DISCLAIMER: The characters in this piece of fiction that
are recognizable from Chris Carter's insane piece of work
known as the X-Files belong to him, his company Ten-Thirteen
Productions and Fox Broadcasting. Anything else, characters,
situations or otherwise, belong to this very insane author.
RATING: PG
CLASSIFICATION: V
KEYWORDS: Mulder/Scully romance
SPOILERS: All Things
URL: http://troublexf.homepage.com/diana/post-ep/pathon.txt
FEEDBACK: always welcome at dmulder@softhome.net
ARCHIVE: Anywhere's fine... Gossamer, Xemplary,
Ephemeral... yeah... whatever... *grin*
SUMMARY: Scully reflects on events... and where it's
led her...
AUTHOR'S NOTES: I know I'm a little late on jumping on
the All Things post-ep bandwagon, but this story just
came to mind last night, and if the idea has already
been done, I apologise :)
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The Path I'm On:
An All Things Post-Ep
(Part 1 of 1)
By: Diana Alexander
dmulder@softhome.net
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I remember that I was supremely agitated with you when
this strange trip began, Mulder. I remember feeling out of
control, and definitely out of control of the events that
shaped my own life. Despite the fact that you have given me
many times to leave of my own free will, still I wondered.
Still I questioned about whether I had taken the right road
in the hundreds of crossroads that I had met through these
three decades of life.
This trip all began on another Saturday spent in our
office. I hid my amusement behind irritation as I walked
into the office to see you dancing, or at least making a
valiant attempt, to a strange melody that I had heard once
or twice before, maybe more. That melody stayed with me the
entire time you were on your trip overseas for whatever
reason, whether it be crop circles or gathering together
with old friends from Oxford to catch up with old times or
maybe to have a drink or two together.
Shortly after you left the office that day and I went
to pick up the X-Rays, I found that there had been a mix-up
and quite a mix up it was. Daniel. I hadn't even thought
about him in years, and yet there he was, dying in the
hospital. I could have followed that path, could have been
with him now instead of with you.
I won't deny that I spent a great deal of time
questioning that. I did, and I still have to come to terms
with that. However, listening to him talk to me made me
realise something. He wanted to shape me, then as well as
now. He was the one who approached me in the affair, and
chose not to reveal that he was married. Once I found out,
when his daughter angrily confronted me about it, I knew
that my path wasn't with him. I knew it wasn't right.
It's always been different with you, Mulder. Every time
when I was given the chance to leave you, I always came
back. Despite the fact that I would show occasional
discontent with the work and what we found in the process,
it was a challenge, and you know how I am about challenges.
Besides, it's been about a lot more than the work for about
six years now. The world wanted to take us down a hundred
times or more, in various forms, and always I made the
choice to stand with you and face them.
Thinking back, I think that might have been the first
time I stood my ground without feeling the need to leave.
With my father, with Jack Willis, with Daniel, there was
always the need to leave the situation as soon as possible.
It's different with you, always has been, or else you
probably would have managed to scare me off during that
first case. And Mulder, yes, I do know you tried your
hardest.
However, do know that I was tempted to kill you a
hundred times over during that case, and many more since
then.
Last night, the conversation we had was important as
well as the time we shared in your bed, getting to know each
other in a different way than we have all these years. We
did get to know each others bodies, and allowed ourselves to
get comfortable being naked around each other. After all,
for so long we've allowed clothing to be barriers between
us. It's now time to start lowering those barriers as we
feel comfortable doing so.
Right now, as I lay here beside you, watching you
breathe the calm easy breath of sleep that neither of us has
enjoyed for quite some time, I know that for a time I must
leave and come to terms with all that has happened. The
conversation and experiences of the previous few days have
started me back on the path that I need to be on, and I need
to come to terms with that.
I will be back soon, and who knows, Mulder, I might even
bring back breakfast. ;)
Scully.
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-End-
are recognizable from Chris Carter's insane piece of work
known as the X-Files belong to him, his company Ten-Thirteen
Productions and Fox Broadcasting. Anything else, characters,
situations or otherwise, belong to this very insane author.
RATING: PG
CLASSIFICATION: V
KEYWORDS: Mulder/Scully romance
SPOILERS: All Things
URL: http://troublexf.homepage.com/diana/post-ep/pathon.txt
FEEDBACK: always welcome at dmulder@softhome.net
ARCHIVE: Anywhere's fine... Gossamer, Xemplary,
Ephemeral... yeah... whatever... *grin*
SUMMARY: Scully reflects on events... and where it's
led her...
AUTHOR'S NOTES: I know I'm a little late on jumping on
the All Things post-ep bandwagon, but this story just
came to mind last night, and if the idea has already
been done, I apologise :)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
The Path I'm On:
An All Things Post-Ep
(Part 1 of 1)
By: Diana Alexander
dmulder@softhome.net
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
I remember that I was supremely agitated with you when
this strange trip began, Mulder. I remember feeling out of
control, and definitely out of control of the events that
shaped my own life. Despite the fact that you have given me
many times to leave of my own free will, still I wondered.
Still I questioned about whether I had taken the right road
in the hundreds of crossroads that I had met through these
three decades of life.
This trip all began on another Saturday spent in our
office. I hid my amusement behind irritation as I walked
into the office to see you dancing, or at least making a
valiant attempt, to a strange melody that I had heard once
or twice before, maybe more. That melody stayed with me the
entire time you were on your trip overseas for whatever
reason, whether it be crop circles or gathering together
with old friends from Oxford to catch up with old times or
maybe to have a drink or two together.
Shortly after you left the office that day and I went
to pick up the X-Rays, I found that there had been a mix-up
and quite a mix up it was. Daniel. I hadn't even thought
about him in years, and yet there he was, dying in the
hospital. I could have followed that path, could have been
with him now instead of with you.
I won't deny that I spent a great deal of time
questioning that. I did, and I still have to come to terms
with that. However, listening to him talk to me made me
realise something. He wanted to shape me, then as well as
now. He was the one who approached me in the affair, and
chose not to reveal that he was married. Once I found out,
when his daughter angrily confronted me about it, I knew
that my path wasn't with him. I knew it wasn't right.
It's always been different with you, Mulder. Every time
when I was given the chance to leave you, I always came
back. Despite the fact that I would show occasional
discontent with the work and what we found in the process,
it was a challenge, and you know how I am about challenges.
Besides, it's been about a lot more than the work for about
six years now. The world wanted to take us down a hundred
times or more, in various forms, and always I made the
choice to stand with you and face them.
Thinking back, I think that might have been the first
time I stood my ground without feeling the need to leave.
With my father, with Jack Willis, with Daniel, there was
always the need to leave the situation as soon as possible.
It's different with you, always has been, or else you
probably would have managed to scare me off during that
first case. And Mulder, yes, I do know you tried your
hardest.
However, do know that I was tempted to kill you a
hundred times over during that case, and many more since
then.
Last night, the conversation we had was important as
well as the time we shared in your bed, getting to know each
other in a different way than we have all these years. We
did get to know each others bodies, and allowed ourselves to
get comfortable being naked around each other. After all,
for so long we've allowed clothing to be barriers between
us. It's now time to start lowering those barriers as we
feel comfortable doing so.
Right now, as I lay here beside you, watching you
breathe the calm easy breath of sleep that neither of us has
enjoyed for quite some time, I know that for a time I must
leave and come to terms with all that has happened. The
conversation and experiences of the previous few days have
started me back on the path that I need to be on, and I need
to come to terms with that.
I will be back soon, and who knows, Mulder, I might even
bring back breakfast. ;)
Scully.
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