Chapter 14

She had been on the new base for only a couple of hours. The biochemist had already gotten her new lanyard and was watching Fitz outside the window of his recovery room until Billy Koenig told came and told her that Coulson and the team were coming.

An hour and a half after the team made it onto the base, she found herself in the new lab for the first time. Skye had came to her asking if she could make something that would monitor Andrew's brain waves. The hacker told the biochemist that she wanted to see if there was any side effects of him holding the Berserker Staff but wouldn't tell her what he saw exactly.

Jemma's instant response was that Fitz would be able to do that easily but quickly stopped mid sentence realizing he can't. The engineer laid in a bed recovering from what Grant Ward did.

A couple hours after that, the biochemist was finished with some help from Trip, who came in to find her going through cupboards to find supplies. The specialist was the first to get his new S.H.I.E.L.D. lanyard after Coulson expressed he wanted all of them to have badges before they did anything else even though Billy mentioned it had to be a case by case basis.

Both of them came up with bracelet that Andrew could wear so he wasn't connected to wires all day. That way whatever he was doing, it could monitor him based on the different situations he was put into.

A few days later, she runs into a shirtless Andrew coming out of the training room. His shirt was in his hand and of course drenched with sweat. The biochemist was on her way to check on Fitz hoping that he would wake soon.

Ever since both her and Fitz were rescued from the pod, she started thinking about what Leo told her. Jemma started to see Andrew as a friend again, not her ex that left after their break up and went on to marry Skye. Maybe she had to try something else? Maybe Fitz was different.

"Hey Jem." Andrew said with a smile.

Before she could get a word in, she saw Skye come out her training clothes. Maybe it was time to move on. Andrew was obviously happy with Skye. He married her of course. There was no need to try and ruin their relationship together.

"Oh hey, Simmons." Skye said noticing she was standing there.

"Skye. Andrew." She said. "I better go and see how Fitz is."

The biochemist began to walk past them and before long she heard Andrew say something behind her.

"Let us know how Leo is when you come back."

Us, not me. Andrew just didn't want himself to know. He wanted Skye to know as well. Yeah her ex is so in love with Skye. There's no need to break their relationship. It's time for her to move on.

Everyday Jemma would watch Fitz recover. Before long he woke up asking for her and Andrew of course, they were both his best friends. Eventually she began to push Fitz away after they got into an argument. She didn't know exactly how to express her feelings to him when he asked if she felt the same. Jemma wanted to tell him yes some days as she thought about it more but the words never wanted to come out.

By the end of the month, she was asking Coulson for a leave of absence. She already pushed herself away from Fitz. Andrew seemed to be the only one that he would talk to mostly. The biochemist asked to leave so she could stay with her parents for a bit but Coulson had other plans too.

Jemma was called into the newest director of S.H.I.E.L.D's office one morning after she put in the request of the leave. She took a seat in front of his desk watching Coulson as he looked out the window.

"So I hear you want to leave S.H.I.E.L.D, Jemma." Coulson says turning around. He rarely used her first name but when he did she knew this was a personal conversation not business.

"I just need a leave of absence. I'd like to see my parents for a few weeks."

"Okay, I can arrange that before the next mission I have you going on."

"A new mission?"

She had just asked for a leave of absence, yet Coulson had already planned a new mission for her.

"I'm going to have you go undercover for Hydra for a few months."

"Sir!" The outburst made her stand from her chair nearly knocking it over. "You know I'm a terrible liar."

Coulson only nodded his head. He already knew that but still considered her for the spot.

"That's why I will be having Parker join you. He will be coming with you when you start your leave."

Andrew was coming with her. He was leaving Skye once again to go on a mission. And not just mission by himself but a mission with her, his ex.

"Sir, are you sure it's a good idea. Can't you just send Skye with him?"

"I can't. Just about everyone from Hydra knows who she is. They know her loyalties."

"You know where Andrew's loyalties lie too! He's as loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D. as much as you are. His aunt was second in command to director Fury."

"Yes, I know. Most people don't even know that. Parker is capable of doing the job. He's done it before."

After awhile arguing with Coulson wasn't going to help her case. A few days later, the biochemist found herself in her room packing up a few of her things that she would need while she was away. She left the picture frame of her, Fitz and Andrew on the dresser. A few other belongings were left too that she didn't need.

She grabbed all of her bags she decided to take and walked towards the door. Skye and Andrew were already there with Trip and Fitz who had finally started walking a week ago without support. He didn't even acknowledge her when she walked up.

Jemma watched as Skye gave her husband a long hug and a kiss good bye. She could make out the words whispered in his ear ever so slightly. Be careful. Have a safe flight. Be safe, I love you. The biochemist knew Skye wasn't to know what the real mission was. Just that Andrew was escorting her home and that he would help Coulson recruit new agents.

An hour later, she and Andrew are arriving at the airport. In a few hours they will eventually take off. Both scientists would have to last an eight hour flight to London.

One thing that Jemma hated when going through security was showing all her documents telling them that she was supposed to be in the U.S. It wasn't like they could just flash their S.H.I.E.L.D. badge and be on their merry way. It wasn't like that anymore. Technically they didn't exist. Andrew had it a lot easier but she knew that would happen. He was a natural born citizen, a San Diego kid.

Eventually they made it through, walking through the winding hallways making it to the terminal, they were supposed to board forty-five minutes before they were to take off. They would find a seat facing directly towards the window. Jemma eventually watched as Andrew would become a kid again watching the planes come in and take off. Sometimes the little boy whose mom was sitting a few seats away would come and stand next to Andrew as he explained the many different types of planes.

"Is that your husband? The one that's keeping an eye on Jonathan." The mom eventually questioned her moving a few seats over.

Every so often Andrew would look back at her with a smile. She thought he was just making sure she didn't go anywhere.

Jemma turned to face the woman that was now in the seat next to her.

"Oh dear no. He's not. Andrew is well-" She stopped herself. "He's more like a brother to me now."

It was weird saying that. Both of them hadn't referred each other like that since after their one night stand at the academy. Eventually deciding just to be friends before trying to date each other a year or so later. But then again, Jemma thought of Skye as a sister sometimes. Both could alternate as the in law sometimes.

"Oh?" The mom said. "I just saw his ring and he kept looking back at you."

The biochemist just nodded her head no and gave a firm smile.

"He's basically a brother-in-law. Andrew is married to my friend Skye."

The two continued to talk and before long one of the flight attendants announced that it was time to board so Andrew and Jonathan walked back to both of them. Jemma learned the woman's name was Martha and wished her and Jonathan a good flight.

She grabbed her carry on along with Andrew's waiting for him to be done talking to the little boy.

"Thanks for keeping me company, little man. Enjoy your flight." He told Jonathan, giving him a high five before he left to go see his mother.

"You're welcome, Drew." Jonathan said excitedly.

Andrew grabbed his backpack from Jemma and they walked toward the line to be boarded. They made sure they had the tickets along with their passport eventually finding the seats that Coulson picked out for them. A group of just two seats would work for them perfectly. The scientists wouldn't have to worry about another person sitting with them.

After being on the plane for five hours, Jemma finally fell asleep using Andrew as a pillow. She didn't realize that she did until she woke up a few minutes before the captain was telling them they were going to land soon. Andrew had been asleep a little bit longer then her, falling asleep a half hour before with his head leaned up against the window.

When they landed, Jemma lead Andrew through the airport. She knew a lot more since they were now in one of her favorite airports. The two scientists would then find her parents waiting by the luggage conveyor. Coulson must of called them.

Being greeted by both her parents put a smile on her face. It had been awhile since she saw them. She hadn't really talked to them since they cleaned up after Thor and the Asgardian's mess in London. This was also going to be Andrew's second time meeting them. Last time they were here it had been a small summer vacation after their first year at the academy.

"It's so nice to see you again, Andrew." Jemma's mother said when she noticed him.

"Likewise, Mrs. Simmons." He told her.

The biochemist knew this might be a little awkward when they got in the car, traveling the winding country roads to get to their home in the next town. Her parents knew all about her relationship with Andrew and how it eventually fell apart. She was prepared eventually to sit down with both of them when they wanted to talk.

By the end of the week, Andrew ended up fixing just about everything her parents kept giving him to do. He didn't seem to mind it at all, just happy to help since Jemma's father wasn't that great at fixing things.

There were a few nights when both of them would sit outside on the roof watching the stars, talking to each other. She could tell he was missing Skye as she was missing Fitz even though she thought this was good for her. The two would talk for a little bit before Andrew would get up to go the guest room he was staying in. They both tried to keep distance from each other.

By Wednesday of the next week, Andrew gets a call from Coulson checking up on them and asking if he can meet a guy who is currently in London. Something about a guy named Lance Hunter and how Coulson needed him for something.

So Andrew leaves her with her parents on Thursday, the day before they would leave to start going undercover for Hydra. It's the first time she's alone with both of them since being back. Either one or the other was out working in town.

"It looks like Andrew has certainly grown up since the last time we saw him, Jemma." Her mother says mid afternoon whisking up something to bake for dinner.

"I know, mum." She answers pulling out a seat at the counter.

"Don't think I haven't noticed that ring on his finger."

"How couldn't you. It's kind of shiny."

"I'm guessing he moved on?" Her father questioned pulling out a few ingredients from the refrigerator.

"He did. He's married to my friend, Skye, I was telling you about a few months ago."

Jemma watched her mother stop mixing the bowl and waited for her dad to finish cutting up some of the cheese he had.

"I see. Are you okay with this?"

"I guess now I am. Before I was furious with him not telling me or Fitz. We're best friends."

"How's Leo taking it, Jem?" Her father asked.

"Okay I guess. He seems happy to have his brother back. I wouldn't know, we got into a fight a few weeks before I left."

"Andrew and Leo always seemed to be inseparable when they came last time. They kept trying to blow things up in the backyard." Her mother commented.

Jemma continued to talk to her parents about Andrew and what happened. Well what she could tell them exactly. Andrew came back around dinner time and before long the day turned into Friday. They would both leave and fly back to the U.S. for their undercover mission.

By Sunday, they were set up in a one bedroom apartment, where they would live for the next few months. She wasn't sure why Coulson only got them the small apartment but the living room and kitchen were decent size.

The biochemist would eventually have to learn to push through and know that her and Andrew had a job to do. They had to act the part as a couple during work hours. There was no turning back. She would have to keep pushing feelings coming back for Andrew away and think about something else. Maybe that something else being how she did have feelings for Fitz, like he did for her.

And that's the end of the chapter. As you can see Simmons is trying to move on realize that Skye is good for Andrew. She also is trying to figure out how to explain how she does have feelings for Fitz but currently she can't get the right words out. Next chapter will be either Skye or Andrew's point of view of things before season two starts. Let me know who you want to see next by leaving a review. Also tell me what you think of this chapter and what you would like to see in the other chapters. Thank you also to everyone who has reviewed, liked, and followed this story to keep pushing me to continue this.