From: "Krysten Appelbaum" Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:49:40 -0500 Subject: Submission Source: direct Title: Mine Author: abductee #1121 Summary: Mulder watches Scully after losing Emily. Spoilers: Emily Category: VRA Authors Notes: Hey! It took me about 30 minutes to write this so please bear with me. I dedicate this always to my two best X-Philes, Julie and Emily. Love yall'. Feedback: Always welcome at abductee1121@home.com Flames will just be used to warm my tootsies up here in the great white north. Disclaimer: Not mine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Somewhere ~~~~~~~~~ There she is. Just looking off into space. She sits on our bench. Our bench. A lot of her things have become mine. And yet all my things still belong to me. She waits. I stand not too far away, but she can't see me. I watch. She's twirling with her cross. It has been my lifeline and connection to her. The connection to my Scully. She's staring at something. A smile graces her lips. It's refreshing to see her smile. She hasn't since she lost her daughter. Her first daughter. Her last. Oh, only God knows how much I wanted that little girl to be mine. Wait. There's that mine again. I want so much to share something with Scully. But I can't. I'm afraid. Of what I don't know. Maybe rejection. Maybe of acceptance. Maybe of her. Maybe the fact that I think that she's not mine anymore. If she ever was mine. But again she's given me so much. I follow her gaze. She's watching a young couple with their little baby. It's trying to stand. The little boy stands with help of his smiling Mother. I try to place Scully in the Mothers place. I try to fit me in to his fathers, but it takes more of an effort. Another smile appears on Scully's face as the little boy takes a step but falls on his bottom. I smile too. But it's for Scully. My gaze returns to the trio. I put Scully and myself back into our places. The toddler successfully takes a step towards his father. Me. I break out into a wide smile. Hoping one day that this image may come true. My cell phone chirps snapping me back into reality. "Mulder" I say. "Are you enjoying the view?" a feminine and very familiar voice asks. My gaze flicks to Scully who is grinning at me like an idiot. I grin myself. "Yes very much so." I reply. "And I must say.I'm looking at he most beautiful woman." Scully's grin widens into a smile. "You're too kind." "Ah, but it's the truth." I say. I turn off my phone and Scully turn off hers. She stands. I walk over and she engulfs me into her embrace. I return it. My Scully's back. She's still mine. ~FIN~ Hope you liked it! Feedback please! abductee1121@home.com Shippers rule! Die Fowley! Give Scully a desk! Lover of Mulder's glasses! X-Phile Extrodinare