A/N: This happens after the last scene in the episode "All Things" and is my idea of what happened after.

Disclaimer: I do not own The X-Files Chris Carter, 1013 productions and Fox do; nor do I own how the characters behave Gillian and David do.

How We Are

The relationship starts.

As we were talking about a little thing called fate she must have fallen asleep; something that I wish I could do so easily like her. So I pull an American Indian print blanket over to cover her and push a strand of her beautiful hair behind her ear and caress her face softly. I watch her for a few more seconds then get up to lock the door to my apartment and turn off the kitchen light and go to the bathroom. When I come out I sit back on the couch and place a pillow on my lap then move her head onto the pillow in my lap. I let her sleep there knowing that it would still be a few hours before I would find sleep myself.

It was while I was watching her that I saw a future not of me in that basement office but of me in a baseball field teaching a red headed, hazel eyed little boy how to hit a baseball with a boy who could have been me at 12 years old pitching to us. While out in the outfield, a red headed women was teaching a little girl with hair the color of milk chocolate how to kick a soccer ball while a teenage girl was lost in her phone reading and replying to various texts from friends and ignored her parents and younger siblings. With a start I realize that this is my family; my kids and my wife. I look over at my wife and see that it is Scully but she has let her hair grow out to where instead of being near her shoulders her hair is now past her shoulder blades.

As soon as the vision came it went and in its place was the most beautiful women I have or will ever meet. When that thought crossed my mind I leaned down and kissed her cheek. That action must have woken her up. She opened her eyes sat up from her spot on my lap. She turned to me and asked: "Mulder why did you just kiss me on my cheek?" I just starred at her dumbfounded that she felt that; I thought that she was pretty much out for the night. She stared at me and confusion was in her eyes.

"Wait did you just kiss me on the cheek or was that just a wonderful dream?" Her voice may have been confused but to him it was the most seductive thing on the planet. He started laughing at the question she just asked him. Her eyes narrowed as he laughed, and upon seeing this I stopped laughing.

Taking a deep breath I looked at her and asked "And why would me kissing you on the cheek be a 'wonderful' dream?" I teased her gently then became serious. "And to answer your second question: yes I did just kiss you on your cheek, as to your first question I kissed you on the cheek because I thought you were asleep so I didn't kiss you on your lips like I wanted to."

"Why would you want to kiss me on the lips, Mulder?" she asked as she laid her head on my shoulder.

Here it was the moment I really tell her how I feel. Here's the moment that I tell her that I have loved her for years. I take a deep breath the steady my own nerves and I tell her "Well I thought a kiss of any kind was a way to tell someone that you love and care for them." She sits up so fast that I could swear she was just granted super-human speed. She stares directly into my eyes, I think she is searching for some clue that I am joking and finding nothing she replies.

"It is one way, perhaps not the best way though. But answer me this then: why would you want to tell me such a thing? She asks eyes still boring into mine.

"Because DANA I love you with all my heart and I want us to be together I want us to raise a family. I want to teach my kids how to play baseball and soccer. Dana Scully I want you to be with me, to stand by my side and give me the occasional kick in the ass. You have become my life. You are the only women I see." I finished in a rush and then close my eyes not wanting to look at her and see rejection. I stay like that for what felt like an eternity then I felt soft lips on my lips and then her hand along the side of my face.

"Fox William Mulder, open your eyes and look at me." She told me in a serious tone that I cannot ignore or disregard so I open my eyes and I look directly at her. "I love you to, Mulder"

And with those simple words she kissed me with such passion that I wondered why I didn't tell her sooner. The kiss seemed to last forever and yet not long enough. When she broke off the kiss, she stood up and grabbed my hand pulling me up and as she led me towards my bedroom she said "I wouldn't have it any other way"

Then we sailed off into the sunrise of our passion. Not knowing what was waiting for us in the outside world and not caring in the least.