From: nsimpson@gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca (Nicola Simpson)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative
Subject: Insomnia-new short
Date: 18 Jul 1995 20:40:37 GMT


Dana Scully and Fox Mulder property of Chris Carter, 10-13 
Productions, and 20th Century Fox...
I'm bored at work, so this is what happens:
The s's and m's in the left margin are who's talking, I got confused when 
I was writing it...

				Insomnia
				~~~~~~~~
			by Nicola Scott-Simpson


m	"Scully, are you awake?"
s	<sigh> "No, Mulder, I'm talking in my sleep.  Is something wrong?"
m	<pause> "Noooooo.  Just can't sleep."
s	"What else is new?"
m	"I tried, Scully, I really tried.  But I couldn't, so I thought 
  I'd just-"
s	"Find some company for your misery by keeping me awake instead."
m	"Well, at least not the two-dimensional kind.  I tried watching 
  some videos, but they, um, didn't exactly induce slumber."
s	"I'm sure."
m	"Is that sarcasm I detect in your voice, Agent Scully?"
s	"Me?
m	"How about a game?"
s	"A game?  It's 4 am!"
m	"I'll start an alphabet game if you pick the topic..."
s	"Fine, anything to shut you up.  How about television shows?"
m	"The A-Team"
s	"Mulder, The A-Team starts with a T."
m	"God, you're picky.  Standard dictionary rules, okay?  And, A, 
  An, The don't count."
s	"Baywatch."
m	"Scully, you don't really watch that, do you?"
s	"Sometimes.  I have this bizarre fascination with Pamela Anderson."
m	"You and half the world."
s	"Your turn again, oh witty one."
m	"Capitol."
s	"What?"
m	"It was a soap on ABC.  Cancelled now, I think."
s	"Oh brother.  Um, Dynasty."
m	"I don't think I like the direction these shows are taking..."
s	"C'mon, Mulder, cheesy 80's shows are the greatest!"
m	"Okay then, The Edge of Night."
s	"Flmfn."
m	"Pardon?"
s	"Flinstones."
m	"G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G..."
s  	"Mulder, are you choking?"
m	"General Hospital."
s	"Oh no, *no* trend here whatsoever."
m	"Shut up, Scully.  Your turn."
s	"Fine.  Hotel."
m	"That's also a movie."
s	"Nope, spinoff tv show.  James Brolin, Connie Selleca."
m	"Sheesh, just how much television is original anyways?  Knight 
  Rider."
s	"Mulder, you missed 'I'."
m	"Picky.  I-Force."
s	"You're making that up."
m	"Well, yeeessss, but doesn't it sound like a tv show?"
s	"I give up.  Lonesome Dove."
m	"Misfits of Science.  The Magician.  MST3000.  Melrose Place.  Max 
  Headroom.  Hey, have you ever noticed how many shows start with the 
  letter M?"
s	"Sure, whatever.  N.  Some nature show."     
m	"Scully..."
s	"What, you can break the rules and I can't?"
m	"Um... Outer Limits."
s	"Hey, good one!  The Prisoner."
m	"Oooohhh, I loved that show."
s	"Yeah, I had such a crush on Patrick McGoohan..." 
m	"Q?  Hell, I don't know.  Qu-something."
s	"Heh heh heh."
m	"Shut up, Beavis.  I've got one-wait, no I don't.  Let's move 
  on.  R- Remington Steele."
s	"Northern Exposure!"
m	"Northern Exposure starts with an S?"
s	"You idiot, that's my N show... Starsky and Hutch."
m	"T
s	"Undercover Cops."
m	"You've got to be kidding."
s	"I think it's on Fox."
m	"Hoookay.  V."
s	"Yeeeaaaah?"
m	"No, that's it-just V.  Remember?"
s	"Oh right..."
m	"The Wizard.  David Rappaport-makes toys, solves crimes or something."
s	"Wow-now *that* would be a great job.  X.  X... X... 
m	"Let's just skip X, okay?"
s	"Zzzzzzzzzzzz..."
m	"What show is that?"
s	"That's not a show, Mulder, I'm *trying* to sleep!"
	
m	"Hey, Scully, do you think that people can share dreams?"
s	"What, you mean like in that cheesy 80's movie?  Was Dennis Quaid 
  in that?"
m	"You *would* remember the actor instead of the plot."
s	"Mulder, I'm mentally throwing a pillow at you, okay?"
m	"Point taken."
s	<sigh>"Did you *have* a point?"
m	"Kind of.  I was wondering if we tried thinking about the same 
  things before we went to sleep, we would have the same dreams."
s	"Dreams don't work that way, Mulder.  Everyone is unique, noone 
  can have the same dream.  Besides, I think I'd be too embarrassed if I 
  had your dreams."
m	"How do you know what my dreams are?"
s	"Because you talk in your sleep, genius."
m	"Oh."
s	"Can we please go to sleep now?  At least one of us has to get up 
  early tomorrow.  Today.  Whatever."
m	"Okay.  Give me some blanket, okay?"
s	"Hmmph."
m	"And don't kick me like you did last time, or I'm kicking back."
s	"Hmmph."
m	"G'night, Scully."
s	"Hmmph."

fin.


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                  		nic
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