After cleaning up the breakfast table the girls went and got dressed. Katie reminded Dana that she could pick out her outfit. Dana had hoped that she would have forgotten that in all the excitement.

They should in front of her closet and Katie was looking at all the business suits that were hanging there.

'You can't wear one of those today,' she said. 'If I have to wear jeans, than you have to wear jeans as well...' She had a big smirk on her face when she said this.

Secretly Dana agreed with the little girl, but she decided to tease her a little bit. This girl didn't have enough fun in her life.

'But I want to wear that black pantsuit with the grey blouse. I look very good in that!'

'No, no, no... you have to wear jeans. We are going to the Zoo, not a school meeting,' Katie said with a very serious face.

'Okay, okay. I'll wear the jeans, but the blouse stays!'

Suddenly Katie looked a bit sad and disappointed. 'Don't you think that I can pick something nice for you to wear?'

'Oh, honey, I was only teasing you. Off course I think you can pick out something nice and fun for me to wear. I only have one pair of jeans that fit right, but I do have a couple of shirts that you can choose from for me to wear.'

She opened her dresser, took out the jeans and picked a few of her favourite "off hours" shirts. She had been shopping since she had started spending time with Katie, so now she had quite a selection to choose from..

'Okay, we have this black shirt, a blue one and this maroon one. Which one would you like me to wear?' Secretly she hoped Katie would pick the maroon one, it went surprisingly well with ear hair and it fit in all the right places. Knowing that Mulder was coming with them, she wanted to look extra good. She could still feel the small corner of his mouth she kissed last night. She hoped there would be another goodnight kiss tonight, but now when with full contact.

'I really like that one, Dana,' Katie was pointing to the maroon shirt.

'Good choice sweetie, I really like that one as well.'

When the girls were ready it was almost time to go over to Mulder's house. Dana had packed an extra set of clothes for Katie, just in case, and some small snacks and some drinks to take with them. She didn't want to spoil her by giving her everything she wanted, so that meant that she would have to say no to all the requests for sweets, ice cream and sugary drinks. Instead Katie could have some water, app,e juice, some fruit and crackers. Of course she would be able to choose something special for lunch, but it was important for Dana that there would be healthy things in between meals.

At precisely half past nine they pulled up at Hegal Place, but before they could get out of the car, Mulder came hopping down the stairs from the building. He went to the passenger side of the car and got in.

'Good morning ladies, all ready to explore the five continents of our beautiful world?' He greeted them.

'Good morning, Fox,' Katie replied. 'I've been ready since 6 this morning, but Dana made me go back to sleep again, so that I wouldn't get tired during the day!'

'Well, we wouldn't want that to happen, do we?' He answered. He glanced over to Dana with a small smile, it might even look like a bit of a shy smile.

"He too must be thinking about our goodnight kiss", Dana thought.

'Good morning Fox.' It still felt strange to call him by his first name, but she was glad that now she could. She smiled back at him, her smile a bit shy as well, and restarted the car.

During the drive Katie and Fox chatted about the Zoo and what they would be a able to do and see. Dana just listened and enjoyed them both. It was nice seeing Katie this open and it was great to see Fox interact with her. He was very good with he, patiently answering her questions and joking with her. He was a natural with her. Thirty minutes later they pulled up at the parking for the Zoo. And 10 minutes after that they were inside the Zoo.

'So, what do you want to do first, sweetie?' Dana asked Katie. There were three separate areas in the Zoo: the Jungle, the Serengeti and the North-pole. Each area also had their own ride.

They decided to start in the Jungle. This was the home of different monkeys, elephants and the butterfly garden. The first stop was the butterfly garden. Katie was amazed by al the different species of butterflies that were flying around, the next one even prettier than the last. Dana had brought her camera and was able to get a very good picture of a Blue Monarch and some snap shots of Katie enjoying herself with an amazed expression on her face.

After they left the garden they made their way over to the Monkey Temple. Here the monkeys have all the room they need. Again Katie was amazed at the monkeys and the way they were playing. She was very focused on two of the monkeys and asked Dana what they were doing. The pair in fact were very engrossed in each other and thoroughly enjoying themselves by the looks of it.

Dana started to blush a little. She had no idea what she could say to explain the situation to the six year old. Luckily for her Fox decided to jump in and rescue her.

'They like each other very much and show that to each other by cuddling really close,' he explained.

'You mean just like I like to cuddle mommy,' Katie answered.

'Yeah, something like that.'

Dana didn't know how much Katie would know about the birds and the bees, and what would be appropriate to tell her. Silently she mouthed thank you to Fox. The answer had satisfied Katie and she was already interested in a mother monkey with a baby on her back.

the next part is almost written, hopefully i will update again soon :)