Chapter 18

Skye felt all her worries go away once she began laying on the holo table. The comfort of wearing Drew's shirt helped a little bit. Sure, the shirt was from 2008, one that celebrated his Cy Young win from 2007 on the sleeve with Jake Peavy's name and number on the back, but that didn't matter. Skye just liked that it was Andrew's and it smelled like him.

The hacker ended up playing the drawing Coulson gave her on the big screen that ran across the holo board. She wasn't sure what to make of it, but Skye was determined to figure it out. She just wondered why it hadn't effected her yet.

Skye didn't end up moving until she heard Trip come in complaining. Something about Koenig and how he keeps multiplying.

"If Billy brings up another brother, I don't know what I'll do." He said with a beer in hand.

Skye sat up on the holo table and looked at the specialist carefully.

"Coulson said we could trust him." She tells him.

Now it's Trip's turn to look at her skeptically, confused about something.

"Is that a new shirt? I don't think I've seen you wear that before?"

"That's because you haven't. It's actually Drew's."

"So I'm guessing you're missing your man?"

"Everyday. I can't wait for him to come back."

Skye notices that Trip begins to study the jersey shirt she's wearing. He's nodding his head and mutters an impressive under his breath.

"So who is this Peavy guy? I'm guessing he's a baseball player." He asks.

"Jake Peavy. He's one of Drew's favorite players. Drew said that he met him after Daniel, his father, took him to his first game."

"He still play with the Padres?"

"Nah, he got traded to the Chicago White Sox, then he went to the Boston Red Sox and now he's with the San Francisco Giants. Heard he won the World Series recently with the Red Sox."

Trip looked at Skye blankly and then laughed.

"Dang girl, that's a lot of information."

"You can blame Drew. We watched a lot of baseball together before we got married. I kinda just kept up with his favorite player after he left for his six month mission."

"So what about this stuff?" Trip pointed to the screen. "You might go crazy if you keep staring at it."

"I'm not sure yet. Coulson has had me looking at this since before Drew left."

Before Skye knew it, Coulson appeared in the door way. It was like the when you said the newest director's name, he would just magically come. Skye pulled out her notebook as Trip approached Coulson.

Tip: if you say Coulson's name, he magically appears. Just kidding, probably not, but it worked for me.

We need to go see a baseball game again together when you come home.

"What's up, D.C?" Skye asked when she was done.

Trip excused himself and suddenly Skye felt it was time to be serious. Coulson looked to happy to see them, but then again he was carrying things that probably meant business.

"We know who the bulletproof assassin is." Coulson just flat out says.

"And you need me to help by going down there, right?" Skye asks. "I don't get a say either, do I?"

"Bingo." The director says before turning to leave.

Coulson is nearly out the door when he turns back around to face Skye. He's stopped by something.

"I know Andrew is a Padres fan, but I think Dodgers colors might look a little bit better on you."

"Nooooo." The hacker moans as she follows him out.

18AOS18

The first thing Andrew did when he got home was shave off the facial hair he was growing. Well not entirely at first. He trimmed it to where he had just a mustache. The agent thought it would be funny to see how long Jemma would notice before the morning when they both had to go into work.

He started a shower after he finished so he didn't have hair all over his face. Plus Andrew always liked to take one before bed. When he got out, he dried off before putting on shorts to go look for a shirt.

Jemma still had a habit of forgetting what Andrew's routine was, so she walked in to the bedroom to find her shirtless ex-boyfriend rummaging through his side of the dresser.

"Why don't you ever just grab a shirt before you take a shower?" She asked moving towards the bed she had been sleeping in since they got there.

Andrew looked up and shrugged his shoulders. The fact that Jemma saw his shirtless upper body was nothing new. But getting used to seeing that he had a tattoo on his chest now was different. The biochemist knew this wasn't the Andrew she used to date, but instead it was Skye's. Andrew was different now.

"Have you seen my blue Padres shirt? I can only seem to find the tan one." Andrew asked to see Jemma shaking her head.

"Shave the mustache and I'll look for you." She answered. "I hope you don't do this to Skye. Because that's terrible."

Andrew put his head down and walked back to the bathroom. He didn't expect for Jemma to notice so soon. The agent took the razor and quickly removed it. He only had one question by the end of it.

"What do you think of Leo's facial hair?"

Jemma looked over at him holding the tan Padres shirt with a skeptical expression. Andrew knew he had to push her towards Fitz now but only by pieces. He was still surprised that Fitz had feelings for the biochemist but then again, Andrew left both of them in the dark for a bit and didn't know a lot of anything afterwards.

"It was fine when we left. Now you on the other hand should not." Jemma replies tossing him his shirt. "I can only figure you packed the tan one. Skye might have the blue one."

Drew crinkled his nose in response. Why didn't he think of that when he was going through the dresser? Skye used to take that one all the time after he would wear it sometimes. The only thing he figured was that the hacker took it out after he finished packing it.

The agent pulled his shirt on and then walked over to the side of the bed he would sometimes lay on when they both watched movies together. Andrew was still sleeping on the couch but in the bedroom was the only tv in the apartment for some reason. The living room didn't come with one.

The Padres were playing the Rockies and Andrew was thankful that he could set up his MLB TV account so he could watch the game on their fancy smart tv. Something that both him and Jemma didn't understand why it was needed but they just went with it.

The biochemist eventually crawled into her side five minutes later and took one look at the screen. She had been only to one game before they officially started dating with him and Fitz.

"Is Adrian Gonzalez playing?" She asked, the biochemist had gotten his shirt at the time they went.

Andrew looked over at her with a funny look and shook his head.

"He left, plays for the Dodgers now."

"When?" Jemma asked surprised by Andrew's answer.

"Shortly after we broke up."

That quiets the biochemist for a bit. To be honest she kind of stopped following after they broke up since it reminded her too much of him. She kind of just focused on her lab work and Fitz helping her out.

"Oh." Was all she could say about it.

18AOS18

Skye wasn't surprised that Ward asked to see only her. But she knew Andrew probably wouldn't be too happy if he found out what she was doing. He had told her many times that she shouldn't talk to Ward because they both knew he probably wouldn't change.

"Well well if it isn't Skye Parker." Ward states as she approaches.

"Using my last name now I see." She answers bluntly.

"Well you do have one now, even if you did lie about it before. I'm surprised Parker isn't with you."

"Why do you want to talk now?"

"To give you information."

Skye taped on the tablet and pulled up a picture of their bulletproof assassin, Carl Creel. She then turned it around and showed Ward what was pulled up.

"So Carl Creel?"

Skye nods her head and then waits for answer.

"I'm guessing that's Parker's shirt? Didn't know you were a baseball fan." Ward says trying to distract her.

"I'm going to walk if you don't answer the question." Skye says irritated.

"Okay, Creel was a boxer. Turns out any opponent has a glass jaw when you have steel fists under your gloves.

Garrett thought he'd be an asset.

Now, once Creel touches a substance, he can absorb it and somehow consciously transform the molecules of his body into that substance.

He wouldn't tell us how, but he enjoys the way it feels..."

"Well that's something we already know. So good try."

"Hydra is giving commands to him."

Ward starts to continue on babbling but Skye knows she had enough when she hears Andrew's name come out of his mouth once again. She closes the screen door so she can't see him and heads back up stairs. Once she's back in the safety of the base, Skye leans up against the wall. All the hacker could think was she should have listened to what Drew told her. Ward wasn't a friend anymore.

Here's part two. Please leave a review and tell me what you think. Also keep on submitting ideas for future chapters. I'm also curious to know who you would cast as Andrew Parker if he was an actual character in the series. Would love to see who you imagine him as. Also next chapter will feature more Fitz, who was missing from this chapter.