From: lilxphile@aol.com (Em Laurence) Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative Subject: NEW: Macabre Conversation 1\1 by Em Laurence Date: 12 Dec 1995 15:42:00 -0500 The response I got to Midnight Conversation killed me... I can't believe how many people loved it! So, looks like we have a small series on our hands... here's the next part! MACABRE CONVERSATION by Em C Laurence the sequel to "Midnight Conversation" ***************************************************************** ************* This story is based on the characters and situations created by Chris Carter, Ten Thirteen Productions and Fox Broadcasting. Used without permission and no infringement is intended. All other contents are copyrighted to the author. The following work is for the distribution and entertainment of EMXC members only. Any further distribution of this work without the author's consent is in violation of federal law. Please contact the EMXC host, Karen Enriquez (XFC SciNut@aol.com), if you have received this work from anywhere other than the above group without the author's permission. Please send any and all comments, criticism, flames, etc. to Lil XPhile@aol.com. ***************************************************************** ************* Silence was rare in the basement office. Usually, the tapping of keys or some other common "office noise" disrupted even brief moments of silence. Today, however, was different. For almost ten minutes, nothing had moved, clicked, or whirred. Total, blissful silence.... until the rumble of a hungry stomach echoed throughout the room. "That's cute. Haven't you eaten in the last six months?" Somehow Scully managed to keep a straight face as her fingers again tapped at her keyboard. "If you would hurry up and finish, we could go to lunch and I wouldn't make noises anymore," Mulder shot back. "But nooo. You're just being slow so you can watch me starve to death, and laugh." "Don't you eat breakfast in the morning?" she complained irritaably. He had been whining all morning about everything under the sun, and it was beginning to bother her. "Are you kidding? I'm afraid to *open* the refrigerator, much less *eat* anything from it. God knows what I might find in there." For emphasis, he added a bit of a shudder. "I left a container of stuffing in there for something like two months once." "Two *months*? You're kidding me. Didn't it start to smell?" "Of course it did. That's why I ended up taking it out. See, I'd put this little plastic thing of stuffing in around Thanksgiving one year, and somewhere in January it started to smell even when the refrigerator door was closed. So I figured it was probably time to clean out the fridge. I pulled it off the rack - it was sort of stuck on - and had to plug my nose with one hand while I carried the thing to the trash with the other. I took the trash bag out, and hoped no one would notice the smell. Unfortunately, the woman in the apartment next to mine had chosen that moment to take her garbage out, too. She sounded all sympathetic, and asked my if my pet had died. I would have laughed, but somehow it didn't seem appriopriate, so I mumbled something or other and ran back inside. The poor woman still behaves strangely every time she sees me; always moves to the other side of the hall when I walk by, and things like that. I think she thinks I'm a murderer or something... what?" Scully was shaking her head slowly. "You never cease to amaze me, Mulder. Two weeks I could understand, even three, maybe a month. But *two*months*? That's a lot, even for a slob like yourself." "Oh, yeah, right, like you've never done anything similar," he accused. Her face flushed, ever so slightly. "Well, I, ah, accidentally left a carton of milk open before we left on a trip once." "So? That's not so bad, as long as it was in the fridge." "It wasn't. I left it on the counter... and there it stayed... for an entire week... in the middle of July." Her ears turned a slightly darker shade of red. "I've never seen anything more disgusting in my life. Every color of the rainbow was growing inside that carton, including some that haven't been discovered yet. And let's not forget the fact that the milk had become a convincing substitute for cottage cheese." He tried to whistle, but couldn't stop smiling. "The truth about Ms. Perfect comes out... I never pegged you as forgetful, Scully. Did we leave our brain in the jar on the dresser that morning?" he teased, and took pleasure in the shade of red he produced on her cheeks. "Shut up, or I'll type very very slowly and you'll have to wait even longer to eat." He clutched his stomach in mock protest. "After thinking about that stuffing, I'm not sure I'm in the mood for lunch anymore..." stay tuned for "Caffeinated Conversation", coming soon... our heroes reveal the truth about sleeplessness! Well, there you have it! Keep all that e-mail coming, I absolutely love getting it! BTW, if anyone has an idea for a future chapter of Conversations, I'm open to any and all suggestions! Why are you still sitting there? E-mail me, people! :D -ecl Em Laurence (Mmm... sacre-licious!) EMXCer, Member of No Such Agency, Founding Member of XAngst Anonymous, One of US, and Queen of the Melissketeers *** --X-Phile Extraordinaire - the name says it all - Lil XPhile@aol.com-- *** *** ***Melissketeers Join Together - Denial Is Good!*** ***