Chapter 3
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AN1: Okay after the awesomeness of the new ep here is another chapter. Next chapter will most likely be up Friday. (Please talk in the review about new ep, I need to talk)
September 1st 1998
It has been four months since Skye joined the May family and in that time she has become closer to the others, but it is clear that she is afraid to get too close and that she is worried about being sent back.
It is the morning of the first day of school which means everyone is rushing around, trying to get ready.
"KYE! HURRY UP! OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO USE THE BATHROOM." Bobbi yells banging on the bathroom door.
"WHY DON'T YOU USE THE OTHER BATHROOM?" Skye yells back.
"BEAUSE CLINT'S IN IT. HURRY UP." Bobbi yells annoyed and for a minute both sisters are quiet, "I AM SERIOUS KYE. EITHER HURRY UP OR I AM BREAKING THIS DOOR IN."
"Seriously Bee, you need to relax." Skye says opening the door, "Bathroom's all yours." She informs her sister, moving out of the way and letting her in.
"Thank you." Bobbi says and she heads into the bathroom and Skye heads towards the stairs.
"Breakfast is ready on the table." Melinda tells Skye as she walks past.
"Good, I'm hungry." Skye tells her mother, "I wouldn't try to tell Bee right now, she's in a really bad mood for some reason." Skye tells her mother.
"Good to know. Have you seen your brother?' Melinda asks as she makes a note to talk to Bobbi.
"Which one?" Skye asks pausing on the stairs.
"Leo."
"No idea. I just know he's not in the bathroom." Skye says as she walks down the rest of the stairs.
Once she walks up the rest of the stairs Melinda heads straight to Leo's bedroom. Once there she knocks on the door loudly, pauses for a minute before walking in. When she walks in Melinda turns on the light and sees that Leo is still fast asleep in his bed so she walks over and shakes him awake.
"Leo, wake up." Melinda tells her son.
"Mum, what's going on?" Leo asks waking up and as he does Melinda sees a large text book and a torch hidden underneath his blanket.
"What's going on is that it's time for you to get up, you have that meeting today." Melinda informs her son, "Did you continue to read even after I told you to go bed?" Melinda asks her son.
"Um, maybe." Leo answers, looking guilty.
"Leo we talked about this, I know that you love to study and make things and that's amazing, but you can't sacrifice looking after yourself to do that stuff."
"I know, and I didn't mean to but the book was really, really interesting." Leo tells his mother.
"Advance aerodynamic systems." Melinda says reading the name of the book, "Is that the book Nick gave you?" Melinda asks and Leo nods, "Tonight you can stay up twenty minutes later than your bedtime to read or do collage work but then I am taking your books and study materials until the morning so that you can get a good night sleep, okay?"
"Okay." Leo responds, clearly not happy about it but knowing it's fair.
"Good." Melinda says standing up, "Get up get ready, breakfast is on the table, if both the bathrooms are being used then you can use mine." Melinda informs Leo as she leaves his room, pausing at the door to say, "And we are going to have a conversation tonight about the state of this room." She informs her son before leaving.
Reluctantly Leo gets up and sorts through his pile of clothes to find something clean before getting up and heading to one of the bathrooms.
When she walks back into the kitchen Melinda finds Clint and Skye sitting at the breakfast table eating their breakfast so she heads straight to the benches to make lunch for her three younger children.
"Skye, any preferences for lunch today?" Melinda asks.
"Is there still some of marinated chicken left?" Skye asks curious.
"There is." Melinda confirms after looking in the fridge.
"Then that please."
"Roll or wrap?"
"Roll." Skye answers and Melinda gets started on her lunch. When Bobbi and Leo walk in Melinda asks them for their preference for lunch and makes theirs too.
"Crap, I've late for a meeting." Clint says quickly standing up about five minutes after Bobbi and Leo walk into the room.
"What meeting?" Melinda asks.
"Agent Blake wanted to see me." Clint explains, "See you guys later." He says.
"Wait, you're meant to take your sisters too school, remember, Leo and I have that meeting at the collage." Melinda points out.
"I'm really sorry, but I can't." Clint tells his mother.
"Okay then, everyone grab your stuff. Bobbi, Skye I'm going to drop you two off at school on my way to going to Leo's meeting, but we need to leave now." Melinda says and everyone gets up.
"Really sorry Mom." Clint says before hurrying out of the house
Two hours later, after dropping Skye and Bobbi off at school and attending a meeting with Leo where it was decided that he would take collage classes both on campus and externally Melinda heads into S.H.I.E.L.D and when she walks into the office area she shares with Phil she finds him already waiting.
"It's not quiet ten, how do you look completely exhausted already?" Phil asks curious.
"It's the first day of school and Clint was meant to take his sisters to school because I had to take my son to collage for a meeting, but Clint forgot he had a meeting with Blake so everything was a bit more rushed this morning than I planned." Melinda explains.
"Wow, so your genius son is already starting collage, how do you feel about that?" Phil asks curious.
"Incredibly proud." Melinda says, "He's achieved things that not many other people can do." She says.
"You're a little sad too though, right?" Phil asks, knowing his friend well.
"I'm sad that he's growing up so quickly, that they all are." Melinda admits, "My older daughter started her last year at Jr High today." She explains.
"Wow, they really are growing up." Phil says.
"Not helping Phil."
Because he felt bad about making things harder on his mother Clint offered to go pick up the kids from school and collage so that his mother can get more work done.
The kids have been home for about an hour when Bobbi and Leo come downstairs to join Clint in their usual game of trying to get to the chair, which is a fifteen minute game that Clint insists they play after an hour of study. The rules of the game are simple three of the kids hide and one searches and the kids who are hiding have to try and get to a chair in the middle of the living room without being caught.
"Where's Skye?" Clint asks when he see Bobbi and Leo but no Skye.
"She said she didn't want to play." Leo answers.
"That doesn't sound like her." Clint says with a frown and he heads upstairs, Bobbi and Leo right behind him.
When he arrives at Skye's door Clint knocks and when he doesn't receive an answer he knocks again and says, "Speedy, its Clint, and Bee and Leo. Can we come in?" Speedy being a nickname Clint gave Skye after her first week or so after being adopted when he realised how much she runs and likes to do everything she does fast.
"Yeah, come in." Skye responds and the three siblings enter, when they walk in the see Skye sitting on her bed, looking upset.
"Skye." Leo says worried rushing to her side, "What's wrong?" he ask as he sits next to her and Bobbi and Clint sit on either side of the bed.
"No one wants to be my friend." Skye says, clearly trying not to cry.
"What do you mean Kye?" Bobbi asks.
"Everyone was mean to me and no one wanted to play at recess so I sat alone." Skye says, "I don't want to go to school tomorrow." She tells her siblings.
"You know I spent a lot of lunchtimes alone." Leo says and Skye looks at him.
"Really?"
"Really." Leo answers, "Before Bobbi became my friend I spent every lunchtime alone." He tells Skye, "I know it's hard and it's not a good feeling but you need to keep going back, maybe you'll make a friend too." Leo tells his little sister.
"Leo's right Speedy, you have to go back."
"And if anyone is mean to you come find me and I'll deal with them." Bobbi says as the elementary school and the Jr High school are on the same campus.
"Really?" Skye asks.
"Really." Bobbi confirms as no one hurts her family
"Thank you." Skye says looking at all her siblings.
"How about we go for Ice Cream. We could all use a treat." Clint tells his siblings.
"Mum doesn't let us have ice cream before dinner." Leo points out.
"That's why we're not going to tell her Little Lion." Clint says as he stands up then Bobbi shrugs and does the same then so do Skye and Leo. As soon as Skye is standing Leo gives her a hug.
"What was that for?" Skye asks.
"You look like you could use it." Leo says and the two younger siblings follow their older ones out.
At Lunch the next day Skye tries not to let the fact that she is sitting alone get to her as she remembers Leo's words and that almost works until some older kids come up to her and start to give her a hard time.
"Leave me alone, please." Skye requests.
"Why would we do that?" One of the boys asks pushing Skye to the ground.
"HEY! GET AWAY FROM HER." An angry voice yells and the second she hears it Skye feels relieved as she knows who the voice belongs to.
"This has nothing to do with you." The oldest boy, who is still younger than Bobbi, say.
"Actually no this has everything to do with me." Bobbi says angrily, standing tall, her blond curls flying in the wind, looking like a superhero to Skye, "She is my little sister and unless you want to deal with me then you are going to leave her alone." Bobbi tells the boys.
"You don't scare me."
"Oh really?" Bobbi asks and she kicks one of the boys hard in the shins, "Leave her alone or I'll show you just what I can do." Bobbi tells the boys.
The boys exchange worried looks and run off with looks of terror on their faces.
"You're okay now, it's okay." Bobbi says squatting down next to Skye, "Are you hurt?" she asks worried.
"No." Skye answers, in a timed voice a voice which sounds so unlike Skye.
"Then let's help you up." Bobbi says helping Skye up so that they are both standing.
"Thank you. Thank you so much." Skye says hugging Bobbi.
"You don't have to thank me Kye, I'm your big sister, it's my job. I won't anyone hurt you." Bobbi promises Skye as she hugs her tightly.
Hours later Bobbi, Skye, Clint, Leo and Melinda are sitting at the dinner table together having dinner.
"Skye, how was your day at school today?" Melinda asks her daughter.
"It was good Mom, really good." Skye says smiling at Bobbi, calling Melinda Mom for the first time as after today she has realised that she really does have a real family and she should embrace that.
"I'm glad to hear that." Melinda says with a warm smile, "Leo, how was Collage?" Melinda asks and Leo begins to explain all about what he did at that day.
May 25th 2001
It has been three years since Melinda adopted Skye and in that time the family of five have moved around a lot, but they have all come to realise that no matter where they may live it's them being together that makes it a home. Clint is now twenty six and making a real name for himself within S.H.I.E.L.D. Bobbi is now sixteen and is seriously thinking about her future. Leo is almost fourteen and has completed his undergraduate collage work and is working on Masters in Engineering, and Skye is twelve and of late has been demonstrating that she is truly skilled when it comes to computers.
It is Friday night and because Bobbi is at a sleepover and Clint is away on a mission Nick is going to stay with Leo and Skye as Melinda has a date as she felt really bad about rescheduling for the third time.
"I really, really appreciate this Nick." Melinda informs her friend.
"It's fine. I really don't mind." Fury assures his friend as he likes spending time with the May children.
"I'll be back by eleven." Melinda tolls him.
"Go, enjoy yourself Melinda." Fury tells her, "Seeing as how you won't let yourself open up and date the person you truly want to be with you should let yourself have fun with Andrew."
"We're not having this conversation again." Melinda tells Nick, clearly not wanting to talk about that again.
"You're right, we're not, because you are going on your date, go." Fury says opening the door.
"Night Nick."
"Night Melinda." Fury says and once Melinda walks out of the house Fury closes the door and locks it before walking back into the lounge room where he finds Skye sitting on a laptop at the table and Leo sitting at the other end building something.
"You two aren't doing anything you shouldn't be doing, right?" Nick asks.
"Of course not." Skye and Leo responds, neither of them looking up from what they are doing.
"Good. Keep it that way." Fury responds as he sits down on the couch and as he does Skye and Fitz exchange a look and decided to ask Nick something that they are curious about.
"So Nick, Mom's on a date with the same guys she's been dating for the last couple of months, right?" Skye asks walking over to Nick, Leo doing the same
"Yes, she is." Nick confirms.
"You've met him right? What's he like?" Leo asks curious.
"His name is Andrew he's smart, a psychologist and neurologist, a good man." Fury tells the two children before taking a drink of his drink.
While Fury does that Skye and Fitz exchange a look and Leo gives Skye a nod telling her to ask.
"Why don't you and Mom date Nick?" Skye asks curious causing Fury to be so shocked about what she asked that he almost chokes on his drink, something which has never happened before.
"Why would you ask that?" Nick asks once he finishes coughing.
"Well, you visit a lot and spend a lot of time with us and you're the only person from Mum's work that we have meet, I mean we haven't even met Mum's friend Phil who she talks about all the time, so we were wondering why you and Mum don't date." Leo explains and Fury has to admit that they have raised some valid points.
"The relationship your mother and I share isn't romantic." Nick tells Skye and Leo.
"What do you mean?" Skye ask.
"Well you know how you both consider each other to be your siblings though you're not related by blood?" Nick asks and both kids nod, "That's how it is for me and your Mom I consider her to be my sister, even though she's not biologically so that's why we don't date." He explains and both kids nods.
"That makes a lot of sense." Skye says.
"Yeah, it does." Leo says and they both head back to the table, Fury knowing that he is going to have to talk to Melinda about what they said.
A few hours later Skye and Leo are up in their rooms, even though he knows that they are meant to be asleep Fury very much doubts that they are, and Nick is down in the living room the movie he was watching just ended when the door opens and Melinda walks in and walks over to the couch and sits down.
"How were Skye and Leo?" Melinda asks.
"As good as they always are. There was a brief power interruption, but Leo got it back on after a few minutes."
"Good."
"Oh and they asked me why we don't date." Nick informs Melinda.
"What?" Melinda asks shocked, "Why would they ask that?"
"Because they are smart kids and have realised that I am the only person from their work that they have met and I do spend a lot of time around here." Fury points out, "I explained to them that like them even though we aren't biologically related we are sibling."
"Yeah, we are." Melinda says with a smile and they drift into silence.
November 13th 2001
It has been six months since Skye and Leo asked Nick why he and Melinda don't date and in that time Melinda has gone on several dates with Dr Andrew Garner and things have started to get serious and she isn't sure how she feels about that.
Melinda returned from a mission the night before and after spending the morning with the kids Melinda is at her desk at S.H.I.E.L.D trying to complete paperwork, but she isn't really paying attention as she is thinking about something else.
"Hello. Earth to May." Phil's voice says snapping her out of thoughts.
"Huh, what?" Melinda ask.
"You okay?" Phil asks concerned.
"Yes, no, I don't know." Melinda says with a sigh.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Phil asks curious as he sits down on the edge of Melinda's desk.
"I don't know."
"Well I'm here if you do." Phil assures Melinda and she realises that she does really want to talk about what she is thinking.
"Andrew and I have been dating for eight months now." Melinda tells Phil
"I know. What's the problem?" Phil asks.
"Lately he's been dropping hints about wanting to meet my kids." Melinda admits.
"Oh, and you're not sure if you are ready for that." Phil realises.
"I don't know." Melinda admits, "It's a big step and I've always been so careful about who I let into my children's lives because I don't want them to get hurt or be in danger." Melinda says, "And this, this is a big deal."
"I can't tell you what to do, I don't know what you should do." Phil tells Melinda, "But I do know that you shouldn't do anything that you are not comfortable with, maybe talk to your kids, see what they think about meeting him." Phil suggests.
"Thanks Phil that actually helped." Melinda admits.
"I'm always happy to help." Phil responds.
November 16th 2001.
It has been three days since Melinda's conversation with Phil and in that time Melinda has been doing a lot of thinking and has finally come to a decision.
"KIDS, CAN YOU COME DOWN HERE PLEASE." Melinda calls from the bottom of the stairs and when she hears the opening and closing of bedroom doors Melinda walks into the living room.
"Sit down." Melinda says and Bobbi, Skye, Clint and Leo walk over and sit on the couch.
"Is everything okay?" Bobbi asks concerned
"Everything's fine, I just wanted to talk to you about something." Melinda tells her children as she walks over and sits on the coffee table in front of them, "I was wondering how you would feel about meeting Andrew about spending time with him." Melinda says to her kids.
"You want us to meet your boyfriend?" Skye asks as she doesn't have to be as smart as Leo to know that this is big.
"Only if you want to." Melinda says.
"Well I don't need to meet him, I already have." Clint says getting up and leaving the room, everyone else watching him go.
"Is this important to you?" Bobbi asks curious.
"It is." Melinda confirms.
"Then I'm in." Bobbi assures her mother, "And I'll go talk to Clint." She says getting up and heading upstairs.
"Skye? Leo?" Melinda asks.
"It's a little odd, but okay, I'll meet him." Skye answers, being careful about her choice of words so that he doesn't say anything about actually getting along with him.
"Thank you. Leo?" Melinda asks and for a few minutes Leo is quiet before giving a small nod.
"I'll met him."
"Thank you." Melinda tells her son.
After she left her mother and younger siblings Bobbi headed straight up to Clint's room and walked right in.
"Please Bobbi Bear, come right in." Clint says from where he is lying on his bed.
"What the hell is your problem?" Bobbi asks her brother.
"Nothing."
"Nothing? Really you are going to go with that?" Bobbi asks, "Mom wants us to meet her boyfriend, this is big and the first time every this has happened and you're being Mr Jerk, why?"
"Because this is a big deal Bobbi Bear." Clint tells his sister, "For the first time ever Mom is introducing someone she is dating to us."
"And you're worried about Mom getting hurt." Bobbi realises.
"Yeah, I am. To even consider introducing him to us then he must be important and Mom must like him a whole lot. I don't want her to get hurt." Clint admits.
"You're an idiot." Bobbi tells her brother, "If you worried about Mom getting hurt then you should support her because right now the only one hurting Mom, is you." Bobbi says before turning and walking out of Clint's room.
For a few minutes Clint lays in his bed and ponders his sister words before he realises that she is right so he gets up and heads downstairs.
When Clint walks downstairs he doesn't find anyone in the lounge room but he does find his mother in the kitchen finishing the dishes
"I'm sorry." Clint says from the doorway and Melinda turns to face her oldest child, "I'm sorry for acting like a Jerk." Clint says walking across the room, "It's just that Andrew is the first person that your dating that you want to introduce us to and that's big and I was just worried than in the long run you would get hurt, I'm sorry." Clint tells his mother.
"It means a lot that you care Clint and that you don't want me to get hurt, but even if I am I'll be okay." Melinda tells her son, "Let me worry about you, don't you worry about me." She tells him.
"I'm never going to stop worrying about you, you're my Mom." Clint says as he walks the last couple of steps and hugs her.
"Thank you." Melinda says as she returns the hug.
"So when the meeting Andrew as your son going to happen?" Clint asks curious.
"If you are okay with it I'll invite him over for lunch tomorrow." Melinda tells her son.
"Invite him over." Clint says and Melinda nods.
It is half an hour before Andrew is due to arrive and Bobbi, Clint, Leo and Skye are sitting in the Bobbi's room.
"So, how do we act?" Skye asks.
"We should be polite." Bobbi says, "This is clearly important to Mom so we shouldn't be rude." She tells her sibling.
"We should give him a chance." Leo adds.
"We should." Bobbi confirms, "And we are going to, right?" Bobbi says looking at each of her siblings individually.
"Yeah, we are." Clint confirms and Skye and Leo nod.
"Good." Bobbi says.
Half an hour later, Skye, Bobbi, Leo and Clint get called downstairs where they see their Mom standing with a man who must be Andrew.
"Kids, this is Andrew Garner, Andrew this is Bobbi, Leo, Skye and of course you've meet Clint." Melinda introduces.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Andrew tells the kids, "Your Mother talks about your all the time."
"It's nice to meet you too." Bobbi says with a fake smile.
"How about we go to the living room." Melinda says and everyone nods and for the next few hours the kids try not to like Andrew but all of them, even surprisingly Clint, find themselves liking him.
Four Months Later
It has been four months since the kids meet Andrew for the first time and ever since they have all spend some time with them. It is just after lunch and because she knows that her Mother and Brother won't be there as they are both on a mission Bobbi has used her free period to go into S.H.I.E.L.D because there is something she wants to talk to Nick about. When she arrives at the base Bobbi is allowed straight in as she collected the emergency access pass that is hidden at the house.
Once she is in the base Bobbi heads straight to the main reception desk.
"Can I help you?" The person at the desk asks.
"Yes, I'm here to see Director Fury." Bobbi answers.
"Do you have an appointment?'
"No."
"Well then I'm sorry but Director Fury is a busy man and I cannot let you see him without an appointment."
"Can you just call him and tell him that Bobbi is here, he'll want to see me." Bobbi tells the person at the desk.
"Oh all right, Bobbi who?"
"Just Bobbi. He'll know who I am I." Bobbi says and the woman makes the call.
"Go right up Ma'am." The person tells Bobbi, "You'll need this." She says handing Bobbi an ID, "Enter the elevator and say Directors Office"
"Thank you." Bobbi says and she walks to the elevator.
When Bobbi reaches the floor that she has to go to the doors open and Nick is standing on the other side
"Are you okay?" Nick asks as soon as he sees her.
"I'm fine, I didn't mean to worry you." Bobbi says realising that some warning probably would have been better, "There was just something I wanted to talk to you about." She explains.
"Then follow me." Nick says and Bobbi follows him to his office, "What did you want to talk about?" Nick asks curious once the door to his office is closed.
"Once I graduate next year I want to join S.H.I.E.L.D." Bobbi informs Nick, deciding to forget beating around the bush.
"Have you talked to your Mother about this?"
"No. I thought I would take to you first, find out if it would even be possible." Bobbi tells him.
"It is possible." Nick confirms, "And with your intelligence your athletic skill and the fact that you have been doing both gymnastics since you were younger and martial arts in recent years you would be considered an ideal recruit." Nick says and Bobbi looks proud of that, "But that being said you need to talk to your mother before we start testing processes."
"I thought you would say that." Bobbi admits, "I'll talk to Mom when she gets home." Bobbi informs Nick.
"Good. I'll give you a lift back to school." Nick says.
"Don't you have work to do?" Bobbi asks with a grin.
"Nothing that can't wait." Nick assures Bobbi.
"Then thanks."
Three Months later
It has been three months since Bobbi talked to Nick about joining S.H.I.E.L.D and after that conversation Bobbi talked to her mother and Melinda said that if it is what Bobbi truly wants then she could join S.H.I.E.L.D once she graduates.
It is a warm summer night. Bobbi, Skye and Leo spend most of the day swimming in the pool that their newest house has while Melinda and Clint work and because it is still quiet warm Melinda is lying on the couch, in shorts and a tank top, reading when she hears someone walking down the stairs and she looks up to see Skye.
"Skye, are you alright?" Melinda ask concerned as she can tell that something is wrong.
"Um, I'm not sure." Skye admits.
"Come, talk to me." Melinda says moving so that Skye can fit on the couch and she walks over and sits next to Melinda, "What happened?"
"I love you and Leo, Bee, Clint, I love our family, but I can't help but be curious about my biological family." Skye tells Melinda.
"That's understandable."
"So I got curious and I hacked St Agnes and other databases to help me find something and I found that the page about why I was left there was redacted, by S.H.I.E.L.D."
"Yes, it was."
"Why?" Skye asks.
"I don't know, I don't have the clearance." Melinda says as while she is level seven Skye's past is level eight.
"But you knew I had a connection to S.H.I.E.L.D when you adopted me." Skye realises.
"I did." Melinda confirms, "Nick told me about a girl who was left at an Orphanage when she was a baby, you, and that you had to be moved every few months for your own safety." Melinda tells her, "He suggested me taking you in because I move enough that you would be safe, but he didn't have to. As soon as I heard that, as soon as I heard that you would never be able to call a place home or have a real family I knew I wanted to take you in, that I wanted to give you a home and a family." Melinda tells Skye.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Skye asks.
"Because I had no answers for you." Melinda tells her daughter, "All I knew was that you were left by an S.H.I.E.L.D agent and could be in danger, nothing more and you deserved, you deserve real answers." Melinda tells her.
"Am I ever going to get them?" Skye ask.
"I don't know" Melinda says as she puts an arm around Skye who snuggles into her side.
November 20th 2004
It has been two years since Skye and Melinda talked about Skye's past and In that time Skye has continued to look for answers, but hasn't' found any. Melinda married Andrew and they are currently happily married, Clint officially got his own place but he still stays in his room at his Mom's house on occasion, Bobbi joined S.H.I.E.L.D and is still undergoing training, and Leo has become one of the youngest people to ever start at S.H.I.E.L.D's Academy of Science and Technology, both Bobbi and Leo, like Melinda and Clint, have accepted that who their family is is classified so they can't mention specifics, and that if anyone were to look into either of their backgrounds they will find the backgrounds they would have had if Melinda didn't adopt them, Bobbi being raised by two parents and Leo being raised by a single mother, as their true backgrounds, their real backgrounds only exist in hardcopy. Skye misses all her siblings a lot and find it odd being the only one in the house but Melinda, and Andrew who Skye actually gets on okay with, are doing their best to help her with that.
It is a Friday night and Skye is doing what she does most Friday nights, sits on her computer and hacks, something which has gotten her in a bit of trouble with both her mother and Nick. She is in the middle of disabling the encryption on something when she gets an email from Leo so she quickly closes what she was doing and goes to the email as she hasn't heard from her brother in a little while.
Dear Skye,
I'm sorry it's been a while since I've written but I've been busy. I finally got a chance to talk to that girl I was telling you about, we were paired in Chem Lab and she may even be smarter than me! It's nice to have someone to talk to. I know you, Mom, Bobbi and Clint tried but it wasn't the same, not that I wasn't thankful.
How are things at home? You're not hacking into anything you shouldn't, are you? How's Mum? And are you and Andrew still getting along? I got an email from Bobbi the other day, she seems to be doing good and Clint broke into my room last week, gave me quite a scare, but it was nice to see him.
I miss you Skye. I can't wait to see you at Christmas.
I've got to go, I'm meeting my friend for a study session. I'll talk to you later.
Love Leo
As Skye reads her brother's email she can't help, but Smile and at the same time she feels an ache in her chest as she really misses him. Ignoring the ache Skye presses replies and starts to respond.