Adopted Consequences
Chapter 13

May 25, 2005 11:49 am
Scully's Apartment

Scully stood under the shower head thinking about the situations of not only the past day, but of the past few weeks. It wasn't even a month ago that she was out in Telluride on her last assignment as a field agent, a decision she come to on her own accord. And now, she was a teacher of Forensics, with her friend/boyfriend/husband in the kitchen making her breakfast, about to go to see her son. All that has happen still confused her so much so. Maybe fate had decided to step in and show her what she should have in her life. Or maybe this was one cruel dream, which was to be ripped away from her once she found too much happiness in it.

She stepped out of the shower and was greeted with the wafting smell of breakfast coming in from the kitchen. She dressed quickly in jeans and a white tee shirt and followed her nose into the kitchen. On the table were two stacks of pancakes, and two cups of coffee, made to perfection. "Well Mulder, I'm impressed," she said surveying the scene. "I had half expected to come out and find my kitchen smoldering."

"You wound me, Scully," he replied playfully. "One thing I did learn over the years is how to cook."

"I'll be the judge of that," she answered sitting down at the table. Breakfast past like meals used to, full of playful banter and jokes. But the ride to Mulder's apartment was spent in silence, almost as if there was some level of fear involved.

Mulder pulled the car to a stop in his normal parking spot and killed the engine. He looked at Scully who was busy staring out the window. "Hey, we're here," he said getting her attention. "Come on, let's go inside."

Scully looked at him hesitantly before getting out of the car and following him inside. It was dead silent as they rode the elevator to the forth floor, and entered Mulder's apartment. Mulder walked over and dropped a few food pellets into the fish tank. "Scully, he's not here right now," he said finally breaking the silence. "He's next door with Tommy. I have to go get him soon. Do you want to come with me?"

"I… I think I better wait here," she said nervously. While waiting for Mulder to return Scully looked at the pictures that adorned the walls of the living room. There were pictures of Mulder and Will at various stages of the past three years, some with each other others with Skinner. And there at the end of the wall right before the hallway was the picture of her and Mulder from when they were on a case.

She was looking at the picture when the door to the apartment opened behind her. She slowly turned around to see a young boy run inside ahead of Mulder. Will stopped suddenly at the added presence in the room. He stared at her momentarily, before running full speed towards her. "MOMMY!" he shouted as he threw himself at her. Scully barely had enough time to open her arms to catch him as he jumped up into them. "I knew you would come back!" he said wrapping his good arm around her neck. "I missed you."

Scully was dumbstruck for a minute, but the huge smile on Mulder's face was all she needed to know that everything was going to work out in the end. Scully returned the hug with just as much vigor and buried her face in his hair, a few tears escaping the corner of her eyes. "I missed you too," she answered. "You have no idea how much I missed you."

TO BE CONTINUED? FINISHED?

I'm unsure if there should be one more chapter or not. Review and let me know!