There was a soft knocking at Ward's bedroom door. When he answered it Romanov stood there wearing a men's shirt that she had clearly been sleeping in. In her hand was a bottle of Tequila.

"Can't sleep?" he asked

"No."

Ward stood back to let her in. She went straight to his bed, got in and pulled the covers up to her neck.

"What's up Nat?"

"Why does something have to be up?"

"You're half naked in my bed at 12.30am, and you brought a bottle."

"Oh. That."

He put some joggers over the boxers he was wearing and climbed in next to her. She laid with her back to him for what seemed like hours before she turned over to face him, propping her head up on her elbow.

"How do you do it?"

"Do what?"

"Work with the woman you love everyday, see her get hurt, carry on working and know that she will always be out of reach?"

"Clearly not very well, I nearly killed her last week."

"That doesn't mean anything. He's nearly killed me multiple times. It's when you want to that you should worry."

"What happened Nat?"

"He got shot. It was my fault. I took my eye off..."

"He's a big boy. Master Assassin. He can take care of himself. You got him out and he's still alive, right?"

"Yeah, but"

"There are no buts. If you care for him you need to tell him."

"And you need to take your own advice" Romanov told him with a smile.

There was another knock on the door. Ward looked at Romanov and got up to open it, Romanov went to use the bathroom.

"Skye?!"

"Before you close the door in my face, I want to talk to you."

"At 1.15?"

"Did I wake you?"

"No."

"I want to tell you that it wasn't your fault" She told him cupping his face with her hand.

"Wasn't it?"

"No, I knew better than to push your buttons. Especially in a situation like that."

Skye heard the toilet flush.

"You're not alone are you?" she whispered.

"No. Do you want to come in?"

He stood back and let her into the room, where she immediately saw Romanov coming out of the bathroom. Knowing what their relationship was it didn't seem to bother her.

"I forgot to.. erm.. powder my nose" Romanov said, heading back into the bathroom, knowing that Ward and Skye needed to talk. They sat on the edge of the bed facing each other.

"I hate not talking to you." Skye told him

"I must admit this week has been difficult."

"So why wouldn't you look at me?"

"I was scared I was going to hurt you again."

Skye leaned in to kiss him before laying down, pulling him down onto her kissing him more passionately than ever. There was another knock at the door.

"Seriously?" Skye asked while Ward groaned disappointment and frustration into her hair.

"We also forgot Nat's in the bathroom" He said as he got up to answer the door. Skye sat up on the bed.

"Simmons?"

"Agent Ward, may I come in?"

Bewildered as to why she was there Ward yet again stood back to let someone into his bedroom. She saw Skye sat on the bed. At that point Romanov came out of the bathroom.

"Hey, I've been in there a really long time now, I do hope you guys aren't having, Simmons. What are you doing here?

"I saw Skye knock on Ward's door and he let her in. I just wanted to make sure she wasn't going to get hurt the same way May was."

"Wait, You and May, Ward? I didn't see that one coming!"

"It was really embarrassing when Coulson asked him." Simmons continued, sitting down on the bed with Skye.

"Yeah. May looked like she wanted to kill him when he admitted it! I don't think she realised Coulson had injected him with truth serum"

"I'm going to go and get some ice" Ward announced putting a shirt on.

Instead of going down the hall to get ice, he went to the bar and ordered a large Scotch.

"Couldn't sleep either?" May's voice came from behind him.

"I was asleep, then I wasn't. Now I'm having bed issues."

"Bed issues? What sort of bed issues?"

"The one where I can't fit into it."

"Are you drunk? I'm not following."

"Come and see" offered Ward downing his Scotch. May finished her drink in the same manner and followed him to the elevator. They got off at his floor and he put the card in the lock and let her in.

"May. Melinda May!"

"Come join us"

"We're having a pyjama party. With Tequila"

All three women in Ward's bed seemed to be erring on the side of drunk. Skye was plaiting Simmons' hair and Romanov was trying to teach her drunk Russian. May went back into the hall and gave Ward the key to her room.

"Room 47. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" then she closed the door in his face.

"Ok. I've got one. I've got one, I have never, never have I had sex with Ward!" Romanov giggled.

May drank her entire shot before Romanov poured her another one.

"You're all trying to get me drunk" she stated in a matter of fact. "And I thought Russians drank Vodka?"

"Not this one!" Romanov answered.

By this point all four women were very drunk and were playing a game of 'I have never, never have I', where someone says something and if you have done it you need to drink a shot.

"My turn!" Simmons hiccupped. "I have never, never have I fallen in love with an agent"

Surprisingly three of them drank their shot. Romanov didn't.

"Wait. What?" Skye asked. "I feel stories here... "

"I was madly in love with one of my lecturers at the academy" Simmons blurted.

"What? You dark horse! All this time we thought you were in love with Fitz!" May said, offering her shot glass for a 'cheers' clink, which Simmons returned.

"He's just a good friend!"

"Mhm."

"Well what about you May? It was Ward wasn't it?"

"No. Ward was more Lust and lots of alcohol. Mine was about five years ago. His name was Michael Tamworth."

"What happened?" Skye asked barely above a whisper.

"She found out he was a spy and put three shots in his chest" Romanov finished for May.

"What?"

"It happens more than you think!"

"Well you're clearly in love with Ward, Skye." Simmons said

"What? No!"

"Whatever. We've seen you together." May added.

"Ok. Fine. He's all I think about. Those lips of his. And those eyes. Oh god those eyes! You totally can't tell him."

"Oh Honey. I'm pretty sure he already knows!" Romanov told her before Simmons asked:

"So you hit on him or he hit on you first"

Skye looked a little sheepish.

"Oh My God! Skye!" Simmons shrieked amid another hiccup as Skye went bright red and mumbled something about Oxford.

"What about you Nat? You didn't drink?"

"Because I have never fallen in love with an agent."

"I have two words for you Natasha Romanov, and it has something to do with whose shirt you're wearing" May said with a devious look in her eye.

"Oh crap!"

"Go on. What?" Skye prompted.

"Clint. Barton." May finished, holding out her glass to Romanov who clinked her glass with May's in defeat and drank up. She filled it up again and tossed the shot back to even the score.

"Who?" asked Skye confused

"He's an agent Nat works closely with. A lot. You met him actually. When we were at Phys Acc."

"Wait. Peaches?"

"Peaches?"

"Ward. Open day exercise. So how did you meet?"

"I got on S.H.I.E.L.D's radar in a bad way and he was sent to kill me. He disobeyed his orders and ended up recruiting me. Fury nearly fired him for it when I was at the Academy though".

"Why?"

"Me and Ward managed to blow the principal's office up! Nearly got us both expelled. He was sent to Sci Acc for a year. They couldn't handle him so they sent him back after six months!"

"Oh my god how did you blow up his office?"

"I thought that was a myth"

"We got bored one night so we dismantled his car and rebuilt it in his office. Except we missed a bit and when he turned the ignition the car blew up. Ward would have probably graduated ahead of me if he hadn't have got caught and took the entire blame. They docked his points. I beat him by half a point."

"Her and Ward are the reason security is so tight at the Phys Acc" May pointed out to Skye.

"We found the training too easy so we got bored and found alternate ways to amuse, I mean train ourselves!"

They fell about the bed laughing.

"Ok Ladies. Truth or dare time. And by that I mean its dare time" Romanov announced. "Skye, I dare you, in the morning, when we all meet to check out, to walk right up to Ward and kiss him in front of everyone"

Skye looked mortified but issued May's Dare.

"May. I dare you to striptease for Fitz when we get back on the 'bus"

"I hate you!" responded May narrowing her eyes at Skye. "Ok. Simmons. I dare you to leave a pair of panties in this, Grant Ward's hotel room. BUT, you have to make sure he finds them."

Simmons looked shocked and was trying to think of a good dare for Romanov.

"Nat. I dare you to use Ward's toothbrush. In front of him."

Ward awoke early the next morning. He took one look around the room and remembered that he was kicked out of his own room last night! He showered and changed back into the joggers and shirt he had been wearing the night before. He left May's room and caught the elevator back to his room. He opened the door with the key card and went in to find all four women fast asleep in the bed. Ward decided to change his clothes in the bathroom. Just as he was pulling his jeans up the phone rang. He went to get it but May got there first, leaning over Simmons she answered the phone. The phone also woke Romanov up. She got out of the bed and started looking around the room for something.

"Hello?"

"May?"

"Coulson?"