had thought she would be. Somewhere along the two hours of her being in this house, she has calmed down enough to feel okay to be there without having her siblings around. And it didn't scare her either.

She said goodbye to Gwen and her parents and promised Gwen that they will have to do this again soon before leaving with Maria. Once they were in the car, Maria asks her how the day had gone and Skye finds herself telling Maria about everything that happened, well, almost everything, she didn't mention the small panic attack when she had seen and entered the police car, just in the same way as Gwen had spoken to her father on the drive home to her.

Looking up at the rear-view mirror, she can see Maria smiling big, she can also she how proud she looks, which makes Skye lower her head slightly. She wasn't used to people acting proud over her, it was a new feeling and it still throw her off every time. Somewhere in her mind she knows she shouldn't be this surprise over it; Natasha, Maria and Clint have the habit of telling her how proud they are over her every moment they got. Melinda, Phil and Victoria had all done it too when she lived with them.

For now, she just let it slide, she could only hope she would get use to it at some point if this were going to happen. For now, she just wants to think back on they day she has had, and she realises she can't wait for the next time.

As time passed, she grows closer and closer to Gwen, the two of the becoming an unstoppable team when they put their minds to something. Gwen had found a passion in playing the drums shortly after her mother had passed away and Skye had made sure to stick around when ever she could just to be there for her friend. Shortly after, Gwen stopped coming to the dance lessons, which made Skye more determined that they needed to see one another at least once a week.

When ever she was over at the Stacy house, she would listen to Gwen play on her drums or they would hang around with the neighbour kid Peter, Skye still being surprised that she has two friends in her own age. The days when Gwen would come over to hang at her place, they would come to realise just how good Skye is when it comes to computers, which wasn't an information Maria was overly happy with. Clint and Natasha on the other hand thought it was absolutely brilliant to have their own little hacker in the house.

There had been a small rift created between her siblings and Gwen's father when Natasha one day showed up to pick Skye up, fully dressed in her Black Widow clothing. He had not been all to happy about the fact that he had not been told that his daughters best friends siblings work for S.H.I.E.L.D. George got over the fact after a few weeks, after Gwen had told him he was acting like a child and refused to come home until he started to act like the adult he is.

It was in that moment Skye was sure that Natasha and Clint fully accepted Gwen, allowing the girl to come over whenever she needed too. Victoria had also been introduced to Gwen when she had been placed as a babysitter since Maria, Natasha and Clint were all needed for a mission.

Her life was finally starting to look better, she had siblings that loves her and will do anything for her, and she had tested that theory. She has a best friend, something she never thought would ever happen, let alone having another one. Her nightmares had slowly disappeared, or at least she doesn't have them as often as before. She was sure her life was finally on the right track, she had finally a life she should have had years ago.