Everyone Has A Skeleton Or Two In Their Closet

Disclaimer: I know they don't belong to me. Please don't get mad at me for playing with them.

Rating: I doubt that this will get any higher than a PG-13

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Keywords: MSR and perhaps some Scully/other romance too

Summary: Mulder is shocked to find out that Scully has kept a very important fact about her life secret from him for all these years. Will this secret make the closer or be what finally tears them apart.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Who's The Blonde Stranger - chapter one

Mulder sat at his desk tapping his pencil nervously. He was hungry. He was beyond hungry. He was famished.

"Where is that Scully?" he said to himself "how long could it possibly take to get a couple of orders of lo mien?"

He was getting so antsy for his food that he was about to get up and start pacing around the room when he heard footsteps coming down the hall.

"Finally" he thought and he spun his chair around ready to tease Scully about her lack of speed when it came to delivering food when he saw that someone else was standing in the doorway.

It was a blonde man. He was about Mulder's height and build. His hair was a bit longer than deemed necessary in most professions so Mulder assumed him to be a teacher or an artist. He was a good looking man who carried himself in a confident but no egotistical manner.

Mulder stopped his automatic profiling of the man to ask "Hi, can I help you with something?"

The man appraised Mulder quickly than smiled. "Yes, I am looking for Dana Scully." He appeared to be looking around for some evidence of arriving at the correct place, that indeed Scully worked here "This is her office, right?"

"Yes, yes it is." Mulder said rising to his feet and extending his hand. "I am Special Agent Fox Mulder, her partner, is there something I can help you with?"

The man looked him over again and noticed the slight apprehension in Mulder's appearance. "No, I don't think you can. This is more of a personal call. I am in town for a spell and walking by your offices remembered that Dana worked here. Thought I would stop by and surprise her."

"Oh so you are an old friend of hers" Mulder felt a small twinge in the pit of his stomach. He made himself believe that it was on his hunger acting up. Why did this man's mere presence seem to bother him so much.

"Yes, we go way back. Went to school together."

"Really?" Mulder was going to start his subtle interrogation of the man when he once again heard footsteps. This time for sure it would be Scully.

"Mulder, I know what you are going to say but it really isn't my fault. The line there was almost out the door and." Scully stopped short when she entered the room enough to see that Mulder wasn't alone.

"Dave?" she said immediately putting the food down on the desk.

"Surprise!" Dave said as he walked over and gave the silent Scully a peck on the cheek.

Mulder could have sworn that she blushed ever so slightly in response and was dying to find out exactly who the Dave fellow was.

Dave looked at her a minute and then swept her into his arms in a deep passionate kiss that had Mulder seeing seething within second.

Mulder tried to avert his eyes but couldn't. Finally Dave ended the kiss and looked at a very flushed Scully.

"Now that, my dear Red, is the proper way to greet your favorite ex- husband."

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Author's note: so what do you think? Any thoughts on how Scully should react to her ex husband coming back into her life?