Title: Happily Ever After: Prince Charming Author: XfileySR Category: MSR Series Summary: Mulder and Scully are forced to take brunch at Mrs. Scully's house. All is going well, until a certain brother of our beloved redhead shows up. Yet still Mulder is able to maintain his role as Scully's Prince Charming. Disclaimer: If I owned these characters and their entire universe, I wouldn't be going to school, I wouldn't be in Student Loan Debt, and I certainly wouldn't be driving a '91 Geo Prizm around. But I'm doing all those things, so I obviously don't own them. Please don't sue me... I'm in enough debt as it is!! FEEDBACK: Gimme Gimme!!! Please Send me Feedback!! I would love if you did. Even if you hated it, I want to know! In the Happily Ever After Series so far: Happily Ever After: Never Give Up On A Miracle MRS. SCULLY'S HOUSE As we're sitting in my mom's driveway, butterflies fill my stomach. It's not because I'm nervous about telling my mom about Mulder and I getting married, she probably already knows about it anyway. I'm nervous because as we pulled up to my mom's Baltimore home, I saw a minivan parked in the driveway. It wasn't my mom's... It was Bill's. "Scully, we're an hour late, maybe we should just leave and take a rain check." "No, Mulder, she's expecting us. Besides, Bill's going to eventually find out." "If we move to Antarctica he won't find us... I distinctly remember that when we were in Antarctica it was quite beautiful... eerily white, but beautiful." "I really don't think that moving to Antarctica would ease my brother's views on our relationship." "Yeah, you're probably right. I do have another idea though," he says with a sly grin on his face. "Oh really? And what would that be." "If we never left the bedroom, he wouldn't be able to find us" "Though that does sound quite promising, we've got wedding plans to make..." I kiss him squarely on the lips and pull back. His hand combs through the hair on the back of my head and pulls me to him again for a more thorough kissing session. That's when I hear the "ahem" come from just outside Mulder's window. As I look up, I come face to face with the smiling eyes of my mother, who is wearing a very smug grin on her face. As we're getting out of the car, I offer my apologies for our tardiness. "Sorry we're late mom, there was a traffic jam on the highway..." "On a Saturday afternoon? Well isn't that the darndest thing..." she says with a hint of amusement in her voice. I grab her in a loose hug and watch as she turns to embrace Mulder. "I'm glad that you could come Fox... You know how much I love it when you visit me with Dana." "I know Mrs. Scully." "Fox..." "Mom" "That's right... mom." Mulder turns to smile at me, and in the process brings my left hand up to kiss. That elicits quite the squeal of happiness out of my mother as she she's the diamonds that now adorn my finger. "Oh Dana! Fox! I'm so happy!" Then, just as we're finishing the congratulatory hugs, I hear the tiny voice of my nephew. "Auntie DAAAAAAAYYYYYNAAAAAAA!!!!!" He runs into my arms and lets me scoop him up as I assault him with kisses all over his little four-year-old face. "Hey kiddo, did ya miss me?" "Yep!!" "Who dat?" he inquired pointing at Mulder. "That's Mulder. He's gonna be your new Uncle!" "Uncie Mulda! Uncie Mulda!" he screams as he jumps out of my arms and into those of his new friend, Uncle Mulder. "Dana?" I turn around to meet the shocked expression of my older brother as he processes Matthew still screaming about his new Uncle. "Hello Bill." "What the HELL are you THINKING!?" "William! I will not tolerate that in front of my grandson. You know better than that." "What do you mean what am I thinking?!" "You're gonna marry this bastard?" "Bill, this is absolutely none of your business..." "Like HELL it isn't" As Matthew continues to scream "Uncie Mulda!' at the top of his lungs, I am shocked to hear the shout of my new fiancee. "EXCUSE ME!!!!!" "What do YOU want?!" Bill says as he turns to stare Mulder down. "I want this to stop. Right here and now." "Mul-" I say, trying to stop him from getting in the middle of this age-old argument. "I'm not saying that we don't need this discussed, but I am saying that we don't need it discussed now, in front of little ears" he says, ruffling Matthew's hair. "I agree... this can be discussed later. Fox, why don't you take our little guy in to wash his hands up for brunch?" "You betcha! Come on buddy!" he shouts as he twirls Matthew around through the air. It's amazing to see him with children. I rarely get a glimpse, and it has always made my heart skip a beat. I catch myself smiling at the retreating pair. "You heard him you two! We are all going to sit down and talk about this later, all right?" "Yeah mom", my big brother and I seem to answer in synch with each other. ***** After brunch and a trip to the park with Matthew while Bill and Tara ran errands, Mulder and I could barely keep our eyes open, so we sat down on the couch together in front of the fire. The time flew by, and a glance at the clock showed that it was nearly 10:00 PM by the time Tara and Bill came strolling up the driveway. "Mom, we're back!" "Shhhhhh!!! Fox and Dana had quite the park adventure with Matty today... they've been asleep on the couch for hours. It seems that Matt has found his new best friend in a man he calls Uncie Mulda." "Awww... look at the two of them, so peaceful." "Yeah, 1 time out of a million he lets her-" "Bill, don't go there right now, let's go up to bed." As the two trot up the stairs, my mother manages to wake Mulder quietly and tell him that my old room is waiting for us upstairs. "Thanks Mrs. Sc--...Mom." She's smiles widely, and bends to give Mulder a kiss on the forehead. After she gets upstairs, Mulder effortlessly lifts my sleeping form into his arms, like prince charming in a fairy tale. We ascend the stairs and he places me in the center of the bed. Carefully lifting a foot at a time, he takes off my tennis shoes and socks. Kissing each foot, he moves up my body, and places a kiss on each eyelid and whispers "I love you" in my ear. Though it wasn't meant to be heard by anyone, it was heard by the person who needed to hear it the most, Billy Scully Jr. ***** He senses his mother's presence and silently turns to speak with her. "He really does, doesn't he?" "Yes, he does. If you'd been paying attention to all the details these last 7 years, you would have seen it." "Mom?" "Yes dear?" "Is she really happy with him?" "William, don't you see the blush every time she looks at him? Don't you notice that she only lets herself smile when he's by her side?" Turning away from his mother, he again takes a peek at his sleeping sister's form. Mulder kneels by the bed watching her with a smile on his face. She stirs awake, and immediately her eyes search for him. When met with his, they sparkle, and a meaningful smile crosses her lips. "What are you doing?" "Watching you sleep." "Why?" "Because you're the most beautiful thing on this earth, and I love you." "Oh Mulder, why do you have to be so dramatically romantic?" "You ain't seen nothin' yet!" She giggles and reaches for him, pulling him to her until their lips can meet. Bill Scully turns away from the scene before him, shaking his head. "I'll never get it," He says to himself.