From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 17:18:06 -0600 Subject: Simple Kind of Life by Chut Source: direct Reply To: CRB1218@ev1.net Simple Kind of Life I by Chut Summary: "As she looked at the three of them now, she realized that Dana had finally gotten the life she deserved..." Spoilers: Mainly Millennium (the episode and series but you don't have to watch the series) and little ones for Requiem and all things Rating: PG for a tad of language and implied sexual stuff Category: I dunno lol... MSR for sure though Feedback: Yes please send everything to CRB1218@ev1.net THANX ! Archival: Sure, Fine, Whatever...oops I mean PLEASE just tell me where it is so I can come see my baby !!! Disclaimer: Mulder and Scully belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions, and 20th Century FOX, and Frank, Jordan, and even the late Catherine Black do also. But guess what....Lucy Ann Mulder belongs to me and my bud Sam!!! Lucy can also be found in Sam's story 'Where have all the angels gone?' however, the two stories are in no way related. Author's Notes: This is the first story I've ever like enough to type up. It is the product of too much X-Files and too much Millennium as well as a overwhelming desire to make it through the 'rerun' season alive. I do plan on making this in to a sort of series and have already started writing the second installment which should be out in a month or so. For Samantha my best online bud ever as well as a great beta reader. And to all the guys at TXFSSG you know who you are- Dina, Erica, Heather, Megan, Nancy, Pale, Lisa, Sarah, Caitlyn, and everyone else thanX for always being there. Oh yeah and btw the lil divider I'm using, I have an anklet *just* like it :) ***X*** And now on with the show...... ***X*** Sixteen year old Jordan Black sat up on the Mulder's couch yawning and wiping sleep from her eyes. She looked around and spotted her scrunchi on the nearby coffee table, and still half asleep she pulled her thick, curly, black hair into a ponytail. She was finally startled awake by the unmistakable sound of glass breaking, "Jordan!" she heard a little girl scream a bloodcurdling scream. "Oh my God, Lucy?!" Jordan called while racing up the stairs to the young girl. "Lucy?" But when she got to the second floor she was pleasantly surprised to see the little red hair girl standing in the bathroom door perfectly unharmed. "Lucy what's wrong? What the hell was that?" she asked. But the girl only pointed to a shattered glass on the floor and started to cry. "Oh it's okay sweetie, it's just a glass, there's more where that one came from," she tried to comfort the child while carefully picking up the pieces. "I'm sorry, I was just tryin' to get a gass of water to dwink and it slipped," she spit out between sobs. "It-It's okay Lucy it's just...you scared the hell out of me. Next time ask me and I'll make you some okay?" "K, and I'm sorry I scared you Jordan." "No problem. Hey what do you say you go downstairs and watch some Pooh-Bear while I clean this up. Then I'll come down and make us some breakfast. How's that sound?" "Cool," she said and started out of the room, but not before adding, "Oh, and Jordan I won't tell Mommy and Daddy you said a bad word." Jordan grinned happy that the incident hadn't change the no-nonsense little girl a bit, and she watched as Lucy skipped out of the room and downstairs and soon the sound of Winnie-the-Pooh filled the house. Jordan had known Lucy since she was born, she'd met both of her parents when she was ten years old. They worked for the FBI and had needed her father's help on a case they had been working on. That was before they had started dating of course, though she sensed that it was not long after that until they had. She and her father had sort of a....sixth sense about things, although it was often more of a curse. Two years later her and her father moved into a little yellow house down the street from the two of them. About six months after they'd moved in, Dana and Fox finally tied the knot. Since then they'd been like a second family to her, especially Dana. Jordan's mother had been mysteriously murdered when she was only eight years old and Dana was the nest best thing it seemed. When Lucy was born it was like getting the little sister she'd always wanted but could never really, truly have. And Fox...well he wasn't exactly the father figure in her life for one, and one reason alone. Jordan had made it no secret to Dana that she had had the biggest crush on Mulder since as long as she could remember. After picking up all the glass and putting it in the trash, Jordan sleepily walked downstairs to find a hyper little four year old jumping up and down on her mother's sofa. "Lucy Ann Mulder!" she hissed, "What on Earth do you think your doing?" The girl just continued to giggle though and flopped down on the cushions. "I'm not Lucy, " she grinned playfully and pointed to the glowing television screen, "I'm a Tigger!" "A Tigger huh? Well you know what Tiggers get don't ya?" Lucy shook her head and looked suddenly curious, "Tigger's get tickled!" Jordan yelled and siezed the little girl. Lucy jumped quickly off the couch and ran away but was no match. Jordan soon had her pinned to the ground and was tickling her. Lucy giggled uncontrolably and gasped for breath, her face turning a deep shade of red just slightly lighter than her hair. She was just lucky that Jordan heard the sound of the gears of the garage door whirling and stopped. Soon they also heard a car door open and shut. Jordan walked ouy to the garage while Lucy recovered from their little giggle fest. "You two had us worried sick! You didn't even bother to call, talk about irresponsible. Your both grounded !" Jordan crossed her arms and watched as Mulder walked over to the passenger side where Scully was fast asleep. He shot her his infamous puppy-dog pout. "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!" Lucy came running into the garage attacking Mulder's legs. "Shhhhh," he whispered, "mommy's sleepin." "Ooh okay," Lucy whispered back and nodded. Mulder opened the passenger side door and carefully, without waking her, lifted the small woman into his arms. "Jordan will you grab her purse?" He asked and motioned his head over to her purse between the seats. "Lucy go in, I'll be right behind ya." "Okie dokie," she nodded and skipped inside, leaving Mulder not far behind carrying her mother. Once he laid her down on the couch and covered her with a blanket, Jordan asked. "So...another stakeout huh?" This hadn't been the first time Fox and Dana had been out all night. They were normally at home between eleven and one o'clock, but on rare occurrences, such as today, they wouldn't get home till the next morning. "Anything interesting, anything I'd know?" she asked with a slight hint of amusement. "Nope just the same old boring stuff. Ya know the usual: Drug dealers, prostitutes, and mutants." "Daddy...what's a postitude?" Lucy asked curiously. Mulder blushed slightly, "uhhh..nothing honey." Jordan couldn't help but laugh at Mulder's obvious discomfort, leaving Lucy very confused as to what was so funny. ***X*** Fox Mulder sat with his binoculars in hand inside the blue green mini van. Next to him lay his wife of almost five years sound asleep. They'd been sitting there in that same spot, in that same mini van, in front of the same abandoned building for about two hours now. Someone had tipped them off about an illegal shipment of drugs and weapons coming in tonight, and although it wasn't an X-File, it was simple. All they had to do was wait for there for something to happen out of the ordinary, then call for back-up. He looked over at the clock and yawned. He'd always hated stakeouts. The were the most boring part of this job, aside from the paperwork, yet very necessary. Since the had had Lucy though, he hated them even more, knowing that she was at home alone without a baby-sitter. Sure, Jordan was a good baby-sitter, she was great, but it was just knowing of a million and one things that could happen. The things that he and Scully saw every day in their line of work made it very hard to come home everyday and tell their little girl that the was a safe, happy place. When in reality it was full of predators left and right, evil liver eating mutants, mind controlling warriors, and men who conspired against humanity while puffing away on their cigarettes. The same men who had a hand in Lucy being born at all. The same men who had taken Scully from him, and him from her, making both of their lives a living hell. He shivered at the thought and looked through his binoculars once again. There were now several men moving back and forth from the building to a large truck. "Damn it," he whispered and picked up his cell phone. After pressing the speed dial and getting an answer he said, "Yes this is Mulder, we're gonna need backup over by the docks NOW!" When the backup finally arrived there were no real surprises. The men were all arrested and agents were now going through the trucks and the building. With all of the commotion Scully was eventually awakened. "And I thought I was going to have to tell Skinner you were lying down on the job," Mulder teased. Scully stuck her tongue out at him and yawned. "Well," he started, "I think we're about done here so lets go," and he started up the van. "Hey Mulder..." "Yea?" "Do you remember the last time we had a night alone?" "hmmm...I'd guess about four years ago," he smiled. "Yeah and I wouldn't want to wake up Lucy and scare her coming in so late." "So Mrs. Mulder, you wanna go check into another crappy hotel, for old time sake?" She giggled," Lets go spend some money!" Of course the manager at the Motel 6 had been a little reluctant, wondering why two FBI agents with a bureau credit card wanted only one room. That was Until the saw their rings that is. He gave them the key for room 7 and closed up soon after they left. "Hmmm, what do we have here? Lucky number seven," Mulder grinned widely but Scully just rolled her eyes. She was startled a bit, though, when he had picked her up into her arms and carried her inside. The room was sparsely furnished with a large queen size bed, a dresser, a couple of chairs, and a television. Mulder sat on the bed and laid Scully down slowly. The slowly he leaned over her and into a long passionate kiss. God how he loved those kisses, this one was just a wonderful as the first if not more so. He savored every second of it, until finally, they needed to breath again. "Mmmmmm...Mulder," she whispered in his ear after they'd stopped. "Yea?" "I love you" "I sure as hell hope so," he laughed as hey started to unbutton her blouse. She giggled. He smiled. It was...perfect. ***X*** Jordan thanked Mulder for getting the door then followed behind Lucy into the booth at the small diner. She watched as he held it for Dana as well. "My lady," he said earning a rare smile from his wife and a few giggles from Lucy. Jordan observed quietly as they walked over, the whole time him with his arm around her waist and she leaning her head on his side. They sat at the booth with Lucy and Jordan. "What can I get for you folks?" the waitress was a little too perky for Jordan's taste. Jordan looked at Lucy who was eagerly eyeing the menu for her lunch. Finally, seeming to have found a suitable choice, Lucy pulled at Jordan's sleeve and whispered into her ear. "She'll have...," Jordan began, until she noticed that the waitress was unsuccessfully trying to flirt with Mulder! Trying to get some respect she cleared her throat loudly which got the girl's attention. "She'll have a chocolate shake and a children's pepperoni pizza. And I'll have," she quickly skimmed the menu, "a Caesar salad with ranch dressing and an iced tea please." Handing the girl her and Lucy's menus she looked over to Mulder and Scully. After an ackward moment of silence, punctuated only by the waitresses smacking away on her bubble gum, Mulder finally spoke up. "and um...two more iced teas and two cheeseburgers," he told the waitress and gave her the remaining menus. Scully, noticing the girl was *still* flirting with her husband, decided to show the girl who was boss. She laid her head down on Mulder's shoulder and small peck on the cheek, then she wrapped her arms around him protectively. This obviously showed the girl she stood no chance, "Okay I'll get it right out for y'all." She looked one last time at Mulder and smiled. But when he smiled back he was rewarded with a small elbow in his ribs. "ouch! what was that for?" he grimaced "Mulder you didn't notice?" "Notice what?!" "That girl, who's probably not a day of eighteen I might add, was shamelessly flirting with you!" Mulder was totally confused and glanced over to Jordan, "Was she really?" Jordan just laughed. "God Mulder talk about thick, that slut was flirting her ass off, er, butt off that is," she looked at Lucy who hated her and using those 'bad words'. "That's more like it," Lucy said told her with a sudden since of importance, crossing her arms and looking up at Jordan. All four of them broke out in to a fit of laughter. ***X*** Jordan looked around at her surrogate family, they were so happy. She suddenly remembered the Fox and Dana had gotten married. The most beautiful wedding she'd ever seen. It'd been held at Dana's Catholic Church and she'd been the youngest of the brides maid. Although she had gotten a small reward for wearing that sickening pink dress, walking down the isle with Dana's oldest nephew. Anyways...about an hour before the ceremony, Dana had found Jordan exploring the huge church. Some how Dana had escaped the commotion and had snuck out of the room where she was to get ready. They had talked for awhile about how excited the both were, how this was Dana had always wanted her life. How she'd always wanted to settle down with the man of her dreams, and how Mulder was that man. How she'd always wanted children, especially after the discovery awhile back that she couldn't have any. Jordan never would have guessed that Dana, a strong, professional woman would want to settle down and live the live with the little white picket fence. As she looked at Dana and her family now, her perfect family, Jordan realized something. She had her miracle baby girl, the father of which she loved with all her heart. And she had that house with that picket fence in front. As she looked at the three of them now, she realized that Dana had finally gotten the life she deserved: A simple kind of life...