Author's Note: SO, IN THIS STORY MULDER WAS NEVER ABDUCTED. I DO NOT OWN ANY PART OF THE X-FILES OR ANY OF THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS. I HOPE THOSE WHO READ THIS LIKE IT. PLEASE WRITE A REVIEW. CO-WRITTEN WITH ANAKINPADMESKYWALKER ~anakinpadmeskywalker#

Fertility was never an easy struggle.

As soon as Mulder told Scully about her remaining ova's, she felt the myriad of symptoms—her body shook, she lost her breath, and she felt every ounce of control leave her body. It was as if she had forgotten how to breathe, and not thirty seconds later she felt her worldview darken and tilt as she collapsed on to the hard floor of the elevator.

"Scully…Scully?" Mulder caught her just in time, right before the back of her head hit the left wall of the elevator. Scooping her up in his arms, Mulder proceeded to take her to the couch in their office. After a quick assessment, her pressed a wet cloth to Scully's forehead and cheeks.

Scully's eyes popped open, she abruptly sat up and grabbed Mulder's left hand, squeezing it tightly as she asked one question that would set her on a mission of hope and determination. "Mulder, is it true?"

Mulder could see the pain and need in her eyes. "Yes, Scully, I found them. But only four of them are viable." Mulder took her right hand and proceeded to place a light kiss on the tops of both her hands; he felt her pain and wanted to do anything he could to alleviate it.

"Mulder, I have to try, I need to try. I can't let them go to waste knowing I never tried to save, to let them have a chance to grow." A tear began to streak down her face.

"How do you want to do this? I mean….you need a father, Dana. I can help, my friend's sister had In Vitro four years ago and she just looked at donor files. If you want I can get the name of the clinic for you."

"Mulder, I want to have my doctor look at them first, I don't want to get my hopes up if they are not viable."

He simply nodded.

One week later

Scully was stunned as she received the news; indeed four of the ova were completely healthy and viable. Some small, skeptical part of her had believed that her chances for a child were long gone; as she heard of the unexpected viability, she felt those doubts dissolve and drift away as though they had never existed.

She had given a lot of thought to the gravity of the situation as she'd waited for the results; what once was a quick decision now seemed to carry a lot more weight and with it, consequences. She knew exactly who she wanted to be the child's "father"; she would not look in the donor bank to pick a random man to be the father, the only child she could see in her life is the child of Fox William Mulder. Her trusted partner and friend, she had begun to realize how important he was to her. Her mind made up, she had even begun to envision a child with both of their features and personality quirks.

Mulder was currently on his way over to her apartment, not knowing what he was walking into or what Scully actually wanted to talk to him about.

Scully was completely lost in her thoughts of how she was going to ask Mulder; so lost that she never heard the ten knocks at her door, or even when Mulder used his emergency key to open the apartment door.

"Scully…... Scully!" Mulder stood right in front of her, taking her hands into his.

"Oh, Mulder I'm so sorry I didn't hear you come in."

"Scully, it's fine don't worry," he said to reassure her. His investigative instincts kicked in and he'd thought she'd been under attack; now he was only relieved that had been a false alarm.

Scully stood up, still holding onto Mulder's right hand. She never let go until she reached the sofa.

The pair sat for over two minutes in complete silence. Mulder did not take his eyes off her once, and Scully was unable to raise her eyes from the ground, where they currently focused, to meet Mulder's.

Finally, when the silence was no longer bearable for Mulder, he removed his left hand from Scully's, noting that the absence felt almost painful for him. He placed his index and middle finger under Scully's chin and began to lift her face, only to stop at her forehead as he placed a light but loving kiss to her chin, moving the rest of her head so he could see her beautiful eyes.

"Scully, please tell me what I am doing here? if it's the cancer….If its back, please just tell me. I will be right here to fight it with you again."

As Scully began to cry Mulder could see that something was either very wrong or very good. "Scully? Is it the ova's? Are they ok, or are they ruined?"

"They are completely perfect!" she stated, and Mulder felt both relief and surprise rush through him. Scully let out all the air that she had forgotten she was holding in and Mulder took her into a warm and loving embrace.

"Mulder, I have given this a lot of thought over the past four years. Ever since the cancer, when they told me….When the doctors said I could never have children, the first thing that I thought was that I probably never would have had any, with anyone but…" Scully paused and looked back to the floor.

Mulder quickly connected the dots, " Is it me Scully, right, it's me?"

Scully nodded her head.

"Scully, when you walked in the door of the X-files Unit that very first day, after just talking with you for five minutes, I told myself that this is the woman I want to marry; this is the one who I want in my life from that point on, and I have never stopped loving you."

Scully's gaze met Mulder's. "You never said anything, you never said one word."

"Scully, I never said anything because my life, my mission, my guilt, and my need to find the truth affects every part of my life; it took things from both of us. But everything that has happened to you, it's my fault."

"I choose to follow you, I choose to be by your side through every crazy adventure. Every boggy man and every hairy monster, Mulder. I love what we do." She said, and he could hear the passion and sincerity in her voice.

"Then you understand that I don't want this to come between us, and I don't want this to become awkward."

Scully did not understand what Mulder what implying, but simply replied "Yes…. I understand." And the decision was made.

"Ok then Scully, let's do this, let's give you a baby." Mulder grabbed Scully into his arms, wanting to hold her as close as possible.

Six weeks later

Scully came home to a dark apartment and a snoring Mulder sleeping on her sofa. As Scully closed the door, she accidentally woke Mulder.

"Scully! Hey, sorry I waited but I haven't been getting much sleep since…. well, you know."

Scully began to tear up. As she put her purse down on the chair by the door, she took off her jacket and placed it on top of her purse.

"Scully…..um, what did the doctor say?" Mulder stood up and turned on the lamp beside the sofa. Looking at Scully's face he could see the tears and complete sadness in her eyes, sadness that had taken over Scully's entire body. It would be apparent to anyone how sad she was at that very moment.

"It didn't take, did it?" Mulder had no idea what to do, he wanted to grab her and hold her, to take this incredible pain away from her.

"No, Mulder…. I'm so late because I was at the…. the hospital. It did take, I just wasn't strong enough to help it stay. To help it grow." Scully walked away, off to her bedroom, and left Mulder standing in the same position for ten minutes; all he felt was pain all over.

How could she think that this was her fault? Mulder wondered. And despite all of his training, all of his skills, he was lost; he didn't know what to do or say to Scully.

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