From Vanella@aol.com Thu Apr 03 17:57:19 1997 Subject: Dana's Bad Date by Yorgi and Yergi From: Vanella@aol.com -------- Disclaimer: Mulder, Scully, Dat bald guy, CSM, and all these other people ain't ours. If they were, we would be too busy with Mulder to write this . They are owned by those people in Vancouver (sigh). SO PLEASE DON'T SUE US! ! ! We can hardly afford the phone bill. And, frankly, we blame Chris Carter for that. If he hadn't created the show, we wouldn't have become obsessed with it. And we wouldn't need to spend all of our free time on X-Files web sites. Thank you. Intro: This is Yorgi. This story is a response to the challenge about Scully's abusive boyfriend. I wrote it with Yergi. We're not that proud of it. It didn't really come out the way we wanted, and Scully ended up being a wimp. We know Scully would have gotten rid of the jerk with out any help, but we had to put Mulder in there somewhere. And when we compare it to people like Paula Graves, it's not worthy of being posted. But maybe someone will read this and think, "I can do better!" Then we can get a *good* story about Scully's evil boyfriend. It could have been better if I put some NC-17 stuff in it, but I can't do that stuff. So flame us if you must, but please be nice! Any constructive criticism would be great, but I'm not sure there's much hope. We're sorry! We had to write it! We have broccoli in our socks! As Yergi put it: This story sucks Yorgi doesn't think it was *that* bad. Oh, and if it sounds like it was written by a 16 yr old, that's because it was. Be nice. S, R, H Summary: Scully/other romace eventually Mulder/Scully UST Scully's new boyfriend wants her to leave the X-Files, and gets mad when she doesn't. Dana's Bad Date by Yorgi and Yergi Prolog Cancerman was sitting in Skinner's office smoking next to the "Thank you for not smoking" sign. Suddenly, Skinner burst into the room with a fire extinguisher. He ran over to Cancerman and turned it on full force while screaming "THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING!" Mulder and Scully's office September 13, 1997 4:56 pm Dana Scully stared at the phone, silently willing it to ring. Steve had promised to call her between 4:30 and 5:00, and she was still waiting. They had been dating for a couple of weeks now, and Dana really liked him. Mulder was watching her silently. She kept looking at the phone. "Are you expecting a phone call, Scully?" he asked. Dana jumped at the sound of his voice. "No! I, uh, well. . ." the phone rang and Dana jumped for it. "Hello?" It was Steve. Dana looked at her watch. "Steve, you're one minute late." Mulder's eyebrows shot up. Steve? Scully had obviously been expecting the call. He watched her and listened to her side of the conversation. "Mmm-hmm. . . No!" Dana was laughing. "Yes! Yes, I'm free tonight. Okay, what time? Eight? Great. . . Okay. . . Luv ya. . .Bye." Mulder stared a her ‘luv ya'? This wasn't like Scully. "Hot date tonight?" he asked, trying to make it sound casual. Dana looked up. "Uhh. . . Just someone I met. . ." her voice trailed off. She looked for a window to stare out. Finding none, she became very interested in her shoes. "Well, gotta go!" Dana grabbed her stuff, and rushed out of the office. Mulder stared after her. What was that all about? Scully had never mentioned a boyfriend. Not that he was jealous or anything. Or was he? He tried to tell himself that it was ridiculous. She was free to do whatever she wanted. And it's not like they were dating. He sighed. Where had that come from? They were only partners and friends . . . right? Outside Scully's apartment building in Mulder's car 7:55 Mulder sat in the car waiting. He had tried to come up with a good reason for being parked outside Scully's apartment building at eight o'clock, but hadn't been able to come up with anything. Okay! So he was spying on Scully and her date. He couldn't help it. He just had to know. Finally, he saw Scully leaving with some guy. He was tall and good looking with short brown hair. Scully looked beautiful. She was wearing a short green dress and sparkling diamond earrings. She was laughing and holding his hand. Mulder watched them get in Steve's car and leave. Then he swore and banged his head against the steering wheel. 11:21 pm Mulder was still parked outside Scully's apartment building. He saw Steve walk her to the door. His jaw dropped when he saw them in a deep and passionate kiss. Then Steve went in with her. This was too much. Mulder slammed his foot on the pedal and drove home. Mulder and Scully's office September 14, 1997 9:00 am Scully entered the office at her usual time. Her eyes looked a little tired, but there was lots of make-up on them. "Hi, Mulder," she said absently. Mulder looked horrible. His head hurt and he had a huge hangover. His eyes were red, he cut himself shaving, and his tie was crooked. "Mulder, you look like hell," Dana said bluntly. "Yeah. . ." "Did you hit your head?" she asked, concerned. Mulder couldn't help laughing a little at that. "Yeah, something like that. . . Just a small hangover." Dana stared at him. "So," he asked nonchalantly, "How was your date?" Dana looked up in surprise. How did he. . .? Oh, yeah, the phone call. "Fine." She couldn't help smiling. "How was your night?" Dumb question. It looked like he had gone out, gotten drunk, and passed out on the couch. "Oh. . . You know. . ." "Yeah." It felt very awkward all of a sudden. "Paperwork!" Dana said quickly. "I have paperwork." She sat down and started going through files. "Yeah. . ." Mulder muttered. He went for some coffee. Scully sighed. Actually her date hadn't been that great. Dinner had been wonderful, but Steve could be so pushy. She loved him, but they had only been dating a couple of weeks. He acted like he owned her and needed to know everything she had been doing. And he wanted her to transfer out of the X-Files because he didn't like her and Mulder being so close. Mulder. That was another thing that was bothering her. He had acted so strange when Steve called. Okay, so she hadn't exactly been nice about Bambi, but still. . . The phone rang. "Scully." "Hey, Dana, it's me." "Oh, hi Steve." "So, do you want to get together tonight?" "Oh, sure. Do you want to come to my place for dinner? We can go to a movie after that." "That'd be great, Dana." "See you at. . . 5:30?" "Sure." "Bye." "Bye." Dana hung up the phone as Mulder walked in. "Who was that?" he asked. "Oh. . . My mother called." She wondered why she was lying to him. "What'd she want?" "She wanted to know if, uh, I could go over Saturday. Night. For. . . Dinner." "Oh. . . Yeah. . ." The rest of the day was uneventful. Scully did paperwork, Mulder productively stared at the flying toasters on the screen saver. Scully's Apartment September 14, 1997 6:00 Scully sat across from Steve at the table. They had called out for pizza. It had just arrived when the phone rang. Steve picked it up. "Hello?" It was Mulder. "Hi. . . This is Fox Mulder. Is Scully there?" he asked. Steve frowned. "We're kind of ‘busy' at the moment. . ." "Steve, who is it?" Dana asked. She grabbed the phone. "Hello?" "Scully, it's me." "Oh, hi, Mulder. What's going on?" "We have a break in the Cornflakes case." "Now?" "Yes, right now. Suspects are Cari Hennessy and Danielle Falvo. The address is 929 Oakleaf Court. . . Do you need me to pick you up?" "Do you mind?" "No, I'll be right there. Sorry you have to leave Steve." he couldn't keep the touch of ice out of his voice. "Yeah, well. . ." They said goodbye and Dana hung up. "Steve. . ." she began hesitantly. He wasn't going to like this. "I have to go with Mulder. There's a break in the Cornflakes case. . ." "Mulder's going to be there?" "Well, of course. He's my partner." "I thought we talked about that." "We did. And I'm not leaving the X-Files. I have to get changed. I think you should leave. Okay? I'll see you tomorrow." She went over to kiss him, but instead he slapped her in the face. "Steve!" she jumped back in surprise. "You are not going." "I have to. It's my job. . ." Her eyes were wide "It's Mulder, isn't it? He's making you do this." "Get out." "What?" "You heard me. I said get out. Now!" "Dana, you can't do this!" "Yes, I can. Get out." Her voice wavered. He slapped her again. His nail caught on her lip and it started to bleed. "STOP IT!" she screamed. She started to cry. Mulder paused outside the door long enough to hear Dana scream. He knocked on the door. "Scully? What's going on?" Steve ran over to the door and locked it. "What is he doing here?" Steve hissed. Dana just kept crying. "Shut up!" he whispered. "Look, Dana I am *so* sorry. We can tell him you fell and cut your lip. . ." She shook her head no. She didn't know what to do. Steve had seemed so nice. He was just so jealous. Mulder used his key and entered the apartment. Steve abruptly let go of Dana's arm. Mulder looked at Dana. Her lip was bleeding and her cheeks were red. She was trying to stop crying. Mulder didn't need to be an Oxford graduate to figure it out. He pulled his gun on Steve. "Get the hell out." Steve started to protest, but thought better of it. He glared at Dana and left, slamming the door behind him. Mulder dropped the gun and rushed over to Dana. He took her in his arms and she sobbed. "Oh, God, Mulder. . ." "It's okay, it's okay." He kissed her on the top of her head gently. "Thank you," she whispered. They stayed that way for a long time. Epilog Steve went to the FBI building the next morning. Skinner's secretary let him in to Skinner's office. Steve was determined to get Mulder and Scully separated. He had decided to tell the AD that they were having sexual relations. He sat down at Skinner's desk and waited. Skinner burst through the door, fire extinguisher in hand. He turned it on Steve without looking and covered Steve with white foam. "I said NO SMOKING!" Steve jumped of the chair. "What the-" He sputtered. He ran out of the office screaming. THE END Comments to: Vanella@aol.com