AN: Trigger: mention of underage relationship
Chapter 28: Wrapped Around Her Finger
It wasn't long before Maria and Peggy joined them, "Steve went home to think," Maria said at the questioning looks she got from Pepper and Sharon.
"Hey, you never answered my question," Tony said.
"What question?" Skye asked.
"The one if there were any former boyfriends or girlfriends I have to hunt down," he said, leaning closer.
"Did Miles know your age?" Maria asked with narrowed eyes, and now the entire room was quiet.
"Who is Miles?" Pepper asked.
"Um, ahh, he was, um," Skye didn't know what to say, and she was panicking a little, looking between Maria and Pepper and Tony not knowing who to answer. She couldn't tell Maria that nothing ever happened between her and Miles, because she was sure every wolf knew that something did happen.
Now Bobbi, Sharon, and Peggy's attention was on her too, "Miles is Skye's ex-boyfriend from the Rising Tide and in his late 20s," Maria answered Pepper's question.
"Hey! You, Sharon, and Bobbi are also in your mid to late 20s," Skye protested.
"Well yes, but we haven't done anything, minus a few kisses," Sharon said, with Bobbi nodding.
"We just want to know if he knew, did he take advantage of you, and depending on where you were with him he can be prosecuted, you are 17 and, in most states, it is illegal to have sex with a minor. In Texas the legal age of consent is 18, California 18 too, and in New York 17; if you were with him in either of them, he was in the wrong, so I ask again did he know?" Maria said, getting even more concerned.
When Skye kept looking around and stuttering, Maria took her hand guiding her out of the room.
When Maria stopped them, they were in the hallway, "Okay yes, he knew, but please leave him alone, we both knew he could get in trouble for what we were doing. He never forced me into anything; after I ran away and met him, he was nice, he took me in, and found out I was good with computers. I was then accepted into the Rising Tide because of him, we only started dating like six months before the team found me, and we only slept together two times. He knew I wasn't ready for a fast-paced relationship, but I loved him; he was the first person I thought I could really trust, and then he made that stunt with SHIELD," Skye said with tears in her eyes.
Maria's heart broke a little, and she was kicking herself. Why didn't they ask Skye how she had felt about Miles after the incident? She clearly had and still cared for him and was still hurt by what he did.
Maria pulled Skye into her arms, letting Skye cry into her shoulder. It wasn't long until she heard steps approaching, and Sharon coming around the corner.
"Everyone okay?" Sharon asked, looking at them both.
"Yeah," Skye answered, Maria nodded after Skye answered.
"Okay, well everyone is a little worried," Sharon said.
"We will be right there," Maria answered, Sharon nodded before casting one last look at Skye, before walking back to the rest.
When Maria guided Skye away, they left a confused room behind, "Did we say something wrong?" Pepper asked, looking after Skye and Maria.
"No, Miles is a touchy subject. I think they were close, we all, the wolves I mean, knew there was something between them," Sharon explained to Tony and Pepper.
"What happened?" Tony asked.
"He hacked SHIELD for money and a man died. Apparently, the Rising Tide weren't supposed to hack SHIELD while Skye was there, looking for you actually; she was pissed when they caught him, and she learned about the money," Sharon said.
"Where is he now?" Tony asked, everyone in the room could see the anger on his face and body language.
"Don't really know, the team she was with left him in Hong Kong, so he could still be there," Sharon said.
"Tony don't you dare go after him, I think she still cares about him," Pepper said.
"I think Pepper is right," Bobbi said, she felt a little awkward being there, but was happy to spend some time with Skye, Sharon and Maria again, and getting to know Pepper and Tony, which they had insisted she call them.
"Okay no hunting him down, I get it," Tony finally said, throwing his hands up in the air.
"I'll go check up on them," Sharon said, walking after Skye and Maria.
It wasn't long before Sharon returned and informed them that Skye and Maria would be back in a minute. And true to her word, Skye and Maria returned a short while later.
Conversations started up again. No one mentioned Miles, and Skye was glad for that.
Skye was getting tired and had a hard time staying awake, she was leaning against Maria, who had an arm around her shoulder, which didn't help with how tired she was; she was very comfortable, and Maria's hand was drawing patterns on her arm.
And her legs had somehow ended up on top of Bobbi's lap, who also was drawing patterns.
"It is getting late, why don't we continue tomorrow?" Pepper asked, noticing Skye's eyes kept drooping and how she snuggled closer to Maria. She smiled at the action, and with a glance at Tony, she could see him smiling too.
"I think that is a great idea, you four go on ahead," Peggy said, referring to Sharon, Maria, Skye, and Bobbi, who stood up, Skye needed a little help after falling on her face with an "umph", by Maria standing up.
In the elevator, the four of them waited for the elevator to reach the floor of their packs. Once there, "So I'll see you tomorrow," Bobbi said, Skye's head shot up to meet Bobbi's eyes.
"Or we can make an exception on who is allowed in the private pack areas, for a longer period of time, as Victoria does with Izzy, but then we would have to contact Natasha?" Sharon said, noticing both Bobbi and Skye's sad looks, and she could feel Skye's literal sadness.
"Or we could go up to Skye's floor?" Maria said.
"Yeah, let's do that," Skye said with a yawn.
"Come on sleepy head," Sharon said, guiding Skye back to the elevator, with Maria and Bobbi right behind them with the bags.
When they got onto Skye's floor, they walked to the living room first, "So sleeping arrangements?" Bobbi asked.
"My room," Skye said, picking up her bag, already walking to the door that led to that room. When she didn't hear any footsteps behind her, she stopped and looked back at the three women.
"Are you coming?" she asked.
"Are you okay with it?" Maria asked.
"Well yes, are you not, if so, that is okay, then we'll just meet up in the morning?" Skye said shyly.
"No, I am fine with it," Maria said, looking at Sharon and Bobbi.
"I am fine too," Bobbi said, with Sharon nodding.
"Okay then come on, before I fall asleep standing," Skye said with another yawn.
After she had said that the three other women exchanged looks before hurrying after their tired mate.
They quickly changed into their PJ's, Skye had all but claimed the clothing she had borrowed from Maria and Sharon.
Bobbi was the first in the massive bed, with Skye right behind her. Skye snuggled into Bobbi's side, pretty much asleep, before her head hit the pillow.
"You good Bob?" Sharon asked with a smirk.
"Yes very, thank you," Bobbi replied with her own smirk.
Sharon got into bed on Skye's other side, and Maria right behind her.
It wasn't long before they all were asleep.
"Ha ha, she has them wrapped around her finger," Tony laughed, drawing the attention of Pepper and Peggy.
"What do you mean? What did you do?" Pepper asked, the first question was asked out of curiosity but the second was an accusation.
"Nothing, I just wanted to know what floor they went on," Tony said.
"You could have asked JARVIS," Pepper said with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh well yes, but, um, you see," Tony didn't know how to get out of this one.
"Tony," Pepper said in a warning tone.
"Fine okay, you win, JARVIS show them the footage," Tony said.
They saw Skye, Maria, Sharon, and Bobbi exiting the elevator on Skye's floor, and the exchange between the four before they walked into the bedroom.
"Tony," Pepper breathed out but couldn't hide her smile.
"Well I think Tony's statement is correct," Peggy said from her seat, and with her own little smile.
"No more snooping Tony," Pepper said and then a thoughtful expression came across her face, "for now," she added, much to Tony's amusement.
"Goodnight Peggy, see you in the morning," Pepper said to Peggy.
"Goodnight Pepper, Tony," Peggy said back.
"Goodnight Peggy," Tony said following Pepper.
Peggy looked back to the now black screen, shaking her head. Yes, Tony's statement was very correct, she thought before she went down to the floor she would share with Victoria and her pack.
AN: a thanks to Fun_size_Tasha for beating