Chapter 35
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Almost five hours later the plane is in the air and almost reached its destination. Skye is sitting on her bed when she hears a knock at the door.
"Come in." Skye responds and her Dad walks in.
"Hey." Coulson says walking over and sitting next to her, "So I realised that we haven't really talked in a while. So I thought we should, are you okay?" He asks concerned.
"Yeah I'm okay." Skye confirms "it's okay that we haven't talked, you've been worried about Mom. Where is she anyway?" Skye asks concerned.
"Upstairs in my room, Your Aunt Natasha is with her." Coulson explains "And me being worried about your Mom is no excuse for why I haven't been talking to you." Coulson tells his daughter.
"Dad, stop beating yourself up." Skye informs her father, "I'm okay. I understand, when Mom was hurt you were barely hanging on and it doesn't matter that you didn't talk to me." Skye tells Coulson "Every time I feel asleep when I woke up you were holding me that means more to me than anything you could have said." Skye explains.
"You're pretty amazing, you know that?" Coulson asks his daughter surprised at how okay she is with the fact that he hasn't been the greatest Dad the last couple of weeks.
"It might have been mentioned." Skye says with a grin.
"How are you feeling?" Coulson asks interested "You're not still week are you?" he asks worried.
"No I'm fine." Skye answers "I stopped feeling week days ago. Everything's back to normal." Skye tells him "Well almost." She corrects "I actually know what my powers are now."
"You haven't been trying to use them have you?" Coulson asks worried, "We don't know what the effects on you are."
"Relax, I haven't." Skye assures her father "FitzSimmons gave me a long lecture before they went home. I'm not going to try and use my abilities until they can monitor me when I try." Skye assures her father though she makes sure she doesn't promise because she is sure that she may not be able to keep it.
"Good." Coulson comments "You learning how to control what you can do is important, but what is more important is to make sure you are safe when you do." Coulson tells his daughter because he knows that now that Skye has actually realised that she has power and what it is, it is important that she learns control because it is more likely that she will accidently use it now.
"I know." Skye informs her Dad.
"We'll be landing soon." Coulson comments "You should get what you want to take with you ready." He tells her.
"I don't have much so it won't take me long to pack it up but I don't know what to bring." Skye admits "I mean, what do I take with me? What do I leave here?" She asks, "This was the first room that I've ever been able to call mine, it was the first one I didn't share with three other girls or that wasn't my van, and now I'm going to stay in the room that I should have grown up in. I don't know what to bring." Skye admits feeling like it would be best to leave out mentioning the worse places than her van and sharing with others that she has lived.
"Take whatever you want." Coulson tells his daughter "This will still be your room, when you and your Mom come back. So if you leave things here they will be waiting for you, or you can take everything and when you come back just bring what you want. It's up to you." Coulson tells his daughter.
"How are we getting to the house anyway?" Skye asks curious "I'm guessing we're not going to be taking the S.H.I.E.L.D car."
"I arranged for your Mom's personal car to be waiting for us at the airfield." Coulson explains "We'll take that and Lola." Coulson explains.
"Any chance I can drive Lola?" Skye asks feeling that her Dad hasn't told her off for taking the car in Italy she might have a chance.
"No." Coulson answers.
"Oh, come on." Skye objects, "I drove her in Italy." She points out
"And according to Simmons you almost crashed into several trees." Coulson reminds her.
"You heard about that?" Skye asks worried because she wasn't going to mention it.
"Yeah I did." Coulson tells her "Once your arm is out of plaster I will take you somewhere secluded and I will teach you how to fly and drive her correctly." Coulson reveals.
"Seriously?" Skye asks completely shocked.
"Seriously." Coulson answers, "I always planned to teach you how to drive and fly Lola at some point so I think it's time that I did." Coulson tells his daughter.
"Ahh, thank you Dad." Skye says extremely happy giving him a hug. "Hang on does that mean I will be the only person who actually has permission to drive her?" Skye asks interested.
"Yep." Coulson answers.
"That is so cool." Skye comments with a grin.
"Glad you think so." Coulson responds.
"You're going to teach me how to drive and Fly Lola, who wouldn't think it was cool?" Skye asks.
"Your Mom." Coulson responds knowing how much Melinda dislikes Lola.
"Dad is she okay?" Skye asks her voice turning serious "The last couple of days she's been quite, quitter than normal I mean." She corrects.
"I don't know." Coulson answers truthfully, "She's been through a trauma Skye a pretty big one, and that has an effect on a person." Coulson explains remembering the words that May herself said to him months ago.
"I know, I'm just worried." Skye tells her Dad.
"I know, so am I." Coulson admits. "We should be landing soon, I'll let you get your packing done." Coulson tells his daughter.
"Thanks." Skye responds and Coulson gets up and leaves Skye's bunk.
Half an hour later they have landed and Coulson, Natasha, Clint and May are down in the cargo bay waiting for Skye.
"SKYE! HURRY UP!" Clint yells from the bottom of the stairs.
"Relax Uncle Clint I'm coming." Skye tells her Uncle as she walks down the stairs with her two bags, and her box, having decided to take everything with her out of habit, "Where am I putting this stuff anyway?" She asks interested, "I don't think it will fit in Lola." She comments.
"My car's down there, put it in there." Melinda tells her daughter and Skye looks to see a silver SUV at the end of the ramp.
"Cool." Skye comments walking down the ramp.
"Tell me again why you didn't arrange to have the car that Nat got you waiting?" Clint asks interested as Coulson helps Melinda walk.
"Because we don't want to draw attention to ourselves, plus we wouldn't be able to fit everyone." Melinda explains.
"And you don't think Lola will draw attention to us?" Clint asks.
"No." Melinda and Coulson answers.
"People are used to Lola being around the house." Coulson explains. "The car Tasha got Mel on the other hand will draw attention." Coulson explains.
"What kind of car is it?" Skye asks interested as she puts her bags and box in the trunk, where there are currently several bags.
"A really awesome one." Clint answers. "Two door Bentley convertible, Tasha got it for Mels for her birthday last year." Clint explains.
"That's kind of awesome." Skye admits.
"Drives well too, but it's only two seater and in Queens, even our neighbourhood, it tends to draw attention." Melinda explains and Coulson help her into the car.
"You ridding with your Dad?" Clint asks.
"Yep." Skye answers.
"See you there." Clint says as he gets in the back and Natasha in the driver's side.
"You ready to go Baby Girl?" Coulson asks as Skye watches Clint, Natasha and Melinda drive off.
"Yep." Skye answers walking over to Lola and getting in.
"Good, then let's go." Coulson says getting in and driving out of the cargo hold.
"Hey you okay?" Coulson asks Skye concerned as for most of the twenty minute drive she has been silent.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Skye responds though truthfully she is worried about seeing the house she should have grown up in.
"Well we'll be there in a couple of minutes." Coulson answers.
"Really?" Skye asks looking at her father.
"Yep." Coulson answers.
"This is our street." Coulson tells Skye several minutes later. As they drive down the street Skye looks around she sees kids all around playing and realises that it should have been her, this is the street she should have spent her childhood playing in, scaring her parents while doing so.
"Here we are." Coulson says as he pulls in the driveway of a two story grey, Colonial Architecture house that has a small front yard, a large tree on the opposite side to the driveway and a small veranda.
Even though she has spent hours staring at the photos of the house it is quite different to see it for real.
"Skye?" Coulson asks concerned whens she hasn't said anything or moved several minutes later.
"Right sorry." Skye says snapping out of her staring. "You didn't have to wait for us." Skye comments when she realises Clint, Natasha and Melinda are waiting in the front yard.
"Yes we did." Melinda tells her daughter as her and Coulson get out of Lola.
"You ready for this?" Coulson asks Skye as he walks over to her and Melinda, "I've been ready for years." Skye tells her parents "Are you guys?" she asks worried.
"Yeah, I think we are." Coulson admits after exchanging a look with Melinda.
"Then let's do this." Skye comments and the three of them, both Coulson and her helping Melinda, walk up the four steps and into to the front yard, Clint and Natasha staying back to give them there moment.
Coulson enters first and then taking a breath Skye follows right behind them. The second she enters she is amazing and she realises that her parents were right about keeping the house maintained, if you didn't know better you would think that someone lives there. The floors are hardwood and right across from the front door is the stairs that lead upstairs.
"We'll show you upstairs in a minute." Coulson tells Skye, "Come this way first." Coulson says and Skye follows her Dad to the left which is a large living room with a fireplace and Skye notices that there are framed pictures of her and her parents and the people she now knows to be her grandparents and her mother's grandparents on the mantel.
"Through there is the den, or what your Mom and I used as our office." Coulson explains pointing to the double French doors next to the fireplace, where there is currently a baby's play mat sitting in front of.
"You know you really need to update the TV." Skye comments seeing the twenty year old TV across from the couch.
"I know." Coulson comments, "Like I said there needs to be a few changes." He tells her.
"Come back this way." Melinda says and Skye follows Melinda across the entry way to the dining room.
"This is the dining room and through either that door." Melinda says pointing to the one to her left "Or the one next to the stairs leads to the kitchen." She explains.
"Come on I want to show you the kitchen." Coulson says a hint of excitement clear in his voice.
"He did a remodel by himself not long before you were born, he was very proud of that." Melinda explains to Skye leaving out the best part of the story for now.
"Right." Skye comments amused as he and Melinda follow Coulson into the kitchen.
The kitchen is very large, has a double stove and a lot of bench space and cupboards above, knowing how much her Dad loves to cook she is sure that he must have loved to cook in here.
"I've got to replace the fridge, and I'm going to replace the appliances including the microwave with one from mine or your Mom's apartment, but the stove is still fine, so that's good." Coulson comments.
"The basement is down there, there is a large bathroom and a laundry, but it's mostly just storage down there." Coulson explain pointing to the door to the right of the one they just entered through which is directly across from the door to the kitchen near the stairs.
"Do you want to see the backyard?" Coulson asks curious.
"Okay." Skye responds and follows her parents outside through the door across from the one that leads to the dining room.
"It's not that big." Melinda comments.
"It's prefect." Skye comments as even though her Mothers right and there isn't much lawn space there is a bit and there are flower beds.
Melinda and Coulson smile but they don't say anything.
"There's a swing down in the basement that was meant to come out here but we were waiting for the weather to warm up." Coulson reveals sadly.
"Can we go upstairs now?" Skye asks curious.
"Sure." Melinda responds and the three head back inside through the kitchen and they are about to head upstairs when they notice Natasha and Clint sitting on the couch.
"You guys coming?" Skye asks curious.
"No, we'll wait down here." Natasha comment and Skye follows her parents upstairs.
Once they are upstairs there is a corridor with four white doors coming off of, when see looks at the doors and sees that one of them has in large purple letters "May's room" she feels tears coming to her eye and Her father's arm around her shoulder.
"Come on." Coulson says and he leads Skye over to the door.
"Open it." Melinda tells her daughter and nervously Skye reaches out and twists the silver door knob and takes a single step inside.
Unlike the rest of the house the room, her room, has carpet, a white carpet. The walls are a light purple and fitting with the white purple theme that her parents clearly went with for her room there are several white shelves and a chest of draws, the shelves are filled with toys and books for a baby, and a white crib next to one of the windows and toys on the floor. Nervously Skye walks across the room to the crib where laying in it neatly folded is the S.H.I.E.L.D blanket she saw in the pictures.
"Can I pick it up?" Skye asks he parents who have walked over to stand either side of her.
"Of course." Melinda answers, a tear rolling down her face as she sees her daughter in her room for the first time since she was taken from them.
Reaching down Skye picks up the blanket and smiles as she runs her finger along the stitching of May Coulson.
"What's this?" Skye asks noticing the little bear in the corner of the cot.
"You're bear." Coulson answers "You would scream if you didn't have that. It's why we knew that whoever took you hadn't spent any time with you, because anyone who had would have known to take that as well." He explains.
Not sure what to say Skye just hugs her parents.
"Where does that go?" Skye asks curious pointing to the door on the other side of the room, next to a white changing table.
"Wardrobe." Coulson answers "It's not walk in, it just has a normal door, and there is a mirror on the other side." Coulson explains.
"Cool." Skye comments as she looks around the room, the she should have gotten to spend her life in. "I don't want to get rid of any of this stuff." Skye comments "I mean I know I have to move the crib and the changing table so that I can fit a bed in here, but I don't want to get rid of anything." She tells her parents.
"You don't have to." Coulson tells her "There is plenty of storage room in the basement, we can just move the bigger things down there and Clint brought boxes so that you can box up all the other stuff that you don't want in here at the moment." Coulson tells his daughter.
"Is that okay?" Skye asks wanting to make sure her parents are okay with it "You've kept this room the same way for twenty five years." She points out.
"This is your room Skye, it always has been. We kept it the same was as it was when you were taken because we couldn't bear to change it, but it was always meant to change as you grew up, it's about time it did." Melinda tells her daughter
Once again not sure what to say Skye just hugs her parents again.
"Do you mind if spent some time in here alone?" Skye asks her parents.
"Of course not." Coulson response, "Just a couple of things, directly across from your door in our room, next to it is the bathroom and next door to here is the spare room." Coulson tells her.
"Right, got it." Skye tells her parents.
"We'll be downstairs." Melinda comment.
"I'll be down in a little bit." Skye responds and Melinda and Coulson nod and leave the room.
Looking around the room Skye spots something on the chest of draws that she wants to look at closer. Walking over she picks up what is a framed picture of her hand and feet prints clearly done after she was born.
Placing the picture back down she walks back over to her crib and picks up the bear that once meant so much to her and then goes and sits down on the arm chair across from her crib.
For several minutes she just sits in the chair thinking about all the things that should have happened in this room, all the chances she should have had.
As she feels tears coming to her eyes she reaches into her pocket and pulls out her phone and calls someone.
"Hello?" Ward's voice answers.
"Hey, it's me." Skye responds.
"Are you okay? You should upset." Ward comments worried.
"I'm sitting in my room Ward." Skye tells him, "I'm sitting in my room holding an S.H.I.E.L.D blanket that has my name on it and a toy bear, my toy bear." She reveals.
"Are you sure you want to go downstairs?" Coulson asks Melinda as he helps her down the stairs. "You're meant to be on bed rest." He reminds her.
"I can do that on the couch." Melinda tells him.
"You are going to listen to what the Doctor told you to do, aren't you?" Coulson asks as they walk into the living room.
"You mean like you did?" Melinda asks curious.
"I wasn't as bad as I could have been." Coulson defends.
"How did it go?" Natasha asks curious ending the bickering.
"Good." Coulson answers, "She asked for a while alone in her room." He explains.
"And how was it for you guys?" Clint asks curious.
"Amazing, heartbreaking, incredible, and a hundred other things." Coulson answers.
"Are you going to be okay staying here?" Natasha asks curious.
"Yeah I think so." Coulson answers.
"Mels?" Clint asks when Melinda hasn't said anything.
"Yeah." She answers. "I'll be okay." Melinda responds.
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Half an hour later Skye finally leaves her room and heads downstairs, where she finds Clint, Natasha and her Mom in the living room but not her Dad.
"Where's Dad?" Skye asks interested.
"Putting Lola in the garage." Clint answers.
"Right." Skye comments sitting down on the end of the large L shaped couch.
"So what's the plan for today?" Skye asks interested, "I'm guessing we all have to get something's." Skye says to her mother.
"I believe your Dad and Uncle Clint are going to both of mine and your father's storage lockers to get what we need for the house while you along with Aunt Natasha's help move things down to the basement. Then you and your Dad will go and buy the other stuff we need while Clint and Natasha unpack all the stuff from storage." Melinda explains.
"Sounds good, but I've got to know. Which is the better bathroom?" Skye asks curious.
"Last I knew upstairs, but that could have changed. There was a problem with the pipes a couple of years ago and they we're all replaced, so either could be the better one." Melinda explains.
"Right." Skye comments, "So judging by the fact that the TV in here is over twenty years old I don't have high hopes for Wi-Fi, but is that going to change?" Skye asks curious "Because I need my internet." She says to Melinda's, Natasha's and Clint's amusement.
"In half an hour an S.H.I.E.L.D communications team will be here to install secure network, phone line and security. They think they are setting up a place for a mission, they don't realise that it is actually a home." Coulson explains walking in. "Director Fury picked the team himself and I vetted them just to be on the safe side." he explains.
"Okay, cool." Skye comments, "I'm guessing you also want me to add my own encryption to it as well?" She asks.
"That would be good." Coulson answers, "There are boxes and a tape dispenser and a marker in the hallway for you."
"Thanks." Skye tells her father.
"Have you got the list I gave you?" Melinda asks Coulson.
"Of course, I just hope everything is as well labelled as you claim it is." Coulson responds
"It is." Melinda responds.
"Then we should be fine, come on Clint." Coulson tells his friend.
"See you later." Coulson tells Skye, Melinda and Natasha.
"Have fun." Clint comments before leaving.
"I should get started." Skye says standing up.
"Do you want a hand?" Natasha asks curious.
"When I'm ready to move stuff downstairs I will but not right now." Skye says before heading out of the room and grabbing the boxes and other things her Dad left her and heading upstairs.
"Linda, what is it? Talk to me." Natasha asks her friend worried once she hears the door upstairs close.
"I'm fine." Melinda tells her friend.
"I no longer accept that as an answer, try again." Natasha comments.
"The last time I was stuck on this couch when others were working around the house was the last month of my pregnancy with Skye." Melinda reveals telling Natasha part of what is bothering her but not the biggest thing.
"Oh." Natasha responds not sure how to respond "If it's going to be so hard for you to be here, then why did you say you want to recover here?" Natasha asks curious "Stark would have let you pick anywhere to recover and payed for it, and he really wouldn't have minded."
"For twenty five years when I think of this place or when I'm here I only remember one thing, the morning I woke to my daughter gone. I don't think about Phil spending months renovating the kitchen and making mistake after mistake, or the night Phil and I slept out on the back lawn after a really hard mission, or falling asleep on this couch with Skye in my arms her third night home, or a hundred other good times I had here. I know that I will never forget that morning or how I felt, but this is home our home, Phil, Skye's and mine, I want to try and make a few more good times for us." Melinda explains to her best friends.
Natasha nods understanding Melinda's reasons "What else is bothering you?" Natasha asks knowing her friend well enough to know that something else is.
"Nothing." Melinda answers.
"I know you Melinda, there is something else bothering you, something you're not saying. So what is it?" Natasha asks her friend.
"Nothing I'm fine." Melinda responds clearly annoyed with the question.
Recognizing the signs of Melinda clearly not wanting to talk about something so much so that she will react badly if she is continued to be pushed Natasha drops the subject but makes a note to talk to Phil about her.
Up in her room Skye places the boxes in the middle and tries to decide where to start. She decides to start with the wardrobe because she feels like it will be the place with the most things that she will want to put in the basement.
Walking over and opening the door she sees a lot of baby clothes in all different sizes hanging and a lot of shoes on the floor. As she starts to box things up she looks at each item before she places it a box. When she gets to two different tops Skye decides that they must have been jokes like from her parents and to each other. One top says 'Daddy's little princess' and the other says 'My Mommy a Superhero.' Looking at the two top Skye smiles and walks over and places them on the chair deciding that they are not going to the basement, she wants to keep them with her.
An hour and a half later, ten minutes after the S.H.I.E.L.D team leaves Skye goes back downstairs.
"тетя Наташа, I could use your help now." Skye tells her aunt.
"Of course." Natasha answers.
"Hey Mom, the top that says 'My Mommy's a superhero' who brought me that?" Skye asks curious.
"Your Dad." Melinda answers with a small found smile.
"Thought so." Skye comments and heads back upstairs, Natasha right behind her.
"What do you want taken downstairs?" Natasha asks Skye curious when they walk inside.
"The boxes." Skye answers "And the crib, and the changing table."
"You're keeping the rest?" Natasha asks curious.
"Yeah." Skye answers "I'm going to have to move some stuff around but yeah, I want to keep it all in here." Skye answers.
"Okay, what do you want to start with?"
"The big things." Skye answers.
"I'll grab this side you grab the other." Natasha instructs and Skye nod and the pair get started on moving everything downstairs.
Half an hour Natasha and Skye are moving the last of the boxes downstairs when the front door opens and Coulson and Clint walk in with their own boxes.
"How many boxes have you got left?" Coulson asks his daughter as her and Natasha walk back in the hallway.
"That was the last of them. Why?" Skye asks curious.
"Good you can help us get the rest of the boxes out of the car." Clint tells her.
"If you don't mind." Coulson adds.
"Sure." Skye says and the four get the rest of the boxes and place them in the living room.
"So what's going on now?" Clint asks because he forgot what was said earlier.
"Skye and I going to go shopping and if you don't mind you and Natasha are going to stay here and wait for the stuff we're getting delivered and set that up when it gets here and unpack the boxes." Coulson tells him.
"Sure that's fine." Natasha responds.
"If that includes my bed then give me a minute." Skye comments "I've just got to decide where I want it." Skye says running upstairs.
A few minutes later Skye returns downstairs. "If it gets delivered before I get back then between the windows." Skye tells her Aunt and Uncle.
"Got it." Clint answers.
"I'm ready when you are." Skye tells her father.
"Let's go." Coulson says and he and Skye both say goodbye to Melinda before leaving.
"Oh, here." Coulson says as he hands Skye a set of keys.
"Are these mine?" Skye asks looking at the keys like they are something precious.
"Yep." Coulson comments as they get in Melinda's SUV.
"Wow." Skye says smiling to herself.
"So where are we going first?" Skye asks her father.
"Fridge and Microwave, TV, and your bedroom furniture then to get other stuff." Coulson answers.
"What other stuff?" Skye asks curious.
"Food, a list of things your Mother gave me, and thing you need." He explains.
"And what is the spending limit of this shopping trip?" Skye asks curious having a feeling that it is going to be an expensive trip but not wanting it to be so because she doesn't want her parents to spend too much money on her.
"There isn't one." Coulson answers.
"No, no way." Skye answers "You need to tell me how much I can spend, I don't want to spend too much."
"Skye don't worry about the cost. If you want something then get it." Coulson tells his daughter.
"But." Skye begins to object again but Coulson cuts her off.
"Skye, it's not a problem, I promise you." He tells his daughter.
"If you're sure." Skye responds worried.
"I'm sure." Coulson tells his daughter.
"Okay." Skye say but she still promises herself that she won't get anything too expensive.
Four hours later Coulson and Skye arrive back at the house.
"So are you sure I didn't buy too much?" Skye asks worried as they get out the car.
"Positive." Coulson assures his daughter.
"So what exactly are you making for dinner tonight?" Skye asks curious "When we we're food shopping it seemed like you kept changing your mind." She comments.
"That's because I was." Coulson answers "I'm not exactly sure, but I'll figure it out." He comments
"You know I am never going food shopping with you again." Skye tells her father as they walk in the house.
"You can join the rest of us then." Clint informs her from where he is sitting on the couch with Natasha and Melinda.
"I don't see what you all complain about, there is nothing wrong with how I shop for food." Coulson comments.
"You spent ten minutes on each different type of vegetable trying to choose the best." Melinda points out.
"And fifteen in the meat section trying to decide what exactly you need because you don't plan anything." Clint adds.
"And you analyse everything you buy trying to decide the best value for money." Natasha adds.
"Groceries in the back of the car, you three go." Coulson comments and Natasha, Clint and Skye all head back out the front, each of them with a smile on their face.
"How are you feeling?" Coulson asks Melinda walking over to her.
"Okay, a little tired, but okay." Melinda tells him.
"Did one of them check your oxygen levels?" Coulson asks worried.
"Yeah, Natasha's been checking them, they're fine." Melinda assures him.
"Good." Coulson comments. "Has everything been delivered?" He asks as he notices the new TV that Skye picked out.
"Yep, and set up." She answers.
"Good." Coulson comments.
Five minutes later Natasha, Clint and Skye have managed to unpack the car completely.
"I'm going to go unpack." Skye tells her parents grabbing her shopping bags and the bag and single box she brought with her before heading upstairs.
"You going to start dinner soon Phil?" Clint asks interested "We are hungry you know."
"I could make you cook for yourself you know." Coulson comments and Melinda snorts "That means letting us in your kitchen, you wouldn't do that. Not with this kitchen." She points out.
"Homemade Pizza and Garlic bread okay with you?" He asks the three knowing that Melinda is right.
"Sounds good. " Clint responds and Natasha and Melinda nod.
"I'll go check with Skye and then get started." He says walking upstairs.
When he gets to Skye's room he knocks on the door and receives a "Come in." in response.
As he enter the room he sees the white double bed set between the widows and the bedside tables either side, the shelves where they have always been with a lot of the things that have always been on them still there, the lounge chair next to the left side table and the chest of draws next to the door. Skye has clearly just started to unpack because the shopping bags are piled on the bed.
"Hey Dad, what's up?" Skye asks curious.
"I was thinking of making Pizza and Garlic bread for dinner that okay with you?" He asks curious.
"Yeah, that sounds good." Skye responds. "What do you think so far, I mean I know it's a mess, but what do you think?"
"I like it." Coulson tell her, "But are you sure you don't want a TV for in here?" he asks.
"Nah, I just use my laptop." She tells her Dad.
"If you're sure." Coulson comments, "What toppings do you want?" He asks interested.
"Ham and cheese." Skye answers.
"Done." Coulson tells her, "It should be ready in about an hour." He informs her. "You think you're going to get that clear off enough to sleep?" He asks curious.
"Yeah, won't be too hard." Skye answers. "Everything either goes, in the wardrobe, draws or shelves so, it shouldn't take me very long really." Skye comments. "I'll add my encryption to the network after dinner."
"Good, I'll go over the security system with you then as well." Coulson tells her.
"Cool." Skye responds.
"See you at dinner." Coulson says before exiting the room.
An hour later Coulson returns up to Skye's room to inform her that Dinner Is ready, when he does he is surprised to find everything has been put away.
She is putting picture frames up on the draws when Coulson walks in.
"Dinner's ready." He tells her.
"Good, perfect timing." Skye comments as she places the last picture in the middle. "I was wondering is there somewhere safe I could put all this?" She asks referring to the envelope of documents that Clint gave her, "I kept the license but I want to put the rest of this somewhere safe." She explains.
"There is a safe down in the office, I'll put it in there." He comments.
"Cool." Skye say and the pair head downstairs.
Once they are downstairs Skye pauses before heading into the dining room because she sees that above the fireplace is the double picture that Natasha gave Melinda.
"What do you think?" Melinda asks interested as Coulson walks into the office.
"I think it's perfect." Skye responds realising even though it may not feel like it yet, this is home.
"Come on Kid, Pizza's getting cold." Clint yells at her and Skye turns around with a smile on her face "I'm coming Uncle Clint, seriously hold your horses." Skye tells her Uncle walking over and sitting next to Natasha, across from Clint.
Once he locks Skye's documents in the safe Coulson exits the office and walks back across the living room to Melinda's side who is standing in the entry way watching, Skye, Natasha and Clint. As the pair watch they realise they have finally gotten what they have been waiting for, for twenty five years; their family home and together.
"If you want Pizza before Uncle Clint eats it all then you might want to come and eat." Skye tells her parents.
Melinda and Coulson exchange a smile before walking over and joining their family for dinner.
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