When they got to the living room, Phoebe switched on the TV and started flicking through channels, though she wasn't really concentrating on what was on the screen as the voices from the attic were growing increasingly louder. When Piper and Leo got loud enough for Phoebe, Paige and Scully to make out every syllable clearly, they braced themselves for another explosion. Thankfully, it never came. Instead, they heard two sets of footsteps on the stairs. It finally occurred to Scully that she hadn't seen Mulder all afternoon, just as Piper and Leo emerged at the foot of the stairs. Noticing the smiles on their faces, Scully temporarily forgot to wonder where Mulder was.
"Hey guys, what are you smiling about?" Phoebe asked.
"Oh it's nothing really, I'm just pleased that Chris is still a part of the future." Leo replied vaguely.
"What's even better is that his dad's going to be part of that future too."
Phoebe and Paige looked at Piper quizzically, wondering what that was supposed to mean. Piper laughed a little, deciding to let them try to figure it out for themselves first.
Phoebe and Paige continued to look questioningly at Piper and she couldn't hold it anymore.
"Leo's going to ask the Elders to let him go back to being a Whitelighter so he can be around for me and the boys!"
"Wow that's great! Does that mean you'll get to be our Whitelighter again, Leo?"
"Well I'm not sure Paige, but hopefully things will work out that way."
Leo orbed out, to discuss this with his fellow Elders while the three sisters, and Scully chatted happily about pretty much everything.
"Hey, did Mulder happen to say where he was going today?" Scully tried to ask casually.
"Oh yeah, sorry. I forgot, he said to tell you he'd got something to settle for Valentine's but he'll be back later tonight."
Scully's heart sank, she'd forgotten Valentine's Day was the next day. Somehow, she knew whatever plans for it Mulder had wouldn't include her. But hey, a girl can dream can't she?
"You really like him, don't you."
"What makes you say that?" Scully replied, taken aback.
"I can sense emotions, remember. I can feel what you're feeling when you look at him. You love him."
"Don't be ridiculous! He's just a friend. We'll never be more than just friends." She added the last part with a slightly bitter tone.
"Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that." Phoebe told her.
"And just how do you know that?"
"I get the same feelings from him when he looks at you."
"Are you sure he's looking at me? Mulder doesn't feel anything more than friendly toward me. Trust me."
"If you can't trust me, trust my powers at least. They're not usually wrong."
Scully shrugged a little and tried not to get her hopes up. She knew magic was probably accurate but she tried to reason with herself that it couldn't always be one hundred percent right.