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*September*
Rolling over to hit the snooze on the alarm clock, Skye turns back over to curl up against Grant's side.
"I don't want to get up," she mumbles against his t-shirt. "Getting up means taking Jessie to preschool and Jessie going to preschool means she's growing up and I don't think I can handle that right now."
"Even if you don't want to get up, you're going to have to eventually," Grant tells her, his eyes still closed and his arms wrapped around her.
"Why's that?" she asks.
"Because it's what's best," he tells her. "Jess has preschool this morning, and then she'll come home, have lunch, take a nap, and then go to gymnastics to try it and see if she likes it. Just like we agreed on."
"I know. I just don't like the fact that she's growing up. She needs to stop."
"Well she isn't going to stop anytime soon. So you better get used to it, Skye. Now get up so we can get the day started. You go wake up Jess while I get breakfast started."
Skye sighs, "Fine." She reluctantly pulls herself away from his warmth, lying on her back with her eyes still closed.
Grant chuckles quietly and leans over to press a kiss to her cheek before climbing out of the bed and making his way out into the kitchen, making sure to turn off the alarm clock on his way out.
Skye lies in the bed for a few more minutes before throwing the covers off of her body and standing from the bed.
Grabbing one of Grant's t-shirts from his pile of clean laundry, she pulls it on over her sports bra and then pads the short distance across the carpet to her daughter's bedroom.
Pushing the door open, she steps inside the room and walks over to the small bed, crouching down next to it. "Jessie," she speaks up, reaching out to brush some of the little girls' hair out of her face. "Time to wake up, angel. It's your first day of preschool today. And gymnastics too. So it's time to get out of bed."
Jessica stirs under her blankets, her tiny brows furrowing together before she slowly cracks open her eyes and stares up at her mother. "Hola, mamá."
Skye smiles, "Hi, baby. Are you excited for your first day of preschool?"
"Sí," Jessica nods, still half asleep.
"Then let's get out to the kitchen and see how daddy's doing on breakfast," Skye smiles.
Jessica simply raises her arms out towards Skye.
Skye just laughs quietly as she stands up and then leans down to lift her daughter out of her bed and settle her on her hip. "You're lucky you're so dang cute," Skye tells her daughter, pressing a kiss to her temple. Then she turns around to make her way out of the bedroom and down the hallway towards the kitchen, whispering sweet nothings in the three year olds ear as they go.
"There's my two favorite girls," Grant smiles when he sees them entering the kitchen.
"Hola, papá," Jessica smiles at him.
"Hey, angel," Grant smiles back. "Are you ready for your first day of school?"
Jessica nods, "Sí."
"Well I'm happy to hear that. And how do some special first day of preschool pancakes sound to you?"
Jessica grins and nods her head excitedly, "Yeah!"
"Alright then," he smiles. "Special first day of school pancakes coming right up."
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"I still can't believe we're actually doing this right now," Skye says to Grant as they make their way down the sidewalk towards the elementary school, Jessica walking between them and swinging their hands, a smile on her small face. Grant is clutching Buddy's leash in his other hand, the dog trotting happily in front of them.
"Neither can I," Grant replies. "It's honestly a little hard to believe."
"Hey Jessie," Skye looks down at her daughter, "do you want to come back home with me and daddy? We can cuddle up in bed and watch a movie and have some popcorn."
Jessica shakes her head, "No thanks. I wanna go to school. Like Trevor."
Grant chuckles, "Nice try, babe."
Skye sighs, "It was worth a shot. I just can't believe our baby is actually going to preschool. The last three years have gone by way too fast. I just want her to stay my baby forever."
Grant nods, "I know exactly what you mean. She's already three and going to school. How on earth did we let this happen?"
"Ian!" Jessica shouts and then breaks free of her parents' hands to run ahead of them where Ian is standing with Trevor and Kendra in front of the school.
The little boy smiles at her, "Hi Jessie."
Jessica immediately pulls him into a hug which he happily returns.
Grant and Skye smile as they approach their friends.
"Hey Kendra," Skye smiles at the other woman.
"Hey," Kendra smiles back. "How has your morning been so far?"
"Pretty okay," Skye replies. "I'm still trying to come to terms with the fact that my baby isn't exactly a baby anymore."
Kendra nods, "I know exactly how you feel. I was the same way with Trevor."
"I honestly don't know how I'm going to deal with all of this," Skye says. "However, I do feel the need to document this moment. And I'm sure Bobbi, Hunter, and Mack would love to have a picture of this." She pulls her phone out of her back pocket, "Jessie, let me get a picture of you for Uncle Lance, Aunt Bobbi, and Uncle Mack."
"And Auntie Kara and Uncle Ben," Jessica tells her mom.
"But they both saw you this morning already," Grant reminds his daughter.
"Lo sé," Jessica says.
Skye smiles, "Alright, baby, move a little to your left." She waits as Jessica moves across the cement. "Good, right there. Smile big for me." Jessica grins wide and Skye snaps the photo, smiling as she looks at it.
"Ian too!" Jessica shouts, already grabbing at her best friend's arm and pulling him towards her.
Skye laughs quietly, "Okay, Ian too." She holds her phone up and snaps a quick photo of the two kids, their arms wound tightly around each other with large smiles on both of their faces. "So cute," Skye smiles at the photo. She looks at Kendra, "Do you want me to send you a copy?"
"That'd be great," Kendra smiles. "Thanks."
"No problem," Skye smiles back. She looks down at her phone and attaches the two photos to a new message in the shell program for Bobbi, Hunter, and Mack First day of preschool today :) Can't believe this is actually happening.
She hits send and then tucks her phone back into her pocket just as the school bell rings. She takes a deep breath, "I guess this is it then." She looks at her daughter, "Jessie, come give us a kiss."
Jessica runs over to her parents, wrapping her arms around their legs in a hug, "Te amo."
"Yo también te amo," Grant smiles.
"I love you so much, baby girl," Skye drops a kiss to the top of her head. "Now get going; Miss Jennifer is waiting for you."
Jessica pulls away from her parents and gives Buddy a quick hug and kiss to the top of his head. Then she turns around and walks towards the front doors of the building. Ian is right beside her, their tiny hands clasped together tightly as they go.
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"¡Mamá!
"There's my big girl," Skye smiles when she sees Jessica running across the cement towards her. She stoops down to pull her daughter into a hug and then lifts her off of the ground, settling her on her hip. "How was school?" she asks.
"Good," Jessica smiles. "Lots of fun."
"Well I'm glad," Skye smiles. "Do you know what time it is now?"
Jessica shakes her head, "No."
"It's time for us to go home so you can have lunch and take a nap before your first day of gymnastics."
"Really?"
Skye nods, "Really."
"Where's daddy?" Jessica asks.
"He's in the car," Skye replies. "He got a phone call so he stayed in the car to talk. What do you say we go and see him now?"
Jessica nods, "Yeah. Is Buddy here too?" the toddler asks as Skye begins making her way towards the car.
"Nope. Buddy stayed at home. But I'm sure he's very excited to see you."
"Me too," Jessica says. "I missed him."
"What about me and daddy? Did you miss us?"
Jessica smiles and nods, "Yeah."
"Glad to hear it," Skye smiles back. She steps towards the car and pulls open the back door, leaning inside to set Jessica in her booster seat.
"Hi daddy," Jessica smiles at Grant.
"Who is that back there?" Grant looks through the rear view mirror.
"It's me, daddy," Jessica says.
Grant sucks in a breath and shakes his head, "Mm, I don't know. You just got done with preschool. Skye, are you sure you have the right kid? I don't remember ours being so grown up."
"I'm pretty sure this is the right kid," Skye tells her husband. She looks down at Jessica, "But I think you may be right. This girl looks too grown up to be our baby girl."
"Definitely too grown up," Grant smiles.
"Soy yo, papá!" Jessica exclaims with a small smile. "Soy yo!"
"Are you sure?" Grant asks. Jessica nods her head. Grant lets out a playful sigh, "Alright. I guess I believe you. Should we go home now?"
Jessica nods, "Sí, por favor. Mamá, go sit in your spot so we can go home."
Skye smiles, "Okay, baby girl." Skye drops a kiss to her daughters head and then shuts the car door, walking around to the passenger side door and climbing inside.
"Look at her go," Skye smiles, watching from a bench along the wall as Jessica follows along with the instructions given to her by her gymnastics teacher. She turns her head to her husband, "Babe, are you watching her?"
Grant smiles and nods, "Yeah, I am. She's a natural."
Skye pulls her phone out and unlocks it, going right for her camera app. She holds it up in front of her and focuses it on Jessica.
"What are you doing?" Grant asks her.
"Getting a video, obviously. I think it'd be nice to document this moment and plus, I think Bobbi, Hunter, Mack, Kara, and Ben would love to see this."
Grant smiles, "Then record away."
Skye gives him a smile and then turns back to the scene in front of her, hitting the record button on the camera. She watches as her daughter stretches and tumbles all over the mat, earning praises from the teacher.
After a little while, she stops the video and then attaches it to a message for her friends First day of gymnastics is going very well so far. She's so enthusiastic about all of this; I think we may have found the perfect activity for her.
She hits send on the message and then looks back up to watch as her daughter does a somersault across the mat.
Her phone buzzing pulls her attention to it. She looks down to see a new message from Kara Oh my goodness! Look at my little ladybug go! She's so good. :)
It buzzes again with a message from Bobbi Wow. She's really good. I think she got those natural acrobatic skills from you and Grant.
Skye smiles and writes a reply to Kara Yes, she is very good. You'll have to stop by later so she can show off the new tricks she's learned today. I'm sure she'll be very excited to show you.
She hits send and then types back a reply to Bobbi Thanks. Next time you guys come by we'll have to get her to show you all the tricks she's learning.
She hits send and then looks back up to watch her daughter, a wide smile on her face.
*October*
Light arguing draws Skye's attention away from her phone and up towards the door to the lounge, seeing Bobbi and Hunter making their way inside.
"Hey guys," she says to them, grabbing their attention.
They both turn to look at her. "Hey Skye," Bobbi smiles. She and Hunter sit down on the couch across from her. "What's up?"
"Not much. Today is Jessie's class Halloween party, though," Skye tells her friends. "Grant's there with a few other parents to help out."
"He really is the perfect dad," Bobbi comments. "He's getting completely involved in everything. It's amazing."
"Yeah, he is pretty amazing," Skye smiles. "He actually sent me this picture earlier," she opens up the photo and shows it to Hunter and Bobbi. The picture shows Jessica and Ian sitting on the floor of their classroom, Jessica is dressed up as Mulan and Ian is dressed as a cowboy; they're both grinning up at the camera with a plate of treats in front of each of them.
"That's really cute," Bobbi smiles. "And I see she's dressed up as Mulan. Again."
Skye nods, "Yes, she is. Like I've said before, she really loves Mulan. I'm just hoping she doesn't try it again next year too."
"Why not?" Hunter asks. "Mulan is a perfectly acceptable character to dress up as for Halloween. What do you have against her?"
"Nothing," Skye tells him. "I just don't want her to be one of those kids who dresses up as the same exact thing every single year."
"I'm sure it'll pass," Bobbi assures her.
"Yeah, maybe."
"Are you going home for Halloween?" Bobbi asks her.
Skye nods, "Yeah, hopefully. If there isn't anything crazy happening here then I'm going to take a couple of days off."
"Need us to cover for you if Coulson starts asking questions again?" Bobbi asks.
Skye smiles, "You guys are amazing. I don't think I can ever thank you enough for everything you've done for us."
"We're more than happy to," Hunter tells her. "We see how happy Grant and Jessica make you; we don't want SHIELD to disrupt that in any way."
"Thanks," Skye smiles with tears shining in her eyes, "you guys are the absolute best, truly."
"Well I'd say that today's festivities were a very huge success," Grant tells his wife as he falls down next to her on the couch. "What do you think?"
"I think it went very well," Skye tells him. "Is our little warrior in bed?"
Grant nods, "Yes she is, still in her costume, mind you, but in bed. And I know you don't really like it, but Buddy is in her bed too."
Skye sighs, "Grant."
"She gave me those eyes, Skye, your eyes. I couldn't say no to her."
"Man, Kara and Bobbi were so right," Skye comments.
Grant furrows his brows, "Right about what?"
"That you can't say no to Jess because she has my eyes."
"Well your eyes are one of the first things I noticed about you when we first met," he smiles.
"I thought it was my boobs," she smirks, remembering that day very well.
Grant blushes slightly, "Maybe at first. Even though that was definitely your fault. But after the fact, and as I started to get to know you, your eyes are what really got me."
"And why is it that I'm just now hearing about this?"
"I thought you already knew."
She shakes her head, "Nope. Not a thing."
"Oh, well, your eyes are amazing. Some of the most amazing eyes I've ever seen in my entire life. They are so hypnotizing; I could get lost in them for hours and never deny you anything with a single look."
"Wow," Skye breathes out. "You really know how to talk to a woman."
"Only for you, Skye," he smiles. "Always only for you."
"It better stay that way," she tells him pointedly.
"Don't worry. I could never look at another woman the same way that I look at you. It's nowhere near possible. Yes, other women may be beautiful, but you are gorgeous. You're beyond gorgeous and no one can even hold a candle to you in my eyes."
"Shut up and kiss me already."
Grant smiles, leaning forward to press his lips against hers, his hands settling on her hips.
Skye smiles into kiss, deepening it as she turns and moves forward on the couch to sit closer to him, bringing one of her hands up to the back of his neck.
Sliding his hand down to grab her thigh, he gently pulls on her and leans forward until her back hits the couch and he's hovering above her.
"I love you so much," he whispers against her lips.
"Show, don't tell," Skye says, capturing his lips in hers again.
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