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Chapter 3

May was currently going through rakes of clothing looking for Grant's size whilst Grant sat in the trolley right next to her. As she travelled to the store she drove very cautiously and prayed she wouldn't get stopped by the police since Grant wasn't in a car seat and was only dressed in a t-shirt. When she arrived at the store she was worried a lot of people mighty stare at her because of the way Grant was dressed but she found most people were too busy looking after their own children to notice her. Since May didn't know who long Grant was going to be a child for she decided to get him a good amount of clothes. Next she got him a travel cot, high chair, car seat and other essentials before getting him some toys.

"Bun Bun!" Grant shouted pointing at a collection of soft bunny rabbits.

"Would you like a bunny rabbit, Grant?" May asked reaching to take one off the shelf.

"Bun Bun!" Grant repeated so May took that as a yes.

"Say 'Ta' Grant." May said giving him the cuddly toy guessing his mother probable hadn't taught him manners.

"Ta." Grant softy said cuddling into the toy.

His actions made May wonder if Grant had actually had a bunny rabbit toy when he was a baby the first time around. After getting a couple of other things she headed to the checkout. May was relieved when she got to the checkout for two reasons- first she couldn't remember the last time she had spent over an hour in a single store and second she could put some proper clothes on Grant not to mention a nappy.

Changing Grant was much easier than what May had thought it would be. Grant seemed quite content just to lie there chewing on the ears of his bunny rabbit. Once she had changed him she held him up to get a good look at him and kept a good hold of him as his little legs wobbled when he was standing on top of the changing table. Grant gave a toothy grin which she returned, doing so she found herself instinctively placing a motherly kiss on the side of his head and holding him close as they left the changing room.

Since she had told Coulson that she would be gone for a couple of hours she decided to give Grant dinner before heading back. Even though Ward would probably kill her, she took baby Grant to McDonalds for his dinner since she didn't know what he actually liked to eat. Knowing that Ward liked chicken she presumed that baby Grant would like it too so she got him a chicken nugget happy meal. Grant could feed himself but was very happy when May would feed him. Grant would make a 'ah' noise and open his mouth wide- his way of saying that he was ready for the next piece. May couldn't help but laugh at his adorable nature. Which got her thinking and she couldn't remember the last time she had been so relaxed in public, it felt good to not be constantly looking over her shoulder and assessing the location she was in.

***A.O.S***

Arriving back at the secret base May put Grant in the buggy and grabbed only the essentials planning on getting the rest when she had put Grant to bed. Exiting the Quinjet she was surprised that Coulson wasn't there waiting for her which she was happy about since she really wasn't ready to face him. Walking through the maze of hallways she found one that housed all of the bedrooms. Taking an empty room she took Grant out of the buggy and explored the room with him.

The room was very large and spacious, defiantly enough space for the both of them. The room had a queen size bed with a night stand on either side, a large build in wardrobe and chest of drawers. To the left of the bed was a door that lead through to her own private bathroom. It was a good size with a bath and a separate shower. Grant was starting to get fussy and crabby so May decided it would be best to give him a quick bath and get him ready for bed. Grant was not happy about getting a bath so thrashed around a lot. May was glad that she had actually managed to keep relatively dry. After having another battle with Grant about getting his pj's on, May went in search of the kitchen when she had successfully got him into his pj's. May followed the sound of the team's voices hoping that would lead her to the kitchen but not them. To her disappointment following the sound of their voices did lead her to the kitchen but also to the team.

All of them were sat at a long dining table. When May walked into the room their conversation stopped and they all sat staring at her. Ignoring their stares she sat Grant down on the floor just in case he fell off the counter top. Putting a bottle of milk into the microwave she made a quick glanced over to Grant, who was tiredly rubbing his eyes sucking his thumb as he snuggled into his bunny rabbit.

"Did you put some medicine into his milk?" Simmons hesitantly asked when she saw May put a medicine bottle in the fridge.

"Yes." May didn't elaborate any further. Taking the bottle out of the microwave she checked the temperature of the milk befor picking Grant up, holding him in one arm as she used the other to hold the bottle to his mouth.

"Why did you give him medicine?" Simmons was concerned that maybe May didn't trust her to take care of the child because of what Ward had done to her and Fitz.

May sighed and tuned to face them. "He has a couple of cracked ribs that are a couple of weeks old so I'm guessing there from the attack he claimed that happened at the fridge. The medicine is to keep him comfortable." May explained.

"Can I check him over?" Simmons asked nervously.

"Tomorrow, he's tired and cranky at the moment so I just want to get him to bed. I'll come find you once I've given him his breakfast." May told her and left the room before anyone could ask anymore more questions.

Closing her bedroom door with her foot she went and sat on her bed resting her back against the headboard. As she feed him, Grant lay staring up at her and moved his free hand and placed it on top of hers. Once the bottle was empty May set it to one side and retook Grant's hand and allowed him to curl his small hand around her finger. Slowly rocking him back and forth it didn't take long for him to fall asleep. Satisfied that Grant was fast asleep, May laid him down on the bed and placed the pillows around his so he wouldn't fall out of the bed if he was to roll in his sleep. Putting the baby monitor on the nightstand she grabbed the receiver and left to collect her belongings from the bus as well as the rest of the items she had left in the Quinjet.

It didn't take May long to pack her things from her bunk and grab everything from the Quinjet since she didn't want to leave Grant alone for too long. Re-entering her room she found Grant still fast asleep exactly how she had left him. Later in the evening, May was sitting on the floor folding Grant's clothes to be put away in the chest of drawers when there was a soft knock at the door.

"Come in." May called, unlike Ward baby Grant was not a light sleeper.

Skye popped her head around the door. "How's our mini specialist doing?" Skye whispered as she asked.

May pointed to the cot, where Grant was, indicating Skye could have a look for herself. Skye looked into the cot with a small smile appearing on her face. In his sleep Grant had turned over to lay on his front with his bum in the air, one arm clutched around his rabbit whilst the other lay above his head. Taking a picture of the sleeping baby Skye sat down on the floor in front of May.

"Coulson thinks you're avoiding him." Skye said breaking the silence that had fallen between them as they folded clothes.

"I'm not avoiding him I'm just delaying a conversation that he wishes to have that I don't." May told the younger woman.

"Isn't that the same thing as avoiding him?" Skye asked.

"No, if I had wanted to avoid him I wouldn't have come back." Silence fell between them again. "Did he say why I slapped him?" May inquired.

"No but from what Coulson has said before you slapped him and knowing you to have same sort of history and also the way you willingly decided you would take care of Grant, it didn't take a geniuses to work out who Michael was." May looked up at Skye when the hacker used the word 'was' instead of 'is'. "We'll it's getting late so I'll leave you be." Before leaving the room Skye turned back to the older woman. "Coulson's always talking about second changes maybe this can be yours even if it a short period of time."

May folded the last couple of pieces of clothing and put them away as she thought about what Skye had said before she had left. Changing into her pj's she took Grant out of his cot and held his against her chest. Skye was right this was her second and didn't care if Grant would remember when he was changed back into an adult nor did she care what anyone else thought. She was going to be a mother again even if it was going to be for a month or two.

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