Kids Will Be Kids part 2
Mel's eyes shot open. Oh God, her head was pounding. She sat up in her bed, rubbing her temples.
What happened? How did I get into my bed? she wondered. Then it came leaking back to her.
Ah, the club. Too many drinks. William helped me.
Then her mind drifted to the two strangers sitting in the living room. She gasped, her hand flying to her mouth.
Oh God I hope they don't tell Dad.
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William groggily lifted himself off of the couch in the basement. He knew he should go wake up Mel to make sure she wasn't going to be passed out all day. Her Dad would be questioning him into the night.
He pulled on some jeans and a white t-shirt before walking into the little bathroom to relieve his bladder.
He could hear the clambering of footsteps above his head in the kitchen.
Great, how am I going to get by everyone without having to lie my ass off about last night? He thought, absently stroking his stubbled chin.
His eyes amusingly drifted to the little window leading into the back yard.
Hell, why not?
He lifted himself onto the boxes that were piled in front of the window. He carefully balanced himself before popping open the tiny window. He stuck his arms out and grabbed a handful of weeds and grass and pulled his upper body out into the yard.
So far so good…
He pulled the rest of his body out and brushed the grass off of his shirt.
Another shirt ruined.
He walked towards the back yard where the back sliding door was that led into the laundry room.
"William, what are you doing?" came a voice.
William cringed and turned around to face Mr. Doggett and the man from last night.
He scratched the back of his neck and said, "Uhhh, I went for a jog really early this morning."
Damn, bad move, he thought as he noticed that both men were in their jogging clothes.
"Right…" Mr. Doggett said, eyeing him warily. He clapped him on his back and said, "Well, Monica is making pancakes so lets go on in."
William nodded and snuck a look at the other man. His mouth was twitching into a smile. William smiled a sheepish grin at him and followed Mr. Doggett back into the house.
The kitchen smelled of bacon and pancakes and the woman from the night before was sitting next to his Uncle Walter at the table.
What is Uncle Walter doing here? he wondered, eyeing the two of them.
"Hey William." Uncle Walter greeted.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" he asked, giving Mel a poke in the side when she walked groggily into the kitchen.
"The Doggetts told me two old friends were visiting so I came by. This is Fox Mulder and Dana Scully." Uncle Skinner introduced.
"Ah, the famous agents. My Uncle used to terrify me with stories about the X Files, it is a pleasure to finally meet the cause of my night terrors." William joked, nodding at Mulder and Scully.
Skinner chuckled and said, "Don't listen to him. He begged to hear the stories."
William just smiled. He noticed Scully staring at him and when he met her eyes he felt a pang of remembrance. He felt as if he had met them before…and not just in the stories he has heard. There was something familiar about her eyes.
"William, how many?" Mrs. Doggett asked, snapping him out of it.
He turned to her and replied, "Uh, one is fine, I'm not too hungry."
"Really…with all that jogging you did this morning I'm surprised." Mr. Doggett said, sitting on the other side of Uncle Skinner.
Mel caught his eye, sending him a private smile. He smiled back and they sat next to each other at the table across from Scully and Mulder.
Once the food was served and everyone was seated, the room became very quiet.
Mel sneakily slipped her hand onto Will's knee and gave a squeeze which caused his knee to jolt up and bang the table. Everyone jumped at the loud and sudden sound.
Mel snickered and Monica gave her a stern look.
"Melanie Alice Doggett, why do you insist on torturing Will? He's not going to come visit us anymore if you keep it up" Monica lectured, winking at William.
"Yeah Melanie" William taunted.
She shrugged and took a healthy bite of pancake.
Mulder grinned and said, "Scully here has the exact same tickle spot."
Scully dropped her fork and blocked her knee. "Don't even think about it" she warned.
"Oh, Monica is ticklish everywhere. All you have to do is wiggle your fingers near her and she screams like someone's trying to kill her" John chuckled.
"I know Uncle Walters tickle spot" William stated smiling broadly at Skinner.
"You are a sick kid William." Skinner said shaking his head.
"Ew, I don't want to know" Mel said, gulping her orange juice.
"So what are your plans tonight?" John asked Mel.
She sighed and set her glass back down on the table. "Well, Blake-"
"Uuuggggh!" William grumbled, rolling his eyes.
She punched his shoulder and continued, "Blake wanted me to go with him to see some band that is playing at the mall but I don't think I really want to. Mall bands are usually suck-ass."
"Suck what?" Skinner asked.
Mel laughed and shrugged.
"So…you aren't going with Blake" John stated.
"No father, I guess I'm not" she said exasperatedly.
"Ok, then would you care to share with us what you are planning on actually doing?" He prodded.
Mel muttered something under her breath and put her face in her hands.
"Melanie, answer your father please" Monica mumbled through a full mouth.
"I guess me and William are going to out again." She said, hoping he wouldn't ask the one question she didn't want to be asked.
Mulder and Scully both knew where this was headed.
"Where did you go last night?" John asked, looking between the both of them.
William busied himself with adding more syrup to his pancakes.
"A club" she muttered.
"A club…and what time did you get home from this club?" John quizzed.
"I don't know exactly", she said, looking at William for help.
"William do you know?" John directed his gaze on him.
"Um, not sure. Some time after midnight." he replied in a toneless voice that modeled Mulder's exactly.
"You didn't drink did you?" John asked.
"No sir, I didn't." William said.
He felt a sharp kick under the table and he winced. Mel shot him an evil eye.
"Oh, so are you saying that Melanie consumed an alcoholic beverage illegally in your presence?" He asked, obviously enjoying their discomfort.
"No father I did not drink." Mel stated through clenched teeth.
"Oh, so I guess me waking up to the sound of you puking up everything in your body last night had nothing to do with you uh…not drinking" John exclaimed.
Mel folded her arms across her chest and stared out the window.
"Melanie, we'll talk about this later. You and William need to be a little more responsible. And William, thank you for not drinking as well." Monica said softly.
William nodded.
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Mulder walked up the stairs, looking for Scully. He found her in the guest room rummaging around her suitcase.
"Whatcha doin?" he asked, propping against the door frame.
She looked up and him and said, "Looking for my cell."
Just then they heard low talking coming from the room across the hall. Mel's room.
"We'll just sneak out tonight. Really, you shouldn't take my Dad so seriously. He's always had a stick up his ass." Mel said.
Mulder chuckled in agreement. Scully smiled and continued to dig through their things.
"Whatever. I'm better at not getting caught than you so it's your ass, not mine. This time I'm not carrying your drunk ass to bed." William said.
"Thanks for that by the way" she replied.
"No problem. This time lighten up on the drinks." he told her.
Scully was almost spooked at how much his voice sounded like Mulders'.
"Did I say anything really stupid when I was drunk. I didn't tell you a deep dark secret or something did I?" she giggled.
"Naw, I didn't take any of it seriously" he assured her.
"We'll have a better time tonight." Mel said.
"Last night was fun" he replied.
"Ok, well, you know how I am when I'm drunk, not exactly fun."
"You? not fun, how could that ever be?" William asked.
"Arg, you know what I mean, I wont drink tonight, cross my heart." She sighed.
"Do what you want." he said simply.
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Mulder slid out of the bed and headed to the kitchen where Scully was already seated.
"The kids back yet?" he asked her, grabbing a coffee mug.
"Nope" she replied.
Just then Scully's cell rang. She pulled it out of her pajama coat pocket.
"Hello?"
Mulder looked at her questioningly.
"Oh ok…Ok…no it's ok. Yes, we'll be right there, Ok, bye" she hung up.
"Who was that?" Mulder asked, watching her put on her shoes.
"Melanie. It seems our son has had one too many drinks and she doesn't know how to drive his car because it is stick shift." she replied.
"Well, at least now we can try out our parenting skills" Mulder joked as they left the house.
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"There they are" Scully said, pointing at the two figures sitting on a bench outside the club.
Mulder pulled the car up to them and turned the car off.
"Thank you so much. I'm so sorry about this." Melanie said.
"Not a problem, I'm glad you called someone." Scully replied, staring at her son who had his head laying on Mel's lap.
"Mel-Mel, I can see up your nose" he laughed.
She rolled her eyes and looked at Mulder pleadingly. Mulder came over to William and pulled him up off of Mel.
"Hey Muller" he said waving his hand in Mulder's face.
"Yeah, hi" Mulder muttered slinging his arm around his own neck.
Melanie put his other arm around her neck and they worked together to walk him to the car.
"Ugh, Will, stop dragging your feet!" Mel complained.
William laughed like a mad man.
They somehow got him into the back seat and Mel climbed in next to him.
"I'll drive his car and you can drive them" Mulder said, handing her the keys.
"Hey William, give Mulder your keys" Scully told him.
"My keys huh…hmmmm." he said, patting himself.
"Ugh!" Mel grumbled. She reached into his pants pocket to retrieve the keys herself.
"Oh! Thank you baby, you know whadd-I likes!" William murmured, wrapping his arm around her.
She rolled her eyes and shrugged out of his embrace, handing Mulder the keys.
Scully got into the driver's seat and started up the car.
"Seatbelts" she called over her shoulder.
"Oh great, this will be fun." Mel said, reaching under William to try and find the seat belt.
"Baby, I told you, we can do this later at my place" he giggled.
"You are sick" Melanie laughed. She finally found it and buckled him in.
As Scully drove away William started an off-key verse of 'Joy to the World'.
Mel tried, in vain, to put her hand over his mouth to stop his singing.
He laughed hysterically at her attempts.
When they reached the Doggett residence Mulder was already in the house.
Scully and Mel worked together to get William into the house as quietly as they could.
"You ladies are so kind" William slurred, giving each of them a kiss on the head.
"Come on William, I'm going to help you to bed" Mel said.
"No, No, wait" he said.
They all looked at him expectantly.
"I would like to shay slomthing" he swayed back and forth before Mulder gripped his shoulder.
"Ok, but hurry" Mel said, looking worriedly towards the stairs.
"Okies..Menanie Alissss Doggs…I love you." He proudly stated, grinning at her.
She looked at him with an expressionless face.
"No you don't, now lets go to bed." she said, grabbing his arm and tugging.
He pulled away and grabbed both of her shoulders.
Before she could react he pulled her roughly to him and planted a soft kiss on her lips and her eyes fluttered closed.
Mulder's eyes widened and Scully's eyebrows shot up.
When William pulled away, Mel's eyes were still closed.
He traced her cheek with his finger and gazed lovingly at her as she opened her eyes to look at him.
Then he suddenly turned around and puked all over the wood floor.
"Oh gross" Mel whimpered.
"Well, thank your lucky stars he hadn't done that a few seconds earlier." Mulder replied.
Mel rubbed William's back as he knelt over. When he turned his head to look up at her, his eyes were bloodshot and watery.
"William…your girlfriend is gonna kill you"