Chapter 3

May's POV

I had been up all night, I hadn't been able to get Skye out of my head. I had took Simmons advice and had given her time but, I really needed to explain to her what had happened, that I hadn't just abandoned her. I had decided to try and talk to her privately after breakfast but, when I got to the kitchen the entire team was already there except for Skye I didn't think anything of it as I sat down next to Phil at the table unless she had training with Ward she was always the last to get up. With every minute that went by I was getting more concerned about why she wasn't up yet I had caught everyone looking at towards her bunk.

"Where's Skye?" Fitz asked through the silence that had surrounded us. "I went to apologize for last night but she didn't answer me I thought she was still sleeping. Although she usually awake by now." He rambled on.

"Simmons go see if she's alright your the only one that she doesn't threaten to kill for going in there" Phil tells Simmons but, she had already gotten up and was heading towards her bunk. She came back a few minutes later looking panicked.

"Sir she's not in her bunk" she says her eyes darting between me and Phil. She couldn't be gone the Bus was in the air and no one had even seen her leave her bunk. Phil had gotten up looking concerned and nodded at the others all of them knowing that he wanted them to look for her. I stood up a few seconds after everyone else scared that I had lost her again before I had even gotten a chance to explain.

Skye's POV

I woke up confused with a pain in my neck it took me longer than it should have to realize I was in the back of the S.H.I.E.L.D car and even longer to remember the events of the previous night. Before I could fully think about it, A.C had opened the door next to me and had caught me before I fell out of the car because I had been leaning on the door. I couldn't read the look on his face as I leaned back into the car so I wasn't falling out.

"What are you doing in here this early?" he asked looking a little mad "Are those the clothes you had on yesterday?" he said taking in my outfit.

"ahh yeah" I nodded not fully awake yet and my heart still beating a mile a minute from almost face planting out of the car. "I must have fallen asleep in here" I say giving him a half smile.

"Why?" he asked looking concerned.

"I came in here to hide after the whole pregnancy thing and well fell asleep" I say blushing embarrassment to be bringing up the pregnancy incident.

"Come on then" he says moving from in front of the door. "I found her" he says through the comms. "Everyone was concerned we thought you had run of and left us" he says seeing the confused look on my face.

"We are in the air" I say shaking my head "never mind I'm here and I really need a shower" I say heading up the stairs to my bunk. Once in there I collapse on to the bed. "May is my mum" I whisper to myself. I had thought about meeting my patents since I was a kid but, now that I knew who my mum was I had no idea what to do. May had made it clear since the minute I had set foot on the Bus that she didn't like me or trust me. She hadn't even said anything when she found out, she could have already know I was her daughter. Maybe she knew but, didn't tell me because she didn't want me. She had dropped me of not the door step of an orphanage after all not even bothering to take me inside of the building to abandon me. I could feel the fear Of abandonment and rejection building up in me chest as my breathing became short. It took me second to realize I was having a panic attack. I hadn't even noticed that someone had come in to my bunk until Simmons took my hand and told me to focus on her and take deep breathes. We sat like that for what felt like hours until my breathing retuned to normal. "Thank you" I tell her taking another shaky breath.

"Don't mention it" she smiles "has that happened to you before?" she asks looking concerned.

"Yeah but, its been a while since I've had one" I tell her pushing away the memory of what caused the last one.

"Do you want to talk about it? Im guessing this was about May" she says her voice still laced with concern.

"No,Yes…I don't know" I tell her being honest and looking down at the ground. "Im scared. I've been looking for her for as long as I can remember and now that I've found her and know who she is I don't know what to do." I say deciding to tell her what I've been thinking because, I need to talk to someone.

"Have you considered talking to her?" She says sarcastically.

"Now, why didn't I think of that" I smile "I want to talk to her…but I wouldn't even know what to say or how to act." I say biting my lip knowing thats not the main reason I don't want to talk to her. "Im more afraid of what she will say I don't think I could take another 'It wasn't a good fit' I admit quoting the Brody's. "Not from her I cant take that kind of rejection" I whisper.

"You have to talk to her Skye…you live on the same plane and work together you can't keep avoiding her" she says with sympathy "plus she wants to talk to you she tried last night but you had disappeared. Then this morning she looked terrified at the thought that you had left and Agent May docent normally let her emotions show" She tells me the last part shocking me I guess I hadn't thought about how she was handling this.

"Your right" I sigh.

"Im always right" she smirks before getting up and leaving me alone with my thoughts.

May's POV

I hadn't seen Skye since last night in the lab. Phil had told be that he had found her this morning asleep but he hadn't mentioned where. I had locked myself in my bunk and was pacing back and forth the short distance between the walls. The fact that she seemed to be avoiding me made me nervous, was she disappointed that her life long search had lead to me. Not knowing what else to do I walked over to her bunk and knocked. "Skye? Can we..um talk?" I ask nervously. I wait a few minutes but, I don't get an answer. Needing to attempt to clear my head I go to the cockpit. Walking in I'm shocked to find someone already in there sitting in the chair next to mine looking out of the window.

"Hi" Skye says turning around in her seat biting her lip looking as nervous as I feel.