{Chapter 25}
It wasn't long before Daisy went to sleep and Melinda stayed in the hotel until she was needed. She sat on the edge of the bed and pet her daughters head, when she heard the hotel room door open. Melinda walked out of the room to see Spencer was there, so she relaxed and leaned against the wall.
"How is she?" Spencer asked her as he placed his bag down on the counter.
Melinda sighed, "She's ok, just went to sleep. I need to talk to you about something."
Spencer nodded and gestured for her to talk making her sigh.
"Have you thought about kids?" Melinda asked crossing her arms staring at him with wonder
Spencer's eyes widened at her question before answering, "I have. Why?"
Melinda tilted her head towards where Daisy was sleeping, making Spencer connect the dots and his jaw dropped.
"Is she-"
"We don't know, yet, for sure. I'm gonna run to the grocery store and grab a couple tests and have her take them." Melinda tells him before walking out of the hotel room
She closed the door and turned to see Aaron there making her jump lightly, "Jesus! Don't do that!"
Aaron chuckled at her scared state, "I'm sorry. I just wanted to come check on Daisy. Is she alright?"
Melinda nodded after calming down, "Yeah, she's fine. However, I think she's pregnant, so I'm gonna head to the store. I'll be back."
Aaron frowned and grabbed her arm, stopping her, "At this late at night?"
Melinda turned to him with a confused look, "It's not even that late out."
"At least let me come with you. It's not safe out here in the middle of the night." Aaron suggests hoping she'll let him come with
Melinda sighed as she texted Spencer telling him what's going on, "Fine."
Aaron smiled and gestured for her to lead the way.
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The two walked down the sidewalk as it was walking distance from the hotel. They walked in silence as a gust of wind blew, making Melinda shiver due to leaving her jacket in the hotel room.
Aaron noticed and looked at her, "You cold? You want my blazer?"
Melinda shook her head and hugged herself as they walked into the store. Melinda sighed glad that there was heat in the store, before heading to get the pregnancy tests and other things. Aaron's phone goes off making him check to see it was David. He turned to Melinda and placed a hand on her shoulder making her look at him.
"Is it ok if I take this?" Aaron asks
Melinda waved her hand basically saying 'go ahead' and he walked out of the store to answer the call.
Aaron pressed answer and put it to his ear, "Hey. Everything ok?"
David's voice was heard from the other side but it was in a teasing tone, "Everything's great. How's shopping with Agent May?"
Aaron rolled his eyes lightly at his friends way of asking about how it was that they got to basically hang out by themselves.
"It's fine." Aaron responded
David scoffed, "Fine? Surely it's more than that. You pouted a whole week after what happened at the club, now you have her with you and it's like you guys are already acting like a married couple. Going to the store for your daughter with the daughter's mother."
Aaron looked down as he smiled at the thought of Daisy being his daughter before replying, "Bye, Rossi."
He heard David chuckle before hanging up as Melinda walked out with the bags, with a annoyed look on her face.
Aaron walked over and walked side by side with her, "You alright?"
Melinda sighed, "That cashier needs to mind her business."
Aaron chuckled before taking the bags from her so she didn't have to hold them.
"I can hold them just fine, you know." Melinda tells him
She was trying to take the bags back only for him to move them out of her reach. She sighed and stubbornly let him hold the bags before another cold breeze came. She shivered again, making Aaron stop and put the bags on the ground. She went to ask what he was doing, before she saw him taking his blazer off. He wrapped it around her shoulders and picked back up the bags as they continued walking. Melinda had a light blush on her cheeks as she's never had someone do that before.
"Was that ok?" Aaron asks noticing her surprise to what he did
Melinda nodded and put her arms through the sleeves, which was a little too big on her. Aaron looked at her and admired her beautiful black hair as it blew through the wind.
She looked at him and noticed him staring, "What?"
He shook his head and looked ahead, "Nothing."
She stopped walking making him stop as well, "No, tell me."
Aaron cleared his throat and turned to her, "I'm just admiring you."
Melinda scoffed lightly and looked away, making him grab her hand causing her to look back at him.
Her eyes went back to his as he spoke, "I'm serious. You are one of the most amazing woman I've ever met. When I saw your file for the first time, I was shocked by your beauty. Then I met you and I wasn't just stunned by your beauty anymore, I was stunned by your voice, personality, just everything about you. Then I met your daughter, your beautiful daughter. She is a spitting image of you and that made me admire you more. You had a great daughter and came here to work with her to protect her. Nobody I've known would have done what you did. I know I haven't been the best for showing that and I realized that when I made you upset. I will apologize as much as you need me to, to fix that mistake." Melinda had tears well up in her eyes at his words, making him cup her face and continue, "I know that after Andrew that it's been difficult to find someone who can be the best father figure for Daisy, even though she doesn't need one, because she has a strong, powerful, and capable mother like you. You are an amazing mother and I hope that I can help be in both of your lives. Jack keeps asking me when he'll see Daisy, Kai, and you again."
Melinda chuckled at the thought of the little boy wanting to see her little family again. They were in front of the hotel not realizing the team, including Daisy, heard the whole thing as the window was open to get some air. The two gazed into each other's eyes for a while before they both began to lean in. It was slow for both in case someone wanted to lean away. Instead of that, a car drove by honking at them, scaring them.
Aaron cleared his throat as Melinda looked down before looking back at him, "I should take these in for Daisy. Thank you for your words and I would really like you and Jack in our life."
She kissed his cheek and walked inside, making him blush before going in as well.
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Melinda walked into Daisy's hotel room and gave her the tests, only to receive a smirk from her daughter and her boyfriend.
"What?" Melinda asked confused by the stare she was given by her daughter
Daisy gestured to the blazer she had been given by Aaron, making Melinda look at it and widened her eyes. She forgot she had it on but didn't take it off.
Melinda began clearing her throat, "It's not what you think."
Daisy giggled and shook her head, "What do you mean? I've seen the closeness between you two come back and I'm happy for you two."
She smiled glad that her mother and her boss were getting along well again. She was upset when they stopped talking to one another, because Aaron was beginning to be a father figure to her and he broke it. Spencer took the bags from Melinda and gave the tests to Daisy.
She sighed with anxiety before looking at the two people she really cared for, "I'll be back."
Daisy walked into the bathroom as Spencer sat on the couch and Melinda paced the room, waiting for the results.
Spencer looked at the woman who became like a second mother figure, "What was it like when you found out you were expecting?"
Melinda stopped pacing and looked at him, "I was nervous. Never expected to be a mother so young, but I always wanted kids. I let Andrew know and he left, leaving me alone to raise a baby. Good thing I had my parents to help because I was so young, younger than you two, to raise a baby on my own. When I saw Daisy for the first time, I knew that she was going to be my main priority and that I want to make sure she never gets hurt, only to fail with Ward, Miles, and Lincoln."
She looked down at the floor, not hearing Spencer stand up and walk over to her.
He pulled her into a hug, making her tense up, "Reid, you are not a hugger and neither am I."
He chuckled softly as he placed his chin on her shoulder, "I will always allow you to hug me. You are like a second mother to me."
Melinda relaxed and hugged back, making him squeeze tight before pulling away. They both heard the bathroom door open, making them look at her with concern.
Daisy then let out a smile and held the pregnancy tests up, "I'm pregnant!"
Spencer smiled and ran towards her, picking her up to spin her around, making her giggle at his excitement. Melinda let out a small smile as her daughter was pregnant and happy.
"You are gonna have to call grandma." Melinda reminds her
She knew her mother and father would be happy to hear the news. Daisy nodded and excitedly grabbed her phone, before going to call her grandparents.
Melinda pat Spencer's shoulder, "I'm gonna head to my hotel room. Tell her I'll talk to her tomorrow."
He smiled and nodded, letting her leave the room to get some sleep. She was basically wasting sleep for her daughter, and he couldn't be prouder to have her as the baby's grandmother. Melinda walked out of the room, after grabbing her stuff, to see Derek walking out of the room, which he was sharing with Emily.
"Hey, you ok?" Derek asked her with concern
Melinda let out a nod, "Yes. Just who am I sharing room with?"
He smiled and gestured to a door, "JJ. Room next door."
Melinda nodded and walked to the door and opened it, making the blonde woman to jump at the sound of the door opening.
JJ relaxed when she saw it was Melinda, "Geez! You scared me!"
"Sorry." Melinda replied simply before dropping her bag next to the door
JJ looked at her, noticing the blazer and smirked to herself.
Melinda looked to the two beds and gestured to them, "Is there a way you want to do this?"
JJ shrugged, "You can pick whichever bed. I'll be fine with whatever."
Melinda nodded and sat down on a bed, while she checked her phone. She was talking to Phil as he was talking to her about something that she and Daisy knew a lot about, Terrigan Crystals. Melinda knew a lot because not only was her daughter affected by them, but so was her ex husband. She then remembered the question that she was asked by Derek before Aaron and Beth broke up. What if she was affected as well? What kind of power would she receive? Melinda was brought out of her thoughts when a hand snapped in her face.
"Agent May, you ok?"
JJ looked at the woman with concern and worry, because she was zoned out for almost a whole hour.
Melinda looked at her and nodded, "I'm fine. Sorry."
JJ looked at the phone to see a picture of blue crystals, "What is that?"
Melinda looked down at her phone again and sighed, "Sit."
JJ sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at her with curiosity.
"These are known as Terrigan Crystals. They may look like ordinary crystals but they are deadly depending on if you can handle it." Melinda informs her
JJ frowned, "What do you mean?"
She was confused on what she meant by 'if you can handle it'.
Melinda turned to her with seriousness, "These crystals have a dust inside that if you are exposed to it, you get enveloped with a husk all over even over your face."
"Oh god!" JJ mutters covering her mouth with both hands
"That's not the end of it. If you are worthy, you live and get powers." Melinda tells her with a serious look
JJ nodded before frowning curiously, "What if you're not worthy?"
Melinda frowned solemnly, "Death."
JJ looked at her with curiosity, "Do you know anybody who's survived?"
Melinda nodded, "Daisy and Andrew. Also one of my co-workers from SHIELD, Yoyo."
JJ nodded before she looked at her with curiosity, "Do you think that if you experienced it, that you would survive?"
The older woman shook her head and muttered, "I don't know. If I did, I'd be terrified and hoped I'm able to control it."
JJ smiled lightly and pat her arm before going to bed, leaving Melinda to sit on her bed with thought.
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