From ashke@unforgettable.com Sat May 24 06:27:39 1997 Subject: Lead On (1/1) by T. Horne From: "Teresa D. Horne" -------- Disclaimer: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are the property of Chris Carter, 1013 Productions, and Fox Broadcasting. The lyrics to Lead On are the property of George Strait. No infringement is intended. Classification: V, H, R Rating: PG Summary: A year after Gethsemane, and Scully's in a bar when a tall man drops by to keep her company :) Author's Note: I know this is corny and all that, but 1) it's based on a sappy country song and 2) I'm just having a little fun with a post-Gethsemane situation. Send all feedback to ashke@unforgettable.com... and thanks to Rina and Nat for putting up with me telling this crazy thing... ***** Lead On By: Teresa Horne (ashke@unforgettable.com) **** One Year After The Events of Gethsemane A Bar in Alexandria, VA 4:20 pm. Dana Scully was sitting in the bar, having a whisky. A year had passed since she had discovered her partner, Fox Mulder dead of a gunshot wound to his head. She sighed and pressed her forehead against the cool glass. Sometimes it was just too much to take, being in Quantico. Not only did she miss her partner with the other half of her soul, but being back in Quantico was *boring.* Doing autopsies and teaching students who are where she once stood was unbelievably dull when she compared it to her four years in the X-files. She was still living with the cancer she had been diagnosed with so long ago, and she was only getting worse. That's what her doctors told her, anyway. She sighed again as the door opened and a tall man walked into the bar. She felt somebody watching her, and she turned around with a gasp. He gave her a wry smile, and took the seat across from her. She smiled and said, "I don't recall seeing you around here; you must be new here." He shrugged, and spoke while looking at her face like he was a man in a desert and she was water, "I'm just passing through, but from the looks of you, I might be settling down." "You know, I had a love once, but he -- he left me a long time ago." "I bet it broke your heart..." He sighed, "You know, I had a love once, too, but I acted like a fool, and I'd give anything to be back in her arms again." He smiled at her, and asked, "Why don't we take this matter somewhere else and get to know this feeling that's so strong?" She grinned back at him. She had loved him for a long time, but had never had the chance to tell him; now was her chance. "The invitation's open, because you look like just what I've been waiting on." "Why don't we take this matter somewhere else? " "Lead on." She grinned at him. He rose from the table, and tossed some bills down before pulling her up into his arms. "Damn, Scully, it's about killed me to be away from you." "A necessary evil." She said matter-of-factly. "I love you, Scully." "I love you, too, Mulder..." She sighed. "Now take me home and prove it. "As you wish." He guided her out of the bar with a smile, and they were determined that they would never be separated like that again. ***** The End :)