Scully looked over to Mulder in the drivers seat as they headed towards the mall. In the backseat Audrey and Abby sat quietly coloring in the books Mulder had bought them. Scully looked back to them and smiled softly, they had had a small breakfast that consisted of a banana and a bit of oatmeal to help them with their stomachs from aching again. Mulder had been quiet the whole ride to the mall and as they pulled into the parking lot, he hesitated on getting out.
"Auntie Dana, is uncle Mulder coming or not?" Audrey asked curiously looking in the window to find him staring into space.
"I'm not sure." She said opening the door and poked her head in. "Mulder? Are you coming or not?"
"I'll be there in a minute." He said and as she closed the door he opened his and got out of the car.
"Are you ok, uncle Mulder?" Abby asked walking over to him and grabbed his hand in hers.
"I'm fine, Abby." He said hanging onto her hand as they followed Scully and Audrey into the main doors of the over large shopping center.
Upon entering the mall Mulder held the door open until all three had passed, his hand never loosing grip on Abby as she was the last to enter. Once inside Abby and Audrey released the grip they had on Mulder and Scully and took off running towards the toys. Immediately both took off after the girls and caught them in a large toy store playing with the dolls and other girly things. Quickly Scully made her way over to both of them, took their hands and dragged them out of the store and towards the escalator that took them to the third floor. Mulder followed closely behind carrying Abby in his arms as they entered a small store that had children's clothing everywhere. They headed towards the little girl's section as Scully began searching through the racks, occasionally pulling something out and asking the girls if they liked it.
As Scully walked around looking over a clothes a young woman made her way over to the four of them. A large smile was plastered on her face as she approached them.
"Hi, my name is Lisa, can I help you?" She asked softly looking over to the girls.
"No, thank you, we seem to have everything under control." Scully replied quietly.
"My what beautiful little girls you have." She said to Mulder and Scully while looking to Audrey and Abby. "Look just like mommy, don't we girls?" Audrey gave a small nod as Abby's smile grew bigger. Mulder stood there shocked at the fact that the woman believed the twins to be his and Scully's, they both opened their mouths to say something, but found nothing coming out. "Well, if you need any help, I and my co-workers are always here to help." She said and walked away.
"Did she just imply the girls are ours?" Mulder asked curiously looking over to Scully who still looked shocked. She gave a slight nod and looked over to him. "I'll be back." He said turning to walk away, he needed a moment to think about that one. They had been dating a few months now and many people had mistaken them for a couple, but even now hearing the possibility of them having a child together was a wonder, it was impossible.
As Mulder headed towards the entrance of the store he stopped by another part of the girl's department and as he stared at the offits that were before him a smile spread across his face. He quickly grabbed two offits and headed towards the cashier. He was lucky to have paid attention while Scully had been picking or else he wouldn't have known the girls' size. After paying for his purchase he headed out of the store and went in search of the toy store the girls had shown interest in when they had entered the mall.
As Scully had finished up looking through the clothes she turned to find Mulder heading her way. In his hands were at least eight large bags, some looked to contain large toys while others seemed smaller. She gave him a small smile as he placed a soft kiss on her lips.
"So are you about ready to go?" He asked noticing the large bundle of clothes she carried.
"Just about." She said looking around for the twins. "Mulder? Where are the girls?"
"I though they were with you?" He said looking around the area.
"They were, a few minutes ago, but I don't know where they are." She said panicking a bit. They quickly spilt up and looked around the store for the girls, they had even asked Lisa and a few of the other workers to search for her.
Twenty minutes later Mulder and Scully still had no luck at finding them. Scully felt her heart racing as she was faced with the fact that she had lost her goddaughters, all sorts of thoughts filled her head and she felt no better. Scully had tears running down her face as she searched around aimlessly looking for any clue as to where they were. A couple of minutes later, Mulder and Scully found themselves returning to the spot she had last seen Abby and Audrey at and started to search around again. Suddenly as she headed towards a rack of clothes a movement was made followed by a loud scream that sent her flying back and soon laughter.
"I got you! I got you!" The voice of a small female child could be heard, then another soon joined in. Scully looked up from where she sat on the floor and saw both Audrey and Abby jumping up and down before her laughing loudly. She immediately got off of the floor and embraced both girls in her arms. She cried into their hair and kissed them repeatedly on the cheeks.
"Thank god, you're ok." She said placing kisses on the top of their heads. "Mulder! I found them!" She called and watched as Mulder came running over and took both girls in his arms and hugged them as well. Scully watched as the expressions on his face changed from fear to relief, she smiled as she began to realize how much these girls had come to mean to him in the short amount of time they had known him.
After they had paid for the clothes and had a small talk with the girls about scaring them half to death, they continued around the mall carrying with them all the bags. Mulder and Scully walked hand in hand as the girls walked in front of them continually giggling over something that was their little secret. Now as they entered a show store Mulder and Scully went different ways and searched for the shoes they thought would look best, of course Audrey went with Mulder to try them on while Abby followed Scully around.
A half hour later they met up at the entrance of the large shoe store and headed out with another two large full bags. As they headed towards the food court, Mulder offered to buy everybody lunch and found a table where Scully sat and waited with Abby while Mulder and Audrey went around and got them some lunch. A few minutes later they all sat around the table happily eating and talking. Both girls had the chicken Mcnuggets kids meals from the McDonalds with a small order of fries and an iced tea, while Scully worked her way around her salad and Mulder ate a burger.
After lunch they continued to look around the mall occasionally stopping at stores the girls had wanted to look through, Mulder had even bought them each a Barbie doll from a toy store and an ice cream before they left. Around two in the afternoon they left the mall and headed home, the trunk of the car filled with the twelve different bags.
Once arriving home Scully went into the bedroom and began placing the new clothes in the closet of their room and put the shoes down at the bottom. Once she left the bedroom she found Mulder on the living room floor sitting with his legs crossed in front of him as he emptied out seven different bags.
Each bag was emptied on the floor, disposing the contents that appeared to be children's toys. Tons of Barbie accessories and other playful things were on the floor, as were children movies and other such things. Mulder quickly picked up the VHS tapes and placed them atop the VCR that was next to the TV as the girls looked over the toys, coloring books, stuffed animals and other things.
"I figured they would get bored every now and again." He said smiling when she gave him a hug and kissed him softly on the lips, thanking him for everything he had done to help her out.
Mulder smiled again as he watched her make her way over to the girls and looked over the new toys they now owned. She felt good knowing Mulder would do anything to help her with the children and had even spent unnecessary money on them just to make sure that they were happy. She smiled inwardly and watched as he headed towards the guest bedroom carrying a small bag In his hands, what he had in it she didn't know, but she wanted to find out, however, at the moment she felt the need to watch over her goddaughters as they played with the dolls. Not too long after Mulder came out of the room empty handed and played 'The Little Mermaid' tape while Scully rested on the couch with him and the girls sat on the floor watching it while playing.
Ok, that was that chapter, I hope you all liked it. Please tell me what you all thought. As for the next chapter, we have little mini Scully's running around. You will all see what I mean in the next chapter, I promise. Please review and let me know what you all thought. thanks a million.