From: SusieXF@webtv.net (Susan Littlejohn)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:20:27 -0500 (EST)
Subject: The Assignment (1/1)
Source: direct

"Mulder, you've got to be joking."  Scully pushed herself away from the
desk.  She stood and stalked over to her open-faced partner.  "Where did
you say this happened?"

"Well, I never said it exactly happened, Scully."  Mulder removed the
slide from the aging projector, along with his glasses.  He tried to
smile to camoflage his embarrassment.  When his stomach growled, it
sounded like feeding time at the zoo.

"Then, what ARE you saying, Mulder?"

"Nothing for the time being...nothing, that is until the additional
evidence arrives."

"And when will that be, MULDER..."

Shifting from side to side, to match his evasiveness, he hotly retorted,
"The guys are working on that even as we speak."

Following her loud groan, Scully checked her watch.  "Well, that could
be momentarily, or an eternity, so I think I'll step out and get some
lunch."

"You buyin', Scully?"

"Uh, I don't think so.  It's your turn, and I'm running down to the deli
for a real sandwich.  Not a Whopper."

He brightened visibly.  "Now you're talkin'. Your assignment, if you
choose to accept it--"

"Only if you're buying."

"Okay, okay!"