Jennifer Morin understood that the team worked well together from reports they received at SHIELD, but what she wasn't prepared for was that they acted like a family more so than any other team that she had come in contact with. Ward and Fitz picked on each other, but kindly like brothers; they were very protective of Jemma and Skye. Skye was very open to a lot of things she seemed to be the one not involved the normal way with SHIELD rules and procedures; Jennifer of course read through everyone's files to make sure that she got the full story behind some of the team. While she was learning more about the team before she had sessions with Jemma or Ward, she noticed that they acted and treated each other like family. They helped each other and got each other through things; everyone helped with food times and cleaning up after. She noticed that Coulson and May were like the parents on game night when the young team members would argue with each other about who seemed like they were cheating, not cheating, or not playing by the rules. She noticed that Skye brought out the best in Jemma and got her to open up about things more than anyone. She also noticed that some nights Ward would sleep on the couch closest to Jemma and Skye's room and at any sound of distress would be in that room trying to calm Jemma down. She saw when he wouldn't sleep and would sit outside their door waiting to see if Jemma would need him.

The first time Jennifer experienced one of Jemma's nightmares was the night after she was introduced to everyone; they had been talking about how things were going lately and headed to bed at a decent time. So when she first heard the screams she was immediately up and heading out into the hall; she noticed that Ward was inside the room talking Jemma through with Skye and in the hall Coulson, Fitz, and May were watching to see if everything was okay. When Jemma finally calmed down, she was in Skye's arms crying and holding onto Ward's hand; the rest of the team had dispersed. She watched from a distance and didn't say a word, but made a note to ask Ward how he was so fast in getting to Jemma. She didn't know that he sometimes would spend the night outside their room, until later when she was the last to go to bed and would watch everyone before heading to bed. She noted that Jemma didn't always like to be touched when she first woke from her nightmares and it sometimes would take Ward and Skye some coaxing before she would calm down.

So now as she and Jemma were sitting down for their first session; that Jemma wanted Skye to be in with her till she felt comfortable. Jennifer understood that Jemma needed to be able to trust her and know that she will be able to help her through the emotions she was going through.

"All right Jemma this talk is all about you. So if you have a question or need to talk about anything and I mean anything you are more than welcome too. I'm here for you and your recovery." Jennifer said.

"Can we work up to the part that I tell you about what happened in the compound?" Jemma asked still a little unsure.

"Of course. Whatever you want to talk about is what we'll talk about."

"You don't mind if Skye stays?"

"No, I understand that you trust her and want her here. I have no issue with her being here as long as you're comfortable."

"Okay. I used to have to talk to a psychologist when I was younger. All she wanted to do was talk about what was wrong."

"Well I'm not like most psychologist, I'm here for you and whatever you might need to work through, but I like to take my time and get to understand more about the person before the event changed them."

"Oh okay. Where should we start?" Jemma asked as Skye gave her hand a squeeze to let her know that she was there to support her.

"Why don't you tell me about when you first joined SHIELD academy." Jennifer suggested.

"Well I started the same time as Fitz we were about seventeen years old; I knew him previously from my private school. We were the youngest invited to the academy, he was my only friend until a little after I joined. We had a hard time at first since we were the youngest and new; we got bullied a little at first till we showed we could do the same work and faster. Fitz still didn't make a lot of friends after we joined so I tried to spend a lot of time with him so he didn't feel alone."

"Why do you think Fitz had a harder time finding friends?"

"He was really shy and he didn't feel that he fit in; by the time we reached half way through he got more courage and would start conversations in the boiler room."

"The boiler room?"

"Oh yes, we created a bar and game area in the boiler room to blow off steam every once in a while. It's still there today still used to blow off steam and make new friends."

"Did you make a lot of new friends in the boiler room?"

"Y..yes."

"Is something wrong Jemma? Do you remember something?"

"I just remembered a guy that I met there once that I didn't like."

"May I ask why you didn't like him?"

"I wasn't used to being touched by people I didn't know well and other than Fitz everyone seemed to know that, but he was a…a touchy feely type of guy."

"Oh."

"He never went as far as the guys at the compound but he did touch me more than I even let Fitz at the time."

"So after you joined what did you do?"

"Mostly lab work at sci-opts after the academy, Fitz and I had a hard time with the field training so we spent time in the lab and then would go train so that we would do better at field stuff."

"Not everyone is made for field work from what I've learned about you, you are pretty good in the field as well as in the lab."

"Thank you. I still don't like to go into the field too often, but it's getting easier."

"Good."

"After we were asked to join this team Fitz and I were worried we wouldn't fit in."

"Why didn't you think you'd fit in?"

"Well normally teams are made up of people who can do lab and field work; Fitz and I were worried our lack of experience would be a bad thing. But after a little under a month we all were a great team and I think when I almost died we became a lot closer."

"Tell me about that."

"Well we were called to a forest where a Cub Scout group's leader was killed he was also a fireman. He was infected with a chitauri virus. I was infected by one of the firefighters that had died from the virus and when I was trying to find an anti-serum from them I knew it wouldn't work with their systems because they didn't survive it. So Fitz and I were having a discussion and figured out that the helmet that the chitauri were wearing would have someone's DNA that had survived it; Fitz got the helmet and helped me create an anti-serum, but we didn't think it worked at first. So I jumped out of the plane to save everyone because I knew that if I were to release the virus the bus would crash for lack of power; Ward jumped out after me with the anti-serum and saved me."

"Wow that sounds some much more interesting in person than in the file."

"It was hard to just watch her and Fitz work and when Fitz tested the rat I couldn't breathe. The thought of losing her was devastating." Skye said as Jemma leaned on her shoulder and squeezed her hand.

"I can't imagine having to go through that." Jennifer said.

"Sorry I won't talk anymore this is Jemma's time."

"It's okay. I like to hear from everyone to get a better understanding of things. So don't be afraid to add things."

"After that was the first time Skye hugged me, she'd never really touched me before." Jemma said.

"We almost lost you. I don't think I could have handled you dying." Skye said as she kissed Jemma's forehead.

"How about we call it a day for today." Jennifer said smiling at the slow progress Jemma was making with opening up to her.

"Okay." Jemma said.

"We'll get together again in a day or two and you can bring Skye again if you want."

"Okay."

Jemma and Skye then got up and left the conference room and headed to their pod to talk a little more about somethings.