"How will he get down from there?" Another girl on the tour asked.
"This schools motto is 'We fly without wings'. Work it out!"
Her eyes widened as she saw Ward on the monitor dive off the top of the 50 foot obstacle. There were various screams and gasps from members of the tour group as the ground became closer and closer. Suddenly, Ward stopped, three feet off the ground, righted himself and turned his camera off.
"If everyone would like to follow me to the atrium, the tour has now concluded. There will be student, staff and agents to answer any questions you have."
They all followed him out of mission control, discussing how they felt about the demonstration, through the white room and back into the lobby. Not needing any questions answered Coulson allowed the team to wonder around and look at the information about the Academy. Skye was studying a picture of the Hawkeye using his bow and arrow.
"Hey, I'm Aaron" said a male voice in her ear.
"Skye" she replied smiling at him.
"So you thinking of applying or something?"
"Or something." Aaron was starting to creep her out .
"That demonstration was pretty awesome wasn't it? I mean. Security had no idea of any of it did they!"
"I guess not"
"He was amazing was that Ward guy."
"Yeah"
Simmons came running over to Skye with Fitz.
"Skye. We have just found the best picture in the world!"
"What of?"
"Twinkle toes" replied Simmons using the name Hawkeye had called Ward.
"You two applying for S.H.I.E.L.D's Physical Academy? You look like science nerds" Aaron asked with a snotty tone to his voice.
"Actually, we're..."
"Everything ok?" May interrupted. One of the conditions of allowing them into Phys Acc was if they pretended to be applying.
"You're applying?" He asked May. "Aren't you a little too old to apply for this place?"
Coulson saw May crack the knuckles of her right hand. She was ready to hit this clown. So he went over.
"May, behave. Did you find everything you wanted to know sweetheart?" he asked Skye, putting his arm around her shoulders.
"You brought your dad with you? To a school where they teach you to kill and spy on people?"
"My dad accepts everything and anything I want to do in my life" Skye told him with an obnoxious smile. Their conversation was ended there by mass cheering, whoops and screams.
Ward had just entered the atrium, and as he was the hero of the hour he was proving very popular.
"It doesn't harm that he looks the way he does either" thought Skye. He fought his way through the sea of people all wanting to ask him questions or congratulate him on the exercise to where Coulson and the rest of the team were stood.
"Oh my God! He's coming over here." Aaron said, losing the snotty composure he had just been using and now sounding like a small child meeting his hero.
Skye took two paces towards Ward to give him a high five, tripped and fell straight into him. Ward, his attention gained by someone asking him if the knife in his leg hurt, was bowled to the ground entangled in Skye's limbs. The rest of the team went to pick them both up.
"You guys want the proper tour?" he asked them, dusting his legs off
"Sure"
"Ok"
"You mean there's more?" were the replies from the team.
"I'd love to come!" Aaron answered.
"Sorry. This tour is full" Ward replied.
He took them through the grounds that they did not even know belonged to Phys Acc and told them stories about what happened in various parts. He took them to the lake and lake house and he also took them to where the agents-in-training had their downtime. It wasn't nearly as sophisticated as the one at Sci Acc but it had a bar, dance floor and pool table. The team ordered drinks from the bar and agreed to have one night enjoying themselves before returning to the bus.
Ward and Skye were having a drink at the bar. He looked around to see where the others were. Fitz-Simmons were dancing (or what they thought was dancing) and May and Coulson were playing pool. This was his window. He took Skye's drink and put it on the bar.
"Follow me" he whispered in her ear, "I have something else I want to show you."
He took her hand and pulled her out of the room.
They walked hand in hand to the stairwell and climbed right up to the top and up onto the roof. The roof was restricted access with a retinal scanner. Ward bent down and let it scan his eye, his clearance having being reinstated.
He covered Skye's eyes with his hands and led her to the edge of the roof.
"Are you ready?" he asked her.
"Yes"
He lifted his hands off her face and she simply stood there, stunned. The sun was going down over Phys Acc and it was simply beautiful. They stood there, hand in hand, watching the it.
"So you were taught to sing?" she asked him, turning her back on the view.
"Yeah. But we don't talk about that. It's the one think I was terrible at."
Skye started to sing. She wasn't actually that bad.
"There's still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
There's still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
It's still a little hard to say what's going on"
She ran her hand down Ward's face
"There's still a little bit of your ghost, your witness
There's still a little bit of your face I haven't kissed
You step a little closer each day
That I can't say what's going on
Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball"
He took her in his arms and put his forehead against hers.
"There's still a little bit of your song in my ear
There's still a little bit of your words I long to hear
You step a little closer to me
So close, I can't see what's going on
Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
So come on courage, teach me to be shy
Cause its not hard to fall
When you know that you just dont know"
Ward joined in
"Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
So come on courage, teach me to be shy
Cause its not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball
" They finished together.
"Is it really a necessary skill to have?"
"Unfortunatley. Yes"
She turned around in his embrace to look at the view again. It was almost as stunning in the dark, as you could see all of the city lights reflected in the nearby lake. He tightened his arms around her and rested his chin on her shoulder, while she leant back into his chest. They stood this way until Skye gave an involuntary shudder.
"Cold?" Ward asked her?
"A little"
He removed his jacket and draped it around her shoulders.
"Want to go back in?" he asked her.
"Not just yet. I want to stay here for a little while longer"
It was the most romantic thing she had ever experienced. Amazing views with an amazing man. She didn't want to let that go so soon.
"Where the hell have you two been?" Coulson demanded, obviously pissed off that they had disappeared.
"It was a little hot and stuffy in here so we went to get some air"
"Of course you did." Coulson scoffed noticing Skye was wearing Ward's prized leather jacket.
Fitz and Simmons came running up at that point
"Can't find them anywhere!" they told Coulson, not noticing Ward and Skye stood there, well, until Coulson stared at them.
"You're there. Where did you go? Where did you come from? How long have you been standing there?" Simmons asked without taking a breath.
"Went out for air apparently" Coulson answered for them, eyebrows raised.
"Where's May?"
"Still looking for these two!" Coulson stated. "I have empty room keys for you guys tonight. I want you, in your own rooms, by 1am" He continued, looking at Skye and Ward to emphasize his point.
"What was all that about" Simmons asked on the way to their rooms.
"He's got it into his head that we're having sex" Ward retorted.
"You mean you're not?" Fitz asked, slightly sceptical, eyeing up Skye who was still in Ward's jacket.
"NO!" They exclaimed together.