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One Year
11.59 pm
May 25
"One more minute, Mulder." Scully called from the kitchen. She was preparing party bags for her son's birthday party. "One minute until our baby is one year old!" Scully tied the last ribbon to seal the bag and walked into the living room to her husband who was sitting, watching the television. From behind, she wrapped her arms around his neck and placed a kiss on his cheek; he checked his watch, May 26th, 12 am.
"You want to go in now?" Mulder asked grabbing her hand, and bringing her around in front of him.
"Yes I do," She smiled, pulling him up. "And then I want to go to bed. I thought I was going to fall asleep making those bags.
"I could've helped," He said, walking to the steps, hand in hand.
"Mulder," Scully laughed and rolled her eyes, "you tying a perfect ribbon?"
The couple entered the ajar door to their son's bedroom. A lightshow of green aliens, stars, and spaceships danced across the blue walls. It was of course Mulder's idea. There in the crib was William sitting up playing with his teddy bear.
"Mommy," William cheered, seeing both his mommy and daddy standing before him with wide smiles. They both sang the happy birthday song, slightly of key.
"William, sweetie," Scully started, Mulder had his arm wrapped around her. "Do you know what day it is today?" William screamed a giggle.
"Will, today is your first birthday! You've been with mommy and daddy for a year now!" He continued to stare at his parents with a happy look spread across his face.
"You're one year old now, baby boy. Today we're going to have a party for you with cake, and all your family will be here. We love you so much William."
"Should we tell him?" Mulder asked Scully. Scully smiled.
"You tell him."
"Well," Mulder picked up his son and placed a kiss on his head of brown hair. Scully did the same. "William, Mommy and I had just found out some good news." William grabbed at Mulder's face, squeezing his nose and laughing. "Will, you're going to be a big brother. Right there, in mommy's tummy," He pointed. "In there is your little brother or sister."
"Now, sweetie," Scully took over, taking William into her arms. "We're still going to love you as much as we do now, and I'm sure our love for you will grow. But we're going to love this baby just the same as we love you. William, don't you forget that we always loved you longer." She kissed his forehead. "You're going to be such a great big brother, aren't you William?" She held him out in front of her, and he kicked and wiggled.
"Okay, well you get some sleep, Willie. Tomorrow is your party," Scully placed him in the crib and covered him with a blue blanket that he had kicked off in the night. "Mommy and Daddy love you so much, William." Scully kissed his cheek and smoothed his hair while Mulder kissed his cheek too.
"Goodnight baby, we love you," Mulder wrapped his arm around Scully as they exited the room to their own.
Today was the day for William's first birthday! It was also the day that Scully and Mulder would both release the news of the new baby to their family. Mrs. Scully had just gotten out of the hospital, and was doing well. She did however; have to wear a brace on her leg.
It was eight o'clock, and it was nice and silent. It was just how the two parents liked it. Mulder snuggled into Scully, spooning her. His nose was touching the back of her neck. He had his arms firmly around her body, hugging her, and they were placed on her abdomen, which was not yet showing. Scully kept her hands on Mulder's as they laid there, both not moving. The day was beautiful, and the sunlight shown in through the window onto the bed, begging them to get up. They did not get up. Scully turned to face Mulder, while in his arms.
"I don't want to get up," Scully whined. Mulder kissed her deeply on the lips.
"We have to get ready for the par-tay, today." Just then a cry from William entered the room. "Good morning, William! Daddy's coming," Mulder yelled across the hall to his son. Mulder gave Scully a smile and entered his son's bedroom. "Happy Birthday, Will!" Mulder cheered and William giggled, smiling. Scully heard it from their bedroom and smiled, getting up to take a shower. Mulder clicked of the lamp in his room. "How's my big one year old?" Mulder lifted his smiling son up and kissed his cheek. "Why don't you let Daddy get you changed? Your big birthday party is today!" Mulder laid his son down on the changing table and began to change him.
He came out of the bedroom ten minutes later with William in his jeans and black and white striped polo. Mulder stopped at the top of the steps and called out to Scully.
"You feel okay this morning, Scully?" He asked while William pulled at his short hair.
"I'm feeling okay so far," Scully called from in the bathroom. "Mulder I hope you didn't put him in his clothes for the party yet. I want him to get a nap in."
"No I didn't, Scully." Mulder smiled to William who was in his clothes already. "Let's get you changed again, buddy." He whispered to his son.
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William sat in his highchair in the kitchen, playing with his cheerios. Mulder sat beside him, drinking a coffee. William rose a cheerio above him and launched it at his father, trying to get his attention. He hit him square in the forehead.
"Hey now, Birthday Boy, none of that." Mulder smiled at his son.
"Daa-da." Mulder put down his paper and beamed.
"Willie! Did you just say Da-da?"
"Da-da!"
"What's going on in here," Scully came into the kitchen, happy to see her two favorite people. She walked over to Mulder sitting in a chair; he hugged her waist. Mulder kissed her on the lips and smiled. "How's my big one year old?" William screamed and laughed.
"Willie just said his second word," Mulder announced proudly while Scully got some orange juice. "Willie said, 'Da-da'," William threw a cheerio at his mother.
"Ma-ma!" He stretched his arms up for his mother. Scully lifted him up and hugged him in her arms.
"Is my baby tired?" William held her cross necklace in his hand and closed his eyes. "Well, Mulder it's ten. I'm going to put him down for his nap. He'll probably sleep for maybe two hours. That'll get us enough time to get things ready. The party starts around one, so we should be good to get things ready.
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Scully walked onto the deck, the baby monitor on her hip. It was 10:30 and everything was going according to plan. They were making good time. Mulder began putting tables and chair out on the pavement in their backyard. Scully came down the steps with a bunch of plastic happy birthday table cloths.
As soon as Mulder finished with the tables, he took out his basketball and threw it in the hoop a few times. (A/n: Yes, Mulder has his very own spot to play basketball. But sadly, it will be taken over by party-go-ers.) Then, he went in through the door to the house, which was right on the pavement; it led into their finished basement. He went in to get chips, pretzels, and cheese doodles, to put in bowls. He left his basketball on a chair. Scully picked up the basketball and stared from it to the hoop, smiling.
"Have you ever played basketball, Scully?" Mulder asked Scully, putting down the three bags when coming from inside.
"I can't say I have," Scully lied just like she had when she lied about never playing baseball.
"Show me your best shot," Mulder stood with his arms crossed, three feet away from Scully. The basketball hoop wasn't too near the tables and chairs, so he thought that it would be okay to teach her how to play at that moment. Scully, not wanting to appear good, moved the ball around in her hands and gave her worst shot, but she tried to appear like she was trying. The ball bounced off the corner of the hoop and right into the hands of Fox Mulder. "Good... it was good," Mulder tried to hold back his laughter.
"Good? Mulder that was horrible!" Scully put her hands on her knees, laughing. Mulder came up behind her, chuckling, placing the ball in her hands, and his hands on her hips. "Are you going to tell me, 'hips before hands', Mulder?"
"No," Mulder whispered, into Scully's ear. "Now, hold the ball in your hands. You want it to go into the hoop, so you'll actually aim for the hoop Scully." His hands went over hers as he continued to whisper into her ear. "You don't want to squeeze it, Scully. Loosen your grip. There, now bend your knees. Okay, then we're going to go up on the tips of our toes, and release the ball with a perfects arc," Mulder still had his hands firmly on Scully's hips as he spoke; his lips brushed her ear causing her to shiver.
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"Honestly, Bill," Mrs. Scully started as she, Bill, Tara, and Matthew made their way towards the backyard. "Can you stop playing with that camera? You're going to record everything unimportant and miss my youngest grandsons first birthday!" Bill stopped upon seeing his youngest sister laugh as she handled a basketball with her husband. Mrs. Scully ripped the camera from his hands and zoomed in to video tape them both together.
"That's better, much better." Mulder spun Scully around in his arms and pressed a kiss to her lips. She giggled as Mulder's fingers traced their way up Scully's sides. She pulled away giggling.
"Mulder," Scully squirmed, not being able to get away. Then she caught sight of some of her family watching. "Oh, mom," Scully tucked her hair behind her ears as Mulder spun around to see some of the Scully clan. "Hey, Matthew!" Scully held out her arms for her five-year old nephew, who ran into her arms. She lifted him up as she and Mulder walked over to the others.
"How're you Maggie," Mrs. Scully gave Mulder a hug.
"I'm doing better. This brace is killing me though. My doctor said only one more month. I don't know if I can last that long." Mulder let out a short laugh before saying hello to everyone else.
"Uhm, the baby's in his room taking nap." Scully told her mother who looked like she was about to ask where the baby was.
"Dana, can I take Matthew to your bedroom to sleep?" Tara asked, holding her half asleep son in her arms.
"Of course," Scully answered, smiling.
"How much did that pool cost, Fox?" Bill asked, looking out to the pool which had just been put in last week.
"Way too much," Mulder laughed. Scully went in to get fix up the food in the basement.
"Alright, what do you want us to do, Fox?" Tara asked, coming out of the kitchen door, onto the deck, and down the wooden steps.
"Well, if you guys really want to help, I guess you could assist Dana with the food. I'm going to get all the other stuff."
Mulder went into the house while his brother-in-law and sister-in-law went in to assist his wife. Mulder went in to get decorations. He emerged from the kitchen carrying a big box of blue decorations. He had about 2 hours to get the place looking ready for a party.
He pulled out a roll of paper ribbon and taped it where he felt necessary. Mulder called Scully outside since he was having trouble. Scully offered to do the decorations if he did the food, so the swapped places.
After those two hours the place actually looked ready for a party. Charlie, Michelle, and their two kids, Amanda and Michael showed up as well as Scully's cousins and their children. Mulder and Scully's friends from the bureau as well as the academy showed up too. The lone gunmen were also there.
"Daddy, can I go in the swimming pool with Mattie?" Amanda asked Charlie once she saw Matthew come out in his swim trunks.
"Bill, mind watching Amanda in the pool, too?" Bill nodded "Okay, sweetie, go get changed in the bathroom in the basement."
Mulder came out of the kitchen, onto the deck, and down the steps, carrying William in his blue Hawaiian swim trunks. Mulder too was in his swim trunks. William wiped his eyes which were hurting a bit from the sun. (A/n: Aw picture it... I think this would look so cute.)
"Oh, Mulder, did you put sunscreen on my baby boy?" William reached for his mommy and she took him into her arms. "Did you have a good sleep William?" Scully held him out in front of her and he kicked.
"Yes, I did. Now, Willie, tell Mommy to let you go so we can go play in the pool with your cousins. Scully put William on the ground so he could wobble around. William walked straight towards his uncle Charlie, who sat at a table with Michelle and Tara.
"I can't believe he's walking already," Michelle said when Mulder came to the table to pick up his son.
"Yep, come on Willie. We're going to play in the big swimming pool." Mulder took William of to the pool so he could play with his cousins. Scully sat and talked with everyone until it came time for presents and cake.
Mulder set William's inner tube with the palm tree and banana in the water and the placed William inside. William kicked in splashed in the pool, while waiting for his daddy to get in with him.
"Da-da," William babbled, reaching for the little yellow duck in Mulder's hand.
"When did he learn to say your name, Fox?" Bill Jr. asked from the opposite side of the pool. Bill was playing with both Matthew and Amanda.
"Actually just this morning when he was eating his cheerios, huh Willie," William splashed and yelped.
After an hour of swimming with the older kids, Scully came with a warm towel for William and Mulder. Mulder lifted him out of the inner tube and he stood on the pool deck, having his mother dry him off. Scully scooped him up in the towel and told the other children that they were going to sing happy birthday in ten minutes. Scully had her son wrapped in a towel and took him to change his diaper and his clothes.
After he and Mulder got changed, Mulder carried out William's birthday cake. His cake was blue, white, and yellow. It was baseball and basketball themed, since Mulder wished to get his son into both sports. Scully held William in his arms and he kicked, squirmed, and babbled at seeing his cake. Mulder placed it onto the table and Scully sat down with William in her lap. Mulder lit the candle, which was a big yellow and blue number one, and William yelped and reached for it. His eyes went wide as everyone began to sing.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU... HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO YOU... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR WILLIAM... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!" William looked around at everyone as the singing ceased, wondering what it was they expected him to do.
"We blow the candle, William," Mulder told his son, getting close to the cake. "Scully," Scully nodded and lightly blew towards the candle with Mulder. William clapped his hands as his parents blew out his candle. The guest clapped, causing William to copy their motion, giggling. "Uhm Scully, are we opening presents now or is William going to eat his own cake?"
"Well," Scully glanced to William who was now on the ground, reaching at the table. "He really does want some of that cake." She laughed pulling William into her arms. "But I just got him all dressed," Scully pouted, kissing William's forehead. "We'll open presents first." She handed William to Mulder and tried making an announcement. "Anyone who wants cake gets some. We're going to open presents before the baby gets to eat his.
After everyone was settled Scully sat in one of the folding chairs while William wobbled around. Scully called William over to her so she could help him open his presents. The first one was handed to Scully by her sister-in-law Tara. It was from her Bill and the kids. Scully managed to get William to pull out the tissue paper, but unfortunately, he took off with the paper. Mulder had to bring him back to see what was inside. The present from Mulder which he had forgotten to mention to Scully, caught William's attention.
"Will, this is from Daddy," William was less entertained with the box his mother had unwrapped and more entertained with the piano keyboard in front of him. "Hold on, I want to take it out to see his reaction." Scully pulled out a plastic basketball hoop from the long rectangular box and carried it in front of William, at least six feet away. William smiled and walk towards it, leaving his piano keyboard. Scully took the plastic basketball which was included in the box out and handed it to William. William looked to his Mulder with the ball in his hands and Mulder came up to him, showing him what to do.
Meanwhile, Scully continued with the presents. She called William over as she was handed one. Mulder lifted him up and carried him towards his mother, but William would not let go of that ball.
The rest of the presents entertained William the same as the ones before the basketball hoop. Except the one that came from both Mulder and Scully. Mulder came out of the kitchen and down the steps carrying a white box with holes poked inside. On top was a big blue and yellow bow. William saw his dad walking down the steps and the big bow caught his attention. Mulder put the box down and it appeared to move slightly. William noticed this, but he did not know why. Being attracted to the bow, he pulled on it. He did not mean to pull the lid off but he did. Out of the box jumped a little puppy, which would have knocked William back hard onto the pavement if it weren't for Mulder catching him. The puppy was a small black Labrador who really liked William. William reached his arms out to pet the puppy while it licked his face.
"What's his name, Fox?" Mrs. Scully asked her son-in-law who knelt behind his son making sure that he did not fall while petting his new puppy.
"Well," Scully answered first. "We were thinking calling him Blue. William loves that color. He reaches for everything blue in the grocery store."
"Scully," Mulder looked to his wife. "Should we tell them now?"
"Everyone, Mulder and I both have something to say." Scully got everyone's attention. "We're both having another baby." Mulder got up and gave Scully a kiss on the cheek. Everyone seemed very happy with their announcement. There were shouts of 'congratulations' and 'aw'. No one there feared what Mulder and Scully did, except Skinner and the Gunmen."Mulder bring out the high chair," Scully told Mulder while she got William out of his striped polo and jeans and in just his diaper. Charlie put the puppy on its leash and held it.
Mulder brought out the high chair and Scully placed William into it. He began to cry until his face turned red, and he reached for his mother. She knew that he would stop once he saw what Bill Jr. was bringing out. Bill brought out a round vanilla cake with blue icing. On top of it was a smiley face in white icing. William's cries subsided, and his eyes went wide for the cake in front of him.
He looked so excited to eat it, but when it was placed in front of him he didn't know what to do. Mulder took some icing on his finger and put some on William's lips. He babbled and reached for Mulder's finger, and then he reached into the cake and flinged icing at his daddy.
"William," Scully gasped, at William who was giggling. He grabbed the cake with his hands and shoved his face into it with an open mouth. All the adults, as well as the children who were paying attention were watching all entertained by how cute William was being.
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Later that night, Scully lay in Mulder's arms in the bed. It was warm in the room, and they had only the sheets covering them. Scully's hand remained on her stomach and Mulder faced her with his arms around her, holding her. The rain was pounding outside and on the window pane, and soft whines from the new puppy could be heard from the basement. (A/n: Scully and Mulder are not animal abusers! The puppy stays there over night until they can train him) Mulder could tell that Scully was still worried about their unborn baby.
"I can't believe that we had him, Mulder, and for one year." Scully whispered into Mulder's chest.
"We'll have him for many more years. We're going to do our best to keep him safe."
"And the other one?" Scully looked up into his eyes, showing fear in her eyes.
"I know you're scared and nervous. I am too, Dana," He used her first name, highlighting his seriousness. "But we're going to have him too. And we're going to try our best with him too. We will protect our babies." Mulder kissed Scully's forehead and she whimpered a litt;e bit and pulled back to look at him.
"Mulder, I hope you're right. I love you."
"I know, Scully. I love you too."
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please review!Oh, and you Bones fans... I'm going to do my first Bones story. B/B relationship ofcourse. :D
Alright, this story is ending soon, but I'm doing asequel. The sequel is going to be sad... but in the end every thing will be okay.
--A.
