Chapter 8
"No, you want to take a left right here."
"A left-right?"
"That's real funny Jay. Thank you, you just missed the turn."
"I did not! Watch."
The car spun around, tires squealing, and a nearly ran into a bright blue rental car. Brakes sparked as the two cars slid to a stop. A petite redhead got out of the driver's side, a made a quick check of the car. A taller man and woman came toward the teenagers who were shakily getting out of the gray Toyota.
"You do realize that what you just did was illegal? That these guys could be cops and exactly WHAT am I going to tell my mother then? Tell me that Jay?" The black haired girl scratched and her once pale face turned tomato red.
"Sara…"
"Don't"
The couple in suits reached them.
"Miss. Please calm down. We just want to make sure neither of you are hurt."
"I'm fine, SIR. But Jay needs his brain back, I think he lost it in Elementary school!"
"Alright. Please be more careful next time. Or you might not find someone so lenient. Agent Reyes, come along."
They turned to leave.
As the got back into the car they heard the girl scream "Agent! Look! They were probably Feds and they have our license and…damn it Jay! You're so fucking lucky that it's empty out here! Just take me the fuck home!"
Reyes smiled.
They got back on the road, Dogget driving now. Dana sat in the passenger seat, still looking a bit shaken.
"You remember being that young?" Reyes asked from the backseat.
Dana calmed down a bit. "Yeah, it was so long ago. That boy just screwed all his chances for the evening though. Here, you need to go right right up here. I think it's that one, up on the hill."
~~~
They pulled into the driveway of the bright blue house. The trees were neatly trimmed, the grass freshly cut. The front door opened as Dogget shut off the engine.
The man who walked out had a sad smile on his face. Ten years had done nothing to him except for a few gray hairs. He was the same man she had last seen a few weeks after Williams's birth. The same man who had taken one last shower then had kissed herb goodbye. It was the same Mulder.
Dana threw herself out of the car and into his arms. The tears wouldn't stop. She tried to explain everything between sobs, but Mulder just hushed her. He held her close and smoothed her hair like one would a scared child.
"It's okay, Scully. It's okay. We'll get him. Come on, inside." He continued to hold her with one arm, while he gestured to Dogget and Reyes to follow them in.
He already had some tea ready. It calmed Dana down enough that she could sit without being shaken by sobs. She looked up from her mug and into his eyes. "I never knew I could cry this much."
"Making up for lost time, Scully, that's all. But you shouldn't worry too much. After I sent that e-mail to you, I started thinking. I called up a favor, from an old friend in New York. He'll take good care of William. It might be a few days before he gets here though."
"WHAT?!? Mulder…."
"Scully, Dana. Calm down. Agent Reyes here actually knows him. Goes around in a trench coat all that time. Almost changed his last name to Durden after he read Fight Club." He glanced over at the female agent.
"Tyler! I remember him! William's in the best hands, Dana. You shouldn't worry."
"No, you want to take a left right here."
"A left-right?"
"That's real funny Jay. Thank you, you just missed the turn."
"I did not! Watch."
The car spun around, tires squealing, and a nearly ran into a bright blue rental car. Brakes sparked as the two cars slid to a stop. A petite redhead got out of the driver's side, a made a quick check of the car. A taller man and woman came toward the teenagers who were shakily getting out of the gray Toyota.
"You do realize that what you just did was illegal? That these guys could be cops and exactly WHAT am I going to tell my mother then? Tell me that Jay?" The black haired girl scratched and her once pale face turned tomato red.
"Sara…"
"Don't"
The couple in suits reached them.
"Miss. Please calm down. We just want to make sure neither of you are hurt."
"I'm fine, SIR. But Jay needs his brain back, I think he lost it in Elementary school!"
"Alright. Please be more careful next time. Or you might not find someone so lenient. Agent Reyes, come along."
They turned to leave.
As the got back into the car they heard the girl scream "Agent! Look! They were probably Feds and they have our license and…damn it Jay! You're so fucking lucky that it's empty out here! Just take me the fuck home!"
Reyes smiled.
They got back on the road, Dogget driving now. Dana sat in the passenger seat, still looking a bit shaken.
"You remember being that young?" Reyes asked from the backseat.
Dana calmed down a bit. "Yeah, it was so long ago. That boy just screwed all his chances for the evening though. Here, you need to go right right up here. I think it's that one, up on the hill."
~~~
They pulled into the driveway of the bright blue house. The trees were neatly trimmed, the grass freshly cut. The front door opened as Dogget shut off the engine.
The man who walked out had a sad smile on his face. Ten years had done nothing to him except for a few gray hairs. He was the same man she had last seen a few weeks after Williams's birth. The same man who had taken one last shower then had kissed herb goodbye. It was the same Mulder.
Dana threw herself out of the car and into his arms. The tears wouldn't stop. She tried to explain everything between sobs, but Mulder just hushed her. He held her close and smoothed her hair like one would a scared child.
"It's okay, Scully. It's okay. We'll get him. Come on, inside." He continued to hold her with one arm, while he gestured to Dogget and Reyes to follow them in.
He already had some tea ready. It calmed Dana down enough that she could sit without being shaken by sobs. She looked up from her mug and into his eyes. "I never knew I could cry this much."
"Making up for lost time, Scully, that's all. But you shouldn't worry too much. After I sent that e-mail to you, I started thinking. I called up a favor, from an old friend in New York. He'll take good care of William. It might be a few days before he gets here though."
"WHAT?!? Mulder…."
"Scully, Dana. Calm down. Agent Reyes here actually knows him. Goes around in a trench coat all that time. Almost changed his last name to Durden after he read Fight Club." He glanced over at the female agent.
"Tyler! I remember him! William's in the best hands, Dana. You shouldn't worry."