Title: 65 part 15: An Unexpected Surprise
Author: Doc
Category: Alternate Universe,
Key Words: Not quite holiday fic, (but it takes place around the time), Mulder/Scully Married, Kidfic
Dana Scully walked downstairs to the sounds of Bert and Ernie. Her 3-year-old son was sitting in front of the television, almost mesmerized by it.
She found a note on the table.
"Got a case in Pennsylvania. I promise I'll call when I get there. I love you, Dana and give a kiss to Joshie for me.
Mulder"
She smiled at the note and turned to her son
"Joshie, did you go potty?" She asked, but already knew the answer.
"No. Potty bad." he said as he shook his head in protest.
"Joshie, do you know what holiday is coming up?"
"Christmas!" Josh said as he jumped up and down.
"What do you want Santa to bring you?"
"Elmo! and Blue. And a Barney doll." He said, jumping up and down.
"Okay, we're going to go shopping for Daddy and Grandma and your cousins soon. So after Sesame Street, we'll get dressed," she said as he nodded. She went over and got a cup of coffee from the pot. She put milk and sugar in it, and sat on the couch. She was about to relax when Buddy came over and barked for his breakfast.
"All right, I'm coming." she said as she dumped his personalized dish into a store brand dog food.
"There you go, Buddy." she said as she set the food down and he attacked it like a bird.
"Should we get this for Abby?" Dana asked Josh as she picked up a Barbie doll. He wrinkled his nose and shook his head.
"No, it's girly stuff." he said as Dana smiled and threw that in the cart.
"Look Josh, its Santa Claus!" Dana said when they were out of the store.
They waited in line for what seemed like eternity and then Josh ran up and sat on the man's lap.
"Ho ho ho. How are you, young man?" Santa asked as the toddler turned to his mommy.
"Mommy, he called me young man." he said as Dana smiled.
"Well, what do you want for Christmas?"
"I want a Tickle me Elmo, a Blues Clues Puppy, A talking Barney." he said and he kept thinking.
"Is that all?"
"Oh yea, I also want a baby sister." he said as a matter of factly. Dana's chin almost hit the tile floor. The man playing Santa just looked at Dana asking what to do.
"Come on, Joshie. It's time to go." Dana said as Josh thought about it for a little while then shrugged and said goodbye to the dumbfounded Santa.
"Mommy, what should I get for my baby sister? What would she like?" Josh said. The only thing that stopped him from running to the baby store was his mother's hand.
"I think I'll get a new collar for Buddy too. His other one looks old. And maybe some squeaky things too." Josh said as he strolled down the mall. Only fifteen minutes later he is getting tired
"Momeee! I'm tired. I want to go home." He says as Dana sighs.
"Joshie, we need to get something for Daddy." She says as he starts whining.
"Stop it, or I'll give you something to whine about, Joshie." Dana says as she goes into J.C. Penny. She lets go of Joshie's hand for an instant and goes to the jewelry. Mulder needs a new watch desperately. He's had his old watch from when they were married, six years ago. She is about to go into the department, when she sees the perfect gift. It's a poster with a UFO on it, and on the bottom it says, "I want to believe."
"This is perfect. Joshie, don't you think this will be a good present for Daddy?" She looks to the stroller, and found him sound asleep.
"Poor tiger's worn himself out." Dana thought as she smiled. She bought the gift and decided to get the sleepy prince home before he becomes a sleepy dragon.
She gets him out of his stroller, and into his car seat while she has a little trouble putting the stroller in the trunk. She jumped into the car, rubbing her hands together and blowing on them to keep warm.
"We have an ice warning out for Maxis county. I repeat we have an ice warning out for Maxis county. Please don't try to drive. This can be extremely dangerous." The car radio announcer said, but Dana had it on minimum volume because she didn't want Josh to wake up and start screaming bloody murder. She knew that it was icy around, and the car had emergency breaking. She didn't worry too much.
She entered the narrow bridge between their house and downtown. She looked behind her to see Josh waking up a little bit. She looked back to the wheel and jammed on her breaks, but nothing could be done. The car swerved and then fell off the steep embankment. The last thing Dana saw was her son's terrified eyes.
When Josh woke up he had a nasty cut on his forehead. He looked up in the front seat to see his mommy out cold with a nasty bruise on her forehead. He crawled up to the front seat.
"Mommy. Mommy wake up." He said, getting scared. His mother didn't move.
"Momeee! We have to go home and feed Buddy and wrap our presents." He said, shaking her shoulder, trying to be brave. Still, she was as limp as his Big Bird toy. He learned in nursery school that you were supposed to call 911 if somebody was hurt. His mommy did have a cell phone. He picked it up out of it's pocket and shook it a few times. He dialed 911, but nothing rang.
"Mommy, I'm gonna go get help." He said as he opened the door and faced the freezing temperatures. Boy was it cold out here. But, he thought, if Buddy could do it, he could too. He mastered the skill of climbing by breaking and entering. The cookie jar, that is. He slowly climbed the steep hill up to the main road. When he got there, he saw that the bridge was broken due to their car. He didn't see any cars coming down the road, so he just sat down and waited. He remembered what to do from Sunday school. He put his head down and he prayed to God. He asked Him to let somebody come down the road and help his mother. He prayed that his daddy would come home soon. It was deathly cold out there, and he was so scared. He then heard a sound and picked his head up. He saw headlights and he was saved. He stood up and waved his arms like a rabid monkey. The car pulled over and stopped. The driver rolled down the window that Josh was facing.
"It's cold out here, son. What are you doing?" he asked, and then the driver saw Josh's cut up face.
"Sir, my mommy is hurt. We had an accident. I don't want my mommy to die." Josh said as the driver got out and followed Josh to the car. The man took his mommy's pulse, and he frowned.
"We need to get your mommy to a hospital. What's your name, son?"
"Josh. My mommy's name is Dana." He said, as the man carefully pulled Dana out of the car.
The rest was a blur to Josh. He was rushed to the hospital, with his mommy. Then the doctors wanted to check him out, and make sure nothing was broken so they took him away. He took him away from his mommy. He screamed and yelled for them to take him back, but they didn't. Then there was a nice lady who came into the room and told him that his mommy was going to be okay, but they needed to make sure that he was okay. Josh nodded reluctantly. The nurses examined him and he fell asleep fast. When he woke up, he heard yelling outside.
"Where is my wife! I need to see my wife! And where's my son?" it was his daddy's voice and daddy wasn't happy. The nurses said something to him, but Josh couldn't hear. Then he heard the knob turn to his room. He saw a familiar face and he softened.
"Daddy!" he said as he outstretched his arms for a hug. Mulder hugged his son joyously. Nothing felt better in his arms then flesh and blood. Tears started rolling down josh's face. This was the time he cried. Mulder comforted his son in his arms.
"Come on, Bud, let's go find mommy, okay." Mulder said as he picked up Josh, who sniffled and nodded.
"Your wife is in room 1121." The nurse said as she pointed in the direction of the room. He entered slowly, with Josh on his hip. 'Boy is this kid getting heavy' he thought to himself. He put him down and saw his smiling wife.
"Mommy!" Josh said as he ran over and hugged his mom.
"Joshie, thank god you're all right." She said as she hugged him back.
"Scully, I was so worried. Somebody called me and said that my family were taken to the hospital. They didn't tell me when or why, they just hung up." Mulder said as he sat on the bed.
"Joshie. Come here, mommy has something to tell you." Dana said as josh hopped up on the bed.
"Now, what did you tell Santa you wanted for Christmas?" Dana asked, and Mulder gave her an eyebrow wondering what she was up to.
"I want a tickle me Elmo, a blue clues couch, and a baby sister." He said as he smiled.
"Well, Joshie. I can promise you that you'll be getting the last of that list." She said as Mulder's eyes widened.
"You're going to have a baby?" he said as he jumped up.
"Yea, another little tyke running around." Dana said as she smiled.
"So, Josh. Tell me about the man who saved mommy's life. What did he look like?" Mulder asked his son.
"Well it was dark out, but all I noticed was that he had gray hair and he put something in his mouth that he put fire on and smelled bad." Josh said as Mulder looked up at Scully.
"Josh, you're going to have somebody to play with all the time." Mulder said as he smiled.
"Well, one present down, two to go." Josh said quietly to himself.
Author: Doc
Category: Alternate Universe,
Key Words: Not quite holiday fic, (but it takes place around the time), Mulder/Scully Married, Kidfic
Dana Scully walked downstairs to the sounds of Bert and Ernie. Her 3-year-old son was sitting in front of the television, almost mesmerized by it.
She found a note on the table.
"Got a case in Pennsylvania. I promise I'll call when I get there. I love you, Dana and give a kiss to Joshie for me.
Mulder"
She smiled at the note and turned to her son
"Joshie, did you go potty?" She asked, but already knew the answer.
"No. Potty bad." he said as he shook his head in protest.
"Joshie, do you know what holiday is coming up?"
"Christmas!" Josh said as he jumped up and down.
"What do you want Santa to bring you?"
"Elmo! and Blue. And a Barney doll." He said, jumping up and down.
"Okay, we're going to go shopping for Daddy and Grandma and your cousins soon. So after Sesame Street, we'll get dressed," she said as he nodded. She went over and got a cup of coffee from the pot. She put milk and sugar in it, and sat on the couch. She was about to relax when Buddy came over and barked for his breakfast.
"All right, I'm coming." she said as she dumped his personalized dish into a store brand dog food.
"There you go, Buddy." she said as she set the food down and he attacked it like a bird.
"Should we get this for Abby?" Dana asked Josh as she picked up a Barbie doll. He wrinkled his nose and shook his head.
"No, it's girly stuff." he said as Dana smiled and threw that in the cart.
"Look Josh, its Santa Claus!" Dana said when they were out of the store.
They waited in line for what seemed like eternity and then Josh ran up and sat on the man's lap.
"Ho ho ho. How are you, young man?" Santa asked as the toddler turned to his mommy.
"Mommy, he called me young man." he said as Dana smiled.
"Well, what do you want for Christmas?"
"I want a Tickle me Elmo, a Blues Clues Puppy, A talking Barney." he said and he kept thinking.
"Is that all?"
"Oh yea, I also want a baby sister." he said as a matter of factly. Dana's chin almost hit the tile floor. The man playing Santa just looked at Dana asking what to do.
"Come on, Joshie. It's time to go." Dana said as Josh thought about it for a little while then shrugged and said goodbye to the dumbfounded Santa.
"Mommy, what should I get for my baby sister? What would she like?" Josh said. The only thing that stopped him from running to the baby store was his mother's hand.
"I think I'll get a new collar for Buddy too. His other one looks old. And maybe some squeaky things too." Josh said as he strolled down the mall. Only fifteen minutes later he is getting tired
"Momeee! I'm tired. I want to go home." He says as Dana sighs.
"Joshie, we need to get something for Daddy." She says as he starts whining.
"Stop it, or I'll give you something to whine about, Joshie." Dana says as she goes into J.C. Penny. She lets go of Joshie's hand for an instant and goes to the jewelry. Mulder needs a new watch desperately. He's had his old watch from when they were married, six years ago. She is about to go into the department, when she sees the perfect gift. It's a poster with a UFO on it, and on the bottom it says, "I want to believe."
"This is perfect. Joshie, don't you think this will be a good present for Daddy?" She looks to the stroller, and found him sound asleep.
"Poor tiger's worn himself out." Dana thought as she smiled. She bought the gift and decided to get the sleepy prince home before he becomes a sleepy dragon.
She gets him out of his stroller, and into his car seat while she has a little trouble putting the stroller in the trunk. She jumped into the car, rubbing her hands together and blowing on them to keep warm.
"We have an ice warning out for Maxis county. I repeat we have an ice warning out for Maxis county. Please don't try to drive. This can be extremely dangerous." The car radio announcer said, but Dana had it on minimum volume because she didn't want Josh to wake up and start screaming bloody murder. She knew that it was icy around, and the car had emergency breaking. She didn't worry too much.
She entered the narrow bridge between their house and downtown. She looked behind her to see Josh waking up a little bit. She looked back to the wheel and jammed on her breaks, but nothing could be done. The car swerved and then fell off the steep embankment. The last thing Dana saw was her son's terrified eyes.
When Josh woke up he had a nasty cut on his forehead. He looked up in the front seat to see his mommy out cold with a nasty bruise on her forehead. He crawled up to the front seat.
"Mommy. Mommy wake up." He said, getting scared. His mother didn't move.
"Momeee! We have to go home and feed Buddy and wrap our presents." He said, shaking her shoulder, trying to be brave. Still, she was as limp as his Big Bird toy. He learned in nursery school that you were supposed to call 911 if somebody was hurt. His mommy did have a cell phone. He picked it up out of it's pocket and shook it a few times. He dialed 911, but nothing rang.
"Mommy, I'm gonna go get help." He said as he opened the door and faced the freezing temperatures. Boy was it cold out here. But, he thought, if Buddy could do it, he could too. He mastered the skill of climbing by breaking and entering. The cookie jar, that is. He slowly climbed the steep hill up to the main road. When he got there, he saw that the bridge was broken due to their car. He didn't see any cars coming down the road, so he just sat down and waited. He remembered what to do from Sunday school. He put his head down and he prayed to God. He asked Him to let somebody come down the road and help his mother. He prayed that his daddy would come home soon. It was deathly cold out there, and he was so scared. He then heard a sound and picked his head up. He saw headlights and he was saved. He stood up and waved his arms like a rabid monkey. The car pulled over and stopped. The driver rolled down the window that Josh was facing.
"It's cold out here, son. What are you doing?" he asked, and then the driver saw Josh's cut up face.
"Sir, my mommy is hurt. We had an accident. I don't want my mommy to die." Josh said as the driver got out and followed Josh to the car. The man took his mommy's pulse, and he frowned.
"We need to get your mommy to a hospital. What's your name, son?"
"Josh. My mommy's name is Dana." He said, as the man carefully pulled Dana out of the car.
The rest was a blur to Josh. He was rushed to the hospital, with his mommy. Then the doctors wanted to check him out, and make sure nothing was broken so they took him away. He took him away from his mommy. He screamed and yelled for them to take him back, but they didn't. Then there was a nice lady who came into the room and told him that his mommy was going to be okay, but they needed to make sure that he was okay. Josh nodded reluctantly. The nurses examined him and he fell asleep fast. When he woke up, he heard yelling outside.
"Where is my wife! I need to see my wife! And where's my son?" it was his daddy's voice and daddy wasn't happy. The nurses said something to him, but Josh couldn't hear. Then he heard the knob turn to his room. He saw a familiar face and he softened.
"Daddy!" he said as he outstretched his arms for a hug. Mulder hugged his son joyously. Nothing felt better in his arms then flesh and blood. Tears started rolling down josh's face. This was the time he cried. Mulder comforted his son in his arms.
"Come on, Bud, let's go find mommy, okay." Mulder said as he picked up Josh, who sniffled and nodded.
"Your wife is in room 1121." The nurse said as she pointed in the direction of the room. He entered slowly, with Josh on his hip. 'Boy is this kid getting heavy' he thought to himself. He put him down and saw his smiling wife.
"Mommy!" Josh said as he ran over and hugged his mom.
"Joshie, thank god you're all right." She said as she hugged him back.
"Scully, I was so worried. Somebody called me and said that my family were taken to the hospital. They didn't tell me when or why, they just hung up." Mulder said as he sat on the bed.
"Joshie. Come here, mommy has something to tell you." Dana said as josh hopped up on the bed.
"Now, what did you tell Santa you wanted for Christmas?" Dana asked, and Mulder gave her an eyebrow wondering what she was up to.
"I want a tickle me Elmo, a blue clues couch, and a baby sister." He said as he smiled.
"Well, Joshie. I can promise you that you'll be getting the last of that list." She said as Mulder's eyes widened.
"You're going to have a baby?" he said as he jumped up.
"Yea, another little tyke running around." Dana said as she smiled.
"So, Josh. Tell me about the man who saved mommy's life. What did he look like?" Mulder asked his son.
"Well it was dark out, but all I noticed was that he had gray hair and he put something in his mouth that he put fire on and smelled bad." Josh said as Mulder looked up at Scully.
"Josh, you're going to have somebody to play with all the time." Mulder said as he smiled.
"Well, one present down, two to go." Josh said quietly to himself.
