Chapter Nine: Not So Silent Night

Scully tucked in Gwynn and tip toed out of the girls' bedroom. Mulder closed the quietly. For once, in what seemed like a long time ago before adopting Gwynn and Ingrid, Mulder and Scully finally had the night to themselves. "Both girls are asleep and the night is still young. What should we do G-woman?" asked Mulder. Scully thought to herself and smiled. "Well Mulder, let's unwind first, then go from there." Mulder gave Scully his infamous boyish grin. The two went to the kitchen. Scully grabbed two wine glasses while Mulder grabbed the bottle of wine that was tucked away. Mulder poured the wine into the glasses and returned the bottle. The two toasted and were about to take a sip before they heard Ingrid crying. Scully let out a sigh. "You stay put Scully, I'll go take care of Ingrid. You need your rest."

Mulder entered the girls' bedroom and picked up the crying infant. With Ingrid in his arms Mulder began to rock her back to sleep and placed her back in the crib. Mulder sneaked out of the room and closed the door quietly before returning to the kitchen. "Now where were we?" asked Mulder. "I think right about here," Scully replied before kissing Mulder on the lips. "Agent Scully, are you coming on to me?" "Shut up, Mulder." Scully responded jokingly. The two finished their glasses and continued to kiss in the kitchen. Mulder was about to pick up Scully and carry her to their room when a toddler came out of nowhere and asked, "Whatcha doing?" Mulder and Scully looked at each other before back at Gwynn. Trying to come up with a quick response, Mulder responded, "Well, the two us were finishing the dishes." Gwynn just stared at the two agents. Scully asked, "Sweetie, why are you out of bed?" "I'm thirsty." "I'll go get you a glass of water." Scully grabbed a glass and filled it with water and gave it to the toddler. "Here you go sweetie, let's get you back to bed." "Okay."

Scully walked the toddler back to her bedroom while Mulder finished washing both the wine glasses and the glass that Gwynn drank out of. Gwynn was tucked back into bed and Scully returned to Mulder. "Now where were we, G-man?" "Right about here, G-woman." Mulder picked up Scully and carried her back to their bedroom. Scully fought to keep the giggles in as she did not want to wake the girls up and did not want to have to tuck them back into bed again. Mulder entered their bedroom and laid Scully on their bed. The two began to cuddle and kiss into the night, but were interrupted once again from a crying Ingrid.

"You stay put Scully, I'll take care of her." "Thank you, Mulder." Mulder entered the girls' bedroom and picked up Ingrid while trying to figure out why she was crying. "That's why," Mulder said to himself, "You need a diaper change. Let's get that taken care of." Mulder quickly and quietly changed Ingrid's diaper and had her back asleep in no time. Once Ingrid was back in her crib, Mulder returned to the master bedroom and found Scully sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, Mulder went to bed and snuggled next to Scully. The two continued to sleep through the night without a disturbance, or so they thought.

The next morning, Mulder woke up and rolled over to gaze at Scully. To his surprise, Gwynn was in bed with them. Scully woke up and noticed Gwynn as well. "Mulder, how long has Gwynn been here?" "I have no idea, she must have crawled in during the night." "So much for having the night to ourselves." "Relax, Scully this was bound to happen. Let me take our tyke back to her room." "No, Mulder, leave her here." Mulder flashed a sleepy smile to Scully and she returned a smile. The two laid in bed happily with Gwynn in the middle.