Thank you so much for all of you who have reviewed and followed! I hope by the end of this chapter you kind of get the idea of where this is heading. I'm sorry if you guys are getting annoyed with Skye's outbursts but can you blame the girl? She's going through a lot all at the same time and it's a lot to handle. Anyway I hope you like this chapter!

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They walked the next couple of hours in complete silence. They had found a highway and were following it to a small town about 60 miles away. They suddenly hear a truck coming up the highway. Ward turned around to see what Skye would do, he wasn't confident that she wouldn't leave him even after his explanation. Skye stared at him for a couple seconds, her expression blank before she turned around and started walking towards the truck her thumb in the air.

Ward felt his heart drop. He didn't know what else he could've done to keep her, his greatest weakness, his only light. Garrett had warned him that she would never love him, he had gone too far in the wrong direction. He felt a pang of guilt thinking of Garrett but seeing Skye alive made it go away.

He watched her as the truck slowed down and rolled down the window. They said something he couldn't hear and she opened the door to get in.

"Are you coming?" Skye was facing him, looking right at him, Ward didn't believe that she was talking to him.

"Come on, this nice man doesn't have all day." A very confused Ward followed Skye and peered into the truck. The man was wearing a farmer's shirt and looked to be about Ward's age. Ward knew why the man had stopped for Skye but he didn't think that he would be too pleased to see Ward hop in the truck as well.

Ward cleared his throat, "Mind if I come along?"

The man grunted clearly not thrilled at the thought of another man sharing the car with Skye, "Yeah no problem."

Skye hopped into the car and got into the middle seat, "Well thanks again we really appreciate it," and Ward followed suit and shut the door.

The man started driving and turned to Skye, "So what are you doing walking on the side of the road so late?"

Skye didn't even hesitate.

"Well, we wanted to go on a sort of cross country drive across the country and our car broke down so we were walking into town to get help." Ward was surprised at how quickly she was able to come up with a cover story.

The man noticed Skye's bandage and bruise on her cheek. "Those look pretty nasty what happened?"

This time Ward answered. "We decided to take a break during our trip and go on a little hike and she fell. But we had the first aid kit so it worked out." The man looked at Ward, wondering if the story was true or Ward was actually some sort of abusive boyfriend. But Ward kept eye contact with the man and he eventually looked away.

The man shifted uncomfortably, "So are you guys, like uh together?" Before Ward could open his mouth and deny it, Skye grabbed his knee.

"Yup! We've been together how long?" Skye looked at him, but he just stared blankly back at her. "Well it's been about one amazing year." She answered for him.

Ward couldn't believe what he was hearing. He agreed that they should probably have covers since they were still wanted fugitives but he was surprised that Skye choose their cover to be boyfriend and girlfriend, not that he minded.

The conversation pretty much died after that, the man's spirits had kind of deflated after he figured out Skye wasn't single.

They arrived at the town about forty five minutes later and the man dropped them off at a diner that had a phone they could use.

"Ward," Skye turned to him before they entered the diner, "I'm going to call for a cab and go my own way. I let you come with me in the truck because I didn't think you should've had to walk the rest of the way and I only said what I said back there so I could keep the man at a distance." Ward nodded, he figured it was too good to be true. They walked into the diner together and he grabbed a booth while Skye went to go look for a phone.

She came back about five minutes later, clearly disappointed. "Well there isn't a taxi service that will drive out here this late at night, but it doesn't even matter because I just realized something Ward. We don't have any money." Skye slouched into the booth across from him.

"Don't worry I've been in far worse situations with no money on missions we will be fine. Especially with your hacker abilities this is no problem."

Skye sighed and reached for a menu, "Ugh I'm starving and you don't get it Ward. This isn't another mission we are completely on our own. There is no backup and I don't have a computer, so I can't do any good."

Just then the sheriff walked into the diner and headed directly over to Skye and Ward.

"Well I just heard that you two are in kind of mess right now, hey Jenny get this nice couple whatever they want it's on me!" A lady from behind the counter just gave him a thumbs up and started her way over to them.

Ward spoke up, "That's very nice sir but…"

"But," Skye interrupted, "we are starved and my boyfriend here left his wallet in the car so we don't have any money. We really appreciate it thank you!"

Ward glared at her but the waitress Jenny came up to take their orders before he could say anything else.

The sheriff turned to them again after Jenny had walked away, "So what's y'alls name? Kevin, the man who drove y'all in, told me that you guys are doing some cross country road trip?"

Ward spoke up first this time, he wasn't about to let Skye give him some terrible name. "I'm Eric Douglass and this is my girlfriend Kelly and yeah that's right." Ward stole a glance at Skye as he shook the sheriff's hand, her eyes angry. Ward had to keep himself from laughing he didn't think that she would be a fan of the name Kelly but he didn't she would dislike it that much.

The sheriff eagerly shook Ward's hand, "Well welcome to Ridderdale. I'm sorry we can't help you tonight, but I can have one of my boys help you with whatever you need tomorrow to get back on the road."

The waitress Jenny came up behind them with their food, "And there is an extra room with a shower above the diner you are welcome to stay there tonight as well."

"Wow," Skye said. "Thank you so much that is so generous of you!"

"Don't worry about it sweetheart." Jenny winked at Skye and Ward and walked off.

The sheriff nodded to both of them, "Well I will let you enjoy your meal and continue your night. I'm sure you're tired."

"Thanks again." Ward stood up and shook his hand again.

They finished their meal in silence and then Jenny led them to the upstairs room and gave them a key.

Once they were alone Skye turned to him.

"Kelly? Really?" Ward set his backpack down next to bed.

"What's wrong with the name Kelly?"

Skye scoffed, "Well nothing. But do I look like a Kelly to you?"

Ward sat on the bed feeling suddenly very exhausted. "It's just a cover name, it's not supposed to fit you. And I don't think it's the name that really upset over."

Skye sat on the desk chair across the room feeling fatigued as well. "I can't stay with you anymore Ward we need to go our separate ways."

"Why?" Ward sat up. "You know that there are still people out there looking for us, the government not to mention Hydra. I'm sure they are looking for us right now. If we stick together we have a better chance." Ward didn't really think that he needed Skye to be able to stay undetected but the part of him that felt the need to protect her just wouldn't go away. "We both need to move on Skye. I know you can't forgive me, not yet anyways but that doesn't mean we can't stick together and get out of this mess."

"I can't stop being angry at you Ward!" Skye suddenly was standing and pacing the room. "Because if I stop being angry at you then I betray them. I would be turning my back on my team who always had my back just to turn to the man who ruined our family. I can't, I just can't do that." Ward got up and moved across the room closer to her.

"I know Skye, but we're alive and their dead."

Skye crossed the distance between them and slapped him across the face. Tears falling down her face.

"Don't!" she yelled. She was thrashing out at him now.

"Skye stop, stop!" She stopped tears in her eyes and she fell to the ground and wept. She wept for her team who died, she wept for Ward's betrayal that hurt her more deeply then she would have ever guessed, she wept for their situation, and she wept because for the first time since the team she felt truly alone.

Ward bent down and pulled her into his arms and cried with her. She didn't pull away but leaned into him and he leaned into her. They held each other for what seemed like hours.

Maybe together they could fix each other's brokenness.

They took turns taking a shower. Ward made a spot on the floor so Skye could have the bed. She came out of the bathroom wringing her hair with a towel.

Skye was looking at the floor, drawing designs on the carpet with her toe and mumbled."Your right I think we could probably get through this better together."

Ward sat on his heels on his makeshift bed and looked up at her and nodded. He was afraid if he said anything it would make her change her mind.

Skye shifted uncomfortably. "Right well we should probably try and figure out what do tomorrow. Since there is no car, we have no money, and Eric and Kelly aren't real people."

Ward nodded, "Yeah I've been thinking about that we could say that we've changed our minds and that we want to explore the town a little more, we could spend a couple nights here to buy us some time."

Skye shrugged and nodded in agreement. "It's not the best idea you've ever come up with Ward but we are kind of short of options so I guess it will do. But that means you have to play my boyfriend for a couple more days. Can you do that Ward? Do you know how to be someone's boyfriend?"

Ward rolled his eyes and shut off the lights as the both hopped in their separate beds.

"Don't worry," he said, "I won't blow our cover."