Title: The Truth Is Not Enough Part Two
Author: Dana_Maru
Summary: The twins' birthday (and of course Angelle's).

Disclaimer: None of the characters you recognize are mine - but I do own Angelle, Helene and Aimee (and of course any other characters that may pop up whom you don't recognize!)

Chapter Two

Mulder and Scully are still in bed while Helene and Aimee content themselves, quietly playing one of their little pretend games. It is only seven o'clock in the morning but the twins never do sleep past eight o'clock. They have this special bond that all twins seem to share and their sleeping patterns are synchronized, both always waking at the exact same moment in time. They spoke with a vocabulary way beyond their five years.

"Aimee, what did you want to get for our birthday?"

"I dunno, I guess I don't really care as long as we get the same."

"Cool, me too. But isn't there anything you would really want Mommy and Daddy to get?"

"Yeah, a baby brother."

"Yeah, me too, or a baby sister."

"That would be just as cool. But Mommy doesn't look like she got one in her tummy."

"But babies are really, really tiny first, so maybe we just can't see it yet."

They had grown bored of their make-believe games and pulled out a box of Lego, building identical houses for their collection of tiny Polly Pocket dolls. This kept them occupied long enough for Mulder to sneak out of the house and get their presents from Monica and John's apartment. Neither were up yet, but Angelle opened the door. He came back as quietly as he possibly could and still went unnoticed by his daughters playing happily in the living room.

"Helene?"

"Yeah?"

"If we did get a baby brother or sister, you would still play with me, right?"

"Duh! 'Course I would. Mommy wouldn't let me not play with you anyway."

"Oh! Good, just checking."

They soon got bored of playing with the Polly Pocket figurines and moved on to playing with cereal boxes that they found on the kitchen table.

Mulder had drifted back into a deep sleep with his arms wrapped around his wife's waist. After another two hours' sleep, their alarm clock screeched into action, the tone piercing into their blissful dreams. Neither had the chance to actually get out of bed before Helene and Aimee decided to come in and make sure they were awake.

"Mommy! Daddy! Time to get up!"

"Yeah, we want our presents"

They were bouncing on the end of their parents' bed until Mulder grabbed Helene, and Scully grabbed hold of Aimee and they were both pulled into a tight hug. Both of the little girls tried their best to get away but all the squirming in the world didn't help them and they were subjected to vigorous tickling so that they were too busy giggling to try to get away.

Still dressed in only pajama trouser, Mulder went next door to wake up the Doggetts. He didn't have to wait very long as Angelle was already up waiting patiently - well as patiently as any five-year-old possibly could! - To share her birthday with her best friends Helene and Aimee. It was Angelle who opened the door to her 'Uncle Fox' and gripped his hand to pull him inside.

"No, Angelle, you're coming with me. Are your mom and dad up yet?"

"Yeah. Mommy! Daddy! Uncle Fox is here!"

"Wait a minute, baby, we've got to get the presents for Helene and Aimee."

After a few minutes, Monica and John appeared in the doorway, each with a large wrapped box in their hands. Angelle took hold of Mulder's hand and dragged him along the hallway. As soon as they got inside, the twins pounced on Angelle and they all started giggling excitedly.

"Happy birthday, Angelle!"

"Yeah, happy birthday Helene. And Aimee!"

Mulder clapped his hands together to get their attention, as usual it worked like a charm, all three of the excited girls stopped jumping around and turned to look up at him.

"Alright girls go sit on the couch and we'll bring your presents in in a sec."

They did as they were told, eagerly awaiting their gifts. Both sets of parents came into the living room with all the presents held between them. Mulder and Scully lay their boxes delicately onto the floor in front of the girls. Two large boxes for the twins and a slightly smaller one for Angelle.

"Alright, you can't open these ones yet, save these ones for last."

"Okay Mommy."

"Okay, Auntie Dana."

Monica told them all to sit on the floor and handed each of them a big box with a huge pink bow tied round it. They all ripped the wrapping paper off within a matter of seconds and tore open the lids of the boxes, revealing enormous almost identical teddy bears - each with a different colored bow around the neck according to the new owners' favorite color. Red for Aimee, purple for Helene and pink for Angelle. They all took it in turns to hug each of the adults smiling down at their happy faces. Mulder handed them their next presents - large dolls. Aimee's had red hair, Helene's had brown and Angelle's had reddish-brown to match the color of the owner's hair.

"Okay, these are the last ones from us."

John handed each girl a long rectangular box. They were quickly unwrapped and opened to show delicate gold necklaces with jigsaw piece shaped pendants that all fitted together to read 'Best Friends Forever'. There was a muffled sound from one of the boxes behind the birthday girls. These boxes had gone forgotten until now.

"And now for the final present this year - go on, open them girls."

They did so with much caution because they were afraid of what had made the strange noise. Angelle was first to open hers since her box was smaller and inside was the tiny rabbit with shiny, soft black fur.

"Aaaaaaaaaawwwwwww! It's so cute!"

"Thought you would like it."

The little girl hugged her 'auntie and uncle'.

"Thank you Auntie Dana. Thanks Uncle Fox."

"You're welcome, sweetie."

Helene and Aimee finally opened their boxes and out jumped the most adorable puppies anyone has ever set eyes on. They were little Huskie puppies, one white and the other pale gray - almost silver.

"Angelle, what are you gonna call your bunny?"

"Is it a boy or a girl?"

"A girl."

"Then I'm gonna call her...um...Willow!"

Helene and Aimee cheered and stroked their new pets.

"Daddy?"

"Yeah, baby?"

"Is my puppy a girl?"

"Yeah. What are you gonna call her?"

"Rogue."

"How about you Helene?"

"Boy or girl?"

"Boy."

Scully gave Mulder a look that said 'You are so dead'. Mulder laughed.

"Relax honey! I'm just kidding; do you really think I'm stupid enough? - Don't answer that - Of course it's a girl."

"Well since Aimee stole my idea, I'll have to call her Storme."

"Another one named after a sci-fi show! We have Willow from 'Buffy' and Rogue and Storme from 'X-Men' - good choice guys."

The three girls folded their arms across their chests and shot him a look.

"Okay, okay, good choice girls."

They seemed happy with that. They spent the rest of the day pigging out on a variety of sweets and sodas while the four former agents had to keep up with their demands and think of games to play on the spot every time they got bored with the last one.

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This one has got to be my longest chapter yet! Hope you liked it. Please leave a review so I know what you think of my writing. Thanks!

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