The Teenage Years
Part 2
by Trycee
Time-Line: Present Day
Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Files, this is written for fun not profit.
*I've drawn from my own experiences as a parent of a teenager. I have had some strange experiences with other parents with my child in both sports and in dating and so I am using them in this story. *
The game ended and Scully could tell that Mulder was disappointed that Williams school hadn't won their first game. William though was unfazed. He was back with the dark haired girl and he again kissed her on the cheek. Mulder looked down at Scully and she looked up at him, as Susie giggled and her friends watched the teenage couple with envy. But suddenly a meaty hand landed on Mulder's shoulder and tapped him on his back. Mulder turned slowly and was met face to face with Mr and Mrs. Carter.
Scully slid against Mulder's side and he placed his arm tightly around her as they stood staring at the other couple who was looking awkwardly back at them. Finally, Mr. Carter broke the silence. "I'm Dan Carter and this is my wife Tammy Carter."
"Mrs. Scully and I met earlier," she said, to her husband.
"Right," he said. "Well, we wanted to come say hi."
"Yeah, we noticed your son William kissed our daughter Susie on the cheek twice," Mrs. Carter said, nervously. "In public...we typically would not allow our daughter to kiss before she's 16 but especially be kissed in public in front of my minister and fellow church members."
Mulder looked down at Scully and she could see a twinkle in his eye and a curl in his lip and she knew he was about to mess with their heads. "Well," he began. "William get's it from me. See, I kiss his mother ALOT in public. Like all the time. On and On in public. But ESPECIALLY in PRIVATE... but DEFINATELY...IN PUBLIC..."
Scully flashed an embarrassed smiled and then looked up to Mulder who was smiling widely and proudly.
The Carter's looked at each other and Scully could see that Mulder had alarmed them. "Well," Mrs. Carter began. "Did you get a chance to discuss what we talked about?"
"No," Scully said. "We rushed right here."
"Discuss what?", Mulder wanted to know.
"We just wanted to break bread with you both and sit and see if your values matched our values and if your son was well suited for our daughter."
Mulder's eyes narrowed. "You want to see if our son is suited for your daughter! So you want to judge us!"
"Mulder!", Scully whispered, trying to soothingly tell him not to get upset.
Mrs. Carter gasped and shook her head slightly, her eyes darting from Mulder to Scully and back but Dan Carter was looking past them to Maggie Scully. "Is this Williams grandmother?"
"Yes,", Maggie said, extending a hand. She'd been packing up her equipment as the two couples talked.
Dan shook her hand. "We'd like to break bread with you as well. It would be nice to have the entire family there."
"Well, I don't know," Maggie said. "When is this?", she said, looking at her daughter.
Scully glanced up to Mulder and then back at the strange couple. "We haven't discussed it yet. But, we will, as soon as we get home."
William, walking with his arm around Susie who had a large smile across her face which highlighted her striking brown eyes came up to the two parents. She was beaming as she looked up at William and he looked down at her with his soulful blue eyes.
"Susie, I'm sorry, but this isn't appropriate," her mother said.
She tried to stop smiling but couldn't as she turned to face William. "I'm sorry, but my parents think we shouldn't be kissing and walking like this in public especially since they haven't approved if we can date or not yet."
William for the first time locked eyes with his parents and then looked down at the ground and then nodded. Susie backed away slowly and her parents turned to walk away but not before Dan Carter said something. "Call us and set up that meal. We can break bread and discuss our common values and see if we can't get these kids together or not. But even with that, there are still certain things we will and will not allow in regards to our daughter."
"I understand," William answered, out of turn.
Mulder gripped his shoulder. "We'll call!", he said, and watched as the Carter's walked off.
"She's pretty cute," Mulder said, looking down at the bowed head of their son. "And she really likes you."
William raised his head. "I really like her. And I really need you both to get along with them and do whatever they want you to do!"
"SAY WHAT!", Scully said. "William, they want to come over to our house so they can judge whether or not you are worthy to date their daughter, as if they're high and mighty or something!"
"I don't care!", he said, looking down at his short statured mother. "I'll do what it takes but I want to be with her and nothing not even you two are gonna stop me!", he said, marching off.
Scully watched as William stormed off. "Where the hell did he get all that bull-headedness," she turned and looked at Mulder. "Oh yeah, that's where!"
Mulder shook his head as he watched his son join his friends by the doorway of the school gym. "Come on, let's go," he said, turning to extend his arm towards, Maggie. He grabbed up her equipment and walked behind them as they headed towards the exit.
Mulder kept an eye on William as they reached the cars. He loaded Maggie's car for her and then opened their car and waved to William in his direction for him to start heading their way.
"Are you coming home with us for dinner?", Scully questioned.
"I cooked a stew this morning," Maggie said. "It's in the crock-pot waiting on me. Remember, I bought you one for Christmas? You need to start using it, Dana."
Scully looked guiltily. "Okay, I'll call you in the morning and you can give me a recipe that I can use before I go into work."
"Unthaw some chicken or beef tonight so it's ready for the morning," Maggie said, as she hugged her daughter. "You've got two growing boys to feed, isn't that right, Fox?"
Mulder smiled. "That's right, Mrs. Scully," he said, hugging her tightly. "Be careful getting home."
"I'm ten minutes from the both of you. I'm fine," she smiled, peeling off and heading home.
William took his time in reaching the car and then climbed into the back seat not saying a word to his parents. Scully rounded the car to her side while Mulder got into the drivers seat. He started the car and began to drive. He looked into the back seat, "Hey, William, I was pretty proud of you with your first game...we both were."
"Thanks," he said, before pulling out his cell phone and texting.
Mulder could tell he was being ignored. He looked over at Scully and she touched his hand. They drove in silence the rest of the way home.
Scully rushed to try to come up with a meal to satisfy them all. She hadn't eaten since lunch at Our Lady and she was starving and she knew William too must be starving having just played his first game. She was sure Mulder too probably only snacked on sunflower seeds as well. So she whipped together a quick meal to feed her family and set the table but William continued to give his parents the silent treatment throughout the entire meal.
After they were all done, she finished cleaning the dishes and the kitchen, she retreated to her bedroom, exhausted and went straight for the bathroom. She turned on her bathwater and poured in her sweet smelling bath-oil and bumped right into Mulder as she walked out.
"What are we gonna do, Mulder? It's obvious, he really likes this girl."
He climbed on top of the bedspread and watched as she stripped out of her clothes and walked back into their bathroom bare naked. He followed her and sat down on the floor as she slipped into the steaming hot water to ease her tired muscles.
"What can we do? We have to invite them over."
"You know this is not going to work...", Scully sighed. "And he's going to be crushed and hate us even more for it."
"It's not our fault, Scully. It's not our fault he can't kiss her on the cheek or walk with his arm around her."
"How weird was that," she said, turning to look at him. "I mean, I get it. I mean, my dad would've killed any boy that even looked in my direction at that age."
"Are you telling me you didn't date at 14, Scully?', Mulder said, rolling up his sleeves and grabbing the sponge and lathering it up.
"Date? God no. Mulder, I couldn't even look at boys then. I went to Catholic schools that taught us our natural urges in our bodies were all sins and then I had a Navy Captain father that was strict on us girls, especially with Missy being a little wilder than I was. And then when he was gone...I had...Bill."
Mulder smirked as he pulled her into a sitting position and began to wash her body. "Well", he said. "When do you want them over? I say, the sooner the better. That way we get this over with."
"Well, I do have to work tomorrow. So, maybe the next day. And they want Mom to be here too" she said, looking him in the eyes. "Is that alright?"
Mulder nodded as he concentrated on his task of washing her. She smiled. "You don't hear a word I'm saying do you?"
Mulder did not respond she noticed. She suddenly stood up and Mulder's jaw dropped. She grabbed the fallen sponge and handed it back to him. "Continue," she said.
Early the next morning, Scully called her mother and told her that she'd expect her over the next day when the Carter's arrived. She explained the whole ordeal with her and Maggie was not surprised. She had gone through something similar having had two boys of her own. After jotting down the recipe her mom had given her, she prepared the crockpot meal and then set about preparing the breakfast. William was up first, he had to be on the bus by 6:45. He kissed his mother on the cheek and plopped down to eat his food. Mulder pressed himself into Scully from behind, placing his hand on her stomach and kissing her neck softly. "Mm, I love you...", he said.
"Hey, I'm in the room!", William said, shaking his head.
Mulder looked up. "Oh yeah," he said, grabbing a cup of coffee. "But hey, this was how you got here, so hush!"
"Mulder!", Scully blushed.
"Y'all are gross!", William replied.
"There's nothing wrong with us showing that we love each other," Mulder said, as he sat next to his son. "And we do, a great deal. That will never change. I actually feel sorry for the Carter's, putting up all those rules and not allowing you two to express how you feel..."
"MULDER!", Scully said, as a warning.
William tossed down his fork and stared at his father. "Look, I know it isn't the way we do things. But, I really like her. Can't you tell that? Can't you see that I really like this girl?"
Mulder locked eyes with Scully and then nodded. "Yeah, I get it."
"Okay, then nothing else matters to me," William said. "I don't care what they say, Dad. I'll jump whatever hoop they want me to jump. I just really, really want to see her. I want to get to know her."
"You have such strong emotions for her," Scully said, sitting down in front of them, a cup of coffee in her hand. "But, you're both just high school freshmen, William. I know it seems serious right now but there will be so many girls in your life. "
"Yeah, look at your mom and me. We didn't meet until we were both older and we were assigned as FBI partners. And it was love at first sight for the both of us," Mulder said, locking eyes with Scully.
She could feel the intensity of Mulder's passion in his eyes.
"And it took us seven years before we even admitted that we loved each other."
"Six years," William corrected them.
"What?", they both said.
"You told her you loved her but she didn't believe you," William said, tapping into their memories.
"Could you not do that!", Scully said, her finger pointed in his direction.
William squirmed in his seat. "Sorry."
"Anyway," Mulder said. "It was still 7 years before we BOTH admitted that we loved each other."
"So don't be in a rush," Scully added. "Just enjoy this moment for what it is, okay?"
William nodded. "Alright," he said, pushing back his seat. He grabbed his book bag and put on his jacket. "I better hurry up so I can sit next to her on the bus."
Scully smiled. "Okay. Give me a kiss. I can still get a kiss, right?"
"How about a hug," William said. "I want her to kiss me," he said.
Mulder chuckled. "I understand."
"Okay," Scully sighed and hugged her son. "Get going before you miss that bus."
She watched as William darted out the door. She walked up and watched as he ran down to the gate and opened it and closed it back and waited against it for the bus. The bus pulled up just a few seconds later and picked him up. She hadn't noticed Mulder standing behind her until he had encircled her in his arms. He planted a soft kiss on her neck and then spun her around and planted a deeper kiss. "Doc, you better get going yourself."
"What about the dishes?"
"I'll take care of it."
"Okay," she sighed. "Look, Mulder, I'm trying out that crockpot so don't touch it. Just check it every so often to make sure it has liquid in it okay?"
"Sure," he said, planting another kiss on her lips and helping her with her coat and then handing her the briefcase she needed.
He walked her out and squeezed her hand. "Let me know when you get there."
"I will," she said. "Love you. See you when I get home."
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