Title: Page 65, part 9: Babysitting
Author: Doc
Key Words: A, R, S
Category: MS married
Disclaimer: I don't own any X-Files characters, but I do own Abby and Bruce
Note: Didi, this is the only one I've written since you have been at camp that you didn't read. Enjoy! (take not that I do include many unsuspicious people in here too!:)
Summary: MUlder and scully have survived car accidents, shootings, stabbings, and everything else, but can they survive the worst of them all: babysitting.
"Dana, hi it's your sister. Can you do me a favor? Can you watch Abby this weekend? Mom has her Potluck Dinner and Bruce and I are going on kind of a late anniversary. Would that be okay?" Missy asked, or rather begged. Dana sighed.
"Yea, sure. Bring her over. I just love to see my favorite niece." She said as she hung up the phone.
"Mulder, it looks like we're babysitting today." Dana said as he groaned.
"Did I tell you that when you were out, Bill called. He wants us to watch Mathew also. It seems as if he's going on an emergency business trip and Tara's visiting her sister."
"Well, here comes double duty." Dana said, pleased by the moment of silence. She didn't know when this perfect sound would come again.
"When are they coming?" Mulder asked as he glanced at the paper.
"Around six. When's Mathew coming?"
"Seven."
"Get ready for trouble." She said as she went to take a shower.
A few minutes later, she emerged with a pitiful look on her face.
"Mulder, maybe that fish wasn't good last night. I just puked it up, along with my breakfast and my coffee." She said, as Mulder noted that she did look a little green.
"You do know that the flu is going around. Maybe you picked up something while dissecting those corpses.
"It's not dissecting, Mulder. It's called an autopsy."
"What's the difference."
"Well, a dissection is to see how the organs work, and autopsy is to find out the cause of death." She said, as he rolled his eyes.
"Thank you, Dr. Scully." He said, as she wobbled.
"Woah, are you okay." He said, leaping up to help her.
"Yea, I think so." She said, as he caught her.
"Dana, you are going to bed." He said as she was about to protest but decided that it wasn't worth it.
"Promise that you'll wake me when the little tyrants get here." She said, as he handed her a metal bowl, just in case she couldn't make it to the bathroom in time.
Three hours later:
"Day. Day." Dana heard someone saying very loudly in fact.
She opened her eyes to see Mathew looking at her with big brown eyes.
"How'd you get in here, tiger?" she asked as she sat up in bed. She found that she was dressed in pajamas. Come on, let's go find uncle Mulder, okay? She said as she took his hand and led him out of the bedroom.
"Mulder?" she called out, and found him working frantically on Mathew's playpen, which he wasn't assembling real well.
"Hey sunshine. I was going to get you up. How you doing buddy?" Mulder said to Mathew as the golden retriever who was once sleeping in the hallway looked up to see what he wanted.
"No, not you, Buddy." He said as he laughed, and the dog went back to sleep. Or at least he tried to. Mathew decided to use buddy as a horse. The dog didn't really mind; he was used to kids. It was either he or Abby pulling his ears or pulling his tail.
"Mathew leave Buddy alone, come on, its time to eat." Dana said as she opened the refrigerator to decide what to have.
"Boy do I need to go to the store." She said, mainly to herself. "Mulder, how would you feel about Chinese food?"
"Any take out is music to my ears." He said as the doorbell rang.
"That must be Missy." Dana said as she opened the door and felt a whomp on her chest.
"Auntie Dana! Auntie Dana! We have slumber party!" Abby said, as she bounced up and down.
"Abigail Suzanne Williamson, get off of your aunt right now." Missy said, as Abby reluctantly got up.
"Doggie! I want doggie!" she said, as she ran around the house looking for Buddy.
"Doggie! Dogie sleepy? No, doggie want to play." She said, as both Dana and Fox heard the jingling of the dog's collar as he ran to get away from these kids. All the poor dog wanted to do was get some shuteye. That's the same way Dana felt. It was going to be a long weekend.
"Auntie Dana, I'm hungry. Dinnertime." Abby said. She only just turned four two months ago and couldn't say full sentences well. (That or else her parents spoiled her so much that she didn't need to)
"It's coming, Abby. Don't you worry." Dana assured her, as she heard a yelp from inside the spare bedroom. She thought it was one of the kids. She ran inside to find Mathew using poor Buddy's tail as a plaything.
"Mathew, you need to be nice to the doggie." Dana said, as she picked up Mathew, and brought him into the next room. "Doggie sweepy?" he asked.
"Yea, the doggie's sleepy. Come on, dinner's almost here." She said as she sat her niece in the chair with a booster seat and her nephew in the highchair.
There was a knock at the door and Dana was relieved that the food was here. When she and Mulder got the food out and served, and sat down to eat themselves, their nephew decided to act upon himself to throw his peas on the floor for the dog to lick up, then he started throwing it beyond the floor.
"Mathew, listen to me. I want you to stop that right now." She said, as she could have sworn she saw him roll his eyes.
After dinner, it was bath time, which was a hassle in itself. Abby was splashing around the water, and she got bath bubbles in Mathew's eyes. He screamed and cried like never before and just as Dana was going to get a washcloth and eye drops, he just stopped crying and splashed along with his cousin.
After what seemed like eternity, they finally got them out of the tub and into their jammies. Dana was holding Mathew who was being very stubborn on which pajamas to wear, and she felt nauseous.
"Mulder, take Mathew." Was all he said, and the look on her face meant business. He took the squirming infant and Dana rushed into the bathroom. Mulder winced as he heard her dinner come up. He then felt his hand, which was under Mattie and found it was sopping wet.
"Oh no, I don't know how to change diapers." He said, as Buddy just looked at him as if to say 'don't look at me, pal. You're on your own for this one.'
When he finally got Mathew diapered and clothed; he felt a tug at his pant legs.
"Uncle Fox, can you read us a story?" Abby asked as he nodded. "Yea, but I don't have any stories here." He said, knowing that the books he had were old college textbooks that would make no sense to a four-year-old.
"No, I brought mine from home, along with Fru Fru." She said, holding up the book and a stuffed dog that looked very loved.
"What book is it, Abby?"
"Green Eggs and Ham." She said, as he took the book and led the both of them to the bed.
When Dana finally came out of the bathroom, she looked pale and sick, but Mulder didn't notice her come in.
"I do not like them, Sam I am,
I do not like Green Eggs and Ham.
I do not like them in a house
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them in a box
I do not like them with a fox."
"Hey, that's you!" Abby shrieked.
"Yea, I guess it is." He said, as he noticed Scully standing there, watching him. He was wonderful with his niece and nephew. She wondered what he'd be like as a father.
"Hey there, Auntie Dana." He said as he smiled. She sat next to them on the bed,
"Whatcha reading?" she asked.
"Green eggs and ham."
"Is uncle fox reading you guys a story?" she asked, as Abby nodded.
"He even does silly voices like Daddy used to."
They finished the book and it was time for bed. Since they lived in a big house, Abby and Mathew got their own bedroom. Dana and Fox did was kiss one child goodnight, and then switch.
"G'night, Tiger." Fox said as he kissed Mathew on the head.
"Night, night." Mathew said, returning the kiss.
"Auntie Dana? Sometimes my mommy and my daddy yell a lot. They look like they don't like each other anymore. Is that bad."
"No sweetie. It's not bad. All mommies and daddies fight."
"But sometimes daddy hits mommy and makes her cry." Abby said, and Dana was silent for a moment.
"Come, on, lets go to bed." She said, changing the subject.
"G'night Auntie Dana." Abby said, as Dana kissed her forehead.
"Night, Abby." Dana said, as she was about to walk into the other room.
"Wait, you didn't kiss Fru Fru good night." She said as Dana did a full 360.
"Okay. Night Fru Fru." She said as she kissed the stuffed animal just to make her niece happy.
Dana went into her bedroom and just about collapsed.
"Those kids are a handle, aren't they?"
"Oh yea, but you have to love them." She said as she smiled.
"You feeling okay?"
"Now I am, yea." She said, as she sighed. Her eyelids closed and she was instantly asleep.
In the middle of the night, they heard a scream. Both of them jumped up and got their guns off of the nightstand.
"I'll go." Mulder said, as Scully nodded.
"Be careful Mulder. Please be careful." She said as he went outside, he heard a scream again. This time, it came from Abby's room. He opened the door slowly, and saw the poor girl tossing and turning, drenched in sweat. He shook her and she bolted. She looked at him with wide eyes, and breathed hard. He pulled her into a hug just as he did Scully when she had nightmares like this.
"Uncle Fox, I had a bad dream." She said as she cried into him.
"I have bad dreams all the time. Come on, let's get up and go to the kitchen." He said, as he took her hand and helped her out of bed and took her by the hand.
Dana was really worried this time. She peeked inside Abby's room to find it completely empty. She heard something clicking on the floor behind her and turned around sharply to find only the dog following her, making sure she was okay.
"Thanks Buddy." She said as she bent down and he bathed her with kisses. She went downstairs and found the sweetest sight. Mulder and Abby were on the couch, side by side. His arm was around her, protecting her from demons. She smiled at the perfect sight, and pulled a blanket around the sleeping pair.
"Night angels." She said as she kissed both of them. I hope I'll have a family like this someday.
They both slept late that morning, and when Mulder awoke, he found Abby on the floor looking at him.
"Hey there, princess." He said, as she smiled.
"You look funny when you sleep." She said.
"Thank you." Was his reply.
"Is Auntie Dana awake yet."
"Yea, but she's not feeling well. She's been in the potty room all morning."
"Is Mathew awake yet?"
"I'm not sure." She said, as she shrugged.
"I'm going to go check." He said as he climbed the stairs and heard a yelp underneath him. He had stepped on Buddy's tail.
"Sorry Buddy." Mulder said as he petted the dog. Upstairs, he heard Scully retching in the bathroom. He went into Mathew's room to find him not there.
"Mathew? Mathew are you there?" he said, as Dana emerged. "He's in here with me." She said, as she retreated to puke once more.
"Come on, Mattie, let's give auntie Dana some privacy." He said, as he took the toddler by the hand.
Breakfast was okay, just the three of them. Then, Mulder gave Abby her Barbie's to play with, and put Mattie in his playpen and he sat down to do some work. He was like a teacher, you always brought your work home with you. It was a murder case. Dana came downstairs a few hours later, and she was looking better. She had gotten all of her color back.
"Mulder, where's Mathew?" she asked, her face a bit alarmed.
Without looking up from his case file, Mulder replied.
"He's in his playpen having a battling match between Bert and Ernie."
"Umm, Mulder. Look up from what you are doing please." She said as he did to find the playpen tipped over and empty.
"Oh god. Mathew? Mathew where are you?" he said as he jumped up from his seat, even forgetting to turn his computer off. Dana looked downstairs and Fox took upstairs. They both were getting pretty worried. When Fox went upstairs, he saw Buddy scratching the bathroom door, and whining.
"What is it, Bud?" Mulder asked as he opened the door and drew in a deep gasping breath.
"Dana!!!!" he yelled, in alarm. She ran up the stairs, with her gun in hand.
"No need for that, Danz. I found him." She said as she walked into the bathroom. Mulder just thought he was sleeping in the bathroom floor, but when he actually went inside, he found the empty bottle of Ibuprofen.
"Oh my god." Dana said, as Mulder scooped up Mathew and brought him into the next room for Dana to check him out.
"Mulder, get my medical bag in the bedroom." She said, as Mulder didn't ask any questions but got it. She checked and found that his pulse was thready and his pupils were a sure sign of dilation. He then vomited and she turned his head so that he wouldn't aspirate. She saw that his vomit was chalky and bubbling. When Mulder came back with the medical bag, Dana got up and said quickly to him.
"Mulder, we need to get Mathew to a hospital now." He nodded and picked up his nephew's limp, unconscious body.
When they got to the hospital, the doctors rushed him into the ER leaving them speechless and not knowing where to go.
"Mulder, I'm going to go take Abby to the cafeteria to get something to eat." Dana finally said, after a few hours in the waiting room.
"Okay, I'm going to wait here, a while until we know something." Mulder said as Dana nodded and took her niece by the hand.
"Mattie's going to be okay, right?" Abby asked Dana with a sad look on her face.
"I hope he is, Abby. I hope he is." She said as they were silent all the way to the cafeteria.
A few hours went by, along with many ER nurses and doctors. Finally someone came out to talk to him.
"Sir, are you the father of Mathew?"
"No, I'm the uncle. He was at our house when he got into something."
"Well, we put charcoal in his stomach to get the poison out. We almost lost him, but I think he's going to pull through." The chocolate skinned doctor said, with no expression on his face. Mulder thought that he probably had said this to a dozen families tonight, and all he wanted to do was sleep.
"Thank you, doctor." He said as he smiled.
"He's in curtain area 6 when you want to see him." The doctor said as he walked away, tiredly.
He got up and went into his nephew's room.
"Uncle Fox, I feel yucky." Mathew said, and Mulder saw the charcoal around his mouth.
"You must feel yucky, you ate a whole bottle of pills.
"Candy."
"No, they weren't Candy." He said, as he heard an announcement that made him shudder.
"We need a gurney to the cafeteria please, a gurney to the cafeteria."
'Naah, it couldn't be." He thought to himself, as he saw the door open and Abby rushed in.
"Uncle Fox, Uncle Fox. Auntie Dana fainted in the cafeteria!" she exclaimed.
"She was getting some Jello on the top shelf for me, and she just went down." She said.
"Did I make her fall?"
"Of course not." He said as he was about to go out of the room.
"No, doctor will get you." She said, as she took her cousins hand.
"Hey there." She said, as he watched as they were almost sibling bonding.
He watched them for a little while, and a doctor came inside.
"Are you Dana Muler's husband?"
"Yes I am. Is she okay."
"Yea, she's going to be just fine. She wants to tell you something." He said as the doctor lead Mulder out.
"What about the kids?"
"I'll watch them for you." The doctor said as he winked.
"Room 1013." He said, as Abby tried to tackle the poor resident.
He went inside to find Dana hooked up to monitors.
"Hey are you awake?" he asked as she opened her eyes.
"Oh Mulder. I thought you'd never come." She said smiling.
"You fainted, huh?"
"Yea, I guess that all this brain got too heavy." She said as she smiled.
"The doctor said that you had something to tell me."
"Yea, I do. Umm, you know how you act with Abby and Mathew?"
"Yea? Why?"
"Well, what if you had a closer relationship with a child? As in, living in your house, 24/7."
"You don't mean?"
"Yes, I do mean, Mulder. Mulder I'm pregnant. You're going to be a daddy." She said.
This time, Mulder was the one who fainted.
Author: Doc
Key Words: A, R, S
Category: MS married
Disclaimer: I don't own any X-Files characters, but I do own Abby and Bruce
Note: Didi, this is the only one I've written since you have been at camp that you didn't read. Enjoy! (take not that I do include many unsuspicious people in here too!:)
Summary: MUlder and scully have survived car accidents, shootings, stabbings, and everything else, but can they survive the worst of them all: babysitting.
"Dana, hi it's your sister. Can you do me a favor? Can you watch Abby this weekend? Mom has her Potluck Dinner and Bruce and I are going on kind of a late anniversary. Would that be okay?" Missy asked, or rather begged. Dana sighed.
"Yea, sure. Bring her over. I just love to see my favorite niece." She said as she hung up the phone.
"Mulder, it looks like we're babysitting today." Dana said as he groaned.
"Did I tell you that when you were out, Bill called. He wants us to watch Mathew also. It seems as if he's going on an emergency business trip and Tara's visiting her sister."
"Well, here comes double duty." Dana said, pleased by the moment of silence. She didn't know when this perfect sound would come again.
"When are they coming?" Mulder asked as he glanced at the paper.
"Around six. When's Mathew coming?"
"Seven."
"Get ready for trouble." She said as she went to take a shower.
A few minutes later, she emerged with a pitiful look on her face.
"Mulder, maybe that fish wasn't good last night. I just puked it up, along with my breakfast and my coffee." She said, as Mulder noted that she did look a little green.
"You do know that the flu is going around. Maybe you picked up something while dissecting those corpses.
"It's not dissecting, Mulder. It's called an autopsy."
"What's the difference."
"Well, a dissection is to see how the organs work, and autopsy is to find out the cause of death." She said, as he rolled his eyes.
"Thank you, Dr. Scully." He said, as she wobbled.
"Woah, are you okay." He said, leaping up to help her.
"Yea, I think so." She said, as he caught her.
"Dana, you are going to bed." He said as she was about to protest but decided that it wasn't worth it.
"Promise that you'll wake me when the little tyrants get here." She said, as he handed her a metal bowl, just in case she couldn't make it to the bathroom in time.
Three hours later:
"Day. Day." Dana heard someone saying very loudly in fact.
She opened her eyes to see Mathew looking at her with big brown eyes.
"How'd you get in here, tiger?" she asked as she sat up in bed. She found that she was dressed in pajamas. Come on, let's go find uncle Mulder, okay? She said as she took his hand and led him out of the bedroom.
"Mulder?" she called out, and found him working frantically on Mathew's playpen, which he wasn't assembling real well.
"Hey sunshine. I was going to get you up. How you doing buddy?" Mulder said to Mathew as the golden retriever who was once sleeping in the hallway looked up to see what he wanted.
"No, not you, Buddy." He said as he laughed, and the dog went back to sleep. Or at least he tried to. Mathew decided to use buddy as a horse. The dog didn't really mind; he was used to kids. It was either he or Abby pulling his ears or pulling his tail.
"Mathew leave Buddy alone, come on, its time to eat." Dana said as she opened the refrigerator to decide what to have.
"Boy do I need to go to the store." She said, mainly to herself. "Mulder, how would you feel about Chinese food?"
"Any take out is music to my ears." He said as the doorbell rang.
"That must be Missy." Dana said as she opened the door and felt a whomp on her chest.
"Auntie Dana! Auntie Dana! We have slumber party!" Abby said, as she bounced up and down.
"Abigail Suzanne Williamson, get off of your aunt right now." Missy said, as Abby reluctantly got up.
"Doggie! I want doggie!" she said, as she ran around the house looking for Buddy.
"Doggie! Dogie sleepy? No, doggie want to play." She said, as both Dana and Fox heard the jingling of the dog's collar as he ran to get away from these kids. All the poor dog wanted to do was get some shuteye. That's the same way Dana felt. It was going to be a long weekend.
"Auntie Dana, I'm hungry. Dinnertime." Abby said. She only just turned four two months ago and couldn't say full sentences well. (That or else her parents spoiled her so much that she didn't need to)
"It's coming, Abby. Don't you worry." Dana assured her, as she heard a yelp from inside the spare bedroom. She thought it was one of the kids. She ran inside to find Mathew using poor Buddy's tail as a plaything.
"Mathew, you need to be nice to the doggie." Dana said, as she picked up Mathew, and brought him into the next room. "Doggie sweepy?" he asked.
"Yea, the doggie's sleepy. Come on, dinner's almost here." She said as she sat her niece in the chair with a booster seat and her nephew in the highchair.
There was a knock at the door and Dana was relieved that the food was here. When she and Mulder got the food out and served, and sat down to eat themselves, their nephew decided to act upon himself to throw his peas on the floor for the dog to lick up, then he started throwing it beyond the floor.
"Mathew, listen to me. I want you to stop that right now." She said, as she could have sworn she saw him roll his eyes.
After dinner, it was bath time, which was a hassle in itself. Abby was splashing around the water, and she got bath bubbles in Mathew's eyes. He screamed and cried like never before and just as Dana was going to get a washcloth and eye drops, he just stopped crying and splashed along with his cousin.
After what seemed like eternity, they finally got them out of the tub and into their jammies. Dana was holding Mathew who was being very stubborn on which pajamas to wear, and she felt nauseous.
"Mulder, take Mathew." Was all he said, and the look on her face meant business. He took the squirming infant and Dana rushed into the bathroom. Mulder winced as he heard her dinner come up. He then felt his hand, which was under Mattie and found it was sopping wet.
"Oh no, I don't know how to change diapers." He said, as Buddy just looked at him as if to say 'don't look at me, pal. You're on your own for this one.'
When he finally got Mathew diapered and clothed; he felt a tug at his pant legs.
"Uncle Fox, can you read us a story?" Abby asked as he nodded. "Yea, but I don't have any stories here." He said, knowing that the books he had were old college textbooks that would make no sense to a four-year-old.
"No, I brought mine from home, along with Fru Fru." She said, holding up the book and a stuffed dog that looked very loved.
"What book is it, Abby?"
"Green Eggs and Ham." She said, as he took the book and led the both of them to the bed.
When Dana finally came out of the bathroom, she looked pale and sick, but Mulder didn't notice her come in.
"I do not like them, Sam I am,
I do not like Green Eggs and Ham.
I do not like them in a house
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them in a box
I do not like them with a fox."
"Hey, that's you!" Abby shrieked.
"Yea, I guess it is." He said, as he noticed Scully standing there, watching him. He was wonderful with his niece and nephew. She wondered what he'd be like as a father.
"Hey there, Auntie Dana." He said as he smiled. She sat next to them on the bed,
"Whatcha reading?" she asked.
"Green eggs and ham."
"Is uncle fox reading you guys a story?" she asked, as Abby nodded.
"He even does silly voices like Daddy used to."
They finished the book and it was time for bed. Since they lived in a big house, Abby and Mathew got their own bedroom. Dana and Fox did was kiss one child goodnight, and then switch.
"G'night, Tiger." Fox said as he kissed Mathew on the head.
"Night, night." Mathew said, returning the kiss.
"Auntie Dana? Sometimes my mommy and my daddy yell a lot. They look like they don't like each other anymore. Is that bad."
"No sweetie. It's not bad. All mommies and daddies fight."
"But sometimes daddy hits mommy and makes her cry." Abby said, and Dana was silent for a moment.
"Come, on, lets go to bed." She said, changing the subject.
"G'night Auntie Dana." Abby said, as Dana kissed her forehead.
"Night, Abby." Dana said, as she was about to walk into the other room.
"Wait, you didn't kiss Fru Fru good night." She said as Dana did a full 360.
"Okay. Night Fru Fru." She said as she kissed the stuffed animal just to make her niece happy.
Dana went into her bedroom and just about collapsed.
"Those kids are a handle, aren't they?"
"Oh yea, but you have to love them." She said as she smiled.
"You feeling okay?"
"Now I am, yea." She said, as she sighed. Her eyelids closed and she was instantly asleep.
In the middle of the night, they heard a scream. Both of them jumped up and got their guns off of the nightstand.
"I'll go." Mulder said, as Scully nodded.
"Be careful Mulder. Please be careful." She said as he went outside, he heard a scream again. This time, it came from Abby's room. He opened the door slowly, and saw the poor girl tossing and turning, drenched in sweat. He shook her and she bolted. She looked at him with wide eyes, and breathed hard. He pulled her into a hug just as he did Scully when she had nightmares like this.
"Uncle Fox, I had a bad dream." She said as she cried into him.
"I have bad dreams all the time. Come on, let's get up and go to the kitchen." He said, as he took her hand and helped her out of bed and took her by the hand.
Dana was really worried this time. She peeked inside Abby's room to find it completely empty. She heard something clicking on the floor behind her and turned around sharply to find only the dog following her, making sure she was okay.
"Thanks Buddy." She said as she bent down and he bathed her with kisses. She went downstairs and found the sweetest sight. Mulder and Abby were on the couch, side by side. His arm was around her, protecting her from demons. She smiled at the perfect sight, and pulled a blanket around the sleeping pair.
"Night angels." She said as she kissed both of them. I hope I'll have a family like this someday.
They both slept late that morning, and when Mulder awoke, he found Abby on the floor looking at him.
"Hey there, princess." He said, as she smiled.
"You look funny when you sleep." She said.
"Thank you." Was his reply.
"Is Auntie Dana awake yet."
"Yea, but she's not feeling well. She's been in the potty room all morning."
"Is Mathew awake yet?"
"I'm not sure." She said, as she shrugged.
"I'm going to go check." He said as he climbed the stairs and heard a yelp underneath him. He had stepped on Buddy's tail.
"Sorry Buddy." Mulder said as he petted the dog. Upstairs, he heard Scully retching in the bathroom. He went into Mathew's room to find him not there.
"Mathew? Mathew are you there?" he said, as Dana emerged. "He's in here with me." She said, as she retreated to puke once more.
"Come on, Mattie, let's give auntie Dana some privacy." He said, as he took the toddler by the hand.
Breakfast was okay, just the three of them. Then, Mulder gave Abby her Barbie's to play with, and put Mattie in his playpen and he sat down to do some work. He was like a teacher, you always brought your work home with you. It was a murder case. Dana came downstairs a few hours later, and she was looking better. She had gotten all of her color back.
"Mulder, where's Mathew?" she asked, her face a bit alarmed.
Without looking up from his case file, Mulder replied.
"He's in his playpen having a battling match between Bert and Ernie."
"Umm, Mulder. Look up from what you are doing please." She said as he did to find the playpen tipped over and empty.
"Oh god. Mathew? Mathew where are you?" he said as he jumped up from his seat, even forgetting to turn his computer off. Dana looked downstairs and Fox took upstairs. They both were getting pretty worried. When Fox went upstairs, he saw Buddy scratching the bathroom door, and whining.
"What is it, Bud?" Mulder asked as he opened the door and drew in a deep gasping breath.
"Dana!!!!" he yelled, in alarm. She ran up the stairs, with her gun in hand.
"No need for that, Danz. I found him." She said as she walked into the bathroom. Mulder just thought he was sleeping in the bathroom floor, but when he actually went inside, he found the empty bottle of Ibuprofen.
"Oh my god." Dana said, as Mulder scooped up Mathew and brought him into the next room for Dana to check him out.
"Mulder, get my medical bag in the bedroom." She said, as Mulder didn't ask any questions but got it. She checked and found that his pulse was thready and his pupils were a sure sign of dilation. He then vomited and she turned his head so that he wouldn't aspirate. She saw that his vomit was chalky and bubbling. When Mulder came back with the medical bag, Dana got up and said quickly to him.
"Mulder, we need to get Mathew to a hospital now." He nodded and picked up his nephew's limp, unconscious body.
When they got to the hospital, the doctors rushed him into the ER leaving them speechless and not knowing where to go.
"Mulder, I'm going to go take Abby to the cafeteria to get something to eat." Dana finally said, after a few hours in the waiting room.
"Okay, I'm going to wait here, a while until we know something." Mulder said as Dana nodded and took her niece by the hand.
"Mattie's going to be okay, right?" Abby asked Dana with a sad look on her face.
"I hope he is, Abby. I hope he is." She said as they were silent all the way to the cafeteria.
A few hours went by, along with many ER nurses and doctors. Finally someone came out to talk to him.
"Sir, are you the father of Mathew?"
"No, I'm the uncle. He was at our house when he got into something."
"Well, we put charcoal in his stomach to get the poison out. We almost lost him, but I think he's going to pull through." The chocolate skinned doctor said, with no expression on his face. Mulder thought that he probably had said this to a dozen families tonight, and all he wanted to do was sleep.
"Thank you, doctor." He said as he smiled.
"He's in curtain area 6 when you want to see him." The doctor said as he walked away, tiredly.
He got up and went into his nephew's room.
"Uncle Fox, I feel yucky." Mathew said, and Mulder saw the charcoal around his mouth.
"You must feel yucky, you ate a whole bottle of pills.
"Candy."
"No, they weren't Candy." He said, as he heard an announcement that made him shudder.
"We need a gurney to the cafeteria please, a gurney to the cafeteria."
'Naah, it couldn't be." He thought to himself, as he saw the door open and Abby rushed in.
"Uncle Fox, Uncle Fox. Auntie Dana fainted in the cafeteria!" she exclaimed.
"She was getting some Jello on the top shelf for me, and she just went down." She said.
"Did I make her fall?"
"Of course not." He said as he was about to go out of the room.
"No, doctor will get you." She said, as she took her cousins hand.
"Hey there." She said, as he watched as they were almost sibling bonding.
He watched them for a little while, and a doctor came inside.
"Are you Dana Muler's husband?"
"Yes I am. Is she okay."
"Yea, she's going to be just fine. She wants to tell you something." He said as the doctor lead Mulder out.
"What about the kids?"
"I'll watch them for you." The doctor said as he winked.
"Room 1013." He said, as Abby tried to tackle the poor resident.
He went inside to find Dana hooked up to monitors.
"Hey are you awake?" he asked as she opened her eyes.
"Oh Mulder. I thought you'd never come." She said smiling.
"You fainted, huh?"
"Yea, I guess that all this brain got too heavy." She said as she smiled.
"The doctor said that you had something to tell me."
"Yea, I do. Umm, you know how you act with Abby and Mathew?"
"Yea? Why?"
"Well, what if you had a closer relationship with a child? As in, living in your house, 24/7."
"You don't mean?"
"Yes, I do mean, Mulder. Mulder I'm pregnant. You're going to be a daddy." She said.
This time, Mulder was the one who fainted.
