ScullyHi.
Scully
Come on in.
Scully
(shuts the door) Can I take your coat?
No, I can't stay. I gotta get back to the office for a while.
Scully
Obviously you've had some time to think about my request.
Um, it's.. it's not something that I get asked to do every day. Um, but I am absolutely flattered. (she is embarrassed) No, honestly.
Scully
Okay, if- if you're trying to politely say "no," it's okay. I, I understand. (avoids eye contact)
See what's weird is.. this sounds, and this sounds really weird, I know, but I, I just wouldn't want this to come between us.
Scully
(very hurt, pretends otherwise) Yeah. I know... I, I understand. I do.
(realizes she doesn't understand what he's saying; reaches out to touch her cheek but stops himself) Well.. the answer is "yes."
Scully
(she is overjoyed, and they smile at each other then embrace) Um... Well, I'll call Dr. Parenti and... (Mulder nods and smiles) I assume that he'll want to meet you and go through the, uh, the donor procedure.
Ah, at that part, I'm a pro.
[Skinner, in a tshirt, opens his door to see Scully standing outside. She's been crying.]
Scully
(weakly) What if he's dead? (He doesn't respond; she's embarrassed) I'm sorry. I just had a bad dream.
(pauses) Let me get some clothes on. (She nods; he closes the door then comes out to join her in the parking lot.)
Scully
...I once had a talk with Mulder about starlight. How it's billions of years old. (Both of them look upwards.) Stars that are now long dead whose light is still traveling through time. It won't die, that light. (Skinner watches her as she looks up.) Maybe that's the only thing that never does. He said that's where souls reside. I hope he's right.
(long pause; he puts his arm around her shoulders) If you're trying to prepare yourself I want you to stop. Nothing says that we're going to stumble over him in some field. Nothing says he won't be fine.
[Scully nods, then she turns and buries her face in his chest, sobbing; he holds her and strokes her hair.]
SMSpecial Agent Monica Reyes
What do you think happened?
[Skinner looks at Scully.]
Scully
Isn't that what you're here to tell us?
Oh, I have my own thoughts. It's just, what we think happened and what actually happened aren't always the same thing - but not altogether insignificant, either.
Scully
I'm sorry, this feels like therapy.
Hey, good morning, Agent Scully. How ya feelin' today?
Scully
..I'm fine. How are you feeling?
Me? Good. But then, I don't have a little J. Edgar to lug around.
Scully
A.D. Skinner just called. He told me about your meeting with Kersh.
Well, whatever he told you, I'm still going to be here to drive you crazy with questions and nagging doubt.
Scully
..You'd be crazy to stay, Agent Doggett. This is a huge career opportunity for you.
It's not my career he's got in mind.
Scully
What do you mean?
In six weeks, you go on maternity leave. Kersh transfers me out, guess what? He gets to lock that door over there for good. (motioning to the door to the X-Fills office)
Scully
You don't owe me anything, Agent Doggett.
They put me down here to find Mulder - I found him. So what? We still got an open file on this case, and I got big questions.
[Scully considers him a moment and chuckles and smiles very slightly.]
Scully
I heard the same speech come out of my mouth seven years ago.. (goes and sits down at Mulder's desk) Get out while you can, Agent Doggett.. Or you may never get out at all.
Look, Scully, I need to make sense of what happened to me. So that I can stop it. Because if I can't stop it, it could happen to anyone. It could happen to you. And who's to say it's going to stop there?
Scully
Mulder, if you go down the X-Files will go down, too. I mean, theoretically, they could put you in prison for what you're doing here.
Yeah, well, compared to where I just was, prison would be a Princess cruise.
[Mulder closes the laptop and removes the hard drive.]
Scully
What are you doing?
I'm going to book myself on that Princess cruise.
Scully
I'll book it for you. (takes the harddrive - and the responsibility - from him. He covers up the boxes, smiles and follows her.)
[Mulder knocks on Scully's door]
Scully
(exasperated) Mulder!
Scully
I was just about to get in the shower, but I was waiting for the pizzaman.
(mockingly suspicious) You got something going on with the pizzaman I should know about?
Scully
(chuckling) The pizzaman?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you just said you were waiting for the pizzaman to jump in the shower.
Scully
No, what I mean was, the pizzaman's usually late, and so..
(squints like he doesn't understand)
Scully
..Do you want to come in?
Scully
[turns and walks back into the apartment, doesn't see Mulder placing a gift under the pillows;] I feel like I'm in an episode of Mad About You.
Yeah, well, small technicality.. Mad About You was about a married couple, and we just work together.
Scully
Well, you know what I mean.
I do, I do. And what I am saying is that we do not have much information about this man. And what I am saying [pointing at Scully's tummy] is that the pizzaman is not above suspicion.
Scully
I see.
[Knock on Scully's door]
Little Caesar, I presume?
[Scully nods, sits down with her present. Mulder opens the door, and turns to squint suspiciously at Scully.]
Scully
(to deliveryman) Hi. Just give it to the man with the funny look on his face.
PPizzaman
Yeah, it's 29.08.
29.08? What'd she get on it, a tank of gas?
(Knocks on Scully's door) Hey. Ready to roll?
Scully
Yeah. I'll just get my keys.
Hey, don't forget this - (grabs a pillow from the couch) - Relax the back. Breathe in, breathe out. (makes panting breaths)
Scully
How do you know all these things, Mulder?
I'm unemployed - I got a lot of time on my hands... Oprah. I watch a lot of Oprah.
Scully
Thank you for doing this with me. (looks anxious)
Scully
..I don't know. I, uh... Maybe it's hormones or... This is just - I'm just feeling so strange about all this.
This - having a baby, this?
Scully
No. No.. Leaving work, I guess. I mean, I.. walked out of that office today feeling like a deserter.
You've paid your dues there, Scully. More than paid them. (Scully still looks anxious) You're concerned about Agent Doggett.
Scully
You know, the entire time I was down there, I had someone to watch my back.
I'm betting that Agent Doggett can take of himself. He's a big boy. You got to worry about the little boy.. or little girl. Boy? Or girl? (Scully manages a brief smile)
HHarrison
Can I ask you something?
HHarrison
When you went to Antarctica to save Agent Scully from being taken by that spaceship and you ran out of gas in your Sno-cat... how did you get back?
[Scully looks curiously at Mulder. They start talking over each other, Scully being scientific, Mulder being typical Mulder, and Harrison just sits back and enjoys herself.]
Scully
Um, well, first of all, it was never (coughs) actually proven that it was a spaceship ...
Scully
Well, no, what happened was that we fell off of something that ...
Scully
...that rose out of the ice.
Well what do you think that was?
Scully
Well, I don't know what it was. But we never got, we didn't actually get to see a spaceship.
I can't believe that you're saying it's not a spaceship.
Scully
Well, it couldn't have been a spaceship.
'Course it was a spaceship.
Scully
Well, we don't know it was a spaceship. But you don't have a picture of it or anything.
You know it was a spaceship. You saw it.
Scully
No, no, no, no, remember, I was unconscious and when I woke up there was no spaceship.
Now, come on, Scully. It was a spaceship.
Scully
Mulder, n-n-n-no.
And you were frozen, and I hugged you .... (Their voices trail off.)
SScully
This has got to be a conspiracy. (holds up two dolls - one a girl, one a boy)
WWoman
Aw... Maybe it'll be twins.
SScully
Thank you, but I would settle for one very healthy boy.
OWOlder woman
So many secrets, Margaret.
What do you expect? My daughter works for the FBI.
Whatever you can't get elsewhere, just throw it together.
Scully
(stops him) Mulder, to go where? No, just stop! Can you tell me what's wrong? Is it something to do with my baby?
No, your, your baby is fine. It's you who's in danger now, Scully.
Scully
From who? Mulder, from what?
I don't know, I'm not sure. I'm not sure about anything. I just know I got to get you out of here.
Scully
Look, Mulder, look, I can't take this! I can't live like this—as, as the object of some unending X-File.
This isn't about the X-Files, Scully. It is only about you. Now, you are going to have this baby and I'm going to do everything I can to protect it. I just can't do that here.
What are you going to call him?
Scully
William. (he looks at her) After your father.
[They look into each other's eyes for a moment, then Scully smiles.]
Well, I don't know. He's... he's got your coloring and your eyes. But he looks suspiciously like Assistant Director Skinner.
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