Chapter Nineteen
Dana Scully had never thought it would happen - she was pregnant with Fox Mulder's baby and about to walk down the aisle on their wedding day! Little Emily looked so pretty. The child was wearing a flowing white gown and carrying a basket of rose petals in her hand. "Mommy, I feel like a princess," Emily said as they waited in the hallway for the wedding march to begin. Scully wished that her dad could be there to walk her down the aisle, but he had passed away a little over a year ago. Thankfully, Skinner had offered to stand in for her dad.
"You are a princess, Sweetie... and as soon as I am married to your daddy, we're going to have a big surprise for you," Scully said with happiness as she thought about the adoption. Fox was eager to adopt Scully's little girl.
"Is the baby gonna come out soon?" Emily asked hopefully.
Scully placed a gentle hand upon her growing belly. "The baby has to bake a little longer in Mommy's oven," Scully explained with a tender smile.
"Just like a cake?" Emily questioned.
"Well, kind of like that," Scully said. "He or she just to stay in a little while longer, until everything's ready and it's time."
"Okay, Mommy," Emily said, giving her mother a hug. "It's time for you to get married to Daddy now."
"Yes, it is," she said as Emily walked down the aisle just before her, dropping rose petals on the carpeted floor. Fox stood at the end of the aisle, smiling at little Emily. She looked like a miniature version of her mother. His heart was full as he knew that soon he and Dana would have the little family they always wanted - Emily and the baby Scully was carrying. If all went as they were hoping, they'd have other babies - at least one more since they had 2 more viable embryos remaining for a future IVF.
His grin got bigger when he saw Skinner walking Scully down the aisle. She looked absolutely breathtaking. Her blue eyes were shining with so much love and vitality. He hoped that the wedding would be over soon as he was eager to take her on their honeymoon. He had a LOT of surprises in store for his soon-to-be wife.
When she reached Mulder's side, she took his hand. Little Emily stood at the altar with her parents, looking so happy and proud. There wasn't a dry eye in the church when Scully and Mulder recited their vows. They swore to love, honor, and cherish one another until the end of time. And at the end of the ceremony, after Mulder had passionately kissed his new bride, he knelt down to little Emily's level and said, "Emily, I know you call me Daddy, but I would like to ask you if I could adopt you, so my name will be on your birth certificate and you'll always be MY little girl."
Emily was beaming when Mulder suggested he'd like to adopt her. "Yes, Daddy!" she exclaimed as she hugged him ever so tight. "I love you SO much... and I love Mommy, too."
After hugging and kissing their daughter, Scully and Mulder relinquished her into Maggie's care who expressed her sincere congratulations and her joy regarding their marriage. Mulder was then ready to whisk his lovely wife off for a romantic honeymoon.
"Where are we going?" Scully asked as they stepped into a limousine.
"It's a surprise," he said. "And it's just one of many."
"Are we having our honeymoon on a flying saucer?" she teased.
"No!' he laughed. "It's something even better!"
"What could it be then?" she asked curiously.
"Something you've been wanting for a long, LONG time..."
"An erotic massage?"
Fox smirked. "I might be persuaded. Maybe you'll get that and a hell of a lot more."
Dana was so excited. She could hardly wait to see what her handsome husband had in store for her.
