From: fallonrose@gmail.com   
      
   TITLE: Never Give Up    
   On A Miracle   
    AUTHOR: Sugarbullet   
    E-MAIL: sugarbullet@mail.com   
    DISTRIBUTION: Anywhere    
    RATING: PG-13   
   CATEGORIES: Season 8   
   KEYWORDS: Mulder/Scully    
   SPOILERS: none    
    SUMMARY: Bill finds out   
      
   Dana Scully had been through more difficult things while working with Mulder   
   on the X-Files, then she ever would have thought possible. In less than a   
   decade, she had gone from a young, naive, and fresh faced doctor with little   
   doubt in the faith she'd    
   been raised in, to a tired and emotionally drained shadow of what she had once   
   been. Yet, after all that she had suffered in losing so many people she loved   
   and in being physically injured more times than she could count, she did not   
   regret a single    
   second of the time that she had known Fox Mulder.   
   Her past relationships, which were much fewer and far between than she would   
   have liked to admit, had been important to her at the time, back when she was   
   a different person altogether. But, once she knew Mulder, she realized how   
   shallow and brief they    
   actually were in comparison. In him, she had not only met the love of her   
   life, but her best friend, her worst enemy, her other half, and so much more.   
   Nothing could ever, or would ever compare to what they had. Never before or   
   ever again would she meet    
   someone who meant so much to her, that she was even willing to die for. It   
   simply wasn't possible.   
   And yet, here she was, pregnant and alone. She knew he hadn't *left* her. Of   
   course, he would not have gone if he'd known. But the ability to have children   
   was just another thing that had been taken away from her. How could either of   
   them have suspected    
   it. She knew they loved each other, and she hoped with all her heart that they   
   would one day meet again. But, for today, she would have to deal with the task   
   of telling her family. Of course, Charles was never around. She knew Melissa   
   would understand,    
   but that wasn't an option. The only people she had left were her mom and   
   *gulp* Bill.   
   Before she even had a chance to collect her thoughts, she heard the doorbell   
   on her apartment ring. "Come in," she said, "It's open."   
   She didn't even look up when they walked in. Seeing that her daughter was   
   obviously upset, Maggie sat down beside her and took her hand in her own.   
   "What is it, honey? Are you okay?"   
   Dana shook her head, and let go and began crying. "He's gone..." she choked   
   out.   
   "Who's gone?"   
   "Mulder."   
   "Well, where did he go?"   
   "He...he was...taken...like I was all those years ago." She let out another   
   series of wrecked sobs.   
   Bill interrupted at that point. "No big surprise there."   
   "Bill," Maggie began, "Don't."   
   Dana couldn't stop herself from crying. "Oh, God. How could I not have known?   
   Why didn't I get to tell him?" The tears were uncontrollable.   
   "Didn't tell him what?"   
   Dana paused then said, still crying, "About our baby...Oh God..If I had known   
   it was possible, that I was...pregnant...I wouldn't have let him go."   
   Both Maggie and Bill froze for a moment, but Maggie's face softened and she   
   put her arms around her daughter. Bill was still in shock, but it was obvious   
   that his anger was building. "Are you...sure...honey? You said that you   
   couldn't..."   
   Scully tried to hold back more tears. "I know...I...I should have told you.   
   We...we tried in vitro...but...it didn't take. I still remember when he said   
   to never give up on a miracle. God, I love him. How could this happen."   
   Bill was unable to hold back by this point. "Oh, so you've been fucking that   
   guy then. It's no wonder he kept you around all this time. Hell, we all know   
   he has no respect for you, otherwise he would have let you go and be a doctor   
   like you were meant to.   
   "   
   Dana's hurt turned to anger all of a sudden. "Damn it, Bill. You are such a   
   fucking asshole sometimes. You don't know him at all. He would *die* for me,   
   and I for him. And as for your little comment about why he kept me around,   
   it's not even close to the    
   truth. We weren't intimate until six months ago, and it was on *my* terms. He   
   has *always* respected me in every way. He used to look at me, and I used to   
   notice, but he was too afraid to betray my trust. He waited for me to be ready   
   to be with him, and    
   he would have waited ten more years if that's what I wanted. You aren't even   
   half the man that Mulder is."   
   A tear trickled down Maggie's eye this time. "Please, Bill, Dana. Why can't   
   you guys ever get along?"   
   Bill scoffed, "Oh please. Yeah right. Even you like that son-of-a-bitch more   
   than you do your own son."   
   "Bill, what a horrible thing to say! You know you will always be my son. But,   
   Fox has no family left. He lost his sister and both his parents, and until he   
   met Dana, no one would even give him a chance. He could have had that chance   
   now, with her and    
   their unborn child, but now even that's been taken away from him. Do you know   
   how lucky you are to have a wife and child and a steady career and a big,   
   loving family? I think you've taken it for granted."   
   "Whatever, mom. I need to clear my head. I guess it doesn't matter what I tell   
   her, or what Dad would have thought."   
   "Bill, your father wanted all his children to be happy. Fox makes her happy,   
   and I hope she finds him."   
   Not knowing what to say, Bill just nodded and walked away, undoubtedly   
   storming back to his car, to a plane, and all the way across the country.   
   Maggie looked down at her daughter, and refusing to acknowledge the fight that   
   just happened, she simply kissed her hair and said, "Everything will be fine,   
   honey. You *will* find him. Have faith. And, I think those were wise words   
   that he said to you. I    
   agree. Never give up on a Miracle."   
   ~end.~   
      
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