Fox Vila By Maureen B. Ocks maureen_b_ocks@yahoo.com Disclaimer: All familiar X Files characters belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and FOX. Bob Vila belongs to himself, Sears and probably one of those HGTV type channels. No copyright infringement intended. Archive -- You all have been spending too much time near the paint fumes if you're keeping this one. Spoilers: Nasty wine stains on a white carpet Keywords -- No, thank you. x-x-x Two Grey Hills, New Mexico December 22, 2003 She was gone eleven days, their longest separation since they got him back. Who got the measles anymore? Well, a two-year-old with four homes and six pediatricians in the last ten months and his improperly inoculated mom. The doctor kept them in the hospital -- the others on the reservation had spotty medical records too. Eleven days alone got him thinking. The house was small with none of the comforts of home. He decided to give her one -- with some help. "We're home." Her voice made him smile. The bundle she carried waved to make his presence known. The house was a home for the first time in eleven days. After a long hug and some family time, she asked what he did while they were gone. He took her to the bathroom door, covered in wrapping paper. She opened it to find the fiberglass shower replaced with a clawfoot tub. "Merry Christmas Scully." x-x-x Author's notes: 2 155-word stories in a week -- wow, I'm getting ambitious. Obviously I need a nap. The fabulous Shari didn't beta this one -- she would have caught the mistakes, but this is a quick piece of fluff. Since I'm just a tad older than Scully and improperly inoculated for the measles (we had epidemics in both high school and college), I'm figuring she got the same bad bunch I did. Feedback -- yeah, right: Maureen_B_Ocks@yahoo.com