Here goes part 2. I hope you guys like it. Thank you so much for reading! =D Have an awesome day. xD
Scully was grazing cheese in the kitchen when she heard the sound of Mulder's car pulling up in the driveway. The two of them seemed to be in a good mood today. Their giggly chatter was audible even before the door opened.
'Hi mom!' William greeted her as he threw his backpack in the living room. Scully couldn't see him from where she was standing but she thought there was a hint of mischief in his voice.
'Hi Will. How's everything today?'
'So so, mom. But things just turned surprisingly interesting…' William answered mysteriously as he walked into the kitchen. Scully gave her son a questioning glance only to get an even more mysterious grin from him.
William hovered around the bubbling tomato sauce on the stove and sniffed appreciatively: 'Hoo boy! This smell so good…!'
Scully almost jumped at the comment. Now she was positive there was some mocking amusement in his voice and this time, she would not let it go so easily. Especially if whatever he was up to had something to do with her. She raised her eyebrow and turned her full attention to William, preparing to get the truth out of him. But before she could begin her questions, William had quickly made his escape. He hollered cheerily as he ran into the living room and made his way upstairs: 'I'm taking a shower. See you later, mom!'
'Ahem… Scully, it's me.' Mulder called her gingerly as he came into the kitchen. He had not said a word and was uncharacteristically quiet since they came home. This, coupled with his rather sheepish voice, made Scully start to suspect he knew what was going on with William, if not in on the secret with him.
'Mulder, what's with you and William?'
'Oh uhm nothing special, no big deal. Ahem…. anyway I'll go set the table because you've been working hard today and you still have to cook and, you know… Bye!'
At the dinner table
'So, William is doing a school play this Halloween.'
'Yeah, it's going to be on a Friday evening, four weeks from now. Can you guys come?'
'Of course!' Mulder and Scully answered in unison.
'Thanks for inviting us, Will. But are you playing any parts or are you working on the script or backstage?' asked Scully.
'Well I'll be working on the script because I don't really like being on stage… But if we can't get enough people for all the parts then I'll probably have to play one of the extras I guess.'
'Oh okay. And what is it going to be about?'
William has been dreading this question from his mom since his dad mentioned the play. He wasn't so sure if he could tell Scully the part with the girl crushing on a vampire without bursting out laughing. Actually, he has been having a hard time trying not to chuckle to himself the whole evening whenever he looked at Scully and imagine his mom 'Hoo boy!' a guy who had a 'slight overbite'.
'Uhm… there is this vampire, and a girl. And… mom it's kind of like Twilight. Do you know that book?'
'Oh yeah. I know that series. I didn't read it but it was all over the magazines a while ago. You mean they're romantically attracted to each other and all?'
'Yeah…' He breathed a relieved sigh and looked up to see his dad winking at him. Mulder was up to something again.
'Uhm hey…' Mulder slightly touched Scully's arm, drawing her attention.
'Yes Mulder?'
'Would you mind passing me the salt… Dana?'
William burst out laughing so hard he almost spat out his pumpkin soup.
Dinner passed without any other incidents except for Scully's occasional death stares at Mulder, who was being even more characteristically exuberant than usual. He had her big time. Or so he thought.
Later in the evening, William was poring over the latest issue of UFO & Co. when he saw Scully standing at the door.
'Hey. Can I come in?'
'Yeah sure mom. Hang on, let me clear the chair first.' William lifted the sky-high stack of books and magazines from his chair and put it haphazardly on the floor. Scully's face lit up with an amused smile. He is definitely Mulder's child.
'Okay now there's room for you. Sorry for the mess… what's up mom?'
'Well… I just want to have a chat. Are you studying?'
'Oh no I wasn't! Bring it on mom, I'm all ears!' William grinned, his smile a perfect mini version of Mulder's boyish face.
'So, dad told you about the vampire case, didn't he? With an emphasis on how taken up I was with the buck-teethed sheriff? The Dana thing?'
'Hahhahaha yeah… you knew it when he teased you during dinner, didn't you? Don't worry mom I was joking about it but I think in a way that's pretty cute too, although rather funny… I mean the guy must have looked fairly… normal?'
Scully couldn't help but chuckle: 'Cute, huh?'
'Yeah! I'm serious! I also find it quite interesting too, mostly because it's you.'
'What do you mean because it's me?'
William scratched his hair as he found himself caught with a question he never thought about: 'Mom, you know what I mean. If it was just a story with a random girl I would have laughed at the cliché but you're… I don't know. You seem… different. What I mean is, you're kind of special. And uhm… you're my mom… and… yeah.'
'Will, my embarrassing moments aside, did dad tell you anything about his involvement in the case?
'Kind of… he said he drove a stake through a guy's heart but no one believed that was the vampire so everyone was mad at him and he was in some kind of trouble with his boss. But it turned out that the guy was a vampire so he was right all along. Yeah I think that's what he said.'
'That's it?'
'I think so? You mean there's more?'
'Did he say anything about his being drugged?'
'Oh yeah he said something about the pizza guy was the vampire and there was some chemicals in the pizza that made him sleep. When he woke up, he saw the vampire and ran after it. Oh and you were there too. But yeah I think that's pretty much it.'
'He said the drug made him sleep?'
'Yeah… Wait mom you mean there's more to this case?'
'Absolutely. Dad just told you half of it. The less interesting half. He left out all the juicy details involving him.'
'Whoa whoa mom tell me the rest please! You got me so curious!'
Scully knitted her eyebrows, feigning a concerned expression: 'Well… I don't think dad would want you to know… It's quite… amusing.'
'Come on mom! Please! I mean after all he did tell me your embarrassing story! And he teased you too! It's only fair if you tell me his!'
'Before I tell you, William, let me ask you something first.'
'Yes, mom?'
Scully lowered her voice mysteriously:
'How would you like a little conspiracy?'
(to be continued)
