Chapter 2 – Good different
When I wake up my alarm clock tells me that the clock is only 06.58. I never get up at this hour! Especially not if I don't have school. I did go to bed rather early the day before though, like at 11 or something. I simply couldn't wait for today to arrive. As I sit up in my bed I remember a weird dream. It's kind of foggy but it was about Mulder and me for sure. I see small flashbacks of myself lying in a king-sized bed in a dark room lit with candles. I am naked and so is Mulder. Suddenly I blush at the dream. I had dreamt romantically about Mulder many times before, but never that graphic. I drag myself down to the kitchen. No one is up yet of course. I grab a bowl and a spoon, pour some of Charlie's cereal into the bowl and pour milk on top of it. I begin to eat slowly, not wanting my sugar rush to set in too quickly, when I hear someone knock very vaguely on the front door. At first I dismiss the voice but when I hear it again I run to check if there is someone there.
"Mulder?" I say happy but questioning as I open the door and see him standing there.
"You said to come early", he smiles and shrugs.
"I did", I laugh at him and pull him inside.
Once we are in I give him a slow and passionate kiss. I walk towards him as we kiss, pushing him up against the wall. I press myself towards him as close as we can get while his hands start drifting down my back to rest on my butt. When I pull away from him, neither of us say a word, and I pull him in to the kitchen and sits him down on the chair next to mine, and pour him a bowl of cereal as well.
"Thanks", he says and kisses my cheek before he starts to eat.
"I had a weird dream last night", I tell him as we eat.
"Cool", he says while chewing on some cereal. "What about?"
"You… and me… together", I tell him gaining a rather surprised expression on his adorable face.
"Are you serious?" he asks me not knowing whether to laugh or not.
"Well, yeah", I say looking down in my bowl shrugging. "I have been thinking… maybe we are ready to… well, you know?"
He says nothing for almost a minute and has completely stopped eating. "Are you sure?" he asks me sounding as if he is trying to hide how happy he is.
"Yes", I tell him, finally looking him in the eyes. "I love you", I tell him smiling.
"And I love you. But… I don't know! Do you think you are really ready?" he says seriously.
"I really think so", I tell him honest smiling. "And if I am not we can just stop, right?"
"Of course", he says taking my hand smiling. "You can't imagine how long I have been waiting for this!"
"You can be such a guy, Mulder!" I accuse him shaking my head but laughing nonetheless.
"I know, I am sorry", he laughs as well. "I just hope I won't do anything wrong", he says suddenly sounding serious.
"I am sure you won't! Once we get into it our instincts will probably take over. The human body knows how to reproduce and therefore automatically knows what to do", I say going into my school mode.
Mulder just laughs at me. "Well, I am glad you can take comfort in that, Ms. Scientist!"
"Shut up, Mulder", I tell him and push his arm slightly.
"Aw. You know I love you, honey bunch", he says and kisses me gentle on the mouth.
"Of course you do, poopy head", I tell him and smiles at him.
We begin to eat our cereal again.
"Why, good morning, you two!" my mom greets us as she walks into the kitchen in her white flannel pajamas.
"Good morning, Mrs. Scully. I hope you don't mind me being here so early!" Mulder greets her overly polite.
"Of course not, Fox. You're always welcome, you know that", she tells him smiling while she begins to brew some coffee.
After we finish our cereal I get us some juice. Mulder keeps looking at me with a funny smile on his face. I don't really mind, but I don't want my mom to get suspicious.
"Stop looking at me", I whisper to him as she is standing with the back towards us.
"I am not looking!" he whispers back offended.
I give him my 'are-you-serious?'-look raising my eyebrows. He just shrugs and drinks some of his juice.
"So what are the two of you up to today?" my mom asks us making Mulder nearly choke on his juice.
"I don't know", I tell her. "Just watching some movies I think."
"I hope you won't be bored", she says taking a sip of her coffee.
"I am sure we won't", I tell her, trying not to laugh.
"What are you gonna eat?" she then asks us.
"I thought about going grocery shopping later today and buy something", I say.
"That should be nice", mom smiles at me.
Now my dad enters the kitchen as well.
"Good morning, everyone", he says before he sees Mulder as well. "Wow, you're here early, kid", he chuckles and pours himself some coffee.
"Dana missed me", Mulder says and chuckles himself.
"Shut up, Mulder!" I tell him. "It's you who can't live without me!"
"Sure, Scully", he says somewhat ironic.
"Calm down, kids", my dad chuckles at us.
I see Mulder and I have both emptied our juice glasses, so I take the glasses and put them over by the sink. When I walk out of the kitchen Mulder follows me upstairs. My dad yells after us; "See you later, kids."
"See you, dad", I yell back.
Once we are in my room we sit down on the bed.
"What do you wanna do?" I ask him yawning.
"Are you tired?" he asks me back.
"Maybe a little", I shrug.
"Me too", he smiles at me. "Maybe we should have slept a little longer."
"I really don't know what came over me when I woke up that early!" I wonder.
"Maybe you just couldn't wait to see me", he says with a smug and lean in on me to kiss me. "I know I couldn't wait to see you", he whispers just before he kisses me gently but passionate.
I am still in my sleep outfit so I am almost not wearing anything on my legs, except a pair of really short shorts. Mulder runs his hand up my leg slowly until he stops the kiss and looks foolishly at me.
"Maybe we should sleep some more?" he asks me grinning.
"Yeah", I agree and crawl under the covers. "You gonna join me?" I ask him as he doesn't move.
"I don't know", he says and looks nervously to the door. "What about your parents?"
"They never bother me unless they want something or if it's time to eat. And today they will be far too busy getting ready for that birthday party to concern themselves about any of that", I try to convince him.
"Well… okay then", he agrees and pulls his jeans off and sneak under the covers with me.
We both sigh content as we lie with each other. I slip my hand under his t-shirt to rest on his stomach and chest. He slips his own hands up under my own t-shirt and holds me tight against him. Soon we are both asleep.
I wake up again when it's 11.05. I feel way more rested now and I feel completely save. It's just the right temperature under the duvet and I feel I could lie like this forever. I feel Mulder stir a bit in his sleep. I look up at him as he opens his eyes and looks at me.
"Hi", he says smiling.
"Hi", I answer him and smile back at him.
"I wish I could wake up to your beautiful face every morning", he tells me and kisses me on the forehead.
"Yeah, me too", I agree and sigh.
"You feel more rested now?" he asks me.
"Yeah, way more! And you?"
"I don't think I have ever felt this rested before actually", he says honest.
"I know what you mean!"
We lie in the bed a few more minutes. His hands trace circles on my back and my hand on his chest.
"We better get up", he says reluctantly.
"Yeah, I guess so", I say and sit up in the bed.
"I really need to pee", Mulder tells me and rushes to the bathroom.
I chuckle slightly at his run to the bathroom and get out of the bed myself. I walk into the bathroom and start brushing my teeth while he pees. When he is done he washes his hands and starts brushing his own teeth with the toothbrush belonging to him. When I am done I start to undress. He looks at me in the mirror while still brushing his teeth. I can see he is smiling. When I have undressed I walk into the shower and turn the water on. After a little while a naked Mulder joins me in the shower.
"You mind some company?" he asks me.
"Not at all", I smile at him, and we shower together.
"I like this", Mulder tells me as he caresses a small pear shaped birthmark right under my left breast.
I don't really know how to respond to that. His touch is having a certain affect on me though. When I look down I can see it's affecting him as well. I smile up at him.
Soon we step out of the shower and I get us two towels from the cabinet. I hand him one of them and we dry ourselves off. Once I am dry I take some body milk and start to rub it on my legs. When I look up and rub some on my arms I see Mulder is standing like paralyzed watching me.
"Mulder?" I ask him making him snatch out of the trance.
"What are you doing?" he asks me bewildered.
"Well, I don't want dry skin. I have a hot date tonight", I smile at him.
"Really?" he asks me pulling his boxers up. "Lucky guy!"
"Wanna do my back?" I ask him not being able to do it myself.
"Yeah", he answers right away and steps over to stand right in front of me. "How much?" he answers me referring to the body milk.
I take the bottle in my hand and squeeze the right amount into his hands. "This should be enough!" I tell him and turn my back to him.
He starts on my shoulders and slowly massages the ointment onto my skin. Then his warm hands travel down my back, and I can't help moaning slightly. This feels beyond good.
"Thanks", I tell him once he has finished and then we both get dressed.
"Hey, do you wanna play Scrabble?" I ask him as we walk back into my room.
"No!"
"Why not?" I ask him surprised.
"Because you turn into a complete psycho when you lose!" he claims.
"Grow up, Mulder! You are just afraid I'll beat you!" I say looking very self confident.
"Alright then, let's play. But just remember, no hitting me if I win!" he surrenders.
"Sure", I answer him shaking my head at his nonsense.
I get the game down from one of my shelves and put it on the floor. Mulder helps me turn all the letters the right way.
"Okay!" I say as we are ready to play. "You can go first, Mulder."
"Thanks", he says and looks at his letters for a few seconds. "I got a good one", he then says and puts down the word; sport.
I look at my own letters for a while before using the o in his word to spell love.
"Aw. You are so romantic, Scully!" he chuckles and uses my e to spell erect.
"You trying to tell me something?" I ask him raising my eyebrows at him.
"Very funny, Scully!" he tells me but smiling.
I add an -ion to the erect, spelling a rather naughty word. Mulder laughs and so do I. We continue our game and decide on naughty words counting extra because it makes the game that much funnier.
As we lay on our stomachs on each side of the game, having a laughing fit over Mulder spelling out the word; spunk, my dad walks into the room.
"Hi, kids", he says making us stop laughing.
"Oh, hi, dad", I smile at him.
"You having fun?" he asks us referring to our laughing seconds earlier.
"Yeah", Mulder says chuckling slightly.
"Remember to let her win, otherwise she will go crazy", my dad tells Mulder.
"I know, sir", Mulder chuckles with him.
"He won't have to let me win. I will anyway!" I tell my dad rather offended.
"Alright, Dana", he smiles at me trying not to laugh. "Well, we are going now. We will be back late tonight. You are just gonna sleep here, aren't you?" my dad asks Mulder.
"I was counting on it", he answers him.
"Good. The air bed is in the closet down the hall. Don't go to bed too late, okay?" he smiles at us.
"Of course not", I tell him. "How late do you think you will be home?"
"Probably around midnight", he reckons. "But I can have Charlie text you when we leave, if you want?"
"Sure. Have a good time", I tell him.
"Thanks, sweetie. Take good care of each other, okay? I don't want the first time we leave you home alone, to be the last", he says trying to hide his worries.
"I have been home alone before, dad!" I tell him rolling my eyes.
"Not at night, Dana. Just be careful, okay?"
"I promise to take good care of her!" Mulder tells my dad seriously.
"Thanks, kid", my dad says appreciating.
Soon we hear them shut front door and drive away in my dad's car. Mulder and I keep playing the game a little more.
"Do you wanna do something else?" I finally ask him.
"Sure", he says. "What?"
"What do you wanna do?" I ask him looking straight into his eyes.
"I don't know…" he says shy.
"We could go buy some food?" I ask him.
"Okay", he agrees and we drive down to the grocery store in his old truck.
We listen to some music on the way, and sing along as we use to. I laugh at him as he sings with a really high-pitched voice.
"Don't laugh at me, Scully", he says sounding hurt.
"I am sorry, Mulder", I keep laughing. "But that was too funny!"
"Well, I am happy to amuse you", he says somewhat ironic.
"Don't be mad, Mulder", I tell him putting a hand on his thigh.
He looks down at my hand, and smiles at me. "You know just how to make me happy, don't you?" he chuckles and takes my hand and kisses it.
Soon we arrive at the store. We kiss each other quickly before stepping out of the car. We soon decide on making some lasagna. It's one of Mulder's favorites and mine as well. We also buy some candy, some soda, and some ice cream. I pay with some money my mom had left me on the kitchen counter.
On the way home, Mulder stops by a drugstore.
"What now?" I ask him questioning.
"I just need to buy something", he tells me and walks into the shop.
I watch him through the window. He walks over to some shelves and looks around before grabbing something from one of them. He looks guilty for some reason. There is no line so he walks up to the counter, rather quickly, and lays his purchase on the counter. He looks down to the floor while paying, and grabs the bag handed to him with his stuff in, and then he walks, almost runs, out the store and into the car.
"What was that about?" I ask him.
"What?" he asks me nonchalant.
"What did you buy?" I ask him and grab the bag. "Oh!" I say as I see the box of condoms in the bag.
"I just want to be ready", he tells me. "I hope I haven't scared you now."
"Of course not!" I smile at him. "I am glad you think about this stuff. I hadn't even thought about it", I admit.
"That was really embarrassing though", he tells me as we drive, referring to his act in the store.
I laugh remembering his behavior. "You looked really entertaining, Mulder", I say to him.
"I know I must have", he says shaking his head at himself.
"You were sweet", I tell him and kisses his cheek.
Once we are home we agree on making lasagna for a late lunch and then just eat candy and ice cream for dinner. I let Mulder slice some lettuce and vegetables for a salad while I make the actual lasagna.
"I am done", Mulder tells me proud as he puts his arms around my waist while I am stirring the meat sauce.
"That's good", I tell him and let his head rest on my shoulder.
"It's almost like we are married today", he mumbles against my neck making it tingle.
"Because we are home alone?" I ask him.
"Yeah. Making dinner together. Hanging out with each other", he says and kisses my neck.
"Mmh", I moan. "That feels good, Mulder."
After a few minutes he pulls himself away from me and jump onto the counter. The lasagna is ready for the oven, so I set the alarm to beep in an hour and put Mulder's salad in the fridge.
"Wanna watch a movie while we wait?" I ask him.
"Yeah. I brought one called 'Mindhunters'", he tells me. "I'll just go get it from the car."
"Okay", I say and kiss him before he runs out to his car.
I walk into the living room and turn on the TV and DVD so it's ready. Mulder is soon back and hands me the DVD.
"So what's it about?" I ask him as it begins.
"You are gonna find out soon enough", he tells me chuckling putting an arm around me as we sit down in the couch.
We begin to watch the movie and it's actually quite interesting. I keep asking Mulder questions about what is about to happen, who is the killer, and stuff like that. But he won't tell me anything. I know I must be annoying but I never like not knowing. It doesn't feel like it, but soon an hour has already passed. We pause the DVD and go to the kitchen to eat. Mulder sets the table for the two of us while I take the lasagna out of the oven. We wait for it to cool a few minutes, and begin to eat.
"Wow, Scully!" Mulder says with the mouth full. "This is great."
"Thanks, Mulder. But please don't talk with your mouth full of food!" I say rather appalled.
He swallows the food in his mouth and says; "Oh, sorry. I just never knew you could cook like this."
"The salad is great too", I tell him smiling.
"Yep, we make a great team", he smiles back at me.
We eat the rest of our lunch/dinner in peace. Mulder takes three times, while I settle for one. We finish at the same time though. Mulder goes caveman when he eats.
"Wow, that's the best meal I have ever had!" Mulder announces as he sit back in the chair and rubs his stomach.
"I am glad you liked it", I tell him and give him a little kiss on the mouth as I get up from my chair.
Mulder holds my head down towards his with his hand and deepens the kiss. I lay my own hands on his shoulders. I pull my head reluctantly away from his and caress his cheek. He looks at me lovingly.
"I love you", he tells me looking into my soul with his beautiful green eyes.
"I know", I tell him and smile.
I clear the table and start doing the dishes. Mulder walks over to me and helps me by drying the stuff I wash. He puts it all back to its place as well. I take the remaining lasagna and salad and cover it up and put it in the fridge.
We walk back to the living room and watch the rest of the movie. The last scenes are a bit scary but I am not really a girl about that sort of things. Mulder thinks that's cool. Back when we were younger and watched horror movies, even though we weren't supposed to, we always had pillows to cover our faces if we got spooked. But by watching too much of that stuff we have become immune towards it. When the movie is over I get up and take it out of the machine.
"Well, I didn't expect that!" I tell Mulder as I put the DVD back in its box. "I thought it was that Val Kilmer dude who was the killer!"
"Really? I thought it was Sara the first time I saw it", he tells me.
"Nah, I didn't think she could do it. She didn't seem that nutty!" I say as I sit back down in the couch.
"So do you wanna see another movie?" he asks me taking the bag with movies from the coffee table. "I got; 'X-men', 'Silence of the Lambs', 'The Librarian', and 'Minority Report'."
"Well, we have seen all of them", I smile at him. "But I would go for 'Silence of the Lambs'."
"More psychology!" he states. "One would think you were the wannabe shrink and not me", he chuckles as he puts the DVD on.
"I think I am gonna stay with medicine though", I tell him. "Leave the mind doctoring up to you!"
"And I will leave the slicing-people-up doctoring to you", he says and kisses my cheek as he sits down back next to me.
We watch the movie and comment all the things we never noticed before. Mulder tells me that Jodie Foster reminds him of me in this movie, but that I am way hotter. I just laugh at him and tell him that Hannibal reminds me of him. When the movie is over, we decide to watch 'The Librarian' for a little relief from all the psycho shit. We eat ice cream while watching it. Mulder suddenly thinks it would be fun to feed me the ice cream, so he does that, and I feed him as well. We have a good time and before we know it the movie is over.
I turn the TV off and look up at him smiling. I kiss him passionately and he responds by leaning in on me - resulting in him lying on top of me on the couch. He starts kissing my neck and it feels like heaven. I gently start pulling his t-shirts a bit up. He looks at me a bit skeptical but I keep pulling it further up. He locks his lips with mine again while my hands feel his well trained upper body. He gently pushes my legs a bit to the sides settling between them. His hand travels up my stomach slowly and rests on my breast. Suddenly I feel that the couch is too small for us. My one leg is just about to fall from the couch, and it is rather uncomfortable actually.
"Let's move this upstairs", I whisper to him as he is kissing my jar close to my ear.
"Okay", he says and gets up from the couch.
He takes my hand and walks fast towards the stairs. I shut the lights off on our way out of the room. We walk into my room still hand in hand. He turns the lamp on my night table on but leaves the rest of the room unlit. He begins to pull his t-shirt over his head, but I stop him.
"Let me do that", I say calm and pull it over his head and throw the t-shirt away.
I run my hands over his abs and down to his jeans. I unlock them and pull them down a little. He pulls them the rest of the way down and removes his socks in the process. Then he starts kissing me again. He holds me close to him so I can feel his enthusiasm. Then he slowly pulls my t-shirt over my head and runs his hands down my sides. He walks us towards the bed and let me lie down on it. Next he pulls my pants off and lies down on top of me. The skin to skin contact makes my whole body tingle. I lock my arms around his neck and we start kissing again. More passionate than ever. He moves his kisses down while unhooking my bra. He throws the bra away and takes in the sight. He smiles up at me letting me know he likes it. I smile back and watch him take my one breast in his hand. My nipple hardens as he does and he begins to massage it carefully. He kisses my neck again but moves the kissing down to my breast. I can't help moaning. His tongue drifting over my nipple feels so stimulating. I feel like I should be doing something as well so I move my hand down to his boxers. I let my hand travel into the boxers and I feel him hard for me making him groan loud. He rolls onto his back and starts to pull his boxers off. I do the same with my panties. We throw the last pieces of our clothing to the floor and he moves on top of me again.
"Are you okay?" he asks me looking me in the eyes.
"I am more than okay, Mulder. I love you", I tell him brushing his hair.
"I can't believe we are gonna do this", he states chuckling. "I love you so much."
"I know, Mulder", I say and kiss him gently. "Are you ready?"
He nods and takes a condom from the night stand. I take it from him and pull the plastic off. I look down and gently roll it on his erection. I place my hands on his strong shoulders and we kiss as he guides himself into me. When his tip touches my sex it feels unbelievable good. When he enters me it hurts a bit. He asks me if I am okay, and I tell him yes smiling. He begins to move in and out of me. It hurts but it's not uncomfortable. And the way he keeps kissing me on my neck and mouth makes the hurt go away. I can see he really enjoys it and that makes me kind of proud. I meet his thrusts and suddenly he hits new depths. The hurt is definitely not a problem anymore. Something starts to build inside of me. I moan his name over and over again. I can see he comprehends what's happening and he smiles himself moving a bit faster. I come yelling his name, and he comes feeling my walls unwillingly clench around him. It's like something explodes inside of me, but in a good way. It's like I can feel every muscle in my body spasm. I have never been that out of control with my body but it felt like nothing else. When he comes he moans my name as well and buries his head in my shoulder. He lies on top of me panting a few minutes while I brush his hair. He rolls over and looks me deep in the eyes smiling.
"Wow, Scully", he almost whispers. "That was good, wasn't it?"
"Beyond good!" I tell him.
"It didn't hurt?" he asks me a bit worried.
"It did. But it wasn't that bad", I tell him honest smiling. "Especially not in the end."
"We are gonna do that again, right?" he asks me.
"Oh yeah!" I agree.
"What do I do about this?" he asks me sitting up pointing to his crotch where he is holding the condom to his shaft so he doesn't spill.
"Let me", I say sitting up too.
I gently pull the condom off of him and tie the end. I walk to the bathroom with it and throw it in the bin.
"There!" I say as I walk back to the room.
I gather our clothes from all the corners of my room and lay it on the end of the bed. I pull my underwear on again.
"What are you doing?" Mulder asks me hurt. "Don't put your clothes on!"
"It's late, Mulder! My parents will be home soon", I tell him and walk over to my dresser to find a top and some shorts to sleep in.
"I guess you're right", he sighs and takes his own boxers to wear. "I am gonna go get the mattress", he says on his way out and kisses my hair.
I hear my phone beep. My brother Charlie had sent me a text saying they were leaving the party now. I sigh loud. I walk over to the bed and take my clothes and throw in the hamper in the bathroom. I fold Mulder's clothes and lay it on my chair. I can hear him pumping the air mattress in the hallway. I lie down on my bed smiling. I feel truly happy.
"What are you smiling about?" Mulder asks me from the door.
"The same thing as you", I tell him giggling as I see him smiling too.
He walks over to me and pulls me up from the bed. He holds me close to him and brushes my hair over my ear before kissing me gently.
"Have Charlie texted you?" he asks me.
"Yeah", I sigh. "They'll be home soon."
"Okay", he sighs as well. "Let's make my bed then."
We move the air mattress into my room and put a sheet on it. I take one of the duvets and one of the pillows from my bed and lie on the mattress as well. Mulder gets us some of the candy we have bought in the kitchen. He is taking his time, so I walk down the stairs and into the kitchen to see him sitting on the counter eating some cereal.
"What are you doing?" I ask him leaning on the doorframe.
"I was hungry", he shrugs and keeps eating.
"Get your butt off the counter, Mulder!" I tell him.
"I am wearing boxers, Scully! It's not like I am naked", he states.
"It's gross", I tell him and walk over to him.
"I'll get down if you give me a kiss", he says with a smug.
"Alright, Mulder", I smile rolling my eyes. "Get down then!"
He jumps down and kisses me softly on the mouth. Then we hear a car pull up in the driveway. I take the candy from the cupboard and give Mulder some microwave popcorn. He takes them and puts then in the microwave. We hear them open the front door and enter the kitchen. They have probably seen there were lights on from the driveway.
"Hello, kids", my dad greets us but suddenly looks shocked at Mulder.
"Hey, dad", I greet him back.
I look at Mulder and realize he is not wearing anything but his boxers.
"Why aren't you sleeping, kids? It is way over midnight!" my mom says entering the kitchen too.
"We're just making some popcorn", I tell her. "We couldn't sleep."
"Oh okay. Have you had a good time?" she asks us setting some water over for tea.
"The best", I tell her smiling.
I can see Mulder is smiling as well. The microwave beeps letting us know the popcorn is done. Mulder takes the bowl I hand him and pours the popcorn into it.
"Goodnight, Mrs. Scully. Goodnight, sir", he says to my parents as we walk out of the kitchen.
"Goodnight", they yell after us.
As soon as we are in my room we both begin to laugh hysterical.
"I can't believe my parents have seen you naked, Mulder!" I tell him laughing.
"I am wearing boxers, Scully! I can't believe your little 'the best' comment!" he laughs back at me.
"Well, I was just telling the truth", I smile at him and give him a hug.
"Thank you, Scully", he tells me sincere and hugs me back.
We eat our candy and laugh at everything and nothing. Once my parents have popped in to say goodnight, Mulder crawls into my bed and cuddles up with me. The night before feels like a billion years ago. So much have changed. Or really just one thing. But it feels very different. Good different.
Btw: Katy Perry's: "Teenage Dream", is the unofficial soundtrack to this chapter. I accidentally heard the song as I wrote this, and thought; "Wow, Ms. Perry, you read me like an open book!"