60.

January 29th 2009

8.28pm

Scully lay in the bath for what seemed like forever, the heat enveloped her body easing the pain of the Braxton Hicks contractions she had been feeling for over a week now. This one was intense and only a hot bath seemed to ease them. This was the part of pregnancy she really hated, the constant faux contraction which didn't last long but hurt like hell. Her body had swelled to that of a small whale. She felt like she was a walking, talking beach ball. The nurse at the hospital had told her the baby's head was engaged which brought a sigh of relief to her lips. This would mean Mulder junior would be there soon, on the due date or close to it. Her main concern was the baby's size. Despite the fact she looked like something you pumped up the baby was small, not overly small but enough to make her worry since she was so huge. The doctor had said the baby was taking on its mother's stature rather than its father's. It had abated her worries. The baby wasn't that small, just a few ounces or so, they thought. If the hospital wasn't worrying Scully felt at ease. Her mind wandered back to her second sexual moment with Mulder… it had been shortly after the 'against the hotel door' incident.

***Flashback***

11.56pm April 2nd 2002

An hour later they were snuggled up on the sofa watching the TV of the hotel. Both had redressed in their earlier attire.

"Mulder… Fox… Are we friends or more than that now?" she asked looking up at him searching his eyes for her answer, he looked puzzled.

"I'm not sure what you mean. Haven't we changed our relationship tonight? Haven't we just crossed that unspoken line? I like to think of us as being more than friends, don't you? I mean we do friendship stuff like hold hands" He held her hand and ran his thumb across her skin making the fire of passion ignite within her. Scully closed her eyes absorbing the feeling as she imprinted it to memory.

"So when I'm in the hospital and you hold my hand, or vice versa, its friendship?" he nodded as she held his hand giving it a little squeeze.

"When we touch foreheads… That is friendship." He said holding the back of her head so their heads touched. Scully felt a warm bubble in her stomach as the arousal of this situation was getting to her. She couldn't think why all these small displays of affection were getting to her but they were.

"What about our hugs? Are they friendship?" she asked her eyebrow rose slowly as he took her into his arms.

"Definitely friendship including when we kiss each other on the head." Mulder said huskily as his arousal became stirred.

He held her face in his hands and slowly leaned into her kissing her lightly on the lips.

"That is the kiss of friendship but this…" His lips met hers, his tongue pushing into her mouth, running across her teeth to gain entry to her mouth. Their tongues met and slid against one another. Her fingers ran through his dark hair as she pulled him closer to her. Scully's body ached for his touch as his hands slid down her back until they rested upon her butt. "Is a lover's kiss" he said breaking away for air.

Scully's eyes met his with doubt etching across them. Did she want to be his lover? Was that permanent enough for her? Scully wanted more, she had for years and now he was making it official… they were 'lovers' but not partners in the romantic sense of the word. They were not boyfriend or girlfriend they were just 'lovers'. This ultimately meant it could dissolve if the other found a new lover. He would, he could, and Scully couldn't. There would never be anyone else for her.

Mulder sensed her doubt and the hurt even if it wasn't showing she had stiffened slightly. He knew what he had to do to make her realise how he felt.

"Our kiss is the kiss of a lifetime; it is the kiss of the one true love, soul mates, and partner's for life. There is nothing in comparison. Our kiss is the kiss of destiny having come true." Scully looked at him as if he had suddenly sprouted another head. Her eyebrow arched ever so slightly and he realised this wasn't doing anything for the mood.

"Mulder… Fox." She said taking his hand and turning it over tracing his palm lines with her nails, his arousal sprang up between them and she smiled. "What are you trying to tell me? You are making no sense." She watched him take a deep breath before replying.

"The kiss we share is one where we will never be divided. You are mine forever. I am yours forever." Scully thought about what he said

"What are we, Fox? Are we lovers, friends or are we having a relationship? Or is this a one night stand for us both and we go back to the way we were before" she couldn't believe she had taken the bull by the horns but she needed clarification. If he wanted them to be lovers she would be that, she would take whatever he was offering her.

"I think… I mean I want… I want to have a relationship with you. I want to wake up with you beside me EVERY day. I want permanence, Dana. I need to know you'll be here for the rest of my life as my partner in the field and in my personal life. I want no-one else but you! We wouldn't work as a one night stand we both need more than that. I need more than that from you!" A tear trailed down Scully's cheek as he spoke. He had said everything she needed and wanted to hear. "Can you say the same Dana, can you admit to what you want from me?"

"I want it all. Everything you have to give me and more. The most important thing I want from you is for you to let me in here." She placed her hand upon his heart. "No more shutting me out and I promise the same. I love you."

He kissed her pulling her into his lap. She straddled him making her skirt ruche. Mulder ran his hands over her backside inching the skirt until it was in line with the base of her butt. Scully giggled as he ran his hands down her outer thigh. She wasn't sure why. Softly she kissed him on the cheek and began kissing down his neck, opening his shirt as she did. He groaned louder than he meant to as his arousal grow harder between them.

"Take it easy big boy, we have all night!" Scully said huskily as she opened his shirt fully to reveal his chest. She took each of his nipples, in turn, into her mouth and sucked and stroked them with her tongue until they too stood erect.

Mulder placed his hands upon her shoulders, kneading them to relieve any tension she might have. He eased each strap down from her shoulders and nipped at the flesh before gently suckling a bruise to mark her. He was staking his claim upon this woman. Scully would be his forever and no-one would divide them.

Running his hand down her stomach he found the divide between her top and skirt. He pulled her top up and over her head. Her breasts revealed to him as was the porcelain white of her skin. He laved her nipples with his tongue causing shivers down her spine. She held onto his shoulders as she wriggled with the pulsating of her never regions muscles. She needed some sort of friction. Thrusting her hips against him she instinctively sought out his member, rubbing herself against it. Mulder pulled her closer to him. He touched his hand to her inner thigh drawing small circles as he made slow progress in ascending to her hot inner core. By the time he reached the top of her thighs he could already smell her arousal and it didn't surprise him that she was wet. So much so a slippery trail had made its way towards her thighs. She groaned as his fingers touched her clitoris. She bit into his neck, scratching her nails down his back as he began swift movements across her sensitive nub.

She began to squeal softly as his movements slowed but her body pulsated harder and faster. Her head moved from side to side as the waves of pleasure passed through her eventually calming to a steady even rhythm. Her breath hitched in her throat causing her to gulp for air. He kissed her deeply forcing his tongue into her mouth which she took and sucked upon. She broke the kiss and nuzzled into his neck.

Opening his trousers she took his erection in hand and began to lower herself upon him. Scully slammed her hips down against Mulder's causing him to thrust up against her. Their bodies rocked against one another the friction mounting as they kissed and slid against one another. Mulder's breathing began to shallow as if he were being slowly deprived of air. They kissed harder as their needs grew more urgent.

            Scully's muscles pulsated within her, tightening, against Mulder's being inside of her. Mulder couldn't help but urge himself to hasten their entangling. Holding her by the hips he tried to help her grind down upon him but she was tired, he could see that. Her eyes were fluttering as a wave of orgasm began to flow through her. He watched her face contort with pleasure and smiled. Trying to be gentle he lifted them both from the sofa and fell on top of her on the hotel suite living room floor. They had both laughed before continuing with their quest. His gaze penetrated her eyes until she saw herself in his eyes. The love he had for her was evident. He leant down and kissing her began to gyrate his hips against hers. He thrust deeper with every moan she gave.

Bolts of lightening passed through Scully's body she twitched beneath Mulder as the fiery eruption began to course through her. Mulder felt himself tighten as his own orgasm began to throb in his member. He couldn't stop himself pushing harder into her. Skin slapped against skin as their bodies came together and parted. Scully dragged her nails down his back scoring red lines across his shoulders. Pushing her leg so it lay against her chest he thrust deeper into her causing her to shudder. Only now could he come. He looked into her face as he released himself inside of her with several pumps of himself. He saw pain etch across her face. He slowed asking her with his eyes if he had hurt her. She shook her head and rubbed the back of her neck. Finally having spent himself he kissed her and lifting her into his arms he carried her to the bedroom. They fell asleep instantly and woke late morning to Skinner calling her room asking if she had seen Mulder, which she denied saying he had met some girl in a nightclub.

*  *  *

Scully awoke in the bathtub to water being dripped upon her face. She blushed as she opened her eyes to Mulder. By the smile on his face she had either said or done something to indicate what she had been dreaming about! Holding out his hand he eased her up and out of the bath.

"I swear you are having a water baby. You spend so much time in that tub I'm thinking of moving you in here to sleep!" he joked as she stepped over the side of the tub.

"You'd get too lonely." He patted her belly tenderly as he kissed her.

"You have been in that tub every night this week when I've been home from work." She smiled feeling another Braxton Hicks pass through her belly. She held onto him for a second as she composed herself enough to speak.

"Well you have been home late. I mean it is all very well your having been given the  job of profiling for the violent crimes division of the FBI but sometimes a wife needs assistance in the bath!" he chuckled. "How Skinner managed to persuade them to give you the job I will never know." He wrapped her in her robe, placed an arm around her and he began to guide her towards the bedroom. They had barely moved when the sound of pouring water resounded through the bathroom.

Mulder looked down at the floor then at Scully whose face was grimacing in pain.

"What the f**k!" he almost shouted.

"Its time, call M-o-m, MY WATERS JUST BROKE. OH! F*CK!" Scully said as another pain ran through her belly.

Mulder helped her into the bedroom and sat her on the bed trying to ring her mother who wasn't home and her cell phone was off.

"She isn't there." He said concern whipping across his eyes.

"Get me some clothes, my bag and ring her again." Scully said breathing deeply as the pains began in her lower back and evilly trailed across her stomach until the ebbed away. Mulder handed her one of his t-shirt and some knickers figuring she wouldn't be wearing them for long anyway. She dressed slowly as he took her bag to the car and got everything organised. He tried her mom again as he mounted the stairs. Once more she was out. He left a message telling her to meet them at the hospital.

"I'm going to put you then the kids in the car, Dana. Your Mom is out."

Helping her up he slowly began to usher her down the stairs, it took three contractions and a few minutes deep breathing to get her to the front door. Mulder opened it and Scully screamed. Stood there, arm raised, was Monica.

"I had a feeling…." She trailed off.

"Can you look after William and Samantha?" Mulder asked as Scully leant against the doorjamb trying to breathe through a contraction. She clasped her hand across her belly; her face grew red as she gritted her teeth. Mulder rubbed her back soothing the pain as he had been taught. Monica had agreed to look after the kids and keep ringing Mrs Scully to tell her the news.

After five minutes Mulder had Scully strapped into the car. She had barely said anything since her waters had broken but he could tell she had everything under control. Her concentration was fixed upon her breathing. Squealing out of the driveway Mulder headed for the hospital. Scully reassuringly put her hand upon his arm.

"Take it easy. We have a while." Scully began deep breathing again. Her contractions were little more then three minutes apart. She realised she must have been in labour all day for her contractions to be so fast between them.

They hit red lights the whole way to the hospital and Mulder was panicking as Scully seemed to be continually in pain. Mulder mimicked the breathing they were taught in class to help her, which he was thankful that it did.

He could do nothing to ease her pain except let her squeeze his arm or leg. Mulder hurtled into the parking lot, stopping in the ambulance bay where he was met by angry hospital staff. He was told, in no uncertain terms, not to park in the ambulance bay.

"Look, man, she's in labour! My wife is in labour!" he yelled at the male nurse. The male nurse changed his tone and asked Mulder for Scully's name and her details. Scully had slipped off her underwear so she could be examined, they helped her swivel in her seat so that she could be examined.

"Dana, you have to deliver out here. I can see the head starting to crown." Scully's eyes opened and she shook her head as a contraction hardened her stomach causing her immense agony. Her face contorted as she tried to say 'no' she was breathing hard until the contraction eased.

"I want to deliver in a hospital bed, in one of those rooms I pay my medical insurance for! Don't tell me where I am having my baby!" she virtually screamed at the nurse. He beckoned an orderly to him, who came armed with a wheelchair. Mulder helped them transfer Scully to the chair. She screamed as they lifted her into the chair. She could feel the baby's head pushing against her and she wasn't ready to have this baby, not yet. She was too tired. She had been for days. Mulder held her hand, which she gripped with every ounce of her strength. He couldn't believe the agony she was in. she had gone through this twice for him. Both times were without medication as was this one. They would get her to a room and she would deliver. That was what the nurse had said.

Mulder watched as they lifted Scully onto a bed, she was in so much pain. How could she cope with this? Help her he thought, God help her. She didn't have time to be dressed in a gown or even be put on a foetal monitor. She was screaming in pain nearly all the time now.

It was intense. Every pain was like a hot blade ripping through her stomach. It was almost unbearable. She could feel Mulder sitting behind her on the bed holding both of her hands which she held onto with all the strength she could muster. Her feet dug into the bed as the doctor told her to push. She pushed down into her bottom forcing the baby's head out. She was told to pant so they could check the position of the cord. It was fine. Once more she was told to push. Gripping Mulder's hands harder she became aware of his soft murmurings of how proud he was of her. Scully could barely hear him but she could feel him speaking as his hot breath hit her shoulder.

As the baby popped free, at 1.22am on February 1st 2009, she fell back against Mulder. It let out a huge cry. Mulder let out a sigh of relief. It was over for them both. The baby was placed onto her belly. Tenderly Scully stroked the baby's cheek before they took it away for cleaning up.

"Congratulations you have a healthy baby girl." The doctor said as Scully was given her baby again. This time she held her daughter in her arms and Mulder smiled down at their child from behind Scully. Mulder kissed Scully's face. Slowly she closed her eyes. A nurse took the baby and Mulder extricated himself from behind Scully. He was given his daughter to hold and felt the rush of love he had experienced with all his children, especially William. Samantha had been a strange growth of love. He was dumbfounded at having two daughters. What was surprising was this child having dark hair. He turned to Scully who was screwing her face up again. She was in discomfort.

"She has my hair, Dana." She smiled softly at him seeing the pleasure in his eyes Mulder turned to the nurse. "Should she be in this much pain?"

"It'll be the afterbirth being delivered, its nothing to worry about." He looked at Scully who was making noises of discomfort.

"It doesn't look that way to me!" he said to the nurse almost forcing her to take a look at Scully.

"Like I said… get me another delivery trolley someone… ASAP" Mulder almost dropped the baby, Scully looked as shocked as him she had finally regained her voice.

"What!" she said almost choking on the word.

"Well, Dana, it looks like your little girl has been hiding her sibling!" the nurse soothed.

"I'm too tired for this." Scully said looking as exhausted as she said.

Another nurse took their daughter from Mulder and he seated himself behind Scully again she looked up into his eyes feeling tired and pained all in the same moment.

"I'll help you." He said forcing her to sit up a little more she groaned with the discomfort she felt. She was instructed to push. She tried but fell back against Mulder half way through her contraction. Scully's head lolled from side to side as tears strolled down her face.

"Take me home, Fox, I'll come back tomorrow and do this, I promise." Scully begged making him smile.

Mulder asked the nurse to push her legs closer to him. He took her thighs in his hands pulling them even closer to her body.

"Dana, it's already tomorrow, you have to do this now. Push as hard as you can next time." He said "and I'll hold your legs. You won't fall. Lets bring this baby out here." Scully nodded as a contraction began to wave through her. Scully pushed deeply into her bottom as Mulder pulled her thighs harder against them. The baby's head broke through into the daylight a muffled cry was heard. Scully was panting at the nurse checked the cord. She was given the ok to push again. Taking a deep breath she bore down as hard as she could. Mulder pulled her legs harder forcing the baby out with a pop of air at 1.57am.

"Congratulations, you have a healthy boy."

They both leaned backwards as their newer baby was placed onto her belly. Scully held his tiny hand.

"Hey cutie." She said softly before closing her eyes as the nurse swept the baby away for cleaning. "Nurse… which of the twins was visible in my scans? I mean which one were you aware of, my son or daughter?"

"Both although we didn't see them at the same time. At your various scans we saw one or the other. You should see your notes. One week it would have boy then a line through that and girl was put in its place." Scully smiled imagining the messy note scribbling. "We only ever saw one twin at a time. They must have been synchronised. Even the heart beat was just the one." Scully nodded as Mulder shook his head in disbelief. He moved away from Scully and held his son. Another dark haired child! There was no way these children were not his although his son was pulling a face at him that was a distinct Scully-ism. The raised eyebrow from one so young was hilarious, he had to laugh. He showed Scully and she laughed too.

It wasn't long before they were wheeled into a room and Mulder lay with Scully in the bed. The twins were sound asleep in their cribs beside the bed.

"I love you, Mrs Mulder." He said softly to her. "BUT you are never going through that again! I want you on the pill until you are ninety." Scully chuckled.

"And if I don't? Will you divorce me?" she said a gleam in her eye.

"No. I'll refuse to have any intimate relations with you."

"Intimate relations… you have to be kidding me!" she laughed at him fully. "Maybe you should have the snip!" he looked hurt and offended making her laugh again. "Its okay I'm going on the pill." He looked relieved and kissed her before cuddling up to her again. They both fell asleep and shortly after her mother came into the room and saw them all asleep. She looked briefly at her grandchildren before leaving the flowers and card on the bedside table after having 'borrowed' a vase from the nurses lounge room.

* * *

February 3RD 2009. 4pm.

After two days in the hospital Scully was allowed home with the twins. Mulder had taken that time to add the extra crib and clothes to the wardrobe. He changed the stroller for a double. Even the car became a people carrier. This was the life he had wanted. Now all they needed as a dog or two! Except he knew Scully would go crazy if he even suggested it.

The whole family, including Bill, had arrived at the house for the presentation of the twins to the Scully's. Even Skinner, the Lone Gunmen, Doggett and Reyes were there. It was a huge party but there were people who were missing, those belonging to another world now. Later in the year they would drive to Martha's Vineyard and take the kids to the graves of his parents to 'introduce' them. In his heart he felt they already knew.

"So what have you called them?" Mrs Scully asked as she cuddled Samantha and William.

"Angel and Luke we couldn't think of any other names." Scully said as she sat down with the twins in her arms.

"You have a complete family now." Mrs Scully said.

"A family." Mulder said leaning over Scully to kiss her as his thoughts trailed away.

His dreams had come true. He had a wife whom he adored and she felt the same, four children, a home, a good job. Life was perfect. He knew there would be many adventures to be had as a family but this moment where everyone was happy, even Bill, made it perfect. The gunmen were alive; Skinner had got him and Scully out of trouble and even found him a decent job to support his family. Scully loved him. What more could he ask for? Absolutely nothing.

THE END.