From: "allanbaylis" Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 23:06:36 -0700 Subject: "The Intruder" (1/1) By Laura Baylis "The Intruder" (1/1) By: Laura Baylis May 1st 98. SUMMARY: Scully's tears turn to laughter when she is visited by an intruder in the middle of the night. KEYWORDS: MSR CLASSIFICATION: SRA and H (I hope) SPOILERS: The Red and the Black. DISCLAIMER: I know this is a big shocker, but these characters don't belong to me. They do however belong to CC, FOX, and 1013 productions. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Anywhere and everywhere. Just keep my name attached and tell me where it's going, if you can :-) AUTHORS NOTES: OK, this one's a little weird....I haven't posted anything since Xmas so I think I should send it on out anyway. Please let me know what you think! I'll be forever grateful to you ;-) My email is allanbaylis@sprint.ca or quonochontaug@hotmail.com DEDICATION: To Alyssa; for being such a great friend and always having nice things to say about my stories, and even saying that this one is funny! =) Thanx, you rawk :-) "The Intruder" By Laura Baylis My eyes grew heavy as I stared up at the full moon in the night sky, and I wanted more than anything, to be able to fall asleep and forget all that had happened. The last few days had been tiring, to say the least, but more than anything else, they had been confusing, overwhelming, and impossible for me to make sense of. Nothing was more frustrating to me, than not knowing what had happened to me. Questions spun through my head, and made me feel ill when I thought about them. What was I doing back on that mountain? The same mountain that I was taken from, over two years ago. What had caused me to do something so foolish? How could my instincts have done me so wrong? I rolled over in my bed and closed my soar eyes. I pulled the blankets up to my chin, and realized that I was scared. The doors were locked, the windows closed, and my gun was loaded and sitting on the table beside me, but I was shaking. My body felt numb and cold and I prayed that morning would soon come. I felt a draft, and shivered. I turned over and stared into the night sky. The stars were bright and seemed to be hazing before me; blurring together. It was then that I realized that I was crying. Hot tears were rolling down my cheeks and before long the pillow I was sleeping on was soaked with them. I sobbed quietly into the damp fabric and closed my eyes as tightly as I could. I jerked when I heard a noise coming from outside my room. I lied still for a moment and listened to the footsteps coming from the hall. I slowly rolled over and reached for my gun. My heart was pounding and my shaking hands fumbled with the gun holder. The footsteps became louder as they came closer to my room and I kneeled on the bed; my loaded gun pointed at the door. I put my finger on the trigger and started to pull as the door knob slowly turned and the door opened. "FREEZE!" I screamed at the shadowy figure standing in the door frame. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?!" The intruder took a step towards the end of my bed, and the full moon created enough light that I could see who it was. "Mulder?" My voice squeaked as I spoke. He looked as terrified as I did, and I knew he must have thought I'd lost it. My arms were shaking but I still didn't take my gun off of him. I was still crying and didn't know if I could speak. "I'm...sorry Scully...I know I shouldn't have snuck in....but I haven't heard from you all day...and I called your mother, and we were both wondering where you were...and I...I had a key so I just thought I'd see if you were all right." I finally lowered my gun, and then stared down at my trembling hands. For a moment neither of us spoke. "What happened Scully?" I shock my head slowly. "I um...I don't know Mulder" I looked back up at him and let out a dry laugh. He looked scared to death. God, I must be terrifying him. I was starting to scare myself. He took another step towards me and sat on the end of my bed. He took my hand into his and looked into my eyes. I immediately tore my eyes and away from and stared out the window. I took in a shaky breath and bit my bottom lip to keep it from quivering. "Scully...." Mulder breathed. "I thought I could trust myself, Mulder....I had faith in myself and what I do...." I tried as hard as I could not to break down in front of him. "I was in control...I was in control...." I couldn't pull it off. Mulder held my small frame closely to him as I cried into his shoulder. I slid my arms under his jacket and squeezed his waist as tightly as I could. *~*~*~*~* I don't know how long we had sat there like that, but when I finally pulled away, I instantly felt cold not being in Mulder's embrace. The way he held me was in a way that no one else ever could. I never felt safe with anyone like I did with Mulder. "Do you want me to get you anything?" He asked in a whisper. "No..thanks..." I forced a smile and rubbed my eyes. "So you just came by to check up on me?" He frowned. "I'm sorry that I let myself in the way I did...but you weren't answering your phone, and nobody knew where you were." "I told you...I was taking the day off." "Yeah..." He said as he sipped off his trench coat. "Where did you go anyway?" I tucked my messy hair behind my ear. "I went for a drive... and ended up at the ocean...I must have sat there for over an hour...just staring out at the water..." "I thought that's where you might have gone." I was a little surprised by that at first, but then remembered this was my partner, and nobody knew me as well as he did. It was sometimes eerie how he could just look at me and know exactly what I was feeling. "You've been through a lot Scully...and to be honest with you, I have no idea how you've held it together as well as you have." "What else was I supposed to do? I can't just....I can't just..... cry over it." "Says who?!" He said with a sideways grin as he put his hand on my shoulder. "Why do you always have to be so damn tough all the time?" I stared at the wall for a few moments not quite sure how to answer that. When I didn't say anything Mulder turned and looked at the clock. It was 1:41 AM. He looked back at me and for a few seconds we just looked at each other, until finally he spoke, "Are you hungry, Scully?" I raised an eyebrow and then looked back at the clock. "Mulder, its almost two in the morning, of course--" "Yeah I know, I'm always starving around this time of night too," He grinned. I smiled. "How abouts we order a pizza?" I laughed. I'm not sure what was so funny, but maybe it was how silly I felt sitting on my bed in my purple silk pajamas, chatting with my partner at 2 AM on a Saturday night. Normally I probably would have told Mulder how ridiculous the idea of ordering a pizza in the middle of the night was, but instead I reached over to my dresser, and handed him the phone. "Don't even think about ordering any of that meat lovers crap or I'll kick you off my bed." He chuckled and started plugging the numbers into the phone. *~*~*~*~* It didn't take long for the pizza to arrive and when it did, neither of us even had to ask where it was to be eaten. We pushed the blankets down and leaned against the head board as we--well, Mulder, finished off the whole pizza. "Damn Scully, we gotta do this more often." I turned my head and watched Mulder as he picked the cheese off of his piece. Since he had gotten here he had removed his trench coat, suit jacket, tie, shoes, and now his shirt collar was unbuttoned and his cuffs hung open loosely around his wrists. He'd never looked better. "This goes against F.B.I policy, does it not?" "I wont tell if you don't" He said with a smirk as he took a large bite. "Wouldn't dream of it, Mulder" I said as I shifted down the head board and leaned against my pillow. When he finished his piece he closed the empty pizza box and stuck it on my dresser. "Are you feeling better now, Scully?" He asked as he turned on his side towards me. I looked down, suddenly feeling a little embarrassed again. "Yeah, thank you....for taking care of me." I didn't look up but I knew he was smiling, when he put his hand gently on my arm. It felt good and I had to resist the temptation to crawl back into his arms. I spaced out for a brief moment when I realized my hand had found its way to the back of my neck; where the implant lay just below my skin. "What if it happens again, Mulder? What if I find myself back on that mountain? I mean...I didn't even know where, or why I was going...there's no way that I can stop it from happening again." He looked at me sympathetically and it only made me regret bringing it up to begin with. "It wont happen again, Scully." "You don't know that." He shifted beside me and put his hand on my shoulder. I looked down at his hand, waiting for a response; reassurance perhaps. But I knew in my heart that there wasn't anything he could say, or do, to take away my worry. Like the cancerous tumor that was once invading my body, there was nothing I could do about it. The only thing I could do was put it out of my mind, and oh that was the challenge. "Scully, would you mind if I removed my pants?" My eyes widened and I couldn't help but smile. "No, Mulder, I don't think that would be such a good idea..." "I *am* wearing boxers...sheesh...." I stared at him for a few moment, and when he started laughing I elbowed him in the side. I was tempted to chuck a pillow at him just then. "You're nuts, Mulder" I said as I jumped up from the bed. "Completely." "I'll be back," I said as I dashed out of the room. I was laughing myself as I started down the hall. *~*~*~*~* When I returned I had a bottle of white wine in one hand, and two wine glasses in my other. I have no idea what possessed me to drag it out, but it seemed like the right moment for it. "Ooooh we just seem to be breaking all of the rules tonight." Mulder said as he took the glasses from me. I hopped back onto the bed and unscrewed the bottle. "God only knows how long this has been sitting in my closet." "Probably not as long as this one jug of milk has been sitting in my fridge." "Oh...you bought milk....I'm impressed." I teased as I poured the wine. "Yeah, well it looks more like some sort of weird yogurt crap now." I cringed and he chuckled softly as we clicked our glasses together, and then took a long sip. I smiled as the cool liquid slid down my throat. "It's so nice to see you smile..." Mulder said softly as he propped his head up with his arm. "You have the prettiest smile..." "Thanks" I mumbled as I rolled onto my side and placed our glasses on the night side table beside me. When I turned back to him our eyes locked, and neither of us turned away. He hesitantly placed his hand on mine, and I moved closer towards him. My heart started pounding when I realizes the space between us was becoming smaller and smaller. I watched as his lips came closer to mine, until finally they touched. I wrapped my arms around his back and pulled him closer to me as the kiss became more intense. The whole room seemed to spin around me as our tongues explored each others mouth; tasting and savoring each other as if this were a dream that would vanish in a moments time. I moved my hands and wrapped them around the back of his head; feeling his soft hair under my fingertips. I moaned softly and prayed that he wouldn't pull away. I couldn't believe that we were actually doing this, but then again, nothing has ever felt this right. "Mulder?" I mumbled against his mouth. He pulled away only long enough to mutter "Uh huh?" "What do you say we make this an over-nighter?" ~The End~ So how was it? Corny? Cheesy? Lame?!?! Well I posted it anyway! ;-) Send me any and all comments (no flames tho, please :o) to allanbaylis@sprint.ca or quonochontaug@hotmail.com Thanx! =) X~x~X~x~X~x~X~x~X~x~X~x~X~x~X~x~X~x~X~x~X~x~X~X Proud member of SPCDD, LOMIG, Teenage Davidites, DDPOL, The Desk For Dana fund, and a relationshipper.. ...so deal with it! 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