Hey guys! Some people have been asking about Jiaying being Skye and Nat's therapist and I just wanted to say that in this fic, she's just a kind therapist, not the totally crazy nutball that she was in the season finale!
I hope you like that chapter and please let me know what you guys think! I love reading your reviews :) As always, I own nothing (I wish I did) xx
When Skye woke up the next morning, she groaned, clutched Alice to her chest, and tried to go back to sleep. Then she remembered that Wanda and Pietro's present was supposed to come in today and her eyes snapped open. She threw her covers off of her, put on some clothes, and ran downstairs. She could see Phil in the kitchen, like usual, and sprinted towards him. He looked up as he heard her, smiled, and held open his arms. She ran to him and he picked her up and spun her around once before placing her on his hip.
She wrapped one arm around his neck and grinned, "Is my present here yet?"
Phil laughed a little and went back to making pancakes with Skye in one arm, "Not yet sweetie. It should be here when you get back from school."
Skye deflated a little. She really wanted to know what Wanda and Pietro had gotten her. Should she get them a present too? She wasn't really sure what they liked. Maybe she could ask Natasha and Trip to help her pick one out for them?
"Oh. Okay."
"Don't worry sweetheart. It'll be here before you know it." Phil flipped the pancakes over and started swaying gently.
Skye didn't think she could wait any longer. She wanted her present now, but she couldn't make it get here faster. She would just have to wait.
Phil handed her a bag of chocolate chips, "Let's put some chocolate chips in these next ones, okay? Natasha's recital is today and we always make chocolate chip pancakes for good luck."
Skye took the bag from him and nodded, "Can I draw something special in Natasha's pancake?"
Phil nodded, "Sure, just make sure you do it before the batter starts to heat up too much."
Skye said okay and watched as Phil scooped the pancakes off of the griddle before placing them on the plate that was sitting on the counter. He looked over to her, "Ready?" Skye nodded and he started pouring the batter into circles on the griddle. He finished and leaned forward so that Skye could place some chocolate chips into the bubbling pancakes. Phil put some in all of the pancakes except for the one Skye was working on. She was focusing on arranging the chips into a heart.
She put the last of the chocolate chips on the pancake and grinned. It was a little lopsided, but it still looked okay. She looked over to Phil and he was smiling at her, "It's for extra good luck."
Phil squeezed her gently and said, "She'll love it Skye."
She grinned and helped him flip the pancakes. May wandered in and kissed them both on the cheeks before grabbing a glass of orange juice. Skye stayed with Phil and watched as he unplugged the griddle and put two pancakes on a plate. He put a normal one on the bottom and stacked the pancake with the heart on it on top. He set Skye down, handed her the plate, and said, "Why don't you go wake Nat up and give this to her?"
She carefully held the plate close to her chest and smiled up at him, "Okay."
She carefully walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs because she didn't want to drop Natasha's pancakes. She made sure that the plate was steady in her hand before she opened the door to Natasha's room. She looked in and saw that Natasha was already awake and dressed. She was twirling around her room and didn't notice that Skye was watching her.
She pushed her way inside the room and hovered by the door. Natasha stopped twirling and smiled at her. "What're you doing Nattie? You're usually still sleeping."
Natasha grinned sheepishly, "I couldn't sleep that well so I thought I'd get up and practice for today."
That made sense so Skye shrugged and offered her the plate of pancakes, "I made these for you. For good luck."
Natasha took the plate from her and saw the heart on her pancake. She smiled, "You made this?"
Skye nodded.
"Thank you Skye. This is awesome." Natasha leaned forward and wrapped an arm around Skye's shoulders and Skye smiled real big.
"Let's go downstairs and eat. Could you grab my backpack for me?" Natasha motioned towards her desk and Skye saw her black backpack hanging from her chair. She ran over to it and lifted it from the chair. She grunted. It was really heavy!
Natasha looked over to her, "Sorry Skye, I forgot. It's heavier than usual. I'm going straight to the dance studio after school so I have to carry more than I usually do. Here," She offered Skye the plate of pancakes and took the backpack from her hands. Skye gratefully traded with her.
"So I won't see you until tonight?"
"Not til after the recital is over." Natasha shrugged at her. Skye thought that she was still nervous about her recital because she was walking stiffer than usual.
She followed Natasha downstairs and saw that Trip, May and Phil were already sitting at the table and eating pancakes. Someone had made a plate for her so she sat down and started eating. Natasha sat down next to her and poured maple syrup over her pancakes.
May smiled at Natasha, "You excited for today?"
Nattie played with her fork and was looking at her pancakes when she answered, "Yeah, but I'm a little nervous."
"You'll be fine sweetie. You're an amazing, beautiful, and talented dancer."
Natasha grinned, "Thanks mom." She went back to eating her pancakes and May turned to Skye, "I'm going to be taking Natasha to her dance studio after school, so Phil will be picking you up today okay?"
Skye nodded at her. She was a little upset that she wouldn't be able to see Natasha until after her recital was over. She would have to wish her good luck this morning and what if she forgot by the time her recital started?
Trip glanced at his watch, "We gotta go you guys. My club meeting starts in ten minutes."
May hopped up, "Let's go!"
Skye looked around in confusion. Hunter usually drove Natasha and Trip to school. Phil saw her confused look and said, "Trip has to get to school earlier than usual so May's going to take them today. I'll drive you to school sweetie."
Skye nodded and stood up so that she could say goodbye to everyone. She hugged Trip and he smiled and ruffled her hair as he went to grab his backpack. She put her arms around May's waist and squeezed her tight before saying goodbye. Then she turned to Natasha and tugged on her arm so that she would lean down a little. She put her arms around the older girl's neck and hugged her, then she spoke softly so that no one else would hear, "Good luck Nattie, I love you."
Natasha jerked back and stared at Skye. Then she smiled really big and leaned in to whisper, "I love you too Skye," before squeezing her hand and following May and Trip out the door.
Skye did love Natasha. She didn't know how amazing it could be to actually have a sister until Natasha had showed her what it was like. Having a sister was like having a best friend that you lived with, and Skye loved that she could talk to Nattie about anything and she wouldn't make fun of her for it.
She kept smiling and heard Phil say, "It's just you and me kiddo. Why don't you go brush your teeth and we'll head out of here?"
Skye nodded and ran upstairs to brush her teeth. She grabbed some hair ties and clips and took them with her downstairs. Phil was still sitting at the table so she walked over and stood in front of him. She held out the hair ties, "Will you braid my hair?"
The face that Phil made was really funny. He looked scared! Skye giggled and shook the hair ties in front of his face until he took them from her, "Uh, sure Skye." Skye turned around and felt Phil start to mess with her hair.
After a couple of minutes she heard Phil groan. "Skye, does it have to be braids or can I do something else?"
Skye thought about it for a second and shrugged, "You can do something else."
She heard him release a big breath, "Thank god."
When Phil was done, she ran to look at her reflection in the mirror in the hallway. Phil followed her and she looked back to him and saw that he looked anxious. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. She didn't look bad! Phil was okay at doing hair, but Nattie was way better. He had put pigtails in her hair and had tied a white bow on each of them.
She looked back to Phil and he still looked nervous, "Are they okay?"
Skye smiled at him, "Yeah, they're okay. Maybe Nattie could teach you how to braid though."
Phil laughed, "I'll ask her later, now let's go sweetie."
Phil offered her his hand and she took it before following him out of the house and into the car.
Skye had really tried to focus in school, but all she could think about was her present and Natasha's dance recital. She really wanted to know what Wanda and Pietro had gotten her and she was super excited to watch Nattie dance. Ms. Hill had had to remind her to focus on her math worksheet during work time, and even though she hadn't yelled at her, Skye had blushed and felt embarrassed.
But now it was the end of the day and Ms. Hill was leading them outside so that they could go home with their parents. Ms. Hill held the door open for them and as Skye passed her, she paused. She looked down at her shoes but spoke loud enough so that her teacher could hear her, "I'm sorry I was bad today."
"You weren't bad Skye, everyone has trouble focusing sometimes. It's okay."
Skye looked up and Ms. Hill didn't look mad at her, she was smiling. Skye instantly felt better. She smiled up at her teacher and waved goodbye before walking out into the sunshine and looking around for Phil. She saw him standing by one of the trees and started to make her way over to him.
She was almost to Phil and she saw him waving at her. She started to wave back but suddenly someone pushed into her and she fell to the ground. She looked up and a kid a little bit older than her was standing by her looking guilty, "I'm sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going, I didn't mean to knock you down."
He looked like he meant what he was saying so Skye smiled at him and said, "It's okay."
The kid smiled back before running off. She was still sprawled on the ground but nothing hurt, she just had some dirt on her elbows. She heard Phil calling her name, glanced over, and saw him jogging towards her. She stood up and brushed the dirt off of her.
Phil made it to her and crouched down. He started looking her over for injuries and said, "Are you alright? Who was that kid?"
"I'm okay daddy. It was just an accident."
Phil stopped fussing over her and just stared. She glanced worriedly at him. Had someone accidentally knocked him over too?
Phil kept staring at her until she realized what she had said. She had called him her dad. Out loud. She had only thought it before. Maybe he didn't want to be called that? She thought that since May liked it when she called her mommy that Phil would like it when she called him her dad, but maybe he wouldn't. Maybe he doesn't want that.
Skye started to panic. Phil was still staring at her in silence so she fidgeted from foot to foot and looked at the ground, "Uh… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that. You don't have to be my dad if you don't want to." Skye felt tears start to pool in her eyes and stared determinedly at the ground. She wanted Phil to be her dad.
Suddenly she was in Phil's arms and he was hugging her. She was a little confused. Maybe he had been knocked over and had hurt his head. "Um. Are you okay?"
She leaned back and looked up and into Phil's face. He was smiling real big, Skye could see all of his teeth, and his eyes looked watery. She was starting to get worried. "I'm sorry Skye. I was just surprised that's all. I would love to be your dad. I would absolutely love it."
Skye felt relief flood through her and hugged Phil back. She didn't know what she would have done if Phil had said he didn't want to be her dad. She didn't even want to think about it. He picked her up and made his way back to the car, "Let's go see if your present is waiting for you at home."
Skye squealed and had a hard time sitting still so that Phil could buckle her into her booster seat.
Skye sprinted up the walkway, up the front porch, and bounced up and down by the door as she waited for Phil to unlock the door. She glanced over and saw a small box sitting on the ground on the right side of the doorway, "Is that it? Is that my present?"
Phil stooped down and picked up the box. He read the information on the front of it and grinned, "This is for you Skye."
He handed it to her and Skye clutched it close to her chest. Phil unlocked the door and she bolted inside. She threw her backpack on the ground and ran to the table. She gently set the box on the table before she sat down and tried to open it.
The box wouldn't open.
She groaned in frustration and suddenly Phil was there. He had a knife in his hand and gently moved Skye's hands out of the way before cutting open the box. He sat down next to her and Skye excitedly reached into the box.
She pulled out a piece of paper, it was thick and had writing on it, and a smaller box. She knew that when you got a gift, you were supposed to read the card first, so she set the smaller box on the table and started to read the card, "Dear Skye, We saw this in a little sh...shop, and cou…couldn't help but think of you. Natasha told us that you wo…woul…would like it. Pl…please think of us when you w…wear it. Love, Wanda and Pietro."
Skye reread the card in her head and stared at the handwriting. There were two different kinds of handwriting and each line was written in a different one. When Wanda signed her name, Skye saw that she was the one who had the small, loopy handwriting and Pietro was the one with precise, blocky handwriting. She smiled at the card and traced the words with her finger.
She gingerly set the card onto the table and picked up the small box. It was a deep blue color and Skye carefully took the lid off. She gasped when she saw what was inside.
Sitting on white, fluffy paper was the most beautiful necklace that Skye had ever seen. It had a golden bronze colored chain and at the end of the chain was a light blue bead. Below that bead hung a crescent moon. It was intricately designed and had pretty swirls decorating the inside of it. Dangling from the top tip of the moon was a star. Skye loved it.
She reached for it but then jerked her hand back. She didn't want to ruin it. It was the most beautiful thing that Skye had ever been given and she didn't want to mess it up. Phil leaned over and looked at it, "Oh Skye, that's so pretty. It'll look great on you."
Skye nodded and continued to look at the necklace. She could feel Phil looking at her, "Do you want me to put it on you?"
Skye really, really, wanted to wear it but she didn't want to ruin it. She glanced at Phil and worriedly nibbled on her bottom lip, "What if I break it?"
Phil gave her a reassuring look, "If you break it, which I don't think you will, we can go and get it fixed."
That made her feel better. She handed Phil the box and he took the necklace out and motioned for her to turn around. She did as she was told and felt him place the necklace around her neck and attach the clasps together. He pulled her hair out from under the chain and she turned back around. She looked down and saw the moon and star pendant hanging from her neck. She loved it. She looked up at Phil and saw that he was smiling at her, "How does it look daddy?"
"It looks beautiful Skye."
That made Skye smile really big. She had to thank Wanda and Pietro for her present. She didn't know when they would call next, but Skye had to make sure that she was there so that she could talk to them and thank them. She put her hand over her necklace and lightly grasped the pendant. The metal was cool in her hands and it made her feel happy.
Phil spoke up, "Why don't we get your homework done so that you can play until Natasha's recital?"
Skye hated homework but she didn't even care. She couldn't stop smiling. She went and got her backpack from the ground in the living room and sat back down next to Phil, her hand firmly grasped around her pendant the whole time.
When May finally got home after dropping Natasha off at her dance studio and stopping by the grocery store to pick up a few things, she noted that they had about an hour before they had to be at the auditorium for the recital. She had had to drop Natasha off at the studio so that she could run through her dances with her group before the recital, but the actual performance was going to be held at Renley's Performing Arts Auditorium, which was where all the local plays and other artsy things were held at, so Natasha would ride over there with her dance instructors.
She was holding a couple of grocery bags so she handed Trip the keys and he opened the front door for her. She walked in and set the bags down on the kitchen counter. She was putting some things away when she heard little feet running around upstairs. She smiled as she heard Skye run down the stairs. She turned and grinned at the little girl sprinting towards her. She had on jeans and a green t-shirt. She had a grass stain on her right knee and a huge smile on her face. Her hair was in two long pigtails with bows on each one. She was adorable.
"Mommy! Look at what Wanda and Pietro got me! Look!" Her heart still skipped a beat when she heard Skye call her 'mommy'. It was an amazing feeling to have Skye trust her enough to call her her mom and May loved that little girl like she was her own daughter. It had been the same way with all of her children, but she never got used to the strong rush of feelings her children managed to elicit.
The little girl was still running at her and when she got close enough, she jumped. May caught her in midair and lifted her up. Skye wrapped her legs around her waist and May held her so that they were face to face, "What's up buttercup?"
Skye was smiling brightly and it made May feel overjoyed to see the little girl so happy. She remembered when the slightest sound would cause Skye to start crying. She had come a long way in the last two weeks that she had been here.
Skye grabbed onto the necklace hanging around her neck and held it in front of her face. May studied it and smiled. It was the perfect gift for Skye. The twins must have had Natasha or Trip help them with it, otherwise they wouldn't have known how much Skye liked the stars and moon.
"Oh baby, that is just beautiful!"
Skye kept smiling but blushed a little. She moved the necklace back to her chest but kept her hand grasped around it. "Thanks."
May smiled and set Skye on the counter. She finished putting away the rest of the groceries and asked her, "Are you excited about Natasha's recital?"
She was setting eggs in the refrigerator, but heard Skye say, "Yeah! I think Nattie was nervous though."
May knew that Natasha was nervous. Her daughter got extremely nervous doing anything in front of a crowd, whether that is presenting a project or dancing. She would always psyche herself out beforehand and then do an amazing job anyways. It always happened, and May constantly tried to help Natasha calm her nerves, but nothing seemed to help.
"Nat's always a little nervous when she has to perform in front of a crowd, but she'll be fine baby."
She put the last of the groceries away and looked over at Skye. She was worrying her bottom lip between her teeth. Skye was worried because Natasha was nervous. Her little girl had such a kind soul.
May walked over to Skye and stood between her legs, "Nat will be fine Skye. She's always nervous before her recitals and she always does an amazing job anyways."
Skye stopped nibbling on her bottom lip and nodded.
May brushed her bangs out of her eyes, "How about you go get changed for the recital? We'll have to leave soon."
Skye scrunched her nose up and looked down at her outfit, "Why do I have to change?"
May chuckled, "Because we're supposed to look nice at dance recitals. Come on, I'll help you choose an outfit."
Skye nodded and May set her down on the ground and followed her up to her room. Skye sat on her bed and May pulled out two different dresses from Skye's closet. One had spaghetti straps and was dark gray with multicolored pastel polka dots all over it. The other one had long sleeves and was light pink with a white peter pan color. May held up the two dresses and watched Skye tilt her head to the side and consider them both. After a minute or two, she pointed to the pink dress and May handed it to her before putting the other dress back.
"Why don't you put this on and I have the perfect shoes for you to wear. I went to the mall on my lunch break and saw them and thought of you. I'll go grab them."
Skye nodded to her and May went back downstairs and got the bag of shoes from the back of her car where she had forgotten them. She had actually gotten Skye a couple of new pairs of shoes because she had realized that the little girl only had one pair of sneakers to wear.
When she walked back into the room, Skye's arms were stuck in her dress and May couldn't help but chuckle. She rushed over to the little girl and helped her pull her dress down. Skye's pigtails were messed up because of the whole ordeal but she was smiling at her.
"I actually got you a couple of new shoes," She saw Skye start to shake her head but kept talking, "because I wanted to."
Skye stopped shaking her head and May smiled. She pulled out a shoe box and handed it to Skye, "I think that you'll like these the best."
Skye took the box from her and opened it up. She squealed and pulled the small black combat boots out of the shoebox. May had seen them in the store and couldn't not buy them. Skye would look adorable in them and something told her that Skye would appreciate how tough they would make her look.
Skye pulled them onto her feet and May had to help her lace them up but she didn't mind. Skye stood up and admired her feet. She walked around a little bit and jumped up and down. She ran over to May and wrapped her arms around her waist, "I love them!"
May laughed, "I thought that you would."
Skye pressed her face into May's belly and said, "Thank you mommy."
May hugged her tighter, "You're welcome sweetie. How about we fix your hair and then you can help me get ready?"
Skye nodded and stepped back. May redid her pigtails and tied neater bows into the little girl's hair. She couldn't stop the "aww" that escaped her mouth when she saw Skye standing in front of her in her pink dress, pigtails and combat boots. Skye looked absolutely adorable.
Skye tugged on her hand and started to lead her into the hallway, "Your turn!"
May already had nice slacks on, she just needed to change into a nicer shirt, so she went into her closet and chose an off-white blouse and a deep red one and brought them out for Skye to choose. She enjoyed watching Skye seriously consider each option, as if this decision was life or death, and liked that Skye was having fun. The little girl ended up choosing the off-white blouse and May nodded and went back into the close to put the other shirt away and tug on the new blouse.
She walked back into the room to see Phil gushing over Skye, "Oh sweetie you look adorable!"
Skye stood up on the bed and held out her foot, "Look at my new shoes daddy! Don't they look really cool?"
Phil pretended to intensely inspect Skye's boots before saying, "They are very cool Skye. I think that I'll definitely have to take a picture of you, Nat and Trip later tonight."
Skye smiled at him, "Okay. Are we going now? I want to see Nattie!"
Skye's enthusiasm was contagious and May walked towards her and offered the little girl her pinky, "Yes, we're going now. Let's get Trip and hit the road."
Skye grinned up at her and intertwined their pinkies before tugging May out of the room.
What'd you guys think? Because of this websites weird policies, I can't show you the link to Skye's necklace, but if you want to type "Mystical Moon Necklace, Crescent Moon and Star Necklace" into google, it should be the first result to pop up.
I hoped you guy's liked this chapter and please tell me what you guys think! Thank you for reading xx -Ariel