The next few weeks went by pretty smoothly.
Mulder found out that he was a pretty decent teacher, the kids responded well to him and his colleagues were great. On the advice of Scully he had decided not to mention the incident at the bar to Tom and they had started to become good friends.
Scully was also finding her feet as a journalist. It turned out that she really loved writing, it was a creative outlet and Scott had been right, she was good at it! She was also pleased that Sam had obviously accepted her offer to forget what had happened at the bar on her first night. He'd been friendly, polite ever since…and miraculously was yet to even bump in to Mulder.
As the weekend of their sixth week in Eddington approached Mulder and Scully were feeling pretty settled.
Mulder was about to leave work when Kathy came to his classroom, "David are you off home?"
"Yes…unless you need a hand with anything?"
Kathy smiled, "No, you get home to that lovely wife of yours. I just wanted to say thank you for the last few weeks, you've settled in so well…you feel like part of the family already."
"Thanks Kathy, I'm actually really enjoying it."
Kathy laughed, "You almost sound surprised!"
Mulder smiled, "Not surprised, just pleased. The kids are great."
"They feel the same about you David, I've had several calls from parents saying their kids are going home talking about Mr Holman say this and Mr Holman says that, you're a massive hit."
Mulder felt about 10ft tall, "Thanks for telling me that Kathy, it means a hell of a lot."
Kathy nodded. "Anyway, two quick things. One, are you available to help Tom with the school show this year?"
Mulder looked concerned, "Me? Are you sure?"
"You won't need to sing and dance David. You'd just need to help Tom with the practical jobs, like herding the kids…Tom actually suggested you because he knows they like you and are more likely to tow the line."
"Well if you think…"
"That's settled then." Kathy said with finality. "Secondly, are you and Claire going to the town fair tomorrow?"
Mulder nodded, "We never miss a party and I can't wait to get Claire alone on the Ferris Wheel…"
Kathy laughed, "So you'll stay for the dancing as well?"
"Of course…"
"Well I wondered if you would mind giving out some of the school prizes? About 6pm on the main stage? We like to ask a teacher to do it and the children would love to see you...maybe Claire could help?"
Mulder nodded, "I can't see why not...it would actually be an honour."
Kathy smiled and walked to the door, "Thank you David, you have a good evening and I'll see you both tomorrow."
As he was on his way home he got a call, "Hello…"
"Are you driving Mulder?"
"Mmmm...just heading home…" he signalled right and turned towards the Gazette office.
"Any chance of a lift home?"
"Already on my way Scully, I'll be a couple of minutes…"
As he pulled up she was already waiting outside the office.
She jumped in and leaned across to give Mulder a quick kiss, "Hey, good day?"
Mulder nodded as he pulled the car out, "Good thanks, you?"
"Good day...but I'm very glad to be finished. Carlton told me I should take the whole weekend off and enjoy the fair. I'm going to write a piece about it on Monday."
"That's great! It's been a busy week and I've been looking forward to spending some time with my woman..." Mulder joked as he turned onto the main street.
Scully smiled at him and reached to run her hand up his thigh, "How about we pick up some food from Callaghan's to heat up later? Then we can go home and spend some quality time together?"
Mulder smiled and looked at Scully with a leer, "Ooooo Scully I love your idea of quality time…"
