A/N: Ok, so no time gap in this chapter. This is a continuation from exactly where the last one left off. Enjoy.

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After he said that all words left my mind, and I sat there, gaping. I couldn't even muster up an 'I love you too' or even a noise for that matter. It was like I had never heard those three little words before, albeit he had actually told me that he loved me once, but he was drugged out of his mind. Right?

"Earth to Scully."

I shake my head, as if to rid it of whatever spell I was under. I look at him, bemused. "What…what did you say?"

He chuckles momentarily, "I said that I love you."

"You mean like your-my-best-friend love? Right?"

He shakes his head, "No, I mean like I'm-totally-head-over-heals-for-you love."

I must be smiling because now he is, "No joke?"

"Why would I joke about something like that?"

I shrug "I don't know Mulder. I just wanted to make sure I guess. Can't set myself up for a broken heart can I?"

He doesn't answer me, just stares accordingly. "You kissed me back."

"Yes, yes that I did."

"Why?"

"Because…"

"Because? Because what?"

"Well, isn't it obvious?"

"Come on Scully, you've known me for what? Around 8 years. I don't catch on to things that don't involve the paranormal or aliens very quickly."

I roll my eyes and sigh, "I love you too you big dope."

He smiles and moves from his spot on the couch to sit next to me. "And why are we just telling me this now?"

"We Mulder?"

He shakes his head, "Just answer the question."

"Well, I could ask the same thing to you. But for me, it was a few things. 1, it's not allowed for two partners to fraternize. And 2, I wasn't exactly sure how you felt about me and I didn't want to end up with a broken heart if you didn't feel the same way."

"I've told you how I felt before, or have you forgotten."

"Mulder, you had been drugged."

"Don't give me that excuse Scully. And plus, that's not the only instance. I've always given you little subtle hints. Like, what I told you when I was in the hospital, that you're my one in five billion. Doesn't really get more obvious than that. And, in case you haven't forgotten, I nearly kissed you in the hallway, would've if it hadn't been for that bee. Scully, you're a scientist, I would've thought you would have caught on by now."

I sigh, "Oh I don't know Mulder. Maybe I just chose to ignore it." I shift in my seat so that I'm laying my head on his chest, he wraps an arm around me, "I guess looking back on it, I should have noticed the hints. But it's not as if I've never actually done things to prove that I love you. I mean, why else would I stay all these years, after all these things that have happened. Yes, I want to find the truth, but Mulder, most of the time I don't even believe in the things we're searching for, until I see it plain as day, and even sometimes I still don't. When you were in the hospital and I went to Africa, ok I did do that partly because of our search and curiosity, but for the most part Mulder, it was because I wanted to help you. Because I do love you that much."

"Ok, then lets just say it's both of our faults."

"Alright."

"So, again, we're all alone, what should we do?"

"How about we just sit here…and talk?"

He grins down at me, "I'd like that a lot."

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4 hours later

"Dana! We're home." Charlie bellows as he opens the front door. The house spits back an eerie silence in response. He looks behind him at his mother and wife perplexed. "Maybe they're not here."

"Mulder's car is still in the driveway." Anne replied.

"Hmm." He set down his keys on the small coffee table in the entryway off the house and walked into the living room. What he saw caused him to smile lightly. Anne and his mother each came in carrying a sleeping child in their arms, they too looked at the scene with smiles. Anne and Charlie shared a glance before they left the living room to give the two sleeping adults some piece and quiet.

After Anne placed her son into the guest bedroom she secretly and quietly made her way down the stairs and once again into the living room. She aimed the Polaroid camera at the two sleeping forms and snapped it. Thankful that she had remembered not to place it on flash, so to let the two sleep. She smiled once more and took in the sight. Her sister-in-law and Mulder were sleeping on the loveseat (hard not to see the irony in that) Dana curled up against him, her head lying on his chest, his arm draped around her shoulder, keeping her in her spot. She looked down at the picture and decided to take one more, Dana would probably want one as well, well, if she decided to tell her about it. But, either way, Anne would have one for herself.

As she headed out the living room she heard the two stir and hastened her escape. She went out onto the back porch where her husband and mother-in-law were sitting on the swing. She sat in a open chair and handed one of the pictures to her husband. "Aren't they just the cutest thing? I'm thinking about framing it." She smiled.

"What's the other one?"

"One for Dana."

"You're planning on telling her you took a picture of her sleeping?"

"Well, the pictures just so darn cute, I don't think she'll very much mind." She paused a second, "Why? Do you think she'll be upset?"

"That depends." Her mother-in-law said.

"On what?"

"If they admitted their feelings to each other." She replied bluntly.

Anne smiled, "Oh. I think they have."

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a/n: Yea, another chapter. I'm so glad that you guys are enjoying this fic. It just brightens my day. And, there's no reason to curse me for this chapter, well, except maybe the fact I'm stretching it out longer than I initially thought, and the fact there wasn't much in the way of physical romance. But, you got to think about their characters, the mushy stuff isn't really Mulder and Scully. Albeit, there might be some mushy stuff later on. Depending on how long I actually do make this story. And, if the reviews keep going so well, I might continue it for more than just a few more chapters. ;). I hope you liked the whole other POV, I've used it before, and I thought that seeing the second half of this chapter through another's eyes would be much better. Anywho, review please!