Melinda sat back down in the waiting area. She looked down at her hands. Two cuts stood out on her right one. She flexed it and sighed. She needed to get home. A man and woman got up quickly next to her, and moved to the other side of the room. Great. Her inability to control her emotions has been noticed. She was supposed to be better at this. Hadn't she taught Daisy to focus and to stay in control. She willed herself to stay calm. She closed her eyes and did her breathing exercises. Thinking. All this waiting had made her think too much. Her muscles were tense and she was slowly getting a headache. She reached for her phone.

"Hey Phil." He had picked up on the first ring.

"Melinda?"

"How are you? How is Sk...Daisy? The others?

"I'm okay. Skye is in her room. Bobbi managed to talk her into laying down a little while ago. Leo went out again. Where are you?"

"O'Hare. Waiting. I got put on Standby. Apparently September 30 is huge traveling day." She rolled her eyes for emphasis.

"Hmm...sarcasm. Picked that up from Skye, did you? Did you roll your eyes like she does too?"

"Daisy, Phil. She wants us to call her Daisy. It's like you're not even trying. Plus I DID teach her everything I know."

"Mmmmmmmm... I'm thinking she taught you a few things too."

"Shut up Phil. Look I called to let you know I may not make it back till tomorrow. Damn airlines. So let Daisy know okay."

"Do you want me to send a quinjet."

"Phil. Don't be an ass."

"Come on. Tell me you haven't wished for one. You hate flying unless you are piloting the plane. You hate waiting. Your probably even thinking that me coming to get you with Lola is a good option about now. Come on admit it. Big bad Agent May cannot handle real life. You hate crowds. You hate people in general. You get cranky when something is pissing you off that you cannot fix. And you have the patience of a gnat."

Melinda rolled her eyes again. " Phil that is the dumbest saying you have ever come up with."

"Hey, my grandma used it all the time. Seriously Mel if I could I would send someone for you. You know I can't leave the base now. I could send Skye - you did teach her how to fly a quinjet."

"Daisy. Phil it's Daisy. You are going to make her angry not remembering."

"Actually Mel I am making her happy. I have to put a dollar in her jar every time I call her Skye."

Melinda laughed. "And Phil. I taught Skye how to land a quinjet in case of emergency, not to fly one and honestly...What? " Melinda stopped her sentence cause she heard him laughing. Loudly.

"You said Skye too."

She paused. "Screw you Phil."

"Anytime. I miss the good old days. You know the kids think we are doing it anyway. Might as well make them happy that mom and dad are getting it on."

Melinda groaned. "I sure hope no one is else heard that?"

Phil laughed. "Skye calls it eye sex. Says we are the best she's ever seen."

"Phil!" Melinda sighed and pictured the younger agent in her mind. "Yeah she definitely would say that." Melinda smiled fondly remembering how on more than one occasion Skye referred to her and Phil as 'mom and dad'.

"So feel better?"

Melinda smiled. The goofball had made her forget just how miserable she was. "Thanks Phil."

"Anytime. Oh and fair warning when you get back. Skye now thinks you think she is weak because of her breakdown on the phone, and is worried about it. Along with everything else she is worried about. She doesn't want to let you down, you know."

Melinda sighed. "Okay Phil. Look I think that..." she trailed off as she heard her name over the loudspeaker. "Hey Phil, I need to go, they called me to the counter."

"Okay Mel. Take care. See you soon."

She put her phone in her pocket and walked over to the counter. An open seat on the next flight to Dulles Airport. She wanted to jump up and down. But Melinda May did not jump up and down. Instead she got the pass and walked to the correct gate. Anyone watching her would have seen the bounce in her step as she did so. She was finally only a few hours away from being able to fix her family.