The elevator sounds as she reached the lower level where their office was located. the doors creeped open and the sounds of mulder talking grew louder. She could hear a woman's voice as she drew closer and her foot steps grew slower. Once she was just outside the door she knew who it was, Diana Fowley. She tried to listen, however, the sound of laughing crushed her. All she could think about was getting out of there as fast as she could. She felt as though she was moving in slow motion as she walked to

the stairs instead. Once inside the stare well she sat on the steps her head in her hands trying to hold back the tears that threatened to fall. After a few moment she could hear the elevator sound as Diana left. She pressed her head against the door and tried to compose herself before she left.

Mulder watched as Diana left and his thoughts going over what they talked about. He was not sure why he had accepted her invitation and was not sure how Scully would feel if she found out. 'Scully' He thought as he looked at his watch. She was late which was not something that normaly happened. He slowly got up and walked to the elevator, but stopped when he glanced at the stairs door. He could see scully through the glass and wondered what she was doing there.

Scully noticed Mulder and began to climb the stairs as fast as she could. She heard the door below open and her name being called, but all she thought to was 'keep moving.' the numbers on the wall labeling each floor seemed to move by slower and slower until finaly she reached the number she needed. Mulder called out her name once more before the door shut behind her and the ecoes could be heard in the hall. Poeple looked as she passed by and as Mulder burst through the door. As she entered the elevator she looked up at him and he could see the look on her face. Mulder knew that look and stopped in his tracks as his heart broke into a million pieces.