Ward wasn't sure he could deal with this. As an agent he had been trained to deal with many situations but this was definitely something that his teachers hadn't thought about. They really should think about sending people here for questioning. It would break even the toughest agents. He suddenly had a mental picture of the Black Widow here, bringing a smile to his face. He could just imagine what her reaction would be. Maybe that would be the way he could cope with this.

To be honest it wasn't all that bad. Yes there were children screaming and running. But they could easily be ignored. Yes he kept getting wet but that was part of the charm of the place. He couldn't really hate the place especially as he understood exactly why he was here.

The team had all agreed it was time to get Skye off the bus. She had been placed on bed rest after her shooting, which she had hated. She had got bored extremely easy even when she had been allowed her laptop in her room. She had been having a go at Coulson for a while now wanting to be let out. The team had now agreed that it was time to let her out of the room. As a celebration Simmons had agreed that she could leave the bus and go out somewhere for the day. Now they just had to decide where she should go and who should go with her.

As it happened who was going was easily decided. The bus was going to land for a day however both Coulson and May had to stay on the bus, dealing with paperwork and the restocking of the bus. Fitzsimmons had just found out about a lecture on a subject Ward couldn't even pronounce, let alone understand what was about. That left him. He assured that he was happy to take Skye out for the day. To be honest he was trying to hide from the team how much he was looking forward to it. He had missed his Rookie while she was ill and was looking forward to spending sometime alone with her. Whenever he tried on the bus someone always walked in, preventing them having anytime on their own. He wasn't sure he had managed to hide his feelings from the rest of the team, if the smiles they were trying to conceal were anything to go by. If he didn't know better he would suggest they had arranged this deliberately. Now all he had to do was decide where to take her. It had to be something fun for her but nothing to extreme as she was still recovering. Movies were out as Skye had watched plenty while being on bed rest. Ward couldn't face going shopping. Besides she could do that anytime, he wanted to do something special.

So that was how they had ended up here. As soon as she had realised where they were going Skye had turned into an excited child, squealing with delight. As soon as he had parked the car she had dashed out, running towards the entrance. Ward couldn't help but grin. He knew she would like this; he had to just ensure he didn't kill anyone while he was here. To be honest he had a great distraction. Watching Skye could keep his attention for a long time anyway but here he knew he wasn't going to be able to take his eyes of her.

When he joined her in the queue to enter she threw her arms around his neck, kissing him soundly. He knew she was pleased but he never expected that. Before he could even think of a reply to that she had dragged him in, wanting to do everything all at once.

When he had selected this place her knew it was going to be a test for him but he had never expected it to be in this way. He knew that waterparks were a favourite of Skye's but she didn't get to go very often. That was why he had chosen it. No matter what Skye or the rest of the team thought he didn't hate children, he just hated that they could be hurt if anything went wrong. Things often went wrong in his life. He didn't want innocents to be hurt because of him. He had thought it was going to be a test due to having to be constantly on his guard against danger, with the noise and bustling preventing him from seeing everything clearly. He hadn't expected the test to come from seeing Skye in a bikini. When he planned this he hadn't really thought about what she would wear, though he probably should have. Skye was the only person he knew that would go to a waterpark in a tiny bikini, ignoring how impractical it would be for going on the rides. It even had bows on the front that were teasing him, making think about what it would be like to untie them. That was definitely not a thought to be having here, around children. He wondered if Skye had chosen it deliberately to torment him. The grin on her face when she caught him looking suggested so. She always seemed to be able to read his mind, which was worrying especially considering where his thoughts had just been going. Leaning close to him as they queued for the biggest slide in the waterpark, she whispered,

"Thank you for bringing me here. If you want you can undo them when we get back."

* This was just something that came to me this morning. Hope you like it. *