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Going to Mulder's apartment after work, Scully lets herself in. Seeing Mulder on the couch, the red head asks how the teen is. Her boyfriend shrugs answering, "I'm not sure. She has a fever and is achy. She's also complaining about a sore throat."
"Can I see her?" The woman asks. Shaking his head, Mulder answers, "It could be the flu, and I don't want you to get it."
Scully shakes her head doubting the teenager will have the flu in the middle of June.
"I'll be fine," She insists before going to check on Chloe. Leaving the room a few minutes later, Scully finds her boyfriend in the living room waiting for her.
"Mulder, I think she has mono," Scully remarks after reviewing her daughter's symptoms in her head. Shocked, Mulder shouts, "How!"
Scully raises her eyebrow at her boyfriend. Trying to wrap his mind around his daughter dating, Mulder asks, "Who would she even be kissing?"
Eyes going wide, Scully heads to Mulder's phone as the man asks who she is calling. Ignoring him, Scully waits for the person on the other end to pick up.
"Katherine?" Scully asks into the receiver. "This is Dana Scully. I was calling to ask you if Kyle is sick with a fever or anything?"
Mulder watches as his girlfriend finishes the conversation before asking what Katherine says. Hanging up the phone, Scully turns to Mulder and answers his question.
"Katherine said that Kyle came home with a fever earlier this week. The doctor confirmed it was mono this morning."
Before she can say more, Scully watches Mulder call his daughter's name and walk to her room. Following him, Scully is just in time for her daughter to glare at her and ask, "You told him?"
"Sweetie, you have Mono. I had to call his parents," Scully states.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me you were dating Kyle," Mulder remarks. Sinking deeper in her pillow Chloe mutters an apology.
"I'll let you two talk. I'm going to get you some pain relievers," Scully tells her daughter if only to escape the drama that will happen while she is gone. Leaving the room with his girlfriend, Mulder states, "I think you should stay away. I don't want you to get it, too."
"Mulder, I've already had it," The red head insists. Tucking Scully's hair back, Mulder answers, "Yeah, but I'd feel safer if you stayed at your apartment."
Sighing, Scully agrees, but only after she gets Ibuprofen for Chloe. Coming back with the pain reliever, Scully meets Mulder in the entryway. He waits for her to leave after getting the medicine, and is surprised when she asks, "Will you come with me to tell my mom about the baby?"
Eyes wide, Mulder almost feels guilty about forgetting to say anything about their kid to anyone. Enthusiastically he agrees before asking when she wants to tell her mother. Running a hand through her hair, Scully answers, "I was hoping this weekend."
"Sounds good. I can leave Chloe for a few hours," Mulder admits.
On Saturday, Mulder and Scully stand outside of Maggie's house waiting for her to open the door. Nervous, Scully nearly crushes Mulder's hand. When the door opens, Scully and Mulder immediately receive a warm hug from the older woman who eagerly ushers the couple inside.
"Mom, we have something we need to tell you," Scully beams once they have tea and catch up. Holding her boyfriend's hand, Scully finally states, "I'm pregnant."
Shock covers Maggie's face until she finally chokes out, "Really?"
Tears coming to her eyes, Scully nods. Mulder squeezes his girlfriend's hand and watches Maggie beam. Standing up, the older woman crosses to the couch and hugs her daughter. When they both break into happy crying, Mulder smiles before excusing himself to check on Chloe. Once the women break apart, Maggie asks, "I thought you couldn't have kids?"
"No, um, a year ago I was told I had some viable ova. We tried IVF, but it didn't take," Scully says sadly. Watching her mom at a loss for words, Scully merely shakes her head unable to explain the pregnancy.
"I don't know, Mom. I have an ultrasound if you want to see it," Scully smiles. Eagerly, Maggie takes the picture her daughter offers and looks at the grainy image. Just as Mulder comes back into the room, Maggie asks how far along her daughter is.
"Twelve weeks," Scully answers taking Mulder's hand. "We'll find out in a couple weeks if it's a boy or girl."
"If we find out," Mulder answers. Shocked, Scully turns to her boyfriend with an eyebrow raise. Shrugging, Mulder states, "We didn't know with Chloe. I thought it would be fun being surprised again."
"I think this baby is surprise enough," Scully mumbles. Quickly, Maggie changes the subject over to Chloe.
"How is she?" The matriarch asks. With a smirk, the red head answers, "She's sick right now, actually. Has Mono."
"Chloe?" Maggie asks incredulously. Nodding, Mulder answers, "She picked it up from Kyle."
Noticing the man's whiny tone when saying Kyle's name, Maggie glance over at her daughter for an explaination. Eyeing Mulder, Scully looks back at her mother before explaining Chloe's hiding a boyfriend from them. To both agents' surprise, they watch Maggie laugh before saying, "You did the same thing, Dana!"
Eyes wide, Scully hisses, "I did not!"
Much to her dismay, the rest of the time with her mom is spent with childhood stories much to Mulder's delight.
The next week, Mulder receives a file that takes place far from the D.C. area and tells Reyes to pack a bag. Looking at Scully who is watching the scene with a little bit of jealousy, Mulder asks if she will watch Chloe. Nodding, the red head asks with a smirk, "I thought you didn't want me over there."
"Yeah, about that," Mulder answers as he tries to look away from his girlfriend's smug expression, "I did some research. It turns out mono won't directly affect you or the baby."
Nodding, Scully asks, "How is she?"
Shrugging, he answers, "Better than when she first came down with it, but still sleeping most of the time."
Nodding, Scully lets Mulder brief her replacement while she goes over their paperwork. Seeing Mulder and Reyes off at the airport a few hours later, if only to stretch her legs some more after sitting at a desk all day, Scully heads back to Mulder's apartment. Setting her suitcase at the foot of the table once she shuts and locks the door, the red head immediately walks down the hall to check on her daughter. Finding Chloe awake watching a movie on a small TV the woman guesses Mulder buys to relieve the boredom, Scully simply tells her she will be around if Chloe needs her.
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