True to Mulder's prediction, William woke up early the following morning. He was cheerful considering the night's sleep he got. Scully went downstairs to get them breakfast while Mulder explained their day to William.
"We are going to drive in the car to the airport. Then, we are going to get on an airplane and fly a long ways. Then, we will drive in the car to our new house," he explained.
"Aiwpwane," William said, picking up the toy from the table that Mulder had been using to illustrate his explanation.
"Yep, but the airplane we are going in will be very big?"
"How are my guys?" Scully asked coming into the room carrying a tray of food.
"Hungry," Mulder replied. "How about you Will? Are you ready for breakfast?"
"Ceweal?" William asked looking up at Scully with puppy dog eyes.
"Oh, no," she whispered to herself.
"What?" Mulder asked.
"I thought, when we determined that he got my eyes, I was going to escape that look from him. It is bad enough coming from you."
"Ceweal?" William asked again.
"Yeah, baby, come sit at the table." Scully said turning her attention back to Will.
After breakfast, they packed and headed to the airport. William was beyond excited. He had never been to an airport before and was fascinated by all the action. After they had checked in, Scully went to scare up some lunch for them. When she came back to the gate, Mulder was standing at the window with William in his arms. They were pointing at something outside and talking. She felt her heart flutter in her chest. How, in the world, had she gotten so lucky? She had an amazing man who was mad about her and willing to sacrifice anything for her, and they had an amazing little boy, who was actually theirs.
She walked up behind Mulder and slid her hands around his waist, placing her head near William. "Hey there," she said.
"Hey there, yourself," Mulder replied leaning over and kissing her.
"Mom, look," William said pointing out the window.
"Wow, is that our airplane?" she asked.
"Uh huh," he replied.
As they boarded the plane, William was looking around in complete fascination. Mulder set up the car seat in the window seat. Scully slid into the middle seat and fastened William in, before Mulder sat down next to her. The flight was uneventful and soon they found themselves deplaning in Washington. The plan was to drive down to the house and check things out and then check into a hotel.
Things didn't go as planned, however. When they got to the house there were two cars parked in the driveway. "I thought they said we could move in today?" Scully asked Mulder as they got out of the car.
"They did. I don't know what is going on," he replied. He started to walk towards the house, while Scully got William out of his car seat.
"New home?" he asked as she hoisted him on to her hip.
"Yep," she replied. "This is our new home. After we check out inside maybe Daddy can show you the yard."
"Pway?" William asked.
"Yeah, you can play after we check out inside. Okay?"
"Otay," he replied happily. Scully's heart was flying. She couldn't believe how lucky she was.
Mulder was standing in the front doorway. "Scully, come check this out," he called.
"Let's go see Will," she said to William and hurried up the front steps. Looking inside she said, "oh my god." The living room, the only room visible from the doorway, was fully furnished with both Mulder and Scully's furniture. "It's our stuff," she said with a smile. Despite the fact that she and Mulder had been living together for the last year, it had never really felt like they lived together. It finally made sense to Scully as she walked into the house and looked around at their things. Before, they had never had anything that really belonged to them. Seeing their stuff compiled together, furnishing the house, made it real.
"Oh, Skinner, John, they're here," Monica said appearing at the bottom of the stairs.
Silently, Scully handed William off to Mulder and hugged Monica tightly. "Monica, I can't believe this. It is amazing. Thank you so much."
"It really is great," Mulder added. Then he passed William back to Scully.
"Will baby, this is Monica. She is a really good friend of Daddy and mine. She knew you when you were just a baby, too."
"Hi," Will said.
"Hi William, it is nice to see you," Monica replied.
Will turned his attention to Scully, "Pway?" he asked.
"Let's look at the rest of the house first, then maybe Daddy will take you outside," she said looking at Mulder.
"Yeah, come on Will. Let's go find your bedroom." Mulder took William and went upstairs, where he could hear Skinner and Doggett talking.
Scully looked around the living room once more sentimentally. "I really can't believe this," she said to Monica as they followed up the stairs. "This was so wonderful of you."
"It is our pleasure," Monica replied, "Really."
Upstairs Skinner and Doggett had the master bedroom filled with furniture and an office set up in one of the other bedrooms. The third bedroom was completely empty and William was running in circles around it making airplane noises.
After another hour of moving in furniture and taking turns playing with William to keep him entertained, the entire group was sitting on the back patio drinking beer while Mulder and William rough-housed in the grass. When they eventually got up to leave Monica gave Scully a hug and said, "There is stuff for dinner in the fridge and some basic groceries. I figured you wouldn't want to worry about that tonight." Scully returned the hug and thanked her.
They stood in the driveway waving goodbye, Mulder holding William, his other arm around Scully's shoulder.