6:27am
"Auntie Day, Santa come. Wakie." I heard a small voice call from besides my bed. I opened my eyes and looked over at the little boy.
"Ok Bradley, im up. Go wake Mr. Fox up ok?"
He nodded and ran off to wake up Mulder. I groggily slipped out of my warm bed and didn't even bother changing into something new. I went downstairs in my pajamas, which were fleece anyway. I walked into the kitchen first and grabbed a cup of coffee. Then I went into the living room and sat down. A few seconds later Bradley came down, Mulder following him slowly. He sat down next to me on the couch and eyed my coffee.
"Go get your own Mulder."
"Can't I have just a sip?" He pouted.
Damn it, the puppy dog look. "Whatever, just a sip." I handed him the cup and he took it, breathed in the smell for a second, then took a drink. He then handed the cup back to me.
"Thanks."
Anne and Charlie come downstairs, Anne holding Kaylie in her arms, and mom comes out of the kitchen with a camera. Since everybody is downstairs we let Bradley rip into his presents. After 20 minutes he had opened them all and was off in a corner playing with a new gift. Then us adults started with our gifts.
The first one I opened was from Anne, not Anne and Charlie, just Anne. I opened the box and gasped at the beautiful dress. It was long, it would go all the way down to my feet, it had slits up both sides that went mid thigh. It was navy blue and had a crisscrossing back, also a neckline that plunged. It was a simple dress, but beautiful nonetheless. "It's amazing. But where exactly am I supposed to wear it to?"
"I don't know Scully, I think for a chance to see you in that dress I'd take you somewhere." Mulder says, his eyebrows raised.
I slap him playfully on the arm and look at the dress once more, "where did you find it?"
"Oh, just this little shop. I saw it and immediately thought of you, it's a bit like one of the dresses your wearing in a picture Charlie has of you. I just thought it was wonderful and you should have it."
"Well, im glad you did. I love it."
We continued with opening gifts, Mulder and I had opened a few of the gag gifts we had bought each other, by the time everybody had opened their gifts Mulder and I still had a few to exchange. Bradley wanted to go out into the snow--it had snowed 3 more inches that night--so Charlie and Anne said they would take him out, mom took a sleeping Kaylie upstairs and then went to cook dinner.
There it was again, the conspiracy to push Mulder and I together.
Mulder handed me one of the last gifts he had gotten me and I opened it slowly, it was a velvet box, not small enough for a ring, but more like a necklace. When I opened it I saw that it was a necklace, it was one of those 'past, present, and future' necklaces. I smiled up at Mulder, "it's beautiful Mulder. Thank you. I love it."
I hand him his last gift and he opens it with a smile. When he takes the pocket watch out he looks at it attentively, "Scully. It's beautiful. But I don't understand--"
"It was my fathers. My mother gave it to me after he died, she had given it to him on their first anniversary, and she told me that when I found somebody I cared about I should give it to them. You are my best friend Mulder, the only person I could ever trust, you deserve this."
"Scully I--" he was cut off by Bradley who jumped onto his lap.
"Mr. Fox, do you want to play in the snow?"
He looked over at me and I nodded with approval, "only if your aunt Day comes with us."
"Auntie Day, you come?"
"Sure."
Mulder told him to go change and he ran up the stairs. Mulder looked back at me, "you still have one more gift Scully." He handed me another box, and I opened it just as I had the other. Inside was a gold bracelet.
"It's gorgeous Mulder…I just don't understand why you got me all these things."
"I've put you through hell and back Scully, you deserve much more than a few fancy gifts."
"No I don't Mulder."
"Yes you do, read the inside."
I looked on the inside of the bracelet, it read 'To Dana: My touchstone. Love, Fox.' I noted the use to the word 'love' and the fact that he used both of our first names. "Oh Mulder." Before I knew it I had my arms wrapped around his neck, hugging him. I don't know what possessed me to do so, but I didn't hate the feeling. Mulder wrapped his arms around me as well. I finally came back down to earth and slowly broke the embrace, we sat and looked at each other for a few minutes, eyes locked. He moved closer to me and my heart started pumping a mile a minute, I was sure the beating could be heard miles away. I inhaled deeply as Mulder inched closer.
But, something interfered. Not something, rather someone. Bradley came bounding back down the stairs and this time he jumped into my lap. I turned away from Mulder and cursed to myself, quite enough so that neither Mulder or Bradley would hear. Bradley smiled up at me and told me that he was ready to go out in the snow. I told him to go find his parents and I would go and change. I gathered all the gifts I had gotten into my arms and made my way upstairs, not looking back at Mulder because me cheeks were still flushed.
I quickly changed into something that I could go out in the snow in and went back downstairs, Mulder was no longer sitting on the living room couch so I figured that he was either changing or had already changed. I walked into the kitchen. Bradley was already out in the snow and Anne was sitting at the dining room table feeding Kaylie. She raised her eyebrows at me, "so?"
"I will talk to you later. Right now I have a date with your son."
"Hop to then." She smiled, "we can talk tonight, im sure you have some things to tell me."
Mulder walked in and I smiled at her, "do I ever." Then I walked out into the cold morning. Mom was sitting on the swings next to Charlie, each of them held a mug. Charlie's I assumed had coffee in it, while mom--who's hardly one to drink coffee--would have something along the lines of hot coco. I smiled at them and went out to play with Bradley. Mulder came out not to long after that and we threw snowballs, made snow angels, snowmen, so on and so forth. Finally Anne called him inside and Mulder and I were the only ones out in the snow.
I threw the first snowball. It hit him square in the head. He looked at me bewildered and then gathered some snow in his hands, then threw it. But I dogged the snowball and it flew past my head, but made no contact. I laughed outright and he threw another one, but this time I didn't do such a great job in dunking. It hit be in my side. My mouth dropped open and I gaped at him for a second.
"I can't believe you just did that!"
"What? You threw one at me first!"
"Yeah, but im a lady."
"You don't act like one."
"Excuse me!"
"How many ladies go around shooting people, or slicing and dicing."
"A lot!"
"Yeah, but none of them work with Spooky Mulder from the basement."
I huffed and threw another snowball at him, it hit him in the head once more and I smirked. "At least I can hit you in the head!"
I guess I shouldn't have had said that because before I knew it there was snow in my hair. I shook it out and threw more snowballs at Mulder. This went on for about an hour before mom came out and told us to stop acting like children, and Mulder and I both pouted.
"Aw, mom, do we have to?" I joked.
"Yeah, Mrs. Scully's mom, do we have to?"
She rolled her eyes and went into the house. I laughed and followed her and Mulder followed me. I changed into some jeans and a sweater and went downstairs where everybody was sitting in the living room. I sat on the couch next to Anne and we shared a little glance, one that mom noticed. She smirked and rose her eyebrow. I just shrugged and looked away.
Later that day she pulled me aside and questioned me on the look Anne and I had shared. I said that it was none of her business. She questioned weather it had anything to do with Mulder and I could do nothing but shake my head and walk out the door.
Damn motherly instinct.
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a/n: like I said, they won't be getting together so quickly. But be patient, it will happen…maybe. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please keep reviewing!
~Brittany~
"Auntie Day, Santa come. Wakie." I heard a small voice call from besides my bed. I opened my eyes and looked over at the little boy.
"Ok Bradley, im up. Go wake Mr. Fox up ok?"
He nodded and ran off to wake up Mulder. I groggily slipped out of my warm bed and didn't even bother changing into something new. I went downstairs in my pajamas, which were fleece anyway. I walked into the kitchen first and grabbed a cup of coffee. Then I went into the living room and sat down. A few seconds later Bradley came down, Mulder following him slowly. He sat down next to me on the couch and eyed my coffee.
"Go get your own Mulder."
"Can't I have just a sip?" He pouted.
Damn it, the puppy dog look. "Whatever, just a sip." I handed him the cup and he took it, breathed in the smell for a second, then took a drink. He then handed the cup back to me.
"Thanks."
Anne and Charlie come downstairs, Anne holding Kaylie in her arms, and mom comes out of the kitchen with a camera. Since everybody is downstairs we let Bradley rip into his presents. After 20 minutes he had opened them all and was off in a corner playing with a new gift. Then us adults started with our gifts.
The first one I opened was from Anne, not Anne and Charlie, just Anne. I opened the box and gasped at the beautiful dress. It was long, it would go all the way down to my feet, it had slits up both sides that went mid thigh. It was navy blue and had a crisscrossing back, also a neckline that plunged. It was a simple dress, but beautiful nonetheless. "It's amazing. But where exactly am I supposed to wear it to?"
"I don't know Scully, I think for a chance to see you in that dress I'd take you somewhere." Mulder says, his eyebrows raised.
I slap him playfully on the arm and look at the dress once more, "where did you find it?"
"Oh, just this little shop. I saw it and immediately thought of you, it's a bit like one of the dresses your wearing in a picture Charlie has of you. I just thought it was wonderful and you should have it."
"Well, im glad you did. I love it."
We continued with opening gifts, Mulder and I had opened a few of the gag gifts we had bought each other, by the time everybody had opened their gifts Mulder and I still had a few to exchange. Bradley wanted to go out into the snow--it had snowed 3 more inches that night--so Charlie and Anne said they would take him out, mom took a sleeping Kaylie upstairs and then went to cook dinner.
There it was again, the conspiracy to push Mulder and I together.
Mulder handed me one of the last gifts he had gotten me and I opened it slowly, it was a velvet box, not small enough for a ring, but more like a necklace. When I opened it I saw that it was a necklace, it was one of those 'past, present, and future' necklaces. I smiled up at Mulder, "it's beautiful Mulder. Thank you. I love it."
I hand him his last gift and he opens it with a smile. When he takes the pocket watch out he looks at it attentively, "Scully. It's beautiful. But I don't understand--"
"It was my fathers. My mother gave it to me after he died, she had given it to him on their first anniversary, and she told me that when I found somebody I cared about I should give it to them. You are my best friend Mulder, the only person I could ever trust, you deserve this."
"Scully I--" he was cut off by Bradley who jumped onto his lap.
"Mr. Fox, do you want to play in the snow?"
He looked over at me and I nodded with approval, "only if your aunt Day comes with us."
"Auntie Day, you come?"
"Sure."
Mulder told him to go change and he ran up the stairs. Mulder looked back at me, "you still have one more gift Scully." He handed me another box, and I opened it just as I had the other. Inside was a gold bracelet.
"It's gorgeous Mulder…I just don't understand why you got me all these things."
"I've put you through hell and back Scully, you deserve much more than a few fancy gifts."
"No I don't Mulder."
"Yes you do, read the inside."
I looked on the inside of the bracelet, it read 'To Dana: My touchstone. Love, Fox.' I noted the use to the word 'love' and the fact that he used both of our first names. "Oh Mulder." Before I knew it I had my arms wrapped around his neck, hugging him. I don't know what possessed me to do so, but I didn't hate the feeling. Mulder wrapped his arms around me as well. I finally came back down to earth and slowly broke the embrace, we sat and looked at each other for a few minutes, eyes locked. He moved closer to me and my heart started pumping a mile a minute, I was sure the beating could be heard miles away. I inhaled deeply as Mulder inched closer.
But, something interfered. Not something, rather someone. Bradley came bounding back down the stairs and this time he jumped into my lap. I turned away from Mulder and cursed to myself, quite enough so that neither Mulder or Bradley would hear. Bradley smiled up at me and told me that he was ready to go out in the snow. I told him to go find his parents and I would go and change. I gathered all the gifts I had gotten into my arms and made my way upstairs, not looking back at Mulder because me cheeks were still flushed.
I quickly changed into something that I could go out in the snow in and went back downstairs, Mulder was no longer sitting on the living room couch so I figured that he was either changing or had already changed. I walked into the kitchen. Bradley was already out in the snow and Anne was sitting at the dining room table feeding Kaylie. She raised her eyebrows at me, "so?"
"I will talk to you later. Right now I have a date with your son."
"Hop to then." She smiled, "we can talk tonight, im sure you have some things to tell me."
Mulder walked in and I smiled at her, "do I ever." Then I walked out into the cold morning. Mom was sitting on the swings next to Charlie, each of them held a mug. Charlie's I assumed had coffee in it, while mom--who's hardly one to drink coffee--would have something along the lines of hot coco. I smiled at them and went out to play with Bradley. Mulder came out not to long after that and we threw snowballs, made snow angels, snowmen, so on and so forth. Finally Anne called him inside and Mulder and I were the only ones out in the snow.
I threw the first snowball. It hit him square in the head. He looked at me bewildered and then gathered some snow in his hands, then threw it. But I dogged the snowball and it flew past my head, but made no contact. I laughed outright and he threw another one, but this time I didn't do such a great job in dunking. It hit be in my side. My mouth dropped open and I gaped at him for a second.
"I can't believe you just did that!"
"What? You threw one at me first!"
"Yeah, but im a lady."
"You don't act like one."
"Excuse me!"
"How many ladies go around shooting people, or slicing and dicing."
"A lot!"
"Yeah, but none of them work with Spooky Mulder from the basement."
I huffed and threw another snowball at him, it hit him in the head once more and I smirked. "At least I can hit you in the head!"
I guess I shouldn't have had said that because before I knew it there was snow in my hair. I shook it out and threw more snowballs at Mulder. This went on for about an hour before mom came out and told us to stop acting like children, and Mulder and I both pouted.
"Aw, mom, do we have to?" I joked.
"Yeah, Mrs. Scully's mom, do we have to?"
She rolled her eyes and went into the house. I laughed and followed her and Mulder followed me. I changed into some jeans and a sweater and went downstairs where everybody was sitting in the living room. I sat on the couch next to Anne and we shared a little glance, one that mom noticed. She smirked and rose her eyebrow. I just shrugged and looked away.
Later that day she pulled me aside and questioned me on the look Anne and I had shared. I said that it was none of her business. She questioned weather it had anything to do with Mulder and I could do nothing but shake my head and walk out the door.
Damn motherly instinct.
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a/n: like I said, they won't be getting together so quickly. But be patient, it will happen…maybe. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please keep reviewing!
~Brittany~
