Late that night, Scully was trying to put her daughter to bed. Storm was refusing and trying to watch TV. After a while Scully sighed and sat on the couch next to her daughter.
"Stormy, you need to go to bed," Scully pushed. Storm looked up at her mother unhappily.
"Why Mom? I don't have to go to school tomorrow. I'm on winter break. Plus I'm not tired," Storm whined. Scully crossed her arms.
"Your Dad and I might take you to our work tomorrow Storm. We don't need you tired," Scully smiled. Storm grumbled and shook her head.
"Storm. Come on. I'm not playing anymore!" Scully scolded as she stood up. Storm looked up at her mother.
"Can I just finish this one episode Mom? Please?" Storm begged. Scully gave her daughter a look and shook her head.
"Storm. Let's go. You heard your mother. Bedtime," Mulder scolded as he walked into the room. Storm huffed and crossed her arms.
"Bed now. Or you won't have TV at all tomorrow," Mulder gently threatened. Storm grumbled and got off the couch. Scully kissed her husband and followed her daughter back up to her bedroom.
Storm climbed into her bed, and grabbed her phone. Scully gently removed the phone from her daughter's hands and gave her a book. Storm watched her mother, as she plugged the phone in.
"I wanted to use that," Storm whined as her mother approached her. Scully shushed her daughter and covered her with a blanket. The teenager grumbled.
"You know it will keep you up. You need to sleep at night Storm. Not during the day," Scully explained. Storm huffed and laid down. The woman smiled at her daughter.
"Good night Storm. If you need anything you can wake me up, okay?" Scully spoke softly. The teenager rolled over so she was facing the wall. Scully sighed and left her daughter's room.
"Hey how did it go?" Mulder asked as he saw his wife. The slamming of an upstairs door interrupted the couple. Scully sighed.
"Apparently not well," Scully explained. Mulder smiled and kissed his wife gently.
"Come on Scully. Let's go lay down and see if she sneaks out," Mulder encouraged. Scully nodded and followed her husband closely as he went upstairs to their bedroom.
In the middle of the night, Storm woke up wanting water. The teenager yawned and slowly got out of bed. She slipped a sweatshirt on, grabbed her phone, and went downstairs.
The opening of her daughter's room door, woke Scully. The woman laid still, while cuddled up to her husband, listening for her daughter. After a few moments, Scully went downstairs.
"Stormy, why are you up?" Scully asked softly. Storm was standing at the kitchen sink when she turned around. Scully smiled at the teenager.
"I was thirsty Mom," Storm explained. Scully nodded and looked her child over. The woman pulled on her child's sweatshirt and looked at her.
"I'm cold," Storm mumbled. Scully sighed. Storm drank her water and looked at her mother. Scully tried to smile at her daughter.
"Okay, come on baby. Let's go lay back down," Scully encouraged. Storm shook her head and took another drink.
"Why not?" Scully looked at her daughter. Storm shook her head, put the glass in the sink and went back upstairs to her room. Scully sighed and followed her daughter.
"Leave me alone," Storm huffed as she shut and locked her bedroom door behind her. Scully sighed and returned back to her bedroom.
"Hey hun. How did that go?" Mulded asked as Scully entered back into their bedroom. The woman sighed and shook her head. Mulder gave his wife a small smile.
"She's moody," Scully said as she climbed back into bed. Mulder snuggled up to his wife quickly and held her close.
"I told you. She's just being a teenager Scully. She's not sneaking out," Mulder said as she loved on the woman. Scully nodded, snuggled up close to her husband, and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Scully was awoken by some strange noises. The woman yawned and sat up in bed. After a couple minutes, Scully got up from her bed and went to her daughter's room.
"Stormy?" Scully knocked softly on the door. When there was no reply, the woman tried to turn the doorknob. To her surprise the door opened.
Storm was fast asleep, with only half of her blanket covering her. Scully looked and saw that the teenager was still wearing the same sweatshirt and pajama pants from when she saw her in the middle of the night. The woman smiled and laid down with her daughter.
Storm shivered and snuggled into her mother. Scully loved on her daughter and covered rhem with a blanket. The older woman held her child close and slowly went back to sleep.
Storm slowly awoke a few hours later. Scully was still snuggled up to her daughter fast asleep. The teenager grumbled and rolled over so she was facing away from her mother. Scully slowly awoke and pulled Storm back into her arms.
"Mom, let me go," Storm whined. Scully shushed her daughter and loved on her. Storm started to become upset.
"Mom! Stop!" the teenager huffed. Scully pulled away and looked at her daughter. Storm yawned and tried to go back to sleep. Scully got out of the bed, kissed her daughter, then walked downstairs.
"Hey Dana. Breakfast is almost ready. I made eggs, bacon, and toast. Is that okay?" Mulder smiled at his wife. Scully smiled and nodded as she sat down at the table. Mulder quickly got a cup of coffee for his wife.
"Thank you hun," Scully smiled at her husband. Mulder smiled and started setting the food onto plates.
"So? Did Storm sneak out last night?" Mulder asked as he put the plates at the table. Scully shook her head. Mulder smiled.
"Not that I know of. She got up to get some water, and when I tried to direct her back to her bedroom, she got pissy with me, but that's it," Scully explained. Mulder nodded and took a bite of his food as his daughter walked into the kitchen. Scully smiled at her daughter.
"Hey sweetheart. Have a seat, your Dad made breakfast," Scully smiled at her daughter. Storm rubbed her eyes as she went to the fridge. Mulder gave his wife a look. The teenager tried to return to the table with a can of pop.
"Hey no. You can have this during dinner, not right now," Mulder scolded as he took the can of pop from his daughter. Storm huffed and crossed her arms. Mulder returned to the table with a glass of milk. Storm ignored her father and started to eat.
"Did you sleep well Stormy?" Scully asked softly. Storm nodded and ate her breakfast. Mulder smiled at his wife.
"Okay Storm. When you're done eating, you need to shower and get dressed. You need to come with us to work for a few hours. Do you understand?" Mulder asked firmly. Storm grumbled but nodded her head. Scully ate her food as she watched her daughter.
As soon as Storm was done eating, she put her plate into the sink and went back upstairs. Mulder sighed.
"She's going to be a handful today," Mulder explained. Scully nodded and drank her coffee. She really hoped she didn't upset her daughter too bad, and was considering she was wrong about her daughter sneaking out.