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Okay, we all know the drill...We don't--- nor will we ever---
own these two gorgeous characters. We are using them without
permission but because we are poor little girls without any
money, please don't sue us...we promise, we'll treat them
with respect and when we'll give'em back, there won't be a
scratch on 'em. Girl-scouts' honor! One more thing: The card
we used for this story is made by Hallmark. It is only
attached to the end, but we thought that since we got the
idea from it, it's only fair to quote it. Dear Hallmark-guys:
you do great work and we don't wanna make money with it, so
please simply take this as free advertisement...smile... And
two more things: First we took advantage of the absolutely
fitting text of "Kiss the Girl" from the Disney movie "The
Little Mermaid". Secondly we attached the song "Valentine" by
Martina McBride to the end ...just to strengthen the mood.
Authors' Notes:
Hi, my name is Nessy and I'll be your host for today! OK,
it's time to admit it. This is our first try on fanfic so
please: don't be too hard on us... but we do need
encouragement, so send feedback!...smile...Cirglas and I saw
the Hallmark card "The Kiss" in an article on a plane flight
and simply had to write this story. It just fits so perfectly
to our favorite characters...you will see why
later...That's all from Nessy...Cirglas? Wanna say
something, too?
Cirglas: We had a hell of a good time writing this story,
although Nessy did most of the work. And that is the only
reason why I let her attach a Martina McBride song to the end
of this story. She just keeps getting on my nerves with that
kind of music. Go ahead and read the story while Nessy and I
will have a little talk...crash...boom...bang...ouch! Just
kidding! If you enjoy the story, drop us a line and we'll
write more. I don't want to keep you from reading our story.
So just get started now ;)
Rating:
First chapter: PG
Second chapter: PG
Third chapter:PG-13
(I really have no idea about this stuff)
Classification:
Well it starts out with mere UST but it will develop into a
strong MSR for romance between Mulder & Scully in the
following chapters...smile...so: NON-RELATIONSHIPPERS
BEWARE!! We hope our attempt at bringing some humor into
this story won't go unnoticed...so maybe we should add an
H. And just in case: An A for angst.
Keywords: Mulder/Scully Romance, Valentine's Story
Summary: Scully finds a Valentine's Card in Mulder's files...see what
happens!
Spoilers: Up to season 5: Redux II
Feel free to post wherever you like, as long as you keep our
names and the title on it and don't change the story...you
wouldn't do something that mean, would you? ;-)
Next time we'll be shorter, promise! )
Okay, here goes:
The Kiss - A Valentine's Story
by Nessy & Cirglas
one
/Enough is enough!/
Dana Scully couldn't take it any longer. This office was a
mess. No, this office defined "mess" in a totally new way.
After three weeks of telling Fox Mulder to clean this place
up, she had finally decided to do it herself.
While rolling up her sleeves her conscious mind fought a
well-known battle, one it had fought since she had gotten in
her car and driven here. /Just look what all your good
education is good for...you're really doing challenging
work here.../
/Well somebody has to clean this place
and Mulder surely isn't gonna be the one to do it./
/Oh, great idea! Just what you always wanted to be doing on
the day before Valentine's Day. Cleaning Mulder's office!/
/Not that I had anything else planned anyway, right?/
/Okay, okay, forget it...let's settle with: It's all
Mulder's fault anyway. If he hadn't made such a mess down
here.../
/Oh well, sure, fine, whatever. But, since the mess won't go
away from thinking about it, how about really starting
now?/
/But where to start?/
Yes, that was the 64,000 Dollar question. After turning
around 360 degrees three or four times without finding an
answer to that question she headed for the filing cabinet.
Standing 2-3 feet away in front of it she took a deep and
cleansing breath, then stretched out her left leg and, with
the tip of her shoe, shoveled some files to the sides. Then
she kneeled down on the newly free carpet space and looked
around again. Sighing heavily she finally took action...
After 20 frustrating minutes of trying to bring the files in
some kind of an order she finally got up and simply stuffed
them into the cabinet's drawer. Her face breaking out into a
big grin she muttered under her breath with mock annoyance:
"I've been working with Mulder waaaaayyyyyy too long. I think
what I'm doing is called Mulder-filing." Quietly giggling she
went over to Mulder's desk and sat down in his chair which
was --- extremely mysteriously --free of all junk. /Must be
an XFile, she heard Mulder's voice say. Great! Mulder was
her conscience!
"Okay, let's leave that mess over there---" she looked back
over her shoulder to the file cabinet---"to Mulder. Those
cases are his obsession anyway." Smiling even more at her
own private little joke she turned her attention on his desk.
After throwing the remains of the sunflower seeds into the
waste basket, setting his "Marvin the Martian" paperweight
back up, throwing all the little "notes" away that Mulder
always made talking on the phone---drawings of UFOs /What a
surprise!, arrows, stars and some other things she couldn't
decipher--, she tried to sort the remaining files. She
stacked them all on one pile, lifted them up and... /Oh,
what's that?/
A pink card had fallen out of the stack of files. She set the
files back down, picked the card up instead and looked at it
carefully. It was a Valentine's Day card still packed in the
see-through foil, not signed and without an envelope. So it
wasn't sent to him---he had bought it to send it to someone
else.
/So maybe he did get a life at some point in time./ Smiling
she remembered former discussions. Then her smile faded
again. /So maybe he has a life./
But wouldn't he have told her? She prided herself with the
idea that Mulder and she weren't only partners but also
friends. But then again this card was more like a card to
send to someone you didn't have a relationship with-yet,
sort of like first love letter or something.
He surely wouldn't tell her if he had a crush on somebody.
That wouldn't be like him. He usually tucked his feelings
down deep inside of him and rarely even showed them to her.
Sometimes he was even worse than her. /Wait a minute! What do
you think you're doing here, anyway? This is Mulder's
private life, not the business one. You are only a part
of the latter and that's a good thing, remember?
Things would get a little too complicated otherwise, don't
you think? Put the card down immediately!/ Reluctantly she
lay the card back on the desk again, shuffling a few files
over it to cover her curiosity and trying to forget the
incident as fast as possible. Her hands still on the files
the door banged open and she jumped almost 3 feet high. Her
head jerked up and she saw Mulder's silhouette in the door.
Mulder hadn't expected Scully in the office since she had
left work even before him today. He was surprised and maybe
even--he had to admit it---a little delighted to see her
there...it was always a dark room and coming down to the
office was almost like going into your own grave.---But not
since Scully had started working with him. She somehow made
work seem brighter.
Now standing on the other side of his desk he noticed that
she looked at him wide-eyed just like a deer caught in the
headlights of a car. Then her expression turned to a mock
angry one and she said: "God, Mulder you scared the shit out
of me! What on earth are you doing here anyway?"
Mulder couldn't stop the smile spreading over his face.
"Missed you, too, Scully ! And I'm sorry to disturb you,
Agent Scully, but I really thought this was Fox Mulder's
office. But just look at this mess here!...no, no,
impossible. It's not his." She couldn't help but smile at
that one. /Okay now to find out what she's doing here/
"So, Scully, what brought you back down here on a Friday
night? No date?" Closing the door behind him, Mulder wandered
into the office. Only the desk was between them now. He saw
the flicker of sadness cross her eyes right after his last
remark. But then she smiled at him again and he was glad
again that she was a very forgiving person.
/She wouldn't have to forgive anything if it weren't for
you./
/Yeah, well, tell me that again in five minutes. Right now I
want to just enjoy that smile. We can talk about the other
things later./
/Oh, we will!/
He was so caught up in that smile he almost didn't notice
when it turned to a mischievous grin. But when he noticed, he
almost expected his oh-so-professional Scully to stick her
tongue out at him. /What a thrilling combination/Unh
uh, Mulder, don't go there.../
Then her eyes twinkled at him and he noticed that she was in
her playful mode which she rarely let him see otherwise. /Oh,
goody! This is gonna be fun!/ Scully smiled at him sweetly
and replied: "Oh, you're in the right office, no doubt. You
see, the master of this place had very little time in the
last month, but I, his housemaid, have the honor of cleaning
up after his majesty. But feel free to help a poor maiden in
distress and...--" She waved one hand around indicating
the whole office.
"Okay, okay. I get the message...you know, I'm really sorry
about of the mess and I actually had planned to come here
on Sunday to surprise you with a tidy office on Monday
morning. Boy scout's honor."
She shoved him playfully and smiled a knowing smile. "Sure
you did!" With this kind of smile on his face and the puppy-
dog-look in his eyes, she just couldn't get mad at him. They
smiled at each other silently, passing whole conversations in
mere seconds.
After a while Scully broke the gaze, looking down at his desk
sheepishly as if collecting her thoughts. Turning her face up
to his and a small smile remaining on her face she said,
"Well, if I had known what would await me on Monday, I surely
wouldn't have skipped the date. But I guess since the
surprise is spoiled and since I know you're not here to help
me and I really don't want to do it alone, I'll go home and
have a nice evening, maybe rent a movie. Bye, see ya later!"
While moving over to her desk and chair she patted his arm
and then she picked up her purse and trench.
"Hey, Scully! Didn't wanna throw you out. You know, I'm just
here to get something I forgot to take with me earlier...you
can keep on working. I promise I won't bother you!" They
looked at each other again.
"You are a such a calculating man, Fox Mulder. I'll go home
now and leave this mess to you...do what ever you want with
it." She beamed at him one more time and then she was gone.
/That smile of hers could be deadly. I might have a heart
attack one day when she throws it at me like that./ Sighing
he turned his head to her tidy desk on the other side of the
room and imagined her sitting there.
/Yeah, well, got that part about the date? If she wasn't just
referring to your joke earlier it seems like you're not the
only one who likes her smiles./
/Well, what am I supposed to do about that, huh? Scully is
a very lovable person./
/Oooohhh? Where did that come from?/
Pursing his lips he defended himself against his
consciousness/Hey, I pursue the truth, remember?/
Walking around his desk he started looking for the forgotten
item. When he found the card in a stack of files on his desk
he read the story on it for the about 13000th time. /Good
thing Scully didn't find this card. What would she have
thought?/ Before he switched off the lights he let his gaze
skim the room again. "Man, Scully's right: This place is a
mess." Chuckling softly he left the office.
End of chapter one
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