Title - Tears of Yesterday III
Author - Nicky
Rating - PG-13
Category - JMPR, MP/L, MSR
Spoilers: Pretender Season 4, X-Files Season 8 Finale
Summary - Jarod and Miss Parker make some unexpected friends and discover some unexpected ties.
Disclaimer: The characters Miss Parker, Sydney, Jarod, Broots etc. and the fictional Centre, are all property of MTM, TNT and NBC Productions and used without permission. Mulder and Scully belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and Fox. I'm not making any money out of this and no infringement is intended.
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Chapter 4
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Jarod and Miss Parker hear a knock at the door and break from
their kiss.
"Come in," Jarod calls, taking the now sleeping Serena over to
the bassinet.
"It's just me," Scully says while entering the room. She walks
next to Jarod and peeks at the baby. "I wanted to see how you
all were doing."
"Well besides feeling like I just had a baby, I'm doing great,"
Miss Parker laughs.
"Yeah, the soreness is going to last awhile. But it's all worth
it in the end. She really is beautiful, Parker."
"Thanks, Dana. What about your baby? I thought I heard a cry
earlier."
"He was just a little hungry. Mulder's out there changing him
now," she says.
"Did I hear my name in here?" Mulder asks, poking his head into
the room. Scully gives him warning look, silently letting him
know that he better behave, but doesn't say anything.
"Come on in and let me formally introduce you," Jarod invites.
Mulder looks at Scully with a smug grin and comes inside, handing
her William. "Miss Parker - Fox Mulder. Fox Mulder - Miss
Parker."
"Nice to meet you," she says. "You were a great coach, by the
way."
"Thanks," he smiles. "I wasn't there for Scully when she had
Will. I'm glad I finally got to use all of that Lamaze
training."
"Mulder. Scully. You guys go by your last names?" Jarod asks.
"We used to work together at the FBI. She was my partner, but
couldn't keep her hands off me," Mulder says, wagging his
eyebrows at Scully. She just rolls her eyes at him again. He
truly was in rare form this evening.
"Mulder is sensitive about his first name," Scully teases. "So I
always called him Mulder. He always called me Scully. I guess
an eight year habit is pretty hard to break."
"What about you, Parker? Jarod doesn't seem to have a last name.
Do you have a first one?" Mulder asks.
"I do," she blushes. "But I think that Jarod's about the only
person alive that knows it. I don't really like my first name."
"That's funny," Mulder says looking at her strangely. "I knew a
little girl like that once. You actually remind me of her a
little."
"First love, Mulder?" Scully laughs.
"No, nothing like that at all. I actually spent most of the time
running from her. She kept trying to catch me so she could kiss
me," he smiles before turning back to Miss Parker, staring at her
intently as if he were trying to solve a puzzle.
"What? Why are you just staring at me?" she asks, getting kind
of self conscious.
"You ever been to Maine, Parker?" he asks finally. "There's an
inn up there run by a guy named Ben . . . "
"Did you say Ben? Ben Miller?" Miss Parker sits up abruptly in
the bed, cringing a bit at the pain the motion causes.
"That's the guy. You know the place!" Mulder says excitedly.
"Kitty? Is that you?"
"Fox! Fox Mulder. I thought the name sounded familiar," Miss
Parker smiles. "I can't believe it's you. Oh, and to set the
record straight, Dana, I was not trying to kiss him. It was a
dare. Me and Sami Ann were trying to see who could annoy you the
most. How is your sister anyway, Fox?" The room grows solemnly
silent and Miss Parker can tell she said the wrong thing.
"She's gone, Kitty. She was taken not long after that trip. I
just recently discovered that she died a few years later," Mulder
informs her. "Dad was killed a few years ago and Mom passed away
last year."
"Oh, Fox, I'm so sorry to hear that." She grabs onto his hand
and gives it a gentle squeeze.
"Thanks, Kitty," he says, giving her a sad smile. "You know, you
look just like her. Your mom. It's awful what happened to her."
Another sad silence envelopes the room, and for awhile, nothing
can be heard but everyone's breathing.
"So, Parker," Jarod says, breaking the silence, trying to change
the sad subject. "What's with the name Kitty?
"I don't really remember," she says, pondering the past. "It's
what Sami Ann would call me."
"Uncle Ben used to call your mom Cat," Mulder adds, not noticing
Jarod and Miss Parker's surprise at his relation to the
innkeeper. "Short for Catherine, right? And he would call you
Baby Cat. Samantha was like six I think, and she was adamant
that a baby cat was only supposed to be called a kitten. So
instead of Baby Cat, she called her Kitty. I guess the name
stuck."
"Ben's your uncle, Mulder?" Jarod asks, seeing that Miss Parker
is shocked beyond words.
"Yeah. He was married to my mom's sister Pamela. Aunt Pam died
before I was born, but Uncle Ben stayed close with the family.
We'd go up to his inn sometimes," Mulder explains. "Losing Aunt
Pam wrecked him. There was always a sadness surrounding him. It
was like he was incomplete. Kitty, your mom changed all of that.
She made him whole again."
"So they *did* have an affair," Miss Parker says shakily.
"We never really knew. They were close, but no one but them
really knew the true nature of their . . . relationship."
"Is he my . . . do you know if he . . . " She pauses, biting
her lip trying to hold in her tears.
"If he's your father?" Mulder asks the question she's stumbling
over. "I wish I knew, but I don't. I do know that he loved you
like you were his daughter. I guess that's all that really
matters where family is concerned. I have so little family now.
I'd be honored to have you in mine . . . Cousin Kitty." He
looks at her and both of them break into a fit of giggles.
"You can call me cousin on one condition, Fox," she says when the
laughter dies down. "You *have* to stop calling me Kitty."
"If you stop calling me Fox, then we have a deal," he smiles.
To be continued . . .
Author - Nicky
Rating - PG-13
Category - JMPR, MP/L, MSR
Spoilers: Pretender Season 4, X-Files Season 8 Finale
Summary - Jarod and Miss Parker make some unexpected friends and discover some unexpected ties.
Disclaimer: The characters Miss Parker, Sydney, Jarod, Broots etc. and the fictional Centre, are all property of MTM, TNT and NBC Productions and used without permission. Mulder and Scully belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and Fox. I'm not making any money out of this and no infringement is intended.
* * * * * * * * * *
Chapter 4
* * * * * * * * * *
Jarod and Miss Parker hear a knock at the door and break from
their kiss.
"Come in," Jarod calls, taking the now sleeping Serena over to
the bassinet.
"It's just me," Scully says while entering the room. She walks
next to Jarod and peeks at the baby. "I wanted to see how you
all were doing."
"Well besides feeling like I just had a baby, I'm doing great,"
Miss Parker laughs.
"Yeah, the soreness is going to last awhile. But it's all worth
it in the end. She really is beautiful, Parker."
"Thanks, Dana. What about your baby? I thought I heard a cry
earlier."
"He was just a little hungry. Mulder's out there changing him
now," she says.
"Did I hear my name in here?" Mulder asks, poking his head into
the room. Scully gives him warning look, silently letting him
know that he better behave, but doesn't say anything.
"Come on in and let me formally introduce you," Jarod invites.
Mulder looks at Scully with a smug grin and comes inside, handing
her William. "Miss Parker - Fox Mulder. Fox Mulder - Miss
Parker."
"Nice to meet you," she says. "You were a great coach, by the
way."
"Thanks," he smiles. "I wasn't there for Scully when she had
Will. I'm glad I finally got to use all of that Lamaze
training."
"Mulder. Scully. You guys go by your last names?" Jarod asks.
"We used to work together at the FBI. She was my partner, but
couldn't keep her hands off me," Mulder says, wagging his
eyebrows at Scully. She just rolls her eyes at him again. He
truly was in rare form this evening.
"Mulder is sensitive about his first name," Scully teases. "So I
always called him Mulder. He always called me Scully. I guess
an eight year habit is pretty hard to break."
"What about you, Parker? Jarod doesn't seem to have a last name.
Do you have a first one?" Mulder asks.
"I do," she blushes. "But I think that Jarod's about the only
person alive that knows it. I don't really like my first name."
"That's funny," Mulder says looking at her strangely. "I knew a
little girl like that once. You actually remind me of her a
little."
"First love, Mulder?" Scully laughs.
"No, nothing like that at all. I actually spent most of the time
running from her. She kept trying to catch me so she could kiss
me," he smiles before turning back to Miss Parker, staring at her
intently as if he were trying to solve a puzzle.
"What? Why are you just staring at me?" she asks, getting kind
of self conscious.
"You ever been to Maine, Parker?" he asks finally. "There's an
inn up there run by a guy named Ben . . . "
"Did you say Ben? Ben Miller?" Miss Parker sits up abruptly in
the bed, cringing a bit at the pain the motion causes.
"That's the guy. You know the place!" Mulder says excitedly.
"Kitty? Is that you?"
"Fox! Fox Mulder. I thought the name sounded familiar," Miss
Parker smiles. "I can't believe it's you. Oh, and to set the
record straight, Dana, I was not trying to kiss him. It was a
dare. Me and Sami Ann were trying to see who could annoy you the
most. How is your sister anyway, Fox?" The room grows solemnly
silent and Miss Parker can tell she said the wrong thing.
"She's gone, Kitty. She was taken not long after that trip. I
just recently discovered that she died a few years later," Mulder
informs her. "Dad was killed a few years ago and Mom passed away
last year."
"Oh, Fox, I'm so sorry to hear that." She grabs onto his hand
and gives it a gentle squeeze.
"Thanks, Kitty," he says, giving her a sad smile. "You know, you
look just like her. Your mom. It's awful what happened to her."
Another sad silence envelopes the room, and for awhile, nothing
can be heard but everyone's breathing.
"So, Parker," Jarod says, breaking the silence, trying to change
the sad subject. "What's with the name Kitty?
"I don't really remember," she says, pondering the past. "It's
what Sami Ann would call me."
"Uncle Ben used to call your mom Cat," Mulder adds, not noticing
Jarod and Miss Parker's surprise at his relation to the
innkeeper. "Short for Catherine, right? And he would call you
Baby Cat. Samantha was like six I think, and she was adamant
that a baby cat was only supposed to be called a kitten. So
instead of Baby Cat, she called her Kitty. I guess the name
stuck."
"Ben's your uncle, Mulder?" Jarod asks, seeing that Miss Parker
is shocked beyond words.
"Yeah. He was married to my mom's sister Pamela. Aunt Pam died
before I was born, but Uncle Ben stayed close with the family.
We'd go up to his inn sometimes," Mulder explains. "Losing Aunt
Pam wrecked him. There was always a sadness surrounding him. It
was like he was incomplete. Kitty, your mom changed all of that.
She made him whole again."
"So they *did* have an affair," Miss Parker says shakily.
"We never really knew. They were close, but no one but them
really knew the true nature of their . . . relationship."
"Is he my . . . do you know if he . . . " She pauses, biting
her lip trying to hold in her tears.
"If he's your father?" Mulder asks the question she's stumbling
over. "I wish I knew, but I don't. I do know that he loved you
like you were his daughter. I guess that's all that really
matters where family is concerned. I have so little family now.
I'd be honored to have you in mine . . . Cousin Kitty." He
looks at her and both of them break into a fit of giggles.
"You can call me cousin on one condition, Fox," she says when the
laughter dies down. "You *have* to stop calling me Kitty."
"If you stop calling me Fox, then we have a deal," he smiles.
To be continued . . .