Twist of Fate 3: The Honeymoon
Summary: Mulder and Scully's honeymoon.
Classifications: MSR
Rating: R, for sexual content
Authors Notes: This the third installment in  A Twist of Fate
series, you do have to read the first two to understand what is
going on in this one.  They can be found in the Gossamer
archives, or email me and I will send them to you.
Special Thanks goes to Nancy for editing this for me *smiles*

Please send all feedback to lsarnack@uniserve.com
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A Twist of Fate 3: The Honeymoon
By Laurie Sarnacki

The Agents had requested a week off after the wedding. They
hadn't really planned to go anywhere; just stay at home and get
the nursery ready.  But being alone, just the two of them, was
honeymoon enough for them.  

Their wedding night was beautiful, Mulder had rented an old
Victorian house near the ocean. It was spacious and very
romantic, and utterly the most special evening the two of them
had ever shared would take place here.

It was nearly midnight when they arrived at the house. Mulder
parked the car up against the curb in front of the house. He got
out of the car and opened the door for his new bride. He swept
her up in his arms, and kissed her lightly.

"Mulder, you don't have to carry me," she said laughing.

"Ah, but I do, it's a tradition." He brought his lips to hers, and,
pressing down he kissed her: the taste of strawberries still fresh
on her lips. 

"I taste strawberries."

"You should, I ate enough of them at the reception." She smiled
brightly at him.

Licking his lips, "I like it."

She giggled as he fumbled to put the key in the door, "Mulder
are you sure you don't want to put me down."

"Never."

Mulder turned the knob, and kicked the door open. He entered
the room and placed her on the ground.

In front of her was a makeshift bed on the floor, with throw
pillows strategically placed.  Surrounding the sheets were at
least 30 lit candles , providing the only light in the room. Lucky
for them the night had cooled down, and Mulder had taken 
advantage of that, and had arranged for the candles, making the
whole atmosphere perfect.  She gasped, "Mulder, when did you
have time for all of this?" 

"I have my ways." He smiled and bent down, bringing her into a
kiss.  "Have I told you how much I love you today?" His hands
moved to her back, slowly undoing the buttons of her dress.

"Yes, but you can tell me again." She slipped her hands under
his jacket and raked her nails up and down his back.  She
brought them up to his shoulders and pushed the jacket off. 
She began to giggle.

"Scully, that is not the response I was looking for."

"Sorry, sorry, I just was thinking, we are doing this legally
now."

He softly smiled at her, and brought her closer to him.  He
slipped her dress off her shoulders and let it fall to the ground.
She was about to pick it up and put in on the chair when he
stopped her. 

"Leave it."

"Mulder, I can't, it'll wrinkle."

"Are you going to wear it again?" He asked eyebrows arched.

She grinned. "Nope, I guess you're stuck with me."

"That's all I've ever wanted."

He pulled off his shirt and pants and brought her towards the
makeshift bed.  They discarded  what clothing they still had on
and began to make love.  

"Mulder, I love you so much." She said as he wrapped his arms
around her.  "So, so much." She kissed his chest and worked
her way up to his lips.

His hands moved slowly up her back, feeling her inhale slightly
as they  got to the middle of her back. Since she became
pregnant, he had become a much more gentle lover; not that he
wasn't before, he just was more loving now.  Mostly it was due
to his regard for the developing baby inside her, he loved them
both so much he never wanted to do anything to hurt either of
them.  They slowly rocked back and forth, the rhythm of their
breathing becoming almost synchronized.   Their lips touched,
tongues probing each others mouths.  Dana ran her fingers
through his hair.  Propping herself up so that she was not on top
of him, she moved her body ever so lightly.

"Are you sure this is okay for the baby?", he said with ragged
breath.

"Positive.  I asked the doctor, and  she said its actually good for
the baby."

"Well, we *certainly* want to do what's good for the baby." He
smiled and nibbled on her neck.  Their pace quickened, until
they both reached their peak of satisfaction.  

Afterwards they laid in each others arms, Dana snuggling into
his warm body. 

"Mulder, I've been thinking, are you happy the way things
turned out?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I mean are you happy that we..."

"I couldn't be happier.   Dana I love you, I have always loved
you."

She smiled at him.  "I know, I just need to hear it sometimes."

"I'll make sure I tell you everyday, sometimes more than once."
He smiled and kissed her nose.

She closed her eyes and leaned her head on his chest.  She didn't
think  she had ever been happier.  The slept for only a few hours
that night, the rest spent doing  more important things.

*********************
That morning, Scully woke up to Mulder serving her  breakfast
in bed.

"When did you have time to do *this*?"

He grinned at her and placed the tray he was holding in front of
her. "I have my ways."

"Seems that's the second time you have surprised me lately."

"Get used to it." He sat down beside her and brought the fork
to her mouth.

The taste of strawberry pancakes invaded her taste buds.
"Mmmm, my favorite."  She dipped her finger in the whipping
cream and tasted it. "Oh, I'm impressed!  Fresh whipping
cream."

"I try," he took his pinky finger and wiped the bit of whipping
cream left on the corner of her mouth.  He placed the finger in
his mouth and sucked the cream off. "It does taste good," he
said smiling at her.

Mulder picked up the fork and gave her another mouthful.

"Mulder, I can feed myself," she said laughing.

"I know, but it's so much more fun when I do it." He bent
down and pressed his lips to hers.  "I'm gonna go put the
luggage in the car... not that we brought much."  He wiggled his
eyebrows at her.  "I'll be right back, and then we'll get you
dressed, or maybe undressed."  

She smiled and kissed him back. "I'll be waiting."

By the time Mulder got back she had finished off the pancakes
and was in the process of getting dressed.  She had her jeans on
and was doing up her shirt when she felt two hands sneak up
behind her and encircle her waist. 

"Mmmm, you know my husband will be back any minute, so we
better be quick." She turned around and beamed a smile at him.

"Very funny. You just about ready?" 

"Yup, but what's the hurry?"

"I just want to be at home, with my wife.  Even if we don't do
anything but watch TV, I want to do it in our apartment, just
the two of us." He gave her a quick kiss, and led her out of the
house. 

"Shouldn't we clean up?"

"Nope, got someone coming in to do that."

"I see.  Still refuse to clean huh?"

"No, I just didn't want you doing it."

She nodded and followed him to the car. 
****************************

Upon arriving at home the first thing Scully did was go to check
their answering machine.  Mulder quickly stepped between her
and the machine.

"What are you doing?"

"Checking the messages.  Move out of the way." She tried to
pass him but he wouldn't budge.

"No you're not, this is our H-O-N-E-Y-M-O-O-N.  Can you say
that with me Dana?  Honeymoon, that means no cell phones, no
computers, and NO ANSWERING MACHINES."

"But what if my Mom called?"

"She'll call back. Come on," he pulled her over to the couch.
"Let's talk about what we want to do with the nursery." He sat
down on the couch and pulled her close to him.

"Well, we want to do it in a gender neutral color, maybe a
yellow or off white?"

"That sounds great. What about wallpaper? I was thinking
about this stuff," he leaned over to the desk beside the couch
and pulled out a piece of wallpaper from one of the drawers. He
held it up and waited for her reaction, trying not to laugh.

"Mulder! We are not putting that in the nursery."

"Why? I think its cute." The wallpaper he held was covered
with little aliens.

"Mulder, you're terrible."

"I know but you love me anyway."

"Always.  Now I was thinking about a zoo theme for the room?
What do you think about that?"

"I think its a great idea. We'll get started on it tomorrow, okay."

"And what do we do today?"

"Today we relax, and enjoy ourselves."

*********
The next morning, they both woke up early and made their way
to the hardware store, as well as the paint and wallpaper store.
They bought all the necessary equipment and grabbed a bite to
eat at a local restaurant.  Upon arriving home, they started on
the nursery.

"Are you sure its safe for you to paint?"

"Mulder, I'll be fine; will you stop worrying." She shook her
head and opened the can of paint.  

"I will always worry about you," he said and planted a kiss on
her forehead. "Now lets getting painting." He dipped the brush
in the paint and began to paint the wall.  Mulder hadn't really
ever painted before, and Scully picked up on that right away.
He slapped on the paint, watching it drip down the wall,
thinking nothing of it.

"Mulder, have you ever painted before?"

"Umm, once."

"Well it works much better if you only put a little paint on the
brush, and use up and down strokes.  You should be used to
that." She raised her eyebrows and continued painting.

It took Mulder a few seconds to get that, but when he did he
laughed. "Why Ms. Scully, err Mrs. Mulder, when did you get
so forward?"

"Blame it on the pregnancy." She pointed to her ever bulging
tummy.  

"Mmmm, seems like we blame a lot of things on the
pregnancy." He moved closer to her.

"Mulder, I'm warning you, we have to get this room painted.
No fooling around."

"Ah, but that's what I do best." He kissed her neck, and nibbled
her ear.

"Stop it," she pushed him away, laughing as she noticed the
yellow paint in this hair.

"What's so funny?"

"You have paint in your hair." She pointed to the hair just
above his ears.

He felt it and sure enough it was covered in yellow paint. 
"Hmmm, you seem a little naked," he placed his finger on the
paint brush and placed some paint on her nose.

"Oh, this means war." She took her paint brush and stroked it
across his face.  "There," she smiled at him.

He pulled her close to him and kissed her passionately, and as
he kissed her he managed to wipe most of the paint on her face. 
He pulled away and beamed a smile at her. "There."

She began to laugh, while flicking paint at him. Mulder went for
the paint can and dipped his hands in it.  Coming closer to her,
he waved his hands in the air.

"Mulder, don't." She tried to get away from him but he backed
her into a corner. Her hair and the rest of her body stuck to the
wet paint on the wall. Mulder moved his hands all over her
body, covering every part of her in paint. By the time  they were
done they were both covered in paint.  Kissing her, he pressed
his body against hers, getting very aroused.  

"Mulder is that a paint brush in your pocket or are you just
happy to see me?", she asked, giggling.

"What do you think?" He pulled her out of the room.

"Where are we going?"

"To have a shower."

"And after that?"

"You're going to call your mother, and  go out to lunch with her
while I finish the nursery."

"Mulder..."

"Don't Mulder me.  It will never get done if we do it together."
He pulled her into the bathroom and turned on the water.

"And why is that?"

"Because I  find you incredibly sexy, and can't concentrate when
I'm around you." He helped her off with her overalls, and let
them fall to the ground.  She stepped out of them and kicked
them to the side.

"I see," she said as she tugged at his jeans and pushed them
down.  Next, off came the shirt and boxers.  "What a fine
looking specimen you are." She pulled off her shirt, bra and
undies.

They got in the shower and let the hot water beat over their
bodies. They made love for the second time that day, exploring
each others bodies.  

"We should take showers together more often; saves water."
Scully said rubbing her hands over his chest.

"I'm all for conserving water." He raised his eyebrows at her
and  kissed her deeply.  Twenty-Five minutes later they sat in
the bedroom drying off. With most of the paint washed off, they
got dressed and used paint remover to remove the rest. 

"Did you call your Mom yet?" Mulder asked her.

"Not yet, but I was about to." She picked up the portable phone
and dialed her mom's number.

"Hello?"

"Hi Mom, how are you?"

"Dana! I'm doing fine, how are you? How's Fox? Hows the
baby?"

She laughed, "We're all fine, Mom. I was wondering if you'd
like to join me for lunch this afternoon? Say around two
o'clock?" That was an hour from now, plenty of time.

"I'd love to.  Where should I meet you and Fox?"

"Well it will just be me." She shot a look at Mulder.

"Oh? How come?"

"Long story.  Anyway, how does D'anglos sound?"

"Great. I'll see you there at two."

"Okay Mom, see you then." She hung up the phone and walked
over to where Mulder was towel drying his hair. "I'm meeting
her in an hour." 

"By the time you get back the nursery will be all painted."

"You really don't have to do this," she said wrapping her arms
around his torso.

"I want to do this," he ran his fingers through her hair.


"Okay, I won't be long though."

"Take you time.  Enjoy  lunch with your mom and give her my
love, okay."

She nodded and broke from the embrace.  "I'll be back soon,
don't miss me."

"I'll try not to."

She grabbed her purse, keys and cell phone and walked out the
door to her car.  She got a table at the restaurant and waited for
her mother to show up.

"Mom!", she called to her mother, "over here."

Making eye contact with her daughter she walked over to the
table. She gave Dana a huge hug, saying, "How are you."

"Great," she said smiling.

"Fox called just before I left, and asked if I wouldn't mind
keeping you out a little later than planned."

"Oh, how come?"

"He didn't say, just asked me if I would take you shopping, so
of course I said I would." She smiled at her daughter.

"I wonder what he's up to."

************
Meanwhile back at their apartment, Mulder had enlisted the
help of Frohike to finish the nursery.  He had asked all three of
the Lone Gunmen to come along, but the other two were busy
finishing articles for the next edition of the newsletter.

"Frohike, we have approximately three hours to get this wall
paper up."

"Are you sure the paint is dry?"

"Yes I'm sure, now hand me that roll of wallpaper."

Frohike did as asked.  "Oooh, little zoo animals, how cute. Did
you pick this out?" Frohike stifled his laughter.

"No, Dana did, but I like it so shut it." He took the wall paper
and submerged it in water, and placed it on the wall. 

"Mulder have you done this before?"

"Yes, I worked one summer wallpapering houses."

"Oooh, little piece of Mulder trivia.  I never knew."

"Just wallpaper.  I want to get his done before Dana gets
home."

Frohike stood at attention and saluted him, "Yes sir!."

Mulder laughed, and continued wallpapering.  Within two hours
they were finished.

"Looks good." Mulder said as he admired the room.

"We did a good job."

"We?"

"Okay *you* did a good job. I never said I was good at this
domestic stuff."

"Domestic stuff?"

"Mulder, face it my friend, you are definitely domesticated."

"Frohike, I admit that my life is settled now, but I'm not
domesticated."

"Sure, whatever you say."

"Let's bring in the furniture."

Dana had washed the bedding and curtains a few days before
the wedding.  It was all ready for the arrival of the baby, even
though he/she wasn't due for several months.

"When did you buy all this stuff?" Frohike asked as he huffed
and puffed, helping Mulder lug the dresser into the room.

"About a week before the wedding."

"I see," Frohike said as they set down the dresser against the
wall by the door.  The crib went by the wall next to the dresser. 
Mulder had gone out a few days before the wedding and
purchased  a rocking chair.  He placed it by the window, so she
could look out it when she was rocking the little one.  

"Looks great."

Frohike nodded, "I hope Scully likes it."

"She will. What do you say we go watch TV and have a few
beers?"

"That is a great idea."

They went into the living room and sat down, Mulder grabbed
two beers from the fridge and called for a pizza.
  
"So, you and Scully only took a week off from work, huh?"
Frohike asked, opening his beer.

"Yup."

"How come?"

"Well, with the baby coming, Scully gets five months maternity
leave.  So we thought I would take my vacation time then. It's
almost worth five months." He laughed and settled into the
couch.

"Are you happy, Mulder?"

"Very happy.  I love her, Frohike."

"I know you do.  You've always loved her, but you were just
too blind to see it."

"What do you mean?"

"Mulder.... remember back when Scully got abducted?  Maybe
it wasn't obvious to you, but you loved her back then.  You
were such a wreck when she was gone, it was as if part of you
wasn't there. And when she got returned to you, and I say that
because I honestly believe it was the Cancerman that took her,
you did everything in your power to save her. I believe it was
you that brought her back."

Mulder sighed, "You know, you're right.  Since when did you
get all sappy on me?" 

"I'm a very sensitive man Mulder."

They both laughed and watched  'The Creature from the Black
Lagoon'  on TV. 

**************
Dana and her mother finished lunch and went to the closest mall
to do some shopping.

"You know Mom, I bet Mulder has finished the nursery.  He's
worried I'm going to break or something," she said as they
walked through the mall.

"He's just acting like an expectant father."

"Was Dad like that?"

"Honey, your Father was worse.  During my first pregnancy he
watched me like a hawk-- making  sure I ate the proper foods,
making me stay in bed when he wasn't home.  Dana, he was the
most annoying man I had ever met during those nine months.
But during the next three pregnancies, he calmed down a lot
and didn't fuss as much. Just wait till the next one though, it will
be much different."

"The next one? I want to get through this one first." She
brought her mother over to one of the maternity shops in the
mall. "Can we look in here?"

"Of course."

By the time the two of them had left the store, Dana had bought
five new outfits, they were all big enough that she could wear
them for the rest of her pregnancy.

Dana sighed and looked at her watch. "Think it's safe for me to
go home yet?" It was nearly five o'clock.

"I think so.  Here give me the bags and I'll walk you to your
car."

Dana hugged her Mom bye and promised to have her over for
dinner before they went back to work. She got into her car and
drove home, all the while wondering what exactly it was
Mulder had done.
************************
Mulder waved goodbye to Frohike and started to clean up the
mess they had made.  He knew that Dana would be home soon,
and he didn't want her to start cleaning.  He took the empty
pizza box, and the few beer cans and shoved them in the trash.
Then he remembered Dana and her recycling kick, and took the
beer cans out and placed them in the blue box. Smiling to
himself, he sat down and waited for the love of his life to return
home.
****************************
When Dana arrived at home, she approached the door with
caution, trying to picture the disaster that she was sure would
greet her on the other side of the door.   She opened it and
nearly fainted at the sight... Mulder sitting in a  CLEAN room.

"Hi, honey, did you have fun?"  He got up and took the bags
from her.

She nodded.

"What did you buy?"

"Some clothes. So what did you do while I was gone?"

"Oh, you know, a little of this, a little of that." He smirked at
her.

"Wanna show me?"

He nodded and took her by the hand to the nursery.

She gasped, "Mulder, it's beautiful." Her eyes began to tear up.

"Frohike helped."

"Frohike? The same Frohike that I know?"

"The very same one, I think we did a pretty good job."

"You did a wonderful job." She hugged him tightly and gave
him a kiss.  She yawned.

"Tired?"

"Shopping took a lot out of me."

"Are you sure you're going to be okay to go back to work next
week?"

"I'll be fine, why do you ask?", she said, walking in to their
bedroom.

"Well, if  *shopping* makes you tired, how can you possibly
think you'll be able to last a whole day at work?"

"Mulder, don't start."

"Don't start what?"

"You're hovering.  You know I hate it when you hover over
me." She got out of her jeans and pulled on a pair of his
sweatpants and felt instantly better. She really did need new
jeans.  The ones she had were way too tight.

"I don't hover," he said almost offended.

"Honey, I love you, but you hover.  For as long as I have
known you, you have always hovered." She got into bed.  "Are
you going to join me?"

He got into bed beside her and mumbled, "I never hover."

She laughed, "I love you because you hover." She nestled in
beside him, feeling his chest rise with every breath.

"I only do it because I love you."

"I know," she said sleepily.  Within minutes she was fast asleep,
her arms wrapped around his body.

Mulder ran his fingers through her hair.  He loved her so much.
He kissed the top of her head, then tried to fall asleep himself.
********************

The rest of the week flew by, and by Sunday night both of them
were wishing they had taken off two weeks.  They sat entwined
in each others arms and started tossing  names around.

"I like Sarah," Mulder offered.

"That's pretty... how about Sarah Jane?"

"Sarah Jane Mulder.  I like it."

"Good. That's a definite possibility.   Now, what if it's a boy?"

"I'm not good with boys names." 

She smiled, "Fox, I love your name."

"How about Craig?"

She shook her head, "No, I knew a Craig, he was a creep.
Umm, how about Josh? Josh Jackson?"

"I don't know Scully.  Then they would call him JJ.  How about
Walter?", he laughed.

"No," she shook her head. "How about Dakota?"

"Dakota, like the state?"

"Yeah, I think that our son should have a special name like his
father's." She smiled and kissed him on the lips.

"Okay,  that one's a *maybe*. You know, I think we should
hold off deciding names till we find out if its a boy or a girl."

"I don't want to know."

"What?" He asked her.

"I want it to be a surprise."

"*Please* can we find out before?"

"Nope, at my last doctors appointment while you were filling
out forms, I told my doctor that I didn't want to know till I gave
birth, and that if you asked, she's not to tell you."

"You really know how to take the fun out of something."

She smiled, "Come on, it will be more exciting that way."

"Fine," he said pouting.

"Do you want to have more kids, Mulder?" she asked, changing
the subject.

"Eventually, why do you ask?"

"I don't know, I was just wondering."

He kissed her on the forehead, "Scully, I feel so blessed right
now, that if we only have one, that is fine by me. But if we have
a whole bunch, well that's fine too.  As long as we are together,
anything is fine by me."

He shifted himself so that he was stretched out on the couch.
She positioned herself so that she was between his legs and then
laid down, placing her head on his chest. They fell asleep that
way.  Sometime during the night Mulder woke up and carried
her into their bed.  
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I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I wanna lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me

-Savage Garden
 "Truly, Madly, Deeply
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