Disclaimer: Mulder, and Scully don't belong to me – good ol' Chris Carter created them. The X-Files universe also belongs to 1013 Productions.

A/N: This is the first in a series of FUN oneshots that my X-Phile buddy and I will be challenging each other to write. I won't be able to do one super often, but I will update as much as I can. This is a sort of a pre-movie excitement builder for me, so if some of them are silly… that's why. It will be a nice change of pace for me from PotC, which is my main fandom right now. Anyways, I hope you enjoy these, and don't forget to go and see The X-Files 2: I Want To Believe when it comes out in theatres on July 25th. The trailer just came out and boy does it look awesome!! I can't tell much about the actual plot of the movie, but XF has always been vague on those details so I'm not worried. It did look like they were about to kiss for one millisecond, which is always a good thing. The more X-Philes that show up to this movie, the greater the chance that Chris Carter will want to make a third movie, which might be about the mythology!! How friggin' cool would that be? This summer is gonna rock.

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Truth

Scully nervously straightened her partner's outrageous neon green alien tie as they waited outside Skinner's office. Their boss had called them in for a meeting and she knew exactly what he was going to ask them. Rumors had been circulating around the Bureau that she and Mulder were 'involved', which was of course strictly forbidden. Agents who had partners of the opposite sex were only allowed to have platonic relationships - that was the policy. Rumors were nothing new to the agents of the X-Files division, except this time, much to Scully's happiness, they were true.

"Assistant Director Skinner will see you now," the blonde secretary announced, holding the door open to the interrogation pit of hell. Mulder and Scully reluctantly entered his office.

"Have a seat," Skinner growled, gracing them with a knowing glare. Mulder and Scully sat. "Well?" He bellowed. "Are you or aren't you?"

"Are we what, sir?" Mulder asked, his tone polite and his expression a subtle smirk. Scully inwardly groaned - this was no time for any of Mulder's flippant remarks! Skinner cut right to the chase.

"Agent Mulder, are you and Agent Scully involved in a sexual relationship?" Scully glanced warily at her lover. She had previously coached him on what to say, and she hoped that he stuck to it.

"The truth is, sir..." Mulder began. The redhead crossed her fingers under her chair, praying that he would remember the details of their argument that they were not, in fact, involved. "I've loved Agent Scully ever since our first case together." WHAT?

And then he kissed her, much to Scully's mortification. It irked her even further that she couldn't immediately pull away. When she finally did, Scully glowered at Mulder, and stepped down on his right foot. Hard. As her partner howled in pain, she turned back to Skinner, her cheeks glowing crimson. Grimacing, the female agent tried to apologize for their inappropriate behavior.

"I'm sorry you had to witness that -"

"Blatant Public Display of Affection?" Skinner supplied. She winced.

"Yes. I'll just go pack my things now - it was nice working for you, sir."

"Hold it, Agent Scully." Skinner grabbed her arm before she could leave. "I'm not firing you."

"You... you're not?" she stammered. Skinner chuckled.

"No. You and Mulder are two of my best agents; I'd hate to lose you. I only called you in here so it looks like I'm following procedure. If my superiors ask what you said, I'll tell them that you denied everything."

"Thank you, sir," Scully exclaimed, stunned by this interesting turn of events.

"Yeah, thanks," Mulder chimed in after one look at his love, wanting to protect his other foot.

"Goodbye," Skinner said pointedly, which was his way of dismissing them. Mulder and Scully didn't have to be told twice.

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"Mulder, what were you thinking?" Scully exploded once they had reached the safety of their dreary basement office. "You could've cost us our jobs! But instead you exposed us to Skinner."

"I didn't expose us," said Mulder with a wink. "There was no removing of clothing, if I recall."

"Mulder! Is that really all you think about? I meant that you exposed our relationship that we agreed to keep secret!" Scully fumed at him, wondering why he had risked their job security. This wasn't usually like Mulder at all! He'd better have a reason, and a damn good one at that…

"I knew we could get away with it," Mulder said smugly.

"Why would you say that?" She asked, folding her arms.

"Because I know Skinner," said her partner. "He told me a long time ago I was a fool if I let the Bureau's restrictions get in the way of how I felt about you. So, sometimes, it really does pay to tell the truth."

"Haha," she said sarcastically. "I just wish that we had done that sooner."

"Well, Agent Scully, I'm more than willing to make up for lost time," Mulder said in a low voice. Hare dare he use that voice at work! Just for that, she had the perfect payback in mind.

"Are you now?" She said, amused. "That's too bad, because I'm afraid you'll just have to wait until tonight for that. Now if you excuse me…" Scully reached into the file cabinet beside her, grabbed a random X-File and pretended to peruse it with interest.

"Oh, come on, Dana," Mulder said seductively. "What's to stop us from doing it right here?"

"For one thing, Mulder, I'm not in the mood," she said, her voice frosty. She still hadn't forgiven him for the Skinner incident, but even so, she was lying through her teeth. Just being in the same room with Mulder made her wild with desire…

"I don't buy that for a second," he laughed, causing her to look up from the file in annoyance. "The truth is out there, Scully, but so are the lies."

FIN

A/N: Okay okay, so this one was kinda silly. ;) But boy is it fun to be writing about X-Files! I will definitely be writing more of these. Stay tuned! Can you tell I'm a shipper?