Title: A Picnic in the Basement
Author: Rotem Shahar
Classification: VR
Rating: G
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. They
belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and Fox. I'm
not making any money by doing this.
Archive: SEFAMSRN, Gossamer, Xemplary are fine.
Anywhere else is good too as long as you let me know!
Feedback: Yes please! LaughsR@prodigy.net
Spoilers: None.
Summary: A lovely little picnic in the basement
Authors Notes: Thanks for all the help Eva!!
OK, here it goes...
X-Files Office
Friday, June 14, 1999
5:37pm
"Bye Mulder. See you on Monday." Scully said as she
exited their basement office after finishing a case
report she was working on.
"Bye." He replied.
As soon as she had walked out of the office, he
grabbed a broom and started cleaning. He hoped she
would be surprised when she came into the office the
next day.
"I hope she'll be happy when she sees this" he said to
himself.
X-Files office
Same day
8:18pm
Mulder had finished cleaning the basement office and
was very proud of himself. Only then did he realize
what time it was and that Scully's new desk should
have been here a while ago. He called the Delivery
Company. A voice on the other end of the phone spoke.
"Delivery Service. How may I help you?"
To this, Mulder replied, "I was supposed to have a
desk delivered to my office tonight and it hasn't
arrived."
"May I have your name sir? And I will try to clear up
this misunderstanding."
Mulder gave the person his name and was put on hold.
After 15 minutes of waiting the voice came back and
said "I'm sorry sir, but we are unable to have the
desk delivered today due to lack of employees...I--"
Mulder cut the voice off and yelled into the receiver
of the phone "Damn it! You were supposed to deliver
the desk today!"
"We can have it to you tomorrow morning, ok? We're
really very sorry about not delivering the desk on
time. We'll have it delivered at 8:00am tomorrow
morning. Is that all right, sir?" the voice replied
calmly.
"Sure, fine, whatever." Was Mulder's very annoyed
response. This would mean that he might have to delay
his plan for a day.
X-Files Office
Saturday, June 15, 1999
7:30am
Mulder arrived early just in case the desk was
delivered. He wanted to make sure he got everything
ready before he invited Scully. Luckily for him, the
desk arrived right after him so he was able to have
the people put the desk in the office for him instead
of having to do it himself.
After they got the desk into the office and Mulder was
happy with its location, he left the office. As he got
into his car, and started driving to the local
supermarket he thought 'I hope I can find something
that Scully and I can both enjoy.'
Dana Scully's Apartment
Saturday, June 15, 1999
9:28am
Dana Scully was awakened by a shrill ringing noise.
She found her cell phone after a few minutes of
searching and said "Mulder! Why are you calling me at
nine-thirty am on a Saturday morning??" 'God, I really
don't want to talk to him right now. He won't leave me
alone till I listen to him anyway, might as well just
listen and get this over with Scully thought to
herself as she answered her phone.'
"Good morning to you too Scully" Mulder said happily.
'Ugh, what are you doing calling me and waking me up
this early?? I was looking forward to sleeping late
and then vegetating all day. This better not be about
work or I swear you'll be very sorry you called me
today' is what Scully wanted to say. But instead, she
said "Sorry Mulder. What do you want? Do we have a new
case?"
"No, actually, I was hoping you'd meet me in the
office so I could talk to you about something."
"I don't want to go to work today, Mulder. Its
Saturday if you hadn't noticed."
"I know its Saturday Scully, but please? meet me
there?"
When he said this she could just picture the way he
looked and she wasn't able to say no. She conceded and
asked "Fine. What time should I be there?"
"Be here at about 11:30, k?"
"All right." She sighed. "See you then." And she hung
up the phone without waiting for Mulder's reaction.
Super Market
Washington DC
Saturday, June 15, 1999
10:03am
Mulder wandered through the isle wondering what to get
for lunch. Finally, he decided to stop by the deli and
see what they had. He ended up buying Garlic Broccoli,
Sandwiches, and Nestea. He went home to get a beach
blanket and then went to the office to get ready for
when Scully would get there.
Basement Office
Saturday, June 15, 1999
11:17am
'Scully should be here in 15minutes, Mulder thought,
as he nervously paced around the basement. What if she
doesn't like this idea? He wondered. Whaddya mean she
won't like this idea? He argued with himself. I
finally go her a desk! She'd better like it. Oh, boy.
He though. Now I'm arguing with myself over whether
Scully is going to enjoy today. Only she can tell me
that.'
Now even more nervous then before, he started
wondering if this was such a good idea. He thought
about everything that could go wrong, including the
fact that she didn't seem to be particularly happy to
hear from him this morning. 'Ahhh! I can't start
thinking like this, he told himself, hoping that he'd
be able to regain his composure before Scully
arrived.'
Dana Scully's Car
Same Date and Time
'Maybe getting together isn't such a good' idea she
mused. She didn't want to talk to him.
'I just want to go home and go back to sleep. I might
fall asleep while I'm there...I don't want to do that,
that would be very embarrassing, not to mention the
fact that it would get Mulder all worried and then
he'd never leave me alone. Maybe if I call and tell
him I'm not feeling well I can just go back home and
go to sleep.' She disregarded that thought as soon as
she came up with it. She figured that if she called
him up with that excuse he'd come over to check on her
so she would see him anyway. So, she decided she might
as well go into the office to see what he wanted.
He sounded extremely exited when he had called so she
figured he found a new case to work on and wanted them
to leave right away. But then he reassured her that it
had nothing to do with work so her curiosity got the
best of her and she agreed to come in and see what he
wanted.
Basement Office
11:29am
Scully hurriedly walked towards the elevator. She
pushed the down button, got on, and waited as the
elevator made its descent into the basement. She ran
out of the elevator as soon as the doors opened. As
she realized she was at the door to the office, she
took a few deep, calming breaths. She then knocked on
the door and entered.
"Mulder?" She said as she looked around the office.
She spotted him sitting behind his desk. "Why did you
ask me to meet you here? You said that we didn't have
a new case so why am I here?" Scully asked as she
looked around the office. After a few moments, she
asked "and what happened to this place, Mulder? It's
clean!?"
She had been too preoccupied with the cleanliness of
the office when she had entered that she hadn't
realized that there was a second desk in the room. She
also missed the fact that there was a picnic blanket
spread on top of it and that there was a meal sitting
on the desk, waiting to be eaten.
"Well..." he replied, "turn around." She looked
questioningly at him but turned around anyway. This
time she saw the desk.
"Mulder?"
"Its your new desk, Scully." He answered sincerely. "I
started cleaning as soon as you left last night. That
way there would be room in here when the desk arrived
this morning." Scully turned to face him, tears
brimming in her eyes. After 6 years of working
together he realized that this had become not only his
quest, but also Scully's quest. And he also realized
that he didn't want to continue this quest if she ever
left him. She walked over to him and hugged him and
asked, "Today isn't special in any way, Mulder. Why
now? What made you decide to get me a desk now?"
Mulder thought for a moment and then said as he stared
into her beautiful eyes "I wanted to thank you for
staying here with me all these years and not leaving
me. You could've left long ago, and you can still
leave me now, and you didn't and haven't and I wanted
to show you how much that means to me."
As soon as he said this Scully pulled him into a tight
hug, not ever wanting to let go. She had tears
streaming down her face but she didn't really care
right now. She looked up at him and saw that he was
also crying. She reached up and brushed a few tears
away from his face as he did the same for her.
They stared at each other intently, trying to read
each other's emotions through their eyes. As they
stared at each other, they moved closer and closer
together. First they moved hesitantly, making sure
that this was what the other wanted. Then they moved
together more quickly, rapidly closing the space
between them. Their kiss started slowly at first, but
intensified quickly. When they finally pulled apart,
they were both breathless and unsure of what to do
next. Mulder finally broke the silence, "Would you
care to join me for a picnic in the basement?" "I'd
love to." Scully replied with a gigantic smile
spreading across her face. Mulder took her hand and
led her across the room and they sat down at Scully's
new desk and enjoyed their picnic.
THE END!!
So what did u think?
Any and all comments welcome at laughsr@prodigy.net
Author: Rotem Shahar
Classification: VR
Rating: G
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. They
belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and Fox. I'm
not making any money by doing this.
Archive: SEFAMSRN, Gossamer, Xemplary are fine.
Anywhere else is good too as long as you let me know!
Feedback: Yes please! LaughsR@prodigy.net
Spoilers: None.
Summary: A lovely little picnic in the basement
Authors Notes: Thanks for all the help Eva!!
OK, here it goes...
X-Files Office
Friday, June 14, 1999
5:37pm
"Bye Mulder. See you on Monday." Scully said as she
exited their basement office after finishing a case
report she was working on.
"Bye." He replied.
As soon as she had walked out of the office, he
grabbed a broom and started cleaning. He hoped she
would be surprised when she came into the office the
next day.
"I hope she'll be happy when she sees this" he said to
himself.
X-Files office
Same day
8:18pm
Mulder had finished cleaning the basement office and
was very proud of himself. Only then did he realize
what time it was and that Scully's new desk should
have been here a while ago. He called the Delivery
Company. A voice on the other end of the phone spoke.
"Delivery Service. How may I help you?"
To this, Mulder replied, "I was supposed to have a
desk delivered to my office tonight and it hasn't
arrived."
"May I have your name sir? And I will try to clear up
this misunderstanding."
Mulder gave the person his name and was put on hold.
After 15 minutes of waiting the voice came back and
said "I'm sorry sir, but we are unable to have the
desk delivered today due to lack of employees...I--"
Mulder cut the voice off and yelled into the receiver
of the phone "Damn it! You were supposed to deliver
the desk today!"
"We can have it to you tomorrow morning, ok? We're
really very sorry about not delivering the desk on
time. We'll have it delivered at 8:00am tomorrow
morning. Is that all right, sir?" the voice replied
calmly.
"Sure, fine, whatever." Was Mulder's very annoyed
response. This would mean that he might have to delay
his plan for a day.
X-Files Office
Saturday, June 15, 1999
7:30am
Mulder arrived early just in case the desk was
delivered. He wanted to make sure he got everything
ready before he invited Scully. Luckily for him, the
desk arrived right after him so he was able to have
the people put the desk in the office for him instead
of having to do it himself.
After they got the desk into the office and Mulder was
happy with its location, he left the office. As he got
into his car, and started driving to the local
supermarket he thought 'I hope I can find something
that Scully and I can both enjoy.'
Dana Scully's Apartment
Saturday, June 15, 1999
9:28am
Dana Scully was awakened by a shrill ringing noise.
She found her cell phone after a few minutes of
searching and said "Mulder! Why are you calling me at
nine-thirty am on a Saturday morning??" 'God, I really
don't want to talk to him right now. He won't leave me
alone till I listen to him anyway, might as well just
listen and get this over with Scully thought to
herself as she answered her phone.'
"Good morning to you too Scully" Mulder said happily.
'Ugh, what are you doing calling me and waking me up
this early?? I was looking forward to sleeping late
and then vegetating all day. This better not be about
work or I swear you'll be very sorry you called me
today' is what Scully wanted to say. But instead, she
said "Sorry Mulder. What do you want? Do we have a new
case?"
"No, actually, I was hoping you'd meet me in the
office so I could talk to you about something."
"I don't want to go to work today, Mulder. Its
Saturday if you hadn't noticed."
"I know its Saturday Scully, but please? meet me
there?"
When he said this she could just picture the way he
looked and she wasn't able to say no. She conceded and
asked "Fine. What time should I be there?"
"Be here at about 11:30, k?"
"All right." She sighed. "See you then." And she hung
up the phone without waiting for Mulder's reaction.
Super Market
Washington DC
Saturday, June 15, 1999
10:03am
Mulder wandered through the isle wondering what to get
for lunch. Finally, he decided to stop by the deli and
see what they had. He ended up buying Garlic Broccoli,
Sandwiches, and Nestea. He went home to get a beach
blanket and then went to the office to get ready for
when Scully would get there.
Basement Office
Saturday, June 15, 1999
11:17am
'Scully should be here in 15minutes, Mulder thought,
as he nervously paced around the basement. What if she
doesn't like this idea? He wondered. Whaddya mean she
won't like this idea? He argued with himself. I
finally go her a desk! She'd better like it. Oh, boy.
He though. Now I'm arguing with myself over whether
Scully is going to enjoy today. Only she can tell me
that.'
Now even more nervous then before, he started
wondering if this was such a good idea. He thought
about everything that could go wrong, including the
fact that she didn't seem to be particularly happy to
hear from him this morning. 'Ahhh! I can't start
thinking like this, he told himself, hoping that he'd
be able to regain his composure before Scully
arrived.'
Dana Scully's Car
Same Date and Time
'Maybe getting together isn't such a good' idea she
mused. She didn't want to talk to him.
'I just want to go home and go back to sleep. I might
fall asleep while I'm there...I don't want to do that,
that would be very embarrassing, not to mention the
fact that it would get Mulder all worried and then
he'd never leave me alone. Maybe if I call and tell
him I'm not feeling well I can just go back home and
go to sleep.' She disregarded that thought as soon as
she came up with it. She figured that if she called
him up with that excuse he'd come over to check on her
so she would see him anyway. So, she decided she might
as well go into the office to see what he wanted.
He sounded extremely exited when he had called so she
figured he found a new case to work on and wanted them
to leave right away. But then he reassured her that it
had nothing to do with work so her curiosity got the
best of her and she agreed to come in and see what he
wanted.
Basement Office
11:29am
Scully hurriedly walked towards the elevator. She
pushed the down button, got on, and waited as the
elevator made its descent into the basement. She ran
out of the elevator as soon as the doors opened. As
she realized she was at the door to the office, she
took a few deep, calming breaths. She then knocked on
the door and entered.
"Mulder?" She said as she looked around the office.
She spotted him sitting behind his desk. "Why did you
ask me to meet you here? You said that we didn't have
a new case so why am I here?" Scully asked as she
looked around the office. After a few moments, she
asked "and what happened to this place, Mulder? It's
clean!?"
She had been too preoccupied with the cleanliness of
the office when she had entered that she hadn't
realized that there was a second desk in the room. She
also missed the fact that there was a picnic blanket
spread on top of it and that there was a meal sitting
on the desk, waiting to be eaten.
"Well..." he replied, "turn around." She looked
questioningly at him but turned around anyway. This
time she saw the desk.
"Mulder?"
"Its your new desk, Scully." He answered sincerely. "I
started cleaning as soon as you left last night. That
way there would be room in here when the desk arrived
this morning." Scully turned to face him, tears
brimming in her eyes. After 6 years of working
together he realized that this had become not only his
quest, but also Scully's quest. And he also realized
that he didn't want to continue this quest if she ever
left him. She walked over to him and hugged him and
asked, "Today isn't special in any way, Mulder. Why
now? What made you decide to get me a desk now?"
Mulder thought for a moment and then said as he stared
into her beautiful eyes "I wanted to thank you for
staying here with me all these years and not leaving
me. You could've left long ago, and you can still
leave me now, and you didn't and haven't and I wanted
to show you how much that means to me."
As soon as he said this Scully pulled him into a tight
hug, not ever wanting to let go. She had tears
streaming down her face but she didn't really care
right now. She looked up at him and saw that he was
also crying. She reached up and brushed a few tears
away from his face as he did the same for her.
They stared at each other intently, trying to read
each other's emotions through their eyes. As they
stared at each other, they moved closer and closer
together. First they moved hesitantly, making sure
that this was what the other wanted. Then they moved
together more quickly, rapidly closing the space
between them. Their kiss started slowly at first, but
intensified quickly. When they finally pulled apart,
they were both breathless and unsure of what to do
next. Mulder finally broke the silence, "Would you
care to join me for a picnic in the basement?" "I'd
love to." Scully replied with a gigantic smile
spreading across her face. Mulder took her hand and
led her across the room and they sat down at Scully's
new desk and enjoyed their picnic.
THE END!!
So what did u think?
Any and all comments welcome at laughsr@prodigy.net