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*October*

Stepping up to the front of the house, Skye inserts her key into the lock and twists the knob, pushing the door open. She steps inside and closes the door behind her, setting her duffel bag down on the carpet right inside the door and placing her keys on top. She takes a few steps into the house, keeping an ear out for any noises.
Soft padding against the carpet pulls her attention towards the living room. She smiles when she sees Buddy making his way over to her. She squats down and rubs the dogs head, "Hey Buddy. Have you been a good boy while I was away?"

The dog simply nuzzles against her palm in response, stepping closer to her.

Skye smiles at the dog and then stands up, making her way further into the house.

Approaching the end of the hallway, she hears quiet noises coming from one of the bedrooms. She steps towards her daughters closed bedroom door, pressing her ear up against. When she doesn't hear anything she steps away, moving across the hall to her and Grant's bedroom. She presses her ear against the wood, smiling to herself when she hears her husband talking in hushed tones to their daughter.

She slowly pushes the door open and smiles at the sight before her; Grant and Jessica are sitting next to each other in the middle of the large bed, their heads bent together as they both look down at the tablet in front of them.

"What's going on in here?" she speaks up, getting their attention.

Jessica head shoots up and she smiles wide, "¡Mamá!"

"Hi baby girl," Skye moves into the room and hops up onto the bed, situating herself next to Jessica. She drops a kiss to the top of her head, "Mommy missed you so much, angel."

"Yo también, mamá," Jessica gives Skye a hug.

Skye hugs her back and then looks up at Grant. She smiles at him, "Hello, handsome."

"Hi, beautiful," he smiles back, leaning forward to give her a quick kiss. "How was the drive over?"

"Pretty good," she says, reaching out to smooth some of Jessica's hair out of her face. "Thank goodness nothing too exciting was happening back at base, so I'm able to take a few days off. And Bobbi, Hunter and Mack said that they'll cover for me if need be."

"Thank goodness for the three of them," Grant says.

Skye smiles, "Yeah." She takes a deep breath, "So, what have you two been up to?"

"Jugando," Jessica answers, her eyes never leaving the screen of the tablet.

"And what are you playing?" Skye asks.

"Kendra told me about this website that helps kids Jessica's age learn different things while also having fun. Apparently Ian loves it and does it all the time. So I figured we'd give it a try."

Skye nods, "Educational while still having fun. I fully approve." She looks down at her daughter, "Are you having fun, Jess?"

"Sí," Jessica nods, tapping on the tablet screen.

"Well I'm glad," Skye smiles, dropping another kiss to her daughters head as she scoots closer on the bed to look down at the tablet.

...

"So," Grant speaks up as he makes his way into the living room, "Jess is finally down for her nap, I think it's time for us to talk about the preschool situation now." He sits down next to Skye on the couch, draping his arm across the back of the couch.

Skye sighs and turns towards him, closing her laptop and setting it on the coffee table. "Yeah, I guess we probably should." She looks up at him and bites her lip between her teeth, "Is it wrong for me to not want her to go to preschool because it means that she's actually growing up?"

Grant chuckles and rubs her shoulder reassuringly, "No, it isn't wrong. But it'll be good for her to go and interact with some other kids her age on a regular basis besides just Ian."

Skye sighs again, "I know, I know." She takes a deep breath, "So, are there any preschools nearby?"

"Actually, there's one at the local elementary school. Kendra was telling me about it; that's where she sent Trevor and he loved it. She's also planning on sending Ian there next September."

Skye nods, "Okay. But I think at some point we should probably go there and check it out for ourselves."

"I think they have some kind of Open House thing going on in the spring," he tells her. "If you can get away for a few days next spring we can check it out. If not, I can go check it out myself."

"Did Kendra tell you if they have rules or anything that we need to know about?" Skye asks. "Like things they expect the child to be able to do when they get there?"

"Just that they pretty much expect the basics; being able to say and spell their name, being able to say what they need or want, that kind of stuff. Though I'm sure being potty trained is very high on that list. So it's a good thing Jess is pretty much there and will most likely be completely out of pull ups by next year."

"Yes it is," Skye says with a nod. "And I'm proud of you for taking that on. I've heard it can be pretty challenging."

Grant shrugs, "Jess has actually been pretty eager about the whole thing."

"Well thank goodness for that."

He nods, "Yeah, thank goodness. Now, Jess will probably be out for a few hours, any ideas on what we should do to kill the time?"

Skye smiles and sits up on the couch, slowly moving towards him and ghosting her lips over his. She smirks against his lips, "I have a few ideas."

"¡Sorpresa, mamá!"

"Look at you," Skye smiles at her daughter when she sees the two year old emerge from the hallway and out into the living room, Grant right behind her. "You look so great, baby."

"I'm Mulan!"

"Yes you are," Skye smiles. "Great choice for a costume, baby girl."

"Gracias," Jessica smiles.

"She does love Mulan," Grant says with a smile. "It's kind of cute watching her try to copy all of Mulan's moves when she watches the movie."

"That is pretty cute," Skye smiles. "As is her costume."

"You haven't even seen the best part yet," Grant smiles. He turns towards the kitchen, "Buddy! Come here, boy!"

A few seconds later Buddy comes trotting into the living room, wearing a costume to make him look like Mulan's horse Khan, a little toy Mushu and CriKee strapped to his back.

Skye covers her mouth and laughs, "Oh my goodness. That is so beyond perfect."

"You think so?" he asks.

She nods, "Absolutely. It's very creative."

"I'm glad you think so," Grant smiles. "Because I have another surprise for you."

"Let me guess, costumes for you and me?"

He nods, "You know me so well. I'm going to be Mulan's father and you're going to be her mother."

"Very fitting," she smiles.

He smiles, "Yeah, I thought so too. Costumes are in the back of the closet. You go change while I'll keep an eye on Jess and then I'll go change when you're done."

"Mmkay," she nods, turning and making her way down the hallway to the bedroom.

*November*

"This is a top priority mission, people; we need to take care of it as quickly and quietly as possible. So let's move out." Coulson nods once at his team and then turns to make his way out of the room.

The rest of the team leaves the briefing room and begins getting ready the mission, gathering the things that they need.

As Skye is gathering her weapons together her phone goes off in her pocket. She quickly pulls it out and unlocks it to find an incoming call from Grant.

She answers the call and then holds it between her ear and shoulder as she keeps preparing. "Hey babe, what's up?"

"Not much, just calling because Jess wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving."

"Happy Tanksgiving, mamá."

Skye smiles, "Thanks, baby girl. Happy Thanksgiving."

"Te amo," Jessica says.

"I love you, too, angel," Skye replies.

"How are you?" Grant asks.

She glances around the room, "I'm good. But uh, I'm actually really busy right now so I can't talk long. Can I call you back later?"

"Something going on?" Grant asks.

"Just a really high priority mission. On Thanksgiving, of all days. But I can't control when we—"

"Agent Johnson! Hurry it up!"

Skye turns towards where Coulson is standing in the open bay door of the quinjet, "Yeah, I'm almost ready." She turns back towards her gear and pulls the phone down from her ear, "Hey, I really have to go now but I'll call you tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay. I love you. Dile adiós a mamá, Jessie."

"¡Adiós mamá! ¡Te amo!"

"I love you too, baby girl. Mwah!" she sends a kiss into the speaker of the phone. "I love you, Grant."

"I love you too," Grant says. "Bye."

"Bye."

She pulls the phone down and ends the call, silencing it and sliding it back into her pocket.

She checks her ICER once more before holstering it and turning towards the quinjet.

Making her way up into it, she moves over to the side to take a seat and strap herself in.

"Hey."

Skye looks up to see Bobbi sitting down next to her. "Hey," she smiles at her friend.

"You ready for the mission?" Bobbi asks her.

Skye lets out a sigh, "I guess so. I mean, you think the bad guys could have not picked a holiday to do their bad guy stuff."

Bobbi chuckles, "Yeah, it's a real bummer. So, was that Grant on the phone?"

Skye nods, "Yeah. Jess wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving but I couldn't talk long for obvious reasons."

Bobbi nods, "Yes. So you're just going to call them after the mission?"

"Maybe tomorrow because I'll probably be too exhausted after today to call them."

"Good point."

"Everybody strap in. We're taking off."

Skye lets out a deep breath as she clips her seat buckle into place, "Here we go."

Hearing her phone go off next to her on the bed, Skye cracks her eyes open and reaches out for the device. She squints her eyes as she unlocks it and sees an incoming video call from Grant.

She takes a deep breath as she rolls onto her back before hitting the answer button.

She smiles when she sees Grant and Jessica in the screen.

"Hola mamá," Jessica smiles into the camera.

"Hi, angel," Skye smiles back.

"Good morning, beautiful," Grant smiles. "Did we wake you?"

"You did, as a matter of fact. But it's okay. Getting to see you both first thing in the morning is actually the best way to wake up."

"Well I'm glad," Grant says. "So how did your mission go yesterday?"

Skye shrugs, "We went in, did what we had to do, then got out. Same old, same old."

"Right," Grant nods. "Did you at least have a somewhat decent Thanksgiving celebration afterwards?"

"I had a turkey sandwich when we got back and then crashed. Does that count?"

Grant chuckles, "I'll let it slide this once."

"Why thank you," she smiles. "And did you two have a decent Thanksgiving?"

"We had a pretty good one. We had a delicious turkey dinner and Jess even helped me mash the potatoes," he smiles at his daughter.

"You did?" Skye turns her attention on her daughter. "Did you have fun helping daddy with dinner?"

"¡Sí!" Jessica smiles. "I smasheded da tatoes!"

"I heard," Skye smiles and nods. "And I'm sure you did a really great job. How has the rest of your holiday been?" she directs at her husband.

"Well, Kara came by for a few hours this morning while I went to do some Black Friday shopping for the first time ever."

"Are you okay? I heard that Black Friday can get really brutal."

"I've been in worse situations," he tells her. "But I managed to get some pretty cool stuff while I was there, if I do say so myself."

"¡Papá compró juguetes!" Jessica exclaims, leaning back into view of the screen. "Toys!"

Skye sighs, "Grant, did you seriously get her more toys? She has more than enough already and Christmas is next month. I swear you spoil that child way more than is actually necessary."

"If loving our daughter and not wanting to see her upset is considered spoiling, then lock me up because I am guilty as charged."

Skye rolls her eyes, "Stop being so dramatic, Grant."

"Fine, I'll stop." He takes a deep breath, "So, any plans for the rest of the day?"

Skye sighs, "I don't know. I'll probably hit the gym later today to work off some steam. Of course, that'll be after I finish up some reports for Coulson. And after the weekend comes Cyber Monday and there are some beautiful pieces of tech that I've been dying to get my hands on."

"Well that all sounds very thrilling," Grant smiles. "We're going to let you go now so you can get a head start on all of those exciting plans. I love you."

"I love you too," Skye smiles.

"¡Te amo mamá!"

"I love you too, angel." She blows a kiss at the screen that Jessica happily catches with a squeal. "I'll talk to you soon, babe, bye."

"Bye."

Bringing the phone down, she ends the video call and then sets it down beside her. She stretches her arms up above her, letting out a yawn.

Throwing the covers off of her body, she climbs out of the bed and begins getting herself ready for the day ahead.

So? What did you think? Let me know in a review down below. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Cominc Con is this weekend and AoS had their panel yesterday. They showed Brett and Chloe's audition tape at the panel and then Marvel released it on their YouTube channel pretty much right after. I've watched it so many times, and it is so glorious. But it just reminds me how bitter I am because of what they ruined. Thank goodness for the world of fanfiction. :)

Also, working on a special project for Brett. If you're interested, let me know. I'd love to give you more details.

Until next time,
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