A.N.1 Thank you so much for the follows and review. I hope you guys like this chapter!
A.N.2 This chapter is about leaving May alone at home with Skylar for the first time and it is set six months after Skye was born.
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It has been six months since Skylar was born.
"Fury just called, I have to go to the triskelion. Clint and Tasha have a new mission and Maria threatened Fury that she'll quit if she has to be their handler for one more day." Coulson said while putting on his tie.
It was one in the afternoon and Skye had just finished her milk and was asleep on their bed.
"Mel?" Coulson's voice pulled her from her thought. Her husband looked at her with concern, " Are you ok? I can ask Fury for one more day if you want."
"Yeah, I'll be fine, you can go to work," she looked at her husband in the eye, "I'll be fine," she reassured one more time, though her face does not say the same thing.
"Mel, are you sure?" Coulson asked her one more time.
"Yeah," she gave him a fake smile. She has been dreading this day for months. The look he gave her in return told her that she wasn't fooling him. With a resounding sigh, she continued, " She hates me unless I need to feed her, every time when I hold her, she cries and kicks around."
He pressed a kiss on her forehead, "you'll be fine, Skye doesn't hate you," he continued, "besides, it's only a few hours, don't stress about it, ok?"
May just nodded in return.
Coulson just went and grabbed his car keys and wallet. "I have to go now, or else I'll be late. I love you, Mel"
"Love you too," she gave him a kiss, then watched him disappear out the door.
After a moment, May went back upstairs and looked into their bedroom. Skye was half-awake crawling on their bed wearing that ridiculous Captain America onesie that her husband insisted she wears.
"Hey Skye," May said while turning on the television and putting on a cartoon show.
Seeing Skye didn't respond to her, she just went straight back to the kitchen and pulled out a bottle of wine from the cabinet and poured herself a small glass. She is definitely going to need it if she is going to survive this day.
It wasn't that Melinda didn't like being a mother. Sure it was not an easy pregnancy, she suffered from horrible morning sickness and a lot of disgusting food cravings, but after 38 weeks, Skylar Lian May-Coulson made her way into the world kicking and screaming.
As soon as she held her baby girl for the first time in her arms, all that suffering she has been through was worth it. Her baby girl was perfect.
So no, she loved her baby girl and she loved being a mother. It's just that it broke her heart that she had not yet formed a connection to her daughter in the past six months. To Melinda, it seems like Skye wanted nothing to do with her, she felt like she was a complete stranger to her own daughter.
With a sigh, she finished her cup of wine and put it in the sink and washed all the dirty dishes from lunch. After drying everything, she went back upstairs to their room to check on Skye.
What she saw had her heart dropped into her stomach.
Skye was fully awake standing on the bed by herself and watching the television. Melinda stood at the doorway, frozen, looking at her daughter with surprise. Skye never stood on her own before.
Melinda smiled brightly at her daughter. She tried to hold her tears back, but she still let out a happy sob while walking towards the bed.
To make things better, Skye turned her attention to Melinda and gave her a toothy grin and squealed, "Momma!" and wrapped her arms around Melinda.
Skye nuzzled her face into her mother's neck as she wrapped her tiny arms around Melinda.
To Melinda, this was the best thing that has ever happened to her. All the worries that her daughter hates her immediately disappear as soon as those words come out of her daughter's mouth.
That night, Coulson came back really late, around 12 o'clock. Skye was already asleep in her crib and May was sitting on their bed reading a book.
"Hey, how was your day?" Coulson asked while changing into his pajamas, he continued "And don't try and lie to me, I can see the grin on your face."
"You were right, Skye doesn't hate me and she just said her fir-" she was cut off by Skye crying in the crib next to their bed.
"Momma, momma!" Skye cried out loud while standing up in the crib.
"Did she just-" Coulson said but she was cut off by May.
"Just said momma and stood up on her own for the second time today," May said, "yeah, she did!"
"Wait, second time today!" Coulson shouted back.
"Yeah, she did," May answered while lifting up and putting her onto the bed between them.
Then, she glared and Phil and said, " Now shut up and get into bed"
In return, Phil just got into bed and said, "Yes, ma'am"
"Good night, baby girl," May said
Then she turned off the lights and went to sleep thinking how lucky she is to have this family.
A.N. I'll post the next chapter next Monday. And one more thing, do you guys want the chapters longer or is this ok? Pls review!