It's Not Always About You

Post Never Again

A/N: This is written by Jacquie and Sassy (forgot to put that in the first chapter)

Chapter 2

Her face broke into a smile. "Sure."

"You can bring the case file to your room if you want to study it before tomorrow too."

"How about you walk me through it?"

The last remnants of Mulder's previous hurt disappeared again behind his usual dry demeanor.

When he didn't answer her, she continued. "Or I can grab it on my way up."

"It's nothing dazzling. Half a dozen people have seen UFOs over their farmland. Three of them reported family members missing."

She touched his arm then quickly pulled it away. These cases were always toughest on him. "You gonna be okay with this one?"

"I'll be fine," he reassured her. "Thanks."

They got to his room and he handed her the file. "So I'll meet you here at 7:30 for breakfast?"

"It...Sure." He managed a small smile. "Night, Scully."

"Night, Mulder." She stopped at the vending machine on her way to her room. She grabbed a snickers and a Diet Sprite. "Healthy dinner, Dana." She muttered as she placed her key in her lock. She laid across the bed and read the file front to back. She fell asleep.

Mulder on the other hand couldn't sleep. He left his room.

Scully was coming down the stairs to meet Mulder when she saw a leggy blonde closing Mulder's door behind her. Her heart sank.

She was about to turn to head back up when Mulder came out as well. Scully sighed and tried to hide her broken heart. "Sleep good?"

"Okay."

"You?"

"I slept." She said hoping he caught her double meaning.

"Good." was all he said.

Breakfast went well considering the circumstances. They met the sheriff at nine and headed out to look at the fields. The local police left them to do their own investigating. Scully was checking out an old abandoned storm cellar when she suddenly screamed.

"What?" Mulder's flashlight came down

"I'm caught on something."

Lucky for him, Scully didn't see him roll his eyes at her. "Coming."

When he'd gotten her shirt loose, she thanked him. Just then the ground shook a little and the door to the cellar slammed shut above them. Mulder pounded on the door.

"Looks like I got us stuck again." She sat down on the broken steps.

Mulder kept pounding. "Hey!" he yelled.

"We are out in a field, Mulder...no one around for miles. THEY can't hear you." She was trying to stop his pounding now. She hated small enclosed spaces.

"You could stop criticizing and help me!" he said, sounding angrier than he meant to.

"You can stop being such an asshole and try being nice to me." She was in his face.

"You're right! I don't think of anyone but myself! I'm Spooky Mulder! Asshole extraordinaire!" He threw an old brick at the door now.

She pressed him up against the concrete wall. "Always about you, isn't it, Mulder?" Well, this is about me. She took the back of his neck with her hand and pulled his face to hers. She kissed him deep. When she pulled away, she said, "See what you could've had last night instead of that blonde?"

"Is that what this is about?"

She didn't answer as she turned away from him muttering to herself. "Stupid, Dana. Just stupid."

He grabbed her and kissed her again. "Some scientist you are. Can't even see what's in front of you." He let go of her and began looking for a way out.

She watched him for a few moments before walking to him and laying her hand on his shoulder. "Mulder...Fox..."

"What?" He didn't want to meet her eyes for a moment, not till he had gotten himself under control again.

"Why'd you fuck her, Mulder?"

"Who said I did?" He was hurt that Scully didn't trust him.

"Beautiful girl coming out of your hotel that early in the morning...it doesn't take a genius to figure that one out."

"We didn't...have sex," he said.

"Why not?"

"She's not you."