We will run and scream, you will dance with me, they'll fulfill our dreams and we'll be free - Not With Haste, Mumford and Sons

Chapter Twenty Five

Confessions

Quick as a flash and they were back in the lab. Tony, Bruce and Steve had been watching the screen the entire time. Their expressions were priceless.

"That was Tron?" Mira held back a sigh of frustration. They didn't know what he had gone through. They couldn't possibly know. She couldn't blame them for their curiosity.

"We should be back there," Beck said under his breath. "He'll want to know what happened."

Tony finally stopped gaping at them and grabbed the tablet he was holding. "Well, the test was successful," he replied. "You should be able to go back once this thing recharges."

Relief washed over Mira's shoulders, until she remembered what would happen next. She wasn't going back to the Grid. At least, not once Tron had fully recovered. Thanks to Natasha's help, all of the files were signed and ready.

"How long will that take?" Beck's question broke her from her thoughts.

"A few hours, give or take," Bruce replied with a shrug.

Unease began to creep down Mira's arms as she thought of going back. She wondered what Tron would say when he finally recovered, or if he had anything to say at all.

"By than Tron should be fully recovered," she murmured.

She glanced at Beck and noticed for the first time that he was looking at her. For the first time in days. Time to start packing while she had a chance. After this was over, she needed to find her own apartment. Tony had offered a place for her to stay, but she turned it down.

Don't think I could put up with him for the rest of my life, she thought with the slightest of smirks.

Thankfully the place she looked for wasn't too far from here. And it was close to the Hub, SHIELD's largest facility aside from the hellicarrier. From what she had learned, the Hub was where Natasha and Clint did most of their work when they weren't on missions.

Once she reached her room, she started grabbing clothes and putting them in piles. Music blared from her iPod once more, and once again she was thankful for the distraction.

"Hard to find a way to get through, it's a tragedy, pulling at me like the stars do, you're like gravity, even if the wind blows, it makes it hard to believe, how you gonna love, how you gonna feel, how you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real, and if you lost your way, I will keep you safe, we'll open up all the world inside, I see it come alive tonight, I will keep you safe..."

Mira closed her eyes and thought of everything she and Beck had been through. From meeting him for the first time, to leaving him after Cyrus had tried killing them for a second time. To finally reaching the User world. Beck had always been there for her, even when she tried pushing him away.

"Doesn't even matter to you, to see what I can see, I'm crawling on the floor to reach you, I'm a wreck you see, when you're far from home now, makes it hard to believe, so how you gonna love, How you gonna feel, how you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real, if you've lost your way, I will keep you safe, we'll open up all your world inside, till you come alive tonight, I will keep you safe..."

"Do you need a hand?" Mira flinched she noticed that Beck was watching her. Rinzler had been sitting on the bed, playing with a string while she grabbed the bags Natasha had found for her.

"Yeah, I could use a hand," she replied after a moment of awkward silence followed.

Beck frowned before reaching out for a bag. "You're really going through with this?"

"Beck, you know someone has to keep an eye on Cyrus," she sighed after closing one of the bags.

"We all fall down, we all feel down, cause rainy days and summer highs, the more we pray the more we feel alive..."

"There's more to it, isn't there?" Mira looked down at the floor, studying the little details of the white tiles.

"Look, I spent my whole life not remembering who my real family was," she explained. "Now that I know they're alive... I don't know if I could leave them again." Besides, if Cyrus did get out of his 'inescapable' prison, someone needed to keep an eye on him.

"So you're not going back to the Grid?" Mira finally locked gazes with him.

For the first time in days, she realized how wary he looked. She couldn't even remember the last time they had been alone together.

"When I have enough free time," she replied. "There's so much I missed when I was younger."

She didn't want to admit that SHIELD offered vigorous training for new recruits. It might take more than a few months to get through the classes Director Fury had offered. Once those classes were finished, she wasn't sure what would happen next.

Her eyes widened when Beck wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry... for avoiding you these last few days," he murmured when he noticed her look of surprise. "You were right, about me saying something when you weren't awake."

"How you gonna love, How you gonna feel, how you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real, how you gonna love, how you gonna feel, how you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real, if you've lost your way, I will keep you safe, we'll open up all your world inside, so you come alive tonight, I will keep you safe..."

"Beck, it's okay." She hated seeing him this way. Worrying over something so pointless. "I love you too."

Without warning, Beck pressed his lips against hers. Her eyes widened before she realized what was happening. She didn't even notice the red covering her cheeks as she accepted his warm embrace. In that split-second, it felt like time had slowed down.

But as quickly as it had started, Beck pulled back and stared at Mira in alarm. "Did we just..." Beck stopped himself before he could say the word.

"I think we did." Mira couldn't help but laugh when she realized what they just did.

"Look, I don't know what-" Mira stopped him before he could apologize.

"Believe me Beck, I would have stopped you if I wanted to," she murmured.

"I really do love you, you know," he added after squeezing her hand gently. Mira held back a sigh of relief before leaning on his shoulder.

"I love you too, bitbrain," she whispered.

"Well I will keep you safe, I will keep you safe..."

The words kept playing in her mind. Sitting here, next to Beck, she felt safer than ever.

AN: Yep, I totally went there :P As you can see, not very good with romantic stuff. Never really had a boyfriend, so can't say I've never experienced that world. But I did my best /= Big thanks to PrincessKai317 and 2theSky for reviewing! You guys are awesome!

Lyrics are from the song Safe by Westlife. Still occasionally makes me cry when I hear it ^^"

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