Believe Everything
Part 3
by Trycee
Time-Line: 2 Yrs Post IWTB
Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Files. It's owned by Chris Carter. This is written for fun not profit.
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Baltimore, Maryland
"Dana!", Monica Reyes said, as she wrapped her long arms around the smaller petite woman. "It's been two years since I've seen or heard from you!"
"Monica!", Scully beamed. "I'm so sorry I haven't called you...we've gotten wrapped up in our own lives!"
The two friends continued hugging each other. "I forgive you!", Monica smiled, walking arm and arm with Scully heading for the luggage pickup area.
"How's Mulder doing?"
Scully smiled again. "He's fine...Started his own paranormal business..."
Monica searched for her luggage. "Oh yeah? Now that they're not chasing him down..."
"Yeah. What about you? Working as an Agent in Mexico City? How is it there?"
"Hot...as usual...Lots of UFO sightings there...I'm a busy woman...", she smiled with her dark eyes to her friend.
"Mulder is now working with MUFON..."
Monica looked concerned. "Isn't that dangerous? I mean...wouldn't that expose you both to 'them'?"
Scully sighed. "That's what I told him...but you know Mulder..."
"Not that well," Monica smiled, finally spotting her bag. She grabbed it up. "I didn't get the opportunity to get to know him that well..."
"Oh...well...he's stubborn of course...", she said, glancing down to her hands.
"Hence the argument that lead you here..."
"Exactly," Scully nodded as she lead the way out of the airport. "But we're fine now...my mother kind of talked to me...We're alike she and I..."
"Oh?", Monica said, opening her luggage and pulling out her trademark black leather jacket. She slipped it on. "I forgot how cold it is here...And the snow."
"Yeah...in Mexico it probably stays pretty humid most of the time..."
"It does...but being back there as an adult this time has really changed things for me...brought me closer to my Mexican heritage."
"Oh?", Scully said, snatching Reyes bag from her hand and tossing it into her car in the parking garage.
"Yeah...You know I grew up in Mexico, right?"
"Yes..."
"Well...actually I was born in Austin, Texas to a young white mother...name unknown...but was immediately swept up and sent to live with my famous Lawyer birth father and his new wife who issued my birth certificate in Mexico. I was put up for adoption soon after wards...I was told she didn't want to raise his child with another woman..."
"I'm so sorry...", Scully interjected.
Monica waved it off. "I was soon adopted by the Reyes family who were a mixed Mexican/White family just like myself. My mother thought I'd have more opportunities if I went to college in the states where the closest anyone ever comes to something Mexican is Taco Bell.", she laughed.
Scully was sitting next to her in the car and listening intently. Her own thoughts were going back to William and what his experiences might be having.
Monica could sense her friends feelings. "Adopted children...they often-times have a sixth sense about them...that whether they're told they're adopted or not, they often can feel there's something different about them. Its a bond between the child and they're biological parents that is just present within them...Its a bond that can't be broken..."
Scully looked into Monica's dark brown eyes and smiled. "Tell me more about Mexico...", she said, exiting out of the parking garage.
"Well...when I was lucky to be re-assigned back to Mexico after the whole situation with you and Mulder...but honestly moving back to Mexico as an adult was a culture shock of sorts. I took alot for granted as a child and coming back and seeing things with fresh eyes...it truly shocked me and I tried to distance myself at first but then I realized it's my culture and its been a great experience ever since...and I get to work on my own version of the X-Files there."
Scully nodded proudly. "Thats wonderful, Monica. That's what you wanted."
"Yeah...and did I ever tell you how proud I am for getting re-certified to become a Pediatric Surgeon?"
Scully blushed. "Thanks...It wasn't easy especially with all the worry about Mulder...but it worked out...I feel blessed to have worked some incredible cases..."
"You've saved a lot of lives," Monica said pointedly.
Scully looked surprised as she gripped the steering wheel. "Yes...I have..."
"A boy...in particular...You didn't give up..."
"I forgot you could do that...", Scully said as she drove towards her mother's home.
"I'm just a little sensitive that's all..."
"Have you heard from John?", Scully asked.
She immediately wished she hadn't mentioned John. She could see the pain registered in her friend's eyes. "Monica...I'm sorry...I shouldn'tve..."
"Its alright...I'm happy now, I have a very sexy fiance`," she said joyfully. "John and me wouldnt've worked out..."
"Why do you feel that?", she said, rounding a corner.
"Because whenever he looked at me he saw his son Luke...He saw the person that recovered his body...he could never get passed it...", Monica sighed. "Its understandable...plus he really didn't like me..."
"Are you serious?", Scully shook her head. "No...I saw how he looked at you..."
"He tried," Monica said, glancing over to Scully. "But he had the hots for a red head that he could never have..."
Scully slammed on the breaks. "WHAT?"
"You never knew, Dana?"
"No...I guess...I never paid attention...", she said, shaking her head. "But Monica...I was pregnant with Mulder's child!"
Monica laughed. "I know...he didn't care."
"Monica, I'm so sorry..."
"Like I said...it wouldnt've worked out anyway...My fiance` and are are happy...Carlos is an FBI agent assigned to Mexico City too...we have a lot in common, more than John and I..."
"Is John still in New York?"
"Last I heard...or D.C...not sure which..."
Scully pulled in front of her mother's house. Her phone rang. "Scully..."
"Honey, where are you?"
"I just picked up Monica...I'm at my mother's..."
"Monica? Monica Reyes?"
"Yes..."
"Its been a long time...", Mulder said, as he flipped through newspapers on his desk.
"It has...What are you doing Mulder?"
"I just got an email from MUFON, Scully. There was a sighting not far from you...I thought maybe I'd come up there...investigate and maybe take you out to dinner..."
There was silence on the phone. "Scully?"
"When was the last time we went on a date night, Mulder?"
"Scully I know its been too long...if ever...Scully...I want to woo you..."
"Woo me?", she laughed, shooting a look over to Monica who was trying hard not to look embarrassed.
"That's right...romance you...put a little sparkle back into our romance...put a little sparkle back into
your eyes..."
Scully blushed shyly. "When will you get here?"
"If I leave now...I can be there in a few hours...You think your mom would mind another guest?"
"Mulder...of course not...you know my mom loves you. And your not a guest, Mulder...Your family."
"I love you..."
"I love you too," she said into the phone and then hung up.
"Woo you?", Monica said bursting out into laughter.
Scully looked thoroughly embarrassed. "When I meet this Carlos the fiance` of yours...it's payback!", she said, throwing open her car door.
Monica grabbed up her bags, a smiled still on her face. She followed behind Scully as a few giggles escaped her. Scully turned to give her a look, a smile on her own face. "Payback," she threatened. The friends exchanged a few more laughs, as Scully opened her mother's door.
Reyes stood in the doorway, dusting off her snow covered shoes and taking off her jacket.
"Mom?", Scully said walking toward the kitchen.
"Oh Dana, did you pick up your friend?", Maggie called out from the kitchen.
"Sure did!"
"Here I come...", Maggie said, wiping her hands on a dishcloth.
She walked in with a wide warm smile and her arms out. "Hello Monica!"
"Mrs. Scully! So good to see you!", hugging Maggie.
"My home is your home...", Maggie announced. "Dana...take her upstairs and get her settled. Are you both hungry?"
"I'm starved!", Monica said, smelling the delicious smells coming from the kitchen.
"Good! Just ask Dana...I love to cook..."
Scully smiled widely. "Well...Mom...I hope you'll have more room at the table for dinner..."
"Fox is coming...", Maggie said with a smile.
"Yes...he's got an investigation close by and he wants to take me out to dinner..."
"He can take you out tomorrow...tonight I'm cooking," Maggie said firmly.
"Alright mom," Scully said rolling her eyes with a smile on her lips. "Come on, Monica..."
Monica smiled at the relationship of mother and daughter and followed Scully up the stairs.
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