John was lying in the recliner in the family room, fast asleep. He had just gotten back from a case that lasted three days down in Texas with Mulder. It was only eight, but he gotten only five hours of sleep on the plane during those three days.

When he walked in the door that afternoon, the kids knew that it was their father returning from his trip. They jumped up from the table, and ran to the door to greet their father. Kyle was still six, Austin was still four, and Kelsey was still three. When they saw their father, they ran up to him, and hugged him.

"We missed you daddy."Austin said with a smile.

"I missed you guys too."John said as he gave each of his three kids a kiss on the top of the head.

"Hi John."Monica said as she walked in.

She walked up to John, and he got up, since he squatted down to the kids' height, and kissed her.

"Eww."All the kids said.

"Well one day you will you like kissing girls, or boys, too."John said with a smile.

"No we won't."Austin said with a disgusted facial expression.

"Yes you will sweetie, but not right now. You know how your daddy likes being silly."Monica said with her arm wrapped around John's neck.

"But he hasn't thrown us in the pool yet today."Kyle said with a smile.

"That's because daddy's really tired."John said.

"You don't look sleepy."Kelsey said.

"That's because I can't look sleepy on the job, and I had a lot of coffee."John replied.

"Okay."Kelsey said."Can we play now?"She excitedly asked.

"Princess, daddy is really sleepy, and I need to get some rest so, how about we all watch a movie in the family room, okay?"John asked as he squatted down to face Kelsey.

"Can we watch a Princess movie?"Kelsey asked.

"Eww, those are gross."Austin said."Can we watch a baseball movie?"Kyle asked.

"How about Star Wars?"Kyle asked.

"So we need to find a movie that is about Princess, and baseball with Star Wars references in it."John said with a sigh.

"How about we watch a movie we all like?"Monica asked.

"What movie?"Austin asked.

"I was thinking about The Simpsons movie."Monica said.

"Yay!"The kids excitedly said then ran to the family room.

"Well I guess I'm gonna have dreams about Springfield."John sarcastically said with a smile then Monica gave him a kiss.

They then walked into the family room, and John sat down in the recliner, and the kids had already gotten out their sleeping bags, popcorn, and soda. They were already in their pajamas, and had their pillows, and teddy bears out.

When they saw their parents they all looked at them, and John, and Monica looked at each other, puzzled.

"Daddy, can you get the movie out, and put it in the DVD player?"Kelsey asked.

John had just gotten comfortable in his chair, and was reaching for his blanket. He sighed then got up.

"I'll get it princess."John said in sweet voice then walked up, and kissed the top of her head.

He could never say no to Kelsey. She was his little princess, and his only daughter. He then grabbed the DVD, and put it in the DVD player then, walked back to his chair, grabbed the DVD player remote, and got his Michigan blanket.

The movie then started, and the kids were having a lot of fun watching movie. The Simpsons Movie was the only movie that the family could agree on since there was fantasy, comedy, and some adult jokes in there. By the time the movie was almost over, John was almost asleep. Kyle looked over at him then said:

"Daddy almost asleep mommy."He said with a giggle

"Well he is really tired sweetie."Monica told him.

"Doesn't he get to sleep in a nice hotel when he is away?"Kyle asked.

"Well, he gets to stay at nice hotel, but your uncle Mulder keeps him up all night."Monica said with a smile.

"Why?"Kyle asked again.

"Your Uncle Mulder is just crazy like that."Monica told him.

"Yeah he is."Kyle said as he laughed.

The movie was over and Monica had already put the kids to bed, and John was fast asleep in the recliner. Monica walked back into the family room, and found him in the recliner. She thought about waking him up so he could get some rest in their bed, but thought that he would like to to just get some sleep. She grabbed another blanket, one of Kyle's Star Wars blankets, kissed him then said:

"Good night John, sweet Simpsons dreams."She said with a smile then turned off the light in the family room, and left.