"I wish it made sense, like a joke that no one gets, It's a life without regret. I want it to feel that way, forever and ever." -From "Wishing I was There" by Natalie Imbruglia

Stress was definitely taking its toll on Scully. Her food didn't taste the same. She was throwing up in the mornings. Her monthly cycle was late. It was almost as if...but no, that's not possible. She couldn't be pregnant, could she? After her abduction the doctors had told her she would never have children, hadn't they? Of course there was William, but that was because they had found her eggs again. They had fertilized that one somehow.

Still, was it possible? Perhaps not all of her eggs had been taken from her. That possibility had always haunted her. After all, she still menstruated. She just hadn't had a chance to get pregnant for a long time. But now...

She sat, curled in a corner of their crate, pondering these things. They had been living on this ship for three days with no close calls. They had explored the cargo hold top to bottom and found many places they could potentially hide should need be. They were careful to clean up after themselves well, and they felt relatively safe.

"A penny for your thoughts." Mulder climbed in the crate next to her, returning from the bathroom. "What's up?"

"Oh, nothing." Scully didn't want to get his hopes up. "I'm just bored."

"I could fix that for you." He gave her a playful look.

Scully sighed. "Not again, Mulder. It's only been, what, three hours?"

"But there's nothing better to do," he whined.

"Tell me a story," she demanded.

"What kind of story?"

"Tell me a love story."

"Okay. Once upon a time, there was a lowly peasant boy named...Wolf. He worked in the lowest part of the kingdom, all by himself. Nobody really paid attention to him. But soon he started telling stories about the royalty. This scared them, so they sent a beautiful young woman named...Diane. Her job was to seduce poor Wolf and get him to stop telling these horrible lies. The only problem was that they weren't lies, and soon Diane realized this. She had fallen in love with Wolf and he with her. But for a long time they hid their love. They worked together to fight against the evil royalty. This nearly cost both of them their lives. They saved each other countless times. Eventually they saw that their life pursuits were killing them. So they fled the kingdom, no longer caring about anything but each other. They stowed aboard a ship bound for a new land, hoping to escape their enemies. They lived happily ever after, even though they had to hide for the rest of their lives. One day aboard the ship Wolf told Diane a story. Then, in return, she told him what was bothering her. The End."

Scully laughed. "That was a beautiful story. Except for the end, that is."

"Are you insulting my fantasy?"

"Yes."

"You could make that fantasy come true, you know. Please talk to me."

"It's probably nothing. You know that I haven't been feeling well lately, and now my period is late. I've been daydreaming...just wondering if..."

"Oh. Wow. I see."

Reyes had to go to the store to pick up some things that were needed around their house. "I should be back in a few hours," she had told him.

'Perfect,' he thought. 'That will give me the time I need to get everything ready for tonight.' All he said was "Okay, I'll see you then."

It had been three days since their wedding night, and he wanted to try again. He wanted to do something special for her. He decided he'd clean their flat, cook them a nice dinner, maybe even run her a bath or something.

Dinner was not going to be easy. He had a limited grocery supply and nothing more than a microwave to cook with. He baked some potatoes in the microwave and mixed together a salad. He had gone to the store earlier that day and bought some wine and some candles. When everything was ready he waited by the door, prepared to stop her before she saw the apartment.

"I'll take those for you," he said as she walked up the stairs. She had four bags worth of stuff. He took them and then said, "Wait here, I'll be right back."

He put the stuff away quickly and then joined her in the hallway again. Making her cover her eyes, he led her by the hand into the apartment and sat her down by the table.

"Okay, you can look."

Author's Note: For those of you who remember this story from thexfiles.com, I will be changing a few things in some upcomming chapters. I looked back and found some inconsistancies, etc, but nothing that should stop you from enjoying the story like you were before.