This is my first Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D story so please bare with me.

I apologize in advance if any characters are OOC

Disclaimer: I do not own the show or any characters, or anything else that has been heard of before, besides any OCs that appear.

"Maria? What are you doing here…" May started in confusion before the young Mei ran from behind her and hugged Maria.

"Maria!" Mei said again in excitement.

"… and how do you know Mei?" she finished.

"I often went to see her and the agent who took care of her," Maria said as she hugged the teenager back and closed the door behind herself.

Mei pulled Maria to the living room and then May walked slowly behind, still feeling drained because of the flu and wondering how Mei had all of this energy all of the sudden.

Maria was amused by the young girl and sat down on the couch, with May sitting on a chair and Mei sitting beside her.

"So, what are you doing here, Maria?" May asked.

"Well, Mel, I am here because I got a message from Coulson telling me that this mission was taking longer than he wanted. He wants me to help end it," she explained. May nodded, excepting the explanation as she and Maria started to talk about how things were going in New York.

"Is that really all you're here for?" Mei asked that night as she was getting her things from her room. Maria was sleeping in her room and she was sleeping on the carpet in the basements TV room.

"What do you mean?" asked Maria as she looked at the girl who was staring at her with doe eyes.

"I mean, just to help with the mission,"

"No, I wanted to give this to you," Maria said as she pulled out a folder, showed it to Mei, and then placed it on the bed table. "It's about your file. You can read it when you want to,"

Mei nodded as she stared at the file, then turned around and left the room. Maria knew the girl wouldn't be ready yet, but it was there for her for when she was.

"I'm better can I go to school today, please?" Mei asked. She was already dressed and even had eaten breakfast to show them that she was okay.

"Mei, I don't know," Coulson said.

"Please? Write me a note so I don't have to do PE and I'll be fine. I have a test today!" she lied. Coulson relented and quickly jotted down a note and gave it to the girl before she smiled, grabbed it, and ran off to get in the car with everyone else.

Coulson and May shared a look as she grabbed her thermos that was filled with tea and made her way out to the car and got in the driver's seat.

Mei and Gus sat side by side at lunch. They had somehow gotten onto the roof of the building (through an unclosed door) and were now sitting with their legs dangling off the side, pulling their sweaters closer around them.

"I might be moving soon," Mei said.

"What why?" Gus asked with a frown on his face.

Mei knew she shouldn't have said that. She didn't know if they even were leaving or not, but she couldn't just get up and leave Gus.

"My dad got a better job in Toronto, wants to go there," she explained. Gus nodded but still looked sat. Mei sighed and swung her legs a bit. "You know, you still have Angelica. You're a great guy Gus, lots of people want to be your friend,"

Gus sighed and seemed to be trying to figure out what he was going to say. Mei didn't know how to help him figure it out, so she didn't. She stayed silent and watched as he tried to figure out his words.

"Violet, I know I can have other friends… but I don't want other friends," Gus said in a disappointed tone. "Who else will eat triple butter popcorn with me?"

"I don't know," Mei said in a fake happy voice. She didn't even want to eat triple butter popcorn. "But you will find someone Gus. Maybe even your special someone,"

She hated saying the R word. It was so stupid.

"I don't want someone else though, Violet. I really like you," Mei all of the sudden had a feeling what this like was. "I really, really like you,"

There was an awkward silence in the air, which stopped being silent when Mei sneezed.

"Gus," she sniffled. "I'm sorry. You're a terrific friend but I don't want a relationship. Especially a long-distance relationship,"

Gus sighed but nodded. He had a feeling he was going to be rejected. "I figured so," he said.

The two continued to sit there till the bell rang in which they went inside for PE.

They had a five block day, meaning PE was after lunch. Mei got out of it, even though Filch wasn't going to let her, May got into the conversation and told her to go to the library.

So, there she was sitting there when the librarian came over and asked what she was doing.

"I'm trying to research things from the Second World War," Mei lied instantly. She had been waiting for this moment, although she had hoped a different member of the team would be there and not her. She wasn't ready for this, not at all. "I heard there was secret organization working for the allies and I was hoping to find out what it was,"

The librarian stared at her, obviously trying to figure out if she was telling the truth. Mei wasn't though, but she was a good liar. Nobody knew it though, she had often lied before she moved with them.

"I have one you may like. It is a secret though, and it is restricted. You'll only be able to look at it here," she said after a minute or two. Mei smiled a pleasant smile and followed her into the back where the restricted books were.

The librarian told Mei were it went, obviously trusting her, the left the area.

The book was old and dusty, the covers were leather with a faded silver ink on them.

The SSR the books title said. Mei felt satisfied that she had been able to do that, and placed the book in her backpack.

Then she realized something, the library had those sensors there were at stores. They could tell if you were leaving with a book.

So, she walked out and into the historical non-fiction area. The librarian was helping a class in the computer lab and never noticed the girl leave.

Mei opened the emergency exit and fled down those stairs, then out of the building.

That exit wasn't to be used unless it was an emergency. So, the fire alarm went off. Before any classes could come out though, the teenagers quickly sprinted from the school grounds and into the woods behind it. They wouldn't find her there.

This was tricky, she realized, stealing a book. It was also slightly terrifying. What was she to do if they found her? Say it was an accident? Tell the truth? The truth was out of the question.

Mei climbed up one of the trees, wishing she had her coat and her boots. She was just wearing her old pair of converse, and the snow has soaked completely through.

She watched the students leave the school and go outside. The teachers were trying to figure out who pulled the alarm.

Mei watched as they all went inside, obviously going to be yelled at.

After everyone was inside, she left the forest beside the high way further from the school, crossed, and went into the area of houses starting for the house.

She felt her heart pounding and started running. She needed to get inside, give someone the book. She hated the feeling inside of her. Guilt for tricking the librarian, guilt for stealing a book!

She ran in the front door and slammed it closed before leaning with her back against it.

"Hey… what happened?" a frowning Maria asked as she stared at Mei. The girl was sitting on the floor now huffing and puffing, her adrenalin running out.

It took her a few minutes before she could speak. "I stole the book,"