Reyes had rushed round to Scully's apartment so fast that she could only just recall the journey. Scully had called her in such a state that she had jumped straight into her car and gone round to see her. She had to admit she was a little surprised to get Scully's call, they hadn't seen each other in such a long time that she was the last person she expected Scully to turn to in a crisis. But then there wasn't really anybody else that she could turn to.

Reyes parked up and went inside. She knocked on Scully's door and when no one answered she walked inside and called out for Scully. No one replied to her but as she went through the living room into the kitchen and saw the smashed plate, she heard muffled cries coming from a room she hadn't been in for a very long time.

"Dana, are you in here?"

Reyes walked in and saw Scully sitting in the dark by the window. She walked over to her and put her hand on her shoulder. Scully turned and looked up at her, and when Reyes saw how upset she was she crouched down level with her and held her as she cried. She had no idea what had happened but she could tell that it was big, and she didn't need to know why Mulder wasn't there. He had walked out. When Scully stopped crying she wiped away her tears and tried to smile at Reyes.

"I'm sorry Monica, I'm so sorry, I didn't know who else to call."

"Hey, it's ok. I'm glad you called me."

Scully tried to smile again, but it was a struggle for her, everything was going so wrong.

"We had a fight. A big fight."

"And he left?"

"I threw him out."

"Oh."

Scully turned back to the window and it was then that Reyes saw she was holding the teddy bear she remembered seeing in William's crib. She wanted to take her out of this room, if she was upset this was the last place she should be, but she couldn't just come out and say that.

"What did you argue about?"

"You mostly, his stupid notion that you're his sister."

Reyes didn't want to hear this, she wasn't the kind of person that liked to be in the middle of a families arguments. But she hadn't put those ideas in Mulder's head, he came up with it all by himself.

"We fought about William too, he said this was all my fault."

Scully began to cry again and Reyes stood her up and took her out of the nursery. They went into the living room and Reyes made some coffee. She sat down beside Scully who had calmed down upon leaving William's room and entering a room that was actually lit.

"I don't know what I'm supposed to do. Am I supposed to support him in this?"

"You really think I'm the best person to be asking?"

"Good point. I'm so sorry to drag you into this, I haven't seen you in such a long time and now I call you because I'm a stupid mess."

"Hey it's ok, you needed time to adjust to being back, I understand that, John and I never expected anything from you, we were just so glad you could come home."

Scully managed a smile at this point and took a sip of her coffee. Somehow it magically calmed her down and she was able to process everything that she and Mulder had said without it making her want to cry. She briefly told Reyes everything they had said to each other, and Reyes was shocked that the pretty outside of Scully and Mulder's relationship didn't run all the way through. She thought they could survive anything, but clearly she was wrong.

Scully tried to make a point of saying that they had had much worse arguments over the years, and that the only reason this upset her more was because this was the first time they had really fought as a couple. And it was big. Reyes tried to help but wasn't much use because the way she was feeling she would have easily told Scully to forget him and move on. But she knew that they loved each other, and that they desperately wanted William back, she couldn't let them throw that away.

"It'll all work out."

"How can you be so sure?"

"It's just a feeling I have. Like when John and I kissed for the first time, I knew that that was it, I was finally going to win him over. And a year later we're about to move in with each other."

"Wow, congratulations."

"Thanks. But we argue, all couples argue, it's just that not many couples have been through what you and Mulder have been through. So things are a little more intense for the two of you."

"I hope you're right. I really do."

Mulder hated sitting in the dark. He thought his sitting in the dark days were over. But no such luck. He tried to see what time it was but he couldn't get his wrist at an angle where he could read the time it was showing. He knew it must have been getting late. But he was still here, his office light was still on. When the door finally opened Mulder almost gave him a heart attack to see him sitting at his assistant's desk.

"Mulder what the hell are you doing in here?"

"Well Walter, I've been kicked out of my home."

"What? How did you even get in here?"

"You'd be amazed at the security employees you have in this building that will take a bribe to let you use the bathroom and then sneak up to your old bosses office. Still only an AD Skinner?"

"Mulder, get the hell out of here before you get kicked out."

"I got nowhere to go."

"What are you talking about? The last I heard you and Scully were living in her old apartment?"

"Yeah. That is correct. However, when you go and piss the woman off that you're living with, she tends to like to throw you out."

"She's got you well trained then."

"Very funny."

"Mulder, I still don't see why you're here?"

"I need your help."

"With what?"

"I think I have enough evidence to prove that Agent Reyes is my sister, Samantha. I just need a DNA test which she'll never agree to because she and Doggett hate me right now, so I was thinking that maybe you could help me get a little unauthorised DNA testing done."

"What evidence are you talking about?"

Mulder looked at Skinner and saw that he had the same look he had had for days. Skinner believed him. But why?

"What's going on? Why aren't you telling me I'm crazy like everyone else is?"

"Because I'm not stupid, but I may be paranoid, which I hold you completely accountable for. I've been trying to find out about Monica Reyes ever since you and Scully came back. If she's your sister then I think that's why you were allowed back."

"Because there's a Mulder on the x-files?"

"Yes. But they must have only just discovered it, so I want to know what they know."

"Oh I think we'd all like to know the truth with this one Walter."