Chapter 9
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Four days after the team landed in England, exactly a week after Skye found out May and Coulson are her parents, Skye is woken by a nightmare. The same nightmare she has been woken by the last four nights. Knowing that she won't be able to get back to sleep Skye gets up. Also knowing that it will be a little while before anyone else will up Skye decides to search the games cupboard for something for Coulson to do as ever with every day that passes it is becoming more clear that he is getting sick of being on bed rest.
"Skye? What are you doing?" May's voice asks.
Skye is so startled by the voice that she hits her head on the shelf above her "Hi, sorry. I didn't wake you did I?" She asks hoping that she didn't.
"No, when I'm not flying I'm always wake this early to do some Tia- Chi. What about you? What are you doing up?" She asks Skye curious as she knows that Skye isn't one for waking up early.
"Couldn't sleep." Skye answers.
"So you decided to dig through the games cupboard at 5:30 in the morning?" May asks surprised.
"Yeah I figured why not? I'm trying to find something for me and Coulson to do. He's really starting to get very frustrated with being on bed rest so I was trying to find something to help lessen his frustration a bit." Skye explains.
"From what I have heard he was frustrated days ago." May comments.
"Oh he was." Skye confirms "But he is so much worse now." She explains. "What's going on with you guys anyway? You haven't said a single word to each other in days."
"It's nothing." May says not wanting Skye to be concerned.
"Don't tell me it's nothing when it clearly is, please." Skye requests "I just want to know." She tells her.
"Come and sit down." May requests, walking over and sitting down on of the couches knowing that she has to explain a few things to Skye who walks over and sits down across from her.
"Before you were born Coulson and I agreed that we would never let whatever was going on between us affect you, and I'm sorry that in the last few days it has." May tells her daughter.
"It doesn't matter." Skye tells her "I don't mind, I just want to know what's going on. I want to know that you guys are okay." Skye tells her mother.
"I mind." Melinda tells her "Phil and I will work out what it is that is going on between us. We always do." Melinda assures.
"But your divorced, how can you be divorced if you always work things out?" Skye asks confused.
"We didn't get divorced because we couldn't work things out. We got divorced because we just couldn't be together anymore." Melinda explains.
"Because you lost me." Skye comments.
"No, it was because of who we were." Melinda corrects "At the time the people we were just couldn't be together. We choose to end our marriage to try and save our friendship, save the partnership that still had a chance of working." Melinda explains.
"You're professional one." Skye realises.
"Exactly." Melinda answers. "The friendship, the partnership that we started all those years ago is the part of our relationship that we value the most, but it is also the hardest part because we've been so many things to each other, and that will never change. Yes, we are friends, but at the same time we will never be able to be just friends. There will always be more between us, that is something we can't change, but there has got to be a line, which is something that we both forget sometimes. This fight, we've had it before, and I'm sure we'll have it again. We'll work it out, just like we have every other time, it just takes some time and some space." Melinda explains, "You don't need to worry about us, okay. We'll be okay." Melinda assures her daughter.
"How can you be so sure?" Skye ask hesitantly, not understanding how Melinda can be so certain that they will work things out.
"Because we always are." Melinda tells her "It's a simple as that."
"Can I help?" Skye asks curious, hoping she can because she wants to do something.
"No." Melinda says quickly "Skye no matter what happens between Phil and I neither of us will let it change anything between us and you. You being drawn into the middle of our fight is the last thing that either of us wants, I'm so sorry that you have." Melinda tells her daughter.
"It's okay." Skye assures though admittedly it hasn't been too good of a feeling knowing that your parents haven't been speaking for days. "How much longer are we in England for?" Skye asks changing the subject because even though she wanted to know what was going on between Coulson and May she doesn't want to talk about them fighting anymore.
"A few days at least." Melinda answers "Director Fury has ordered us to stay here until Phil is no longer on bed rest, which is an only a couple more days but it could be longer." Melinda explains.
"Cool." Skye tells her "Have I totally ruined your Tia-Chi schedule?" she asks concerned.
"No, I've still got plenty of time. Would you like to join me?" She asks her daughter.
"I wouldn't know what to do." Skye says sounding nervous.
"I could teach you, if you want" Melinda offers.
"Really?" Skye asks clearly liking the idea.
"Really." May confirms "Go get changed."
A few minutes' later Skye returns changed into her workout clothes and May spends the next hour teaching her some Tia-Chi
Three days later Coulson is officially off bed rest, for which he is very thankful for. The bus is still in parked in England because even though Coulson is off bed rest he isn't fully recovered or allowed to do any kind of work so Director Fury has grounded the team for another four days. At which point Coulson still won't be allowed to do any work but will be in better shape. Ever since their morning Tia-Chi session May and Skye have done Tia-Chi together every day.
May and Coulson are still not speaking to one another and despite her Mother's assurances that they will work things out Skye can't help but worry that they won't, though she has kept that fear to herself. It is about ten in the morning and Simmons and Skye are down in the lab, where they have been a lot the last few days, Skye is sitting on one of the chairs and Simmons is across from her siting on one of the tables.
"We've got to do something. They are driving me crazy." Simmons tells Skye.
"We could break it." Skye suggests.
"We can't do that, Fitz loves the thing, he would probably cry." Simmons tells her friend.
"At the moment I'm not seeing the down side to that." Skye says spinning around on her chair "There has to be something we can do to stop it, because it is getting ridiculous." Skye tells her.
"I know, but we don't need to destroy it, just stop them from being able to use it." Simmons explains to Skye.
"Well then I'm out of ideas, all my involve destroying it. How about you?" Skye asks interested.
"What about Coulson?" Simmons suggests "He can confiscate it, or order them to stop."
"I tried asking him yesterday. He said that there is no harm in it, that they aren't hurting anyone, so he wasn't going to do anything about it." Skye explains.
"Not hurting anyone? That's easy for him to say, he's up in his office all the time, with his door closed I might add, he doesn't have to put up with it." Simmons comments surprised that Coulson thinks there is no harm in what Ward and Fitz are doing.
"That's what I told him, but he still said no." Skye explains.
"What about May? She must be getting just as annoyed by it as we are. She's sure to want to stop it." Simmons comments, feeling like May at least would be on their side.
"She's been spending all her time either in the cockpit avoiding Coulson or down here training. I have no clue if it's bothering her." Skye admits.
"We're not getting anywhere." Simmons says with a sigh "Why is she spending time in the Cockpit when we're not in the air?" Simmons asks confused.
"Like I said, avoiding Coulson." Skye explains.
"What is going on between them?" Simmons asks interested.
"I'm not exactly sure." Skye admits "May said that they will work this out that that they have had this fight before, but she didn't say what they are fighting about and I haven't asked Coulson because with how he was acting while he was on bed rest I thought it wasn't the best idea." Skye explains.
"Probably a smart choice." Simmons tells her knowing very well how Coulson has been acting. "How are you doing? You don't seem to be getting much sleep lately." She asks her friend concerned.
"I appreciate the concern but I'm fine." Skye tells Simmons.
"Are you sure?" Simmons ask.
"Yes I'm sure, no need for overprotective big sister mode, I promise." Skye tells her though she does appreciate the concern she doesn't want Simmons to worry about her over a couple of nightmares "Now if we could stop Fitz and Ward I would be great."
"I think we need a fresh set of eyes on the problem. We've been trying to figure out a way to get rid of the thing since an hour after they brought it. We can't think straight." Simmons tells Skye.
"May will be here in five minutes for her hour long beat the crap out of the punching bag session, I think you're right, we need her." Skye admits.
"You've memorised her training schedule?" Simmons asks surprised.
"It's was either that or listen to Ward and Fitz." Skye tells her with a shrug.
"Good choice."
"I thought so."
"So how are you doing with May and Coulson? Things still good?" She asks interested.
"Yeah." Skye says smiling, something that Simmons has notice Skye does a lot when talking about her parents "It's odd with the whole them not speaking to each other thing which I really wish would stop, but apart from that things are really good." Skye admits. "Doing Tia-Chi with May has been really good and it was nice spending all that time with Coulson while he was on bed rest even if he was frustrated and grumpy most of the time. Thing are going good." Skye reveals.
"Oh, I'm so happy for you." Simmons tells her friends truly happy for her "So what are your nightmares about?" she ask.
"You know about that?" Skye asks surprised.
"Your bunks next to mine." Simmons reminds Skye. Skye's bunk being in the middle between hers and Fritz's. "I've heard you, and I don't appreciate you lying to me." Simmons tells Skye. The reason behind her asking Skye if she was okay first being that she wanted to know if she would open up.
"I'm sorry, but it's not nothing you need to worry about." Skye assures her friend.
"You have had a nightmare almost every night for the past week. That's a lot, even for you." Simmons tells Skye as ever since Skye joined the bus she has had nightmares quite often but not as often as she has been having them lately.
"It's nothing." Skye tells her.
"Please talk to me Skye, I just want to know that you are okay." Simmons tells her friend.
"There about Coulson." Skye admits quietly. "Well not just him… I see the explosion again but this time when I get to him he's dead and there's nothing I can do. Sometimes it's not just him but May as well, and you, Ward, Fitz. You're all dead and I'm alone again." Skye explains not looking at Simmons the entire time that she does.
"Why don't you try talking to your parents about it?" Simmons suggests "It might help."
"No, I don't want them to worry, and you can't tell them." Skye tells her.
"I won't." Simmons assures "But Skye, they're your parents. Worrying about you is their job. It could help."
"There's no need. I'll be fine, it's just a couple of nightmares." Skye comments as they both hear someone, they assume May, walk down the stairs. "Come on." She says getting up of the chair and leaving the lab.
"Hey, can we talk to you before you begin your work out?" Skye asks May curious.
"Of course." May tells her. "What's up?"
"We need your help." Simmons tells her.
"Is this about Fitz and Ward?" May asks assuming it is.
"Yes." Skye and Simmons say together "We need a way to stop them that isn't destroying the thing because Simmons is sure that that will make Fitz cry and she doesn't what that. We're out of ideas, we were hoping that maybe you would have one." Skye explains.
"Simmons is right you don't need to destroy it. All you need to do is put it somewhere that they will never look. Then your problem is solved." May explains.
"Where won't they look?" Skye asks confused "If they can't find it then I'm pretty sure that they will turn this whole plane upside down looking for it."
"Coulson's closet. Hide it in there. It is the one place they will never look." May tells the two girls.
"Coulson already said that he's not helping." Skye explains "I've asked."
"You don't need his help." May tells her "I happen to know that every day since he has been off bed rest Coulson goes for a jog at 12:03, he's gone exactly forty seven minutes. You can do it then." May explains.
"Forty seven minutes? Isn't that a bit too much? He's is still recovering after all." Skye asks Simmons worried.
"Even though he is healing extremely well, that could be pushing himself a bit too hard." Simmons reveals looking concerned.
"He walks for the last fifteen minutes." May explains causing both Skye and Simmons to look at her and wonder how she could possibly know that.
"Okay, completely side stepping how you could possibly know that." Skye says "What about Ward and Fitz? They are never off the thing." Skye reminds May and Simmons.
"I'll handle Fitz and Ward." May tells the pair "Once I have gotten them out of the way get the thing and hide it in the very back of Coulson's closet. When they ask you what you were doing what it went missing tell them you were helping me with a system diagnostic. According to the log that is what both of you will be doing."
"Thank you." Simmons tells her.
"Yeah, thank you." Skye tells her mother.
"It's fine. You are not the only ones who have been annoyed by them." May explains "I'll be just as happy to be rid of the thing as you are."
"Cool. Well we'll let you get started on your training." Skye tells her mother. "See you later." Skye says and her and Simmons head back into the Lab leaving May to beat up the punching bag. May hearing Skye say, "Oh, I finished it last night. I put it with the other stuff." As the door to the Lab closes.
As soon as Coulson leaves the plane for his run May sends Fitz and Ward to pick her up a few things giving more than enough time for Skye and Simmons to do what they need to.
"Do we take the whole thing or just the Band Hero?" Simmons asks Skye curious.
"Just the band hero, they can keep the PlayStation, for now." Skye says "Now remember when they get back don't attempt to lie because you suck at it, okay. Let me do the talking." Skye says as they kneel down in front of the game console and start removing cords.
"This will never work, they will know that it was us." Simmons reminds Skye.
"Yeah they will, but all we have to do is not tell them where it is. That's not lying it's just withholding the truth." Skye says as she unplugs the last cord. "That's it come on." Skye tells Jemma.
Once they have hidden all the Band Hero parts in Coulson's closet Simmons and Skye head down stairs where they sit at one of the tables and chairs and play chess, Skye wanting all the practice she can get before she plays Coulson again.
Five minutes before, according to May, Coulson is due to get back from his jog Ward and Fitz get back from the job May sent them to do. As soon as they do they attempt to play the Band Hero but they find it gone. As soon as they do they accuse Skye and Simmons of doing something to it.
"Why would we touch you stupid game?" Skye ask.
"Because you haven't liked it since we got it." Fitz tells her.
"So? That doesn't mean we took it." Skye tells him "We couldn't have. We've been helping May run a diagnostic since you've been gone, check the logs if you don't believe us. They will tell you that we only finished a few minutes ago." Skye says very glad that how far she and Simmons are into their latest game backs that up.
"Simmons is that true?" Ward asks knowing that Simmons can't like.
"That is what the logs will tell you." Simmons says knowing that it is the truth though she still isn't completely convincing.
"Tell us where you put it." Ward tells Skye.
"We didn't take it." Skye tells him.
"YES YOU DID." Fitz yells "Just tell us what you did to it." Fitz says.
"What, is going on here?" Coulson's asks walking into the room.
Ward, FitzSimmons and Skye all turn to look at him, none of them say anything but they all have the look of a naughty child being caught by the principle on their faces.
"One of you start talking." Coulson tells the four.
"They took our Band Hero." Fitz explains pointing to Skye and Simmons as he does.
"Skye?" Coulson asks his daughter.
"We didn't take it." Skye tells him "We couldn't have. We've been helping May with a diagnostic since they've been gone. They can ask her or check the system, it will show that we are telling the truth." Skye assures.
"I don't think they are the ones who took your game." Coulson tells Ward and Fitz. "We're a team, stop with the fighting." He say and then he starts to make his way up to his office "Skye, a word." He says once he's near the top of the stairs.
After exchanging a look with Simmons Skye follows her father up into his office, closing the door as she enters "Where did you hide it?" Coulson asks as soon as she does.
"I don't.." Skye beings to say but Coulson cuts her off "I know you and Simmons took it, so let's try again. Where did you hide it?" He asks.
"Your closet." Skye answers in a quiet voice.
"Melinda's idea?" He asks guessing that because she was their alibi that she was in on it.
"Yeah." She responds "Please don't give it back to them. Simmons and I will probably end up killing them if you did, and May would likely help."
"I don't plan on giving it back to them. That's why I told them that I didn't think you took it. This game is coming between our team and I won't allow that." Coulson explains.
"Thank you." Skye tells him very grateful. "How did you know I was lying anyway?" She asks curious.
"You're a good liar Skye, but I've been lied to by the best. I can tell." He explains.
"Guess I should keep that in mind." Skye comments.
"Yes, you should." Coulson tells her.
"I better go check on Simmons, she tried to lie to Ward, she's probably freaking out, or being interrogated." Skye tells her father "I'll talk to you later." Skye says turning and walking out of the room, pausing at the door before she does "We're a team, stop with the fighting. You should take your own advice. This whole you and May not taking to each other thing has gone on long enough, don't you think?" Skye says before leaving the room and Coulson to his thoughts.
Later that night when everyone has gone to bed. May walks up to Coulson's office where he is still sitting at his desk reading emails and places a bottle of scotch in front of him.
"Glendronach." Coulson says reading the label "Do you have a supplier?"
"No. Do you?" May asks.
"No. We should probably look into it though, I think we would end up saving a ton." He realises.
"Probably." May admits.
"Have we had this vintage before?" Coulson asks curious as he gets two glass.
"Yes. You brought it after Madrid." May reminds him as she sits down on the seat across from him.
"Right." Coulson say as he pours the glasses "I remember." He says handing May a glass.
"So I hear you helped Skye and Simmons get rid of Ward and Fitz's new toy." Coulson comments taking a mouthful of the drink.
"I had to. They were getting ridiculous. I'm surprised you didn't, it must have bothered you." May comments.
"Turns out up here is pretty well sound proofed, it barely heard them." He explains.
"Lucky for you." May comments, "Have you noticed that something has seemed to be up with Skye for the last few days?" she asks curios.
"Yeah I have. Do you have any idea what?" He asks concerned.
"No. I've tried to ask her during our Tia-Chi lessons but she keeps saying nothing's wrong." May explains "I'm getting concerned."
"I'll try talking to her." Coulson says finishing of the last of his drink so he pours both him and May another one "See if I can find out."
"Good. I think something seriously bothering her Phil, but I don't know what, and I don't know what to do. I'm worried." May explains.
"I know, I am too." Coulson admits.
"How are you doing?" May asks a few minutes later, "What is your Doctor saying?"
"I'm healing perfectly." Coulson answers "My Doctor is very, very pleased with my progress but I've still got a couple more weeks at least before I'm cleared to be in the field." Coulson's explains.
"Is Director Fury still saying the same?" May asks curious.
"Yep, stay parked here for a few more days then we can resume missions but I am not to be a part of them in anyway. That you're in change of all missions that we run until I am cleared." Coulson tells her.
"I think it will be good for the rest of the team to be out doing missions again, they need to be busy. The last few days are proof of that." Melinda comments
"That they are." Coulson tells her.
"Thanks for the drinks." Melinda says standing up and placing her glass onto Coulson's desk a few minutes later.
"Anytime." Coulson tells her. "Melinda." He says before she leaves "I'm sorry." He tells her.
"I know. I am too." May says before leaving the room.
The following day May and Coulson are back to being like how they were before they stopped speaking, if you hadn't been living on a plane with them for the last week you would have had no idea that they had spent said week not speaking to each other because they aren't showing any signs that they have been angry or even upset with each other in the very recent past.
Once everyone else goes to bed Skye just lays in her bed waiting until she is sure that enough time has passed that the others would be asleep, not wanting to close her eyes out of a fear of what she will see when she does.
Once she is sure that enough time has passed she gets up and heads straight to the kitchen where she grabs out a container of double chocolate ice cream out of the freezer, a spoon out of the cutlery draw and sits cross legged on top of one of the counters and starts to eat it.
She has only ate a couple of spoonfuls when Coulson walks down the stairs.
"Hey." Skye says when she sees him "Want to pull up a spoon?" She asks curious.
"Why not." Coulson says walking over to her "You know you shouldn't really sit up there."
"Why not? It's comfortable." Skye says reaching down and opening the draw to pull out a spoon which she hands to Coulson.
Before Coulson has a chance to explain just why she shouldn't be sitting on the counter the door to May's bunk opens and she walks out.
"I thought I heard your voices." May says walking over to them.
"Hey, Ice Cream?" Skye asks May.
"Of course." May tells her.
"So does not being able to sleep run in this family or something?" Skye asks curious as she eats a spoonful on ice cream not realising that she actually referred to the three of them as a family for the first time.
"Why can't you sleep?" Coulson asks trying to make the question sound casual as he eats his own spoonful of ice cream.
"Oh, you know the usual." Skye answers vaguely "What about you guys? Why are you eating Ice Cream at two in the morning instead of sleeping?" Skye asks curious trying to direct the conversation off of her.
"Oh, you know the usual." Coulson tells her saying in the same vague tone she used a minute earlier.
"Cute." Skye says with a smile "But whatever your reasons, I'm glad for the company." Skye admits.
"So are we." May tells her before eating a spoonful of the ice cream.
While Skye is focused on trying to digging at the ice cream, trying to get as much as she can on one spoon May and Coulson exchange a look, deciding without words which one of them attempt to discover what has been wrong with Skye for the last few days.
"Are you alright Skye?" Coulson asks curious.
"I'm fine." Skye assures "Why do you ask? Did Simmons talk to you?" She asks her voice accusing.
"No. Why? Should she of?" May asks.
"No." Skye says quickly.
"You know you can tell us if something's wrong." Coulson tells.
"Agh, I'm fine!" Skye says clearly annoyed "I wish everyone would stop asking me that." She says placing the ice cream down on the bench before jumping of where she is sitting and heading to her bunk, where she closes the door rather loudly. She understands that everyone, as everyone on the bus has asked if she is okay, are concerned but she doesn't want to talk about it, she doesn't even want to think about it as after admitting her nightmares to Simmons the previous day, even telling her some of the details, they were even worse last night. There is no point talking about them if all it does is make things worse.
"That could have gone better." Coulson comments stabbing the ice cream with his spoon as he does.
"You keep going and you're going to make mashed ice-cream." May says taking the ice cream off of Coulson and putting it back in the Freezer. "What do you think we should do?" May asks Coulson quietly, only speaking loud enough for him to here.
"Let her cool off for now. Then I'll try talking to her again." Coulson explains "If that doesn't work then I call Simmons to my office and see what she knows."
"That's not a good idea." May tells him.
"Why not?" Coulson asks confused.
"We are just beginning to get her to trust us Phil, going behind her back to her friend could destroy that." May explains.
"It's not going behind her back, not really." Coulson comments. "She'll know that we just did it because we're worried." Coulson says.
"I don't think she'll see it like that." May says being almost positive of that "She'll likely see it as a betrayal. I want to know what's wrong with her just as much as you do but we've got to find the right approach." May tells him.
"The right approach? This isn't a mission Melinda, it's our daughter." Coulson tells her.
"I know that." May says to him in an angry whisper. "I know she's our daughter I'm just saying that, given her history, if we push too hard then we could lose her again." May explains.
"Maybe that's what she is doing." Coulson comments.
'What do you mean?" May asks confused.
"Maybe she's seeing how far she can push us." Coulson explains "She might not even realise that that is what she is doing. We know that her whole life she has felt like no one wants her, that everyone is just going to be abandoning her so maybe she wants to know how far she can push us, see if we're still going to be there." Coulson explains.
"Makes sense." May admits "But I still don't think going to Simmons is the right choice. We got to show her that pushing us away won't work, that we will still be here." May explains "We'll each try talking to her again and if that still gets us nowhere then we'll come up with another plan, I don't know what else we could do." She tells Coulson.
"I'll try tomorrow and I'll let you know how it goes." Coulson tells her "Night Melinda." He says heading back upstairs.
"Night Phil." May says before heading to her bunk.
As Skye spends most of the next day avoiding everyone Coulson doesn't get a chance to talk to her. Like the previous night Skye waits until she is pretty sure that everyone is asleep before she leaves her bunk, this time instead of staying on the same level she heads down to cargo bay and sets up the punching bag, thinking that maybe if she makes herself tied enough that she won't have the nightmares.
She has been punching the bag for about ten minutes when she hears someone walk down the stairs, positive that it is either Coulson or May she doesn't turn around.
"How about you take a break." Coulson says as he holds the bag steady.
"No need, I'm fine." Skye tells him.
"No, you not." Coulson tells her.
"How many times do I have to tell you that I am? What do I have to do to make you believe me?" She asks Coulson.
"I'll believe you when it's the truth." Coulson tells her "You're not okay Skye. You're barely sleeping, you yelled at Fitz today for no reason and you're down here at two am beating the crap out of a punching bag. This isn't you." Coulson tells her "Every single person on this plane cares about you and just want to know that you are okay. So please talk to me, tell me what wrong." Coulson tells her.
"There's no point talking." Skye tells him "I talk, I trust, you leave, that's the way it works." Skye explains. "That's the way it always works." She says.
"Not this time." Coulson tells her "We're not going to leave you Skye."
"You can't promise that." Skye says clearly upset "I watched as a bomb went off which sent you flying. I ran to you praying to something that I don't even believe in that you would be alive when I got there. I carried you to the car and then sat next to you holding your hand, begging you not to die. So don't say that you're not going to leave me because you can't promise that." Skye says tears coming to her eyes.
"Oh Skye." Coulson says realising that he should have known that it was about what happened to him.
"Don't, I'm…" Skye begins to say but Coulson cuts her off. "You've been having nightmares about what happened right?" Coulson asks and Sky nods "Seeing it again?" He asks and he receives another nod.
"But it's worse, this time you are dead when I get to you, but it's not just you." Skye explains walking over and sitting on the stairs, too exhausted to keep fighting everyone.
"Melinda?" He asks walking over and sitting next to her.
"And Simmons, Fitz and Ward." She confirms.
"You're scared of losing us." He says and Skye nods "I can't promise that you will never loose us but I can promise that as long as I have any say in the matter, we will never leave you, ever, and no matter what you may do you will not push us away." He tells her "I'm sorry about what happened in Israel, I never wanted you to have to see something like that, and I'm sorry that you've had to deal with these nightmares on your own. Melinda and I will always be willing to help you Skye, always, but you've got to let us. Any time of the day or night our doors are open to you, no matter what, but if for some reason you don't think you can talk to one of us then go to Simmons, or Ward, or Fitz. Talk to someone, don't try to handle everything on your own."
"Simmons told me I should talk to you or May." Skye says putting her head on her father's shoulders "But I didn't want you to worry or think I was being stupid."
"You should have listened to her." Coulson says "Being scared of something isn't stupid, it's human, and don't worry about us, worrying about you is what we do." Coulson explains.
"I may be new to at this but I'm pretty sure worrying goes both ways." Skye tells her father followed by a yawn.
"Do you think you think you could get some sleep now?" Coulson asks.
"Not yet. Let's just sit for a while." Skye requests.
"If you want." Coulson says putting his arm around her.
Coulson and Skye sit like that for a while, neither saying anything.
"I think it's time for bed, what do you think?" Coulson asks half an hour later "Skye?" He asks and he turns to see that she is asleep.
"Defiantly time for bed." He says to himself, knowing that he probably shouldn't because he is still healing but at the same time not caring Coulson carefully picks Skye up and carries her to her bunk. Once there he lays her in her bed, removes her shoes, and covers her in her blanket and tucks her in. "I love you Skye." Coulson says giving her a kiss on her forehead and for the first time in almost twenty five years he recites the words that he said to her every time he put her to bed, "Time to sleep Baby Girl, no need to cry. Daddy's here to fight away the monsters, and Mommy's gonna help too. Until the end of time we will always love you." He says feeling a tear come to his eye as he does. He watches Skye sleep for several minutes before he leaves her bunk leaving the door open as he does, but instead of heading up to his own room he sits down on a nearby chair where he can see right into Skye's bunk so that he can help if she once again has nightmares.
After Coulson carried Skye to bed he stayed outside of her room all night and when she woke a couple of hours later Melinda joined him. They both sat outside their daughters' bunk watching for signs of nightmares, but none are present. For the first time in almost a week Skye doesn't have any nightmares.
When Skye does wake she is confused for a minute about where she is as the last thing she remembers is being down in the cargo area taking to Coulson, when she realises that Coulson must have carried her to bed she isn't too sure what she is feeling but then when see looks out to the living area and sees Coulson and May sitting outside watching her she realises that the feeling she can't explain the one she doesn't know what it is, is belonging. It is the feeling of being a part of a family for the first time in her life, being truly loved.
Without a word, she gets up walks over to her parents and hugs them both at the same time
"I'm so sorry about how I've been acting." Skye tells them as she hugs them.
"It okay." May tells her.
"No its not I was horrible to everyone." Skye says, realising how out of line she has been acting the last couple of days as the nightmares were beginning to have an even bigger effect on her.
"It's okay, we forgive you." Coulson tells her.
"But I wasn't just horrible to you, I was horrible to everyone. They are going to hate me." Skye realises.
"We could never hate you Skye." Fitz says, he Jemma and Ward all standing just outside their respective bunks having been woken up by voices.
Letting go of her parents Skye runs to Fitz and gives him a hug because she knows that she hurt him the most after what she said to him the day before, "I'm so so sorry for what I said. I didn't mean it." She tells him.
"It's okay I know." Fitz tells her awkwardly returning the hug "It's alright."
"How about some breakfast." Ward suggests.
"That would be very good." Jemma says as she gets pulled into a hug with Skye and Fitz, Ward smiling as he watches the three, who in so many ways are very similar and who in the only short amount of time that they have known each out have begun to see each other as siblings.
"Hey, you. Get over here." Skye yells to Ward.
"She's right, come on Agent Ward." Simmons says and Ward reluctantly walks over and allows himself to get pulled into the hug.
Once Ward gets pulled into the hug it is May and Coulson's turns to watch the group with smiles on their faces, thinking about the team that not that long ago were strangers now being a family.
"As long as Melinda and Skye don't help to cook it breakfast sounds like a very good idea." Coulson says everyone.
"Hey!" Skye says as Melinda gives him a very annoyed look but doesn't say anything because she knows that he has a point.
"Come on people let's get started." Ward says and he, Simmons, Fitz and Coulson all head to the kitchen to start to cook breakfast in their pyjama's while Skye and Melinda watch, no-one letting either of them anywhere anything that is cooking.
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