Mulder and Scully spent so long in the bath that, when they finally emerged from the water, their fingers and toes were all wrinkled and the water was only tepid. Neither of them noticed either of these things though as they were both completely caught up in the other, ecstatic to be with them again. Laughing and smiling, they stumbled out of the bathroom, still wrapped in each other's arms but a loud, deliberate cough stopped them in their tracks. They quickly stopped kissing and Scully turned round rapidly in Mulder's arms to see who it was that was in their room.

"Mom...Hi."

"Hi Dana...Fox. Nice to see you."

"Uh...you too Mrs Scully. Excuse me."

Although Mulder had covered up Dana in one of the fluffy robes supplied by the motel he had not done the same for himself and instead was only covered by a rather small towel around his waist. The pair quickly disengaged and Mulder retreated to the bathroom to put on some clothes, leaving Scully alone with her mother. The pair stood in semi-uncomfortable silence as Scully tried desperately to stop her cheeks from glowing quite so red and Maggie tried not to laugh at her daughter's discomfort. Finally Scully was able to recover enough to realise that, although Mulder had gone to cover up, he didn't actually have anything in the bathroom to put on and so she picked up his bag from beside the bed and went to give it to him. When she returned to the room her cheeks had stopped flaming and she was now able to speak almost normally.

"So..."

"So..."

"What are you doing here mom? I thought you were looking after William...where is he, is he okay? Has something happened?"

"Dana calm down. Nothing's wrong and William's fine. See for yourself."

Suddenly panicky as to the reason for her mother's visit, Scully breathed a huge sigh of relief as she looked across the room to where William slept in his car seat. Just as she was crossing over to see him she heard a strangled gasp from behind her. Turning, she saw Mulder standing in the bathroom doorway, dressed now in jeans and a T-shirt, staring across the room where her gaze had been fixed moments earlier. Seeing that Mulder was frozen to the spot in shock she swivelled round and walked towards him instead of William. She reached out to take his hand and pulled him gently across the room, coming to a halt in front of the sleeping child. Mulder opened his mouth as if to speak but on sound came out and he turned to look at Scully with a look of wonder in his eyes. Just then, William began to stir and Mulder's attention was fully fixated on his son again, watching in awe as his gorgeous blue eyes flickered open and then his tiny fists began to flail wildly in an effort to get out of the restricting hold of the seatbelt. Not really wanting to disturb the three of them but knowing that she shouldn't really stay, Maggie gently touched Scully's shoulder to get her attention.

"Dana...I'm going to go back to Monica's room okay."

"Mom you haven't even told us why you're here."

"I know...but now's not the time. You three need some time together. I'll see you later and we'll talk, okay?"

"Okay mom...thanks."

With that Maggie slipped quietly out of the room and Dana turned back to Mulder again whose attention had never wavered from William. She leant in to unbuckle the catch of his seatbelt and gently lifted him out of the seat. Turning to Mulder she held him out for him to hold and, with watery eyes, father held son for the first time in months. Scully almost turned away to hide her tears but, realising she had nothing to hide from Mulder, she just kept facing the pair and took in the precious picture the two of them made. After a long moment of silence, Mulder and Scully made their way to sit down on the bed, holding William between them. William, who had been quite content in his father's arms up until now, started to whine and squirm, obviously unhappy about something. Mulder looked to Scully with a panicked look in his eyes, unsure as to what had caused the sudden change in his son's mood and how to remedy it.

"What is it Scully...what did I do wrong and how do I fix it."

"Mulder it's okay. He'll just be hungry - it's time for his bottle."

"Oh...are you sure?"

"Yes Mulder. He always gets grumpy if he doesn't get his bottle on time. ...Here."

Scully had been rummaging around in the baby bag that Maggie had left on the floor beside the baby seat and had found his bottle. She held it out to Mulder for him to take and sat back down beside him. Mulder looked at the bottle in his hand as if it were a foreign object and glanced back at Scully uncertainly. After a reassuring nod from her, he lifted the teat to William's mouth and grinned as he immediately quietened and started sucking hungrily. Mulder pulled Scully closer to him as she reached out to hold William as well, the three of them sitting in perfect silence until all the milk was gone.

"Scully...as much as this is perfect - we should really go see what Monica and John have been up to. I mean if there was no other reason for them getting us here then I would gladly just stay here for the rest of our days and not bother going to see them but there IS something else so..."

"Let's go find out what all this is about then."

"Okay."

The three of them walked out of the room together, Mulder carrying William in one arm and holding Scully to him with the other. Scully snuggled in close and, although watching both where she was going and William, her mind was working overtime to try and work out what they were going to be told when they got to the other motel room.

Authour's note :- I know this has been up before and it still isn't finished but it's been bugging me so I thought if I put all my stories back up it will encourage me to get my brain working to complete them. Hopefully it will work and they'll be updated soon....