A/N: Hey Guys! Sorry the update took so long! I start school on Monday and have been pretty busy. I have also not been getting as many reviews. I'm not sure if you guys have lost interest or there is just no one reading. So, please review! Otherwise, I might end up ending the story. It depends on what feedback I get on the next few chapters. So, let me know!
Disclaimer: I own nothing except story line and Katie.
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Even though Katlyn had left him with more questions than he had had when he first came up to the roof, he did get the answer to one, 'What do I do about Skye?' He finally knew what he needed to do. He just wasn't sure on when and how he would ask her out. He considered doing it that night, but then reconsidered since Skye had just found her long lost family. Ward sat on the roof of Avenger's Tower deep in thought and completely oblivious as to what was going on inside.
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When Katlyn left Ward she immediately got off the elevator and said, "JARVIS, where are my parents and Skye at?"
"They are currently in the living room, Miss Kate."
"Thanks JARVIS. Take me there please!"
Kate took the elevator down to the living room where she was met with the sight of her parents sitting on the couch, with Skye laying her feet on her dad's lap and her head on her mom. It looked like they were watching a TV show, although she wasn't sure which one.
"So, watcha guys watching?" she asked shyly.
Three heads immediately shot up, all wanting to see if Kate was okay. They sat in silence for a couple of seconds, before Skye jumped over the back of the couch and ran to her new found sister. The two sisters wrapped their arms around each other like they had known each other their entire lives. They stood for a minute, both with tears in their eyes before two more sets of arms wrapped around them.
After a few minutes in silence, they family dispersed.
"I'm sorry I acted the way I did. I was just in shock because I never thought I would meet my sister. And I definitely never thought that she would have been living with my parents for the past year without anyone knowing."
"Hey, you reacted the same way I would have," Skye told her sister honestly.
Kate sent Skye an appreciative smile and looked to her parents.
"It was a perfectly okay response to the situation. Not that finally finding our daughter is a situation, but you should have found out differently." Phil told his daughter with Melinda nodding her head in agreement.
"We do however need to tell the rest of the team and the Avengers." Melinda said.
"What exactly is your guys' relationship to the Avengers?" Skye questioned.
"We're a family. Not by blood, but not all family is blood. It's the people you choose. The people you trust. Mom and dad went to the Academy together with Aunt Nat and Uncle Clint. They have been a team since the beginning and have built a family out of that. They're also your godparents. We met Uncle Tony and Aunt Pepper through the pirate, also known as Fury and my grandfather. They have helped SHIELD with technology and money since I was a baby and are also my godparents. Uncle Thor, Aunt Jane, Uncle Steve, and Uncle Bruce… Well, I'm guessing you know the story of them. And mom was Aunt Maria's SO and has always looked out for me. She, Aunt Nat, and mom are also practically sisters." Kate explained. "So, that's our crazy family. It's big, but that just means more people to love and more people you can always go to for help. It's pretty great!"
Phil and Melinda smiled at their daughter and her explanation of their 'crazy family', although, they did agree with her. It was pretty great.
Phil finally spoke up, "If everyone is okay with it, I'm going to have JARVIS tell everyone to come to the living room, and we can all tell them about Skye being May together."
The girls nodded their heads in agreement and turned to explain the TV Show, Bones to Kate as they waited for everyone.
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Everyone was gathered in the living room and currently waiting for Ward to arrive. Once he got there, he pulled Coulson to the side and said, "Sir, I was wondering if I could please talk to you and May real quick."
Coulson nodded and went to go grab his wife. The three agents gathered in the kitchen.
"Agents May, agent Coulson, I know that Skye is your daughter. Kate accidently told me when we were talking on the roof, so I thought I would ask - "
"Yes Agent Ward, Skye is our daughter. If you would have waited a few minutes, we would have confirmed that as well as telling the rest of the team." May said a bit annoyed.
"I know. I was going to ask about something else. I know Skye has always seen you guys as parent figures, even before she found out that you guys were actually her parents. So, I was wondering if I could have your permission to ask Skye to be my girlfriend. I have liked her for a very long time now, and I have even started to slowly fall in love with her. I know it's against the rules, but I love her."
Phil and Melinda looked at each other, both with looks of shock. Phil gave Mel a questioning glance and Mel nodded.
"Okay Ward. You have our permission to date our daughter."
"Thank you so much! You don't know how much this means to-"
"But, if you ever hurt our little girl, you'll have to deal with not only us, but the rest of her family as well." May cut Ward off.
Ward looked at May and knew that she was serious, "Yes ma'am."
"You're dismissed," Coulson said.
Ward walked to the living room, with a smirking Melinda and Phil behind him.
Phil started, "You guys are all probably wondering why we are all here."
The large group looked toward Coulson, who was standing next to May.
"Over the last couple of days, Melinda and I have been working to find Skye's parents. We briefed the Avengers before we left to find retired agent, Richard Lumley. As you all know, he was the agent whose partner took Skye to Saint Agnes Orphanage. We found him and he told us Skye's story." Coulson took a breath and looked to Skye who gave a nod of encouragement.
"Agent Lumley and Agent Avery were called in to be part of a five man team to investigate an 0-8-4 in the Hunan Province of China. When they got there, everyone had been killed. Everyone but a baby girl, whom was found in the arms of a dead agent. With her they found a folder of notes and papers on experimentations. It was everything they had on her. The baby was kidnapped by Cal and Jiaying Johnson when she was about a month old."
While listening, Ward looked over at Skye and noticed her crying. It must have been the first time she heard the story. He walked over to her and pulled her into his warm embrace which she accepted. She sobbed into his chest as she listened to her father explain the rest of what had happened to her as a baby.
"They wanted to make the child Inhuman like Jiaying, because I guess kidnapping the child had not been enough. SHIELD became aware of the unauthorized lab and sent an agent on the inside. They had already injected the serum into the baby's bloodstream by time the agent was able to get the baby out. The serum must have failed, because as you can see, Skye has no Inhuman capabilities."
Everyone looked at Coulson with disbelief. Coulson explained everything after that and how Agent Avery was killed after taking Skye to the orphanage. By time he had finished, he and Melinda were in tears.
Once she recomposed herself, Melinda then took over, "Phil and I kept it to ourselves for a few days, because we didn't know how to tell Skye. We also couldn't help but think about how Skye's story was a little bit similar to our own. Phil finally got a blood sample from Skye and ran it with ours. It came up positive. Skye is our daughter," she finished with a smile.
Skye turned and ran to hug her parents. They had withheld the story to protect her. And she was glad they had.
"Skye's May?" Everyone turned and saw Natasha standing with Clint, tears in her eyes.
Melinda nodded.
"Oh my god."
Natasha ran over to her goddaughter and stole her from her parent's embrace into her own. Skye stiffened a bit, but accepted it because she knew that this was her family. Her real family. And she knew that no one could steal that from her, that they would never hurt or abandon her.
After everyone gave Skye a hug and told her that they were happy that they had found her, everyone went to bed.
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Ward lay facing up, staring at the ceiling for what seemed like forever. Knowing he wouldn't be able to fall asleep anytime soon, he took the elevator down to the kitchen. He walked through the door and was met with the sight of Skye eating out of a tub of strawberry ice cream.
His back was turned to her, so he sneaked up behind her and said, "Whatcha eating there rookie?"
"God dammit, Ward! You scared the living daylights out of me!" Skye exclaimed.
Ward just chuckled and stole the ice cream from her.
"Hey! Give that back," Skye laughed.
Ward smirked, "Sharing is caring."
"Grant Douglas Ward, give it back now," Skye said firmly with a hand on her hip.
Grant gave it back, and not being able to resist, snaked his arms around her hips, brought her closer and kissed her. Although she was shocked, Skye gladly accepted it.
When they finally had to come up for a breath, Skye gave Grant a questioning look.
"Skye, ever since I met you, I have liked you. And I have even started to fall in love with you. I know it's against the rules, but I would really love it, if you would please be my girlfriend. I know it's corny and all, but -"
Skye cut him off with another kiss.
"You talk too much," she said with a smile.
She then gave him another kiss and left the kitchen, leaving Grant speechless. When he finally composed himself, he put the ice cream away, and went back to his room. He couldn't stop smiling.
He still couldn't sleep and kind of wished Skye was lying next to him. Right on cue, as if she could hear his thought, his door opened a bit and Skye stepped in. She gently climbed into his bed and snuggled up next to him. Grant gently put his arm around her and pulled her closer as they both fell asleep.
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And when Phil and Melinda hadn't found Skye in her room the next day, they had found her in Grant's arms fast asleep. They both looked at each other and smiled. They had found their daughter and she was happy and well.
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