This is Home

October 2020

So are you gonna tell them today?" Daniel asked.

Daisy sat in the seat across from him. It was time for the monthly get-together with her family. She had the device that put her into the framework in her hand. She wasn't quite prepared to tell them during their last meeting in September. This resulted in Jemma texting her to do it soon because she could barely keep it to herself. "Yeah. I mean, I can't hide it forever." Daisy was still a few weeks shy of halfway through her pregnancy, but she was already showing. If she wore loose clothing, like she had during their last meeting, no one could really tell. She wore a loose top again today, but she knew by the next couple of meetings, even her loose clothes wouldn't be able to hide it, especially with the news they found out a few weeks ago. "Here goes nothing," she said before connecting herself to the framework.

She was surprised to see that everyone was already there. Usually, she was either the first or second one there. Was pregnancy brain already getting to her? "Better late than never," Coulson said as she took her seat next to him.

"Hey, guys," she replied with a smile. Seeing her family always brought her joy. She sat with her arms slightly crossed over her stomach, which she had been doing a lot lately.

The team got right into their conversations, updating everyone on how they've been. Elena mentioned that she, Piper, and Davis had come across some more Inhumans. Mack was still working a bunch of classified missions, but he finally was able to tell them that his thing in Moscow in August was with Bobbi and Hunter. He let them know what the two of them were doing really well, and send their hello's to them. May mentioned that Flint was one of the tops of his class, and he'd be in the field in no time. Coulson told them all about his travels thus far, and Fitzsimmons told them how well Alya was doing in kindergarten. However, Fitz had expressed that they should've homeschooled her since she had already told her classmates that she had family members working for a spy agency, two of her aunts were part alien and had superpowers, one of her uncles was from the 1950s, and her parents were once trapped at the bottom of the ocean, but Jemma said it was good for her to be around kids her age, despite how much more intelligent Alya may be. Luckily the teacher just thought the young girl had a wild imagination.

Daisy hadn't really thought of a way on how she was going to tell them she was pregnant. That was until she remembered there were two important things happening on a certain date. "The meeting in April is supposed to be on the 14th, right?" The others thought about it before confirming it. "So, depending on circumstances, I may not be able to make it to that one."

The group, aside from Jemma, all looked at her in confusion and shock. They had discussed that it would be no problem if one of them had to miss some meetings here and there due to scheduling, but Daisy seemed like the kind of person who would still go no matter what. "Why is that? Is everything okay?" Mack asked, worried for his former partner.

"Oh, no yeah, everything's fine." Daisy's heart felt like it was going to beat out of her chest. She took a breath before continuing. Here goes nothing. "It's just...that's my due date."

There was a moment of silence as the team was processing what Daisy had just said. Suddenly, they all started talking over each other at once. There was a collective outburst of "What?", "You're pregnant!?", "Really!?", and "When did this happen?" Even though there was a bit of commotion, Daisy could see all the excitement on their faces and hear the happiness in their voices.

"Finally!" Jemma said, who looked like she was holding her breath or biting her tongue (or both) the whole time.

"You knew?!" Fitz asked surprised.

"I had Jemma run an anatomy analysis," Daisy explained. "Due to it being a more personal matter, I wanted her to do it."

"I am so happy I got to be a part of it," Jemma replied, placing her hand over Daisy's.