[all-xf] New: A Two-Bouquet Mom
leighchristine
TITLE: A Two-Bouquet Mom
AUTHOR: Christine Leigh
E-MAIL: leighch...@hotmail.com
RATING: G
CATEGORY: V
SPOILERS: None.
SUMMARY: Mulder and William shopping for Mother's Day.
Set in the future. A companion piece to "Snowmen,"
"The Bunny Patrol," and "Little Boo."
DISCLAIMER: All characters are the products of Chris
Carter. They also belong to Ten-Thirteen Productions
and the Fox Network. No copyright infringement
intended.
A Two-Bouquet Mom
By Christine Leigh
"I like orange."
"But this isn't about what you like, Will. It's all
about mommy tomorrow."
"Mommy likes orange. She likes my pictures."
Will's favorite color was orange. Purple was a close
second, and that might work. Father and son were doing
a little Mother's Day shopping and the flower
department at the grocery store was their next-to-last
stop. Mulder was perusing some beautiful bunches of
irises, and hoping that their color would meet Will's
approval.
"How about these, Will?" Mulder pulled a bunch out of
the water and held it out to his companion shopper.
Not for the first time, he marveled at the intelligence
behind the little eyes looking up at him.
"They're funny, Daddy."
"Funny?"
"They're not round."
Mulder looked at the irises. Round? No. Round isn't
how one would describe an iris.
"I think they're pretty, Will. And they're purple. I
think Mommy will be happy to have them. Especially if
they come from her favorite boy."
"Me?"
"Yes, you. Who else? I haven't noticed Mommy hugging
and kissing any other boys. Have you?"
"She hugs you. I've seen her kiss you too, Daddy."
Mulder about melted at that comment. There was no
getting away from it - love was sometimes just all
around. His world was not the one he'd known before,
and there wasn't anything to do but go with it.
"That is true, Will. Tell you what, I think mommy's a
two-bouquet mom, don't you? I'll give her some round
flowers, and you give her the funny purple flowers."
"What color will the round flowers be?"
"Red." Mulder had spied one bunch of red roses in the
midst of several pink and yellow bunches.
The other colors were more in keeping with Mother's Day
he supposed, but he preferred red for Scully. He
always would. He pulled the roses out of their bin.
"See, Will, these are nice and round, and I think
they'll look good next to your purple ones."
"Okay, Daddy. I'll give the irises."
Mulder grinned. Selecting flowers and vocabulary
building. Never a wasted moment.
"Okay, that's done." He carefully laid both bouquets
in the shopping cart.
"Daddy, is Mommy a two-cake mom?"
"Well, I think that yes. She could be. What did you
have in mind?"
"Chocolate."
"Good. What else?"
"And cherry-chip."
"Cherry-chip? Where'd you ever have that kind of cake,
Will?" Mulder had a flashback to his elementary school
days. Cherry-chip cupcakes with pink, cherry flavored
frosting out of a can. He didn't know they even made
that stuff any more.
"At Tom's. His mom makes cupcakes. Those are Tom's
favorite."
"And you like them, too?"
"Uh huh." Will nodded.
"You know, Will, I wasn't intending to bake a cake for
Mommy, though. I was going to go over to the bakery
and have you help me pick out the best chocolate cake
we can find."
"Don't they have cherry-chip?"
"No, I don't think they do."
"Mommy would like us to bake her a cake, Daddy. Don't
you think?"
"I don't know, Will. As long as I've known mommy,
she's been more interested in eating cake than baking
it."
"Mommy likes sweet things."
"That she does. And I think she'd rather have one cake
that didn't involve us making a big mess in the kitchen
rather than two. That way we'll have more time to play
or watch a movie tonight. So what do you say that we
go get the biggest, best chocolate cake the bakery has
and then get this show on the road?"
"Okay."
"Good boy. You're a terrific shopper, Will."
"Daddy, will they put flowers on the cake?"
"I think they will, if we ask. That would be pretty,
to have some frosting roses to go with the real ones."
"Can they be any color?"
"We can ask, Will. Do I even need to try guessing?"
"Orange."
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