A/N: Chapter 13 WOOOOOHOOOOO!
Dedication: Brittney cause she's super sick and went to work anyways. Plus she's like AH-FREEEGIN-MAZING! You can't read XF fan fics and not know who Britt is, so I am saluting her amazingness :]
Disclaimer: Not Mine, shit.
"This could quite possibly be the STUPIDEST thing they've come up with." Dana Scully said to her best friend Monica Reyes. Monica stood next to her, her pregnancy bump slightly noticeable, she had been staying with the Scullys since her parents had found out about her pregnancy earlier that week.
"You're not kidding." Monica said putting on her sun glasses and crossing her arms. The girls stood in John Doggett's driveway as the guys tied a snowboard to the back of Mulder's truck.
"Do they think we're deaf?" Mulder asked as he secured the rope to the hitch.
"Just tie it. I want to try this thing out." John said and hooked his feet up to the board.
"John Jay if you die, I will not hesitate to kill you." Monica warned him.
"Cause that just makes oodles of sense." John muttered as Mulder climbed into the drivers seat.
"Go SLOW!" Scully called, warning him.
"I got it. It's fine!" Mulder yelled out the window, he put the truck in gear and slowly pulled john across the muddy gravel and into the field behind the barn.
"I'm gonna add 911 to my speed dial." Scully mumbled, pulling out her cell phone.
"I can't look." Monica said and pulled up her hood and buried her head into Scully's back, "Tell me when John falls and gets drug across the field and dies please."
"Sure thing sweetie" Scully raised a hand to block out the evening sun, watching John struggling to stay up on the board as Mulder pulled him across the mud.
John managed to stay on the board for fifteen minutes and when he did wipe out it was because Mulder lead him over a few rocks. They decided to switch places, so John - coated in mud, climbed into Mulder's truck and Mulder strapped into the board.
"My turn." Scully said and wrapped Mulder's coat tightly around her. She pushed Monica in front of her and hid her head in the back of Monica's jacket.
"Hey, he's actually pretty good at this." Monica said as John pulled Mulder across the field.
Scully peaked out from behind Monica's shoulder and watched Mulder on the board, managing not to fall when he hit a rock, "Wow... that's hot."
"I'm partial to the driver, but... yeah." Monica laughed when Scully gave her a look.
"My Mulder." Scully mumbled.
"You've been saying that since the day you met him." Monica laughed, wrapping an arm around her best friend's shoulder.
"Yeah, yeah." Scully said and grinned. She reached into the coat pocket and pulled out her mp3 player, handing an ear bud to Monica, they stood close, listening to 'Sweet Child Of Mine'.
They quit as the sun was going down and Mulder finally wiped out when John picked up the speed. The boys were coated with mud, they parked the truck and untied the snowboard, turning to the girls.
"Don't even think about it." They said in one voice.
Mulder looked at John and John grinned, they raced towards the girls, Dana and Monica screamed, running for the house. Mulder caught Scully by her waist and nuzzled her cheek with his muddy face, "FOX WILLIAM MULDER!" She screeched.
"Dana Katherine Scully." Mulder countered and stuck out his tongue.
John and Monica laughed, John gave Monica stripes across her cheeks, "You guys go take showers and get dressed." Monica ordered.
"Yes Mom." Mulder said sarcastically as he shed his shoes, walking into the Doggett house. Mulder, Scully and Monica were all staying at John's for the night, it had been a long while since the four of them all hung out together.
"Fox Mulder, just cause I'm pregnant doesn't mean I can't kick your ass!" Monica glared at him, playfully tapping his butt with her foot. Mulder and Monica were like siblings, Monica reminded Mulder of Samantha - always laughing and going out of her way to make people smile.
"Just wait. I'll kick your butt at Monopoly later." Mulder promised as he grabbed a towel from the closet and made his way to the spare bathroom.
Monica and Scully sat on the counter, cleaning the mud off their cheeks with one of John's grease rags. "So you do realize, we need to go to the store?"
"We could just order pizza." Monica shrugged.
"Where's the fun in that? Besides, we need snack foods." Scully sighed.
"Yes, but that means we have to get the boys to behave." Monica laughed.
"You'd think they're six year olds."
"Too bad they aren't, then we could put them in those leashes that like all those Hollywood people have for their kids." The girls laughed.
After the boys were showered and dressed, they loaded into John's Blazer, heading to the Kwiki Mart. The boys were under specific instructions from Scully "We have forty dollars. We have a list. You two have hands, that you will keep in your pockets and mouths that you will keep shut, unless you are kissing us. End. Of. Story."
They parked in front of the small store and got a cart, the boys followed the girls silently, hands in their pockets, communicating through facial expressions. Mulder crossed his eyes and stuck out his tongue, John bit back a chuckle. Monica turned and looked at them, but then turned her attention back to the chips, grabbing a bag of tortilla scoops and baked lays. Scully grabbed the cheese dip. They filled their cart with the makings of pizza, various snack foods and several packs of energy drinks (and lemonade for Monica). The boys loaded the Blazer silently as Monica and Scully got into the vehicle.
"You guys can talk now." Scully chuckled, her plan had worked surprisingly well.
They both let out a deep breath and muttered, "Thank God."
"That was HELL!" Mulder exclaimed, "So many comebacks.... so many jokes! WASTED!"
"I KNOW!" John exclaimed while the girls giggled.
Once the groceries were unloaded, the boys escaped to the living room and began to play the x-box. Monica and Scully took over the island, creating a massive pizza that took over the cookie sheet, loading it down with every topping they could find. Monica hopped up on the counter and cracked open a lemonade while Scully placed the pizza in the oven.
"The baby likes lemonade. Makes my stomach all tingly." Monica giggled and took another sip.
"I think that's just your reaction to lemonade. It goes straight to your head." Scully laughed, wiping her hands on the dish rag.
"Shut up. This kid is gonna be like...addicted to lemonade. It won't ever be tempted to do drugs, it'll be like in love with lemonade." Monica explained.
"Sure Mon." Scully laughed, leaning against the island as she cracked open a Monster, sticking the rest into the fridge.
"Need music." Monica sighed, Scully smiled, hooking up her Zune to the speakers, The Killers' newest c.d. playing, Scully turned them up.
"Boys!" Monica called.
"Whaaat?" John hollered back.
"If you want something to drink come and get it. This isn't an episode of I Love Lucy!" Monica and Scully grinned, they loved giving the guys a hard time. The boys paused their game and raced to the kitchen, grabbing a couple drinks and the bag of chips.
"Just wait till after dinner. Then we're taking over the game." Scully laughed, grabbing her camera from her purse, "Mon smile."
Monica rested her hand on her stomach and grinned, doing a peace sign with the other hand, while holding her lemonade can, "Cheeeese."
Scully laughed and snapped the picture, "I've missed these nights."
"I've missed them too, but it's been so crazy lately." Monica sighed, "Thanks for letting me crash at your place, by the way."
"Hey, it's not like anyone else is willing to sleep in Bill's room." Scully laughed, shrugging.
"Well no offense, but there is NO way I'm sharing a room with you, since Mulder seems to be a frequent late night guest." Monica said, giving a sly smile, "You guys aren't as quiet as you think."
"WHAT!?" Scully exclaimed.
"Relax. I have head phones, Charlie is the soundest sleeper I know. And your Mom, is on the other end of the house. Plus, I think she's happy living in denial." Monica shrugged.
"Yeah." Scully sighed as the timer went off, she grabbed a hot pad, pulling the pizza from the oven.
"Guys food!" They called as Monica grabbed the paper plates. The boys rushed into the room, loading their plates with the pizza, chips, and a myriad of other junk food. The girls did the same and went into the living room. Scully sat in the rocking chair and Mulder sat between her legs on the floor. Monica took over most of the couch, her feet resting on John's lap and John using her ankles for a table.
"This kid must take after John." Monica said patting her stomach as she finished her fourth slice of pizza, "Appetite the size of Texas."
"You wound me Pretty Lady." John told her.
"You guys act like an old married couple." Scully laughed and then leaned forward, wiping a smudge of pizza sauce from Mulder's chin.
"Need a mirror?" Monica asked and they all laughed. They boys took their trash out to the burn pile and cleaned up the kitchen while the girls set up Rock Band. Scully set the self-timer on her camera and placed it on top of the TV. Monica took the drums, Scully was vocals, Mulder grabbed the bass and John took the guitar. The first song they attempted to play was 'Interstate Love Song' by Stone Temple Pilots.
"Fail." Scully pouted, falling to her knees. The camera took a picture of them all laughing at the fail.
"Let's do Maps!" Monica suggested. They passed Maps with flying colors and they all cheered. Several song later, their attention spans were spent, and it was nearing eleven o'clock that night. So they all grabbed their sleeping bags, spreading them across John's living room floor, turning on the radio.
"Remember that one summer we all went to camp?" Scully asked as she peeled a piece of her Twizzler off.
"Oh god yeah. And we flipped that stupid canoe." John remembered.
"That camp had awesome lemonade." Monica commented as she played around with Scully's camera.
"That camp was fun... till I broke my collar bone." Mulder said, shuddering at the memory.
"That's what ya get for going down the blow up slide on your stomach." Scully chuckled and tossed a piece of pop corn at him. They had made a pile of their junk food and created a sun burst with their sleeping bags.
Monica snapped a picture of them and then Scully stole the camera, taking a picture of Monica and John. She then got one of Mulder eating a Twizzler string like it was spaghetti.
They were getting ready to go to bed when Mulder's phone went off, it was his mother. Mulder shrugged an answered it, "Hello?"
"Fox...you need to come home." His mother said, her voice heavy like she was trying not to cry.
"What? Why?" Mulder asked, concerned.
"We have to go to Indianapolis... Riley's' Children Hospital."
"What for?" Mulder asked, holding his breath.
"They found Samantha."
A/N: MWHAHAHAHAHA! I know this chapter is shorter. But, this was basically for Monica/Brittney/Alice/Ted/Teliko's enjoyment. Plus the next chapter is gonna be full of stuff. This is the beginning of the idea Andrea & I were talking about. Buckle your seat belts, it's a bumpy life. LEAVE SOME LOVE! even if it's just a smiley, let me know you've read it!