Pulling back her long, copper locks, Scully took a deep breath as she knocked on the door. Mulder offered her a sympathetic smile as William wiggled in his arms. Closing her eyes, she chanted to herself, its going to be all right, everything will work out. Sounds of footsteps grew louder and louder until the door opened.

"Dana! It is you! I've missed you so much! I was so sure that your phone call wasn't really you." Mrs. Scully stepped forward pulling her daughter into a tight bear hug, desperately clutching at her daughter. She pulled away to pull Mulder into a hug as well.

"Fox, I've missed you too. I'm so glad you two are safe," She pulled back and noticed the two year old squirming in Mulder's arms. Her eyes swept over the red-headed baby and back to Dana's eyes. Raising her eyebrows at the two she spoke quietly, "Dana?"

"Mom, you remember William, your grandson?"

Mrs. Scully turned white as a sheet, "Dana! I thought you said you gave him up for adoption!"

"I did, mom. A series of unfortunate events led him back to us."

Mrs. Scully let her eyes wander back over to her grandson and the reached out for him, "He's beautiful."

Dana bit her lip trying to hold back the tears as Mrs. Scully led them in the door. Mulder placed his hand on her lower back as they made their way back to the living room.

"Before I board you up for the night, you two had better explain what has gone on for the past year? I had people coming by for days looking for you two when you left. I got no message, no phone call, no nothing except a friendly word from your boss, Mr. Skinner, saying that you were in some trouble and had to flee the country." Mrs. Scully's tone offered them no reprieve. They knew she needed to know the truth, the whole truth.

After what seemed like hours, Mrs. Scully had been brought up to date including their recent acquire of their son.

"Oh Dana, I'm just glad the you are back. Now, your sure that Mulder is safe?"

Dana nodded. Her mother just smiled as she turned her attention back to her grandson who was perch atop her lap. His blue eyes sparkled as he giggled away while playing with a little miniature UFO, courtesy of Mulder of course.

"Don't worry, Mom. We'll only be here for a few days, our apartment should be ready by the end of the week."

"Thank you so much for taking us in, Mrs. Scully. I just want you to know that I am so sorry for dragging Dana in this mess. I never meant…"

"Oh nonsense, Fox. You know Dana as well as I do and no one makes her do anything, she just does it. She would have gone regardless."

Mulder felt relieved. He had always carried around this bit of guilt that he was making Scully do what she did but Mrs. Scully always had the perfect advice. She was right; no one told Scully what to do, that's what was part of her attraction. Although he was more than sure Bill would sure have a field day when he saw Mulder again.

7:00am

F.B.I. Headquarters

Mulder walked around the office, resting his hand on everything. He made sure to get there as early as possible before anyone else. He smiled as he looked up at the pegboard; in the top left corner there was a picture of himself and Scully working on a case. From the look of it, he dated it back to ninety-eight.

He couldn't believe his luck, this was all his again. Three weeks earlier, Skinner had called to inform Mulder and Scully that they were being requested back here, and that the sentence was lifted. Wary at first, Mulder took things slow before returning to the states with Scully and William. Skinner assured him this was legit and Scully sided with Skinner telling him it would be just fine and that they should leave immediately. Trusting Scully's judgment, he conceded.

"Good to see you again, Agent Mulder."

Mulder turned around, "Now there's a title I haven't heard in a while." Walter Skinner stood in the doorway watching Mulder.

"You've been reassigned back to the X-files and you will be working with both Doggett and Reyes. At the request of Scully and yourself she will be assigned to Quantico academy. Agent Mulder, I must say it's nice to see you back. Things have been pretty quiet since you left."

Scully walked up to the building at nine o'clock sharp. As she walked through the doors to the office she took a deep breath. Her pulse was racing. Part of her wanted to turn around and walk out but the other part knew that there would be no way she could. Everything depended on this.

Scully signed in at the front desk and took a seat. She reached over and grabbed a magazine. Her hands shook as sheperused through it. Glancing at her watch she nervously looked up at the office door. She only had a few hours before Mulder would call and check up on her. She hated keeping things from him; he thought she was out looking for furniture while Margaret watched William. On the contrary, she was out at the clinic the woman instructed her to go to.

"Scully, Dana."

Scully snapped out of her thoughts and looked up at the woman peering out of the office door. Putting the magazine down, Scully stood up and straightened her jacket before following the nurse.

Scully sat down as the nurse instructed her to. She took deep breaths as the woman performed all of check in procedures. Then the nurse led her down the white corridor to a small room.

"Miss Scully, it says here on your chart that everything has been prepped; so you'll be having the procedure done today. I need you take everything off and change into this hospital gown; the doctor will be in shortly. Good Luck." She smiled before closing the door.

Scully slowly stripped down and changed. This was it. There was no turning back. A tall blonde woman stepped in.

"Miss Scully I presume?"

Scully nodded.

"Hello, my name is Dr. Goeskin. I will performing your procedure today. Now, your ova has been thawed and preppe," She took abreath, "I need to you understand that the chances of conception are only going to be boosted by about twenty-five percent. On a side note, I looked over your history and was surprised to see that the first insemination was a success. Now there will probably be light to medium bleeding for the first few days. I would also advise you to wait at least two weeks before having intercourse."

Scully blushed at these words. Her sex life with Mulder was something of a private note to her. She nodded as the woman explained the risks and the downtime. She drowned it out with her own thoughts of misgivings like betraying Mulder, taking this risk. Knowing that their may be a possibility that she wouldn't have the heart to give this child away….