Their little star

Skye

"Birdbrain."

She greets her brother, smiling big. The shared look of surprise and confusion in his and Natasha's eyes, makes her smile grow larger. She takes a few steps forwards, reading herself to be pulled into a tight hug by the archer. When the red-haired assassin is the one pulling that stunt, Skye doesn't know what to do. But when she feels another set of arms around her, she knows some things are at least right.

"Alright, that is cute and all, still weird to see Romanoff showing this type of affection towards anyone. But, what is going on here?"

She hears Stark ask, rolling her eyes, Skye moves her head so she can look over Natasha's shoulder.

"Well, you should ask Pepper, she's the one that put all of this together."

She informs him, knowing fully well she is throwing Pepper under the bus, but seeing as Natasha and Clint have decided not to let her go, it's easier for the woman who is behind all of this to inform everyone else.

"I thought a small family get-together was something we all needs, or at least Romanoff and Barton does from the looks of it."

It's the only thing Pepper says, which makes Skye roll her eyes and from the look in Stark's eyes, he isn't all too happy about the lack of an answer and points in one direction. Skye isn't able to see what he is pointing toward but something tells her that the owner of the building is pointing toward Jemma. Forcing her two siblings off of her, Skye takes a step to the side.

"I got a Stark party invitation, after hearing stories about the ones you have thrown over the years, I knew I would need to take someone with me that I trust will have my back if something were to happen. Which is why I decided to take Jemma with me. And from the looks of Gwen, Ria, and Vic, they thought this was going to be a Stark party too when they arrived so."

Skye explains, realizing she should probably have done the explanation thing herself. Seeing the look in Stark's eyes, however, makes her narrows and she takes a step forwards, being joined by Pepper.

"Tony, this doesn't mean you can start inviting people... What did you do?"

Pepper starts to tell him, only to grow suspicious about the way Stark turns his head slightly to the side.

"I might have invited Rhodes when we were waiting to get in here."

Stark explains, a silence falls over the room at this information, everyone knowing how well Skye deals with new people, especially if they are males. The difference now is that she trusts these people and she trusts in their judgment of characters. And then there is the fact that she has been looking into this man, mostly because she was curious about the War Machine.

"Do you trust this man?"

She decides to ask, making everyone turn their attention towards her, she makes sure to keep her eyes on Stark and she can see the change in his eyes when he realizes what she is asking. She thought she had seen his serious side during their mission together, but it was nothing compared to what she is seeing right now. Which is an answer by itself.

"With my life."

Stark decides to answer her and Skye nods her head.

"Then I don't see a problem with him joining us, I would however recommend that you meet him downstairs to tell him what is going on."

Skye tells him and Stark nods his head in answer, quickly turning towards the elevators and is gone within seconds. Feeling that all eyes are still on her, Skye turns to look at each and every one. She can see both worry and other emotions in their eyes and she can also see that once this whole party thing is over, Natasha and Clint will force her to sit down with them and have a long conversation about what is going on. This is something she doesn't look forwards to and hopes she can avoid.