A little, but not too late

3 Months later

Mulder was sitting in the office of the X-files. He remembered the Melinda girl who had told him to go and find Dana. And to be honest, he had tried. He just didn't know where to start. He had called Scully's mother, but she had been no help. She refused to tell him the whereabouts of her daughter. She had given him a speech about loving people. To finish, she had told him to leave her daughter alone, that she had been hurt in her life enough. Then Mulder asked her to tell her that he loved her, more than anything in this world and that he would not hurt her anymore. She didn't say anything.

He had a picture of him and Scully on his desk, hugging. He missed her so much, more than he ever could have imagined.

"Are you okay?" Agent Reyes asked. "You still didn't find her, did you?"

"I gave up, about two months ago. Can't figure out where she is. The FBI hasn't got any data on her yet, her mother does not want tell where she is, and I have no idea where she could have gone."

"She told some other person." Monica said. "Her friends, Anyone. She doesn't seem like a person that leaves and doesn't tell anyone about it. Do you know any of her friends? She must have told somebody about it Mulder, just someone needs to tell you. Just name some of her friends."

"Well, she used to date an FBI officer, Seeley Booth. I think she's good friends with Melinda Ryan and Angela Montenegro. Melinda told me to go and find her, so she doesn't know where she is."

"You don't know that!" Monica replied "Scully could have called her later, telling her where she was about to go. And if she wanted you to find her, she'll tell her she went."

"What if she doesn't want to tell me? Booth will definitely not tell me." Mulder replied.

"Go, Fox Mulder. Go see that Melinda-girl." Monica said. "I don't want to see you here today."

Booth was standing on the platform watching Brennan. Their relationship had not changed in these three months. She knew he had broken up with Dana Scully. But she hadn't made any moves on him yet.

Zach had returned to the lab after three weeks, and Melinda had been working harder than ever. She was six months along in her pregnancy, and her belly had increased largely. Zach and Melinda had become so much closer during these months. Prue had celebrated her 3rd birthday, and sometimes she visited them in the lab she had spent a lot time watching tv while her mother worked in the lab. Sometimes Booth would join her. Now she wasn't here, and he was standing on the platform. Mulder entered the building. Booth looked at him, he couldn't believe he had the nerve to come here. Booth approached him.

"What do you think you're doing here?" Mulder stood in front of him.

"I'm looking for Melinda Ryan." He asked. Melinda approached him. When Booth tried to hit him in the face, she pulled Booth away from Mulder.

"What do you think you are doing here, Agent Mulder?" Melinda said while standing in front of Booth, Booth wouldn't leave the two of them.

"I want to know where she is." Mulder cried.

"Brennan is right there." Melinda said while pointing to where Brennan was standing.

"I'm not talking about Brennan. I'm talking about Scully." Mulder said. "I know you guys were friends, and she must have mentioned where she has gone. I need to know. I can't live without her."

"I'm sorry, Mulder." Melinda replied "I don't know where she went. No one does. We were not that good friends, I just spent a day with her. I'm really, really sorry. Why don't you try the FBI or her mother? Someone has to know where she went."

"Her mother doesn't want to tell me. And there are no new records on Scully yet in the FBI office. I miss her so much." Mulder replied "I lost her."

"Okay, Mulder think. There has to be a way to find her. Just think clearly. She'll need a job. She's an agent, so she must still work for the FBI somewhere right?" Melinda replied.

"No, she quit the FBI so she could work as a doctor." Mulder said

"There we go." Melinda said "Did she ever have a job offer from a hospital, any hospital?"

"Yeah, Minnesota Hospital or something." Mulder said "But she would never take that job."

"You don't know that." Melinda said. "She could be working there. Call the hospital, check out if anyone with the name Dana Katherine Scully works there."

Mulder turned around walking out of the building.

"I can't believe you did that. He might find her." Booth said.

"You know where she is, and you didn't wanna tell him." Melinda said. "You're really something jealous, You want your Dana back. She was good in bed right. Right?"

"He hurt her, that's all what am saying, And for the record I don't know what Dana Scully is like in bed. I never slept with her." Booth said. "We were pretending to go out, to make Bones jealous."

"Is that why you don't want them to be together?" Melinda said "Because you never had the guts to go up and tell Brennan you love her? That's why you don't want them to be together right?"

She stood up, and walked to Brennan.

"Tempe, I'm sick and tired of you guys dancing around this relationship." She was standing in between them. "Brennan doesn't have a boyfriend, you don't have a girlfriend. You love him, she loves you. Just kiss each other, then the freak show stops and we can go back to work."

She stepped off the platform and headed for her office, still a little mad.

Booth and Brennan were standing in front of each other.

"You love me." Brennan said "You really, really love me."

"Yes, more than anything in this world." Booth said while watching Brennan "I have loved for all these years. I know you don't …"

Her lips crashed into his. He kissed her deeply. In the background of the lab, their audience applauded.

"I love you." Brennan was whispering in his ear. He hugged her finally getting what he wanted, and then it hit him. That was all Fox Mulder wanted too, just being with Scully.

Scully was hanging out in the bedroom of her new apartment. To be sure she didn't love this place so much. It was smaller than her other apartment. She was staring out of her window. Her job sucked, everyone was mean to her. And she missed that one person that meant the most to her. Now she was sitting in her bedroom by her phone.

She was afraid to dial the number of her doctors office. She had been sick all time, a voice in her said it could be very bad. Yesterday she had gone to the doctors. They did some check ups, blood tests and that kind of things. The doctor insisted to run the usual tests, which included a pregnancy test. Scully had not disagreed with that, although she knew, there was no way she could have gotten pregnant. She told that to her doctor, and he had told her, they just wanted to be sure.

She picked up the phone, remembering her mothers phone call about Mulder. She had told her that he had called her, and had asked where she was. Then she said she didn't give him what he wanted. The last thing her mother said was that he told her that he loves her. At the time she wanted to call him, but for some reason she had not done so. She took her phone dialing a number, the number.

"Doctor's office, how can I help you?" the woman's voice at other end of the line said.

"My name is Dana Katherine Scully, I'm calling for my test results." Dana said.

"Just a moment, miss" the woman said while she started looking through her papers. Dana heard it through the phone. "Well, miss, I've got your results here. Your cancer is still in remission. And as for the rest I don't see anything you should worry about. It looks great, the results look great, really great. I've got great news, you're pregnant."

"What?" Dana Scully was speechless "That's not possible, I'm not able to conceive children."

"Well, miss, your blood result show the presence of HCG in your blood, which is the sign of pregnancy. It looks like given the amount of the HCG, you're three months pregnant. I suggest you visit your gynecologist to be absolutely positively sure about the pregnancy. I'm really glad for you, miss."

She sat very slowly. Could this be true? Could she Dana Scully actually be pregnant? And from Fox Mulder. She started to twirl around. How could she pregnant, when it was impossible for her to conceive. This must be some sort of mistake. She called the number of her gynecologist back in DC, she would drive to DC and visit her gynecologist.

He knew about her situation. She didn't want to put her hopes up too high. She assumed it would be a mistake, and the test was fake. It happened in one in a million cases, and she would be that one. She took her phone, and called her gynecologist she asked the doctor to make an appointment as fast as possible. He told her that he could make time for her this afternoon. She got in her car and drove to Washington, D.C. Her appointment was at eight in the evening, it was two in the afternoon. While Dana was driving, she was thinking about Mulder. Thinking about what she would do if she would run into him.

Mulder took his phone. It was two in the afternoon. Thinking about what happened the past months, he looked through the phonebook. He Dialed the number from the hospital.

"Memorial Hospital Minnesota what's your problem?" the lady asked.

"Does a woman named Dana Scully work for you?" He asked

"No, I'm sorry sir, No one with that name ever worked for us.' The voice answered. He hung up the phone. Mulder didn't know where else to look, it was the only number listed for hospitals in Minnesota. Now he lost all hope, he had lost Dana forever. There was no way to ever find her again, she could be anywhere.

Scully got out of the car at half past seven in the evening. She parked her car in front of the doctor's building and entered the room, heading for the reception. "Hey, My name is Dana Katherine Scully. I'm here for doctor Walsh." Dana said "I have an appointment at eight, but I'm just a little early."

"Sit in the waiting room, the doctor will be with you soon." The woman said while pointing to the room. Dana sat in a blue chair and looked at a magazine. A familiar figure came out of the room. She looked around six months pregnant.

"Dana," She heard the woman say. "Are you back?" Melinda walked to her, and hugged her.

"So how is the pregnant life treating you?"

"Fine, we're expecting twins, so." Melinda replied "So are you back? Have you seen Mulder "yet?

"No, I just needed a check up." she said "Don't tell anyone you ran into me, please."

"I won't, but here is the point. Mulder is really, really unhappy. He misses you, He tried everything to find you, but he can't. He said that he can't live without you."

She heard the doctor calling, she entered the room. He looked at her. She lay down on the bed. The doctor entered the room.

"Great to see you, Dana. I want to assure you that blood results are always right. The only thing I'll be able to prove is that you are pregnant. I can understand that you want to be sure, considering your situation." the doctor put something on her belly, then he moved an object over her tummy. On the screen a picture of her baby appeared. A couple of moments later, the baby's heartbeat was strong.

"Miss Scully, It seems like it's twins. The babies look healthy," the doctor said. "I think your boyfriend must be very proud."

"He doesn't know. He is not gonna know." Scully said

"Miss, I don't know what happened between the you and the father of this child, but he deserves to know that you are pregnant."

Scully got a couple of pictures of the babies, the precious little babies, Scully got in her car. It was 10 o'clock, way too late to drive home. 'Maybe I should go to Melinda's or Angela's.' she thought. Scully got in her car and drove to a place she least expected. She stopped in front of Mulder's apartment. 'You'll just tell him, then you'll get out. '

She walked in the building taking the elevator until the familiar floor. She stepped out of the elevator and walked to Mulder's apartment. Knocking softly on the door, she heard that he was walking to the door. 'Please let that Brennan not be there' she thought. The door swung open and Fox Mulder was standing there looking at Scully

"Scully" He said there were tears in his eyes. "You're here, you're really here."

"No, Mulder." Scully replied "I just wanted to tell you, that I'm pregnant. I'm expecting twins. I don't expect anything from you. I don't expect you to care, I just wanted you to know. I'm not going to tell Temperance about anything that happened. I'm going back from where I came. You can act as their father if you want to. And yes, it's yours, it's not Booth's. I never slept with him, I only slept with you."

She turned around, wanting to leave the apartment.

"Please, Scully." Mulder said "Don't leave. I broke up with Temperance, right after we slept together. I wanted you, and I never realized that. I've been such a jerk. I thought you'd be there when I got back, but when I did you were gone. I realized that a life without you is nothing. I want you, Dana Katherine Scully."

He crashed his lips into her. She willing kissed him back, enjoying each and every second. He tasted good. Mulder kissed her belly, and then lifted her from the floor. He carried her to his bedroom, closing the door on his way. A couple of hours later Scully and Mulder were lying in his bed naked. Mulder had his arms around Scully's body, unwilling to let her go for even a second. Their clothes were all around the floor. He kissed her ear.

"I'm so glad, you came back. We're gonna be a family. Scully, I realize I don't have a ring, but I wanted to ask you something, and not because you're pregnant. Dana Katherine Scully, will you marry me? And spend your entire life with me?" Mulder asked

"Yes, Mulder." She replied "I do"

"I love you, Scully." He said while kissing her. Than turning to her stomach. "And I love you guys too." He kissed her belly gently. "So what are you gonna do?"

"Well, I'll come back. But I sold my apartment." She said "I don't know where I'm supposed to stay."

"With your fiancee perhaps." Mulder replied "We'll go look for a big house, for us and the babies."

She fell asleep. Mulder watched her for an hour, seeing how beautiful she was.