Author's note: I own nothing. I just like to write about my favourite couple. Please don't sue me.
Chapter one:
I will slowly but surely die of boredom down here, Dana Scully thought and glanced at her wristwatch for the third time in less than five minutes. It was only ten to four which meant that it was over an hour left until she could leave the FBI building and go home.
She looked around the small basement and wished that the room would have at least a few windows so that she could have something else to stare at other than newspaper clips of UFOs and other paranormal stuff all day long. But that's what you had to deal with if you were Fox Mulders partner but to be honest she would not want to trade this little office for anything else in the world. Even if she doubted that Mulder would listen to her at all if she tried to tell him that they at least could put a plant in one of the corners.
It was a boring Wednesday afternoon that never seemed to end and Scully caught herself staring at the wall, not having typed a single word on her computer in over ten minutes. Later that day her cousin from Nevada would arrive to stay with her for a couple of weeks and that was the reason Scully wanted to get home. She needed to prepare everything before her cousin got there and buy some more groceries.
She looked forward to the company even if she thought that her cousin could get a little too much sometimes and way to annoying to talk to. She was also a bit worried of how Mulder would react since her cousin was going to come with her to work every day. She was very interested in police work and wanted to learn more about it, but Scully suspected that it was just an excuse to meet Mulder.
Scully suddenly realized that someone was saying her name and she tore her gaze away from the wall.
"Scully are you listening to me", her partner and best friend going on six years now asked. Fox Mulder was watching her with an amused expression, slumped back in his chair, chewing on one of the numerous sunflower seeds he consumed a day.
"I'm sorry. My mind was elsewhere", Scully said blushing slightly; she hadn't heard a word that he had uttered. Mulder smirked and repeated what he had been talking about for a good five minutes.
"You said that you're cousin was coming to Washington today. I just realized that I don't know much about her."
Scully raised her eyebrows and shrugged. "Well there isn't that much to know. She is twenty-three years old and works as a nurse in Carson City. She can be a handful every once in a while but is overall very nice and talkative."
"A nurse huh", Mulder said thoughtfully and Scully gave him a stern look.
"Don't even think about it Mulder."
Mulder tilted his chair back so that he was leaning against the wall and smiled wildly at his partner.
"But you told me that I would meet her so it's your own fault you know."
Scully couldn't hide her smile and shook her head. She promised herself never to let her cousin alone in a room with Mulder, ever. If she had her will granted, her cousin wouldn't even be anywhere close to him.
"Well about my cousin. I was thinking about leaving a little earlier today so that I can take care of a few things. But I guess that will be okay, seeing as nothing exiting probably is going to happen other than you falling on the floor", Scully said and Mulder nodded to show that he agreed with her.
"Sure you go ahead. I'll see you tomorrow Scully."
Scully grabbed her coat from the hanger, gave Mulder one last wave of goodbye and left the office.
Scully hurried to grocery shop for the things she thought she would need for the rest of the week and then left for the airport where she would pick up her cousin. She got there about fifteen minutes before the plane would land so she sat down in the arrival hall to wait. She did not think that her cousin would be hard to spot as, knowing her, she would most likely come running out first of all passengers.
And sure enough, the first thing Scully saw when the travellers from Nevada started to well out was a short girl with blonde, curly hair to her shoulders and the same big, blue eyes all the Scullys had. The girl threw herself in Scullys arms with a shriek.
"Dana. Oh my god I missed you so much", she exclaimed and squeezed her cousin even harder.
"I missed you too Julia but you don't have to crush my ribs for that", Scully replied and Julia quickly realised the hold.
"Wow. You're still as short as I remember", Scully teased the younger girl who had the exact same height as herself. Julia punched Scully on the arm and then held out her bag for Scully to carry.
"Since you've hurt me deeply it's not more than fare that you take that", she explained and Scully laughed.
When they had got Julia's other luggage they got into Scullys car to drive home to the apartment. Julia leaned sideways so she could look her cousin in the eyes.
"Now talk to me. Have you and Mulder hooked up yet?"
Scully went slightly red and shook her head while keeping her eyes on the road. "Don't be ridiculous. He's my best friend and we don't think about each other in that way."
"I don't get you. If I was working with that guy I would have jumped him at once", Julia said and Scully giggled.
"I see you haven't changed a bit."
Julia squealed when they arrived to Scullys apartment and she immediately started exploring the place, stopping every now and then to complement something. She squealed the loudest when she found out that she would be sleeping in Scullys room while Scully would be crashing on her couch. Julia turned to Scully with sparkling eyes and a big smile.
"I love your apartment Dana", she said and then started bouncing up and down. "Tomorrow you have to introduce me to Mulder."
Scully nodded and smiled at the quick change of subject but thought to herself that she would keep an eye on her cousin the whole time she was with Mulder. She knew that it was silly and that nothing would probably happen between them but she didn't want to take any chances.