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Chapter 7
"Daddy?" Bethany stumbled closer to Coulson. If this was a dream it was one dream she hoped wouldn't end. Coulson crouched to be eye level with his daughter. Stopping right in front, Bethany hesitantly placed a hand on his cheek. "It's really you." She said moving ever so slightly closer to her father.
"Yeah it's me." He replied tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
Without warning she flung her arms tightly around his neck. Felling is daughter's tears run down his neck he ran his hand down her hair to sooth her as he held her close to him. Letting go of her father, Bethany looked straight in to his eyes smiling at him. Coulson brushed away her tears with his thumb.
"I love you, Daddy." He had missed her so much and hearing her say that she still loved him caused him to cry.
"I know you must have a lot of questions and I promise I will explain everything to you. I love you too and I have missed you so much, that I'm never letting you out of my sight again." Bethany gigged causing Coulson to smile.
"Does that mean you're coming home?" She asked.
"Yes and no."
Bethany tilted her head to one side, confusion written all over her face. "I don't understand."
"Why don't we go for a walk and I'll explain everything to you." Nodding Bethany help Coulson stand.
"Are you coming with us?" Bethany asked her mother.
"No I think it would best if you and your father talk alone." May placed and kiss on top of her daughters head. Bethany nodded and got her father's hand, together they walk off to a special place where they could talk in private.
May watched them walk way, she could tell exactly where they were going. She knew from past experiences it was a place his daughter and husband would go to so they could talk out their differences. It always seemed to work in the past she just hoped it would again.
"Are you all planning on staying in the car?" May shouted in the direction of the car before heading into the house.
***A.O.S***
Coulson and Bethany sat on the dock facing each other. Bethany waited for her father to start talking. Coulson sat looking at her. He had known what he was going to say to her but seeing her made him realise that everything he was going to say might not be enough.
"So you're alive." Bethany broke the silence between them.
"Bethany I know this is probably really confusing for you but I want you to know that I wanted to tell you, it's just that…"
"It classified." Bethany spat.
"No when I can back to DC to tell you, I chickened out." Coulson explained.
"Why?"
"When I saw you, I noticed that you seemed so withdrawn. I thought that if I told you I was alive and I was killed again but wasn't able to be brought back to life you would have to go through all that again so I just couldn't tell you. I killed me knowing that if I was to have any part of your life then it would always be from a distance." Bethany looked up at him, she could she how upset he was.
"How does mom fit into all of this?"
"We're working together."
"What!" Bethany shouted. For the past four years her parents had barely spoken to each other let alone be in the same room as each other for more than five minutes. "What made you want to work with mom again?"
"I had lot of time to think as I recover and when Fury said I could have my own team I thought it was good idea for your mother and I to work on our relationship."
"So are you and mom….." Bethany wanted her father to continue.
"It's complicated." Bethany rolled her eyes. Silence took over.
"What are you thinking about, Beth?" Coulson could see the wheel in her mind running over time.
"I'm just trying to get my head around everything." Bethany stared down at the wooden docking.
"Anything you want to talk about?" Bethany shook her head. Coulson placed his hand under her chin, tilting it up so she was now looking up at him. He could see the tears building up in the corners of her eyes. "I'm sorry for putting you through this." Coulson pulled her into a hug.
***A.O.S***
May and Coulson were in the kitchen making for themselves, the team and Bethany dinner. Once Coulson and Bethany had come back from their talk, Bethany headed up stairs without a word to either of her parents. Coulson had informed his wife that Bethany wanted to time to get things sorted in her head.
"Why don't you go find the team whilst I go and get Beth." May wanted the team and Bethany to meet before sitting down to dinner.
"Do you know where they are?" Coulson asked.
"Down stairs but where I don't know." May informed Coulson then headed up the back staircase.
Coulson headed down stairs to find his four young team members. After checking a couple of rooms they finally would them in the garage inspecting his car collection.
"If you would like to come back upstairs dinner is about to be served." Coulson said from the entrance of the garage.
"AC this collection is awesome." Skye commented as she got out of the 1967 Mustang.
"It really is, sir." Jemma said.
"Thanks and is Phil or Coulson, no need to call me sir off the clock." Jemma nodded.
"What we have for dinner, Coulson." Fitz asked since he was really hungry.
"Mac and cheese with bacon its Bethany's favourite." Coulson led them back up to the kitchen.
"How did your talk with her go." Skye inquired.
"Ok I think. She went into silent mode so we'll just have to see. She didn't shout which is a good thing I think." Coulson answered.
Upstairs May found Bethany in their bedroom sitting at the top of the bed, her knees pulled up to her chest staring into space. May sat next to Bethany and held her close to her. Bethany started crying she didn't know why she just didn't. Her mind was going one hundred miles per hour. Going over and over again everything her father had told her. May just held her daughter and let her cry. Bethany crying slowly stopped and turned into sniffles, cupping her daughters face May whipped always her daughter's tears.
"Do you want to talk?" Bethany shook her head. "Do you want to come down and get some dinner?"
"What are we having?" Bethany asked cuddling closer to her mom.
"Your favourite." Bethany nodded. May gave Bethany a kiss on the side of her head before letting her go. Clambering off the bed, Bethany took a hold of May's hand as they headed down stairs. "You're also going to be meeting the rest of mine and your father's team and don't worry they are going to love you." May squeezed Bethany's hand for reassurance.
From the last couple of stairs Bethany watched the team and her father set the dinner table and help plate up dinner. She was extremely nervous to meet them. Most people found her strange or put up with her because of who her parents are.
"Beth I would like you to meet, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Grant Ward and Skye. Everyone this is Bethany May Coulson." May could feel Bethany shaking as she introduced them.
"Hi." Bethany said quietly giving them a small wave at the same time. Bethany receive a 'hi' or a 'hello' from the team.
"Go sit down and don't be so nervous, they don't bit." May whispered to Bethany before going over to Coulson to help plate up dinner.
Bethany nervously made her was over to the dining table. Sitting down in one of the empty seats , she looked around at the others. Skye was next to her, Jemma was on the other side of Skye and Ward and Fitz sat at the other of the table. After delivering dinner to the table, Coulson and May took their seats.
"How have things been with Agent Keating?" Coulson asked tucking into his dinner. May gave him a 'what the hell!' look. Coulson just nodded at her, his indication for her to follow along.
"Good." Bethany looked down at her food.
"So problems you want to tell us?" Coulson had expected her to lie.
"No, he boring does that count as a problem?" Bethany hoped her being cheeking would get her father of the topic of Agent Keating.
"Yes when it comes to you. However I'm not a fan of you lying to me." Bethany looked up at her father then to her mother.
"So it ok for you two to lie me but I can't."
"Fine, from now no more lies and that got goings for you lot as well." He pointed to the team. No one said anything causing the room to become very quiet.
"Alight I'll go first. Skye and I are dating." Skye smiled across at Ward, she could have kissed right there and then.
"Leo and I have been secretly dating for the past two years." Jemma announced.
"I've been experimenting with my powers." Bethany told the group.
"Powers!" Ward, Skye and FitzSimmons shouted and her parents looked very unpleased at her.
"What they didn't tell you?" Bethany smirked.
"No and I thought we had an understanding." May wasn't impressed.
"Well I got bored." Bethany talked back.
"Don't speak to your mother like that. Also how did you get here but when I was down in the garage I saw your mother's SUV." Coulson knew he was treading on thin ice.
"I drove it down here!" Bethany was getting really angry. She was angry at her father because he thinks he could just suddenly appear back in her life and tell her what to do.
"You didn't WHAT!" May shouted.
Before anyone could say, well shout, the kitchen cupboards banging as they opened and closed by themselves. A couple of screams echoed the room that had come from Skye and Jemma there may have also be a little squeal from Leo. When Bethany sprinted out of the room the banging stopped. May quickly got up from the table and ran after Bethany. May found Bethany rocking back and forth in an upstairs closet, kneeling down beside her daughter May tried to get her attention but Bethany was trapped within her own little world. Picking up her daughter, May went through to the master bedroom. Lying down on the bed May held Bethany close.
"I'm sorry." Bethany kept muttering over and over again.
***A.O.S***
After the fiasco at dinner Coulson let the team do whatever they wanted as he sat in his office drinking. Maybe he should have waited to talk to Bethany about Agent Keating or he shouldn't have pushed her too hard about not lying. He had a feeling that her powers were going to come up but he didn't expect anything to happen like what had happened. That had only happened once before and that was when Bethany was hiding something from then and they tried to get it out of her. The last time this had happened was after they had got her back when she had been kidnaped. They had tried to talk to her about what had happened during the time the kidnapers had had her but she kept quiet, just like she was doing this time.
Coulson made it way upstairs as he passed one of the spare bedrooms he could hear the team talking and laughing. He stopped at the entrance to the bedroom. The picture that was right in front of him pulled at his heart strings. His girls were lying on top of the duvet sleeping. Going over to the window seat, he opened the bench up and took a blanket. He carefully draped the blanket over them so they would get cold during the night. As he did this he noticed that at one point they had both been crying. Moving Bethany's hair for her face he led down to place a goodnight kiss on her temple. He hesitated for a second before doing the same with May however she caught his arm as he walked way.
"Did I wake you?" Coulson whispered and May shook her head. "Get some sleep, you didn't get much last night."
"Where are you going to be sleeping and don't say the sofa in your office."
"There isn't way where else."
"There's plenty of room for the three of us in this bed."
"No I think its best I sleep down stairs."
"Phil please, she needs to know that we are here for her and you sleeping in your office will only push her further away from use also….I…need here." May moved her hand down his arm to interlock their fingers.
Coulson nodded before leaning down again but this time he kissed her on the lips. Once they broke the kiss May carefully moved away from Bethany and Phil help her place their daughter under the covers. Bethany stayed asleep during all this even when her parents got into the bed. May lay between Phil and Bethany. Phil had his arm wrapped around May's waist. May turned around slightly so she could steal a kiss from Coulson.
"I love you, Phil." May whispered against his lips.
"I love you too, Melinda."
