"So sweetheart, what ride do you want to go on first?" Coulson asked Skye.
"I want to go on the Ferris Wheel." She told him playfully as she ran a little in front.
Coulson ran to catch up with her.
"By the way, anyone bringing back one of those giant stuffed teddy bears will be thrown off the 'bus mid flight, followed by the bear. And the bear will be the only one wearing a parachute. Do you all understand?" Coulson informed them all down the microphone.
"Yes, Sir."
"Aye, Capitani."
"Gotcha"
"Good. Then we are understood." He said, looking at Skye as they joined the queue for the Ferris Wheel.
Before they knew it Coulson and Skye were sat in a cart, heading up and away from the ground.
"So what's going on with you and Ward?" He asked her.
"Nothing. We're good. Why'dya ask?"
"He didn't want to work with you."
"It's not that. I think it was more that we work together, sleep together, train together, eat together, it's nice to be apart and working with everyone else for a change."
"Really?"
"Sure. Keeps things interesting."
Coulson could tell she was lying to him. Why and what she was protecting he wasn't sure, but she was definitely hiding something.
"So why would Ward want to work with May and not Skye?" Fitz asked Simmons, as they approached the coconut toss.
"Drop it Fitz, I'm sure there is a valid reason, to which I know nothing."
"You know something." He paid for their games and they were both given three balls each.
They heard Coulson threaten them all regarding the giant teddy bears and replied with a curt "Yes, Sir." Before throwing the first ball.
"No chance of us winning one anyway" he thought as it missed the coconut by a good foot. Simmons stepped up to take her first go.
"You haven't denied it you know." He said to her as she took aim.
"Denied what Fitz?"
"You know something about Ward and Skye."
"I know nothing." Which was true. Simmons didn't know any of what was going on with Ward and Skye, except that she had helped pick out the lingerie. She had also seen the look on May's face when Coulson told her she was going to be his wife for the night.
They both missed the coconut with all three of their balls, so they moved on.
"It was weird right?" Amber asked Kain as he pulled her over to a gun range. He picked up a gun, paid the attendant the money and started firing with precision.
"Totally. There was that much tension in the room that you could have cut it with a knife."
"Do you understand?" Coulson finished.
"Aye Capitani" He replied, one shot off winning such a teddy.
"May be he's still sleeping with May." Amber said, not realising Kain didn't know that May and Ward used to be a thing.
His shot missed, badly.
Ward and May were headed past the love boat. He was holding her hand and they were sharing a corn dog.
"We're supposed to be married." She said to him, tugging his hand towards the ride. He smiled his most charming smile while pretending to object and then gave in and allowed himself to be dragged into the queue.
They too heard Coulson's threat over the bear. May broke away from him just short of the queue and he ran to catch her.
"Gotcha" He said into the microphone to confirm his acknowledgement of Coulson's request.
"You changed the teams." She accused him, as he wrapped his arms around her and she cuddled into his chest.
"Yes."
"You know?"
"Of Course. And if I hadn't already known the look on your face when he suggested that you be his wife was enough."
"Thanks."
"Any time."
"Did Skye tell you?"
"She did, and before you make her do a dare it was before you admitted it on girls' night." He said to her, climbing into a boat and holding his hand out to help her in.
"How did you know about that?"
"I have a sister who used to have sleepovers in the front room and confess secrets to her friends about boys in a voice louder than she thought she was using. I know what goes on, on girls' night." He told her.
May just laughed. Of course it would have something to do with Tilly.
"And congrats by the way. Only Skye had noticed. She told me and Nat when we were discussing Fitz-Simmons at the bar. We completely missed it. What do you think prompted the night in the first place!" he admitted to her.
He placed his arm around her and pulled her into her chest. They were, after all supposed to be married and on the love boat.
"What about Fitz-Simmons?" She asked, wrapping her arms around his chest, grip torturously tight.
"May, breathing is becoming an issue!"
It took hours to go through all of the rides and the stalls, but eventually the only ride left was the Ghost Train. The team managed to all get in the queue, one pair behind the other. Skye and Coulson first followed by Amber and Kain who were pretending to whisper sweet nothings into each other's ears, then May and Ward, still holding hands and keeping up pretences, with Fitz and Simmons, still arguing over whether Simmons knows something about the pairings, bringing up the rear.
They didn't speak to each other after all they weren't supposed to know each other. The train arrived and they boarded. Just before they entered the tunnel Ward took a small pen like object out of his pocket.