Disclaimer I do not own The X Files. Seeing as chapter one got no reviews whatsoever I thought I'd write a second chapter, just to see what Mulder thought of it all. Please let me know what you think.
She chose me?
"Dad" William ran towards Mulder as he waved his catcher's mitt in the air. It had been a long day and the last thing he wanted to do was throw baseballs for an over exited eight year old. He smiled. Even though he knew both William and Lucy should have been in bed he couldn't resist the urge to play with his kids. They hadn't been back in Washington DC very long and he knew it was only because of his old boss, Walter Skinner that he wasn't in some prison cell. Or worse.
"Hey." Mulder smiled as the young boy caught up with him. "You behaved yourself today?"
"You always ask me that." William rolled his eyes. For a moment Mulder could see the similarity between his son and his wife that she was certain didn't exist. "Uncle Bill is here." The child pulled a face as Mulder looked up to see Scully and her brother stood on the front porch.
"So I see. I thought he'd have gone by now."
"You hoped he had. Dad play baseball. Pleeeese."
"Five minutes." Mulder finally gave in as he sensed his wife watching him. He had a feeling he was the currect topic of conversation between the Scully siblings and he had a fair idea he would spend the rest of the night hating Bill Scully and trying to placate his wife.
"Daddy." Lucy waved as she settled in on the upturned barrel she was using for a seat.
"Hey sweetheart."
"Uncle Bill is smelly."
"Lucy!" Mulder laughed. If William had been a miracle child then Lucy was due to the wonders of IVF three years earlier. He didn't know how or why it had worked when previous attempts had failed but he was infinately glad it had. The little girl was like a miniture Scully and not afraid to speak her mind. There was something about her that would always remind him of Samantha. There was no way he would tell Scully but he secretly feared that his family would be subjected to the same fate his birth family had been when he was a boy, not much older than William was now.
"He does!" Lucy exclaimed dramatically as William laughed.
"She means his cologne. It's a bit strong." William explained diplomatically as all three of them dissolved in giggles. It was then he caught a little of the conversation between Bill and Scully. He couldn't help but smile.
"I made the right choice." Scully announced as he scooped Lucy up in his arms and walked towards them. "Look at those children and tell me I didn't make the right choice."
Mulder nodded towards his brother in law as Lucy rested her head on her father's shoulder. He wondered if Scully would feel the same way when he told her about his meeting with Skinner earlier that night. Would she still think she had made the right choice when he told her the FBI wanted the X Files reopened with him, Doggett, Reyes and Scully back in the basement. He knew they had a choice to make that would affect not only them but their family forever.
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