*Once again I don't own agents of shield or any or the characters in this. The song lyrics are from Closer than Most by Beautiful South.

'Well excuse my staring but it's just your looks

are a standard well above myself

Your face might mean zip to you

But to me it's something else'

Skye kept her eyes focused forward on the bus coming into view as she felt Ward's eyes drift towards her as they listened to the song. He had convinced her to return to the bus and re-join the team. As soon as she had entered the SUV she had turned on the radio not ready to deal with the emotions that were churning inside her. She knew Ward's admission had to be dealt with. She felt bad by not telling him how she felt, especially as she was aware how much it cost him to admit that to her. She wanted to throw her arms around him and tell him his feelings her reciprocated but she didn't want to do it now, in case he thought it was in reaction to her realising that she was no longer in danger. Also she was absolutely terrified about how the rest of the team would react to seeing her again. She knew Fitzsimons would be happy to see her, Coulson would probably be happy to see her but May probably didn't care whether she was there or not.

'Well it can take many years to forge a friendship

It can take a lifetime to get close

But we took all the shortcuts,

used our hearts as a map

and we still got closer than most'

Listening to the song Skye couldn't believe how much it fit her life. With the team she had found her family even though they had been together such a short period of time. They had just used their hearts and found their way. She now had a brother and sister where before she was on her own. Coulson had become the dad she had always wanted and, although she would never admit it to her, May was a mum to her.

Ward. Ward was the person the song really made her think of. They had started off hating each other but now, now they really were closer than most. Without even knowing it they had used their hearts to find their way.

She felt the SUV pulling to a stop as the smile from her last thought spread across her face. She really needed to get Ward on his own. But first she had to deal with the mess she had made by leaving.

With a sigh she opened her door trying to prepare herself for the inevitable lecture she was about to receive when she met the rest of the team. She wasn't however ready for the greeting she got.

"Skye" came the exclamation from two voices before she was hit from two different sides.

"Fitzsimons I can't breathe!" exclaimed Skye as both scientists swept her up in a bear hug. Over their shoulders she could see Ward smirking as he took in the sight.

"Don't you ever leave us again! What were you thinking?" exclaimed Simons not loosening the death grip she had on Skye. Before she could even thinking of a reply Fitz spoke.

"Yeah don't you even thinking of leaving us again. We have invented a serum that can track people and immobilize them with one command from us. You even think of leaving us again and we will freeze you then come and collect you." With that frankly terrifying statement both scientists removed their death grip from her and moved back so the person behind them could see her.

"Skye. Good to have you back. I think Fitzsimons have made it fairly clear what will happen if you leave again. They have my permission to do what ever they need to do to stop you escaping again." With a slight smile at the stunned look on her face, Coulson moved forward and pressed a gently kiss on her cheek. "Its good to have you back. I understand why you left but it doesn't mean that you should have. I'm just glad Ward managed to find you. No matter what happens or who is after you we will stand beside you. Don't ever forget that."

Skye couldn't stop the tears flowing down her cheeks at that statement. She had never felt wanted in her life before now. Even knowing that they could be put in danger because of her, they still wanted her.

A gentle hand wiped her tears from her cheeks. She looked up expecting Coulson or Simons. May's hand gently cupped her face forcing Skye to look directly into her eyes.

"Don't ever do that again. You mean a great deal to this team Skye. Without you we wouldn't be as close as we are." With that May gently released Skye's face and began walling back to the cockpit, indicating to the rest of the team wheels up in five.

"Oh and if you ever leave us again, it won't be Ward that comes after you. It will be me. I will quite happily bring you back and leave you with Fitzsimons to experiment on. After that I'll make sure you do training with me."

Skye's eyes widened in horror. She didn't quite hate training with Ward as much as she pretended but she knew that it was a walk in the park to training with May. The one time she had taken over for only ten minutes of her train session she could barely walk the next day. A whole training session would likely incapacitate her for weeks. For her there could be no worse punishment.

With a slight smile at the shock on Skye's face the rest of the team moved to take their positions for take off, leaving her alone with Ward, who had watched the whole scene with a smile on his face.

"They care a great deal about you as well. You're family to them too."

"I know. I'm glad I've finally found my place and my family. I finally have somewhere that I belong."

Skye smiled at the thought of her family, protective mum and dad, annoying brother and sister and then there was Ward. He didn't quite fit in with the brother relationship and she hoped he never would be, she wanted him to be part of the family in a slightly different way.

"There is something that I need to tell you. Something I should of told you at the bar."

"Oh?"

Smiling at him, Skye took a small step forward bringing her close to him. Stretching up on her toes she lent in and gently kissed him before wrapping her arms around his neck bring him close to her.

Looking into his eyes she replied, "I love you too."

* So this is the last chapter for this story. I hope you have enjoyed it. Thank you to everyone who left reviews and have read this story. I hopefully will upload another story soon as I have had an idea for a new story for a while. Unfortunately uni work has got in the way of writing it yet, but as Easter is soon I should have some more time. Thank you for reading