"Melinda, listen to me".
The young woman kept her eyes averted as her best friend placed a hand on her shoulder. She shrugged it off and continued to stare at the television.
"May, come on! You've been sick for three weeks now! It's time to see a doctor to find out what's wrong with –"
"I know what's wrong with me, Phil!" she hissed, finally snapping. "Let's think, what happened three weeks ago?" she asked sarcastically. "Oh yeah…Bahrain".
Her voice broke slightly on the word 'Bahrain', undermining her sarcastic attitude. "I'm full of guilt over that little girl, and it's making me sick", she continued softly. "Trust me, no doctor is going to be able to fix that."
Coulson smiled at her sympathetically. "It wasn't your fault, Mel", he murmured. She rolled her eyes If only he knew. "Anyway", Coulson continued with a hint of annoyance (he didn't miss the eye roll), "It won't hurt to visit a doctor…you may have a dormant injury from Bahrain".
May's scowl deepened at the mention of Bahrain. "Fine" she growled, "I'll go see the stupid doctor. Just leave me alone."
"Thank you," Coulson said gently. "After your appointment, give me a call so I know you went through with it. And to let me now if anything is wrong.
"No". May replied. "I'll visit the doctor, I promise. But I'm not calling you after."
"Fine", Coulson said casually, "then I'll stop by sometime next week and –"
"No" May repeated, cutting him off. "I don't want you to be my friend out of pity. We don't work together anymore, Phil. There's no need to stay in contact."
"May, I –"
"Goodbye, Phil". May turned her back on her old friend and picked up the phone. "Hello, I'd like to schedule a doctor's appointment for next week."
Sighing, Coulson left his former partner's new apartment. He shook his head sadly at May's desire to distance herself from her loved ones. First filing for divorce with Andrew, now cutting ties with her best friend…there's definitely something wrong with her. Phil desperately hoped that it was something a doctor could fix.
Hello my dears! So this is my summer project...what do you think? This isn't the one I was going to publish first (I had two other stories mostly written, and my computer decided to delete them...not nice). So I'm very annoyed about that, but I'll try to re-write them over the next couple weeks. Until then, I'll keep updating this story. Let me know what ya'll think of the Bahrain tie-in...I love how the show represented "Melinda's" tragic backstory, and I hope they explore it more next season.
Don't forget to review...I love hearing from all of you!
-torriya