"I have you to thank."
She was all to blame.
It was the first thought she had when she woke up in the morning.
She had been thanked for the break-through in Lucas' plan. Thanked for helping bring an army through the portal.
Thanked for blowing up Kara.
A knock on the door startled Skye and she quickly wiped away the tears she hadn't realized were running down her cheeks.
"Come in."
It was Josh.
Skye gave him a tentative smile as he joined her on the small sofa.
"What's up?"
"Nothing much. Why are you here so early?"
"It's not that early. Did you just wake up? Is that why your eyes are all puffy?"
Skye blushed and turned so that she wasn't directly facing Josh, mumbling something along the lines of "Yeah, I guess so..."
Before she could say anything else, Josh started talking. He looked like he was determined to make a point.
"Skye, you've been avoiding me lately. Don't try to deny it, there's no other way to explain how you've been acting towards me. I just want to know why."
Skye didn't know what to say. Josh continued.
"Is it because they found out you were the traitor? Because I don't care about that, I really don't."
She knew the lies would come naturally as they always did.
She let her fear and guilt do the talking for her.
"That's not it at all. I mean, not really. Josh, things have been hectic around here lately and...I don't know, I guess this is just how I'm dealing with things."
Without warning, Josh leaned in and kissed her.
For a second, she kissed him back. But something made her pull away.
"Josh, I can't."
"Why not? There's something between us."
All Skye could think about was Kara, and getting away from Josh as soon as possible. The guilt was surging up again and she didn't think she could hold in the tears much longer.
She needed to say something to him that would hurt him enough to make him leave.
"I don't want to be your rebound. Now please leave before you ruin our friendship completely."
A dejected Josh got up and walked out the door.
It had worked.
She wondered if he'd left without a fight because what she said had been true.
Her mind jumped to Lucas and the last time she'd seen him.