Scorpion: A New Member

Chapter 28: Why?

PAIGES POV
I walk into the garage the next day, Happy is sitting at the counter eating an apple it looks like she just woke up. She then walks over to her station, she has a small limp but she looks a lot better. I walk over to Walter who is at the chalk board teaching Meghan about hacking or something. Meghan is day dreaming.
"Oh good your here next is Spanish." He tells me.
"Ok I'm ready." I say. I walk over to the chalk board and put a few Spanish words on the board.
"Ok Meghan what does como te llamas mean?" I wait for her response.
"Meghan?" Then she snaps back into reality. She takes a quick glance at the board and says
"What's your name. Why do I have to take Spanish any way I'm Puerto Rican and Spanish was my first language I don't think this is necessary." She responds. I walk over and sit next to her.
"What were you thinking about?" I ask her.
"I can't stop thinking about my dad. Why the hell was he there? And why the hell did he help us?" She tells me a tear running down her cheek.
"I don't know." I respond grabbing her hand. Then Cabe walks in
"We have a case!" He shouts.
"What is it?" Walter asks.
"I'll tell you when we get there." He says.
"Oh and Meghan we're taking your jeep."
"Why?" She asks wiping the tear from her cheek.
"That's need to know." Cabe responds. We all pile into her army green jeep, luckily it has a back seat. Meghan drives, Walter sits in the passengers seat and Toby, Happy and I squeeze into the back seat. Cabe takes Slyvester in his car. Cabe then hands Meghan an address. She drives down to the address.
"She drives like me." I hear Happy whisper to Toby. When we drive up its a small building that looks vacant. We all know what this 'Case' is but Meghan doesn't. We walk into the building and see Meghan's father standing there. We all look at Meghan who's eyes get big.
"Hi honey." He says looking at Meghan.
"W-what are you doing here?" She asks him her voice shaking but angry.
"I'm here to see you sweetheart there was no case." He says looking at the team.
"Don't call me sweetheart you left."
"I'm you father."
"Not since you left."
"Why did you help us? And how did you know where we were?" She asks him.
"I didn't know you were going to be there. I walked in there because I go there to get equipment everyday. When I saw what was going on I was confused and shocked and then I saw you and I had to help. I was hoping you wouldn't remember me." He says looking at Meghan with so much love. She looks down at her dirty black converse.
"I see you still have those converse." He says looking at her shoes.
"I never take them off." She responds. After a while of silence she blurts out
"Why did you leave me?"
"We're going to wait outside." I say gesturing the team out of the building. I close the door but we can still their conversation.
"I wanted what was best for you, you had so much potential. You were so intelligent and could do so much in this world, I would just hold you back."
"So you think the best thing to do is leave an 11 year old alone with no food or money."
"I was often drunk and have a gambling problem. When I was drunk I had no control over what I did and I didn't want to hurt. I knew you could make it on your own. Look at how far you have come."
"Yeah your right I'm in a team of geniuses with a home and a family. I don't need you, I never needed you." There's a moment of silence and then Meghan says.
"You didn't want to hurt me but when you left that was the worst pain I have ever felt. What do you think Maxwell would have thought?" She says. Who is Maxwell? Does she have a brother I don't know about?
"He would have thought you were has tough, strong and intelligent has I think you are."
"Don't us my intelligence as an excuse. What do you really think he would have said. I think he would have agreed with me and said your a huge frickin jerk."
"I never meant to hurt you."
"Yeah well that's exactly what you did."
"I'm sorry baby I love you."
"Don't call me baby, because I'm not your baby, not anymore." She says and I hear her walking to the door we all back away from the door and she walks out. She slams the door and jumps into her car.
"Walter your driving." She tells him. He doesn't question just gets into the drivers seat, I sit in the passengers seat and Meghan squeezes in the back with Happy and Toby. Her face red and angry. I look back and can see that she is shaking. I get Toby's attention and tilt my head towards Meghan.
"Are you ok?" Toby asks Meghan.
"Don't talk to me." She says looking out the window. Her breathing getting heavy.
"Meghan I think your having an anxiety attack." He tells her. Happy looks over at her upset and scared.
"Yeah that's probably the best thing to tell a person who is having a anxiety attack." Walter says sarcastically without taking his eyes of the road.
"Meghan you need to relax, calm down, breathe." Toby says. Meghan takes a few deep breathes and tries to relax, it doesn't work right away but after a few minutes she calms down and then she falls a sleep with her head on the window.
"Is this what it was like at school?" I ask Toby quietly.
"No, by the looks of it the attack was a lot worse at school, because she didn't have anybody to calm her down." I look at Walter god I am so in love with him. That's something for another time though I have to focus on what is happening right in front of me.
I can tell that Toby thinks of her as a sister. When we get back to the garage Toby wakes up Meghan we walk inside and then Meghan grabs her keys.
"I'm going for a drive." She shouts and closes the door before anyone can respond.