From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 13:37:08 -0600 Subject: NEW - The Rumor (Sequel to The Massage, Post The Amazing Maleeni) by Randi Source: direct Reply To: danasdds@yahoo.com Title: The Rumor (Sequel to The Massage, post The Amazing Maleeni) Author: Randi E-mail: danasdds@yahoo.com Web Page: www.angelfire.com/fl2/thefoxyfiles Rating: PG-13 Classification: Humor Spoilers: Seven seasons, oh, yes... Disclaimer: They are not mine, they are 1013's creation, I just borrowed them. But anyway, thanks to Gillian and David for inspiring me for this one. Summary: A little mistake from Agent Mulder's part, a swollen wrist from a redheaded FBI agent, and misdirection everywhere. Skinner and Agent Mulder are dating? What about the massage? Unresolved sexual tension... What's that? They kissed. Period. Very sweet, gentle... Yes, the kiss of two grown-up coward adults working for the FBI. Enjoy it! Feedback will be greatly appreciated. To Amberleigh and Saliha, thank you for your continuous support and inspiration. The Rumor by Randi ...earlier that day The women were having their break in the smoking area of the cafeteria. Kimberly, Skinner's assistant was the youngest of the four of them. Gloria, a tall brunette on her fifties, from the Personnel Department; Ana, a Cuban on her forties, working at the Finance Department; and, Beth, an African American also in her fifties, recently assigned to Assistant Director Kersh. "I told you, Gloria, I will retire and this poll will never end." "C'mon, Beth. Think about it. Didn't I win the poll..." a machiavellian smile in Gloria's face said it all "...about you and AD Kersh?" "Well, but at least you had more opportunities to win that one. You have been my confident since we started our affair." Kimberly couldn't hide her surprise on the conversation these ladies were having in a room full of co-workers. An affair between Beth and AD Kersh? Another poll in the FBI building? "So, Kimberly, something new with Mr. and Mrs. Spooky?" Ana looked at the other two ladies and continue her interrogatory. "You know, Kim. If I were you, I will abduct Agent Mulder and kiss him hard in his lower lip. Ese tipo es un chulito. You know what I mean, uh?" "Not only those lips, but the mole. The mole!!!" "Hey, Beth! Be careful with your thoughts. You are talking about Mr. Spooky here. Ah, you have to be very careful with the little Mrs. Spooky. What a woman, she is so small, but almost crashed Marie's foot on the elevator." "What? That's new for me. Shoot, honey, we only have left three minutes." "Nothing, nothing. You were not working, ahem, with AD Kersh by that time, but you already were sleeping with him... Remember when Spooky got lost in the Bermuda Triangle?" "Ana, slow down, dear. Do you want everyone in this room to know that? Go, go. What happened? I remember that he told me something about the elevator video camera catching Mrs. Spooky and AD Skinner kissing on it, but I have no idea of what happened to Marie." "Agent Scully and my boss kissing on the elevator?" Kimberly couldn't hide her surprise. Her boss and Mrs. Spooky. Unbelievable!" "Yeah, honey. Those are old news." Gloria lighted another cigarette. "Well, the thing is that Agent Scully was acting weird around the halls and offices of the building. That was after she received the visit of three strange guys. John called me as soon as she left the bullpen and told me everything. Agent Mulder was lost and they were trying to seek for help to find him. The morons told her everything in front of John." "That's when everybody raised their bets." "Exactly, Beth. But in her desperation to find that help she stepped on Marie's foot and ran out of the elevator like crazy." "Elevators..." Gloria's smile reappeared, "I remember when there was this rumor... Agent Scully confronting Agent Fowley when Agent Mulder disappeared again a few days before Agent Fowley was found dead." "Exactly, Gloria. The curious thing is that she also confronted poor Agent Jeffrey Spender." "That woman is cursed." "Cursed, and spooky, Ana." "That's funny. I will add crazy. You know what I heard?" "Fast, honey. One minute left." "Okay, okay, Beth. There was a police guard who called Wanda and told her that on their last case..." "Maleeni case." Kimberly added to the conversation. "Whatever... He saw Agent Scully on her four in one of the halls and after she stood up Agent Mulder was following her like a baby asking for his bottle of milk." "I told you. Those two must be sleeping together for a long time." "Ah, the voice of experience is talking, Beth." "Shut up, Ana. Hey, Kimberly, any news on the adventure of the most notorious frequent travel agents on the FBI?" "No, girls. But they should be handling their report on that case later today." "Good girl. This poll is taking so long and it will go nowhere. Everybody's bets are that they are sleeping together. Who will win? Everybody. Although I had my doubts when Agent Fowley was still alive." "Girls, girls... Time out. Back to work. See you later." "Bye, Gloria." With their time against them, each one returned to their offices where at the same time they reported to their co-workers their new findings. Assistant Director Skinner's Office ...later that day... 'I have a massage for you. Your place. 7:00 PM, Your Amazing Muldini' Kimberly couldn't believe what she was reading. 'Shit! This is a good one, but what should I do.' "Kimberly." She jumped as she heard that her boss was in his office. He had returned from the meeting before she was expecting him. "Sir." "Are you okay?" "Yeah, yeah." "Is that Agent Mulder's report on the Maleeni case?" "Yes, Sir." "You can leave it on the desk. I have to return to the meeting. I just came back to close the office and take home the report. See you tomorrow." Skinner placed the report, with Mulder's note on top of it, on his briefcase and headed back to the meeting. After she recovered her speech, Kimberly was on the phone. "Gloria? Call the girls. This one is good." Kimberly gathered her things and closed her office. 'This one is really good.' A few seconds after she left the office, Mulder and Scully were there. "She is gone and the office is closed." "Mulder, it is almost five. Maybe Kim had a date. C'mon, let's go. I'm tired." FBI parking lot ...a few minutes later... "I drive." He took Scully's keys from her hand. "Mulder, for your information, this is *my* car. Yours is over there." She smiled at him. "Of course, Scully. You don't have a '95 two door green Toyota or a '99 black Mitsubishi." He said while pointing to the cars on both sides of her car. "I will drive you home, Scully." "Mulder..." "Seriously, Scully. I don't think you are not in any condition to drive back home. Specially when you have not taken your painkillers." She opened her mouth and in her surprised defensive mode she shot it again. "See? Your sister-in-law told me that you left the painkillers at their place. I know, Scully, that you don't need to take those pills. There are other methods." "Really?!" This was not the tone that she intended to use. Flirting with him? Teasing him? "Really." "Other methods?" "Other methods." "Like what, Mulder?" "Alternate medicine, doctor Scully?" "Oh, I see..." "You haven't seen anything yet, Scully." Oh, oh, oh. "Show me, Mulder." Now it was Mulder who needed to act as fast as possible. "Take your coat off." He was serious this time. "Mulder, you want to strip off my clothes to show me your *methods*?" "Scully, you will find after the Amazing Muldini uses his powers." "Powers? Now you call it powers..." "Nah, Scully. Is not what you are thinking? Ah, let see, take it off. It's an order, doctor!" With a soft sigh, she took off her coat. Oops! She was only wearing a sleeveless dark blue top under her blazer. Mulder was having a bad time observing the way she was undressing in front of him. Her delicate arms were exposed to him. This time she wasn't hurt or had been abducted. She was naked neither, but in his mind those bare arms remind him of her naked body in Antarctica and in the decontamination unit when Diana made his dream come true indirectly when he shared the shower with a full healthy naked Scully. "Now what, Mulder." "Let me hold your wrist, Scully." "You want to hold my wrist? Why then I had to undress here in the parking lot, Mulder?" "Undressed, Scully? Nah, nah, nah, nah. Trust me. Give me your hand." "What's on your mind, Fox Mulder? Are we going to have sex in the parking lot?" Anyone for a Frozen Daiquiri or Frozen Mulder? "Doctor Scully, is that what you have in your mind? I was thinking in something more simply than sex in the parking lot." "Ooohhh! Like what?" He moved closer to her. "A massage." He turned around and was standing behind her. Turning her head a little to look him to his eyes, she asked, "A massage?" "A soft and gentle massage." He spoke softly to her ear. "Soft. Mulder..." "Uh?" In his mind he was reliving the batting lesson position. "Why don't we go to my place and you... Ouch!" She took her hand away from Mulder. "Sorry, Scully. You were saying?" "Let's go home, Mulder. I have something at my place that's better than that." She rolled her eyes and hide her smile again. "Oh, doctor Scully, are you serious?" Is there another word for teasing? Maybe flirting? Mulder closed the distance between them. "Yeah..." She moved her body back. They were barely touching each other. "Whatever you want, Scully." "Warm oil for your massage." "Sounds good." "Mulder?" "Uh?" He was hypnotized with her hair. "Home. Let's go home." "Uh?" His nose was playing with her hair. "Mulder, could you stop what you are doing for a second and take us home?" "Home? Of course, hon..., I mean, Scully." "C'mon, G-man. I'm tired. Take me home. " She tried to move, but he was holding her by her waist. "What about my car?" "One night at this parking lot won't harm it." "What about your car?" She turned and with a little effort on her part she spoke to his ear with a soft voice, "One night in front of *your* place won't harm it." He moved his head toward her, their lips almost locked. "I thought..." "You thought nothing, Mulder. Not here. Take me home." "GET A ROOM! Not in the parking lot, perverted ones!" The voice came from the security guard booth. Jesus! This guy was mad. In a matter of seconds Mulder and Scully left the parking lot in Scully's car. Oh, what a great day! Could there be a reward after working so many years for the FBI? Of course, yes. She was waiting for her Mom in the parking lot of the FBI building. Front row. A green two door '95 Toyota. Her mother was going to be so, so, so, happy. Speaking of her Mom, she was opening the door of the car. "Hey, I was waiting for you in front of the elevator, Anita." "Sorry, Mom. You look happy. Retirement news?" "Better than that, Anita. The girls told me that AD Skinner and Agent Mulder are gay." "That's impossible, Mom. I heard something that will blow your head." "We won the Lotto! How much?" "No, Mom. Agent Mulder and Agent Scully are lovers. I heard them. We won't have to return to Cuba. They just left on her car to her apartment. Mom, this is better than the Lotto. How much money will be ours if you win the poll?" ...later that night at Skinner's apartment... 'I'll kill him. Thank God I didn't open the briefcase at the meeting. Agent Mulder, you are a dead man! That's the only thing I wasn't prepared for coming from Agent Mulder. After all these years that I thought that he and Scully were sleeping together, uh! He is gay. Shit! I must leave this apartment before seven, just in case in decides to come here to give me his massage. Shit! Shit! Shit! What if Kimberly read the note?' FIN