Neither Skinner nor Doggett need to listen to gossip; both of them have spent time enough with her. And John is working on the x- files, which is by nature working in Mulder's shadow. You learn something about a man that way. He's an investigator; and her desperation and her grief and the ever-more-obvious pregnancy are easy enough to piece together.

"We'll call together. I know you're eager to get back to work, but even with a clean bill of health, you'll need time to adjust." That's not much of an argument. With a slight frown, she amends it. "I need time. There's plenty to stay busy with here."

She lifts their joined hands slightly to pat her stomach. She's not above using this distraction to get her way.