Hey guys! Here's the new chapter and I hope you like it! Sorry for the longish wait, I haven't been feeling very inspired lately, which really really sucks cause I love writing!

Thanks so much for reading and as always, I own nothing (except for my OC) and all mistakes are my own xx

Skye pressed a little closer to Natasha before finally pulling away, "I don't know why she's being so mean, I thought we were friends. Well, sort of friends."

For some reason, Skye had thought that she and Raina were starting to get closer. The other girl had started to open up a little bit and Skye had, foolishly, thought that that had meant that they were starting to become friends. She had apparently been wrong. She should have listened to Raina from the beginning when she had said that she didn't think they should be friends. It would have been a lot easier.

Nattie reached forward and ran her hands through Skye's hair, "She's probably just upset right now about her Grandma. Either way, that doesn't give her the right to talk to us like that."

Skye nodded sadly and let her big sister lead her away from Raina's bedroom and down the stairs.

Her family was downstairs doing various things. Trip was avidly watching a movie while her parents were sitting at the table, looking through papers and chatting with each other. She sat down on the floor in the living room and her sister sat beside her. Trip glanced at them and grinned, "The twins are coming over for lunch. They should be here soon."

Skye managed to give him a small grin and she felt Nattie poke her thigh, "Don't let Raina make you feel bad Skye. You didn't do anything wrong."

"But-"

Natasha shook her head, "No buts. You were just trying to be a good friend. You didn't do anything wrong, she did."

She leaned into her sister's side and sighed, "Okay."

Skye still felt bad but maybe her sister was right. Deciding not to think about it anymore, she pressed herself even closer to Natasha and focused on the movie that was playing.

It didn't take long for her oldest siblings to barge through the door, loudly laughing, with Connor trailing behind them. Skye shot up and ran towards them. She threw herself at Pietro, who caught her, hugged her tight, and spun her around, before setting her back on the ground. Rather than let go like she normally would have, she continued to hug him.

Raina was wrong. This was her real family.

Pietro patted her head gently and kneeled down to look at her, "What's wrong, little one?"

Skye squeezed him a little tighter before finally letting go, "Nothing, I just missed you."

At that, her older brother smiled broadly, "I missed you too."

Wanda's voice caught her attention as she jokingly said, "Hey, I missed you too. Where's my love?"

Skye grinned and gently wrapped her arms around Wanda's belly. She tugged on her sister's arm so that Wanda would lean down so she could kiss her cheek and say, "I missed you too Wanda," before placing a kiss on her sister's tummy and saying, "Hi little baby."

She tenderly placed her hands on Wanda's belly and hoped the baby knew that she loved it.

"You guys know that we all saw each other yesterday, right?" Connor was smirking at them and Wanda reached back to playfully swat him on the arm, "You're just upset because Skye didn't hug you first."

Connor pretended to look hurt and nodded, "You're right. I thought I was the favorite."

Skye laughed and moved away from Wanda and the baby so that she could hug Connor. She heard Pietro say, "Good luck getting her to tell you who her favorite is, I've been trying to get that information out of her since she was six."

She stuck her tongue out at her brother and Nattie laughed as she gave Wanda a hug and said, "That's because we all know that I'm her favorite."

Skye let out an exasperated breath, "You're all my favorite."

Her siblings scoffed at her and Pietro ruffled her hair, "Yeah, yeah. We know."

Surrounded by some of her favorite people in the world, Skye momentarily forgot about Raina and the mean things that she had said.

She pulled everyone into the living room and carefully pushed Wanda so that she was comfortably sitting on the couch. Crouching down, she pressed a kiss to her sister's tummy again before jumping on the couch between her and Connor.

"How's Anabelle and her babies?"

Connor pulled out his phone and angled it so that she could see it, "I had a feeling you would ask about them. Have a look."

Skye cooed over the picture of wrinkly, droopy-eyed Anabelle surrounded by her tiny puppies. She hopefully looked up at Connor, "Can I go see them?"

"I don't think so sweetie pie."

She pouted and gave him her best puppy-dog look. Wanda laughed, "Now you're gonna get it babe."

"Pleeeease! I really wanna go see her."

Connor let out a deep breath and stared at the ceiling. Before he could say anything, her mom spoke, "If any of you wanna eat in the near future, I need some help in here."

Connor grinned, hopped up, and made his way towards the kitchen, "I love helping."

Skye watched him go before turning to Wanda, "Can you ask Connor to take me to see Anabelle please?"

Wanda leaned forward and kissed her forehead, "I'll see what I can do, little monkey."

Skye smiled brightly, stood up, and headed towards the kitchen so that she could help her mom make lunch.

Skye had successfully forgotten about Raina and her outburst the whole time she helped her mom make lunch. She joked with her siblings and taunted her dad with them and she forgot about how sad Raina had made her feel. All of her happiness seemingly vanished when her mom turned to her, gave her a smile, and said, "Can you go tell Raina that lunch's ready?"

Nervously fidgeting from side to side, she grabbed her moon necklace and mumbled, "Can someone else go tell her?"

Her mom gave her a questioning look but when it became apparent that Skye wasn't going to elaborate, her mom turned to her dad and nodded before making his way towards the staircase.

Her family seemed to notice that her mood had declined and they were casting worried looks her way but she didn't say anything about it. Natasha grabbed the bowl of pasta salad with one hand and placed her other hand on Skye's back, "C'mon маленькая звезда, let's go grab a seat outside."

She let her sister lead her through the back door and sat down in one of the chairs on the patio. Nattie gave her an encouraging smile and Skye gave her a tiny grin.

The back door opened up again and the rest of her family paraded out of the house, each carrying a different dish, with Raina trailing behind them.

Skye quickly looked away and hoped Raina didn't see her looking. After what Natasha had said, Skye found herself feeling a little angry towards the other girl. She knew that Raina was going through a tough time but Skye thought that she had been really nice to the other girl and it wasn't fair what she had said to her.

Deciding that she was just going to ignore Raina, she smiled when Wanda eased herself into the chair next to her and handed her a plate. She thanked her sister and quickly circled the table, grabbing a bunch of food and cramming it onto her plate, before sitting back down. She realized that Wanda hadn't grabbed any food yet so she stood back up and grabbed her sister's plate, "I'll get your food for you Wanda."

"Oh, that's alright Skye, I can-"

Skye didn't give her a chance to finish her sentence, she was already moving around the table, placing Wanda's favorite foods onto the dish. When she handed the plate back to Wanda, her sister gave her an exasperated look and a fond smile, "Skye, I can still move around you know."

Sitting back down in her own seat, Skye shrugged and very gently tapped her sister's belly, "I know, but I'm faster and the baby's hungry."

Connor leaned over and looked at her from Wanda's other side, "Is the baby talking to you Skye? Cause it won't talk to me."

Skye giggled and shook her head, "It can't talk Connor, it's still inside Wanda, duh. I just know what it wants."

Connor held his hands up defensively and Skye poked her tongue out at him before turning to her own plate of food. She took a huge bite out of her chicken salad sandwich and was happily chewing on it when she realized that the seat next to her was occupied by Raina. When she glanced over, she saw that the other girl was staring at her.

Quickly, she turned away and pretended not to notice that Raina was there. She swallowed her food and took another huge bite of her sandwich and tried to ignore Raina's eyes on her. It was like she could feel her staring at her and it was making her a little uncomfortable.

One she got through half of her lunch and realized that Raina was still staring at her, Skye deciding that she was getting a little sick of it. Raina was the one who had said mean things and she was the one who had hurt Skye's and Nattie's feelings, so why was Skye the one who was being examined and stared at in a way that made her feel like a little insect? It didn't make any sense. Was she doing it to be even meaner?

Emboldened by her thoughts, she steeled herself, turned to face Raina, and gave her her best glare. She had to admit that her glare had gotten better over the years, she had picked up some of the traits from her mom's and Nattie's glares, which were very effective, and hers was almost as good as theirs. However, she didn't get to use her perfectly crafted glare for too long because the look on Raina's face made it fade fairly quickly.

The other girl looked apologetic and … guilty?

She hadn't really seen these emotions on Raina before so she didn't know if she was right for sure, but she thought she was. When Raina saw that Skye was finally looking at her, she opened her mouth to say something, maybe something mean again or maybe an apology, but Skye didn't give her the chance. Her plan to out-stare Raina was ruined so she turned back to her food. And when she turned her whole body so that her back was facing Raina, she told herself that she wasn't being childish, she was just really interested in what Wanda was saying.

The rest of lunch went on like that. With Skye blatantly ignoring Raina and focusing on Wanda maybe a little too much.

Her mood plummeted throughout the afternoon and her family was very aware of it. Natasha knew what was going on but no one else did.

Raina kept following her around with this pitiful, apologetic look on her face and it was, somehow, making Skye feel worse. She wished that Jiaying was around so that she could help her sort through all her muddled up feelings. She was still mad at Raina for what she had said earlier, her words were mean and hurtful and Skye didn't like that they had such a huge impact on her. And now, with Raina following her around like a sad little puppy dog with guilty eyes, it was making Skye feel worse. She felt bad for being mad at Raina, which made no sense. She shouldn't feel guilty for being upset with someone who had definitely given her a reason to be upset.

Skye hated emotions.

Right now, she was sitting silently on the couch, surrounded by her family, and steadfastly ignoring Raina, who was sitting across the living room from her. Her siblings were sitting by her, telling funny stories and poking fun at each other, and Skye could tell that they were getting concerned with how subdued she was being.

When Pietro and Trip didn't manage to make her laugh with one of their dumb jokes, which always made her laugh, her siblings gave each other worried looks before Connor spoke up, "You know, I was thinking, sweetie pie. If you promise to be very careful, I think Anabelle would be very excited to see you."

Skye perked up a little, "Really?"

Connor grinned, "Really."

Skye smiled at him and hopped up from the couch, "Let's go! Let's go see her right now!"

At her excitement, the rest of her family seemed to relax a little. Wanda and Connor stood up but when Skye went over and tried to tug on Trip and Natasha's hands, they shook their heads at her and Trip said, "You go ahead, Pietro and I are gonna go play ball with some of the guys."

She glanced over at Pietro and he nodded at her. She turned back to Nattie and gave her a questioning look. Puppies were the best thing ever, she didn't know how they were okay with not going to see them. Her sister pointed towards the kitchen, "I'm helping mom and dad with clean-up duty."

Even though she wished her brothers and sister could come with her, she didn't let their absences dull her excitement. She was finally going to be able to Anabelle and her little puppies and no one was going to ruin that for her.

Apparently, the universe had decided to test her today, because right after she had that thought, Raina spoke up, "Can I come with you?"

Skye turned to her parents, hoping they would see that she really didn't want Raina to come with them, but her dad smiled widely. He must have been happy that Raina was starting to get along with all of them. If only he knew.

"That's sounds like a great idea. Is that okay with you guys?" Her dad was looking at Wanda and Connor when he asked that but she wished that he was asking her because she would have told him that, no, it was not okay. But since Wanda and Connor were both oblivious to what had happened earlier that day, they both readily agreed, and before Skye knew it, she and Raina were being ushered towards her big sister's car.

Since Wanda and Connor lived a little ways out of town, the ride was kind of long. Her sister and Connor both chatted happily with each other, with Skye chiming in here and there, but mostly, Skye tried to ignore Raina.

The other girl just kept staring and finally, she couldn't take it anymore. Turning so that she was facing Raina and lowering her voice so that the adults couldn't hear, she said, "Stop staring at me, it's creepy."

Skye's words weren't the nicest but for some reason, Raina smiled at her. It wasn't a big one, but it was there, on her face, taunting Skye. She threw her hands up, "Why are you smiling?"

Raina shrugged, "I was just waiting for you to talk to me again."

Crossing her arms over her chest, she turned away from Raina and stared out the window, "I'm not talking to you again."

"Okay." Raina sounded smug and Skye gritted her teeth so that she wouldn't say anything back because then Raina would win.

Skye forced herself to focus on her sister and Connor and thought about how she would be seeing Anabelle and her puppies soon and not about Raina. The other girl didn't get to say mean things, hurt her feelings, and then feel smug once Skye started to talk to her again. It wasn't fair and Skye wasn't going to play this dumb game with her.

As she told herself this, Skye spared a look at Raina (she told herself that this was going to be the last one) and saw that the other girl was still staring at her. The other girl had that apologetic look on her face yet again.

Haughtily, Skye thought that Raina could look apologetic all she wanted but until the other girl actually said or did anything to make what she said better, Skye wasn't going to give in or forgive her, and there was nothing she could do about it.

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Thank you so so much for reading and for dealing with my crazy writer's block. I appreciate you all so much :) xx -Ariel