Chapter Four

It was Valentine's day and Scully and her daughter Emily were making some heart-shaped cookies. They were decorating them with pink and white icing. Mulder came over to join in on the Valentine fun. When he walked in the door, Emily said, "I made a cookie just for you... and I put your name on it!"

Mulder was excited to see his cookie that little Emily had decorated just for him. "Ohhh yeah?" he said, giving Scully a grin as he entered the kitchen.

"Yeah, your name is three letters long," Emily said.

"Yes, Fox is three letters long. You're right, Emily," Mulder spoke.

"Here's your cookie," said the little girl as she placed it in his hands. As he stared at it, he saw that she had written "Dad" in scrawled, childish lettering using white icing.

"Ohhh wow," he said, showing the cookie to Scully. "Emily really wants me to be her dad."

"Mulder, I want to talk to you about that," said Scully. "Could we talk for a minute out in the hall?"

"Sure," he said as Scully took his arm and lead him away from Emily who was still happily decorating the cookies.

"What's this about?" he asked as he looked into Scully's gorgeous blue eyes.

"Well, it would seem that Emily doesn't just want you to be her dad," Scully explained. "She's now asking for a little brother or sister."

"Really? Wow! What could I do to help?" Mulder asked.

"I am thinking of going to a fertility clinic... AND I was hoping that you would agree to ..."

She hesitated, trying to find the words to explain what it was she was requesting.

"You want my sperm, Scully?" he asked boldly.