John, and Mulder are sitting in the office. All week long they had been doing paperwork from their case two weeks ago. John, unlike Mulder, finished his paperwork yesterday, but Mulder is a bit on the lazy side, and still had about three days worth of work left.

"John, could you please help me? I don't want to be stuck doing work tomorrow."Mulder complained.

John looked up from his monitor, sighed, then replied:

"Fine, I'll help ya out Muldah."John said then walked over to Mulder's desk, picked up a few files, and began to work.

John finished in about three hours while Mulder was nearly finished with his second file out of three.

John then walked over, took the last file, and finished it within the hour as Mulder was just finishing up his.

"Hopefully none of your kids have your kind of work ethic."John commented as Mulder finished up his last sentence.

"Sadly, William is this way with his school work."Mulder replied then, closed the file, and put it in his finished pile."It takes him about three hours after he gets home from school to get one sentence down while Olivia is almost finished with her homework."Mulder said with a sigh.

"Yeah, I understand. Some days I have to fight with Austin to get him to do his homework 'cause he'd much rather be outside play football or baseball or some sport with his friends."John told him.

"Olivia told me that she thinks about her homework this way, if she gets it done now then, she'll have more time to watch her Miranda Sings videos, and all that stuff girls these days are into."Mulder said as him, and John rolled their eyes.

"Don't get me started on how stupid that Miranda girl is."John nearly yelled as a huge grin formed across his face.

"I don't get it. Is she some of YouTube TV character or something?"Mulder asked as a grin emerged on his face as well.

"I think that she is some deranged kid that the girl dreamt of one day, and made her a person."John replied as he chuckled.

"Has Kelsey ever tried to walk out the door to school with as much lipstick on as Miranda wears?"Mulder asked.

"Ohh yeah, but Mon makes her take it off, and tells her that if she wants to wear that much lipstick to school then, she has to wait 'til Halloween."John said with a grin.

"Isn't Halloween in a few weeks?"Mulder asked.

"Yeah."John replied.

"Have your kids decided who they're going as?"Mulder asked.

"Yup, Kelsey is gonna be Miranda Sings, Kyle is gonna be David Lee Roth, and Austin is gonna be Tom Brady."John said then rolled his eyes.

"Tom Brady? That must be harsh."Mulder said as he threw the football that was on his desk over to John.

John caught it then said:

"Well, Austin decided that he likes the Patriots, and idolizes Tom Brady. Mon says that it's phase, and he's just testing out his independence, but I'm just afraid that he's gonna be a Pats fan forever"John said as he threw the football back to Mulder.

"I can see Kelsey going as Miranda Sings, Olivia is doing the same thing, but Kyle going as David Lee Roth? When did that happen?"Mulder asked as he threw John back the football.

"Well, this Van Halen thing started a few weeks ago, but I know it's gonna last a while."John replied then threw him the football again.

"I just can't picture Kyle in fuzzy white boots, and a pink jumpsuit."Mulder said then chuckled at that thpught, and threw the football to John.

"I know, I can't either, but he's still thinking about what outfit of his he's gonna wear."John replied then threw the football back to him.

"Did he get a blonde wig yet?"Mulder asked with a huge grin as he threw the football up the air, caught it then, threw it to John.

"Yup, I took him to go get it, but the only kid's costume I ain't funding is Austin's."John said then threw the football.

"Then who is, 'cause I'm guessing Austin doesn't have enough money for it."Mulder asked then threw the football.

"My brother Michael is sending him a jersey, pants, a helmet, and a Patriots game ball."John told him as he rolled his eyes, and threw him back the ball.

Mulder threw the ball around with him for a minute then asked:

"Is he a big Patriots fan?"He said then put the ball down, and got out their small, light basket ball, and threw it to John.

"Ohh yeah, big time. Ever since we were two, and my father took us to the NFL Pro Shop in Danbury, and told us boys that we could pick out anything we wanted, and he would get it for us, and Michael picked out a Patriots jersey. He still has it in a frame over his fireplace."John told him as he chuckled, and Mulder did as well then threw the ball back to him."So who's William goin' as?"John asked him.

"Uhh I think he said him, and his buddies are going to get those color jumpsuits, and wigs, and stuff, and be those things."Mulder said with shrug."Are you going to dress up, and go out with your kids?"Mulder asked him then threw to ball to him.

"Nah, the kids said that they're told old for their daddy to go out trick or treating with them."John told him then threw him the ball.

"Yeah, they grow up too fast. Don't they?"Mulder said with a sigh then threw John the ball.

"Yup, one minute they're watching Sesame Street, and will only eat dinosaur chicken nuggets, and mac, and cheese then the next minute, they're listening to Van Halen, watching Miranda Sings, and rooting for cheaters."John said with a sigh then threw him back the ball.

Mulder peered up at the clock in their office, and realized that it is five thirty, and that they could leave.

"It's past five, we should get going."Mulder said.

"Yup, see ya Muldah."John said as he got up, and Mulder threw John his coat, and he put on his.

"See ya John."Mulder said then closed the door behind them, locked up.

Mulder stood there for a moment, thought about those days when him, and John would anxiously watch the clock, waiting to get home to their little kids, and wives. Now, the only reason they would watch the clock was to prevent their wives from yelling at them for being late.

John turned around, and realized that Mulder wasn't on his tail, like he normally is. He walked back, and saw that he was still by the door.

"You ready to go Muldah?"John asked him.

Mulder looked back at John, and said:

"Uhh yeah, I just thought I left something in the office."Mulder responded then put his keys back in his pocket, and walked over to John.

"I guess you're getting old to."John said as placed his hand on Mulder's back.

"Guess I am."Mulder said then they walked into the elevator, to get back home to wives, and kids.

AN: I'm a huge Patriots fan (Brady's da bomb, and Gronk it!) so anything I said about them being characters is just what feel would be the character's opinions, they are not mine. Just thought that I would put that out there for anyone of you guys that watch football as well as The X-Files, and read, and write fan fiction:)

I also hope to get some more chapters out for this story (even though I am already at sixteen) I feel as if this story could probably never end since it is a collection of family events, and families last forever. If you have any recommendations of stories you would like to see in this collection please feel free to leave a comment or private message me one :)