From: dana_scully_mulders_protege@hotmail.com   
      
   Title: All I Ask of You   
      
   Author: FoxsDana   
      
   E-Mail: dana_scully_mulders_protégé@hotmail.com   
      
   Rating: R   
      
   Category: Romance/Angst   
      
   Keywords: Mulder/Scully relationship   
      
   Spoilers: Season 8(Involving Mulder and Scully having William)   
   and "Nothing Important Happened Today"(Season 9)   
      
   Dedication: To Fox, Jess,Marissa,Langly,Mare,Kim,Amy,Trust and all   
   other X-Philes, past and present   
      
   Summary: Mulder receives an email which will send him on his quest   
   for the truth. Realizing that he has to leave William and Scully for   
   their own safety, he decides to spend one last night with Scully. On   
   this night be will tell her that he must leave but will also leave   
   her with a promise.   
      
   Feedback: Please...I love it.   
      
   Archive:  Please ask and email.   
      
   Disclaimer: The characters of the X-Files do not belong to me but   
   are the property of Chris Carter, 20th Century Fox and 1013   
   Productions. Any similarities to the names or places of the   
   fictional aspects of this story are purely coincidental.   
      
   * * *   
      
      
      
    Fox Mulder sat staring blankly at a computer screen with his hands   
   folded. He had just checked his e-mail as he had done for the past   
   nine years. He had read everything from the latest reported UFO   
   sightings to the weekly FBI Newsletter. Only now, he no longer   
   received the weekly FBI Newsletter ever since Deputy Director Kersh   
   had fired him from the FBI. Now, he had a normal e-mail and not a   
   government one. He was a civilian just like the rest of the public.   
   A civilian with one exception: he knew the REAL truth that was out   
   there. The truth that threatened the planet and the survival of the   
   human race. The truth that was about to change his entire life.   
      
   His thinking was interrupted by a faint cry in the background.   
   Looking across, he saw a young woman with long dark hair heading   
   towards the back room.   
      
   "I'm…I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Mulder. I thought I had put him to   
   sleep."   
      
   "That's quite all right, Rosie." Mulder said smiling at her.   
      
   He had liked Rosie from the first moment he had met her. He knew it   
   would have been impossible for him to take care of William on his   
   own with Scully teaching. The closest experience he had had to   
   taking care of something was his fish. And since he had been   
   responsible for many a floating corpse, he thought that getting an   
   assistant caregiver was best. And now with the e-mail he had just   
   received, Rosie was going to be needed more than ever.   
      
   Rosie soon returned from the back room cradling a still crying   
   William in her arms. No matter what she tried, he refused to stop   
   crying.   
      
   "Maybe he needs his father." Mulder said looking at Rosie with a   
   grin.   
      
   "Actually, I think you may be right." Rosie said handing William to   
   Mulder.   
      
   Mulder gently cradled William, looking into his eyes. The minute he   
   made eye contact, William instantly stopped his crying. Scully had   
   said she was amazed the effect that Mulder had on their son. It was   
   like they had some special mind connection to each other. There was   
   most definitely the recognition of father and son between them.   
      
   William reached his tiny hand towards his father and Mulder took it   
   gently in his hand. He still had a hard time believing that he was   
   holding his own son, his and Scully's miracle in his arms. It had   
   seemed like just yesterday that he had first glanced at her as she   
   walked into his office. And yet here he was holding a product of   
   their union, their love. His heart became heavy, as he looked into   
   his son's eyes, touched his delicate skin. Realizing that this would   
   probably be the last time they would be able to share a tender   
   moment like this for a very long time. He knew what he had to do.   
   And he knew that it was to save his son as well as his mother.   
      
   "Rosie, I know this is short notice. But I wondered if you could   
   watch William tonight?" He asked gently shifting William. "You see,   
   something important just came up and I need to meet Scully alone."   
      
   "It's no trouble at all, Mr. Mulder. I had to do some studying for   
   my finals tonight anyway. I can take care of William at the same   
   time."   
      
   "Thank you, Rosie." He stood up slowly and carefully so as not to   
   disturb William and made his way over to the phone. He held onto his   
   son steadying him with his one arm, dialing the phone with his   
   other. Placing the receiver to his ear he sat in a chair anxiously   
   awaiting an answer.   
      
   Dana Scully was sitting at her tiny desk in her office eating her   
   lunch when she heard her cell ring. She let out a sigh and let her   
   head fall back. It seemed like as of late she hardly got any peace   
   and quiet. She had just gone back to teaching at Quantico. The only   
   time she did get her peace and quiet was when she was home with   
   Mulder and William. Sitting on the couch and cuddling with them, was   
   something she could never tire of. She finally felt that her life   
   was now becoming complete.  Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out   
   her cell, answering it. "Scully."   
      
   "Hey, professor."   
      
   "Mulder?" She asked taking a bite of her sandwich while steadying   
   her cell. "You kind of caught me at a bad time. I'm right in the   
   middle of my lunch."   
      
   "Yeah, I can hear that. Listen, I just wanted to call you to request   
   your presence at the "La Tattoria" tonight."   
      
   "The "La Tat.." Scully nearly dropped her cell. "Mulder, that's one   
   of the most expensive places in town."   
      
   "That's right, it is."   
      
   "Are you asking me on a date, Mr. Mulder?"   
      
   "Maybe I am."   
      
   "I don't know, Mulder. I mean I just got this new material for class   
   that I have to go through. Plus on top of that, we don't have a baby   
   sitter. I mean my mother is out of town and being that it's the last   
   minute.."   
      
   "It's ok. I've got that part covered. "   
      
   Scully ran a hand through her hair. "I don't know.."   
      
   "Look, Scully can you try and relax for once?" The phone slightly   
   slipped as Mulder tried to keep it under his neck.  It came to rest   
   just within William's reach. He reached out his tiny hands to touch   
   it and began cooing. A smile crept across Mulder's face. "See, even   
   William thinks you should go."   
      
    Scully's heart leapt as she heard William's cooing. "Hi, William.   
   It's…it's Mommy." She began smiling as she heard William's cooing   
   response.   
      
    Mulder couldn't help but smile as he heard Scully talking to   
   William. He always knew that she would be a wonderful mother and she   
   was showing that even now. "Ok, William. Why don't you give Daddy   
   the phone now ok? You can talk to Mommy later." He said gently   
   lifting the phone from William's hands and placing it back to his   
   ear.  Looking down he saw that there was something wet on the   
   receiver. He quickly grabbed a rag and began to wipe it.   
      
   "Mulder? Mulder are you still there?"   
      
   "Yeah." Mulder said putting the phone back under his neck.  "It's   
   just that William while he was talking to you decided to add   
   something else to the conversation."   
      
    Scully let out a chuckle. "Like father, like son."   
      
   "Hey, that's not fair." He said readjusting William again. "So, will   
   you go tonight?"   
      
   "All right. You talked me into it. " Scully said leaning back in her   
      
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