Chapter 27
May's POV
"Mum, I thought we were going to the house" Daisy asks when I pull in to a mall. Coulson had given us an extra day off, when I had told him that Mum wanted to see Daisy on her birthday.
"We are but, I need new clothes and I don't know when we will get another day off" I tell her parking the car and getting out. She gets out a few seconds later and jogs to catch up and stand in front of me.
"You are going shopping for clothes in a mall" She says slowly looking shocked I just roll my eyes and push her forward to keep walking.
"Yes, Daisy, where else would I go to get clothes?" I ask her sarcastically.
"I don't know I just it's weird"
"It's weird that I go shopping for clothes. That's kind of hurtful" I say meaning for it to be a joke but she seems to be panicking.
"I didn't. I wasn't. I'm sorry" she say beginning to nervously fiddle with her locket.
"I was kidding" I say bumping her shoulder as we walk in to the mall and make our over to one of the maps. "What shops do you want to go to?" I ask having planed out what stores I want to go to before we got to the mall.
"I'll just follow you"
"I don't think we shop at the same places" I tell her and she rolls her eyes.
"Neither do I, but I have no money to buy things anyway" now it's my turn to roll my eyes.
"I have money I'll buy it. Plus it's still your birthday" I tell her and she looks confused "You like something, tell me and I will buy it for you" I tell her slowly grabbing her arm and dragging her in the direction of a store.
"You don't have to buy me anything" she mumbles following me in to the store "How far are we from the house by the way it feels like we have been in the car for most of the day" Daisy asks changing the subject.
"Not far, blame your grandmother I wasn't planning a trip to the house" I tell her finding it funny that she is complaining about being in a car all day when she used to live in a van.
"Speaking of Grandma any idea what the surprise is"
"Nope, but she is sure that you will like it she says you guys talked about it briefly last time we were at the house" I tell her and she seems to think to over before she stops and grabs my arm.
"Don't freak out" she says.
"What did she do?" I ask although I really don't want to know the answer.
"I'm not one hundred percent sure but, if she did what I think she did you wont like it" she rambles.
"Daisy May what did she do?" I ask and she just stares at me for a few seconds before answering.
"I don't know. I don't want to tell you incase I am wrong"
"Fine" I snap continuing into the store with Daisy following quietly a few steps behind. After ten minutes of her being my shadow I feel like I'm about to lose it. "Daisy what are you doing?"
"Nothing" she answers quietly.
"Seriously, you are never this quiet" I say turning to face her and find looking over at clothes at the other end of the shop. "Go look at the clothes" I tell her but, she just looks back at me.
"I'm fine, I'm not a big fan of looking at clothes I can't buy" she says and I just groan.
"Daisy, I will buy them for you" I tell her again.
"Mum, I don't need you to buy me anything"
"Maybe I need to buy you something"
"Why do you want to buy me clothes so much?" she asks and I look away avoiding eye contact.
"Because I missed it all, I never got the chance to take you shopping for new clothes at the beginning of the school year, or buy new winter boots because you grew out of the one from the year before. I know I can't but I just want to try and make up for that" I tell her hating that I have missed so much.
"Mum, you have nothing to make up for I was kidnaped and dumped at an orphanage" she says and I wince slightly at how blunt she is about it. "It's not like you choose not to be there. You just weren't given an option to be"
"I've never even given you a birthday present" I tell her because thats part of the reason why I feel like such a bad Mum recently.
"I don't care about presents" Daisy says. "All I have ever wanted is for someone to care and you do, or at least you seem to" she says seeming unsure of her self.
"Of course I care" I tell her giving her a hug and suddenly remember that we are in a store with other people and I pull back. "I'm still buying you new clothes. I heard you complaining to Simmons about not liking your clothes"
"Mum" Daisy groans.
"Fine, I'll just buy you this shirt" I say walking over to the closest rack of clothes and pulling a shirt off of it, which causes Daisy to laugh.
"Thats a guy's shirt" she says and I look down at the shirt in my hand and shrug.
"So if you're not going to pick out clothes, I'll just have to pick some for you" I tell her picking up a few more shirts. "and since you don't like the clothes you have now we can donate them some where" I continue and her eyes move from me to the growing pile of clothes in my hand. "This one's nice" I say.
"Okay okay stop" she say cracking and I grin. "That was mean" she pouts.
"Go" I say handing her a bank card. "The pins your birthday" I tell her still pushing her in the direction of the clothes she was looking at earlier.
"Are you sure?" she asks I just glare and she sighs. "Fine but I'll pay you back"
A while later I'm sitting outside a cafe waiting for Daisy to come and meet me. I laugh when I see her walking up with a lot more bags then expecting. Although she looks a little worried.
"Take it. Its evil" she says handing me back the bank card. I hesitantly take it from her not sure why she has decided that its evil. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get this much. It's the cards fault it made me do it"
"It's fine, if you came back with less stuff I would have been going back to get those shirts" I tell her and she seems to pale slightly at the thought.
"I promise I'll pay you back" she say and I just roll my eyes not arguing with her.
"What did you get?" I ask. She gives me an odd smile before she begins fumbling though bags to find the right one before handing it to me.
"I got you something. While I guess you got you something since you paid" She says and I look in the bag to find a silver dress. I just look at her and raise an eyebrow.
"Well, I thought you might need it for an undercover mission or maybe a date with a certain Director" She says and I just put the bag down and say than you choosing not to comment on her new idea that Phil and I are secretly in love.
"What else did you get?" I ask once I had had enough of her smug grin. She excitedly begins showing me random bags of clothes talking really fast so i'm not one hundred percent sure what she is saying.
"These are not the kind of clothes I was expecting you to get" I tell her, surprised by the change in style she just shrugs.
"I figured that I needed a new look to go with the new haircut. Besides these clothes are more spyish" She says and I laugh shaking me head.
"That's not a word"
"It is now" she says pulling out her phone thats started ringing. "Hey Grandma. Yeah we have left the base. How far, i'm not sure. Okay here she is" She say handing me the phone before I can stop her, I groan taking it from her.
"Melinda, where are you? Dinner will be ready soon" I hear Mum say the second the phone is at my ear.
"We will be there I about half an hour, Mum" I tell her and she hangs up without saying anything else. "We better go" I say giving Daisy her phone back and help her pick up the bags that are covering the table.