Hey guys! Here's the new chapter! I went and saw San Andreas today and I'm now more terrified of natural disasters than I was before. Have any of you seen it yet?
Hope you guys like it, it's got some more Fitzsimmons and Mommy May and Daddy Phil in it. As always, I own nothing (I wish I did) and all mistakes are my own xx
Skye played with Jemma and Fitz until it was time for them to leave. They had fun with her new toys and at some point, Natasha and Trip joined them in the playroom. After her friends left, they had all eaten dinner together before Trip announced that he felt like they should have a family game night. That's why they were all currently on the living room floor, sitting around the coffee table with the Chutes and Ladders board game in front of them.
Skye had never played it before, so Natasha had said that they could be on a team together. They both laughed as Phil moved his pawn and had to go down a chute, forcing him into last place.
He groaned, "Why do I always have to go down the longest chute?"
"Because you keep getting the wrong numbers when you spin the dial daddy," Skye supplied helpfully.
Trip and Natasha started laughing and Skye looked around and tried to figure out what was so funny. Phil grinned at her, "Thanks Skye. I'll try to stop doing that."
She nodded, "Good, then you might not lose."
They both laughed again and she saw May's lips twitch up and into a small smile. She watched as her mom spun the dial and moved her pawn forward, landing on a ladder and climbing her way up the board. May threw a smirk in Phil's direction.
Skye pointed, "See? You should be getting the numbers that mommy does."
Trip hid a smile behind his hand and Phil said, "Maybe your mom is just better at this game than I am."
Skye considered that. Some people were better at doing things than others were, like Nattie and her dancing. She shrugged, "Maybe."
They finished the game, May won, but she and Nattie came in second. Trip ended up losing, but he didn't seem to mind. Phil was extremely excited to get third place.
Everyone stayed in the living room and hung out. Trip opened up his laptop and started typing away while May and Phil turned on a movie. Skye ran upstairs and grabbed some of her new coloring books as well as some crayons and brought them down so that she and Nattie could color together. She handed Natasha a Disney coloring book and took the Spongebob one for herself.
She started coloring in a scene of Spongebob and Patrick catching jellyfish when she heard Natasha say her name, "Hey, look Skye! This book comes with some temporary tattoos."
Skye leaned over and looked at the page Nattie was pointing to. It was glossy and had a bunch of Disney characters on it, they were all striking various poses. She scrunched up her nose, "What's that?"
Natasha gave her a startled look, "Temporary tattoos?" Skye nodded and Nattie continued talking, "You stick them onto your skin and they stay on for a couple of days. You wanna try some?"
Skye nodded and Natasha got up. Skye followed her as she went into the kitchen and wet a washcloth before grabbing a pair of scissors.
They walked back into the living room and sat down. "Which one do you want Skye?"
She studied the page. It had Simba in the middle of a dance move, Rapunzel with her frying pan, Belle smiling at her, and Mulan holding a weapon. It had all of the Disney characters; Sebastian, Flynn Ryder, Anastasia and even some villains like Ursula and Maleficent. There were too many options, she couldn't decide.
She looked over to Natasha, "Which one do you think?"
Natasha considered it, "You could do more than one."
"Who's your favorite Nattie?"
She pointed at Cinderella and then reconsidered, "I like Anastasia."
Skye nodded. She liked that movie too. "I want that one and you can have Rapunzel because she's my favorite, and then when we look at them, we'll think of each other."
Natasha leaned in and kissed her forehead and it made her think of when May did that, "That's a great idea Skye."
She smiled and watched her sister cut around Anastasia on the piece of paper and then peel off the glossy overlay. "Okay, where do you want it?"
Skye thought about it and then pointed to her upper arm by her shoulder. Nattie gently put the temporary tattoo on her arm and then placed the damp washcloth over it. "I'll just have to hold it on here for thirty seconds and then it'll be done."
Skye tried not to fidget around too much so that she wouldn't mess it up. She'd never had a temporary tattoo before. She wondered how long it would last.
Natasha took the washcloth off of her arm and then slowly peeled back the paper. "Woah! It looks just like it did on the paper!"
Natasha nodded and gently blew on her arm so that it would dry. She handed Skye the scissors and the page with the tattoos on it and Skye made sure to cut it in a way that wouldn't mess up the Rapunzel tattoo. She cut it out and looked at Nattie. Her sister pointed to her arm, "Put it where I put yours."
Skye nodded, peeled off the glossy cover, and put it on her before gently pressing the damp washcloth against her arm. She hummed a Tangled song while she waited. Once the thirty seconds was up, she took the washcloth off and hoped that she hadn't messed it up. She peeled back the paper and breathed out a sigh of relief as she looked at the tattoo. It looked just like it did when it was on the paper.
Natasha looked at it and smiled, "It looks great Skye!"
Skye looked back at the page and cut out the Mulan tattoo, and then the Prince Charming one, and then the King Triton one. She walked over to the couch and jumped onto it. She shuffled over to May and climbed on her lap. "Mommy, can I put this on you?"
May took her eyes off of the t.v., combed her fingers through Skye's hair and said, "Sure sweetie."
Skye smiled and placed the Mulan tattoo on her arm, and then did the same to Phil and Trip. She put the King Triton tattoo onto Phil's forearm instead of his shoulder, and she put the Prince Charming tattoo on Trip's ankle. Skye smiled at her handiwork and then went back to coloring with Natasha.
They stayed in the living room until it was time to go to bed. Skye changed into her pajamas and May and Phil came in to tuck her in. She got comfortable in her bed before grabbing a book off of her bedside table and holding it out to them. She stared at the familiar green and blue cover and felt May and Phil sit down on either side of her. She hoped that the Harvey's wouldn't be mad at her for wanting May and Phil to read Goodnight Moon to her.
Phil cleared his throat and opened the book, "In the great green room, there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of-"
Skye listened as Phil read her favorite story and fell asleep to his gentle voice and the feeling of May leaning in to kiss her forehead.
When Skye woke up on Monday morning, she grabbed her Alice and Rapunzel dolls and headed downstairs. She could tell that she had woken up a little later than she usually did because Phil was already done making breakfast. She joined him at the table and he pulled the comic section out of his newspaper and handed it to her. She dutifully looked it over and giggled at the silly images while she ate her scrambled eggs and toast.
She finished her breakfast before anyone else came down to join them and turned to Phil, "Can I bring Alice and Rapunzel to school with me? It's show-and-tell day."
Phil set his coffee mug down and smiled at her, "Sure sweetie, just be sure not to lose them."
Skye nodded seriously, "Okay, I never want to lose Alice or Rapunzel. I love them."
Phil stood up, grabbed her empty plate, pressed a kiss to the top of her head, and said, "I know you do sweetheart. It's getting pretty late, why don't you go wake up May and everyone else?"
Skye grinned and shot out of her seat. She ran upstairs and made her way to May and Phil's room. The quietly opened the door and peered inside. May was still sleeping. She tiptoed to her side of the bed and stared at her. She was lying on her back, one arm was thrown above her head and the other was on her chest. She was breathing softly and she looked peaceful.
Skye climbed onto the bed and straddled her stomach. She leaned in close to her face and whispered, "Mommy, it's time to wake up."
She watched as May turned her head to the side but stayed asleep. She poked her cheek, "Mommy! It's wakeup time!"
This time, she watched as her eyes opened up. They focused on her and she saw May slowly smile. When she spoke, her voice was rougher than normal, "Hey Skye. What're you doing in here?"
She straightened up and smiled, "Daddy said that it was getting late and to wake you up. Good morning!"
May looked over at her clock and made a surprised sound, "Good morning sunshine. It's not that late."
She leaned in and kissed Skye on the forehead before reaching up and tickling Skye on her tummy. She squealed and started giggling. May kept tickling her and she was wiggling around, trying to escape the onslaught. Finally, she reached down and started ticking May's stomach and the older woman raised her hands, "Okay! Truce!"
Skye grinned and scooted off of May's stomach so that she could lie down next to her. They both turned so that they were facing each other and May reached forward and brushed some hair out of her face.
Skye reached towards May's face and placed a hand on her cheek, "I love you mommy."
May put her hand over Skye's and turned her head so that she could kiss Skye's palm before saying, "I love you too Skye."
Skye grinned, "How much do you love me?"
May spoke as she slowly leaned in closer, "I love you to the moon and back,-"
Skye finished for her, "More than all the stars in the sky. Forever?"
May tugged her close and Skye burrowed into her. She placed her head on May's chest and listened to her heartbeat. "Forever and ever."
Skye smiled. Good. She wanted them to love her forever and ever and ever. She sighed in content and felt May start to comb her fingers through her hair.
They laid there for a minute or two in comfortable silence before May said, "We have to get up now sweetie. You have school and I have work."
Skye grumbled but listened to her. She crawled out of the bed after May kissed her on the cheek and told her she had to get ready. She walked past Trip's room and saw that he was already awake and putting his shoes on. She glanced at Nattie's door and saw that it was open and she was listening to music as she brushed her hair.
She walked into her room and knew that she had to get ready for school. She pulled on some pink leggings and looked into her closet for a shirt. She saw an arm reach past her and grab a black and grey plaid shirt. She turned around and Nattie handed it to her. She helped her button it up before Skye grabbed her favorite shoes, the boots that May had gotten her, and tugged them on. Natasha gave her a hand with lacing them and helped her untangle her hair from her moon necklace. She wordlessly handed Nattie some hairbands and stood patiently as her sister put her hair into two braids.
She grabbed her backpack and intertwined her pinky with Natasha's before both girls walked downstairs. Trip was quickly eating some eggs and Natasha grabbed a piece of toast before shoving half of it into her mouth. Trip glanced at his phone and gave Nattie the look that meant they had to leave. She gave Natasha and Trip a hug before they ran out the door.
She sat down in her chair and picked Alice and Rapunzel up before gently placing them into her backpack. She leaned forward and whispered to her dolls, "Don't worry, I'll leave it open a little so you guys can breathe. I'll take you back out when I get to school." She zipped her backpack up three quarters of the way and watched as May walked into the room.
She kissed Phil and looked over to her, "Let's go kiddo, we're running later than usual."
Skye nodded and saw Phil hand May a travel mug full of coffee and a slice of toast. She followed them to the car and listened to Hercules songs on the way to school.
They were almost to school when Skye spoke up, "Mom?"
May turned to music down and looked back at her, "Yeah sweetie?"
"I'm going to sign up for dance class after school today, right?"
May nodded at her, "Yep, we'll go in a little earlier to get Natasha and sign you up."
"Okay. Do you think Natasha will be okay with me dancing too?"
May raised an eyebrow, "Why wouldn't she be?"
Skye twiddled her thumbs, "Because dancing is her thing, not mine."
May turned around further and reached back to caress her cheek, "Natasha loves dancing and she's happy to share something she loves with someone she loves. I promise, she won't mind Skye."
Skye took a deep breath and nodded. May had never lied to her before, so she believed her. She was still nervous to sign up for dance class, but she was happy that Nattie would be there with her.
Phil turned into the parking lot and they helped Skye out of her seat. She jumped out of the car, making sure she didn't jostle her backpack around too much so that she wouldn't disrupt her dolls, and turned to her parents.
She threw her arms around May's waist, "I love you mommy."
The older woman wrapped her arms around Skye, "I love you too sweetie. Have a great day at school."
Skye nodded and stepped out of the embrace. She turned to Phil and raised her arms. He grinned and lifted her up. He spun her around once and she squealed before wrapping her arms around his neck. He held her close and she said, "Bye daddy, I love you."
She felt him brush her hair over her shoulder and say, "I love you too Skye."
She leaned back and he shifted his arms so that she was stable, "How much?"
She knew that May loved her to the moon and back, which was really far away. And she loved her more than all the stars in the whole sky, which was a lot. She wondered how much Phil loved her.
He leaned forward so that their faces were close together, "I love you higher than the sky and more than all the water in the ocean." Skye's eyes widened. She had seen maps before and she knew that there was a whole lot of water in the ocean. He whispered, "And more than I love chocolate chip cookies."
Skye smiled. She knew that Phil loved chocolate chip cookies a lot.
She leaned forward and pressed a kiss to his cheek before squirming around so that he would put her down. He obliged and she started walking towards the school. She got halfway before turning around and she saw that they were still standing there smiling at her. She waved at them and they waved back and May blew her a kiss. She grinned and walked into the school.
Ms. Hill said that they could have show-and-tell time before recess and right now, Lincoln was showing them his rock collection. He had huge collection and he let them all pass around a bunch of crystals and look at them. They looked like the stones that May had in her rings and on some of her necklaces. They were super pretty.
Before, Jemma showed them her chemistry set that her mom had bought her and when she sat back down on the reading rug, she whispered to Skye that they could play with it later. Fitz didn't bring anything to show the class, but he didn't seem to feel left out.
Skye was supposed to go after Lincoln and she was biting her lip nervously. She combed her fingers through Rapunzel's hair with one hand and gripped her moon pendant with the other. She was nervous that her class wouldn't like them.
Lincoln put his rocks away and everyone clapped before he sat down by Skye. Ms. Hill stood up and said, "Okay Skye, what'd you bring in to show us?"
Skye stood up and her legs were a little shaky. She released her moon pendant and made her way to the front of the reading rug. She swallowed thickly and held Alice and Rapunzel in front of her.
She raised up Alice, "This is Alice. My big sister, Natasha, gave her to me. My sister's a ballerina, so I think that Alice is a ballerina too. She helps me feel better when I'm sad and I love her because Nattie gave her to me."
She lowered Alice and held up Rapunzel, "This is her best friend, Rapunzel. My mommy got her for me and she's my favorite princess."
A little girl, Emma, raised her hand and Skye pointed at her. She felt kind of powerful when she did that. "My favorite princess is Rapunzel too!"
Another little girl, Gracie, raised her hand and Skye pointed at her too, "My favorite is Belle!"
That sparked a debate between everyone in the class. They all announced their favorite princesses and princes and Skye smiled as she listened. Everyone seemed to like her dolls. Ms. Hill quieted them down and thanked Skye for sharing her dolls before asking her to sit down. She took her spot next to Jemma and listened to Ms. Hill.
"Okay guys! It's recess time. I have a meeting in the office for about fifteen minutes so Mrs. Peliski will be watching you until I get back. I know you'll all be on your best behavior, so go have some fun. When we get back inside, we're going to go over our words of the week!"
She motioned towards the door and they all got up and filed out of the room. Skye stopped by Ms. Hill, "Is it okay if I bring Alice and Rapunzel outside with me? They like playing in the sand."
Ms. Hill grinned at her, "Sure Skye. Just be careful with them. I don't want you to lose them okay?"
Skye nodded and followed her class outside. She, Jemma, Fitz, and Lincoln went and played in the sand. They were building sand castles and Fitz was collecting leaves for them to use as flags.
Skye looked over to Lincoln, "I really liked your rock collection Lincoln. It's super cool."
He smiled at her, "Thanks Skye, I liked your dolls."
"Thanks. And I really liked your chemistry set Jemma."
Before she could answer, Fitz said, "Yeah, Simmons is going to become a mad scientist!"
Jemma elbowed him in the stomach, "I am not Fitz!"
Skye crossed her arms, "Yeah Fitz! She won't be a mad scientist! She'll be one that totally changes the world with her sciencey brain and smartness."
Jemma grinned at her and nodded in solidarity. Fitz raised his hands in concession, "Okay, you're right. Sorry Simmons."
"It's okay Fitz."
They went back to building their sandcastle and Skye placed Alice and Rapunzel right outside it so that they looked like they were guarding it.
Lincoln studied it, "We should build a moat."
They all agreed and started digging out a moat. Jemma turned to Skye and said, "You should come over to my house today. We can play with my chemistry set."
"I'm going to sign up for dance class today. Maybe I can after though?"
Jemma nodded, "Okay! I'll ask my-"
She was cut off by a high pitched scream. They all looked over to the monkey bars and saw Gracie sprawled out on the sand underneath it. She was crying and clutching her arm. She must have fallen off.
Teachers and other kids were running towards Gracie. Fitz and Jemma had already gotten up and ran over to the scene but before Lincoln bolted off, he looked at her, "Are you coming? I wanna see what happened."
Skye shook her head, "I don't want to be in the way. I'll just finish the moat."
Lincoln shrugged and ran over to the monkey bars. She saw a big group of people standing around Gracie and teachers were trying to control the situation.
She went back to digging out the moat. She hoped that Gracie was okay. She was probably scared and wanted her mom and dad right now. She knew that if she fell down and hurt herself, she wouldn't want everyone staring at her and she would want May and Phil to be there.
She finished the moat really fast and grabbed Alice and Rapunzel to reposition them. She glanced back to the monkey bars and saw that some of the teachers were trying to call their kids in. She stood up and tried to find Mrs. Peliski because Ms. Hill wasn't back yet. She looked around and found her and went to make her way towards the rest of her class when she felt someone grab her around the waist. Hard. She tried to scream, but then something was placed over her mouth. It smelt really bad and her vision started to go hazy. She could feel her heart pounding really hard and fast in her chest and she tried kicking her feet towards the person holding her, but she felt really weak and tired. Against her will, her eyes slid shut.
Please let me know what you thought about this chapter!
Also, thanks to MelindaSkyeMay for her idea about Skye being a little apprehensive about dance, and to hogwartswonderland for the idea about the plaid shirt! Thanks guys!
Thank you so much for reading! :) xx -Ariel