Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Fox Mulder, Dana Scully or Walter Skinner they are the creation of property of Chris Carter and Ten Thirteen Productions, this is simply a homage, no copyright infringement is intended. Also, I do not own the lyrics to the song at the quoted at the beginning, I heard it and thought it was cool, again no copyright infringement is intended.
"I knew I loved you before I knew you" for the third time this week Dana Scully heard Celine Dion singing that song as she walked into her local Starbucks and got in line to order her drink. She again noticed the tall, dark-haired, blue eyed good looking man she had seen earlier this week. It was difficult not to notice him with those blue eyes that seemed to take everything in with a frank curiosity. As she got up to the counter to place her order, she felt him turn around and look at her.
Fox Mulder saw the attractive, red-haired, green eyed woman get in line to order her drink. He saw that she was dressed in blue scrubs instead of her usual business attire. "Hmm.." he thought he had pegged her all wrong he had been sure she was some genus of Washington Power Elite. She had that no nonsense, confident vibe he was used to seeing in the Players in Washington. He was listening to her as she ordered her drink. "She really has a nice speaking voice" he thought to himself.
His drink was up at the bar and he had to leave, as he turned around he almost bumped into her "excuse me" he says she doesn't reply, they look at each other and something indescribable passes between the two of them. Curiosity, attraction mixed with something else. As Mulder exits the shop he pauses and looks back to see her looking at him. They smile at each other as he leaves and she goes up to the bar to get her drink.
On her way back to Good Samaritan she thinks about her encounter at the coffee shop. "Maybe, just maybe there's something there". Oh who was she kidding she knew there was something there, she felt it, the way he looked at her. She was surprised that she had bothered to notice that he didn't wear a wedding band. As she walked into the hospital she notices the ER alive with more activity than normal.
"What do we got, Sarah?" She asks the head trauma nurse as she walks towards a man lying on a gurney.
"Walter Skinner, gunshot wound to the upper chest"
Scully begins focusing on her patient as Sarah rattles off the rest of his vitals.
"Mr.Skinner, can you hear me? My name is Dr.Scully I'm going to take good care of you."
Sarah takes Dana's coffee and sets it down on the admit desk as they both go into a trauma room. Dana assesses her patient, checking vitals, doing whatever she can to help prolong his life. After 40 minutes of working on him he's stable enough to be moved to surgery.
Dana takes off her protective gear and disposes of them. She washes her hands and her arms and goes to retrieve her coffee, going into the doctor's lounge to warm it up waiting for the next trauma to grace the hospital's door.
Fox Mulder mind was drifting as he graded the thesis papers from his senior seminar students. He found himself wondering about the attractive red-haired doctor that he literally almost bumped into at the coffee shop. He wondered if she was attached to anyone? He was wondering about her so much that he discovered that he had no idea what he had just read.