From: spookyoo@ix.netcom.com (Traci Crussell) Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative Subject: Love Triangle Date: 20 Jun 1995 04:24:22 GMT The FBI Love Triangle The air conditioner wasn't working that hot D.C. day. Scully sat back in her chair rubbing a cool Coke accross her forehead. The smell of old dusty files was so thick you could almost see it in the right light. Mulder sat at his desk in a T-shirt, with the occilating fan whirring back and fourth, back and fourth. Papers flipped, wanting so badly to take flight, but several rocks kept them grounded. He kept writing, Scully was fast becomming impatient. "Mulder, we could be back at my house, with the A/C running." she tried to lure him, but figured sarcasm would work better, "You remember A/C don't you? That box with the cool air comming out of it? The aliens haven't taken that much of your mind have they?" A smile came across his face, "Okay, you win, I'll box up these papers and we'll go over there. You can go tell Skinner we're leaving." Scully got up and left, she sighed as she stepped out, she really wasn't in the mood for Skinner now. Not in this heat - she thought. The elevator was hotter than she'd ever noticed it, the buttons were amost to hot to tuch. She swayed down the hall to his office, quietly knocked on the door then went in. Skinner was rubbing his head with a wet towel, and had a fan pointed straight at himself. His face lightened up as he noticed Scully had entered. "Sir, we're leaving and going to work back at my apartment with the A/C. It's just to hot there in the basement." "You and Mulder are going...back to your place." Skinner had thought that might happen, it was just a matter of time, but he was insinuating something more than they had in mind. "Scully, do you worry how that might seem, you and Mulder at your place?" "No sir, it's purely professional, nothing to worry about." She crossed her fingers, she knew what she had in mind. "Well Scully, if you do go, you might as well turn in your badge for a binky, I know your fingers are crossed behind your back." Scully was loosing her temper now, but her apetite was becoming insatiable. Suddenly Skinner didn't look so unattractive, especially if it meant her job. She'd kind of noticed his looks before when he met her at Mulder's apartment after beating some info out of someone that night. So she turned on the charm. "So sir," she moved around the desk, "just what exactly would I have to do to keep my badge?" She then slipped up on the top of the desk, and kicked her shoes off. Skinner put his hand on her calf, "Hmmmm, I belive I can think of something." and a sleazy smile came accross his face. Mulder was patiently waiting down in the office. He had everything boxed up, and loaded into into the car. -She's taking waaayy to long- he thought. Mulder then decided to grab a Coke and go up to the office. He got into the elevator, and tapped the button, -I wonder what they're doing?- thoughts of laughing, and joking rushed thru his head. Then he had a horrid thought, Scully up on the desk, Skinner there with her... =========================================================================== From: spookyoo@ix.netcom.com (Traci Crussell) Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative Subject: Love Triangle II Date: 20 Jun 1995 04:57:25 GMT The FBI Love Triangle These thoughts rushed thru Mulders brain, they made him angry, his adrenelin flushed, hate brewed inside. He imagined what he would do to Skinner, boss or no boss, he would kill him. He tried to picture what Scully would be going thru, he knew Scully didn't like Skinner, or so he thought. When Mulder walked in, Scully and Skinner were staring out the back window looking Washington, D.C. over. He laughed inside, thinking that Scully would let Skinner bribe her with her job for sex. -Silly thought-. "Are you ready to go work in some A/C?" Scully and Skinner turn around and look Mulder in the eye, they then turn to each other and smile. "Sure Mulder, let's go to work." Scully said with a hint of sarcasm. "Nice of her to offer her apartment for yourselves, isn't it?" Skinner had satisfaction in his voice. "Yes it was." Mulder felt like he'd missed something. "Have fun you guys." Skinner said as he pushed them out the door. -thank God they're gone- he thought after they left. Mulder walked Scully to the elevator and pushed the buttons, not a word was said until they got into the car. "Seems like Skinner was being a father figure there, don't you agree?" Just as he said that Scully cringed, -geeze he ruined it for me- "Yeah he was acting kind of strange." she commented, trying to hide it. They drove quietly all the way to her apartment. Thoughts of -AhHa I was right, she did do it, ewwww how can I after, I'll kill him, he ruined her for me- were working they're way thru Mulder's head. Scully was thinking about how she was going to avoid Mulder's questions -headache, no, backache, no, ovaries, yeah I'll tell him I'm ovulating, that always makes him shut up-. They pulled up and removed all the boxes from the car, when they got into the apartment Mulder began the inquisition. "So you did it, didn't you! What did he do this time, threaten your job? Threaten to kick me out of the FBI? What was it?" He was angry, hurt, their relationship had become a joke. "Mulder, it's different for women...most don't, but I just couldn't wait for...It's been almost two years Mulder!" She couldn't believe that he didn't get all the signals she'd left for him. She'd practically left a trail of bread crumbs to her bed, but he didn't get it. "Oh don't give me that crap, men get just as worked up as women, we just release our tentions differently." What a lame excuse he thought. But I'm going to stand behind it. "Why didn't you pick up on the signals? Where was your head? In those porno flicks? In those magazines? Maybe if I had some staple holes in my belly you'd look at me?" "I give up, if you want Skinner you can have him, just eat him up, I'm gone." Mulder meant it this time, he was going to go underground, no more of this FBI stuff. He was going to the Lone Gunmen and work quietly where the dark shadows of government couldn't reach him. He turned to leave. Scully looked at him, then grabbed his arm and yanked his shirt down so she could kiss his lips. "Don't you leave me!" she cried, "Not after everything we've been thru, don't you dare go off and leave me here!" Mulder looked deep into her eyes, and brushed her hair aside, he caressed her face, and touched her lips. He stood there over her for a few minutes, just looking at her, watching her reaction. She looked straight at him and by the look in her eyes demanded his answer. -What a decision he thought, spend the rest of my life with Frohickey and some magazines, or with Dana Scully- He bent down and gently kissed her lips. "We can't stay here, you know that. We'd have to go somewhere else, *away*from*Skinner." "Yes, yes, I can do that, I can teach at another University on the west coast, or anywhere, as long as you are there with me." Traci R. Crussell The End I had to end it there, let your imagination roam for the ending. I would appreciate any comments on the story, please, please, please, send me some comments. Candid ones will be more likely to get responses. spookyoo@ix.netcom.com **************************** This Space For Rent ****************************