A/N: Come on. High School Scully and Mulder are so much more fun to read about! This is going to be a long multi-chapter one, obviously I'd like to know what you guys think about it each step. I think this one is special because most of the fics here seem to be written by girls, so this one is obviously written from the guys perspective. Don't worry though, guys can be fluffy too!

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

"Look at her, she even cut her hair for it."

Fox Mulder was sitting in the school's courtyard with his friend Colt and watched as Scully stood across the yard talking to a guy. Her usual long hair was cut shorter to shoulder length, no doubt for her date with him.

"She could do so much better than him." Mulder said, spitting out the Skoal juice in front of him. Colt packed another lip.

"Like you?" He asked, teasing.

"NO! She's like my little sister." Mulder retorted.

Ryan Harris was not a good looking guy. He was slightly overweight, wore these horribly round glasses and his voice had a nasally texture to it. Yet, even with all these shortcomings, he asked Dana out yesterday and she said yes. Now they were talking and laughing with each other across the yard.

"God, that laugh… I want to bash my head into the wall whenever I hear him laugh," Colt said. "Did you tell her that this was a bad idea?"

"I tried, but she was completely swept off her feet. More like shocked that someone asked her out. I told her he was no where near her level, but apparently, he made a small robot that rolled up to her while she was at her locker and asked her out."

"That's really creepy," Colt laughed. "So you two got into a fight?'

"Yeah, she called me shallow and inconsiderate." Mulder said, keeping his eyes on Ryan. He had his hand on her arm and said something that made her laugh.

"Well, this is what happens when you live your life behind a book. You end up with guys like him." Colt said, spitting out his dip.

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Third period English class was the one class that Mulder and Scully had together. Unfortunately, Ryan Harris was also in it. Mulder walked into the classroom to see Scully and Ryan sitting next to each other in the front row. He kept his head down, avoiding eye contact with her, but she was too enthralled by him talking about Star Trek to notice. At least, Mulder assumed it was Star Trek. What else do kids like that talk about? Colt was his saving grace though, and was already seated at his usual desk in the middle of the room. Mulder walked over and took a seat next to him.

"There they go, at it again." Mulder scoffed.

Colt rolled his eyes and fished something out of his black Nike string bag. "Here, shut up and read this. It'll take your mind of things for a while."

He handed Mulder a newspaper clipping. Fox read it and his eyes went wide. "No, this can't be true…"

"I mean, I'm going to do a little background research and check the police scanner, but as of right now I'd say I'm 96% sure something crazy is happening." Colt said with a smile.

Fox scanned the article. It was about a baby who went missing from her crib the next town over. Anyone else seeing the article would just see it as a tragedy, but Mulder had seen three other articles like this one in the past month.

"When do we check it out?" he asked, sliding the article into a special black folder he had.

"When I do more research about," Colt said. "I mean, a bunch of sixteen year olds can't really do much, but I have a plan." Colt always had a plan. The plan usually involved them creating a "case file" and following the event until it ended, at which point they would begin to string together crazy conspiracy theories.

Ms. Evington strode into class and waited for the class to settle down to begin the lesson. Mulder had his notebook out, but couldn't focus. Scully and Ryan were busy passing notes to each other and from his vantage point he could see Dana smiling. No, I'm not jealous. I just think that he's not good enough for her. She's settling. It's unreasonable. He heard the class laugh.

"Mr. Mulder?"

Fox looked up. "Uh, yes?"

"I asked you to give an example of love in Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice"."

The entire class was silent and the only sound that Mulder could hear was his own heart ripping through his chest. He shot a quick glance at Scully and Ryan.

"There is none." He finally said.

"Excuse me Mr. Mulder?" Ms. Evington asked.

"There is none. In the end, the whole book is arbitrary. Their sense of what love is, is inherently flawed. They don't see nor do they experience love. No, sorry, they do. Their love of status. At the end of the day, it could be said that this book is a commentary on modern society's obsession with power and actually has more in common with "American Psycho" than it does with "Romeo and Juliet" The fact that this book is so popular with girls is not surprising given the latest trends of how slutty girls end up-"

"That's enough Mr. Mulder." Ms. Evington cut him off. "Miss Scully, could you explain to the class an example of love?"

Dana gave a cookie cutter stereotypical answer, the whole while stealing looks at Ryan who sat there blushing. Colt passed Fox a note with only the word "LOSER" printed on it. Mulder put his head down, hoping the bell would ring as soon as humanly possible.

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At Richard Clayton High School, there was a hierarchy of cliques. First you had the jocks and the cheerleader. They were the coolest and everybody wanted to either be them (openly or secretly) or hang out with them. Then there were the rich kids who nobody liked because they were so conceited and shallow. After that, you had your myriad of social stereotypes who were pretty much on the same level with each other. After them, you had the loners, who didn't really associate with one group or another and then you had the losers on the lowest rung of the totem pole. Only one group could be said transcended the normal spectrum, the Cowboys.

The town of Chambers, Wyoming still made most of its money from cattle ranching and farms dotted the landscape. The group of ranch hands at the high school were all descended from generations of cattle farmers and since they were over 13, worked the ranches during their free time. Nobody messed with them because they were so integral to the towns well being and everyone had a least a drop of respect for them. Colt was one of the more popular cowboys at the high school and as such, was able to associate himself with different people of different cliques. So when Colt brought Mulder, a loner, to the schools weight room to work off some frustration, none of the jocks even batted an eye.

"How are you feeling?" Colt asked, switching places with Mulder on the bench. Mulder walked around it and spotted as Colt worked his reps in.

"A little better," He replied. "I'm just worried about her."

"You like her don't you." Colt said, cleanly clearing the bar.

"No, it's not that," Mulder said quickly. ""I just don't know much about this kid. I mean, Scully has been my best friend since we were four and as a friend, I don't want to see her heart broken."

Colt finished up. "What makes you think Ryan is going to break her heart?"

Mulder walked over to the bench and took his position while Colt got ready to spot. "Don't be naïve. The kid is one of the biggest losers in the school. He's probably just itching to cop a feel tonight."

Mulder grabbed the bar and started benching it.

"Hey Big Lou! What's that saying you have about the Robotics kids?" Colt called out.

Big Lou was a monster of a senior, the star defensive tackle for the football team. He was doing bicep curls in the corner of the weight room. "If the kids a loser, he don't get to choose her." He said with a smile. Clot laughed.

"See Mulder. The kids probably so ecstatic that he has a date that he's probably too scared to even do anything."

Mulder finished his rep and Colt helped him replace the bar. "I don't know. It still doesn't put my mind at ease."

Colt took a small sip from his water bottle. So, what do you want to do? Tail them?" He said with a laugh. He stopped suddenly when Mulder looked serious. "Oh no… you're not really thinking…"

"Yes… yes I am." Mulder said. He had never been more serious in his life.

A/N: And that's the first chapter. Obviously, hilarity ensues. What will happen on the date? Will Mulder intervene? Will Scully have her first kiss? Why is Colt here?

Oh, and what's going on with the missing babies? Wait… that's the long running storyline… whoops! Or is it? Dum Dum DUUUUUM!!!!

Be sure to drop me a line and I hoped you enjoy and will continue reading the High School (mis)adventures of Scully and Mulder.