Prompt - I'd rather die

"Daisy I don't think May would want a surprise birthday party. She's not the type to celebrate excessively nor is she keen on surprises." Bobbi answered back at the super secret meeting that Daisy had called. They were currently all squeezed pretty tight into a supply closet, trying to hide from May and Coulson cause as Daisy said /AC can't keep a secret from May and he's far too whipped to ever tell her no if she asks him anything'. Bobbi had to laugh at Daisy's look of betrayal she flashed her.

"Come on Bobbi. I'll do most of the work and prep. I just need you to keep Melinda busy for three hours so we can decorate and set everything up. If we have everyone decorating, you on duty of keeping her away from the common room, Phil and Mack cooking, everything will work out.

Bobbi was still not used to Daisy and Jemma using the name Melinda instead of May. Her mind had to adjust each time to remember they were talking about May. Fitz went back and forth at times still using May and others using Melinda. As well as the ease at which Daisy called the director, Phil. May was also calling him Phil a lot more frequently since they had returned. Apparently, a lot had changed since she and Hunter had been off the grid. "And how am I supposed to keep May busy for three hours?"

"It would be best to get her off base Bobbi. Jemma has a great plan actually," Fitz spoke up.

"Such as."

"Well you could tell Melinda that you are pregnant."

That made Hunter gasp as well as Bobbi. "Why would I do that?" Bobbie exclaimed while Hunter nodded.

"Well not pregnant for sure. Just tell her you took a test and it came back positive and that you had this happen before and need to get blood work cause the tests always give you a false positive so you want to be sure but don't want to do it on the base or ask Jemma cause no one here can keep a secret. Sheeessh."

Daisy's exasperated look and run on sentence made Bobbi smile. "So you've really thought this out huh?"

"Melinda has done so much for all of us. I talked to Phil and he said that he doesn't think she's ever had a party, let alone a surprise one since she's been an adult."

"There might be a very good reason for that. Like she doesn't want one."

Robbie was always one with the practical words thought Bobbi. Which was probably why he and Daisy meshed so well together. Opposites and all that. Hmm... like me and Hunter, she surmised. "He has a point, you know. This could really piss her off."

"Nah. She might think she doesn't want a party, but she does. She'll love it."

"Um how does that even make sense."

"Oh hush Robbie. We are doing this. You, me, Fitzsimmons, YoYo and Hunter will do the decorating. Mack and Phil will make the food. Piper is picking up the cake. If you need a gift for her, you can order it online or tell Piper and she will get it or have one of the agents she supervises get it."

"We have to buy May a gift?"

Daisy gave Hunter one of her signature glares which looked so much like one of May's death stares that Hunter involuntarily shivered.

"Okay. So two days from now we are throwing Melinda the best party she's ever had, and making her fiftieth birthday a special one for her to remember. Okay let's make sure she doesn't see any of us leave here. Everyone leave carefully and go off in different directions."

Melinda corned Phil in their room. They'd been sharing the room in his office for quite a while now and she had given the smaller room in her office to Daisy and Robbie to use. When Robbie was around anyway. He could spend weeks at a time with them, and then just leave and be gone for weeks as well, a few times even months. It was hard on Daisy, but she knew what she was getting into when she and Robbie had started seeing each other.

"What's up Phil?"

"Huh?"

"Don't huh me. Somethings going on around here and I know you know, and I want you to tell me now."

"I honestly have no idea what you are talking about."

"People are giving me strange looks. Some of them are acting strange. Even Piper is stranger than usual. Daisy is not hanging out with me as much, and when I get close to people, sometimes they stop talking, like they were talking about me. But the weirdest thing was seeing Bobbi, Hunter, Robbie, Daisy and Fitz and Simmons try to act nonchalant as the left a supply closet down on the dorm floors where none of them even have rooms."

"So why were you down there? Spying?"

"I was there to talk to Piper about our training schedules and I wanted to make sure we were on the same page for recruit expectations. Piper does have a room in that area."

"I don't know Mel. They are all couples. Maybe some weird couples thing?"

"But what would be so secret..."

"What?"

Melinda turned a bit pale. "Oh no. Please tell me they are not planning a party for my birthday."

"Oooo... I bet that's it. Daisy said she needed to talk to me tomorrow about something very important. Something she wanted to share only with me. She probably wants me to help. But why wouldn't she tell me sooner?"

Melinda raised her eyebrows and shrugged at him.

"Oh yeah. Right. Cause I'd tell you. She's pretty smart. But you told her you didn't want any fussing over your birthday even though you are turning fifty."

Melinda glared at him again.

"Right this is Daisy we are talking about. Daisy who loves parties, and celebrations, and hugs and looks at all that stuff like a child and thinks you should too."

"I don't want a party Phil. You know how I hate being the center of attention. I detest party games and blowing out candles and opening gifts in front of large groups of people and pretending to be surprised."

"Oh well. Besides it won't be so bad. I bet Daisy is gonna go all out too. She tends to do that. I guess you are getting a grand fiftieth surprise birthday party from your family."

"I'd rather die."

"I guess you will just have to suck it up Melinda."