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"The Journals of Maggie Scully" 
by Macspooky@erols com
 

Part Eight of Eight

I had a nice visit with Charlie.  His girlfriend is sweet.  
She's not as strong-willed as Tara, but that's okay.  Charlie 
is a different person than his brother.  He's just a 
thoroughly nice guy.  I don't see him as an admiral.  I do 
see him as a good husband and father, the sort who will 
never make a ton of money but who will always be there 
for the people he loves.  I think that Stephanie suits him, 
just as he suits her.

She's a kindergarten teacher and from a Navy family. Her 
father is Irish and her mother African/American.  I don't 
know how Bill would have felt about his son marrying 
someone of a different race.  I don't care either, not about 
what he thinks or what she looks like.  I think we are all 
human under the skin and that is all that matters.  She's 
Catholic.  I like that.  It doesn't really matter, but my faith 
has always been special to me so I think it is nice that at 
least one of my children shares it.  Dana has always been 
kind of "iffy" on the subject and Bill is hopeless.  Thank 
God that Tara is a good Lutheran or little Matthew would 
be growing up with no faith at all.  

Stephie is a lovely woman.  I know Dana won't care about 
anything else. She adores Charlie and wants him to be 
happy.  I'll have to explain it to Bill Jr. though.  I promised 
Charlie I would. I guess a mother is always a bit protective 
of the baby of the family.  He's already bracing himself for 
the lectures he'll have to listen to about all the horrible 
things that society is going to do to him and his children. 
Yadda yadda yadda.  Well, Bill had better watch out 
because, like I say, Charlie is a real nice guy.  He's slow to 
anger but when he does get mad, you'd best stay out of his 
way.  Maybe Charlie will just deck his brother early on and 
that will be the end of it.  I hope so because I don't need 
any more family dissension.

After I left Charlie's I had a great time in Vancouver, 
Canada.  I met an old friend out there from Bill's early 
Navy days.  She's a widow now too.  We toured Gastown 
and went on the cable cars up the mountain and giggled 
like schoolgirls going across the Capillano Suspension 
Bridge.  We even rode the little train through Stanley Park 
like a couple of kids.  Then we went to Victoria and saw 
the Butchart Gardens.  I am determined to get back there 
and see those gardens during every season!  I have never 
seen such magnificent flowers!  I have always prided 
myself as being an excellent gardener but my plants look 
pale by comparison.  

You know, I enjoyed traveling around so much it makes me 
think that maybe it is time to sell this big old house, get a 
nice condo somewhere, and take trips all over the world.  I 
lived in a lot of places as a Navy wife, but I always had a 
gaggle of kids in tow, no money and I never really got to 
see the places in which I lived, except of course for the zoo 
and other spots that children like. 

Speaking of Dana, there was a troubling message on my 
answering machine.  She said she really needed to talk to 
me.  I swear it sounded as though she was going to cry.  I 
hope that everything is all right between she and Fox.  
When I was on the plane to Vancouver, I fell asleep and 
had the strangest dream. I saw Fox and Dana being pulled 
apart.  It was horrible.  I know a light was part of it and it 
was pulling him away from my daughter but it was fuzzy.  
It was one of the worst nightmares I've ever had.  I guess it 
doesn't mean anything, except that I worry about my 
children, but it was so real and in the past my dreams have 
been prophetic.  It really scared me.  

End Part Eight

I decided to end this here since this is about the point where 
I stopped liking the X-Files.  As of now, I shudder at the 
thought of season 8.  If they ever do get around to telling us 
about Maggie's reaction to the impending birth of what I 
sincerely hope is a normal baby with Fox as the father, I 
may do a second part to these journals.  If the spoilers I've 
been reading so far are any indication, the child is liable to 
be green with pointed ears and Mr. Spock nowhere in sight!
It makes me wonder if Mulder might be better off staying 
put on the alien ship!

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