A/N: I don't know if this has been done, but the idea isn't leaving me alone. I see a lot of college AU stuff for these two, which I love to an unhealthy extent but couldn't you imagine them as highschool TEACHERS?! So here's a fic based on that little idea. It's going to be an ongoing series if you guys are into it.

X Files doesn't belong to me.

The first time Fox Mulder, the sociology teacher, known as Mr. Mulder or Mr. Spooky to his students, saw Dana Scully was when she was being introduced in an early morning teacher's meeting. She was the new science teacher; young, with a reserved smile and awkward but endearing suits. Her eyes scanned the crowd of teachers in the lounge and he swore hers locked with his for a second longer than they should've. She was entering her late twenties, being one of the youngest teachers there, and also one of the only women teachers not married. There were rumors about why as the weeks progressed: perhaps she was a lesbian, no, she was too uptight for a husband. Mulder said nothing towards the rumors but he watched her as she walked down the hall, her little heels clicking (she was just the tiniest thing), and since they had adjoining classrooms, sometimes he left the door to hers open when he had a free period and listened to her teach.

She wasn't uptight, like the fellow teachers said, and she taught well. One time, he heard her tell a joke and then he heard her laugh. His heart skipped a beat; that was the cutest little laugh he had ever heard. He listened to the student's conversations about her; some of her students were in his class. The general consensus was that she was liked, he heard a few crude sexual comments from the boys, and a group of girls he saw going down the hall said she had a 'bitchface'.

They had never had a conversation before, despite the school year being a month in. They both ate their lunches in their respective classrooms, and once she spied him looking at her through her window and waved, smiling. That was the time she wore a purple blouse with a green suit jacket, and he heard a few comments about that. He longed to walk over to her room and say hi, but he could never gather the confidence.

Dana Scully, the science teacher, known as Miss Scully to her students, had Fox Mulder on her mind far too much. She didn't have a crush on him, she was just simply intrigued. Sometimes she walked through his room to get to hers and they shared quick 'hi's. He was 'Spooky' Mulder when referred to by other teachers, apparently obsessed with the paranormal. His students picked up on it and teased him about it constantly, but he was one of the best-liked teachers at the school. He taught well and was kind and funny to his students, and he let them make jokes about his ugly ties and laughed at them too. She listened to him teach during her free period simply because the sound of his voice was very calming.

One afternoon in the beginning of October she found herself coming through his office after getting her salad from the teacher's lounge fridge. He wasn't in his classroom, so she found herself gazing at the pictures that adorned his office space. There was a poster with a UFO that declared 'I WANT TO BELIEVE' that stuck out the most. He didn't have many pictures of his family like other teachers, but on his bulletin board there was a picture of a teenage boy and young girl playing checkers, grinning ear-to-ear. It was cute.

"Oh," Mulder exclaimed as he came into his room. Scully, who was sitting on a desk and staring at his office, jumped.

"God, I'm sorry," she said, mouth full of salad.

"No problem. Dana Scully, right?"

"Mm-hmm. We teach across from each other."

He smirked. "I know. And we've never even had a conversation, even though it's already November."

"I know. I'm glad we're doing something about it."

"Were you looking at my pictures?" he asked, gesturing to his bulletin board.

The redhead nodded sheepishly. "Yes. Cute kids," she said, pointing to the picture of the children playing checkers. "Yours?" He looked at the picture and chuckled.

"No, I'm not married." her eyebrows shot up in surprise.

"Really? I could've sworn you were."

Mulder spit another sunflower seed out and opened a cup of tapioca pudding. "Nope. That picture is of me and my sister when we were kids."

"You two are close?"

He pursed his lips, and something in his expression fell. "We were."

Scully felt uncomfortable, invasive. "I'm sorry," she murmured.

"Don't apologize." he said, looking back up at his pictures. "We were cute, huh?" She smiled, now gazing at the UFO poster.

"Do you believe in that stuff?"

"What stuff? Oh, that. Don't you?"

Scully raised an eyebrow. "I am a science teacher, Mulder."

"So?"

"So, logically, I would have to say no."

Mulder smirked. "Why?"

"Because, like I said, I'm a firm believer in science."

Mulder stood up and touched her cross pendant. "So what's this?"

"What do you mean?"

"Can someone believe in science and a higher power at the same time?"

"Of course," Scully retorted. "I have my own reasons for my beliefs." Their eyes locked again, and there was something different in their stares. Next thing they knew, a bell was ringing. "I have a class," she murmured. "Sorry for...intruding."

"No, actually, you're fine." he replied. "I like talking to you."

Scully looked over her shoulder. "You like debating with me?"

"No. I like conversing with you. Beliefs don't matter."

"You're not so bad yourself." she smiled. "Have a good day!" she exclaimed as she walked back to her room. Mulder leaned back in his chair and smiled. Miss Scully was not mild-mannered or shy, she wasn't afraid to give him judging stares and raised eyebrows, wasn't afraid to defend herself. He really did like her.

A/N: Just thought I'd start this off with their first meeting, things will get a little better in future chapters. Thank you for reading!

-Lulamae