Hey babes! Back again with a little three-parter for ya. This one is the sequel to The Perfect Escape, part of the Hollywood!AU a friend of mine and I created. This chapter turned out to be a whole lot longer than I originally anticipated. But I guess that's what happens when you get inspired. :)
Enjoy!
If anyone had asked her ten years ago what she'd be doing, she probably would have said working tirelessly to make feature film after feature film. Making PB&J sandwiches for lunches and buying just the right kind of markers that wouldn't be too messy would not have been her first answer. Or her second, third, fourth, or fifth answer.
But the life she lives now is a good life, she knows that. She absolutely loves her life. She wouldn't trade a single second of it for anything in the world. If she had to choose between her life how it is now and how it used to be just over ten years ago, she'd definitely choose the now. Not that her life before all of this was bad, she's just so much happier now and feels so much more fulfilled.
A lot has happened for her in the last decade. And pretty much all of it had to do with a certain handsome bartender she met once upon a time in a faraway place.
About a month after they said 'I love you' they decided to move in together. Sort of. Skye kept her small apartment in LA for when she's working long hours but officially, to them, she lives at Grant's place above the bar. It's nice and cozy and she keeps most of her stuff there.
When she isn't working on a project, she stays at the apartment above the bar full time. When she is working, she stays at both places. The apartment above the bar is usually saved for weekends, and the occasional day within the week. The apartment in LA is so she can stay there without worrying about driving too late considering Grant's bar is a few hours out from LA. It's a pretty good system.
They celebrate their anniversary in October. Grant is completely sweet and thoughtful and recreates their first date, with a few modifications. Rose petals litter the floor and a few candles are set up around the room. He makes the same meal he made her that night and she just falls so much more in love with him in that moment.
He had convinced her best friend Jemma to take her out for the day so he could set everything up. She knew he was planning something, just not anything like what he did.
She makes sure to show him just how appreciative of him she is that night.
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They spend both Thanksgiving and Christmas with her parents, mainly so that they can get to know Grant a little bit better. They haven't spent much time with him considering he and Skye kept their entire relationship on the down low for quite a while.
Skye's happy to say that the holidays go off without a hitch, everything goes great, her parents really seem to like Grant.
When Grant proposed to her a few months after that, it was nothing short of spectacular and super sweet. It was also completely unexpected too. Well, slightly unexpected. She had a feeling it was coming soon, they'd been together for a year and a half already, she just wasn't expecting it to happen when and where it happened.
It was just another work day for her. Her latest movie is a rom-com, thankfully they're filming in the area so she doesn't have to do too much traveling for it. The guy who's acting opposite her is really nice; Antoine Triplett, a newer actor. He's still pretty green to the whole acting world, this movie is his first big role, so Skye took it upon herself to show him the ropes and let him in on all the secrets she's learned over the course of her career. Trip, as he had told her to call him, quickly became one of her closest friends in the industry.
They're filming the scene where his character surprises hers when the proposal actually happens. When they had done the read-through the director didn't tell her what her character would be surprised with. He said he wanted her reaction to be genuine, so it's more authentic for the scene and the fans when they watch it. She has no problem with that whatsoever, she likes when the things she films are more authentic.
They were in the middle of the scene, about to get to the big moment where her character, Lucy, gets surprised. They go back and forth with their scripted dialogue and then it comes time for the big surprise within the movie.
Trip, as his character Marcus, smiles at her. "Turn around and find out."
She lets out a small huff before turning around, bracing herself for whatever the surprise for the scene is supposed to be.
That's when she sees him, in all his handsome, Adonis-like glory, standing just a few feet in front of her. He's dressed up nice, in a pair of slacks and a nice t-shirt.
"Grant, what are you doing here? I'm trying to work." She has to keep herself from physically shoving him off the set. She loves him, she really does, but she doesn't understand why he's there. The possibility of a proposal doesn't even dawn on her in that moment. Until he starts walking towards her and talking, of course, and she starts to slowly piece things together.
"Skye, I love you so much. The day you walked into my bar was the best day of my life, that's when everything changed. My life became so much better when you became a part of it. I couldn't ask for someone more amazing or more wonderful to want to spend the rest of my life with. Will you marry me?"
He ends up down on one knee with a ring box out in front of him; the top flipped up to reveal the most beautiful ring she's ever seen. It's nothing too extravagant or flashy, but still very elegant, her perfect ring.
She doesn't even hesitate in saying yes.
He slides the ring onto her finger and then she's launching herself at him, their lips sealing together.
The kiss, unfortunately for her, doesn't get too heated, as Skye remembers that there's still dozens of people on the set.
Everyone crowds around and starts congratulating them as soon as they break apart from their kiss. Turns out, they were all in on it; they all knew Grant was going to ask her. He had gone to the crew and asked them if he could propose on set and they were all more than happy to agree. The costuming department even helped him pick out the perfect outfit to wear for the proposal.
Skye just wishes they weren't on set in front of all her friends and coworkers. Because if they weren't, she'd definitely be doing a lot more than just kissing him, that's for sure.
Thankfully, her wish comes true. The movie is ahead of its shooting schedule so the director sends everybody home for the day, telling Grant and Skye that he's happy for them and to go home and celebrate.
So that's what they do. All night.
Neither of them wants to wait too long to get married. But of course they have to wait until Skye is finished with her latest project before they can actually get married. But once she's wrapped on all her scenes, wedding planning is her sole focus. That's not to say that she doesn't take some time out of her busy shooting schedule to make decisions here and there.
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They decide to have the ceremony in Aruba, in the early days of August. They both like the idea of a beach wedding, and it's pretty far out of the way of any paparazzi or fans. Not that Skye doesn't love her fans, because she does, but this is her wedding, not another press event or movie premiere. So they keep things pretty much on the down low, in regards to both the engagement and the wedding. Sure she would love to have the support and she knows her fans would be happy for her, but she also likes the idea of keeping it just to themselves for a little while longer. Grant is more than happy to agree to that. He very much likes the idea too.
As it turns out, Natasha is a whole lot more than just an agent to the stars. All her time spent as an agent seems to have given her some kind of an edge that makes planning a wedding a piece of cake for her. Skye has honestly never been more thankful for her agent and friend. It definitely takes a whole load of stress off of her. She and Grant still have a say in how things go, of course, but Natasha is definitely taking charge and making sure things will run smoothly the day of.
They ask Grant's niece Kate to be the flower girl for the wedding. The first time Skye met the little girl, not long after she and Grant started dating, it was a whole mix of different things; first Kate was nervous, then asked all sorts of questions, then became very chatty, and then very clingy. Grant really wasn't kidding when he said that she's Kate's favorite actor. When they ask her, the six year old is overly enthusiastic about getting to be in the wedding. The fact that it's on a beach is an added bonus.
For the ring bearer, they invite her driver Mack's youngest son to do it. Mack has been her driver since she first started her career; he, his wife Elena, and their kids are all like family to her. Joel is pretty excited to be in the wedding, Skye's one of his favorite people.
Skye's half of the bridal party consists of her best friend since elementary school Jemma as the Maid of Honor, one of her close friends and fellow actresses named Bobbi, Grant's older sister Amanda, and Elena as bridesmaids. Grant's half consists of his best friend since middle school Kebo as the Best Man, the only person Grant somehow knew in the industry before he met Skye named Leo Fitz, and Trip.
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Neither the ceremony nor the reception are very large affairs. It's just their closest friends and family they flew out there to join them on the beach.
The ceremony itself was completely beautiful, not a single dry eye was found once the vows were over.
Grant spoke first, nothing but love for his soon-to-be wife in his eyes.
"Skye, you are the absolute love of my life and I'm so glad that I get to spend the rest of my life as your husband. The day you walked into my bar, just looking for a place to escape from your busy like for a little while, it was the day that everything changed. For the better, obviously. Every day that I'm with you, there's a part of me that can't believe that I'm with you; you're a world famous movie star and I'm just a small town bartender. But somehow, somehow we work, and I think that's wonderful. I love you so much, Skye, more than I ever thought I could love someone. I can't wait to start living this new chapter of my life with you right by my side."
Skye wipes the tears from her eyes and then talks.
"There are so many different instances over the course of my career where I've experienced falling in love as a character, but I've never gotten to experience it as myself, in real life and unscripted. And it's better than anything I could have imagined. Every moment I spend with you, Grant, I fall more and more in love. You make my life so much more amazing than it was before, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I've received so many awards since I started acting, but I wouldn't care if I never won another award so long as I get to spend the rest of my life with you. I know that's super cheesy to say, but it's the absolute truth. I love you, Grant Ward, so much."
They're pronounced man and wife and the entire group bursts into cheers and applause when they kiss.
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After the ceremony they all gathered together in a nice little beach restaurant that they managed to acquire for the whole afternoon for the reception. The catering was amazing; Natasha hired some of the best.
Skye spends a bit of time at the beginning of the reception getting to know Kebo and Fitz a little bit better.
She's interacted with Kebo a few times over the time she's been with Grant, and he always brought a great source of entertainment for her.
Fitz, on the other hand, she doesn't know too well. She's only met him a couple of times during wedding planning. He apparently does a lot of tech/prop work for different films and Skye can't help but wonder if they've ever worked on a film together without knowing it.
Turns out they had, in the very beginning of both of their careers. It was before Skye became a household name, and when Fitz was just an assistant the lead tech/prop guy. They both remember working on the film very clearly and that's all they really needed to start bonding.
The speeches given during the latter part of the reception were great.
Kebo gave his Best Man speech first. He and Grant have known each other since middle school and Kebo was the first one Grant told about Skye when they first started seeing each other. Kebo became his business partner when Grant decided to open a bar, and has even run the bar a few times when Grant was unable to do so. So it's really no surprise that he asked Kebo to be his best man. He threw in many jokes about Grant, having no qualms whatsoever about teasing Grant relentlessly. Skye doesn't think she'd ever laughed harder at hearing some of the jokes told.
Jemma spoke second with her Maid of Honor speech. The two women have been best friends since elementary school after Jemma's family decided to move to the states from England. While Skye went the route of becoming an actress, Jemma had her sights set on medical school to become a doctor. She was very ecstatic when Skye asked her to be her Maid of Honor. Her speech was chalk full of touching remarks about their friendship and how she doesn't think she could be any happier for her best friend. She also throws in a few funny stories just for the heck of it.
Despite the jokes, both speeches were very touching and Jemma's speech had Skye in tears by the end of it.
When her dad got up for his speech, Skye turned into an absolute blubbering mess. She's always been daddy's little girl, having him completely wrapped around her finger from the time she was born, so the both of them were crying hard by the end of his speech. She couldn't resist hugging him afterwards.
They all did some dancing after that and then Grant and Skye left for their honeymoon.
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They decided on going to another island in the Caribbean because Skye had only been to it once for a film but never really got to enjoy it, and Grant had never been there.
They spend two weeks there, most of it spent in their bed without any clothes on.
Again, Skye doesn't see much of the island this time around, but she definitely has a lot more fun.
Just a few days after they get back, Grant surprises her with a house that he'd found before the wedding and had Kebo finalize all the details for him while they were away. She honestly wasn't expecting it and just about cries when she sees it. It's completely perfect for them. And it sits almost exactly halfway between LA and Grant's bar. She won't have to drive nearly as long to get to LA, and same with Grant for his bar.
Skye sells her apartment and Grant rents out the place above his bar, and they move all of their belongings into their new home.
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Her fans and the media don't find out about the marriage until about a week after they come back from their honeymoon and are just about all settled into their new home.
She got all of their photos e-mailed to her from the professional photographer Natasha hired for the wedding and had a few of them printed out and framed to hang on the walls at their house.
She posted one of her favorite ones on her Instagram. It's a candid shot of her and Grant at the reception, standing close with their heads bent together as they dance their first dance as husband and wife; his arms are wrapped around her waist while hers are looped around his neck. They both have wide smiles on their faces. It's probably her favorite photo from the reception.
She posts the photo with a simple caption: Always and Forever, my love.
That definitely had all the fans reeling.
She had to have known that the next interview she did would bring up the cryptic photo she posted online. Because what else would they want to talk about besides every aspect of her personal life.
She's just glad it wasn't the first thing they mentioned. They spent some time talking about her career first. Then they brought up the photo. They projected the image on the large screen behind them and asked her about it.
"There has definitely been a lot of talk about this photo. Everyone is dying to know what this is really all about."
She can't help the smile that crosses her face when she thinks about that special day.
"I guess I should probably clear things up, then. About a month ago...I got married."
The entire studio audience bursts into cheers that just makes her smile more.
"We wanted to keep things kind of quiet, to just have this moment to ourselves for a while. It was a really intimate, beautiful ceremony out in Aruba, we invited all of our close friends and family, and it was just the absolute best day."
"Sounds like it. So you've been married for a month now?"
"Yeah, about a month. And it's been the best month. That picture I posted is probably one of my favorites that we got back from our photographer. More are going to be released later, not sure how yet, but they will be released at some point. We just wanted to keep everything to ourselves for a little while."
"That makes perfect sense. And I assume everything is going well for the two of you?"
"It is. Very well. It's only been a few weeks, I think we're still in that honeymoon phase, but I really don't think I could have imagined a better guy to come into my life."
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The rest of the photos are released a few days later, in a beautiful magazine spread, complete with an interview with Skye.
They asked Grant to be in the interview too, but he politely declined, saying he wanted Skye to be the one to talk about everything.
That particular magazine completely flew off the shelves.
Their first Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's holidays as a married couple are definitely fun. For some reason, there's something about being married that makes holidays like that so much more meaningful. They host a big Thanksgiving dinner for their closest friends and family to attend. Skye's always wanted to do something like this and now she actually has a big enough place to do so.
Christmas and New Year's they spend together, just the two of them in their home. Skye insists on going all out for the decorations, convincing Grant that it's the best part of the holiday.
"Skye, do we really need to hang mistletoe in every doorway of the house?"
"Mistletoe allows me to kiss you whenever we're under it together."
"Us being married allows you to kiss me whenever you want, whether in a doorway or not."
"It's part of the Christmas spirit, babe. And you better learn to love it."
He does end up loving it, even if he won't admit it out loud. He had no idea she loved the holiday so much and could get so intense with the decorations. But he loves her so he's willing to put up with it.
Skye posts a photo to her Instagram of the two of them kissing at midnight on New Years, First major holidays as a married couple were a success. Can't wait to see what this new year holds for me and my favorite bartender.
Valentine's Day is a fun occasion as well. Grant goes all out to celebrate, it's their first Valentine's Day as a married couple and he wants it to be extra special. He treats her to a nice dinner out at a fancy restaurant in LA. He reserves a back room for the two of them, knowing that Skye thrives on private moments like these considering how often she's in the spotlight.
The night is magical and everything Skye didn't know she wanted out of a Valentine's Day dinner.
When springtime hits, it's time for her to do lots of promoting for the movie she did with Trip the year before. There's a lot of traveling involved, going to different places across the globe to do many, many interviews for the film.
She doesn't like being away from Grant for so long, considering they're still in the first year of their marriage, but she loves promoting her movies. And having Trip there with her is a great way to ease that homesickness. He helps her keep busy to keep her mind off being away from home.
That's not to say that she doesn't have a little fun in texting Grant while she's away.
The day before their first wedding anniversary she finds out she's pregnant.
She was supposed to go in for a movie audition but was throwing up all morning and so she called Natasha to tell her she couldn't go. The production company offered to let her audition for it later when she's feeling up to it. Thankfully she's able to go in the next day for the audition because she was feeling much better than before. They called her a few days later to let her know she got the part. She was ecstatic, as was Grant.
Of course, that feeling quickly went away when she got sick to her stomach again and then lightheaded right afterwards. And Grant, being the dutifully protective and concerned husband that he is, urged her to go see a doctor to make sure it wasn't food poisoning or something dire.
She begrudgingly agreed, complaining that she doesn't need to go to a doctor because she's perfectly fine. But Grant insists that she go, so she goes just to get him to stop nagging her. She set up the appointment for a few days later, knowing that he has an important shipment that day that he can't miss. He's such a worrier and she really didn't want him to make things a bigger deal than they probably were.
Jemma agreed to go to the appointment with her because that happens to be one of her days off and the two haven't spent much time together recently.
She gets checked in fairly quickly and then just has to wait for the doctor to see her. There are only a few older people in the waiting room, so luckily no one bothers her.
Thankfully she doesn't have to wait very long before she's called back. She's never been a huge fan of waiting rooms. There's just something about them.
Eventually a nurse calls her back and she hardly even has to beg Jemma to go back with her. They do all the standard stuff and then they're waiting for the doctor. He comes in a few minutes later and it's all routine again, him asking her more questions about her health and how she's been feeling lately.
He tells her they need to take her blood and she cringes.
"Is that really necessary?"
Apparently it is necessary, so they can run tests and make sure everything is okay. She reluctantly agrees. She hates needles. Well, hate is a strong word, but she definitely dislikes them a whole hell of a lot.
Another technician comes in and quickly draws some blood. She has to have Jemma distract her so she doesn't freak out. Because she definitely will.
They have to wait again for the blood test results to come back. The doctor sends them home, because it's going to be a few hours, and says that he'll call her when the results come back.
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It's the next day when he calls her. She's in the middle of having lunch while bingeing something on Netflix when her phone goes off. She picks up instantly when she sees the name on her screen, and goes into another room.
She listens carefully as he talks to her, telling her that they ran all sorts of blood tests and only one of them came back positive.
"Congratulations, Mrs. Ward, you're going to be a mom."
She literally felt like all the wind got knocked out of her at the news. It's not that she isn't happy, because she is very happy, she just wasn't expecting this.
She thanked the doctor and then immediately began planning how to tell her husband about the addition to their little family.
In the end, she just tells him straight up. She was starting to get a little frazzled trying to come up with something. There were so many good ideas and she wanted to use them all.
She waited until he got home from work to tell him. She would have made him a nice dinner but he banned her from cooking in the kitchen after a small fire was set once at her old place. It was totally his fault, though, if you were to ask her. He was being distracting by walking around shirtless after having got out of the shower.
As soon as he steps through the front door she greets him and tells him she has a surprise for him. That alone has him excited. He's always loved surprises. But considering it's the day before their anniversary, he's a little confused as to what the surprise could be.
They sit down on the couch and eat the pizza that Skye ordered while just talking about their days. That's when she sees the opportunity.
"My day wasn't too eventful," she tells him casually.
"Really? There had to have been something that happened."
She tries to fight the grin that threatens to break through. "Well, now that you mention it, something kind of exciting did happen today."
"What is it?"
"Well, I went to the doctor's office yesterday like you asked me to and they took a blood sample to run a few tests. The doctor called me today with the results."
"What did they say? Oh gosh. Are you dying? That's the bad kind of exciting, Skye."
She really can't help but to laugh quietly at his concern.
"No, babe, I'm not dying."
"Then what?"
"I'm pregnant."
It could be considered comical the way he reacts to her news. His eyes practically bug out of his head and his jaw drops to the floor. He just stares at her for a moment before he actually finds his voice again to speak.
"You're...pregnant?"
"I am. You're going to be a dad."
He doesn't say anything else, just pulls her into a tight hug and then kisses her with so much passion.
Needless to say, they spend the next few hours celebrating the next chapter in their lives.
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The next day is their anniversary but they're both honestly way too excited about the news of becoming parents to celebrate being married for a whole year.
The first ones they tell about the baby are Skye's parents. They're both beyond thrilled about becoming grandparents and can't wait to meet the baby.
Then they call Grant's Gramsy and sister to tell them the good news. Gramsy says she's excited for them and Amanda practically destroys his hearing from how loud she screams.
Each of their respective best friends is next.
Kebo just grinned and clapped Grant on the back, pulling him into a 'man hug' to congratulate him, telling him that he'd better be the baby's godfather.
Jemma squealed and pulled Skye into a super tight hug saying over and over again through her tears how happy she is and that she can't wait to meet her little niece or nephew.
They decide to wait a while to share any kind of official announcement through Skye's social media. Just to make sure everything is okay.
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Of course, she had to tell the production company that she's pregnant, just in case they wanted to recast her part. Thankfully they didn't.
Filming was starting pretty soon after they found out about the baby, and it was only supposed to be a couple months of shooting, they were aiming for a mid-November wrap, so they told her that with some very strategic blocking, they'd be able to hide whatever size bump she had when the time came.
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As soon as they announce the pregnancy, once she's finished filming her movie, the Internet goes completely crazy. She had an old friend of hers who works in graphic design create a mock movie poster to announce the pregnancy with, featuring her and Grant right in the forefront with a clever title and the month she's due on it.
'SkyewardBaby' was trending on Twitter for an entire hour.
Skye tries again to convince Grant to get some form of social media, whether it be Twitter or Instagram, just for the fun of it and so he can share in some of the love from the fans, but he still won't budge.
When it's time for them to find out the gender of their baby, some of their family and friends give them their thoughts on what the baby is going to be. Probably the most vocal is one of Skye's old friends that she worked with on a movie a few years back. Lance Hunter is very adamant that they're going to have a girl, and tells them over and over that Hunter works for a girl's name as well.
Turns out they are having a daughter and they immediately tell Lance that they are not naming their daughter after him. He's just thrilled that he guessed right and remarks that he should have put money on it.
Jemma is beyond excited to be getting a niece and throws the most amazing baby shower not long after Skye hits the six month mark at the beginning of the year. It's such an incredible party that has Skye thinking that Jemma could have been a professional party planner in another life.
But it's seriously one of the best baby showers she's seen. She hasn't been to too many in person, but she's seen plenty of pictures online. All of her close female friends and family are there, as well as Gramsy, Amanda, Katie, and one of Grant's longtime friends Kara.
Everyone who goes to the party says that they're happy for her and Grant, and that this party is one of the best they've been to. That last bit makes Jemma especially happy.
They get a lot of good stuff for the baby at the shower, some stuff she didn't even think about needing to get.
With only three months left before she gets to meet her daughter she's both overwhelmed and excited.
Three months later their baby girl enters the world. It was a hectic day in and of itself; they weren't expecting her to pop out for another few days so they weren't exactly ready for her when she did decide to make herself known.
They were at an engagement party for Bobbi and Lance, Skye's two friends that she's known for years. All three of them worked on a movie together a few years back, Bobbi as Skye's co-star and Lance as a stuntman. Skye had been the one to introduce them, of course, and they hit it off instantly. By bickering constantly and then having angry sex in the nearest secluded place they could find. Skye honestly wasn't sure if they'd stop arguing long enough to have any type of relationship, but low and behold, they're getting married. Skye's ninety-nine percent sure it was a drunken decision, but she can't prove it.
Nobody was expecting for Skye to go into labor in the middle of the party. Everybody was just sitting around, having a good time laughing and joking when she felt something wet trickle down her leg. Her water breaking in the middle of the party was literally the furthest thing from her mind.
She apologized profusely for ruining the event but Bobbi just waved her off, saying that her going into labor is probably the most exciting thing that could have happened. Aside from discovering Fitz and Jemma in a heated make out session in one of the broom closets, of course. Apparently they had started talking after being in Skye and Grant's wedding party but didn't actually start seeing each other until a few months after. They decided to keep it to themselves until they really knew what it was. She really couldn't fault Jemma for that; she'd done the exact same thing with her relationship with Grant.
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She's really glad that the labor doesn't last very long. She's heard stories about labors that last hours up into the double digits. Hers remained in the single digits, thank goodness.
At 11:35 pm on the 25th her precious baby girl is born.
At 12:05 am on the 26th Grant starts to become more familiar with social media.
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She really should have known that all it would take for Grant to start using social media of any kind would be the birth of their daughter. He sets it up as a private Instagram account because, as much as he appreciates Skye's fans, he doesn't want just anyone being able to follow him on there.
The first thing he posts is a photo of their little girl not long after she's born. Technically Skye's in it too, because she's the one actually holding their baby, lying in the hospital bed, not long after giving birth. But she's not looking up at the camera, she had no idea Grant was even taking the photo.
It's actually a really sweet photo, when she thinks about it, paired with an equally sweet caption: My two favorite girls in this entire world. Love them both with my whole heart. I don't know if life can get any better than it is right now.
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It doesn't take very long for them to have visitors at the hospital. All their friends and family are dying to see the new baby, eager to shower her with love.
Skye's mom was in the delivery room with her, so she got to actually witness her granddaughter entering the world. Her dad was out in the waiting room the whole time but was in the room the first chance he got to be able to meet his granddaughter.
Lance, Bobbi, Fitz, and Jemma were their first four visitors.
Bobbi and Jemma were immediately gushing over the baby, saying over and over again how cute she is and how much like Skye she already looks.
Lance and Fitz both say the baby is cute too, but not as enthusiastically as Jemma and Bobbi. All four of them get the chance to hold the baby, Jemma and Bobbi longer than Lance and Fitz.
Kebo shows up not long after that with his wife Hannah. They hadn't been at the party, but Grant had left a message on his phone when they were on their way to the hospital. He congratulates Grant first and then Skye. He even holds the baby, albeit a bit awkwardly.
Mack shows up in the room too, a smile on his face as he congratulates them and welcomes them into parenthood. He holds the baby of course, his smile growing wider when Skye refers to him as 'Uncle Mack'.
Amanda appears as well, nearly crying from how happy she is for them and how cute her little niece is. She promises to spoil that little girl to her heart's content.
They tell Kebo that he's the godfather and Jemma that she's the godmother. Both of them are extremely honored.
All in all, their baby's first round of visitors is a huge success.
They get to take their baby home just a few days after she's born. Skye's not at all surprised that the press ended up finding out what hospital she was staying at. But she's extremely grateful for hospital security personnel and Mack. She wasn't even expecting him to help out since he's just her driver, but she's glad that he does.
By the time they get back to their place they've completely shaken their paparazzi tail and are more than excited to show their beautiful baby girl her new home.
The nursery is done up all nice, completely personalized for their little girl. Or, as personalized as it can get for a baby who hasn't been in the world for very long. Grant did the whole nursery himself, with help, of course, from the rest of the guys. They were all more than willing to help out. It's a soft purple color with butterflies hung up on all the walls, the crib pushed to one corner of the room with a changing table right next to it. Multiple shelves are nailed into a couple of the walls holding different items for their baby girl along with a dresser for her clothes set against the wall opposite the crib.
Skye's so excited to actually get to use everything now.
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That first night home is definitely a crazy one. Skye is beyond exhausted the next morning after having to wake up every few hours to breastfeed the baby. Grant offers to do the burping and diaper changes.
Later that night Skye posts her first photo of the baby. Things have calmed down a little bit and she decides to post a photo she took from earlier that morning. Their baby girl is lying in the middle of the master bed after having been fed, burped, and changed. She's fast asleep and Skye thinks she looks absolutely adorable in that moment.
She adds a caption to the photo, of course. First night home was a doozy, but so worth it because of this little angel face. Jessica Katherine, our sweet angel. Daddy and I love you so much already, baby girl. #JessicaKatherine
After posting the photo she lies down right next to her daughter, to catch a few z's herself. But, of course, Jessica wakes up not long after, ready to be fed again.
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That's the end of that chapter. Next one covers little Jessica's first year of life. :)
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Jellybean96 out!