Love In Between The Tears

One Shot No. 1

by Trycee

Time-Line: Season 1 thru post-IWTB

Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Files, this is written for fun not profit.

"Mom, I can't," Scully said, shaking her head.

Maggie Scully smiled and placed a worn hand on top of her daughter's swollen fingers. "You can...just like you told me..."

Scully instinctively touched her still-flattened belly. "Mom...really, I can't..."

"Yes you can!", Maggie said, her voice rising slightly.

"Do you have any idea how hard it was to tell you...", Scully said, her eyebrow raised. "Mom...Bill...you know what will happen..."

"You've got to tell them..."

Scully sipped on her ice tea as the waitress placed their platters in front of them. Scully's eyes grew large at the sight of the plate of fries she was craving. "Mom...", she said, as she dipped a fry into mayonnaise. "Why can't I just tell them over the phone...or maybe you should..."

Maggie's face tightened. "You will tell them!", she said firmly.

Scully was quiet a moment and then she glanced over to her mother. "What is it?"

"Dana, I will NOT be put in the middle of you and Bill that's all...", Maggie said, pouring dressing over her salad. "I'll be there to support you...But I will not be put in the middle..."

"Okay fine...whatever...", Scully said, rolling her eyes. "I'm an adult...He'll just have to accept it..."

Maggie nodded as she chewed her food and then took a sip of water. "I won't let him get out of hand..."

"That's because he's still scared of you...", Scully smirked.

"Good...", Maggie smiled back. "But you know Bill...You know he'll be angry but in the end he just want whats best for you...and he'll be happy...after all, he does know that you weren't supposed to have babies...", she said, sighing as she smiled. "Its a miracle...and after all the trouble Bill and Tara went through to have Matthew, I know in the end he'll understand..."

"Oh that his unwed FBI sister is knocked-up by her partner, a man he hates?"

Maggie's cheeks reddened. Scully licked her lips. "I guess you're shocked that Mulder and I...we're together..."

Maggie shook her head no, a smile on her face."Dana, you're grown...," Maggie said, sipping on her water. "There's no surprise to anyone that Fox is the father...I knew the minute you told me...I could tell from the time you met him that you like him and even later that you loved him...I could tell from when I met him, when you were missing that he was in love with you...and I'm sure that even Bill will recognize how much you love each other...and what a miracle this was..."

"You're taking this all so well...", Scully said, as her eyes dropped down to her plate. She stared at the cooling plate of fries as her stomach growled. She looked over to her mother. "Are you disappointed in me?"

Maggie smiled and touched her hand. "Oh Dana...I couldn't be happier...Well...except that you were married to Fox...but no...I'm not disappointed in you...I could never be disappointed in you..."

"Bill will be...", she sighed and began to dig into her fries, dipping them into mayo as a pregnancy hunger pang struck her.

"Bill will get over it...", Maggie said, dismissively. "Now...When Mulder is found...I guess there'll be a lot to talk about..."

Scully glanced down at her belly and placed a small hand over her stomach. "Yeah...it will be..."

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