From: Voet Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 20:45:51 +-100 Subject: story, 2nd version Title: You're my inspiration (1/3) Author: Tanja E-mail address: voet@tanja-myrna.demon.nl Rating: G Category: S, R Spoilers: Chinga Keywords: Mulder/Scully Romance Summary: Mulder realizes how he feels about Scully and finally acts on it. This story can be posted anywhere, just keep my name on it and let me know! Disclaimer: O.K., I know, Mulder and Scully aren't mine, they belong to Chris Carter, 1013 and Fox, I only used them for this little story. I hope you like it anyway. The song "you're my inspiration" belongs to Chicago. Author's note: This is only the first fanfic I ever wrote. So please, don't be mad at me, if you don't like it :-D! I had the idea, when I was watching Chinga again. If you don't like MSR stories, well then you probably shouldn't read this story, it is pretty shippy. Oh yeah, sorry if I made any mistakes, but English isn't my first language, Dutch is. O.K. have fun with it! You're my inspiration (1/?) The phone almost fell out of her hand, when he popped out the question. She knew that he was only joking, but still she didn't know what to say. She had longed to hear him say something like this for so long, that now that she heard the words she was speechless for a moment, even though she knew that it was only a joke. On the other side of the line, Mulder was doing some thinking to. He realized he had to say something, he couldn't just hang up now. But before he could say anything she found her voice back and joked: "I was hoping for something more helpful Mulder" , a little voice kept nagging his mind. "Mulder, you're still here with me?" "Huh, yeah, I'm still there", her voice brought him back to reality. "Good, I think I'm going to hang up now and enjoy my holiday, okay?" "Sure, have fun Scully" She almost hang up the phone when he said: "Scully wait, I ..." "What?" "No, nothing, never mind Scully, enjoy your holiday, bye." "Bye Mulder", she hang up the phone and sighed. She knew that he had only been joking, but still a little voice kept nagging her mind. She decided that she needed to stop thinking about this and should enjoy her holiday. She quickly put away the phone, finished the conversation with the other agents and left the supermarket. In the meanwhile Mulder was still in his office, thinking about what he had said. And about how much he wanted to tell her the truth. He thought about the last five years. He still remembered that first time he had met her. "Hello I am Agent Scully, I have been assigned to work with you", she had said and although he had known that she was send to debunk the X-files, the moment he saw her, he didn't care anymore. And that first case, she had been so scared of the mosquito bites, he grinned when he thought of it again. Yeah, they had been through so much together, the last few years: Tooms, Duane Barry, Modell, the death of her father and sister, the death of his father, his search for his sister and her cancer, he had been so scared of losing her and had been so happy when he had found out that her cancer had gone into remission. Suddenly he realized that he had to tell her how he felt about her, no matter what the risks would be. Before he could change his mind again he grabbed his car keys and ran out of the door. Realizing he only needed to do one other thing before he could go to Maine. After a visit to the jewelry store, he went home to pack a couple of things and left. It was going to be a long ride, so he turned on the radio and searched for a station, when he heard an old song of Chicago he stopped. The song was called "you're my inspiration" and it was as if the song was about him and Scully. Later that night he arrived in Maine, realizing he had no idea where Scully was staying. He had two options, call Scully on her cell phone and ask her where she was staying, but then she would probably figure out pretty soon that he was in Maine also, and he didn't want her to know yet. So there was only one other option. Find out which hotels there were in Maine and call them one by one to find out where she was staying. He went to a tourist office, where they were friendly enough to give him a list of all the hotels in town, unfortunately Maine had about 30 hotels, so he just hoped he wouldn't have to call all of them. He went back to his car with the list and started to call the first hotel. After 28 phone calls, he still hadn't found the hotel where she was staying. With a deep sigh he called no. 29. This time he was at the right place, she was staying there, they asked if he wanted to leave a message, but he said that that wasn't necessary. He drove to the hotel and asked the reception to transfer his phone call to her room. In the meanwhile he walked to her room. "Scully" "Hi Scully, it's me" "Mulder, how the hell did you know where I was staying?" "Oh, I just called a couple of hotels in Maine, to ask them if you were staying there" "Well, this better be important, because ....", before she could finish her sentence, she heard somebody knock on the door. "Mulder, just a second, there's somebody ..." "Why don't you open the door first?", he asked with a smile in his voice. "How do you know there's somebody ...", she opened the door and saw Mulder standing there with a big smile on his face. "Mulder, what are you doing here?" "Well I was just driving by and I thought I'd drop by to see you" "Yeah right, you are a 6-hour drive away from home and you were just driving by anyway" "Well, can I come in, or are you just going to let me stand here?" She let him in, wondering why he drove 6 hours to talk to her, couldn't he just have called her? As if he knew what she was thinking he started to talk. "Scully, I came all the way down here, because I wanted to talk to you. Remember our conversation this morning?" She nodded, still wondering were this conversation was heading to. "Well, after that talk I did some thinking and I realized that I needed to talk to you, so ..." Suddenly he heard that song on her hotel radio. "Mulder, what .." He walked to the radio and pushed the volume button. "Shh, just listen to this song, I heard it this afternoon and it was as if the song was about us" "About us, what do you ...." Before she could finish her sentence he put one finger on her lips. "Shh, just listen" She listened to the song, wondering what he meant. You know our love was meant to be The kind of love to last forever And I want you here with me From tonight until the end of time You should know Everywhere I go Always on my mind In my heart In my soul Suddenly she knew, where this was going to go. Her eyes grew wide and she whispered: "Mulder, I .." "Shh, just listen to this song first, then we can talk" She nodded and listened to the rest of the song. Baby, you're the meaning in my life You're the inspiration You bring feeling to my life You're the inspiration Wanna have you near me I wanna have you hear me saying "No one needs you more than I need you" And I know (And I know) Yes I know that it's plain to see So in love when we're together Now I know (Now I know) That I need you here with me >From tonight until the end of time You should know (Yes, you need to know) Everywhere I go You're always on my mind You're in my heart In my soul You're the meaning in my life You're the inspiration You bring feeling to my life You're the inspiration Wanna have you near me I wanna have you hear me saying "No one needs you more than I need you" (No one needs you more than I) Wanna have you near me I wanna have you hear me saying "No one needs you more than I need you" (No one needs you more) You're the meaning in my life You're the inspiration You bring feeling to my life You're the inspiration When you love somebody 'Til the end of time When you love somebody Always on my mind No one needs you more than I The last words of the song drifted away and she looked at him. Before she could even say anything, he started to talk. "Scully, when I asked that question this morning, I was joking, but as soon as the words left my mouth, I realized that I didn't want it to be a joke", saying this he went down on his knees, opened a small box and took out a beautiful diamond ring and said: "Dana Scully, I love you, you are my inspiration and I need you more then you will ever know, will you please marry me?" He looked up to her, and saw that she was crying. "Scully?" "Mulder I, ..", she was still to shocked to say anything "Yes or No Scully?", he asked her, his eyes completely focussed on her. "Yes, of course I will marry you, I love you to and I ..." Before she could finish her words, he put the ring on her finger, swept her off her feet and did the only other thing he could do right now. He kissed her. The End Epilogue Hours later when they were lying into each other's arms, Scully asked Mulder curiously: "Mulder, exactly how many hotels did you call, before you found out where I was staying?" "29" "29 hotels, but Mulder this town only has 30 ..." He grinned. "I know and I thought I'd started at the end of the list instead of at the beginning." "Let me guess, my hotel was on top of the list?" He grinned again: "second one on the list" She laughed and said: "you know Mulder, sometimes you really are crazy" "And isn't that why you love me so much?", he smiled and silenced her with a kiss. O.k. this was it! What did you think of it, to overdone? Should there be a sequel or not? Please let me know what you think of it, even if you didn't like it. I love getting e-mail (voet@tanja-myrna.demon.nl), I promise to write everybody back :-D! Title: You're my inspiration (2/3) Author: Tanja E-mail address: voet@tanja-myrna.demon.nl Rating: PG Category. S, R Spoilers: Chinga Keywords : Mulder/Scully Romance, Maggie Scully/Skinner Romance Summary. Mulder and Scully get back from their trip to Maine and have to tell people about their wedding plans. This story can be posted anywhere, just keep my name on it and let me know! Disclaimer: There we go again. Mulder and Scully aren't mine, neither are Skinner, Maggie Scully and Diana Fowley (who would want to own her anyway?) they all belong to the great Chris Carter, 1013 and Fox. Author's note: Mulder and Scully are back from Maine and will have to tell people about their new situation. Any idea how Skinner is going to react, well just read it :-D! You're my inspiration (2/3) They had been driving all afternoon, to get back home on time, since they would have to work again tomorrow. They had spend two more days in Maine, just relaxing and enjoying each other and their new found happiness. Mulder parked the car in front of Scully's apartment and looked at Scully. She had fallen asleep about an hour ago and she still wasn't awake. He didn't want to wake her, so he decided to get the luggage later and just carry her upstairs. He carried her into the building and into the elevator. When he came at her apartment he wondered how the hell he was going to find his key to her apartment, without waking her up. Before he figured out what to do, she slowly opened one eye. "Are we there already?" "Yep" "Good, thanks for carrying me upstairs", she opened both her eyes now and grinned at him. "You weren't sleeping???????" "Ehm, nope", she gave him a big grin. "You mean, you let me carry you all the way upstairs, because I thought you were asleep and you weren't ?!??" "Just be glad the elevator was working, otherwise you would have had to carry me up 3 stairs", she grinned again. Then asked: "Since I'm not asleep, do you think you could you put me down?", but he didn't. "No, you got me carrying you upstairs, now I'm going to carry you all the way" "You know Mulder, usually a man carries a woman across the doorstep after they are married, not before" "Well, I've got to exercise, shouldn't I?" "So now you're going to carry me across the doorstep every day until we are married?" In the meanwhile Mulder found his keys and tried to open the door. "Don't get you're hopes up to high Scully, besides I thought you wanted to get ...", before he could even say: "married next week", the door flew open and they were looking at Maggie Scully. "Get what ....???, she asked curiously, looking at her daughter who was still in her partner's arms. Scully and Mulder were both so surprised that they couldn't answer that question immediately. Mulder quickly put Scully down on her feet. Scully found her voice back first. "Mom, hi, what are you doing here?" "Well, you were the one who invited me to come over for dinner remember? But something tells me you completely forgot about it" "Oh mom, I'm so sorry, I did invite you, but I ehm got a little distracted", she looked at Mulder and smiled. "It doesn't matter honey, but I'm very curious about what distracted you so much", she didn't even have to look at her daughter's face to know what exactly had distracted her so much. Or maybe it was better to say *who*. She smiled. "Why don't you two come in and explain to me why Fox is carrying you?" They walked into the living room and sat down on the couch. "Mom, I ...", Scully started to say, but her mother interrupted her and finished her sentence "wasn't in Maine alone I suppose?" "Ehm yes", Scully said, blushing. "Actually I did go alone, but Mulder tracked me down there, because he wanted to talk to me. "Tracked you down, you didn't tell him where you were staying?", Maggie asked, with a questioning look. "Well, I uhm wanted a quiet weekend, without thinking about work, so I didn't tell him where I was staying" "How did you know where to go then?", Maggie asked Mulder curiously. This made them both laugh. "I asked the tourist office for a list of hotels in Maine and called them all", Mulder answered, still laughing. "How many hotels exactly did you call?" "29" "And how many hotels does Maine have?" "30" The answer made Scully even laugh harder. Before Mulder could even say anything else, Scully said grinning "actually, my hotel was second one on the list, but he thought he would have more luck starting at the end of the list". Maggie laughed to and asked: "Why didn't you just call her on her cellular phone?", looking at Mulder, who said: "I wanted to surprise her" , Maggie thought. She looked at her daughter, and asked: "So were you?" "Were what?" "Surprised" "You can say that again, not so much because he was there, but the reason why he was there", Scully said to her mother and looked at Mulder with a big grin on her face. Maggie thought. "Would you two please tell me why he was there, if you don't tell me now ..., well there is a limit to my patience and my curiosity", Maggie yelled. Scully looked from Mulder to her mother, the big grin still on her face: "Well mom, let's just say, are you in town next week?" "Next week, why?" "Well, we would like to get married next week, and I think you ..." "You're what??!!!!!?? "Getting married next week", was Scully's dry answer. "You're getting married"???? "You're repeating me mom", Scully said laughing. "Yeah, well I, how ..??' Mulder laughed and said: "I suddenly realized I had to tell her how I felt about her, so I went down there and asked her to marry me". Maggie smiled at them and said: "Well, congratulations you two, it was about time, I'm so happy for you" and she hugged them. After that she said: "well, since I'm pretty hungry by now, let's have dinner somewhere to celebrate this and to discuss everything". "Yes, and let's also discuss how we are going to break this good news to Skinner tomorrow morning", Mulder said dryly to Scully, before they left. Maggie who walked behind them thought with a mysterious mile . LATER THAT EVENING Maggie came home later that night, after having a nice dinner with her daughter and her future (very soon) son-in-law. While she opened the door, she smiled at the thought of how happy Dana and Fox obviously were. She hadn't seen her daughter this happy in a very long time. When she entered the living room a man's voice welcomed her, "hi honey, how was your dinner with your daughter". She smiled and him and gave him a kiss: "Surprising" "Surprising?" "Well yes, when I came there, she had forgotten" "I thought she invited you?" "She did, but she got kind of distracted during the weekend" "What happened?" "Well, when I got there, she wasn't there yet, so I let myself in and decided to wait for her, after a while I heard some noises so I opened the door and I saw Dana in ...", she paused for a moment, to keep him in suspense. "In what ...", he asked impatiently. "Fox's arms" "What????!!!, you mean those two were finally smart enough to realize they belong together?" "Yes, finally" "Good, it was about time, I was afraid one day we would have to knock them with their heads against each other, before they would realize", he smiled at her. "Was that all?" he asked "No, they are also getting married next week" "Well I have to have to hand it to them, finally they are doing something quickly, I thought now we would have to wait for a wedding for at least another 5 years", Walter Skinner said to Maggie grinning. "Yes, well, you know, there was only one thing they were worried about a little", Maggie said to Walter. "Oh what?" "Telling you!" He grinned and said: "Well, you know I just thought about a way to surprise them". He whispered something in her ear and she laughed. , she thought and after that she said: "let's go to bed, I am kind of tired". "Oh you are, well we have to do something about that don't we, let's go upstairs", he said with a smile and followed her. NEXT MORNING J.EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING MULDER AND SCULLY'S OFFICE Before Mulder and Scully arrived, Diana Fowley walked into their office. She saw nobody was there, but before she turned around she saw an enormous bouquet of white and red roses on Scully's desk. "Who the hell would give you these flowers, agent Scully", she murmured. She just wanted to check the flowers for a card when Mulder and Scully walked in. "You really don't think we just can't tell him, until after ...", Mulder was talking to Scully, but stopped when he saw Diana Fowley standing in front of the flowers. "Diana, what brings you down here?", he asked sarcastically. She turned around and said: "Oh, I just wanted to tell you something, but you weren't here so I was about to leave when I saw those beautiful flowers" She looked at Scully and asked, with a mean smile on her face: "Do you have a secret admirer agent Scully?" Scully didn't answer the question but just walked to the flowers and looked for a card. When she found it and read the text, her jaw dropped. "Mulder, did you ..." "What?" He walked to her and she handed him the card. He read the text: "Congratulations with your engagement, it was about time!, Skinner". His mouth fell open and he looked at Scully: "How ..?" "I don't know, I didn't tell him?" "Well me neither, who the hell could have ...?", before he could finish his sentence Skinner walked in and finished it for him. "told me?, Maggie did" "My mother, but how ..", Scully didn't know what to say, because she was still to surprised, so was Mulder who was still looking in total shock to his boss. Diana Fowley completely didn't understand, what this was all about, but before she could even ask, Skinner started talking again. "Well I must say, it was about time you two, like I told your mother last night, agent Scully, I was afraid that I would have to knock you two with your heads against each other, before you were going to realize!, but congratulations!" He gave Scully a kiss on the cheek and shook hands with Mulder. Then he turned around to Diana Fowley and said: "Well, agent Fowley, aren't you going to congratulate them with their wedding plans?" "Wedding plans?????", she looked at Mulder in complete shock, then congratulated them quickly, smiled not really convincing and left the room. Mulder suddenly realized something, his jaw dropped and he looked at Skinner again in shock: "you mean you and ...? Skinner grinned and smiled: "yes" Scully still missed the point, but suddenly she realized also. "You mean you are dating my mother???????" "Yes" "Wow, and I thought we were going to surprise you!" "Well, you didn't, why don't you two go home to organize this wedding and I don't want to see you two back in this office, until you are married and enjoyed a well-deserved honeymoon!", saying that he turned around and walked out the room, leaving a still shocked Mulder and Scully. After a while, Mulder found back his voice and said to Scully: "Well I don't think we have a choice have we, let's go!" She smiled and followed him, home and to their future together. The End O.k. this one is ready to. What did you think of it? Please let me know! There will be a third part about the wedding of course, but I don't know how yet. Bye bye!