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::6:20am::
Dana was walking quickly, nearly running, down the hall in the hotel to the elevator while Mulder stood by the door to the room trying to get his jacket on. "Dana! Dana wait!" he called. When she didn't listen, he yelled, "SCULLY!" She stopped suddenly and stood still before whirling around to face him
"Stop calling me that! My name is Dana Williams, I have a three month old son who has pneumonia and is in the hospital and I am this close to dismembering the next person who calls me 'Scully'. I've had a long night, no sleep, and my life is... it's..."
"Falling apart?" Mulder finished gently.
"I was going to say-" She stopped as a family with young children passed, the kids in their parent's arms, sleeping. She dropped her voice to a harsh whisper. "I was going to say something else, but yes." Dana let out a big breath. "It is." She turned around and punched the elevator button. The doors opened and she walked in. Mulder grabbed her arm.
"Dana, I'm sorry. May I at least buy you a sweatshirt in the gift shop so you don't freeze to death?"
She looked down and realized she was shivering in her soot-stained pajamas. "Ok."
He let go of her arm and the rest of the elevator ride to the first floor was in silence.
::The hospital, 3rd floor.::
::6:50 am::
Dana walked down the hallway slowly, mulling over what the doctors had just told her. She came to the waiting room and smiled a little as she saw Mulder spread out over one of couches fast asleep, his jacket underneath his head for a pillow. "
"He must have fallen asleep while waiting," she thought. Gently she touched his arm and whispered, "Mulder."
"Hm?"
"Mulder, wake up."
Blearily he opened his eyes and saw Dana standing over him. He tried to focus on her and went a little cross-eyed in the attempt as he sat up. "How's Ethan?" Closing his eyes he shook his head, trying to clear some of the cobwebs from his mind.
"He's officially got bacterial pneumonia, but thankfully they were able to bring down his fever early enough and get some antibiotics into him. He's doing better, but he could still be in here for a week or so." Mulder made room for her to sit down and she did, leaning forward so that her elbows were resting on the tops of her knees.
"What are you going to do until then?" he asked quietly.
"I don't know. Look for somewhere else to live, see what survived the fire, I've got to arranged for Josh's funeral," she said, her voice sounding strangled on the last part. "I just don't know." Despite her wishes she yawned. She leaned back against the back of the sofa and closed her eyes. "I don't know what to do Mulder." Dana leaned in towards him and laid her head on his shoulder. She yawned again.
"For right now you can get some sleep," he whispered tenderly into her hair. She nodded her head mutely. "Do you want me to see if they've got an open room with a bed?"
"No. I'm fine right here." She drew her knees up underneath her and leaned more into his side and he put his arm around her protectively. He felt tears seeping though his shirt and heard her whisper, "I've missed you Mulder," before she nodded off.
"Me too." He placed a gentle kiss in her hair and then laid his own head back against the wall, closing his eyes and surrendering to sleep.
************I know, I know. It's been forever since I updated last and this isn't very much, but be patient with me. I know that four chapters ago I said there would only be a few more. I lied. I don't know how many more chapters there will be, I'm just gonna write until its done. Please read and review! ~ATX~
::6:20am::
Dana was walking quickly, nearly running, down the hall in the hotel to the elevator while Mulder stood by the door to the room trying to get his jacket on. "Dana! Dana wait!" he called. When she didn't listen, he yelled, "SCULLY!" She stopped suddenly and stood still before whirling around to face him
"Stop calling me that! My name is Dana Williams, I have a three month old son who has pneumonia and is in the hospital and I am this close to dismembering the next person who calls me 'Scully'. I've had a long night, no sleep, and my life is... it's..."
"Falling apart?" Mulder finished gently.
"I was going to say-" She stopped as a family with young children passed, the kids in their parent's arms, sleeping. She dropped her voice to a harsh whisper. "I was going to say something else, but yes." Dana let out a big breath. "It is." She turned around and punched the elevator button. The doors opened and she walked in. Mulder grabbed her arm.
"Dana, I'm sorry. May I at least buy you a sweatshirt in the gift shop so you don't freeze to death?"
She looked down and realized she was shivering in her soot-stained pajamas. "Ok."
He let go of her arm and the rest of the elevator ride to the first floor was in silence.
::The hospital, 3rd floor.::
::6:50 am::
Dana walked down the hallway slowly, mulling over what the doctors had just told her. She came to the waiting room and smiled a little as she saw Mulder spread out over one of couches fast asleep, his jacket underneath his head for a pillow. "
"He must have fallen asleep while waiting," she thought. Gently she touched his arm and whispered, "Mulder."
"Hm?"
"Mulder, wake up."
Blearily he opened his eyes and saw Dana standing over him. He tried to focus on her and went a little cross-eyed in the attempt as he sat up. "How's Ethan?" Closing his eyes he shook his head, trying to clear some of the cobwebs from his mind.
"He's officially got bacterial pneumonia, but thankfully they were able to bring down his fever early enough and get some antibiotics into him. He's doing better, but he could still be in here for a week or so." Mulder made room for her to sit down and she did, leaning forward so that her elbows were resting on the tops of her knees.
"What are you going to do until then?" he asked quietly.
"I don't know. Look for somewhere else to live, see what survived the fire, I've got to arranged for Josh's funeral," she said, her voice sounding strangled on the last part. "I just don't know." Despite her wishes she yawned. She leaned back against the back of the sofa and closed her eyes. "I don't know what to do Mulder." Dana leaned in towards him and laid her head on his shoulder. She yawned again.
"For right now you can get some sleep," he whispered tenderly into her hair. She nodded her head mutely. "Do you want me to see if they've got an open room with a bed?"
"No. I'm fine right here." She drew her knees up underneath her and leaned more into his side and he put his arm around her protectively. He felt tears seeping though his shirt and heard her whisper, "I've missed you Mulder," before she nodded off.
"Me too." He placed a gentle kiss in her hair and then laid his own head back against the wall, closing his eyes and surrendering to sleep.
************I know, I know. It's been forever since I updated last and this isn't very much, but be patient with me. I know that four chapters ago I said there would only be a few more. I lied. I don't know how many more chapters there will be, I'm just gonna write until its done. Please read and review! ~ATX~