From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org Date: 21 Aug 2007 06:50:04 -0000 Subject: Beside a Tree by JG Source: direct Reply To: starbuck0925@gmail.com Title: Beside a Tree Author: JG Disclaimer; don't own them, but would sure have some fun if I did. Archive: sure, let me know so I can visit. Rating: PG-13 for Mulders potty mouth Category: good old-fashioned MSR Spoilers: right after Rain King Dedication: Pat I hope you like it. Feedback: what author doesn't like feeback? Please drop me a line, I would love to hear from you. Starbuck0925@gmail.com Her packed bags sit by the door, looking small and orderly besides his shabby duffle bag. She is rummaging through some last minute items placing her shampoo and toothpaste into little ziplock baggies. And then bends down to place them in their designated place in her suitcase. She turns and smiles at him, his body is clad in a white t- shirt and jeans and he is running a towel through his slightly wet hair. He let her have the shower first thinking that she might need more time to get ready, but that is never the case with Scully. She is always ready right when he needs her, always ready to do battle in her well tailor suits and those scary but sexy looking heels. Today she is in a pair of black pants that curve her butt nicely and a soft button down blue shirt in which the color was created from her eyes. Her hair has fallen into soft curls around her face because of the broken hair dryer in the room. The bed is a little disoriented from having two people instead of one sleeping on it. Since they hadn't planned on sharing a room they had gotten the standard king size bed instead of 2 queens and though nothing had happened the night before that would have worn any bed out; the early time in which they were expected to be at the small airplane this morning is noticeable of the haste in which they woke up. That and the fact that they had slept unintentionally spooned together the night before which left both of them unwilling to move when the alarm had made its presence noticed. Mulder gave Scully a small smile as she placed his toiletries bag in his duffle for him watching the way she moved the loose strands from her face behind her ear; she is mesmerizing. He went back to the bathroom and hung the towel on the rack and then followed her out the door, knowing that she never forgot anything so it was pointless to ask. They moved to the rental car and Scully takes her standard seat on the passengers side rolling the window down to let the cool air blow in her face, the rain the night before had left the earth smelling clean and refreshed ready to start the day on the right foot, Mulder pulled into the one and only McDonalds a nd ordered two diet cokes for them, and then off they where back to D.C. An unexpected surprise was the mayor waiting for them at the airport to thank them for all that they have done and for getting Shelia and Holmen together, they smiled saying it was nothing as the pilot told them that it would be at a half an hour before the plan was refueled enough for flight, they found a small tree and sat down beside it to wait. ----------------------- -----Mulder POV------- "What did Holmen mean when he said 'you should try it sometime'?" I turn and a sense of insecurity rises in my throat faster then I thought possible. "What are you talking about?" knowing damn well what she is talking about and also that she will have notice the slight hike in my voice at my response. She looks at me with a puzzled expression "Holmen, last night you asked him 'how did it go' a nd he said 'you should try it sometime' how did what go? What were you two talking about before?" "Nothing" I said way to quickly, damnit all why did she have to bring that up? Why today when she looks so beautiful with her curls and the sun shining in her hair making her look like the angel she is, shit the look on her face says she isn't going to drop this. "Look Mulder if you want me to drop it, I will, I was just curious." she states simple as if she had asked me if I like apple pie. "What did you and Shelia talk about?" I ask knowing that she had given me an out and I had just lost it with my curiosity. She turns to me with one classic Scully expression of "you really want to know" look that has defiantly been perfected over the years. She takes a deep breath and sighs, licking her lips and turning towards the sun she says "you" as if that is a full answer. "What about me?" I ask, wondering when she is going to want me to drop it. She takes another deep breath, and wrinkles her brows together. "She thought I was trying to distract her f rom you with Holmen, that I wanted you for myself because she thought I was in love with you." The way she says it makes me sick, because she thought, Jesus, now I really can't tell her what me and Holmen talked about, perfectly happy with my relationship with agent Scully, yeah right. If I could have her sleep next to me every night spooned in my arms then yeah I would be happy maybe even ecstatic especially if she happened to be naked. The matter of fact way she has said this makes me think that all those moments between us really have been nothing and I would really like to find a hole to die in right now. I turn and face the other direction and barely catch her next words, "maybe she was right, I was so shock to see you kissing her, I just. . .damnit." she says looking at her hands. As sick as I felt before I now have gone to beyond thrilled. I turn to her and grab her hands out of her lap. "You want to know what me and Holmen talked about?" I ask staring her right into those translucent blue eyes of hers. She nods, looking both scared and curious all at the same time. "You, how much I like being with you how everyone who meets us knows that I gaze unashamedly at you., how you're a beautiful enchanting woman Holmen's words not mine" she looks down at that. I hurry forward desperate to get this out before another opportunity passes us by. "Enchanting doesn't even being to describe you, you're mesmerizing. Beyond beautiful and have kept me sane and willing to live everyday in danger because it means I get to see you, and just that puts a spring in my step, knowing that I can call you and that you won't laugh at me for my absurd ideas, and that I can talk to you about anything because we are on the same intellectual plane and because you are my best friend and no one has ever come close to being as loved by me as you are." She looks at me with tears in her eyes, "Mulder" she whispers. "It never matter if Shelia was in love with me, because I was already in love with someone else, I was already in love with you." I finish. And I feel like I just got punched in the stomach, n ot with the standard warm and fuzzy feeling, but with the feeling that I just lost the truly one and only best thing that ever happened to me. The pilot comes forward to say that we are ready to go, and Scully gets up on her feet, not looking at me, shit I think to myself. "I'm sorry sir could you just give us 5 minutes to ourselves?" her voice is nice but demanding. He nods pulling his baseball cap down as an agreement and she turns to me I'm still sitting on the cold earth and all the beauty has seem to have fade instantly away from it. She kneels in front of me, "I'm in love with you too, Mulder." She says her hand tracing slowly up my chin until my eyes are locked with hers, "I'm just not sure what we should do about it." I look at her and that warm and fuzzy feeling that I thought didn't exist seems to be perfectly filling my entire body. I cup her cheek "I could think of something that might help us get started," I say, leaning forward and capturing her lips with mine. Her eyes close instantly and the whole world seems t o fade away from us. Kissing her could possibly be the best experience of my life, her lips are soft and full and her mouth is perfect for mine, and she is as sweet and tangy as she is in real life. As if her lips were made to fit her personality. I pull away softly knowing that I can't rush anything because this is far to precious to me to fuck up so early in the game. She smiles, and leans her head against mine. "I think that was the best start I've ever had" she whispers, her smile is soft and shy, and my heart is pounding in my chest. "I will take this as slow as you want," I tell her instantly. "Because I don't want anything to mess this up." I finish she smiles and nods, "good, because I don't want to mess it up either." She says as she turns and walks to the plane, I catch up with her and help her into the small little aircraft that will take us into those stunning looking clouds that seem to all be smiling at me today.