Ok so here is chapter 5, hope you enjoy :-) No Copyright Intended!
Chapter 5
Melinda May's Point of View
"I don't want to Phil, I can't leave her!" I cried at my husband. "Mel we have to go back to work. Lily will be fine with the babysitter, and its not like we are jumping straight back into real missions. It's just a day mission we will see her again tonight. She wont even miss us!" Phil replied. "You go I can't leave her!" I said holding my daughter close. "Mel you have to, you love your job and Lily will be fine!" he said. "But what if she isn't? What if she cries all day wondering where we are?" I wined. "Melinda May Coulson, chances are we will be the ones crying not Lily. Look at her, she is already bored with us!" he laughed as Lily yawned. "I don't know Phil, do we really trust this babysitter?" I asked.
"You mean the S.H.I.E.L.D Agent you done a background check on? The agent you interviewed? The agent you followed in you car all last week with Lily to make sure she was what was the word? Dodgy?" he smirked in response. I rolled my eyes knowing her was right. I was being obsessive. "Fine, message received loud and clear. I will go get ready!" I said in defeat passing Lily to Phil on the way to the bathroom.
As I quickly showered and changed I was still worrying about leaving Lily. "You sure about this?" I asked Phil for the 100th time. "Positive it will be good for us and for Lily." He said passing her over to the babysitter. "Ok so you have all the numbers?" he asked. "Yeah I do Phil. Please don't worry about your daughter she is in good hands. I've got this go!" she smiled. Phil nodded and gently led me out the door.
Neither of us spoke on the way to work. Clearly both of us were worrying about Lily as we drove alone in silence. We pulled into the car park, where the feeling of first day back at school hit me. "I'm nervous!" I admitted to Phil. "Me to, but that's a good thing I think. Shows we are ready!" he smiled. I nodded and flung open the door ready to embrace the day.
Walking into the building we were approached by a lot of our colleagues welcoming us back to work. As we made our way to our now joint office we saw Nick waiting outside. "Hey, so today really was the day. I thought you were going to call me and change your minds." He laughed. "What's up Nick?" I asked, sensing he wasn't just there to say hello. "Always straight to the point Mel, that's what I like. I have a mission for you both. And I know you don't want to leave Lily for too long, but I swear it is no more than a day and a half tops!" he told us.
"Why do you want us?" I asked. "I need you Mel, there are agents being held hostage and you two are the best I have at a welcome wagon." Fury told us. "I don't know Nick, I don't want to leave Lily." I told him. "Mel please, Lily will be fine!" replied. "Phil?" I asked. "I don't know Nick I am kind of with Mel on this one. I don't like the idea of leaving Lily yet." He admitted. "Guys I get that I really do. But I need you, and it wont be more than a day if you leave now!" he begged. "I don't know Nick." I replied. "Please I need you, you are two of my best agents!" he pleaded with us.
"Give us a minute." Phil said leading me away. "I don't like it." he said. "But I don't think we have a choice." He added. "I know what you mean. If we don't go it looks like we are jerks, just because we have a baby we are above long haul missions." I replied. "So will we go? We can make it clear that this is the last?" he asked hesitantly. "Yeah we can go, but I want to see Lily before we leave!" I told him. Phil nodded and went to tell Nick. As I turned around I saw his face light up. "Of course, go see your daughter and I will see you in an hour?" he asked. "See you then." I replied as we headed for the car.
The drive home seemed to last forever but we finally pulled into the drive. As I opened the door I saw Avery just about to feed Lily. "Back already?" she asked confused as I took Lily from her and started to feed her. "Yeah we wanted to see her before our mission. We have been asked to do an overnighter so think you can keep Lily?" Phil asked. "Yeah sure, is it ok if my partner Lumley comes over to help?" she asked. "Yeah the more protection the better." Phil smiled.
"So what time do you head out?" Avery asked as Lily finished her bottle. I passed her to Phil who was desperately waiting his turn to hold her. "Um we need to go soon, Fury wants us away within the hour." I replied nervously. "Honestly I wish I could just stay here with this cutey!" I said making faces at Lily who was giggling happily in her dad's arms. "We need to go Mel." Phil announced after what felt like 5 minutes. "We are already late." He added.
I took a deep breath and wiped tears from my eyes as I walked over an kissed Lily. "Mommy and Daddy will be back tomorrow and we can do lots of fun stuff ok?" I said rubbing her little head. Phil kissed her head as he passed her back to Avery. "Bye Lily see you tomorrow!" he said as he tickled her on the way out. As we pulled the front door behind us we heard her burst into tears the minute the door closed. It took every ounce of strength I had not to run back in and take her from Avery. As I looked at Phil I knew he felt the same.
"Mel I don't want this feeling ever again." he said as we sped up the road. "What do you mean?" I asked confused. "Mel S.H.I.E.L.D was my life before I met you and then things changed. I fell in love, Lily was born and suddenly things changed. S.H.I.E.L.D was just my job, a job I loved but not as much as my family. I guess what I am saying is, I don't want to leave Lily for a mission ever again. A nice office job 9-5 would suit me from now on. Where I can see my daughter every night and sleep in the same bed as my wife knowing we are safe. Mel I want to retire from field work the minute we get back!" he announced.
I smiled over at him I felt the exact same way. "Phil I agree, we are to old for this now. We have a daughter its time to let, Hill, Morse, Romanoff and Barton take over. They are the future not us." I replied. "So we are in agreement? This is the last one?" he grinned. "This is the end." I replied. "Then lets go out with a bang!" he smirked. I laughed in agreement as we pulled into the car park for what I thought was my last mission. Turns out it was going to be the end of my happiness as well as Phil's. well for at least 19 years!
Ok so that was chapter 5, hope you enjoyed :-) Until next time ;-)