Date sent:        Fri, 26 Sep 1997 09:46:01 -0400
From:             Kristine Laura Soltis <ksoltis@UDel.Edu>

Title- Dana and Fox
Author- Kris Soltis
Rating- NC-17	
Classification-SRA
Spoilers- Nisei and 731 (minor)
Summary- Mulder/Scully romance

This is a pure Scully and Mulder romance-so be warned now... Lots of
angst too...This is rated NC-17 for very descriptive sexual contact.  If
you don't like that kind of stuff, stop reading this now! Anyways Agt
Dana Scully and Agt Fox Mulder are not mine. (although I wish Fox Mulder
was!!)  they belong to the all powerful and mighty Chris Carter and 1013
Productions....I'm using the characters without permission so please
don't sue me....Please Mr.  Carter let me go to college!  Oh yeah,
Margaret Scully and Dana's brother Bill belong to him, too.    Anyway
all other characters are mine and can only be used with my permission
unless you really really WANT them in your story...I'd be very
flattered.  You also have to see the episode where they do an alien
autopsy on the train car (both parts) before reading this.  And BTW any
songs mentioned in here are copyrighted by the singers/ songwriters, and
are used without permission too.  I hope everyone likes this story and
no one sues me.  
 

DANA AND FOX c 1997 by Kristine Soltis   

F.B.I. BUILDING
WASHINGTON,D.C.	
MARCH 22, 3:00 PM
	Agent Dana Scully wondered what was going through her partner's mind at
that exact moment.  She looked up from a file she was reading and looked
at Agent Fox  Mulder who was engrossed in other reading.  She
nonchalantly swiveled her chair to face his way.  She secretly glanced
at him while pretending to read several reports.  Mulder looked up and
caught her staring at him.  His heart stood still for one second.  Her
beautiful blue eyes darted back to the reports.
	"Scully?" Mulder asked.
	"Hmmm?" Dana answered trying to act cool, but her red face exposed her.
	"Can I help you with something?" Mulder asked.  Dana shook her head
without looking up.  "Damn, Dana, how could you let him catch you?" Dana
chided herself.
	"Actually, I think I'm going to go home now." Dana thoughtfully
decided.  Mulder looked up in surprise.
	"It's only three o'clock." Mulder informed her.
	"I know.  I can do the work at home too.  I *do* have a computer at
home." Dana reminded him.  Did he want her to stay?  Hope sprang into
her heart.
	"Oh, yeah.  I forgot.  Have a nice weekend, Scully." Mulder smiled
briefly before returning to his reading.
	"Yeah, you too." Dana sighed and slipped on her winter coat.  She put
the manila folder in her attache case before breezing out of the
office.  Mulder tried to concentrate on his readings but did not
succeed.  He wondered why Dana left early.  His thoughts consisted only
of Dana until a soft knock rapped on the door a little after six.
	"Come in" Mulder almost grunted.  The door opened and a petite, young,
and rather leggy blond haired woman peered inside.
	"Can I help you?" Mulder asked politely.
	"Yes, I'm Agent Sarah Dixon and I'm looking for Agent Dana Scully." the
woman nervously answered him.
	"She left already.  Do you want to leave a message?" Mulder asked.
	"No, she was supposed to give me a ride home.  I knew she'd forget."
the woman sighed letting her head rest on the door.
	"I can give you a ride.  It's no problem." Mulder assured her.
	"Really?  That would be great." the woman answered.  Mulder grabbed his
coat and switched off the lights in the office before locking the door
behind him.
AGENT DIXON'S APARTMENT BUILDING
ANNAPOLIS, MD
MARCH 22, 7:00PM
	"Thank you so much Agent Mulder.  I will have to take you out to dinner
to repay you for your kindness." Agent Dixon smiled as she got out of
the car.  Mulder made sure she safely made it into the building before
pulling away from the curb.  He drove around for over three hours before
deciding to check on Dana.  Agent Mulder picked up his cell phone and
dialed her number.  He pushed the "end" button with disgust after her
answering machine picked up.  Mulder decided to go to her apartment to
make sure everything was okay.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT BUILDING
ANNAPOLIS, MD
MARCH 23, 10:30 PM
	Mulder walked down the familiar hallway towards Scully's apartment. 
Mulder jammed the key into the lock and opened the door.  Candle light
illuminated the room.  Mulder heard a muffled moan errupt from the
couch.
	"Scully?" Mulder called out into the dark room.
	"Mulder?" Dana called back with surprise.  Her head peaked up from
behind the sofa.  Mulder noticed that her auburn hair was tousled.  
	"Scully, you didn't answer your phone so I came to make sure you were
okay." Mulder answered and came around the couch.  And then he gasped. 
Dana was not alone.  Dana was straddling a man.  Mulder closed his eyes
and opened them to see if he was dreaming.  He wasn't .  He froze as the
man whom Dana was straddling struggled to sit up.   
	"Mulder, this isn't a good time." Dana coldly stated.
	"I, uh.." Mulder struggled for words.  Jealousy rang through his heart,
though he didn't know why.  Dana's date got up from underneath her and
buttoned his shirt
	"Mulder, I think you should leave." she continued glaring at him.
	"No, if your partner is here at this time of night, then you two must
have some unfinished business to take care of.  I should be the one to
go." her date furiously informed Dana in a cool tone.
	"Gary, wait." Dana sighed.  If he left, she would never forgive Mulder.
	"Good bye, Dana.  Good bye forever" Gary grumbled before leaving.
	"No-don't.." Dana began but Gary had already let himself out.  Mulder
saw the love in Dana's eyes disappear as a icy cold emotionless stare
fell upon him.
	"Get out." Dana firmly stated
	"Scully, let me explain."Mulder pleaded
	"Get out...give me your key." Dana repeated and held out her hand. 
Mulder sighed and slipped the key to her apartment off of his key ring. 
He placed it in her waiting hand.  He never looked at her.  Dana pushed
him towards the door.
	"Scully, I was just making sure.." Mulder trailed off standing right
outside her door.  She slammed it in his face.
	"Scully, c'mon open up." Mulder cried and knocked on her door.  He
pounded profusely for five more minutes, but Dana never answered.  He
couldn't go home with her angry.  He slumped down the door and spent the
night by the door of her apartment.

DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD
MARCH 23, 9:00 AM
	Dana awoke to the winter sun blaring through her blinds.  She grunted
to herself and planted a pillow over her eyes.  The activities that
conspired the night before flooded her memory.  She shuddered as she
remembered how harshly she had been to Mulder and then she felt the
emptiness Gary left her with.  How could Mulder have done that?  What
was he doing in Annapolis anyway?  Dana had to admit that she was a tiny
bit relieved that Mulder had shown up.  She didn't want to sleep with
Gary; not yet at least.  Dana knew that Gary wanted to sleep with her
and she also knew that if Mulder hadn't shown up Gary would have had his
way.  Dana sighed heavily and yawned and at the same time she rolled out
of bed.  She kicked on her slippers and pulled a blanket around her. 
Saturday mornings meant receiving the T.V. book for the next week as
well as the comics.  Almost like a child, Dana shuffled to her door to
scoop up the paper that would be waiting for her.  She flung the door
open with a heave.  Mulder, who had been leaning his back against the
door, fell into her apartment.  Dana's eyes became wide.  He couldn't
have slept out there all night, could he have?  He still was sleeping
even after hitting her cold linoleum tiled floor.  Dana couldn't leave
him there.  She grabbed his two arms and dragged him to the couch.  She
was unable to lift him onto the couch so Dana let him sleep on the floor
next to it.  She picked up the paper which had been placed next to
Mulder and brought it inside and shut the door before all the heat
escaped out into the hallway.  Dana sat down at the kitchen table and
began to read the comics.  A little over an hour later, Mulder stretched
and yawned.  every joint in his body was sore.  He rolled over and
realized he wasn't in his own bed.  Wherever he was, he was on the
floor.
	"Good morning, Mulder" Scully called unfeeling.
	"Scully?" escaped Mulder's lips before the memories floated back into
his mind.  He stood up and staggered over towards her.
	"Mulder, I'm still angry at you." Dana warned him that her feelings
have not changed.
	"You have every right to be.  I know what I did was wrong.  I just
wanted to know if I could have a cup of coffee before going on my way."
Mulder answered scratching his head.  Scully got a cold feeling from
Mulder.  She couldn't believe he wasn't begging her to forgive him.
	"Yeah....yeah, sure." Dana softened.  She poured him a cup from a pot
she already had brewing.
	"Thanks," Mulder smiled at her.  Dana turned away quickly.
	"What were you doing in Annapolis anyway?" Dana asked.
	"I took home Agent Sarah Dixon." Mulder informed Dana.
	"God, I completely forgot I was supposed to take her home." Dana
sighed.  She accidentally slammed her hand on the counter where she had
left the broken pieces from a wine glass.	"Damn!" she cried as she
lifted up her palm to see several splints of glass that had penetrated
beneath her skin.  Blood began to trickle down her palm towards her
wrist.  Mulder sprang to action.  He grabbed a dishtowel and covered her
hand with it.  
	"Where are your tweezers?" Mulder asked.  Dana nodded towards the
bathroom.  Mulder raced to the bathroom and  looked in her medicine
cabinet.  He found her tweezers....and a box of condoms.  Mulder closed
his eyes.  God, was she sleeping with that Gary person?  He couldn't
imagine her making love to a man-other than himself.  And that was only
in his dreams.  Pushing the thought aside, he returned to Dana with the
tweezers.  Mulder removed the cloth from around her hand.  He took her
hand in his and gently retrieved each small piece of glass that had
entered her palm.  When Mulder took her hand, Dana's heart skipped a
beat.
	"Thanks, Mulder." Dana breathed.  Mulder stared at her with those sexy
brown eyes of his.  She turned from him so Mulder wouldn't see the red
that began to rouge her cheeks.
	"Scully, I really am sorry about last night." Mulder cautiously
apologized.
	"I know.  I'm sorry for throwing you out without letting you explain
yourself."Dana apologized.
	"So we're friends?" Mulder asked making sure.
	"The best of." Dana answered him.  Oh, did she wish it was more than
that.
	"Are you still mad?" Mulder asked with less cation than his last
question.
	"A little bit, I guess, but not really." Dana answered not really sure
how she was feeling
	"Why are you frowning?" Mulder asked her.
	"Am I?  I didn't realize..." Dana gave him a half hearted smile. 
Mulder sipped at the coffee while Dana wiped the broken glass into the
trash.
	"Scully, if I can ask this, how serious were you with this Gary guy?"
Mulder hesitantly asked.
	"Are you asking me if I slept with him?" Dana read right through his
question.  Mulder didn't know what to say.  Luckily, she just continued.
"I'm not sleeping with him, but we are pretty serious-were pretty
serious." Dana corrected herself.  "I think that's the last I'll ever
see of Gary Elliot.  I think he's jealous that a spend equal time with
him and my work." Dana added.
	"You deserve better." Mulder told her with a smile.
	"Oh, Mulder..."Dana sighed.
	"Well, you do..." Mulder answered almost blushing.
	"And who, by your standards, is the man for me?" Dana asked as a hint
of a smile protruded from her lips.
	"Me." Mulder answered with a strong smile.  He meant it, but wanted to
make it a joke.  Dana was stunned by this answer, but quickly hid her
reaction.  She didn't want him to know that she felt that he *was* the
man for her.   
	"Come on Mulder, be serious." Dana laughed. She hoped he would tell her
that he *was* being serious.  She saw a smile dance across his lips as
he was about to give a second answer.  Dana knew he wasn't about to give
her that answer and buried every inch of attraction and passion she felt
for Fox Mulder deep inside her.  Now that Dana convinced herself that
she only felt friendship towards him, she knew those feelings would
never surface again.  
	"Frohike" Mulder answered again.  Dana rolled her eyes.  Frohike was
one of the Lone Gunmen, a group of three guys who loved supernatural
stuff.  He was constantly hitting on Scully. 
	"Okay, I can see that I'm not going to get a straight answer out of
you," Scully chuckled.
	"Scully, you never told me that you were a lesbian!" Mulder exclaimed
with shock.  His surprised expression turned to a wicked smile.  At
first Dana didn't get the joke until she repeated what she had just said
in her mind.  Obviously, she had set herself up for the joke by  using
the phrase "straight answer".
	"Mulder, honestly...." Dana trailed off with a smile.
	"Well, I'll kindly get out of your hair for the rest of the weekend"
Mulder sighed as he finished his cup of coffee
	"There is a God after all." Dana laughed as Mulder put the mug in her
sink before showing himself to the door.
	"Bye, Scully," Mulder called as he opened the door.  She saw the key to
her apartment Mulder had given back to her on the kitchen counter.
	"  Mulder, wait!" Scully called. "You forgot this."  Mulder wondered
what he had forgotten.  Scully came over to him and placed the key in
his palm and squeezed his palm shut.
	"Scully, I'm really sorry about last night." Mulder apologized again.
	"I forgive you. See you Monday, Mulder" Dana answered.  She hugged him
briefly to show that she truly did forgive him.  The phone rang and Dana
picked it up on the first ring.
	"Hello?" Dana answered it.
	"Hello, Dana.  It's your mother." the voice on the other end replied.
	"Hi, Mom" Dana greeted her brightly.
	"How are things?  How's Gary?" Dana's mother, Margaret, asked.
	"I thought you were done prying in my personal life." Dana answered
with a smile.
	"I'm not prying...I'm just curious." Margaret Scully replied.
	"Things are okay, but I'm not seeing Gary anymore." Dana replied
truthfully.
	"Oh, honey, I'm sorry. What happened?" her mother comforted her.
	"Things just weren't working out." Dana answered with a lie.
	"Dana, last time I spoke to you things were going wonderfully between
you two.  What really happened?" Dana's mother asked this time wanting
the truth.
	"Mulder walked in on us last night.  He has a key to my apartment and
Gary and I were on the couch and Gary got all upset-I mean he had a
right to be- and he left." Dana confided.
	"Just as well..." Mrs. Scully replied faintly.
	"What is that supposed to mean, mom?" Dana asked wanting to know.
	"Well, Dana, to tell you the truth I didn't like Gary that much.  You
deserve someone better like Fox for example.  He's such a nice boy and
he is so affectionate towards you." Dana's mother explained rattling off
at a rapid speed.
	"Mother, let's not have this talk about Mul-Fox being my future
husband.  I don't feel that way about him and he doesn't feel that way
about me." Dana interrupted.
	"But, Dana, you do feel that way.  I can see the way you look at him."
her mother continued.
	"Mom!	  Just drop it! "  Dana angrily snapped.
	"Sorry, dear, but remember mothers know best," Margaret Scully brightly
answered.
	"Mother...not one more word," Dana said seriously.
	"So when are you going to Cape May?" her mother asked changing the
subject.
	"This Thursday.   I can't wait to go." Dana informed her mother.
	"It's been a long time since you've been there." Dana's mother fondly
answered.
	"I love Cape May in the winter.  I'm glad you decided not to sell the
house." Dana sighed.
	"Will you be there alone?" Dana's mother asked risking a hang up from
her daughter.
	" Yeah, I guess I will be.  Gary and I were going to go.  Fat chance of
him going now." Dana chuckled.
	"Why don't you ask Fox to go?  He has the same week off, doesn't he?"
Margaret suggested.
	"Maybe.  He probably doesn't have anything better to do during that
week." Dana thought about her mother's suggestion.  The phone call
lasted a few more minutes before Dana and her mother said their good
byes.
F.B.I. BUILDING
WASHINGTON,D.C.
MARCH 25, 11:00 AM
	It had been a grueling morning at the office.  Mounds and mounds of
paperwork had suddenly appeared on both Mulder's and Dana's desks.  They
had been silent all morning.  Dana decided to ask Mulder to go to Cape
May with her.  She was just waiting for the right moment.
	"Come to Cape May with me." Dana broke the two and a half hour silence.
	"Huh?" Mulder asked as if coming out of a daze.
	"Come to Cape May with me." Dana repeated.
	"When?" Mulder asked.  A "yes" leaped into his throat, but he didn't
want to seem to eager.  She might become suspicious.
	"This Thursday.  We both have the week off." Dana replied.  Mulder put
down some of the paper work he'd been reading.
	"I can't, Scully, I mean I couldn't." Mulder fumbled for words.
	"Yes you can.  Look it's my family's beach house.  Please, Mulder. 
It's too big for one person to stay there." Dana pleaded.
	"Okay, Scully, I'll go." Mulder finally answered.
	"Oh great!  I'll show you all the sights.  You'll love Cape May.  There
are a lot of haunted houses down there." Scully replied knowing that
would get Mulder excited.
	"Really?" he asked a smile starting to form on his lips.
	"Uh-huh." Scully nodded.  Scully gave him the details on what to bring
and what time to be at her house on Thursday.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS,MD
MARCH 28, 10 AM
	Mulder pulled into her driveway at 10:00 AM on the dot.  He was
actually excited to be going with Scully.  He swore not to make any
uncalled moves on her.  That would ruin her vacation, and their
partnership.  He didn't want that.
	"Morning, Mulder.  Let's get your stuff into my car." Scully called as
she walked out of her apartment complex.  Mulder couldn't help but to
stare at her.  She was wearing an un-Scully like outfit.  It consisted
of an expensive-looking hunter green winter jacket and a pair of dark
jeans.  A baggy sweater that matched the color of her winter jacket
showed as Scully leaned down to the driver side window of Mulder's car. 
Her hair was pulled back and secured with a hunter green scrunchie. 
Green, Mulder sighed.  Why did she have to wear green?   She looked so
damn good in green.
	"Your car?  I thought we'd take mine." Mulder curiously asked her.
	"I want to drive.  Is that okay with you?" Dana asked.
	"Yeah, sure." Mulder answered.  In fact he was elated that she wanted
to drive.  While she concentrated on looking at the road,  He could
concentrate on staring at her.  Fifteen minutes later they pulled out of
the parking lot and started north for New Jersey.
THE SCULLY BEACH HOUSE
CAPE MAY, NJ
MARCH 28, 5:00 PM
	"Do you like Cape May so far?" Dana inquired walking into the family
room.
	"Yeah, it's a neat place.  I can't believe we ate lunch in a haunted
restaurant." Mulder replied.  He loved everything about Cape May.  He
stretched on the couch.  It was a very comfortable couch.  The Scully
beach house was known as an "upside down house".  That's the style of
most of the houses on this particular street.  The three bedrooms and
living room were downstairs and the kitchen and family room were
upstairs.  Dana had just finished turning down the beds in the two
bedrooms that were across from each other.
	"Oh, y'know what?  If we hurry we can make it out to Sunset Beach just
in time to see the sun go down!" Scully excitedly realized  They hopped
into her car and left for the beach.
SUNSET BEACH
CAPE MAY, NJ
MARCH 28, 5;15 PM 
	Dana and Mulder jumped out of the car and raced towards the beach.  The
sun was low, but not out of sight.
	"We have a good five minutes." Dana informed Mulder.  She spread a
blanket on the beach and she and Mulder sat Indian style on it.
	"This is what the shore is all about." Dana sighed breathing in the
salt air and letting the wind blow her bangs off her face.  Mulder
watched the sun as a cloud passed by in front.  The cloud became a deep
auburn color, almost matching Dana's hair.  He fell in love with that
color instantly.
	"There it goes." Dana whispered as the sun sank into the horizon line. 
She snuggled close to Mulder because it became chilly.
	"Wow, I never realized how beautiful a sunset could be," Mulder
breathed.  Scully stared out into the water as if looking for
something.  She uncrossed her legs and sat on her knees as if trying to
get a closer look at the water.
	"Ready to go, Scully?" Mulder asked.  
	"No, not just yet," she answered still looking out into the water.  He
uncrossed his legs and sat on his knees too, trying to figure out what
she was looking at.  Mulder couldn't handle having her so close to
him..  Her eyes grew dark and mysterious as the night turned the same. 
Her hair shimmered and whipped about with the strong wind.  The smell of
her was very intoxicating.  He was very aroused and could feel the
throbbing start in his pants.  She shifted a little and accidentally
brushed her elbow against his groin.  He tried to hold it, but he felt
the wetness soak the front of his boxers.  He leaned in to kiss her, and
was startled when she abruptly stood up, unaware of his next action.
	"Okay, I'm ready now." Dana almost chirped.  She helped Mulder up. 
Luckily it was dark and Dana couldn't see the wet stain that began to
show through Mulder's jeans.  The darkness also hid the red in his
cheeks.
	Back at the beach house, Mulder quickly raced into the house mumbling
something about having to pee and darted into the bathroom.  Dana headed
up the stairs taking two at a time and settled on the couch.  She
flipped on the T.V.  Mulder came up soon after and sat across from her
on a matching love seat.
	`What you watching?" Mulder asked.
	"The news," Dana replied.  Mulder picked up a Reader's Digest off the
table and began to flip through it.  The two spent a cozy night in the
house.
THE SCULLY'S BEACH HOUSE
CAPE MAY, NJ
MARCH 30, 1: 00 PM
	The phone rang loudly throughout the house.
	"I'll get it!" Scully called from the living room.  She picked up the
phone on the coffee table.
	"Hello?" she answered cautiously.  No one had this number except for
her mother.
	"Hello, is this Dana Scully?" the voice asked.
	"Yes, this is her." Dana answered getting a little unnerved.
	"Hi, this is Jessica Collins." the voice introduced herself.
	"I'm sorry, but I don't know you." Dana replied almost ready to hang up
the phone.
	"I'm part of the  Allentown chapter of M.U.F.O.N." Jessica explained.
	"Oh, I see.  Why did you call?  How did you get this number?" Dana
demanded.
	" Miss Scully, Clara McAllister died last night.  Two others have been
diagnosed.  I heard you and Clara were acquaintances so I thought I'd
let you know." Jessica informed Scully.  Dana turned pale and began to
tremble.  It was happening again.  Mulder had come into the room to see
who was on the phone.
	"Scully?  What is it?" Mulder asked concerned after seeing the color
drained out of her face.  Dana dropped the phone.  Mulder rushed to her
side.
	"Nothing, Mulder.  I saw a huge spider on the wall and it freaked me
out." Dana lied.  Mulder knew she was lying too, but didn't press her. 
he left sensing this phone call was a private matter.
	"Miss Scully, are you there?" Jessica asked.
	"Yea-Yes I dropped the phone, sorry.  When is the funeral?" Dana asked
pulling a pad of paper and a pen towards her.  She had to go to this
funeral.
	"It is on Tuesday, but it is for family and friends only-no M.U.F.O.N.
members allowed.  They don't want us there." Jessica continued.
	"Oh, I see." Dana answered.
	"What I really called to ask you is that on Wednesday we will be
holding a special M.U.F.O.N. ceremony at her grave and we were wondering
if you'd be able to attend." Jessica revealed her intentions of the
call.
	"I'll be there." Dana assured Jessica before hanging up.  Mulder heard
her put down the phone and went in to see what the trouble was.
	`Scully?  What-' he began.
	"I'm, uh, going to go and walk on the beach.  I need to be alone." Dana
softly told him and walked out the sliding glass door and bounded down
the wooden steps.  He watched from the doors as she began down the
grassy path that led to the beach.  He put his arm up on the door for
support and then rested his head on it.  Mulder paced around the room
waiting for her to come back.  An hour passed before he went out on the
beach to look for her.
	When Mulder reached the beach, he saw a figure sitting along the rock
jetty.  He jogged over towards the jetty and could make out the petite
figure to be Dana Scully.
	"Hey,Scully," Mulder greeted.  He decided not to bring up the phone
call.  If she wanted to discuss it with him she would bring it up
herself.  He climbed up onto the rocks and sat down next to Scully.  She
had her knees curled up to her chest and had her head propped up on her
elbows which were resting on her knees.
	"Just now I realized how empty my life really is." Dana replied without
a salutation.
	"Scully, you're life isn't empty.  You have your mom, your brothers,
me...and the list could continue.  You are far from alone.  If you want
to talk about someone that is really alone let's talk about me.  I have
no one.  No one except for you." Mulder sighed.
	"I just want to find someone to make me happy and to love me.  Now that
Gary is gone, I don't have that." Dana replied staring deep into the
ocean.
	"Scully, I don't have anyone either," Mulder reminded her.
	"But you have had them in the past Mulder.  Gary wasn't even close to
Phoebe, or Kristen, or Dr. Bambi." Dana explained to Mulder.  Mulder had
no answer for her.  They sat silent for a few minutes before Mulder knew
that Scully was crying.
	"Mulder, I'm dying" Dana informed him through her tears.
	"Wha-" Mulder started his heart twisting into a knot.
	"We're all dying" Scully moaned.
	"Did someone from M.U.F.O.N. call?  Is that what has you all upset?"
Mulder asked.  Dana nodded.
	"Clara  McAllister died yesterday and two other people have been
diagnosed." Dana explained.
	"I'm sorry about Clara.  I know you talked to her on occasion.  Scully,
just because she died doesn't mean you will." Mulder tried to sooth her.
	"The whole chapter is going to drop like flies.  And I'm going to die
alone." Dana informed Mulder.  Without thinking, Mulder pulled her into
his arms and rocked her gently against his body.  Dana made no attempt
to pull away.
	"As long as you have me you won't be alone." Mulder softly told her. 
He pulled her slightly from him so he could look at her.  Dana starred
up into his warm loving eyes and all the feelings flooded back into her
heart.  Mulder kissed each of her tear-stained cheeks before connecting
his lips to hers.  Hungrily, Dana kissed back.  He pulled back to
release her from the kiss but she refused to let go.  She took her arms
and wrapped them behind his neck and continued to press against his
lips.  She released him only when she realized he needed air.
	"Dana, I've felt this way about you for sometime, now.  I want to show
you how much you mean to me.  I want to make love to you. " Mulder
suggested after catching his breath.  Dana just looked at him with
passion filled blue eyes.  
	"I want to get as close to you as I can.  I want to fill your soul with
the love it deserves.  I need to know...is that what you want?" Mulder
continued.  Dana nodded, her lips aching for another kiss.  She reached
up and touched his lips to make sure it was he who she had kissed.
	"Mulder," Dana started.
	"Fox, call me Fox" Mulder insisted.
	"But you hate that," Dana protested.
	"I hate that from anyone, but you." Mulder corrected her.
	"Fox, let's go back to the house." Dana suggested.  Mulder nodded.  He
stood up and then helped her up.  They walked back to the house hand in
hand.
	As soon as Mulder had shut the door securely behind him, Dana tried to
egg him into the bedroom.
	"Tonight, Dana.  I want it to be special." Mulder smiled. 
	"But..." Dana protested.  Mulder shushed her by kissing her.
	"I promise.  Tonight is our night." Mulder answered.
	"So what am I supposed to do until then?" Dana asked disappointed.
	"Get ready.  I'm taking you out for dinner." Mulder informed her.
	"Where?" Dana asked curious.
	"By The Sea.  I read in that little restaurant guide I picked up that
they have excellent entrees." Mulder answered.
	"Mulder, you obviously didn't read the prices because if you had read
the prices you wouldn't be serious about going there." Dana replied with
a smile.
	"They can't be too outrageous.  I have been saving up to take you out
to dinner.  I've been waiting a long time for tonight."  Mulder assured
her.
	"You will not spend that much money on dinner." Dana stated flatly.
	"Okay, how about a compromise?  If the food is really outrageously
priced than we'll leave.  Deal?" Mulder suggested.
	"Deal." Scully smiled.  She went into her room to get ready.
THE SCULLY'S BEACH HOUSE
CAPE MAY, NJ
MARCH 30, 6:00 PM
	"Come on, Scully, we're going to be late!" Mulder called from the
hallway.  She peaked her head out the door of her bedroom.
	"Close your eyes cause I want to go upstairs and make a grand entrance
coming son the stairway." Dana smiled.  Mulder let out and exasperated
sigh as he shut his eyes.
	"No peaking!" Dana exclaimed running past him and bolting up the
stairs.  Mulder smelled the faint sent of her perfume and nearly went
wild.  He'd have to remember to tell her that he loved being
blindfolded.  It was a major turn on to him. 
	"Okay!  I'm coming down!" Scully announced and Mulder opened his eyes. 
When Scully came into view, his jaw fell open.  Scully was decked out in
a elegant  green velvet gown.  She had worn it to her sister's wedding
not two years earlier.  The back was totally open and the form fitting
garment softly accented each curve on her body.  The dress ended at her
ankles.    She looked incredibly gorgeous.  Scully laughed when she saw
his mouth drop open.  Mulder looked incredibly sexy in the tux that he
had rented for the special evening.
	"You like?" Dana asked.  She thought Mulder would get sick of her
wearing green all the time, but it was the only dress that she had
stored in the beach house.
	"Where did you get that?" Mulder asked her after getting his voice
back.
	"We have a bunch of stored dresses down here.  This is the only one of
mine, but there are a lot of Melissa's and Mom's outfits.  It's easier
to store them up here because mom doesn't have any room in the house"
Dana explained.
	"I hope you don't mind that it's green.  I realize that I've worn
mostly green up here-" Dana apologized.
	"No, I love green.  Green is good.  Green is good on you." Mulder broke
in.  Green was a turn on as well for him.
	"Well, handsome, are we ready?" Dana asked with a smile.  Mulder held
out his arm and she entwined her arm in his.
BY THE SEA RESTAURANT
CAPE MAY, NJ
MARCH 30, 8:30 PM
	The food was expensive and the service was slow.  Dana and Mulder had
just finished their dinner and coffee and wanted the check.
	"Waiter," Mulder called for the fifteenth time, but was once more
ignored.  A few minuted later Mulder called out again.
	"Yes, sir?" the waiter asked.
	"Please may we have the bill?" Mulder asked.  He was anxious to take
Scully back to the house.  Dana was getting antsy as well.  She wanted
to leave as much as Mulder did; maybe even a bit more.
	"Of course, sir." the waiter smiled and handed him the bill.  Dana
watched Mulder's eyes almost pop out of their sockets.
	"Are you sure that decimal point is in the right place?" Mulder asked
with a nervous laugh.  The waiter glanced over Mulder's shoulder and
studied the bill.
	"I am sorry.  That is another tables bill." the waiter replied and
fished another bill out of his shirt pocket.
	"This looks about right" Mulder replied after looking at it.  Mulder
whipped out a credit card and handed it to the waiter.
	"Mulder, are you sure you have enough?" Dana asked in a low voice.
	"It's taken care of, Scully, relax." Mulder answered.  The waiter came
back and Mulder hastily signed the credit card slip.  He and Scully
almost ran to the parking lot to give the valet guy the ticket.
	"If he takes one moment longer." Mulder cursed after about two
minutes.  The driver pulled up and Scully and Mulder hastily got in the
car and they drove back to the house.
THE SCULLY'S BEACH HOUSE
CAPE MAY, NJ
MARCH 30, 10:30 PM
	Dana and Mulder reached the Scully's house in record time.  They both
had wicked grins on their faces.
	"Let me slip into something more....comfortable." Dana smiled
seductively.
	"Yeah, I'll change too.  Meet me in the master bedroom." Mulder
instructed her.  She slipped into her bedroom and he quickly jumped into
his and practically ripped the tux off of him.  He flew into a pair of
boxers and his New York Nix basketball tank and went to the master
bedroom.  He had already prepared for their night.  He lit the candles
he had already arranged all over the room.  He sat on the bed and
waited...wondering what she'd wear....what she liked to have done to
her.
	"Mulder?" Dana asked coming into the room.  Mulder looked up shaken out
of his thoughts.  He licked his lips at the sight of her in a
fire-engine red silk nightgown that only covered down to the top of her
thighs.
	"Oh, Scully." Mulder moaned.  The red negligee turned him on even more
than her green sweater.
	"It's Fox and Dana now.  Not Mulder and Sully." Dana breathed as she
sat down next to him.
	"Are you still sure you want to do this?" Mulder asked.  She nodded and
sprawled out on the bed.  Mulder towered over her and showered her with
kisses  from her forehead to her toes and every inch of skin in
between.  He went back and forcefully pushed his tongue into her mouth
and she gladly accepted it.  Dana lazily entered her tongue in his mouth
and Mulder gave it a warm welcome.  Dana encircled her arms around
Mulder's back and pulled him closer.  She thrusted her hips;  grinding
her body against his and Mulder let out a moan of pleasure.  Dana never
heard a sexier sound.  Mulder pulled at the nightgown in frustration. 
It wouldn't shift far enough for Mulder's hands to explore her breasts. 
Dana forced Mulder onto his back and she got up off the bed.
	"Dana?  Where are you going?" Mulder asked afraid that she was
leaving.  She opened a drawer and produced a pair of handcuffs.  She
wickedly sauntered back to the bed.  She straddled Mulder and took hold
of one of his hands.
	"You have the right to remain silent.  Anything you say or do can be
used against you in the court of law.You-"Dana read his rights but was
cut off as Mulder threw all his weight against her and reversed their
positions.
	"Dana, what do you think you're doing?" Mulder asked and swiped the
handcuffs from her.  He proceeded to handcuff her to the headboard. 
Both of her hands were loosely cuffed with the chain locked around a
beautiful hand carved spindle.
	"Fox, get them off of me.  I was supposed to handcuff you." Dana
laughed.  Mulder leaned in to kiss her but she pulled her face away from
his lips.
	"Uh uh uh...stop misbehaving or I'll have to punish you." Mulder
scolded.  He slid off the bed and just stared at Scully in her red
nightgown handcuffed to the bed.  Mulder felt the throbbing in his
boxers start again.    He returned to his straddling position and pushed
her little silk negligee up to her stomach.  She pulled her legs up into
a fetal position.   Mulder softly caressed her legs and her thighs.  He
slowly parted them and let his head sink into her pelvis.  The warmth of
his tongue mixed with her wetness made Dana cry out in ecstasy.  Dana
ran her hands through Mulder's hair as he continued nibbling on the
sensitive sexual parts of her lower torso.  Mulder tasted the sweet
dampness of her sexual juices around his tongue and heard her cry out in
ecstasy again.  Mulder pulled away kissing her inner thighs.  He pulled
off his tank.
	"Fox, set me free." Dana pleaded.  Mulder debated and then relented by
unhandcuffing her.  She showed her gratitude by slipping off the tiny
red garment and throwing her arms around him.  Mulder reached up and
pommeled her voluptuous breasts.  He brought them  up to his mouth and
sucked on each nipple until he could feel the hardness set in.  Dana
felt a warmth emanate from her stomach and began to claw at his boxers. 
She grabbed at them and they dropped to the floor on her second try. 
Mulder wanted to melt inside her; to get as close as he could to her. 
In one swift movement he was inside her; pumping and grinding against
her hips. 
	"Fox....Fox...." Dana called over and over as he brought her to new
heights.   She felt his gentle movements within her and a wave of
ecstasy rippled over her body making her quiver.  Her body became aware
of every move Mulder made.  Dana couldn't hold on any longer.  She
thrusted herself against Mulder sending him deeper and deeper inside
her.  Mulder felt her nails dig into his back and knew that her climax
had come.  He pumped harder and harder making Dana cry out.  He felt her
dampness grow and he was sent off the edge to climax only a few seconds
later.  Her wetness dripped all the way down to his base and he released
sending sperm and other fluids into her fertile bed.
	"Oh, Fox" Dana panted.  Mulder collapsed against her.  A few seconds
later the couple had gotten a surge of energy for one more final
passionate kiss before ending the night's affair.  They both showered
and changed before laying back down on the bed where they had just
consummated their relationship.  Dana laid down and fell asleep as soon
as her head hit the pillow.  Mulder followed soon after seeking sleep
with Dana in his arms.
THE SCULLY'S BEACH HOUSE
CAPE MAY, NJ
MARCH 31, 9:00 AM
	Mulder rolled over and yawned.  He had the most amazing dream last
night.  Sure, he had had dreams like it before; but this dream seemed so
real to him.  Mulder sat up and scratched his head.  That's when the
silky fire-engine red nightgown caught his eye on the edge of the bed. 
It hadn't been a dream after all.  Mulder collapsed back onto the bed
embracing himself while remembering the way she felt in his arms.  She
smelled so good and every move she made sent him to ecstasy.  He heard
some commotion in the hallway and walked awkwardly to the bedroom door.
	"Dana?" Mulder called as she brushed coldly past him.  She didn't
respond.  He followed her into the bedroom she was originally going to
sleep in.
	"Good morning," Mulder smiled.  Dana just looked at him; then glared at
him.
 	"What?" Mulder asked beginning to panic.
	"Last night was a mistake." Dana flatly responded.
	"Wha-No, it wasn't" Mulder answered in a gentle tone.
	"Yes it was.  I let my heart rule over my head.  It was a mistake."
Dana responded turning colder with every word.
	"Dana, I'm in love with you.  It's okay to let your feelings out.  I
feel the same way you feel about me." Mulder tried to get her to take
back her harsh words.
	"It's not that...I can't let you love me." Dana shook her head.
	"Why can't I love you?  I already do..." Mulder trailed off wondering
what her answer would be.
	"Because-because I'm dying- and when I die you'll be left alone- I
don't want that." Dana sighed throwing her green sweater in a bag.
	"You have no power over my feelings. You can't command me to stop
feeling this way about you.  I'll never stop loving you" Mulder
retorted.
	"Wanna make a bet?" Scully angrily asked zipping up her suitcase.  She
yanked it off the bed and dragged it down the hall towards the front
door.
	"Scully, where are you going?" Mulder asked.  Dana left the house. 
Mulder punched the wall.  He heard a car start and ran out of the house
and jumped the porch's railing.  Dana began to pull away.
	"Scully!  Damn it!  Don't leave!" Mulder shouted as she continued to
back up.  She pulled the car back into drive and sped down the street
leaving Mulder in the dust.	"Damn it! Damn it Damn it!" Mulder shouted
once he was back into the house.  How the hell was he supposed to get
home?  How would he find Scully?  A light bulb went off in his mind and
he knew just who to call.
	"Hello?" the voice at the other end answered the ringing phone	
	"Hi, Mrs. Scully.  it's Fox." Mulder replied.
	"Fox?  Is something wrong?  Is Dana okay?" Mrs. Scully asked.
	"Dana left.  I don't know where she went.  She packed up her things and
left me stranded down here." Fox explained.
	"Oh, my.  Don't worry Fox.  I'll come get you." Mrs. Scully replied.
	"Thanks, Mrs. Scully.  I hate to bother you." Fox replied truthfully.
	"It's no bother, Fox.  And please, call me Mom." Margaret insisted.
MULDER'S APARTMENT (APARTMENT #42)
ALEXANDRIA,VA
MARCH 31,3:00 PM
	Mrs. Scully had dropped him off not too long ago.  They had stopped for
lunch and discussed Dana's behavior the whole car ride home.  Mulder
felt bad, but he had to tell Dana's mom what they did last night.  She
had to know so that she could help Mulder find her.  Mulder was at a
lost.  Dana hadn't called him on his cell phone or left a message for
him on his answering machine.  He wasn't really expecting to hear from
her, but he hoped she would have called.
	"Where the hell did you go, Dana?" Mulder cried out in frustration.  He
thought back on the Cape May vacation.  The phone call....The M.U.F.O.N
death...Allentown....Yes!   That's where she had to be!  Mulder raced
for the phone and got in touch with the Pennsylvania operator who
connected him to Jessica McAllister's place.
THE M.U.F.O.N HEADQUARTERS
 (JESSICA COLLINS' HOUSE)
ALLENTOWN,PA
MARCH 31, 3:10 PM
	"Hello?" Jessica answered the phone.
	"Hello, Ms. Collins. This is Agent Fox Mulder  I was wondering if Agent
Dana Scully is there?" the voice asked.  Jessica looked at Dana and
mouthed the word "Mulder" to her.
	`I'm not here....You aren't expecting me." Dana panicked thinking of
what Jessica should say.
	"I'm sorry, Agent Mulder.  Agent Scully is not here and she phoned to
say she couldn't make it after all." Jessica lied.
	"Oh, well.  If you hear from her.  Tell her I'm sorry." Mulder sighed
disappointed.
	"Will do, Agent Mulder.  Good bye." Jessica smiled and hung up the
phone.
	"He said he was sorry.  Whatever that means...." Jessica told Scully. 
Dana pulled herself into a hug.  She knew she shouldn't have run from
him.  That was a mistake.  She couldn't face him, she couldn't go back.
ST. ABBEY CEMETERY
ALLENTOWN, PA
APRIL 4, 9:00 PM
	The forty M.U.F.O.N. members gathered around Clara McAllister's grave. 
Dana  shivered as a gust of cold lonely April air hit her in the back. 
The flame finally reached her and she lifted her candle to receive the
flame from the person next to her.  She continued to pass the candle and
soon the whole circle of members was a glow in candle light.  Jessica
began to speak and Dana tried really hard to listen, but to no avail. 
Her thoughts drifted onto Mulder.  That night was magical.  Her candle's
flame flickered and she remembered how wonderfully handsome Mulder
looked in candle light.  The smell of hot wax began to make her remember
his touch, his words.  Dana blew out her candle and walked away from the
group.  The young woman, Raven, next to her came up to her.
	"Dana, it's okay.  We all miss her." Raven comforted.  
	"I have to leave.  I have to leave" Dana blindly repeated to her.
	"Okay, I'll take you back to the house." Raven answered and accompanied
her out of the graveyard.
M.U.F.O.N. HEADQUARTERS
(JESSICA COLLIN'S HOUSE)
ALLENTOWN,PA
APRIL 4, 2:00 AM
	Dana tossed and turned and sleep would not come.  Jessica was gracious
enough to let her stay the night.  Dana had some things to think about
before leaving Allentown.  Finally, she gave up and insomnia won again
for the second night in a row.  She got up and crossed the room to her
huge duffel bag.  Dana reached in and fumbled to find her walkman.  She
proudly produced it seconds later.
	"Soothing music always helps me sleep." Dana reminded herself.  She
placed the earphones against her ears and adjusted the headphones to
stay on her head.  Dana laid back in her bed and flipped on the radio. 
Static first greeted her since she had D.C. stations programed into the
memory, but it didn't take her long to find the Allentown station that
carried a syndicated radio show of love songs and dedications
appropriately name Love Songs in the Night.  Dana loved to listen to
this particular program.  	
	"And that was  `In Your Eyes' by Peter Gabriel.  Our next song is a
very special dedication.  Hello, caller are you there?" the D.J. asked
in his deep baritone voice.
	"Yes, I'm here." the male voice answered.
	"Who's this?" the D.J. asked.
	"Fox" the male voice answered.  Dana shot up.  It sounded like him, but
it couldn't be him.
	"And Fox, what made you call up Love Songs in the Night?"the D.J.
asked.
	"I lost my best friend." Fox somberly stated.
	"I'm sorry, how did it happen?" the D.J. asked trying to piece together
the story.
	"I made love to her and she left me in the morning." Fox answered with
a little irritation in his voice.
	"Do you have any idea why she left?" the D.J. questioned Fox.
	"She said it was a mistake.  I just wanted her to know that I still
love her and I can't stop." Fox stated.
	"Well, hopefully she is listening right now and heard you." the D.J. 
responded.
	"Here's Bryan Adam's `Please Forgive Me' to Dana from Fox." the D.J
announce and the soft melody that Dana knew all too well floated through
her headphones.
	"Still feels like the first time we're together , feels like the first
kiss
	It's getting better,baby, no one could better this
	Still holdin' on, you're still the one
	First time our eyes met,
	Same feelin' I get
	Only feels much stronger
	I wanna love you longer
	You still turn the fire on  
	So if you're feelin lonely don't
	You're the only one I ever want 
	I just wanna make it good
	So if I love you a little more than I should
	Please Forgive me I know not what I do
	Please Forgive me I can't stop lovin' you
	Don't deny me this pain I'm goin through
	Please forgive me for I need you like I do
	Please believe me for all I say is true
	Please forgive me I can't stop lovin you...."
	Dana shut off the radio and began to sob.  She didn't realize how much
she had hurt him.  She stared at the ceiling and whispered "God, what
have I done?".  She thumbed the cross that she always wore.  Hoping that
God would send her a sign.  Dana debated whether or not to turn the
radio back on and decided to turn it on since the song would most
probably be over.  She was wrong.
	"Please Forgive me I know not what I do
	Please Forgive me I can't stop lovin' you
	Don't deny me this pain I'm goin through
	Please forgive me for I need you like I do
	Oh believe me for all I say is true
	Please forgive me I can't stop lovin you
	The one thing I'm sure of
	Is the way we made love
	The one thing I depend on 
	Is for us to stay strong
	With every right and every breath I'm prayin
 	That's why I'm sayin...."
	"I can't take this." Dana sobbed.  She turned on the light on the night
table and reached for the phone.
MARGARET SCULLY'S HOUSE
UNKNOWN
APRIL 4, 2:25 AM
	"Hello?" a groggy Mrs. Scully answered her phone.
	"Mom, it's Dana" Dana mumbled in between huge sobs.
	"Dana, honey, it's two thirty in the morning.  What is the matter?"
Margaret asked.  She knew exactly what was wrong.  Fox had told her
every detail of their Cape May vacation, even about what drove her
daughter to leave.
	"It's Mul-Fox.  He and I had a falling out.  A really horrible
argument.  I ran from him." Dana explained with many holes in her story.
	"I know all about it, Dana." her mother wisely answered.
	"How did-" Dana asked shocked.
	"I drove him back to D.C. from Cape May after you left him stranded
there.   We had to talk about some things on the way back." Margaret
answered with a smile on her lips.  She imagined Dana's expression,
pursed lips and a hand on her hip.  She knew her daughter too well.
	"Just how much did he tell you?" Dana asked with a bit of anger.  The
tears had stopped and she had gotten back in control of her feelings.
	"Everything.  Dana, you're breaking his heart." her mother replied.
	"I-He'll see in the end this was the best solution." Dana tried to
rationalize.  She heard her mother sigh heavily and then yawn.
	"Mom, would it be okay if I spent a couple weeks with you?" Dana asked
softly.
	"Honey, I don't think seeking haven in this house is the right thing to
do." Margaret advised.
	"I don't give a damn about the right thing to do.  Can I stay?" Dana
snapped and then softened.
	"You're always welcome to come home, Dana.  You know you don't have to
ask that." Dana's mother relented.
	"Mom, I'm sorry I snapped.  I'm a little edgy right now." Dana
apologized.
	"It's okay, dear.  It's understandable.  Dana, what about work?  You
have to let Skinner know that you're taking some time off." Dana's
mother lastly reminded her.
	"You're right, but I know if I tell Skinner anything, Mulder will end
up finding out." Dana sighed.  She heard her mother yawn again.
	"I'm sorry I woke you up, Mom.  Go back to bed now.  I'll take care of
calling Skinner in the morning.  I should be at home around one in the
afternoon." Dana informed her mother before hanging up.  Dana let her
head fall to her pillow and instantly she was sound asleep.
F.B.I. HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
APRIL 5, 10:00 AM
	"Sir, you wanted to see me?" Agent Mulder asked intrigued about being
called into the Assistant Director's office almost first thing in the
morning.
	"Yes, I wanted to let you know that Agent Scully has decided to take a
leave of absence from the bureau." Skinner informed Mulder rocking
gently in his leather chair.
	"For how long?" Agent Mulder asked prying for information.
	"Indefinitely." Skinner answered clasping his hands together.
	"Sir, why?" Mulder asked quickly.
	"She didn't say.  And I'm not at liberty to discuss this anymore. 
Apparently, she wants nothing more to do with you, Agent Mulder."
Skinner drew his own conclusion from the talk that he and Dana had
shared on the phone not too much earlier.  Mulder, defeated, walked out
of Skinner's office when dismissed.


F.B.I. BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
APRIL 5, 4:45 PM
	A knock startled Mulder and brought his mind back to earth.  He
couldn't stop thinking about Scully.
	"Come in...if you're not afraid to see the one and only Spooky Mulder."
Mulder sarcastically answered the knock.  He jumped up realizing that it
might be Scully.  Agent Dixon poked her head in the door.
	"Is that anyway to get people to visit you down here?" she smiled.
	"No one ever visits down here." Mulder replied returning to some
reading.
	"Agent Mulder, you never let me repay you for driving me home that
night.  I want to take you out for dinner.  Could you go tonight?" Agent
Dixon asked hopefully.
	"Um-no, I can't.  I should stay by the phone in case Scully calls."
Mulder sighed.
	"Still no word?  I thought she would have at least have told you about
her plans on leaving." Agent Dixon replied trying to make conversation.
	"N-How do you know  that she took leave?" Mulder asked.
	"Word gets around the building fast.  You of all people should know
that, Spooky." Agent Dixon laughed.  Mulder looked up and smiled at
her.  Agent Dixon's hazel eyes sparkled with laughter.  He momentarily
forgot all about Dana Scully.
	"Y'know what?  I think I'll take you up on your dinner offer after
all." Mulder confidently replied.
	"Great!  Come by my desk in a half hour and we can go." Agent Dixon
smiled.
	"Agent Dixon-" Mulder started.
	"Call me Sarah." Agent Dixon interrupted.
	"Sarah, do you want people to know that you're going to have dinner
with me?" Mulder asked checking.  Most people would tell him to wait
outside and they would meet him there.  They were embarrassed to be seen
with the F.B.I.'s most unwanted.
	"No, I want everyone to see I'm not so spooked of Spooky Mulder." Agent
Dixon replied and left his office.  Mulder rested his chin on his hand. 
He loved the way she said the word "spooky".
JOE'S DINER
ANNAPOLIS,MD
APRIL 5, 5:45 PM
	"I've never had a better burger." Mulder sighed after his delicious
dinner.
	"I know they are amazing, aren't they?" Sarah Dixon replied feeling
stuffed.
	"I'm really glad you came with me tonight." Sarah smiled.
	"Me too." Mulder smiled back.
	"Fox, I have a confession to make." Sarah bit her lip in the same
fashion Scully did, but Scully was the least thing Mulder was thinking
about.
	"What?" Mulder asked curiously.
	"I, um, feel very attracted to you.  I want to go out again." Sarah
replied letting a huge breath out after getting that off of her chest.
	"Sure, Sarah.  I really like being with you." Mulder smiled.  Sarah
looked down at her hands and Mulder compulsively reached over the table
and kissed her tenderly.  Sarah knew that she and Fox would become very
close.
MARGARET SCULLY'S HOUSE
UNKNOWN
APRIL 15, 5:30 PM 
	"Here's some soup, Dana." Margaret Scully called entering Dana's
bedroom.  Dana was staring out the huge picture window.  She turned
slowly and saw her mom trying to steadily carry the soup on a tray to
her.  Dana accepted the tray when her mother handed it to her.  She
breathed in the warm scent of chicken noodle soup.
	"Thanks, Mom.  I love chicken noodle." Dana smiled.  Her mother nodded
and sat down on her bed while Dana took the first few sips carefully.
	"Dana, it's time to talk." her mother stated.
	"I know.  I've decided what I'm going to do." Dana replied.  Her mother
waited for her to swallow a spoonful of soup.
	"I'm going to go back to work." Dana replied.
	"Just because Gloria saw Mulder and another woman together, doesn't
mean anything." Margaret Scully replied tentatively.  She knew this was
still a touchy subject with her daughter.
	"I know.  Believe me, Mom, it wouldn't be anything.  Mulder loves me
and I love him." Dana replied.  Margaret was happy that her daughter was
starting to cope with he true feelings about her partner.  Dana lifted
up the bowl and finished her soup.
	"So when are you leaving?" her mother asked.
	"I think I'll go tonight and surprise Mulder at work tomorrow." Dana
decided.  She pulled her duffel bag out from underneath the bed and
stuffed her clothes in it.  Soon after, she was all packed.  She hauled
the heavy bag downstairs.
	"Bye, Mom.  Thanks for letting me stay." Dana smiled giving her mother
a huge hug.
	"Oh, you're welcome to come home anytime.  Don't be a stranger, now. 
Call me when you get home." Dana's mother warned.
	"I will, I promise." Dana answered and with that she left her childhood
home.
SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERSTATE
MARYLAND
APRIL 15,  7:00 PM.
	It was really dark on the strip of highway Dana was driving along.  An
occasional car passed her going the opposite direction.  A rain drop
splattered on her windshield signaling the predicted storm was about to
hit.  Dana turned on her wipers as the rain got heavier and heavier with
each passing second.  She turned the radio up so she could here it over
the rain.  Gloria Estefan's "Live for Lovin' You" started and Dana began
to sing along thinking of Mulder.  She got so involved with singing a
long to the radio she didn't see the cop come up behind her.  He was
flashing his lights.  Dana pulled over and rolled down her window as
little as possible to keep from getting wet.
	"Excuse me, ma'm, please get out of the car." the officer instructed.
	"I'm sorry, sir.  I was getting carried away listening to the radio. 
Was I speeding?" Dana asked.
	"Get out of the car, please." the officer repeated.  Dana sighed and
slowly got out of her car and got soaked by the rain.
	"Stupid girl." the officer muttered and  took his gun and hit her in
the temple.  Dana collapsed to the ground unconscious.  The officer
picked her up in his arms and rode off with her in his trunk.
MARGARET SCULLY'S HOUSE
UNKNOWN
APRIL 21, 1:00 PM
	Margaret Scully was relieved to find a letter from Dana sitting in her
mailbox when she opened the lid.  She immediately embraced all the mail
into her arms and carried it into her kitchen.  Margaret immediately
tore open the letter from Dana.  She hadn't heard from Dana since she
had left.  She unfolded the letter and read it quickly.
	"Dear Mom,
		I'm sorry I haven't called in awhile.  As soon as I got back to work,
Assistant Director Skinner offered me a teaching job in Europe.  Of
course, I took it.  I'm leaving on the 22nd.  I don't know when I'll be
able to write to you or call you because I'll be jumping from country to
country on spur of he moment.  I hope you won't miss me too much.  I
love you, Mom.  I'll try to write again soon.
	Love always,
	Dana"
	Margaret sighed with relief.  She was so worried about Dana.  Now, she
knew that she was okay.

F.B.I. BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MAY 1, 2:00PM
	"Knock, knock." a familiar female voice called.  Mulder stood from his
chair a wide grin on his face.  Sarah Dixon entered his office and ran
into his arms.
	"I've missed you." Mulder whispered into her ear.  He nestled his face
into her hair.  She smelled good.
	"Fox, it's only been two hours since we had lunch." Sarah laughed.
	"I know, I get so lonely down here." Fox whined.
	"What happened to Agent Dragan?" Sarah asked in surprise.
	"She didn't have the balls to do this job." Mulder grimaced.
	"So far the only partner who you liked is Agent Scully.  I know it's
hard, but you have to face the facts.  She's gone and you need to
replace her.  I don't like you going out on cases alone.  I worry about
you Fox." Sarah blurted out.  Fox pulled away from her.
	"Sarah, I'll be fine.  I have accepted the fact that Scully's gone.  I
promise the next partner I get I'll try by best to keep him or her to
stay." Fox smiled at Sarah.  He saw the doubtful look in her eyes.
	"Cross my heart." Fox added and wrapped Sarah into his arms.
	"Fox, I can't believe this is all happening so fast.  I mean a month
ago I barely knew you.  Now-" Sarah started.
	"I know, believe me.  The chemistry we have is incredible." Fox added.
	"it's a little scary, too." Sarah whispered.
	"I know, but as long as we're together, everything will be okay.  Now,
how about that kiss you promised me earlier." Fox finished the
conversation.  Sarah looked up into his bright brown eyes.
	"I love you" Sarah breathed.  There she had said it.  She had been
waiting for the right moment.  Mulder looked surprised then he smiled
widely.
	"That's the first time you've told me that." Fox grinned.
	"It's the truth." Sarah replied.  She sucked in her breath waiting for
him to repeat those same three words.  He didn't.  Instead, Mulder just
left a peck on her check and sat back down.  Bewildered, Sarah dragged
her feet towards the door.
	"Oh, and Sarah." Mulder called.
	"Yes?" Sarah asked in a soft tone.
	"I love you, too." Mulder answered.  He stood back up and watched the
smile form on her lips.  She raced back over to him and kissed him
forcefully on the lips.  One kiss turned into a second kiss and before
she knew what was happening he was mounting her ready to insert his
tense male muscle.
	"Fox, we can't do this here." Sarah gasped feeling the head on his
large rod enter her lips.
	"Why not?  No one comes down here.  No one will hear us."  Mulder
rationalized.  And with one swift agile move, he was inside her.  Making
sweet love to her on Scully's old desk.  Sarah moaned as he brought her
to her climax.  It had been less then twenty four hours since they had
last consummated their relationship.  She let out a tiny little cry and
thrusted against him harder, sending him deeper inside of her.  He felt
his sac slam against her lips and realized she had his full length
inside of her.  He looked down and saw her juices begin to leak out onto
him and the desk.  His muscle began to rapidly throb.  He pumped harder
and tried to suffocate himself in her hair.  When it was all over, he
pulled out and pulled up his boxers.  Sarah pulled up her panties and
smoothened out her dress suit.
	"That was incredible." Sarah breathed still recovering.
	"It was, wasn't it?" Mulder smiled.  He kissed her tenderly before they
both returned to their work.
UNKNOWN PLACE
UNKNOWN LOCATION
UNKNOWN DATE OR TIME
	Dana felt  pain in her lower abdomen.  She tried to open her eyes, but
her head was hurting a great deal.  Finally the pain began to subside
and she was able to open her eyes.  The bright light made her shut her
eyes immediately.  Slowly she reopened them and they began to adjust to
the light.  She heard voices, male voices.  She picked her head up off
of the cold metal table. and saw that her abdomen had been expanded by
some sort of pump.  A violet liquid was being fed into her by an I.V. 
She turned her head to see an empty table to her left.  She turned to
the right and saw Jessica Collins unconscious on the table.  The same
liquid was being fed to her, but different tests were being performed. 
She quickly faked being still unconscious when she heard the voices
drawing closer to her.
	"She's still out of it, Sir." one of the men said.
	"Good.  You can turn the pump off now." another male voice answered. 
	"It's been fourteen hours, should I give her more sedatives?" another
male voice asked.
	"Yes, we don't want her to wake up in the middle of the next test.  My
favorite test of them all." the male in charge wickedly laughed.  Dana
wanted to scream out.  What the hell was the next test?  She didn't want
to be sedated.
	"Sir, if I may speak" the male voice who asked about more sedatives
began.
	"Go ahead." the male in charge answered.
	"Dana's vital signs are weak.  I don't think we should giver her
anymore.  I guarantee she won't be up anytime soon." the male informed
his superior.
	"Good call, Simpson.  We don't want my precious beautiful Dana to slip
into a coma.  At least not until I have my way with her." the man in
charge laughed wickedly again.  Dana hoped her skin wasn't forming goose
bumps to give her away.  She felt the table begin to move and realized
they were rolling her into another room.  She opened her eyes just
enough to see her surroundings.  The room was dark.  Except for a small
blinking red light in the corner of the room.
	"Here we go, Dana.  The last of your tests." the man stated.  he was
fumbling with something and then he came over to her.  She still had her
eyes slitted open.  He was about Dana's age.  He had blond hair, green
eyes.  He was very attractive, but Dana felt no attraction to this man
who was holding her against her will for the second time.  She felt his
icy hand  pull the sheet from her body.
	"This will only take a few minutes, sweet Dana." the man smiled.  She
felt his hands trace over her naked breasts and felt his hardness plunge
into her.  Dana let out a horrifying scream and sat up scaring the hell
out of the man.
	"Get off of me!" Dana screamed.  The man was angry that she had waken
up.  He dove on top of her and pinned her down.
	"You should be sedated for this.  You tricked us.  And for that you
have to be punished.  He forced himself back into her and pushed harder
against her.  Dana screamed out in pain.  He was too large for her, but
he pressed on  ripping and tearing flesh as he pumped.
	"Please...please" Dana begged while sobbing.  She felt his wetness come
and it was over.  He immediately injected her with some sort of drug,
most probably a sedative.
	"Sweet dreams, my dear Dana." the man breathed.  Those were the last
words Dana heard before tumbling back into a deep slumber.



MARGARET SCULLY'S HOUSE
UNKNOWN
JULY 12, 11:00 AM
	It had been weeks since Margaret had last heard from her daughter.  She
was beginning to worry and was very angry at the F.B.I. for assigning
her daughter to such a grueling teaching position.  Margaret had had
enough and she was about to let assistant Director Skinner have a piece
of her mind.
	"Hello, Assistant Director Skinner's office." a woman's voice answered
after she had been on hold for nearly a half hour.
	"i would like to talk to the Assistant Director, please." Margaret
replied.
	"Hold on one moment  while I transfer your call into his office." the
woman answered.
	"Assistant Director Skinner, here." a male voice called into the phone.
	"Hello, Mr. Skinner?  This is Margaret Scully.  Dana's mother."
Margaret introduced herself.
	"Oh, hello, Margaret, what can I do for you?" the assistant director
asked happy to hear from one of his most beloved agent's mother.
	"I want you to pull Dana off of that teaching position in Europe."
Margaret answered.
	"What teaching position?" Skinner asked confused.  He had no idea what
Margaret was talking about.
	"She wrote me a letter saying that she took a teaching job in Europe."
Margaret informed Skinner beginning to worry.
	"Mrs. Scully, Dana never came back here.  The last time she was in this
building was March 25." Skinner replied checking some records.
	"Oh, god.... She's missing!" Mrs. Scully exclaimed.
	"Don't panic... she probably wasn't ready to come back to work and
didn't want to disappoint you.  Dana doesn't like to disappoint people."
Skinner tried to calm Mrs. Scully down.  Just then Margaret Scully had a
vision, she saw Dana lying lifelessly on a table.  A surge of pain
paralyzed her body.  She dropped the phone.
	"You have to let me talk to Fox." Mrs. Scully ordered.
	"Agent Mulder is on assignment.  There is no way to contact him at the
moment.  When he checks in I will be sure to tell him you called."
Skinner informed Dana's mother.
	"I need to talk to him right now.  He's the only one who'd
understand."Margaret urgently spoke into the phone.
	"I'm sorry that I can't reach him or help you out in any way." Skinner
apologized.  Margaret hung up on him.  She couldn't believe how Dana
pledged her life to the F.B.I and now that she needed their help, they
turned their backs on her.
MARGARET SCULLY'S HOUSE
UNKNOWN
AUGUST 30, 3:00 PM
	Fox had never called.  Margaret was disappointed.  No one in the F.B.I
contacted her about her daughter.  She was startled when the phone
rang.  She ran to it, hoping Fox was on the other end.
	"Mom?" a voice called into the phone.
	"Dana?  Is that you?" Margaret asked tears streaming down her face.
	"Oh, Mom..." Dana sobbed on the other end.
	"Dana, honey, where are you?" Margaret asked through her tears of
happiness.
	"JFK Airport.  I just flew in from Frankfurt." Dana informed her mom.
	"What were you doing in Frankfurt?" Her mother asked.
	"I woke up in a hospital there.  Mom, they took me again." Dana
revealed.  She began to sob even harder.
	"Oh, honey...."  Margaret whispered.
	"I'm coming home on the next flight.  I'll be there in an hour or two."
Dana informed her mother.
	"Okay, I'll meet you at the airport." her mother agreed.  They hung
up.  Margaret had never been so relieved.
MARGARET SCULLY'S HOUSE
UNKNOWN
AUGUST 30, 5:30 PM
	"Dana, I'm so glad you're home!" Margaret squealed and hugged her
daughter for the millionth time to make sure she was really there, safe
in her home.
	"Me, too.  Mom, I was so scared...." Dana trailed off.  Her lower lip
began to tremble.
	"What, sweetheart?" Dana's mother coddled her.
	"I saw what they did to me...I know what they do to women." Dana
shakily answered.
	"Sh...Dana....It's all over..." her mother pulled her again into her
arms and rocked her.
	"They raped me, mom.  The man responsible for my disappearances fucking
raped me....." Dana cursed while sobbing.  Her mother began to cry
also.  What did Dana do to deserve this?
	`It's okay, Dana, he's not here.  He can't hurt you now." Margaret
assured her.
	"Ohmygod, Mulder..." Dana suddenly cried out.  She rushed to the
phone.  She dialed the number so familiar to her only to find that
Mulder had moved and now had an unlisted number.
	"I've got to go to my apartment." Dana frantically stated.
	"Not tonight, honey.  I'll drive you in the morning." Dana's mother
protested.
	"Please, mom.  I need to go." Dana begged.  Her mother relented, seeing
how important this was to her daughter.  Five minutes later they were on
the road.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT BUILDING
ANNAPOLIS,MD
AUGUST 30, 7:00 PM
	When they pulled into the parking lot of Dana's apartment building two
hours later, Dana felt a sense or dread.  She hadn't been here in over
six months.  Her apartment would be disgustingly dirty.
	"Thanks, mom.  For the ride and all." Dana smiled and hugged and kissed
her mom before stepping out of the car.
	"You don't want me to go up there with you?" her mother asked.
	`I'll be okay." Dana assured her mom.  She took her keys out of her
purse and entered the building.  She waved as her mother pulled out of
the lot.  She cautiously made her way to her apartment.  She wondered
what it would look like.  Had Mulder stayed there while she was gone? 
Probably not.  She rounded the corner and stopped at her door.  Her next
door neighbor had taped up up a sign to her door telling the newspaper
deliverer to drop the daily paper in front of his apartment.  She
inserted the key and turned the lock and pushed inward.  The door eerily
squeaked as it slowly opened.  Her apartment was dark with the shades
drawn.  She put her keys down on the counter and could see six months
worth of dust settled on it.  She swept it off and dust went flying
everywhere.  Dana sneezed loudly and went to open the shades.  She had a
lot of work ahead of her.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD
SEPTEMBER 2, 9:00 AM
	It had taken Dana two days to get her apartment clean.  She had cleaned
and cleaned until she was too exhausted to clean anymore.  Her apartment
was sparkling.  It looked like she had been there all along.  Today was
the day she would trek into D.C. to see Mulder, Skinner, and the rest of
her fellow agents in the building.  Dana was staggering through D.C.
rush hour.  What would she say to Mulder when she saw him?  She played
the scene in her head a thousand times before reaching the bureau.
As she stepped off the elevator it seemed as if everyone was staring at
her.  She kept her eyes forward and walked straight into Skinner's
office.
	"Sir, I'm, uh, back." Dana informed the Assistant Director who was
still stunned to see her in his office.
	"Agent Scully, if I may ask, where have you been?" Skinner asked.
	"I was, um traveling." Dana lied through her teeth.  She didn't want
Skinner to know the truth.  Only Mulder would understand.
	"Agent Scully, welcome back. " Skinner smiled warmly. 
	"Am I still assigned to work with Agent Mulder?" she asked tentatively.
	"Agent Mulder has driven out every partner we assigned him since you
left.  We finally agreed to let him work solo.  The position is yours
for the taking if you like because frankly no one else wants to work
with him.." Skinner  answered.
	"Sir, I would like to have my old job back." Dana smiled business
like.  Skinner nodded and escorted her to the door of his office.
	"Dana," he softly spoke before she opened the door.
	"Yes, sir?" Dana asked.
	"It's really nice to have you back." Skinner finished.  Dana smiled
before heading to the basement.
	Dana knocked softly on the door she had once been able to burst right
through not so long ago.  In fact waiting for his acknowledgment of
someone at the door reminded her all too well of the first time she had
met him.
	"One sec." he called.  She heard some clattering and shuffling before
the door swung open.  He protruded and stood face to face with her, mere
inches separating their bodies.
	"Hello, F-Mulder." Dana softly greeted him.
	"Scully." he grunted.  His mouth twisted into a sneer and he left her
standing there and went back to work.  She entered the office without
invitation.
	"I, uh, don't know what to say." Scully blurted out after five minutes
of silence.
	"Then be silent." Mulder snapped and continued cleaning off his desk.
	"I can explain about everything, Mulder, if you give me a chance." Dana
replied feeling his coldness.  He didn't reply.
	"See I was heavily thinking about what happened in Cape May and then I
was driving home, and-" Dana began to explain.
	"Save it for someone who cares !" Mulder screamed at her.  The windows
rattled with the boom of his voice.  Dana saw the hurt in Mulder's eyes,
his vulnerability.  In a split second that vulnerability vanished and
his eyes turned cold and emotionless.  Dana could feel her heart cry out
for him.  She wanted to run and take him in her arms, but she knew that
was not the right thing to do.
	"I deserved that." Dana replied.  Mulder slammed his fists down on his
desk and in a huff sat down in his chair.  
	"Why did you come here?" Mulder asked coldly.
	"To-to work.  Skinner reinstated me as your partner." Dana replied
shaking.  She had never seen Mulder this angry.
	"Skinner, sure knows how to screw me over." Mulder chuckled to
himself.  Dana decided she didn't have to take this shit from him.
	"Look, Mulder, if you think working with me is the worst thing
possible, then I'll request to be transferred.  I don't want to make you
miserable.  I don't want to be miserable." Dana replied her fiery temper
flaring up.
	"Don't bother, today's my last day working in this division." Mulder
threw in.
	"What?" Dana asked suddenly confused.
	"Yeah, I'm throwing in my towel.  I'm done with all these government
run conspiracies." Mulder informed Scully.
	"But the X files is your life.  You want to seek the truth.  The truth
is what you live for." Scully rationalized to him.
	"Not anymore.  I have something more to live for now." Mulder shook his
head.
	"Like what?" Dana asked haughtily.
	"Like my fiancee." Mulder threw in her face.  It was a wicked thing to
do, but she deserved it.  For all those following weeks of heartache.  
	"Your-your fiancee?" Dana asked disbelieving.  Mulder nodded with a
smile on his face.
	"Who, may I ask, is your soon to be blushing bride?" Dana asked softly.
	"Sarah Dixon.  Y'know, the agent you forgot to take home that one
night." Mulder rubbed it in.
	"And you're giving up the X files for her?" Dana asked in astonishment
and hurt.
	"Yup.  I promised her that I wouldn't continue my work here.  It's too
dangerous.Effective today, I quit." Mulder replied quickly.
	"Too dangerous?  Never too dangerous for Fox Mulder." Dana scoffed.
	"You don't understand, it's not just about me anymore.  I have to think
about her now.  She doesn't want me to continue my work so I won't.  I
care about her too much to risk losing her, but, of course you wouldn't
understand that.  The Ice Queen has never cared that much for anyone
ever before."Mulder scowled.
	"Are we back to that petty name calling?  Am I the Ice Queen of the
F.B.I.?" Dana asked incredulously.
	"You are the Fucking Bitch Ice Queen of the F.B.I. to be exact." Mulder
replied.
	"Well, if you are leaving the X files I suppose I'm out of a job too."
Dana sighed.
	"How so?" Mulder asked intrigued.
	"If you're leaving, they don't need me to debunk `Spooky' Mulder's
theories anymore, do they now?" Dana replied haughtily leaning over his
desk.  Mulder felt slapped in the face.  Dana spun on her heels and
marched up to Skinnner's office.
	She burst into Skinner's office.
	"Agent Scully..." Skinner replied to her surprise visit.
	"Who the hell is that man in the basement?  That is not Fox Mulder."
Scully asked her temper at full steam.
	"Fox has had, let's say, a major attitude change." Skinner explained
Mulder's new behavior.
	"Did you know that he's walking out of here at five o'clock and not
coming back?" Scully asked seeing if Skinner would be shocked.  He
wasn't.
	"I've known about Agent Mulder's secret plans for a few weeks now.  He
was bound to quit any day now." Skinner replied cautiously.
	"Well, sir, the reason I came up here is, well, without Mulder I don't
want to work on the X files anymore." Dana stated.
	"And this is because..." Skinner motioned her to give a reason.
	"My job is finished there." Dana simply replied.
	`How so?  There are plenty of more files to go through, Agent Scully."
Skinner asked.
	"My job was to debunk Mulder's theories and without him, well, I can't
exactly debunk theories that never come up." Dana stated.
	"But Dana, don't you want to solve those files?" Skinner asked.
	"I believe every case in those files can be explained scientifically. 
I don't believe in paranormal experiences." Dana continued.
	"You're a smart agent, Agent Scully." Skinner applauded her.
	"I know when to leave sleeping dogs, lie." Dana finished.
	"Very smart indeed." Skinner repeated while musing over some papers. 
He pulled one out and handed it to Dana.
	"If you'd like there is a teaching position open at the academy. 
You're more than welcome to have it." Skinner offered.
	"What would I teach?" Dana asked.
	"Anatomy." Skinner replied without hesitation.
	"I'll take it." Dana confidently answered.
	"Report to this room at seven am.  Your class starts in two days.'
Skinner instructed giving her the sheet of paper.
	"Thank you, sir." Dana replied.
	"Your welcome.  And Scully-Dana don't be a stranger." Skinner warned.
	"I'll visit.  I promise." Dana smiled.  She left his office.  She
breezed past Mulder who was on his way to see Skinner.
DANA SCULLY's APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD  
SEPT 2, 8:30 PM
	"And that's the story." Dana finished after telling her mother all that
happened.  Her mother was quiet.
	"Mom, you there?"Dana called into the phone.  She heard a whimpering.
	"Mom stop crying.  I'm okay, really." Dana.
	"I wanted him to be with you Dana.  I trusted him with you." Dana's
mother sobbed.
	"I wanted him too , Mom.  But things are different now.  He's getting
married." Dana replied holding the tears back.
	"Mom, I have to go....I have something cooking." Dana blurted and hung
up the phone.  She placed it on the stand and broke down into tears. 
Dana wiped the continues cascade of tears away every few seconds and
slowly made her way to her bedroom.  Dana collapsed onto her bed and
fell asleep drowned in tears.  She awoke at  three in the morning and
listened to the sound of the rain splash against her window pane.  She
thought about the first time she met Fox and how well....attracted she
was to him.  Of course it was easier to hide her feelings then.  And
that night after she exposed her naked body to him for thinking mosquito
bites were something else....she felt her heart go out to him as he told
her about his sister.  Ever since then she wanted to throw her arms
around him and let him know that she loved him and she cared, but that
was strictly against the rules of the F.B.I. and it was hard enough for
her to be respected because of her sex.  Crossing the line with Mulder
would have been the biggest mistake ever.  Dana's thoughts shifted to
when she started to not give a shit what agents in the F.B.I. thought of
her and her nickname "Ice Queen" was born.  Dana had an attitude and if
anyone rubbed her the wrong way they would see her attitude up close and
personal.  Dana made her way into the kitchen and poured herself a glass
of iced tea.  Mulder loved iced tea.  "You're only making this harder on
yourself, Dana," she chided herself.  She sipped the iced tea slowly and
focused her attention on the picture frames on her mantel above her
fireplace.  Many consisted of her and Mulder with a few of family and
other friends snaked in between.  "I was so happy" Dana sighed to
herself.  She was the newest victim to the old saying " You don't know
what you have until you lose it.".  She picked up one particular
picture.  It was of Mulder giving her a piggy back ride at one of her
family's picnics.  They looked like the perfect couple even though
crossing the line was far from her thoughts at the time.  He looked so
hot in his favorite New York Nix tee-shirt.  She was dressed in  a
sweatshirt from the Academy.  She had a hat turned backwards on her head
and Mulder's hair was all tousled from an earlier game of football he
shared with her brothers.  If only time could reverse itself, but that
was impossible unless she was with Mulder.  Mulder made anything
possible.  The clock struck half past three and Dana decided to head
back to bed trying to salvage some sleep that night.  It came upon her
like a wave and soon her thoughts drifted away and she sighed before
falling into a deep sleep.



F.B.I. ACADEMY ROOM #27
QUANTICO,VA
SEPT 4, 7:00 AM
	Dana Scully's class filled up quickly and everyone became quiet as Dana
removed her classes and carelessly threw them on her desk.
	"Good morning, I'm Dr. Dana Scully and I'll be teaching this class,
Anatomy 301 Honors." she began.  A few students looked at her
questioningly then realized that they were in the wrong class and
quietly left.
	"I assume most of you are hear to learn more about life and what
makings living organisms tick.  I hope to teach you all you need to
know.  There will be some major dissection labs and if you are squeamish
about that sort of thing I suggest you drop the class now.  I may be new
but I know how things run around here and I will be just as demanding as
other teachers.  Probably more so.  I expect everyone to give 110
percent and nothing less.  I hope we have a good semester together.  And
now for the first lecture." Dana introduced.  The students opened their
notebooks and began to furiously write as she talked.  Finally the fifty
minutes were done and the twenty seven students had filed out to their
next classes.  Dana sat down at her desk and began preparing notes for
tomorrow's lecture.  She was startled as a presence leaned over her
desk.  She looked up in surprise and her eyes locked with the most
emerald green eyes she had ever seen.  She sat gazing into them for a
few seconds before breaking contact.  A blush crept to her checks.
	"Dr. Scully?" he asked.  Dana nodded.
	"Hi I'm Dr. David Packard.  I teach the other section of honors anatomy
students." the man introduced himself.
	"Oh, hello, Dr. Packard." Dana smiled warmly.  His eyes were definitely
captivating.
	"Please call me David." Dr. Packard insisted.
	"Okay,David, then I insist you call me Dana." Dana replied. 
Dana...hearing her first name sounded very odd to her.  She had been
called "Scully" for the longest time.
	"Well, Dana, there is a meeting for all science personnel right now in
room twelve.  Would  you like me to show you where room twelve is?"David
asked.
	"Actually, would you mind giving me a tour of this place after the
meeting?  It's changed so much since I've been here." Dana asked.
	"Sure," David answered with a smile.  He and Dana rushed to room twelve
for the meeting.  Dana knew she had found a close friend.
F.B.I. ACADEMY ROOM #27
QUANTICO,VA
2:45, NOV 15
	Dana was having a blast teaching anatomy.  Her students loved her and
she felt so good when she saw her students test scores and knew they had
a handle on the material she covered.  She sighed contently while noting
that the class average was a ninety-two when someone knocked on her
door.  She looked up and David entered the room.
	"Hey, what's up?" she asked with a smile.  David stuffed his hands in
his pockets nervously.
	"Not much" David replied and stared at the ceiling.  Dana shoved her
papers into her attache case and stood up.  She shrugged on her coat and
started to walk out from behind her desk.
	"No, wait" David said quickly and grasped her arm.  Dana fixed her
collar while she waited for him to speak.
	"Dana, I was wondering if you'd like to get a bite to eat with me."
David blurted.  Dana pondered his question for a few seconds.
	"Okay," she answered with a little hesitation.  A smile spread across
David's face.
	"Great.  I know of this wonderful sandwich shop.  He gave her
directions and they agreed to meet there in fifteen minutes.  Dana
wondered if she made the right decision.  It was a harmless get
together.  It wasn't even a date.  David was her friend-her friend and
that's all.  She reassured herself the whole way to the sandwich shop.
F.B.I. ACADEMY ROOM #27
QUANTICO,VA
DEC 15, 12:00 PM
	Dana Scully was busy writing and rewriting the anatomy final when the
smell of pastrami lingered into her room.  It made her stop and look
up.  David was standing there with a pastrami sandwich smiling at her.
	"For me?" Dana asked with sparkling eyes.  David nodded and set the
sandwich down in front of her.  "And what did I do to deserve this?"
Dana asked with a smile.  	
	"Don't you know what today is?" David asked with a sly smile.   Dana
shook her head as she took a bite out of the sandwich.
	"A month ago today you went with me to the sandwich shop.  This is our
one month anniversary."David laughed.  Dana let out a giggle as she
swallowed.  A small glob of mustard protruded onto her lip.  David
kissed her tenderly and made the little drop of mustard disappear into
his own mouth.
	"So you got me the same sandwich I ordered." Dana laughed.  David was
always doing crazy things.  Just last week he sent her a dozens of
flowers and when she laughed about not having enough vases, he sent her
a different vase for each set of flowers he sent.  She liked David.  She
liked him a lot.  They were getting serious fast-and she didn't mind.
	"You're weird." Dana laughed uncontrollably.
	"I know, that's what you dig about me." David smiled.  He kissed her
again this time pressing forward and pulling her into his arms.  She
felt his left hand rest on her tiny waist and then move upward
underneath her sweater.  He slowly traced the bottom of her bra and
proceeded to  get one finger under the elastic before Dana shoved him
away.
	"David, please, not at school." Dana seriously stated and tucked a lock
of hair behind her ear.
	"Dana, I'm sorry.  I just cant control myself around you.  Just being
near you drives me wild." David whispered in her ear.  His breath made
her shiver.  She looked at her mail which David had also brought to
her.  The first was a memo about guest lecturers who would be holding
special lectures  on December twentieth which was the last day before
winter recess.  Dana's eyes skimmed the memo until she saw a name that
cut her breath short.  She dropped the paper and almost hyperventilated.
	"Dana, what is it?" David asked worried.  He picked up the paper and
saw the name "Fox Mulder" listed as one of the guest speakers.  He knew
that Dana used to be partners with this Mulder character, but that was
all.  He didn't care if she had been anything more to him because she
was his now and none if what happened before mattered now.  Dana
recovered and clasped David's hand in hers.
	"David, I have to tell you some things about Fo-Mulder in case we run
into him." Dana began.  David knew she was serious but he couldn't help
to smile when she said "we" meaning him and her-as a team-together.  Her
twelve thirty class began to roll in.
	"Tonight,  come to my apartment around seven." Dana whispered.  David
nodded and left professionally.  Dana didn't know how she did it, but
she pulled off her two classes like she hadn't heard the name Fox Mulder
at all.



DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS,MD
DEC 15, 7:00 PM
	David was right on time.  Dana briskly walked to her door and opened
it.  David was worried about Dana ever since lunch.  He passed her
several times in the hall and each time she looked like she would burst
into tears in any second.  She still had that look on her beautiful face
now.  David took a seat on the couch and Dana sat  on the couch also. 
She turned to face him and clasped one of his hands in hers.  He rested
his other hand on top of hers and stroked it fondly.
	"David, there are some things that I'm going to tell you tonight that
you probably won't believe.  But, they are true and you need to know."
Dana began with a sigh.  David stared at her with mysterious look in his
eyes.
	"I have been abducted." Dana blurted.  A smile formed on David's lips.
	"By who?  Aliens?" David laughed.  Dana flashed him an angered look and
then softened when David withdrew his smile and stared down at the floor
hating how insensitive he had just been.
	"David, this is serious, okay?" Dana replied to his outburst.  David
nodded.
	"I'm sorry" David apologized and kissed her hand.  Dana collected her
thoughts for a moment before continuing.
	"I don't know who is my abductor.  It could be aliens  or the
government.  I don't know.  All I know is that twice now I've been taken
for months at a time.  And it's not just me.  There are other people who
have been taken.  In fact there are a whole group of people in
Allentown, Pennsylvania who claim to have seen me while they were
abducted." Dana focused on her hand on his while she went on about how
the abduction changed the way she looked at Mulder.  And then she got to
the Cape May fiasco and everything after that.  Dana looked up into his
eyes as a single tear slid down her cheek.
	"Dana, It's okay.  You have me now.  I won't hurt you." David swore and
pulled her to him.  Dana nestled her head on his shoulder and thanked
god for letting her have someone like David.
	"Dana, all this serious talk has brought me way down.  What do you say
to watching some TV?" David asked.  Dana nodded and handed him the
control.  They settled in watching all different comedies until they
fell asleep in the early morning hours.
F.B.1. ACADEMY FACULTY LOUNGE
QUANTICO,VA
DEC 20, 4:00 PM
	"So, the semester is officially over," sighed David.
	"Yup.  Now for our much deserved month break." Dana replied.  She
swayed over to the coffee pot and filled her mug.  David got up from his
seat and stood in the doorway.  Dana sipped her hot drink and watched
him curiously.  He motioned for her to come join her.  Dana rested her
mug on the counter and walked over to him.  She peered down the hall and
didn't see anything unusually.
	"What?" she asked with intrigue and stared up at him.  He pointed up. 
Dana shifted her view to the frame of the doorway and saw mistletoe
taped to it.  Dana smiled and went in for the kill.  David pulled her
into her arms and tenderly kissed her several times before pulling away.
	"Dana, there isn't anyone here.  Everyone has gone home." David
breathed and began to kiss her again.  Dana responded by hungrily
searching for his lips.  He backed her up into the frame of the door and
pressed on.  Dana didn't want David to stop and she made that clear by
forcing her tongue into his mouth which he gladly accepted.


F.B.I. ACADEMY LECTURE ROOM # 3
QUANTICO, VA
DEC 20, 4 PM.
	Fox Mulder hastily shoved his notes into his briefcase.  He couldn't
wait to get away from here.  Sarah was waiting for him at home and then
they'd be flying to Massachusetts to spend Christmas with his mom.  He
tore out of the lecture room and headed out.  He rounded the corner to
see two academy students kissing wildly in the hall.  The girl had the
most beautiful red hair.  The kind of red hair that Scully had.  He
noticed the mistletoe in the doorway and smiled to himself.  This couple
made it look like you made out under mistletoe instead of just kiss
under it.  The couple broke apart and he saw the red head's face. 
Mulder's face turned white and he stood in shock.  That woman was Dana
Katherine Scully and not an academy student.  The guy wasn't an academy
student either because he was carrying the attache case that all F.B.I.
instructors receive.  She had gone on with her life.  Mulder so hoped
she was sitting in her apartment in a fetal position begging for him to
come back to her.  He spun around and quickly looked for another exit. 
Mulder looked for an exit everywhere but couldn't find one.  Images from
the night in Cape May began to mix with visions of her kissing that
guy.  He couldn't stand it.  That should have been him.  Defeatedly, he
trudged back to the hallway where he had seen Dana kissing the strange
man.  He walked down the hallway and pulled his collar up to hide his
face.  He passed the doorway where they had been standing when Dana
collided into him full force knocking them both to the ground.
	"Sir, I am so sorry." Dana cried and then realized who the man was. 
She quickly scrambled to her feet and became nervous.  David joined them
out in the hallway.
	"Mu-Mulder.  Hello." Dana breathed.  Mulder muttered something that
sounded like "hello Scully".
	"David, this is my ex-partner Fox Mulder.  Mulder, this is my good
friend, David Packard.;  He teaches the other two sections of honors
anatomy." Dana introduced.		"Yeah, Scully, used to introduce me as her
good friend too before she left me." Mulder snidely commented.
	"You mean when she left you and found someone better?  Someone like
me?" David snarled.  Mulder glared and Dana prayed that they wouldn't
start.  A few other comments passed through the breeze and Dana pulled
Mulder by his collar down the hall.
	"I know you hate me, but-" Dana began.
	"Scully, I don't hate you.  I never hated you."Mulder cut in.
	"Oh really?  You sure as hell acted like it the last time I saw you."
Dana blew up.
	"Damn it, Dana.  You made me so angry.  You took my heart and ripped it
to pieces.  I trusted you and you betrayed me.  You left and never
contacted me."Mulder replied.  All the emotion came back to him and Dana
could see how much she had hurt him.
	"Mulder I tried to apologize.  You didn't let me get a word in.  You
wouldn't let , me explain anything.  Mulder I knew running was a mistake
and I was planning on coming back sooner than I did."Dana explained
calmly.
	"Then why didn't you?" Mulder asked and crossed his arms in front of
him.
	"Because I was abducted again.  I was taken for four months." Dana
softly replied.  Mulder turned away as Dana explained his worst fear had
come true.
	"And Mulder, I remember what they did.  Do you want to know what they
do to us?" Dana asked almost furious.  She felt all the emotion rage up
in her as well.  Mulder wouldn't look at her.  Dana grabbed his arm
forcefully and Mulder turned to look at her.
	"They raped me Mulder.  They raped me." Dana said with a tight lip. 
Mulder softened.
	"Scully, I'm sorry." Mulder mumbled.  He pulled her into her arms and
held her while she cried softly.
	"And you weren't there for me.  I had no one." she sobbed.  Mulder's
heart ached and he kissed the top of her head.
	"I'm sorry,Dana." Mulder whispered.  David watched the scene from a
distance and didn't like what was going on.  He decided to intervene.
	"Um, Dana we should get going." David interjected.  Dana, surprised to
hear his voice, pulled herself from Mulder.  David put his arm around
Dana and began to lead her away.
	"Mulder, call me." she ordered before heading back into the faculty
room with David.  Mulder nodded and watched her fade from sight.  For a
moment, it felt like nothing had changed.  God, did he still love her? 
Yes, she stirred up feelings in his soul that he thought were gone. 
This was so unfair to Sarah.  He loved Sarah.  Sarah made him happy, but
Dana made him whole.  He shoved those thoughts aside and went on his way
home where Sarah would be waiting.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS,MD
JUNE 24, 3:00 AM
	Scully turned over in her bed and picked up the phone receiver
annoyed.  
	"Hello?" she grunted.
	"Scully, it's me.  Can I come over?" a man's voice asked.
	"Mulder, it's 3 am.  Do you have to come over right now?" Dana asked
whining.
	"I-I-I yes" Mulder finally answered.
	"Okay, I'll have a pot of coffee on." Dana sighed.  She hung up the
receiver.
	"Who was that?" the man besides her groaned as he stretched.
	"It was Mulder.  Something's wrong and he's coming over."Dana explained
to David.
	"Okay, I'm going back to sleep.  I'm sure he'll be here when I wake up
considering you have a month's worth of catching up to do."David mumbled
and then rolled back over.  David wasn't jealous of Mulder's renewed
friendship with Dana.  He wasn't a threat to their happiness.  Dana
kissed his shoulder and rolled out of bed and padded into the kitchen. 
David was right.  They had a lot of catching up to do.  Just as their
friendship was returning to normal, Mulder had just disappeared.  Just
as she fixed the coffee maker, Mulder knocked on the door.  Dana ushered
him in.  He was a mess.  His hair was disheveled and he hadn't shaved in
awhile.  
	"My god, Mulder.  Where have you been?   Why didn't you contact me?"
Dana asked.
	"Sarah threw me out.  I haven't got anywhere to go." Mulder mumbled. 
Dana put a mug of fresh coffee in front of him.  Dana just watched him.
	"I've been living several places.  Most recently on the street." Mulder
replied in chopped up sentences.  He began to cough until he gagged.
	"Fox, why didn't you tell me?  You are welcome to stay here." Dana
replied.
	"I don't need your pity.  I didn't want to bother you in your new life
with Mr. Perfect.  Pretty soon you'll be in a perfect little house with
one of those white picket fences." Mulder muttered.
	"Mulder, it isn't that way and you know that.  You're never a bother."
Dana replied.  At that moment David sleepily entered the living room.
	"I'm sorry guys could you please keep it down.  I really need to get
some sleep." David asked politely.
	"Sure, David, we'll move into the study." Dana replied.  Mulder's heart
sunk.  Mulder followed Scully into what used to be her neighbor's
apartment.  Recently they got the okay to tear down the wall and convert
it into more room for them.
	"David lives with you?" Mulder asked in disbelief.  Dana nodded almost
feeling embarrassed.  God, what would Mulder think of her now.  Perfect
Catholic girl Dana Katherine Scully living with and obviously sleeping
with a man before vows.  Mulder couldn't believe it.  Dana closed the
folding door to the study.
	"I shouldn't have come here." Mulder sighed and turned to walk out.
	"Mulder-please stay.  We have a fold out bed in the living room.  You
can stay as long as you like." Dana pleaded.  Mulder started to object,
but Dana insisted.  She and Mulder exited the study quietly and opened
up the bed for him.   Soon after Mulder was asleep and Dana went back
into her bedroom.  She hoped David wouldn't mind Mulder staying there.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD
JULY 21, 2:00 AM
	David didn't mind Mulder at all.  Mulder was considerate and polite
considering the circumstances.  Dana entered the bedroom with a gleeful
smile.
	"He's down and out for the count." Dana whispered excitedly.
	"Good." David smiled as Dana joined him on the bed.  David took Dana
into his arms and opened the robe that Dana was wearing.  Instead of
finding her in her usual nightshirt and boxers he found her wearing a
black silk nightgown.
	"Dana...." he breathed feeling his pulse begin to rapid.  Dana smiled
bashfully.  She and David hadn't  made love since the second week of
Mulder's surprise arrival.  Dana decided tonight would be the night to
extinguish David's sexual hunger for her, and vice versa.  He pulled her
underneath him and pulled and tugged at the nightgown  for access to
every single inch of flesh covering Dana's body.  Her breasts were soft
and he pommeled them watching her nipples become erect with the
slightest touch.  He placed one in his mouth and slid his other had down
and caressed her mound, making her moan out in pure pleasure.  He
inserted a finger and she cried out.
	"Shhhh, Dana....remember Mulder..." David reminded her in between
kisses.  Dana nodded and bit down on her lip as he pushed in further and
further.  He pulled out his finger and Dana began to buck against him
begging him softly to insert it again.  David smiled and pulled her to a
sitting position on the edge of the bed.  He got down on his knees in
front of her and spread her legs far apart and entered his tongue
between her lips.  He loved the taste of her.  She was so sweet and
pure.  After he stopped stimulating her clit, he watched as her lips
relaxed and she became wet.  Never had it happened this fast.  He was
ready as well.  He inserted himself in her and teased her with just his
head and then slowly penetrated her deeper and deeper until he was fully
inside.  For someone as tiny as Dana, taking him all in seemed
impossible, but with Dana anything was possible.  She moaned and wrapped
her legs around him and he pumped and slid inside her.  Hearing her
erotic little groans drove him wild.  She began to buck and he felt her
as she, spasmed and came and soon he followed.  They collapsed
lifelessly on the bed, and David withdrew.  They both fell asleep soon
after.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD
JULY 21, 2:15 AM
   	Mulder heard a voice and sat straight up.  He heard Dana cry out
something in the bedroom.  Naturally he got up to investigate.  He made
his way to the bedroom door and opened it a crack to make sure she was
okay.  He peered into the dark room and found Scully sitting on the edge
of the bed with David on his knees in front of her his head glued to her
inner thighs.  The moonlight reflected right on Dana's mound of shaved
auburn hair.   Mulder saw David's tongue slide in and out out her lips
rapidly .  Dana gasped several times and pulled David's head as close to
her as possible so his tongue could penetrate her deeper.  David stopped
and grinned at her.  Lust filled Dana's eyes and she invited him to
mount her.  That look.....Mulder remembered it well.  David climbed on
top of her and pumped in her.  Mulder saw David's whole organ disappear
and he realized Dana had taken him all in.  He was amazed.  They were
laying sideways on the bed and Mulder could see every muscle tense in
Scully's body as David almost pulled out and teased her with his head. 
Dana kissed his neck and David caressed her left breast.  By this time
Mulder felt his own organ pulsating.  He was unaware that he had been
stroking himself.  He saw the look on Dana's face of utter pleasure and
knew she was signaling that she was releasing.  He saw them move
together.  David penetrating her so deep he lifted her off the bed and
then slammed into her pressing further searching for her innermost spot
of femininity.  She began to spasm against him and he held her tight,
letting her buck and ride him rapidly until her body became limp and his
did too after his release seconds after hers.  Mulder felt his own
release trickle down his leg and saw his boxer shorts had soaked right
through.  He didn't care.  He saw the content look on Dana's face and
knew that he wanted her.  Mulder sighed softly and crept back to his
bed.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD
JULY 21, 12:00 PM
	Mulder awoke to Dana softly humming in the kitchen.  He sat up and
turned to face her in the kitchen.  She was squeezing fresh orange
juice.
	"Good morning, sleepyhead." Dana laughed at Mulder.  Mulder smiled half
heartedly.
	"Where's David?" Mulder asked.
	"He went to the store to get some things before he leaves." Dana
replied.
	"Leave?  Where is he going?" Mulder asked
	"To California for a science convention.  He'll be gone for eighteen
days." Dana informed Mulder.
	"So long?" Mulder asked once he calculated that David would be back on
the seventh of August.  Conventions usually only lasted a few days.
	"Yeah,  David is the head of the Science Department at the academy."
Dana replied.  Mulder couldn't believe his luck.  Now was the time to
strike.  David came bustling through the door a few seconds later.
	"Hey," David called with a grin.  He kissed Dana tenderly and proceeded
to the bedroom. Mulder couldn't wait until David was gone.
DANA SCULLY's APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD
AUGUST 5, 9:00 PM
	Dana and Mulder were finishing up watching a movie.  Mulder knew that
tonight was going to be the night that he seduced her.  
	"Scully, why don't we go out?" Mulder suggested.
	"Like where?" Dana asked intrigued.
	"I don't know... a bar?" Mulder quickly answered.  Dana usually didn't
go for that sort of thing, but tonight she relented and she and Mulder
hit the town despite the threatening thunder showers.
	The first bar they entered seemed okay.  It wasn't too loud and the
people in it seemed okay.  Mulder bought Scully a drink.  And then he
bought her another one.  His tab began to grow, but he didn't care.
	"Come on Scully let's dance." Mulder insisted and pulled her out with
him on the dance floor.
	"Mulder, I drank too much.  Please, let's just go." Scully whined.
	"After we dance.  I promise."Mulder smiled.  Scully sighed and wrapped
her arms around him for the slow number.  Scully grew impatient after
three dances and all the alcohol had by this point settled into her
blood.  She was slurring her words and Mulder practically carried her
back to her car.  The ride home seemed very long to Dana. 
	"Mulder, where we are?" Dana asked mixed up.
	"Scully, the weather is really bad.  We are going to a motel.  We're
almost there.  Go back to sleep." Mulder replied with a smile.  Soon
after they pulled into a motel parking lot and Mudler went into the
office to get a room.  He came back seconds later with a room key.
	"Only one room?" Dana asked sleepily.
	"That's all they had left.  Besides, we're not under Skinner's thumb
anymore."  Mulder laughed.  Scully gave a half hearted smile and Mulder
and he helped her out of the car.  They ran to their room, but got
soaked on the way.  They bolted through the door and fell on the double
bed together both gasping for air.
	"Mulder, we better get up or we'll be sleeping on a wet bed." Scully
whispered still recovering from the run.
	"Yeah, we better get these wet clothes off too." Mulder suggested
waiting for a raised eyebrow from Dana.  But there wasn't one and Scully
shed her jeans and her top leaving on only her underwear which was white
and soaked through.  Mulder stripped to his boxers and could feel his
member pulsate as Dana's erect nipples showed through the cotton
material.  Mulder smiled and pulled her to him.
	"Mulder, what are you doing?" Scully asked confused.  Her head was
still swimming.  Mulder thumbed the crotch of her underwear and pulled
it to the side.  He inserted one of his fingers in her small hole.
	"I saw David do this to you.  You must like it." Mulder breathed.  Dana
arched her back.
	"Mulder, stop.  This isn't right.  I have David now." Dana tried to
string her reasons together.  Mulder pushed on then with two fingers and
played with her clitoris.  After seeing that her clitoris was well
stimulated he started to relax her by flicking his tongue in and out of
her.  By this time he had removed her panties.  Dana gasped at how much
Mulder was pleasuring her.  He stopped and Dana whined.
	"Still want me to stop?" Mulder wickedly asked.  Dana begged him to
continue.  He massaged her mound with one hand and undid her bra with
his other.  He began to nibble on one of her erect nipples when a chill
came over him.  He couldn't do this to her.  She wasn't thinking
straight.  She loved David.  She would never trust him again.  She would
never let him into her life again.  He abruptly stopped and sat up.
	"Mulder...." Dana whined.
	"Dana, I can't." Mulder sighed.  Dana sat up next to him and stroked
his member through his boxer shorts.
	"There is that better?" Dana purred.  Mulder threw her arm away from
him.  He was big and erect ready to cum any second.  He didn't want to
do this to her.
	"Dana I can't." Mulder shook his head.  Dana laid down on the bed with
her back against the cool comforter.  Mulder turned to look at her.
	"Mulder...." Dana purred and she spread her legs open for him and
pulled her lips wide apart for him so he could see that she was wet and
ready for him to mount her.  Mulder licked his lips and saw Scully's
body at her peak of sexual pleasure and threw all the reasons away.  He
mounted her in one swift move and there he was riding her as she came in
him and he also came shortly after.  Mulder felt awful for what he did. 
Scully had passed out and Mulder quickly dressed himself and her and he
drove them back to her apartment despite the rain.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS,MD
AUGUST 6, 1:00 AM
	Mulder hastily entered Dana's apartment and began to throw his
belongings in a bag.
	"Mulder what are you doing?" Dana demanded.  The alcohol had passed and
other than a splitting headache she was fine.
	"I've got to get out of here." Mulder told her throwing a shirt into a
duffel bag.
	"Why?" Dana asked.
	"Why?" Mulder mimicked her in disbelief.   "Scully, I seduced you.  I
made you cheat on David.  I was being selfish and in the end it's going
to hurt you." Mulder replied.
	"Mulder, you didn't make me do anything I didn't want to do.  I mean if
I hadn't been intoxicated none of this would have happened, but I made
you finish making love to me.  I know you didn't want to.  I remember
you telling me  that we had to stop.  But, Mulder you had me so turned
on I wanted you to finish.  David's never given me that much pleasure."
Dana admitted.
	"But Dana, it was wrong.  You have to tell David." Mulder insisted
zipping up his bag.  Dana shook her head.
	"Dana, it's only fair!  You have to tell him and I plan to be far away
when you do." Mulder yelled at her.
	"I don't have to tell David anything because he's cheating on me!" Dana
yelled back and began to sob uncontrollably.  Mulder had never seen Dana
this vulnerable.....this hurt....this scared.
	"What?" Mulder asked in a whisper.  Dana nodded and tried to stop the
tears, but they kept flowing.
	"How long have you known?" Mulder asked as they both eased into her
bedroom.
	"For a couple days." Dana sighed.  Before Mulder could ask how she
found out, Dana began her story.
	"I was in the study and I saw some of David's papers lying around so I
thought I'd straighten up a  bit.  Turns out those papers turned out to
be receipts from several motels up in Vermont.  I called the airline and
found out that he bought a ticket for Vermont and he had a lady flying
companion.  I tracked them all the way down to their motel room and when
I called a woman answered." Dana sobbed.  Mulder pulled her against him
and just held her and rocked her gently.
	"Every time I think about the last time David and I made love I think
about the girl he's cheating on me with.  I mean how do I know she
doesn't have AIDS or some sexually transmitted disease?" Dana continued
to sob.
	"Do you know how long he's been cheating on you?" Mulder asked softly. 
Scully shook her head against him.
	"The earliest date of a motel room was June twenty-fifth." Scully's
muffled voice continued.  Mulder shoved her away.  Scully's tears had
subsided and she stared at him blankly.
	"It is because of me!" Mulder exclaimed and held his head in his hands.
	"Mulder, I thought we finished this conversation." Scully softly
replied.
	"No, Scully.  I started living here on the twenty fourth.  Don't you
see?  He started this because I was staying here." Mulder reasoned.
	"Mulder, I don't believe that for a minute.  David's the kind of person
who would sit around weeks trying to figure out this plan on when to see
this girl." Dana replied trying to make Mulder stop blaming himself. 
When it comes to Scully's well being, when anything goes wrong, Mulder
blames it on himself.  Dana got the receipts from the study and showed
him that at least two weeks separated the dates of the motel stays.
	"See, Mulder.  David was probably planning this before you came." Dana
reasoned.  Mulder had to give her that one.
	"I dunno, Scully.  I still feel like I'm responsible." Mulder shrugged.
	"Mulder, you always feel I'm your responsibility." Scully laughed.
	"Now what?" Mulder asked intrigued to what Scully's answer would be.
	"I don't know.  I still care for him deeply.  I wish he felt the same."
Dana sighed.  She felt the tears weld back in her eyes, but she fought
them.  She didn't want Mulder to see her lose control like that again.
	"I still feel horrible for the motel fiasco." Mulder sighed.
	"You should feel bad about your plan of getting me intoxicated just so
you could have your way with me.  But, don't feel bad about messing
around because I wanted to make love to you just as much as you wanted
to." Dana answered him.  Dana began to reflect on the night's activities
and a blush rose to her cheeks when she remembered something Mulder had
said.
	"Mulder, were you serious when you said you saw David do those things
to me?" Dana asked embarrassed.  Mulder turned beet red.  This was the
first time Scully ever saw him embarrassed.
	"I heard you cry out in the bedroom.  I went to investigate
and...."Mulder trailed off.
	"What did you find out?" Dana asked teasingly.
	"That it really turns me on to see you orgasm." Mulder replied.  Dana
blushed and threw a pillow at him.  They cuddled and talked all night
long.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD
AUGUST 6, 10:00 AM
	Mulder stretched out like a cat and rolled over to find that Dana
wasn't there.  Mulder sighed and rolled  out of bed and stumbled out in
the kitchen area.  Dana was sitting at her kitchen table sipping coffee
and staring off into nothingness.
	"Scully," Mulder made his presence known.  Dana was startled and jumped
a little.
	"Morning, Mulder." Dana replied.  Mulder poured himself a cup of coffee
and joined her at the table.
	"So, what have you decided to do about David?" Mulder asked trying to
sound indifferent.  He was dying to know.
	"I'm going to confront him and tell him to leave." Dana firmly said. 
Mulder was elated inside.  This meant that Dana was his.
	"Now, Mulder....Fox I don't want you to get too excited." Dana softened
and hugged him.  Mulder was now confused.  He began to worry about what
she was going to say now that she called him by his first name.
	"Fox, I need to be alone for awhile.  I'm not ready for a relationship
right now.  I do need you to be my friend and help me through all this. 
Then when I'm ready, maybe it will be the right time for us, but until
then..." Dana trailed off.  She saw the hurt in Mulder's eyes.
	"I never meant for any of this to happen, Fox.  I'm sorry if I'm
hurting you." Dana apologized. 
	"I understand.  The first thing I'm going to do is move out."Mulder
offered.
	"That would be good.  I really need to be alone." Dana nodded.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD
AUGUST 6, 4:00PM
	Dana paced around her apartment.  David would be home any minute.  She
had sent Mulder down to the lobby so he wouldn't be there when she
confronted David.  The lock jingled and Dana focused on the door.
	"Hello..." David called entering the apartment.  Dana didn't respond
and just stood before him.  David just looked at his fuming girlfriend.
	"Dana?" David asked concerned. Dana felt tears spring to her eyes and
turned so David couldn't see them.
	"How was your trip?" Dana asked sharply.
	"It was fine." David answered slowly.  Dana was really freaking him
out.  He saw some receipts in her hand.  No, she couldn't have found
them.   David hoped she hadn't found them.
	"You saw your little whore in Vermont." Dana screamed and whipped
around to face him.  The tears were streaming down her face and she held
the receipts in her fist.  David became silent.
	"When were you going to tell me David?  When we were married?  Better
yet on our wedding day?" Dana asked still yelling.
	"Dana, I'm sorry.  I was going to tell you.  I swear." David answered
finding his voice.  Dana realized she still loved David and couldn't
throw him out of her life.
	"You're lucky I'm giving you another chance." Dana calmed down but
angrily shot him a glance.  David muttered something.
	"What did you say?" Dana asked softly.  David sighed loudly.
	"I said that I don't want another chance.  Dana, I'm leaving you."
David bluntly stated.  Dana shut her eyes and clasped her hands over her
ears.  This wasn't happening to her.
	"Dana, I...I....fell out of love with you.  I don't know how it
happened.  Just one morning I woke up and the sparks weren't there
anymore." David explained.
	"Yet you continued to make love to me.  You used me to satisfy your sex
organ." Dana sobbed.  David looked at her sheepishly.
	"Just get out.  I want you out of here in two hours." Dana screamed
through her tears.
	"Where am I supposed to go?  I sold my apartment." David reminded her.
	"Why don't you go shack up with your little Vermont slut." Dana
suggested.  David was scared.  He didn't have anywhere to go.
	"I'll sleep on the couch tonight.  Mulder has to find somewhere else."
David sighed.
	"Don't you get it?  This is my apartment.  I don't want you here.  You
aren't go to sleep anywhere in here." Dana yelled.  She took his
suitcases and threw them out into the hallway.  David,defeated, began to
clear out his belongings.  Once he was finished and he had taken one
last brief look around the apartment he paused in front of Dana.
	"Dana, I'm sorry this happened.  I wish we were meant for each other. 
You are such a wonderful woman.  Whoever you end up with is very lucky."
David told her.
	"Get out." Dana growled and shoved him towards the door.  Once he was
out, Dana immediately dialed Mulder's cell phone.
THE LOBBY OF DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT BUILDING
ANNAPOLIS, MD
AUGUST 6, 6:30 PM
	"Mulder" the voice answered.
	"It's over....he's gone.....I need...." Dana began and then broke out
into sobs.
	"Dana, I'll be right up." Mulder answered and bolted up to Dana's
apartment.  
DANA SCULLY'S APARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD
AUGUST 6, 6:33 PM
She met him at the door and collapsed in his arms and wailed.
	"Dana, shhhh.  It's okay." Mulder rocked her and eased her onto the
couch.
	"Fox...I...I.....it hurts" Dana sobbed.  Mulder's heart ached.  David
must have said something harsh to have brought this on.
	"I know.....it will go away....I promise." Mulder told her and smiled
down at her.  Dana tried to smile through her tears but her mouth was
tense and her lips could not break the permanent frown.
	"Fox, he didn't want me." Dana let him in on her conversation with
David.  She felt  a little better and her sobs turned silent.
	"What are you talking about?" Mulder asked.
	"He left me.  He told me he didn't love me anymore.  I gave him a
chance to come back and he said he didn't want me.  Am I really that
horrible?" Dana asked.
	"Of course not.  Dana, you are the most beautiful...most
perfect.....David's a fool." Mulder complimented.  He hugged her and she
nuzzled into his neck.
	"Maybe I don't need time alone after all." Dana sighed.
	"Dana, as much as I love hearing that, you know you need time.  You're
on the rebound." Mulder sighed.  Dana began to sob.
	"What's wrong now?" Mulder asked.
	"Even you don't want me...." Dana cried.
	"That's not true. I just-" Mulder began.
	"I don't care.  Mulder, you know I'm not on the rebound.  You're just
scared of commitment...Scared of commitment with me.....If it were
Phoebe or Dr. Bambi, it would be different.  You'd jump right into bed
with them.  But me- now that's a whole different story." Dana sobbed.
	"Dana, please...that's not it.  Dana, do you really want me to stay?"
Mulder asked.  Dana nodded and kissed him.
	"I want to drown into your body" Mulder whispered to her.  Dana nodded
and got up of the couch.  Mulder began to follow her.
	"No, you wait here." Dana smiled seductively.  She disappeared into the
bedroom.  Mulder couldn't believe how turned on he got from one simple
kiss.  Dana emerged some minutes later wearing the silk red negligee
that she had worn in Cape May.
	"Have mercy..." Mulder breathed and took in every inch of Dana's
figure.  Dana forcefully kissed him and begged him to take her into the
bedroom.
	"No, this is a special night.  I won't just  jump right into bed."
Mulder shook his head.  Dana sighed impatiently.
	"What do you want to do?" Dana asked folding her arms in front of her
chest with a frown.
	"I want to....dance" Mulder thoughtfully answered and turned on Dana's
stereo.
	"Here?" Dana laughed.
	"Yes, I want to dance with you here...alone...." Mulder smiled and
sauntered over to her. The start of a song flowed through the air. 
Mulder knew this song.  It was the perfect song for them.  Mulder pulled
her close and they began to sway slowly to the music.
	"Well, here we are again
	  I guess it must be fate
	We've tried it on our own
	But deep inside we know
	We've been back to set things straight
	I still remember when
	Your kiss was so brand new
 	Every memory repeats
	Every step I take retreats
	Every  journey always leads me back to you
	After all the stops and starts
	We keep coming back to these two hearts
	Two angels who've been rescued from the fog
	And after all that we've been through
	It all comes down to me and you
	I guess it's meant to be
	Forever you and me
	After all
	When love is truly around  (This time it's truly right)
	It lives from year to year
	It changes as it grows
	On and on the way it goes
	But it never disappears
	After all the stops and starts
	We keep coming back to these two hearts
	Two angels who've been rescued from the fog
	And after all that we've been through
	It all comes down to me and you
	I guess it's meant to be
	Forever you and me
	After all
	Always just beyond my touch
	Although I needed you so much
	After all what else is living for
	Oh,oh, after all the stops and starts
	We keep coming back to these two hearts
	Two angels who've been rescued from the fog
	And after all that we've been through 
	It all comes down to me and you
	I guess it's meant to be
	Forever you and me
	After all...."
	Dana stared up into Mulder's beautiful green eyes as the chorus
repeated itself until the song lingered no more.  Mulder broke from the
dance and became very nervous.
	"Mul-Fox what is it?" Dana asked caressing his left cheek.
	"I, um, shit...." Fox muttered nervously trying to spit out whatever he
was going to say.  Dana looked at him curiously.  She heard him mutter
something about a backup plan and he inserted a cassette into Dana's
stereo.  Mulder motioned for her to come dance with him again.
	"Mulder....we just danced...." Scully sighed impatiently.  She thought
of all the neat toys that she had on her bureau for Mulder to use on
her.
	"I know....Pretend we didn't" Mulder suggested.
	"But, Mulder that was the most perfect song for us." Dana replied and
Fox hushed her.  A faint piano melody floated into the room and Fox took
her into his arms.  
He was shaking and his heart was rapidly beating.  Dana wondered what
was making him act this way.  A male voice began to sing one of Dana's
most favorite love songs.
	"You are so beautiful to me
	You are so beautiful to me
	Can't you see?
	You're everything I hoped for
	You're everything I need
	You are so beautiful to me
	You are so beautiful to me
	You are so beautiful to me
	Can't you see?
	You're everything I hoped for
	Everything I need
	You are so beautiful to me..."
	The voice dropped out and the piano melody softly faded soon after. 
The rest of the cassette was blank and the room became silent except for
the slight hum of her stereo.
	"Fox?  What was that all about?" Dana asked touched by the song.  David
got down on one knee.  Dana covered her mouth knowing full well what
this was about.
	"Dana, you are beautiful to me.  In fact you are so beautiful that I
can't comprehend why you would want to be with someone like me, but you
picked me and now I would like to pick you as my wife.  Dana Katherine
Scully, will you marry me?" Fox nervously asked.  He pulled out a small
black velvet box and opened it.  Inside was a brilliant sparkling
diamond ring placed in a gorgeous white gold setting.
	"Fox...." Dana whispered.  He pulled the ring from out of the box and
handed it to her.  
	"Read the inside..." Fox smiled.  Dana held the ring up to her eye
level and read the two word inscription.
	"My inspiration..." Dana read  "What do I do that inspires you so
much?" Dana asked softly as the tears of joy began to slowly fall down
her face.
	"Dana you inspire me to get out of the bed in the morning.  Once I was
in this deep dark place....before I met you....when you
disappeared......when you left.....but then when I saw you at the
academy....I knew I still had feelings and I knew you still had some
unresolved feelings as well.....I became alive again.  The dark world
disappeared and was replaced with love for you.  Dana, you inspire me to
breath and to keep going when times are the toughest.  I love you so
much......" Fox left off wondering if Dana knew just how much he loved
her.
	"Dana, please marry me...." Fox asked again.
	"Fox...I....of course....yes...." Dana answered.  She slipped the ring
on her left ring finger and he grabbed her into a tight hug and swung
her into the air.  A giggle squeaked out of her as he did so.  When he
put her down she pulled him closer and closer to her bedroom door.
	"One minute..." Fox smiled.  He fast forwarded the tape and switched it
to the other side.  He pushed play and turned the volume up.
	"What are you going to play now?" Dana asked.
	"Music to make love to...." Fox smiled and scooped her up in his arms
and carried her off into the bedroom.
	Once in the bedroom Mulder adjusted his eyes to the soft glow of
candles placed all around the room.  Mulder gently placed Dana on the
bed and climbed on top of her.  He noticed all these sexual aids on her
bureau.
	"Pick out what you want to use..." Dana smiled seductively.  Fox went
over to get a better look at his selection.  he came back with handcuffs
and a blindfold.
	"That's all?" Dana asked disappointed.
	"We have the rest of our lives to try out the other things you bought. 
But I'll be right back cause I want my own little toys." Mulder
mischievously grinned and left the bedroom.  Dana propped herself up on
her elbows.  What on earth was he getting?  Fox came back and
immediately blind folded Dana before she could see what he had.  He then
proceeded to handcuff her to the headboard.
	"No fair....you handcuffed me last time" Scully whined.  She felt
Mulder's tongue grace the top of her inner thighs.  Mulder entered her
with his tongue and Dana felt the best she's ever felt.  He was so
tentative and gentle.  He knew what she liked.  Not too much later he
stopped and Dana became disappointed.
	"Mulder..." Dana breathed.  She felt something cold slide down the
front of her body and she knew her nipples were erect.   Mulder's warm
mouth covered her right nipple and she groaned in pleasure...the cold
object slid past her stomach and down her side.  Fox, feasting on Dana's
nipple, forgot about the ice cube and it had created a wet spot where it
melted on her sheets.
	"Mulder...this blindfold isn't working for me." Dana honestly stated. 
Mulder yanked it off with a grin.  Dana arched back as Fox brought his
hungry mouth to her left nipple where he contently nursed it for
pleasure.  The cheap handcuffs had loosened and Scully pulled her wrists
out from them.  She brought his head closer to her forcing more of her
nipple into his mouth.  Fox began to massage her mound.   That's when it
hit him.  She was his.  She relaxed a little and he slid his finger in,
probing her.  
	"Mulder...I want to pleasure you...." Dana whispered in ecstasy.
	"Just being here with you is enough." Mulder whispered back and pulled
away from her nipple.  He was stroking her clit now.
	"Fox,  I'm serious" Dana smiled.  Fox with drew his finger.
	"Come sit on the edge of the bed." Dana told him.  He did as she told
him.  She sat on his lap facing him.  She touched his chest hesitantly. 
She rubbed his nipples and sucked on his neck.  Mulder began to grow a
big erection.  Scully saw this and smiled huge.  She got up and stroked
him steadily with her hand.  She then licked his cock from the very tip
to the base while she played with his sack with her hand.  Fox tried to
muffle a cry of pleasure but it escaped and Dana stood up satisfied. 
Dana stood before him her naked body surrounded by candle light.  She
looked like an angel.  Dana performed for him what she knew he wanted to
see.  Dana had gone to the video store and saw the porn movies that Fox
had rented and found most of them were about women masturbating.  Dana
was slightly embarrassed to do this in front of Fox, but she knew he'd
like it.  It's not like she hadn't done it before.  All those lonely
years before Gary, Mulder, David.....It was just weird doing it in front
of someone.  She rubbed her nipples which had lost their erectness a few
seconds ago.
	"Dana..." Mulder breathed.  She moved closer to him and he tried to
reach out and touch her but she pulled away.  His erection was
building.  Dana was masturbating for him.  It was the biggest turn on
for him.  She inserted a finger inside herself and she watched as Fox
stroked himself.  Dana became more aroused watching Fox stroke himself. 
She began to feel self conscious.  Fox's eyes were burning on her and
she couldn't do it anymore.  She was too embarrassed.  She quickly
removed her finger and put her head in her hands mortified.
	"Dana, it's okay if you don't want to..." Fox whispered to her.
	"I just.....not in front of anyone..." Dana's muffled voice spoke.
	"You'll never have to do it again cause now you have me." Fox wrapped
his arms around her.  Fox gently removed her hands from her face.  He
kissed her gently on the lips.  Dana held him forcefully and continued
to kiss him their tongues gliding into each other's mouths.  Fox backed
her into the bed and she fell onto it with him on top of her.  He
inserted his finger and Dana immediately became wet.
	"Dana.....my sweet Dana...." Fox called over and over.  He plowed into
her and pushed harder and harder until Dana screamed out with pleasure.
	"Did I hurt you?" Fox asked concerned.  Dana shook her head and sat up
facing him pushing him deeper inside her.  Mulder felt her walls clamp
around his rod and massage it.  He pumped profusely, his balls teasing
her lips each time they gently brushed against one another.  
	Dana kissed Fox's shoulder and whispered, "I'm sorry for everything"
Her climax came and she writhed against him her walls milking Mulder's
rod for his juices as hers flowed freely.  Mulder matched her rhythm to
give her the pleasure she deserved.
	"Fox!"Dana screamed as he rapidly slid his cock in and out of her
body.  She had her orgasm and gasped for air.  She arched her back as
Fox took her nipple back into his mouth.  Once Dana was finished Mulder
was bucking signaling it was time for his release.  He continued to suck
as she moved up and down.  Fox watched as his cock disappeared and
reappeared with Dana's movement.  She felt so good on him.  Her nipple
was hard and it felt so good in his mouth.  He felt his juice rise to
the tip of his cock to let Dana know it was time.  He pounded into her
causing her to moan with pure pleasure.  Once he released she had her
orgasm a second time excited by Fox as he plummeted further and further
into her.
	"Dana, there's nothing to be sorry about.  What counts is what happens
from this day forward. " Mulder panted.  He withdrew from her, but
stayed in her arms.
	"Fox, I love you." Dana answered and drifted off to sleep.  Fox yawned
kissed her and also nodded off feeling the best he has ever felt.
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CHURCH
ANNAPOLIS, MD
DEC 25, 1:00 PM 
11/2 YEARS LATER
	Dana smoothened out her gorgeous white gown before beginning her
journey down the long red carpeted aisle.  Her brother Bill took her
arm.
	"Ready?" he asked with a smile.  Dana nodded and the doors opened. 
Pachelbel Cannon softly played as she walked to the front of the
church.  Today was her day-her wedding.  She was marring Fox, her
love...her destiny.  As she grew closer and closer to the alter, Fox
became a clear vision.  He looked so handsome in a tuxedo.  The altar
was beautiful with what looked like a hundred poinsettias all around
it.  It was all beautiful just like she had dreamed when she was a
little girl.  Bill dropped his arm and Fox took it as the priest stood
before them. 
	Mulder couldn't believe how heavenly Dana looked.  He never imagined
that this day would come.  For once, he knew God loved him and was
smiling down on him.  He knew God loved him because the woman he loved
was standing beside him ready to pledge her love and life to him.  He
also felt other presences and concluded that Dana's sister Melissa, her
father, and several of Fox's own deceased relatives were there
watching.  The mass seemed to drag on before Fox put the wedding band on
her finger and recited his vows.  Dana was shaking as she did the same
to Fox.  After the rings were exchanged Fox soothed her by stroking her
hand.  It came time for the "I do's".  First  came Fox who smiled warmly
as he said those two words that filled Dana's heart with joy.  Dana
softly spoke the two words and then looked up into Fox's eyes as the
priest pronounced them husband and wife.  Fox lifted her veil and he saw
the most beautiful woman in the world ready to kiss him.  He swooped
down on her and their kiss lingered a few moments longer than it should
have, but no one in the congregation cared.  Fox took Dana's hand and
smiled widely at her.  He practically yanked her down the aisle as they
fled out of the church ready for their new life as Mr. and Mrs. Fox
Mulder.