Chapter 10

Skye got back to the school at around dinner time. Leaving May's car Skye let out a sigh. She hadn't liked the way Ward had just ditched her back there, just because he was upset doesn't mean that he could just leave her. "Hey May, can you show me where Ward's room is?" Skye asks as they get out of the car.

"He's on the third floor, in room 305. It should be pretty easy to find." Skye smiles.

"Thanks May."

"It's Professor May." Skye smiles.

"But your my aunt, I might as well just call you Melinda."

May frowns. "May's fine." She says. Skye leaves at that and heads inside the building on a search for Ward. It wasn't easy to find his room, considering that Ward wasn't even in the normal guys dorms. He was in this weird other section.

"305, 305, 305." Skye repeats going down the hallway. "Ah, 305!" Skye says happily. Skye knocks on the door. A second or two later Ward answers it, a towel draped around his neck.

"Why are you here?" He asks unpleasantly.

"Is that anyway for my S.O to talk." Skye complains in amusement. "Besides, you should be happy I'm here at all." Ward opens the door wider and Skye comes in. His room was a bit larger than her own, and also a lot neater. Everything looked in perfect order. "Woah neat freak much."

Skye swore she caught some blush on Ward's face after saying this. "What do you want Skye?" He asks.

"I want to know why you ditched me back there?" Skye says honestly as she takes a seat on Ward's bed.

Ward sighs. "Sorry for ditching you, now can you leave me alone?"

"You left out the why part." Skye says. Ward ruffles the towel through his hair and goes to hang it up in his bathroom.

"I'm sorry; I just don't deal with other people that well. Especially people like Lance Hunter." He scrunches his fist. "That guy is annoying."

"He told me some things." Skye lets slip. Ward takes a seat at his desk, the spinney chair barely moving as he turns to face Skye.

"And?" He questions.

"He told me that you were here before grade eleven, that your parents paid to get you into the school early, said there some senators or something." Ward almost looks like he's going to break the back off the office chair.

"My parents did no such thing and my brothers the senator. As for why I came here early it's none of your business, just as how you got those scars is none of my business." That hit Skye harder than she'd care to admit. "My parents would never spend a cent on me, and they've never once given an extra thought besides how to make my life miserable. If you really think that's how I got into Shield Academy that's your false opinion." Skye bites her lip.

"I'm sorry, I never said I believed the things he said." Skye confesses.

"Well you bloody well shouldn't. Just as you have your past Skye I have mine. Now I suggest you leave before we both go somewhere we don't want to go." Skye gulps but nods hesitantly.

"I'm sorry." She says honestly. "I just want to try and reach you" Skye admits.

Ward stands up. "Well you can't, no one can anymore Skye! I'm broken and no one can fix me, so why don't you just leave and give up trying." Skye heads for the door, wanting to apologize again. But she doesn't, instead she opens it quietly and leaves. Her back pressed against the door. Skye tries to hold her tears, but it was difficult.

Skye had had an awful past, but Skye didn't know anything about Wards. He could have had just as bad of one (Though Skye doubted that was possible). Skye couldn't just try and reach him without trying to establish a base. But Ward reminded Skye of herself when she first came out of her experience, when she'd escaped. She didn't let anyone in, she hadn't let anyone befriend her and tried her best to avoid every person as to not inflict pain on them. Meeting Miles and becoming friends with him was probably Skye's first step to recovery. Maybe if Skye was Ward's Miles, she could find a way to reach him and change him like she had been changed.

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Ward tightens his fist and bangs it against his wall. "Why is that girl so annoying!" He yells at himself, kicking the spiny chair over. Ward takes a seat on his bed, Skye's words ringing in his ear.

I just want to try and reach you

No one could reach him, it just wasn't possible anymore. Not after what happened with Garret and his family.

Ward sighs, he'd forgotten to ask Skye how she was feeling after having the run tucker her out. Maybe Ward had been pushing her to hard.

Ward was finding it frustrating though not knowing anything about Skye.

She had no relatives or family, along with being in juvy and multiple foster homes. Heck she'd never been in a hot tube before, what did that say about anyone. The question Ward wondered is why Coulson was treating her so special. Coulson always had a soft spot for broken souls, that's why he cared for Ward so much, but Skye, she looked nowhere close to broken.

Ward remembers the scars on Skye's back, just picturing them made him want to punch someone.

Maybe Skye was broken; she just could hide it much better than Ward could.

But then again those scars could have been from anything, she could have fallen off a bike when she was younger.

But Ward knew far too well that he was tricking himself, those wounds had come from a knife. Either for medical reasons or torture, those wounds had been purposely made.

From where Ward saw them he knew they had begun to fade, and must be older than a few years.

Ward lies back on his wall, trying to take deep breaths. But he was still angry at Lance for telling Skye those things about his family. What an idiot. How dare he spread rumors about him! How dare he tell Skye facts that he should tell her himself!

"Calm Grant, calm." He says to himself. He had to control his anger, he had to not show fear or remember the incidents from his past. He had to let go. His family had long forgotten him, and Garret was long dead. That was all that mattered.

Sort of veered off in Ward's perspective at the end. Originally I just had the Skye part, but I realized this chapter was way to short so I made it longer (even though it's still quite short), but don't worry next chapter will be quite long. It will involve Coulson and Skye bonding, along with a flash back/ dream from Skye's past. Hope you guys are liking the story, review please!