Summary: Scully watches Mulder late at night as he holds their newborn daughter.

Author's notes: I dedicate my second try at fanfiction to my dog, Spunky J! She and I are the only ones who truly appreciate The X-Files in my house, so I just wanna say thanks to her for watching the show with me while the rest of my family watched "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire!" Not that I don't want to be a millionaire, but I would much rather watch the season finale of the X-Files, and while we are on that subject, I just wanna say, did anyone else fall of their couches when Scully said she was pregnant, and when Skinner started crying? I did. The back of my head still hurts from landing on it! Ouch!

Anyway, Here we go...

During times like these, I sometimes can't even believe how much I love you, Fox Mulder. It is about 3:30am, and I am watching you here in the darkness of the stairs. You got out of bed about 15 minutes ago when Samantha, our newborn baby girl, our miracle, started crying. I fell asleep again when I heard her stop crying, knowing that it was you who stopped her night time wails. But when I heard your soft voice coming from downstairs, curiosity got me out of bed.

As I walk down the stairs, your voice got a bit louder, and I stop and sit down when I reach the landing on the steps. As I listen, I can hear your soft monotone voice, I can tell that you are trying to keep your voice to a whisper, but I can still barely hear what you're saying. I don't think that you are aware of my presence as you walk into my line of sight. You are wearing nothing but your light blue loose fitting drawstring pants, that's all, and your absolutely gorgeous. You're holding Samantha carefully wrapped in her baby blanket placed firmly against your bare chest, and the sight is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. You're slowly pacing back and forth while rocking Samantha slightly.

I can finally tell that you're speaking to her. And I strain my ears to hear what you're saying.

"Sam, do you know how you got your name? It was my little sister's name who was taken from me, and the rest of our family when she was very young, no one can ever really say for sure what happened to her, but she is the reason that I started my quest for the truth, and that quest led me to your mother, who I know as my light in a time of darkness, the person who keeps me honest and makes me a whole person.

"She is the best thing that has ever happened to me, besides you, and she is my better half. You and her have brought me out of the darkness, and now I stand in a beautiful bright light. When I first met you, I was so happy, I cried. Your mom doesn't know that, because I left the hospital room to go to the nursery to see you, and that's when I cried. It was the first time that I cried out of happiness, sheer happiness. I love you so much.

"Your mom and I used to be afraid that if we let anyone know we got involved romantically, something bad would happen to one, or both of us, but, because of you we are not afraid anymore, we will keep you safe, and love you forever. I am sorry I couldn't be there when you were born. I was on a case for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that is the FBI for short, but don't worry it won't be like that ever again, I am gonna always be there for you when you need me, and sometimes when you think you don't!

"I won't be able to shield you from the horrors of the world, but as a dad, I gotta try to even though I know I won't succeed. But there is also so much good stuff out there for you, Sammy, so much you will do and see. There will be a lot of time for that, but now, right now, I just want you to know I have loved you forever, I have been waiting on you forever, even before I knew you. I have loved and have been waiting for mommy forever too, even before I met her it's kind of like a song I heard once, I think it went something like, umm, let me think for a sec...."

I am sitting here in the dark crying while I watch you holding our daughter, talking to her even though you are unaware that she has fallen asleep. You are about to start to sing her and I a song that reminds you of us, and I am overcome at this very moment with such love for you, it's unimaginable. The sight before me is my world, you and Sam are my world, Mulder. And I love you both so much.

But I stomp down the urge to run into your arms and never leave when I hear whispers of your singing, I once again strain my ears to try and hear.

"Maybe it's intuition
But some things you just don't question
Like in your eyes
I see my future in an instant
And there it goes
I think I've found my best friend
I know that it might sound more than a
little crazy
But I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

There's just no rhyme or reason
Only this sense of completion
And in your eyes
I see the missing pieces
I'm searching for
I think I've found my way home

I know that it might sound more than a
little crazy
But I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

A thousand angels dance around you
I am complete now that I have found you

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

Ohhh, Oh, Ohh, Ohhhh, Oh, Oh..."

As you finish singing, my eyes fill with unshed tears as I slowly rise from the landing and walk to you.

"Hi," I say quietly.

"Hey, you. You should be in bed," you say playfully. "How long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough. C'mon Mulder, Sam has been asleep since you told her how you cried the first time you saw her, let's put her to bed," I say as I take Samantha from you and lead you up the stairs by the hand, once we reach Sam's room, I put her in her crib and tucked her tightly underneath the baby alien covers gently.

"Goodnight Sammy," I say as I rub her forehead lightly. When I turn around I find you leaning against the doorframe with your arms crossed across your chest and the moonlight from the window shining on the right side of your face, you are looking at me with such love. I start to slowly walk towards you and when I reach the doorframe you hug me in a tight embrace, and at that moment all time stopped, and I knew I loved you.

End

Aight you guys, love it? Hate it? I was in very shippy mood and I heard Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You" and I just had to write a short sappy piece about it, sorry. Feedback, Please, I Will Love You Forever, and I Promise to Reply!

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