Dana Scully was tapping her pen against her desk while reading a case file. This repeated action was unwelcome to her partner's ears.

"Scully?" Fox Mulder asked, finally speaking up to get her attention, with a hint of warning in his voice.

"Hmm?" she looked up and over at him.

"I'm going to rip that pen out of your hand and throw it into the ceiling where it belongs if you don't stop the tapping!"

"Oh, uh, sorry..." she smiled at him, then she added, "What time is it?"

He sighed, slightly more annoyed, "It's 10 minutes later than when you asked me last time."

"Well, you're moody today!" she exclaimed, getting up from her seat. She walked over to him, grabbed his wrist, and studied the time on his watch. "5:38," she informed him, and dropped his arm back to his desk. She then went back to her area to continue with her work.

The truth was that Mulder had been moody. He woke up fine. Made it to work fine. It was when Scully showed up and was excitedly talking about how her favorite cousin was moving to the DC area and was staying with her until the cousin could find a place to live. He didn't know why, but he was jealous. Like a little kid who had to share his toy. He had pouted a bit, saying that they were supposed to be going for pizza and a movie tonight. It made him even more moody when she shrugged and told him to "get over it."

Mulder stood from his desk and was about to put his suit jacket back on when a head popped in from around then corner.

"May I help you?" he asked, somewhat annoyed.

"Uh, yeah," the young woman entered the doorway. "I was told that Dana Scully was down here?"

"Lucie?!" Scully squealed. Mulder was sure that Scully actually squealed.

"Dana!!!" the girl did a slight run-dance thing, plowing herself into her cousin's arms.

The two then proceeded to hug and jump/jog in place a bit. Mulder couldn't help but to be amused a bit.

"I can't believe that I'm actually here! I've missed you so much!" she hugged Scully again tightly. "Aunt Maggie picked me up, we dropped my stuff off at your place, and she dropped me off here to surprise you!" she smiled. "And..." she trailed off, turning her attention to Mulder. "I couldn't wait to meet this partner of yours that I've heard so much about."

Mulder politely stuck out his hand while he ran his other hand through his hair. He was now slightly nervous. "Fox Mulder," he introduced himself.

"Funny," she smiled a big Scully-like smile and shook his hand. "I'm Lucie Fox."

"Seriously?" he asked skeptically, raising an eyebrow.

"Seriously."

He looked at Scully to see if this was some kind of horrible joke that the two had planned before Lucie got there. Scully smiled and nodded to the truth that her cousin was speaking.

Lucie opened her purse and dug out her drivers license. "See."

"Ah. Nice. Well, we'll stick to your first name and my last name and there should be no confusion." Mulder then remembered what Lucie had said earlier about wanting to meet him. "So," he quickly added, "you've heard a lot about me? Good things I hope." He smiled at Scully, who had started to slightly blush.

"I'm hungry. Are you hungry? We should go eat." Scully said quickly, grabbing her purse and heading for the door.

"Sure," Lucie agreed. "Wanna come, Mulder?" Lucie added, not letting her cousin escape that easily from the situation.

"He doesn't want to come. We'll be acting girly... and stuff..."

"Of course! I would love to come! I'm starving. And I would like to get to know my best friend's cousin," he smiled knowing that Scully was trapped.

"Fine!" she huffed. "Close up then meet us at the pizzeria we usually go to on 8th Street." She took Lucie by the arm and pulled her off down the hall.

"See ya later, Mulder!" Lucie called from the hallway.

The last thing he heard from either of them while turning off the lights was a "He's cute!" from Lucie, and an "Oh, shut up!" from Scully. Maybe this cousin could be a good thing, he thought. At the very least it should be amusing...