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"Hey, Jem." Grant smiles brightly at his girlfriend as he enters her apartment after a long day of work. It's still fairly early in the evening, though, thankfully. They were able to finish filming at a semi-decent hour so he wasn't out too late. He closes the door behind him and slips his shoes off before walking over to her. He places a kiss on her cheek as he sets his keys in the bowl on the long table right behind the couch.

Jemma smiles back at him. "Hi, darling. How was your day?"

"Oh, it was great." He falls down next to her, draping his arm across the back of the couch as he lets his body relax. "We did some pretty cool stuff today. Skye had to do all of these crazy flips in mid-air and she was attached to this ridiculous harness setup. She had to do some stunting before for the movie and a few things at the start of the season, but nothing like this. She was so nervous about doing it, but I promised her that if anything happened while she was stunting that I'd be right there beside her for moral support. Luckily, she managed to do it all without any problems. Told her I'd take her out for a drink soon to celebrate not dying while doing stunts." He smiles and laughs a little at the memory from just a few hours earlier. It had definitely been entertaining from his side of things.

Jemma smiles. "That's great. But um, I wanted to talk to you about something. Something rather important."

"Oh, yeah, of course." He turns in his seat to face her. "What do you want to talk about?"

She breathes in deeply, shifting on the couch so she's facing him. "Well, the status of our relationship, actually, and where we're going."

He furrows his brows. "Okay, um, this is kind of coming out of nowhere." He scratches the back of his neck. "But if it's something you think we should talk about, then I guess maybe we should."

"Great. Well, the first thing that I need to know before we talk any further is if you actually want to be in a relationship with me."

"What? Of course I want to be with you, Jemma."

"Are you sure? Because ever since we've been back together, you've been spending an awful lot of time with Skye whenever you get the chance." She holds up a hand to gently cut him off when he goes to speak. "I understand that you're friends and are filming a show together, but there's a part of me that can't help but wonder if it's actually Skye that you want to be with, and that she's the one you can imagine having a real future with."

He shrugs, slumping down a little in his seat. "Maybe before. But she had a boyfriend so I couldn't exactly make a move."

She nods her head. "I see."

His brows furrow. "You see? What exactly do you see?"

"You said she had a boyfriend, as in past tense. So I'm assuming the two of them broke up."

Grant nods his head. "The same night you and I got back together, actually."

"And now that she is no longer in a relationship with him, you've slowly been gravitating more toward her. Because she's really the one you want to be with. But you don't want to hurt me so you haven't done anything about those feelings."

"What? That's—"

"Completely true," Jemma cuts him off gently with a hand on his arm. "But don't worry. I'm not angry with you, Grant. I understand. And it'd be wrong of me if I didn't tell you I've been spending quite a bit of time with Leo recently."

He quirks a brow. "Leo? As in Leo Fitz, the one I work with?"

Jemma nods her head slowly. "Yes. When I came to visit you on set the two of us met and we started hanging out more. Does that bother you at all?"

He thinks for a moment. "You know what? It probably should, but it doesn't. And I think you should go for it with him."

"You do?"

He smiles at her and nods. "Absolutely. Fitz is a great guy and one of my closest friends. I think you two would be really great together."

Jemma smiles back at him. "That means a lot coming from you, Grant, thank you. You've always been a pretty great guy, just so you know."

"And you've always been a very spectacular woman. I always wondered why you wanted to date me." There's a moment of silence between them before he speaks up again, "So I guess we're really ending things?"

Jemma breathes in deeply. "Yes. I guess that we are. There's really no sense in continuing on in this relationship when we're both feeling something toward someone else."

"I guess you're right. So uh, what happens from here, then?"

"What happens from here is that you go and get the woman you actually want to be with," she tells him with a small smile.

"But what if she doesn't feel the same way about me that I feel about her?" he asks nervously. "What if I put myself out there and she completely shuts me down? It'll make filming the show so much more awkward and uncomfortable than it has to be."

"You're both professionals, Grant," Jemma tells him. "You'll figure it out."

"So is that you saying that you don't think she feels the same way about me that I feel about her?" he asks.

Jemma rolls her eyes. "You're completely hopeless sometimes, Grant Ward. Be bold, take a risk, tell her how you feel. Just...maybe wait a little while since you just got out of one relationship. You don't want her to think she's just a rebound for you."

He nods. "Right, yeah. And how...how should I...ask her?"

"You seem awfully nervous about this," she observes.

"I just don't want to screw up my friendship with her. She's important to me already and I don't want to lose that. Plus I really, really like her and think that I can really have a future with her if she wants to be with me. And I just realized that I'm telling all of this to you." He lets out a nervous laugh as he shifts in his spot.

Jemma waves him off. "It's alright, Grant. I think I knew when we started dating again that this wouldn't last in the long term. We got back together because it was comfortable and familiar." She takes a deep breath. "And as for when you should ask her, aren't you shooting the finale soon?"

He nods. "It's still a little ways out, but yeah. We're going to Utah to film it. Which is actually a little weird and slightly unconventional, but apparently it has exactly what the producers want for the finale. They managed to get the funds to move us all out there for a week."

She nods. "That's excellent. It's a new place, a bit exciting. When you have a break in filming, long enough to really talk, take her somewhere special. You need to make her feel like she's all that matters to you in that one single moment."

He nods slowly as he mulls over the advice given to him by his now ex-girlfriend on how to get a new girlfriend. It's definitely bizarre. "Yeah, okay. I think I can do that."

"Good. I'm really sorry about this, Grant."

He smiles softly at her. "Hey, it's okay. I'm just glad that we're both mature enough to talk about this like civilized human beings and come to an understanding. And I guess it's a good thing that we did this now instead of letting it drag on for too much longer."

"Yes, I suppose so."

He takes a deep breath and stands from his seat. "Well, I suppose I should probably be going, then. Can I come back by another time? I think I only have a few things here."

She nods. "Yes, that's fine. You still have a key so you can come by whenever and then just leave the key when you're done."

"I will do that."

"Excellent."

He smiles softly at her. "I'll see you around, Jemma."

"Yes, you will."

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Stepping foot inside his apartment, he sighs when his phone immediately starts ringing. He closes the door tightly and toes his shoes off against the wall.

Pulling his phone from his pocket, he gets a small smile on his face at the name and photo on the screen. It's a photo of his niece and nephews from over the holiday.

He holds the phone up to his ear as he drops his keys and wallet onto the counter just inside.

"What happened?"

Grant's brows furrow at the question from his sister as soon as the call connects. "What?"

"What happened?" Amanda repeats.

"Why do you think anything happened?" he asks, falling down onto the couch and throwing his feet up onto the coffee table in front of him.

"Sibling telepathy, Grant. I know when something's wrong."

He chuckles. "I'm pretty sure that only happens with twins, but okay. I'll go with you on this for now." He takes a deep breath and crosses one of his arms over his chest. "What exactly did your sibling telepathy tell you?"

"That you're hurting."

"I'm not."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Grant…"

He sighs, knowing she'll just keep pestering him about it. "Okay, I'm not exactly hurting, per se, just a little sad."

"About what?"

"Jemma and I broke up."

"What? You did?"

"Yeah. I just got back from her place. I walked through the door of my apartment when you called me, actually."

"Did you break up with her, or did she break up with you?"

"It was more of a mutual break up."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I mean...she brought it up, but we both decided together that we'd be better off with other people."

"And do you have another someone in mind that you want to be with instead of Jemma?"

"Why would you think that I would?"

"I'm your big sister, Grant. You can never pull one over on me. So who is she?"

He shifts in his seat, rubbing at the back of his neck. "Um...Skye, actually."

"Seriously?"

He shrugs. "Yeah. I guess...I guess by spending so much time with her…"

"You've developed feelings for her."

"Yeah."

"So what are you going to do?"

"Jemma told me to ask her out when we go to Utah to film the finale. She said to take her somewhere special and make her feel like she's the most important thing in the world to me. That last part won't be hard at all."

"Wow. Your ex-girlfriend giving you advice on how to get a new girlfriend. A lot of guys would love to be in your shoes."

"It's a pretty unique situation."

"That it is."

"But I'm okay with it."

"You are?"

He nods, breathing in deeply. "Yeah. Jemma and I were good together, and I do love her, but I don't think that we were meant to work out in the long term. She's always going to be a good friend, and I'm always going to love her in that way, but I can't see a future with her anymore. At least, not with us being in a relationship."

"Wow. You're definitely handling this breakup better than I've seen most guys handle it."

"It's honestly really hard to be mad at Jemma. Her accent makes it more difficult. Plus, you never want her to be mad at you either because she can do a complete one-eighty from being all sweet and soft-spoken and it's honestly pretty scary."

"I do remember you telling me that once. Didn't you witness it once?"

"And I vowed to never see it again if I could avoid it. Thankfully I haven't. At least, not directed at me. Seriously though, I'm glad that Jemma and I can still be friends. She's a great person, and I still want her in my life."

"Well, I'm really happy for you, Grant. I should probably go now because I think the boys are starting to argue with each other and we both know where it might go."

"Yes, you should probably go break that up. I'll talk to you later." He smiles as he ends the call. He always feels better after talking to his sister, no matter how he's feeling beforehand.

Letting out a heavy sigh, he drops his phone on the cushion next to him and leans back, running his hands through his hair as he thinks. Now it's all up to him to make the next move.

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nikka001 posted

Okay, so I'm pretty sure I saw a picture of Leo Fitz getting all cozy at a restaurant with Jemma Simmons aka GRANT WARD'S SUPPOSED GIRLFRIEND! WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING HERE PEOPLE?!

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