A/N: I am so sorry for this taking so long to update. I had no idea what to write next and I apologize in advance for any mistakes because it's currently 3:48 in the morning. Oh, and I never really thought of the timeline, but it's set after Detour, epi 5x04. I know that Doggett and Reyes didn't pop up until season eight, but in this story they know each other before all that.
ANYWAY…
"Never again," Mulder says as he wipes his mouth for the thousandth time.
"Oh, come on Mulder, you know it was hilarious," I giggle, referring to what occurred in the last five minutes. When John puckered up for the kiss, Monica backed up and, seemingly reading her mind, I pushed Mulder to where John was sitting, making them collide and fall over.
"Wow Monica, maybe we should head back to our room," John had said. When he opened his eyes and saw Mulder and not Monica leaning over him, he jumped up like his ass was on fire, smacking his head on the wall in the process.
Monica and I had fallen over laughing at the sight of John sitting there with a look of horror on his face and laying Mulder on the ground completely confused.
"Yeah, well I wouldn't have minded if it were you I fell into instead of John," Mulder leers. My eyes widen and I smack him across the chest.
"Mulder," I chastise, "There are young ears everywhere," I tell him, motioning to the small children in the rows in front of us in the auditorium. Minutes later, Monica and John join us, a sour look on John's face that seems to be etched there permanently.
After everyone settles down, Agent Stonecypher gets up on the stage to explain what we're doing today
"Good morning everyone. I trust that you've all had a good night's sleep. Today you and your partner will be assigned a child to take care of. It's your responsibility to work together and get things running smoothly. There will be people walking around if you need any help."
Twenty minutes later Mulder and I are looking at a little girl with long curly blond hair, who in return is staring back at us expectantly.
"Hi there. I'm Dana and this is my friend Mulder. What's your name?" I begin.
"I'm Katie. Guess what?" she asks, grabbing our hands and leading us towards the cafeteria where they're serving an early lunch.
"What?" Mulder smiles.
"It's my birthday in a week and I'm going to be five!"
"Really? Wow, what a big girl you'll be. Soon you'll be this tall," Mulder says and picks Katie up, tossing her in the air and catching her effortlessly as she dissolves in giggles.
"Alright," I laugh, "I don't know about you two, but I'm starving. I heard they're serving cheeseburgers and fries in the cafeteria Katie."
Her face lights up and she hops out of Mulder's arms, running into the cafeteria at a speed only capable for a hyperactive four-year-old. After a few seconds she runs back out and huffs, crossing her arms in front of her.
"Come on! You guys are so slow!" she grabs our hands again and drags us into the cafeteria, which somewhat resembles a madhouse. Thankfully the burger line isn't too long and we're able to spot John and Monica with their little boy.
"There's Robby! Can we go sit by him?" Katie asks and points to the little boy who is in the middle of telling Monica an animated story.
"Of course we can. Lead the way," Mulder says.
"Robby!" Katie smiles as she teaches her friend.
"Hi Katie! This is the best field trip ever! John and Monica are awesome!"
"So are Dana and Mulder! He picked me up and throwed me high in the air and he catched me and I was really tall!"
The children continue their conversation as Mulder and I take our seats across from Monica and John.
"Dana will you come with me to the bathroom?" Monica asks ten minutes into our meal.
"Um, sure. We'll be right back kids."
"Ok," four voices chorus, and I can't help but laugh.
"What's up, Mon?" I ask when the bathroom door shuts.
"I want details and you know it," she says when she's made sure no one is in the stalls. "Did you guys sleep together last night?"
"Monica-" I begin
"Tell me the truth."
"Ok. We slept in the literal sense. I wasn't going to make him sleep on the floor and I sure as hell didn't plan on sleeping in the bathtub when there was a bed big enough for five people in the middle of the room."
"But no sex?"
"No sex."
"Damn. And he slept in his boxers and nothing else, and you didn't even feel the slightest urge to jump your sexy partner?"
"Well I wouldn't say that."
"Well then what would you say?"
"I'd say that had we not gotten interrupted then I would've had the chance to jump said partner," I smile.
Monica just stares at me open mouthed and starts to laugh. "Oops, my bad," is all she can say.
"Alright, let's get back to the table; the guys are going to think we fell in."
When we get back to our seats Mulder's entertaining the kids by telling them a story about vampires, hopefully not the same ones we had a run-in with in Texas.
"What took you guys so long?" John asks.
"Beauty like this takes time," Monica says, flipping her hair dramatically.
"What did you shower and redo your make-up or something?"
"Definitely the 'or something,'" Monica answers, glancing at me, then Mulder, who doesn't have a clue as to what she means by that.
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Ok, so I know that the babysitting thing was totally random, but I wanted to do something original. I hope it wasn't too bad. Sorry again for the long wait and I'll try to get better at that. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!