The day of his Gramzy's funeral, the last thing Grant Ward expected to see was the sight of Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons walking up to him outside of the church. The two agents who had been trying to catch him at the bus station that day and another African American man that was taller than even him were all with them.

"I'm sorry about your grandmother's passing," Jemma said.

Grant could see sympathy but also fear in her eyes and felt his heart sink because he knew that he wasn't forgiven but was glad to see Fitz and Simmons had come.

"Thank you, Jemma."

Things quickly got even more awkward as Skye walked over wearing a modest black dress and heels of the same color, her hair pulled into a neat bun on the back of her neck. She ignored Jemma, still angry about the fact that she had showed May the pictures and inadvertently caused the uproar that had taken place the night of Francesca's death.

"Lily sent me out here to get you because they are getting ready to start the service."

She slid her arm into Grant's and walked with him into the church. Fitz watched them before turning to Jemma stunned at what he had just seen.

"She is acting like she is a member of their family. In fact, Skye is acting like Ward's wife or something."

"Fitz, she has been around them for five days and has bonded with Lily. She is also in love with Ward but all of her anger at him made her forget that for a time," Jemma explained. "We might not like what is happening but she has to make her own choices."

"Ward didn't look too comfortable with her doing that so I don't think they are together," Bobbi commented before sliding her arm into Lance's and leading everybody inside the church.

They all sat down with Coulson and May a couple of rows back from the front, watching as the Ward family was escorted into the chapel. It shocked all of them at the sight of Skye sitting with Grant as if the man hadn't lied to and betrayed her.

"She is acting like a Stepford wife or something," May quietly commented to Coulson. "Something is wrong with her."

"Melinda, you are overreacting."

"No, I am not," she muttered to herself, continuing to watch as Skye talked quietly to Ward.

Grant leaned over to whisper in Skye's ear as she sat beside him, his own confusion at her behavior making him say something.

"What is wrong with you? Why are you acting this way?"

"I am being there for you as a friend because in the short time I knew your grandmother, I liked her and she loved you very much. We aren't a couple despite the kiss we shared that night. That might change while we are both at the farm, it might not but it is up to me and you, nobody else. It is time that Coulson, May, Simmons and Fitz get that through their heads. So this is me proving a point and being there for a friend."

Before Grant could respond, Lily walked up to the podium that was up above the pews by a small flight of stairs. She placed the notes for her speech on their and wiped a tear from her eye before starting to speak.

"My mother was my best friend and we had a bond that I never completely understood until a few years ago when I watched an episode of a favorite TV show. One of the characters had lost her sister and had described their relationship as being connected to an invisible tether and she could feel her no matter how far away they were from each other. That she now had a feeling of nothingness because everytime she reached out to that tether, her sister was no longer there. That is how I felt about my mother, we had an unbreakable bond that I always could count on and now she is gone. The only thing keeping me from wanting to crawl into a hole and die is the fact that my family needs me and my mother would come back and haunt me."

Skye felt tears fill her eyes at Lily's words and could see that Grant was fighting not to fall apart. It made her think of her own efforts to cut the ties she had formed with him after all hell had broken loose with Hydra. All of the anger and hatred that led to her shooting him hadn't been enough to break them completely.

"My mother was one of the most kind and caring people ever born on this planet. She tried to protect her grandchildren from an abusive situation and most of the time failed but she never stopped trying. When one of her grandsons was taken from her by a very evil man, she never forgot him and one of the last things she got to do before joining my father in the afterlife was reunite with her lost grandchild and be the comforting ear he needed. That was my mother, putting the needs of the people she loved over her own."

"One of my mother's favorite singers was Frank Sinatra and my brother and I have put together a tribute video for her to the song that she and my father danced to at their wedding."

Lily sat back down and a video started to play on the screen to Frank Sinatra's 'Always'. Images went across the screen of Francesca and her late husband at various moments of their life together before images of her with her children and grandchildren came over the screen, ones from when they were young and current ones taken on her final two days. There wasn't a dry eye in the church as the video finished playing, even the Shield agents who had never met Francesca Ward.

An hour later, there was a gathering of friends and family at the Ward family's home in the Hampton's and Fitz took in his surroundings in awe.

"Trip did say that the Ward family could be compared to the Kennedy's and he was right. This house is huge."

"Money doesn't buy happiness, Fitz," Jemma commented as she watched the Ward family wade through the crowd in the house, the only one missing was Grant.

She then looked out the window and saw him standing at the top of the steps that led down to the beach, staring out at the water. The sorrow in his eyes brought tears to her eyes because despite her anger at him, she could still feel sympathy for him at losing someone he loved.

Jemma saw Skye standing with Anna, the two of them having a quiet conversation. She walked over to her friend and stopped short at the anger that flared in the other woman's eyes when Skye saw her.

"I'm sorry, Skye. I didn't think May would react like that. I just wanted her to see how peaceful and relaxed you seemed."

"How about I leave the two of you alone to talk?"

Anna walked away and left Skye and Jemma by themselves, the tension between them so thick you could cut it with a knife.

"I know she thinks that Lily was trying to transform me into someone I'm not. I wanted to go shopping with them because all I had was t-shirts and jeans to wear. I needed more clothes and Lily offered to buy them. It was fun to go on a shopping trip and not have to worry about somebody following me so they could get closer to Shield."

"I regretted it the moment that I showed them to her. Bobbi told me that she thinks May is jealous of the bond you have quickly formed with Lily. She seems to be filling a role that May can't right now."

"I had a mother and Daniel Whitehall took her from me. Coulson did us all a favor when he killed that man. I have room in my heart for more than one maternal figure in my life just as my biological father fails to realize that I can have both him and Coulson and that is why I don't want him around me."

"You seem to have changed your mind on a lot of things, Skye."

"Watching someone you care about die in front of you does that. If I hadn't of run off the way I did, Trip wouldn't have been in that temple with me and he would still be alive. I have to live with that on my conscience," she commented. "Grant expressed the same regrets to me over you and Fitz."

"I don't want to talk about this, Skye."

"Jemma, was that pod supposed to float?"

"Yes."

"Would Ward have known it was supposed to float?"

"Yes. He paid attention to everything."

"That was his job as a specialist. So when he dropped that pod with the both of you in it, he could have thought it would float and that somebody would come along and rescue you. It was either that or John Garrett shoot all three of you in the head."

Jemma walked away without saying a word as Lily walked up to Skye after hearing the last part of their conversation.

"Did you think it would be that easy, Skye? I made an offer to Coulson that I would pay for a therapist to stay on base and be there to help his agents with any issues they might have. The judged ordered Grant to see one while he is on house arrest and would take into account their recommendation after the year was up.

"That will be a good thing for him."

"I think so and maybe you need to talk to someone too. You have been through a lot this year and maybe talking to someone who isn't tied to the whole thing will also help control your emotions and keep your powers under control too."

"What about Hydra? Do you worry about them coming after Grant or the both of us when we all leave here?"

"Skye, they tried to grab me one time and found out the hard way that my magic is very powerful. My farm has a very strong fence around it and with enough enchantments and spells to scare off Thor himself, I don't play around with my family's safety."

"Even with my own powers, you still freak me out when you talk about spells and enchantments."

Lily laughed before walking away, leaving Skye to wander outside and over to where Grant was still standing.

"I won't ask if you are okay."

"Thank you," he quietly commented before staring back at the water.

"Are you going to try to come back to Shield after the year is up?"

"No. I am going to help out on the farm and then find another way to take Hydra down. Kara is with your father right now because he is trying to find out how to get that mask off of her face."

"I don't know what I am going to do after Lily finishes helping me control my powers. She said that whatever I do is my choice and that nobody else can make it for me. I feel like I owe Coulson for giving me a purpose in life but after how he started to treat me after San Juan, I don't know what to do anymore," she said, ignoring the jealousy that washed over her when he mentioned Kara Palamas or Agent 33. She knew that he had left San Juan with her and had been helping the other woman find out who she was.

"Sounds like the same thing she said to me after I talked to her about the deal that the family lawyer made. She said that I have to stop living for everybody else and find something for myself," he commented. "Just so you know Kara and I aren't romantically involved. She has a girlfriend that she loves very much."

Before Skye could respond, an average looking woman with blond hair and as tall as Skye stepped into the back yard. With her was a teenage boy that was a dead ringer for pictures she had seen of Grant at fifteen years old. She glanced over at Grant and saw his eyes get wide at the sight of the boy and a look of recognition at the woman.

"Your aunt has been avoiding me for days but I knew I would find you at your grandmother's funeral. My name is Lisa Decker and this is my nephew, Kyle. I'm sure you remember his mother, my younger sister Tami. I would say by the look on your face, you have figured out that Kyle is your son."