Later that day Mulder and Scully pulled into a small gated community area that held a huge sign in the middle that read 'Welcome to Stepford. The perfect place to live.' as they drove the few miles to the middle of the gated town to where the houses were they noticed families out in the parks, playing golf, and children running around. Off to the side a tall blonde woman watched her husband play gold with his friends, she appeared to be his caddy.

"Notice anything different?" Mulder asked turning his eyes back to the road.

"Every woman out here seems to be happy?" She asked coldly looking out the window.

"Every woman is blonde." He pointed out making a right hand turn on one of the streets. As they pulled up to a large house they noticed a sign in the front yard that read, 'Welcome Mr. and Mrs. Moore.'

As they exited the car they were greeted by a tall blonde woman with cheek bones to die for. She wore a soft purple summer dress and matching high heels as she made her way over to the arriving couple.

"Hi, you must be the Moore's." She said extending her hand to them as she approached them. "I'm Caroline Cruise. I am the wife of the owner of this fair town."

"I'm Rich Moore, and this is my wife Susan." Mulder said taking her hand for a firm shake while introducing Scully and himself.

"I'm pleased to meet you, Mrs. Moore." She said extending her hand to her, smiling ever so brightly, almost as if she were a woman from the fifties.

"Hi." Scully said coldly ignoring her hand and turned to walk into the house.

"I'm sorry, she's a little testy right now." Mulder said excusing Scully for her mood.

"That's alright. I better go, my husband is waiting for me back home. I was hoping you two would like to come to a little picnic we're all having tomorrow in the park, it will be tons of fun, and you'll get to meet my husband Stan. He always tries to make sure he knows everybody by name and face."

"We'd love to, thank you very much."

"Great, I hope you enjoy your stay in Stepford." She said happily before walking down the driveway and out of sight. Mulder gave a small sigh as he watched the other agents, posing as movers, move huge boxes and trunks into the overly large house. Most of the boxes and such were empty, everything was made to seem as if they were moving in.

"What the hell was with you earlier?" Mulder asked later that day as the 'mover's' drove off and they were left alone in the house.

"She seemed too friendly." She said opening up her suitcase to unpack.

"That's your excuse?" He asked emptying his suitcase as well.

"No, but according to our files, every woman who comes here is a high ranking woman. Correct?" She asked looking into her file.

"Right. So?"

"Well, as my job here, I too am a high ranking woman. I am the president of a large computer company that just went belly up. I'm supposed to be bitchy. So I was just playing the part." She said throwing the file on the king sized bed before heading downstairs to the kitchen.

"So everyone of these woman came to Stepford because they were faced with stress?" Mulder asked unsure taking a cookie Scully had offered him.

"Not in so many cases, in some though, yes. Family members said the loved one suffered something severe that brought on stress, leading them here for a small getaway. They were only supposed to be here awhile, but never came home. In other cases, it was just a family vacation. So we're here to figure out who all these blonde women are, where the others are and why on earth they never came home." She said opening the fridge to pull out a glass of milk from the already stocked fridge. They had been told of all the high-tech things the house did by their 'realtor'. Apparently the fridge spoke to you and told you when it needed a certain food, the alarm to the house was high-tech as could be and something else that seemed rather unimportant at the time.

"Ok, So now what do we do?" Mulder asked looking to the clock it was well past midnight and quiet outside.

"Well, I'm not sure about you, but I'm going straight to bed, I haven't gotten much sleep in a while." She said yawning and making her way up the stairs to her room. Mulder followed behind her and plopped on the bed while she made her way into the bathroom to get ready.

"What? No little green Scully tonight?" Mulder asked as she came out of the bathroom in her robe and nightgown.

"Nope, now get off." She said yawning widely, showing him just how tired she really was. Mulder lay on the bed looking up at her, figuring this was the perfect time to try and get his way, she was tired and really didn't want to fight.

"Why? We're married now, and the last I checked married couples don't sleep alone." He said patting the empty space next to him.

"And last I checked people who were married were in love." She said refusing his offer to lay down.

"I love you." He said childishly. "Don't you love me?"

"If I say yes, will you go away?" She whined looking to the nice comfy bed.

"No." He said flatly.

"Then, no I don't love you." She lied, but chose to keep that bit of information to herself.

"Why not?" He asked looking up at her curiously.

"Mulder, can I please go to bed?" She begged.

"Nobody is stopping you."

"You are."

"Why don't you love me?"

"If I say 'yes' you'll stay here and sleep in the same bed, and if I say 'no' you'll question me all night won't you?"

"Yes."

"Fine, I love you, now shut up and move over." She whined taking off her robe to reveal her white silk gown. Mulder moved over to make room for her and quickly got up to change into a comfortable pair of sweatpants and an old shirt. Once done, he turned out the light and crawled into bed with her. As he got under the covers he wrapped his arm around her waist and relaxed.

"Try anything and I will hurt you." Scully said, her voice muffled by the blankets. "Just so you know, this is only happening because I'm way too tired to fight. Tomorrow one of us get's the couch."

"Whatever you say." He mumbled into her ear placing a soft kiss to the top of her head. "I love you." He teased, but found it pointless due to the fact that she was already fast asleep.

Mulder looked down to Scully and silently wondered if her tiredness was the only reason to her caving in so quickly. He gave a small shrug before falling into a deep sleep, realizing that with the coming day they would have to face a married life, new couples and a picnic, something that would not make 'Susan' happy, however, Scully maybe another story.

Short I know, but we're just getting started, please review and let me know what you think. If you have any suggestions, please offer them up and I'll see about fitting it all in. thanks a million for the past reviews you all rock!