"Eh-yie, you are funny!" William shouted as he knelt on the floor next to her. She kicked her legs and giggled as he leaned down to blow another raspberry on her stomach.
"Mommy, you do it," William said as Scully came into the room with new clothes for Ellie. Scully chuckled and joined her kids on the floor, blowing a loud raspberry on Ellie's stomach.
"That was big, mommy."
"Yes, it was. Go get your shoes on. We're going to go see daddy."
"At the F.B.I.?"
"Yep. We're going to have lunch with him. You're going to have to be on your best behavior, okay?"
"Wiwum will be quiet," he whispered, putting a finger up to his mouth.
"Alright. Go ahead and get your shoes and your jacket, okay?"
"Okay. Eh-yie's too?"
"Yes please."
He skipped out of the room and Scully quickly dressed Ellie, who pulled at her shirt and sighed.
"Yes diaper baby, you have to get dressed now. I'm sorry. I know you hate it."
Ellie made a very grumpy face and Scully picked her up and kissed her warm cheek.
"Wiwum bring Eh-yie's shoes. Here mommy."
"Thanks bud. Can you get yours on?"
"I try."
He managed to get both shoes on and Scully reached over to tie them.
"Ready now?"
"Let me put Ellie in her seat and then we can go."
"Eh-yie doesn't like the seat."
"Well that's too bad," she chuckled, clicking the straps into place. Ellie looked up at her, very obviously angry about this turn of events. "I'm sorry, baby girl."
She hauled both kids out to the car and made sure they were both comfortable before starting the car and backing out of the driveway.
"Mommy, we see Papa Walter too?" William asked after a few moments of quiet.
"Maybe. We'll have to wait and see if he's busy."
"Okay."
He hummed quietly until they pulled into the parking garage.
"Daddy, we're here!" he shouted,, bouncing in his seat.
"Honey, he can't hear you."
"Why?"
"He's too far away. When we park the car we can call him, okay?"
"That's good."
She found a parking spot and pulled out her cell phone to call Mulder.
"William, do you want to talk to daddy?"
"Yes, please."
She handed the phone to him and could hear Mulder pick up on the other end.
"Hello?"
"Daddy, I am Wiwum. We're at the FBI."
"William who?"
"Wiwum Mulder!"
"Oh, I see. Are you and mommy and Ellie all here?"
"Yep. We come inside?"
"Sure. Let me talk to mommy."
"Here mommy. Talk to daddy. He said so."
She smiled and took the phone from him.
"Hey."
"Hey. Want me to come out there and help you get the kids inside?"
"No, I think we're okay."
"Alright. I'll meet you in my office in a few then."
"Okay. Bye."
"We go now?"
"Yep. Unbuckle yourself and I'll come get you out."
It took some mommy gymnastics, but she managed to get them both out of the car and to the elevator. They ended up in the lobby and had to go through security. William's eyes grew big and he grabbed Scully's hand tightly.
"William, you need to go through the metal detector. I'll be right behind you."
He looked up at her and took a deep breath, then stepped the few feet through the detector.
"You passed the test!" the security officer told him. "Good job, buddy. Now you get to wear a badge."
He clipped the visitors pass onto William's shirt, and William grinned.
"Like daddy!"
"Yep. Here comes your mom."
Scully received her visitors pass, and after some insistence from William, so did Ellie. They made their way to another bank of elevators and luckily were the only ones on it.
"William, can you press the number five?"
"Five?"
"Yep. That's where daddy's office is."
"Okay."
He pressed the button and soon the doors opened to the very quiet fifth floor.
"I be quiet now?"
"Yep, there are people working."
They walked down the hallway and peeked in Mulder's open office door.
"Daddy!" William shouted, running into the room and jumping into his father's lap.
"Hey buddy. How are you doing?"
"Good. I got a badger!"
"A badge? Wow, now you look just like me."
William shook his head and pulled a clip on tie out of his pocket, then secured it to the collar of his t-shirt.
"Wiwum is daddy!"
Mulder laughed as Scully sat down in the chair across from the desk.
"Thanks for bringing lunch, honey. I didn't have time to leave the office. This paperwork is destroying my life."
She chuckled and took Ellie out of her car seat.
"We eat lunch now?" William asked, tapping his fingers on the desk.
"Yes, we can eat."
He jumped off of Mulder's lap and opened the lunch bag that Scully had brought.
"Tea for daddy. Water for mommy. Milk for Wiwum," he said, pulling various items out of the bag and putting them on the desk. "Where's Eh-yies?"
Mulder chuckled and Scully rolled her eyes at him before taking a bottle of rice cereal out of the diaper bag.
"I think daddy's going to feed Ellie today," Scully said, handing Ellie over the desk. Mulder smiled and kissed his daughter. He loved having a son, but there was something about having a little girl that thought he hung the moon.
Half an hour later, Mulder and Scully were in deep discussion about what to do for Christmas, when they heard a shout from William.
"No Eh-yie! No spit on daddy's paper!"
They both turned around to find that Ellie had moved from chewing on her toys to gumming all of Mulder's paperwork.
"Oh, Ellie!" Scully said, trying very hard not to laugh. Mulder sighed and picked up the papers.
"That's what I get for using the floor as a filing cabinet, huh?" he muttered. "Think Skinner will understand?"
"Maybe we'll visit him before we leave. Butter him up a bit."
"You might have to. Ellie has ink drool on her face."
"What are we going to do with you, Ellie?"
William patted Scully's leg and looked up at her.
"Nap time," he said, rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah, we'd better go home."
"I'll walk you out."
They gathered the kids up and Mulder walked them back through security where William reluctantly relinquished his "badger."
"I'll be home in a few hours."
"Okay. Be safe."
"You too."
He kissed her and both of the kids, then headed back inside, counting down the hours until he could see them again. Only five to go.
