Title: Three words

Author: Corran (e-mail: starfish666@email.com)

Rating: G

Classification:V, MSR

Spoilers: Triangle (and NO, the title has nothing to do with
the episode)

Keywords: Mulder/Scully UST

Summary: Starts immediately after Scully left the hospital

Archive: yes!! but please tell me where it goes (`cause i want
to visit it ). Just e-mail me.

Disclaimer: nope, they`re not mine (unfortunately). they belong
to cc and 1013

Feedback: YES !! I love feedback.

Written 03/2001


Three Words


"Mom? It´s me."

"What is it sweetie?"

"I have to talk to you. Can I come to you? Or have you already
planned something?"

"What´s this all about, Dana?"

"I´ll tell you when I get ther, ok? At first I have to sort it out
for myself, I think."


When Scully arrived at her mothers, Maggie was already waiting and
shot her some worried glances.

"So, what´s going on, honey? You seem a little confused."

"Mom, I don´t know how to say this..."

"You´re scaring me here. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, everything is completely fine." Scully reassured her mother.

"At least physically. It´s more like my mind is spinning."

She waved a little helplessly with her hands and Maggie looked at
her daughter, questions in her eyes.

"Mulder has said something to me today. And I don´t know what to
think or do about it."

#Oh, spit it out, Dana#, Maggie thought. But aloud she said: "You
can tell me everything. You know that, right? Perhaps I can help
you."

Scully took a deep breath and said, her voice barely above a
whisper, "He said he loves me..."

A happy smile enlightened Maggie´s face.

"Oh, that´s wonderful! So where´s the problem? You love him, too,
don´t you?

"Mom, please listen to me. It´s a little more complicated. He was
just waking up in hospital after the Lone Gunmen and I had fished
him out of the sea - please don´t ask how he got there...He was
delirious, drugged. How can I know if he meant it? I don´t even
know HOW he meant it. Brotherly love? Love as a friend? Real love
that lasts a life? Was he just grateful that I´ve saved him? I
don´t know...I don´t know what to do now."

"Oh, that´s easy. Tell him you love him, too. Spend your life
with him."

"Mom! We´re friends. What if I´ve totally misunderstood him? I
don´t want to risk Mulder´s friendship by telling him how I feel
about him. I don´t want to loose what we have now."

" Trust me, Dana. It won´t destroy your friendship. It´ll just
improve it a little."

"He´s my closest friend, mom. But I don´t know if that´s enaough
to build a relationship on. I love him, but what if it doesn´t
work out? What if we change and our love dies like the flame of
a candle? I couldn´t live that way - without him. I don´t want
to loose him, ever. Mom, I´m scared."

"Come here, honey," Maggie said and embraced her daughter. "Let me
tell you something. It seems to me that the best relationships -
the one´s that last - are frequently the one´s that are rooted in
friendship. So don´t worry, dear. It´ll all just be fine. You only
have to accept his love and let him in your heart."

"He´s always been in my heart, mom. At first only as a friend. But
then... You know, one day you look at the person and you see
something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has
been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is...
suddenly the only person you ever imagine yourself with."

"Yeah, I think you got it. Finally. But you don´t have to tell ME.
Tell HIM how you feel. He is the one who needs to know. Don´t keep
him guessing any longer." With that Maggie dragged Scully to her
feet and gently pushed her in the direction of the front door.

"Don´t get me wrong, dear, but i think you should go to him now. I
think you´ve made your decision. He probably thinks you´ve rejected
him. Please don´t let him be upset any longer. I want you, both, to
be happy. So, hurry. And don´t forget to call me later," Maggie said
with a smile.

"You´re right, mom. I´ve made my decision. I want to be with Mulder.
Whatever happens."


END.

Author´s Notes: okay, okay, I admit it. I´ve picked some sentences
from "Rain King". But somewhere Scully must have gotten these wise
words. So why not from her mother?