Dr.Scully locked her office door, and then turned around to leave when she bumped into Mulder. She jumped slightly. After she gathered herself, she asked Mulder a question.

"Agent Mulder, may I ask what are you doing here?" She put her keys in her pocket while she looked him the eyes expecting an answer.

"I'm going to take you to lunch." He said as he extended his arm out for her to take. Dr. Scully just looked at it and Mulder's arm fell to his side.

"I don't know what gave you that impression because I didn't agree to anything." She began to walk as she talked to Mulder.

"What happened to being spontaneous?" He said as they approached the desk for her to sign out. She just looked at him and gave him 'The Eyebrow'. "Okay, how come you won't go out with me?"

"Well, first off, you didn't ask me. Second, I'm busy. And third, I don't date people I work with."

"Well, technically we don't work together." Mulder said as he put his hand against the door Dr. Scully was trying to open.

"But, we are working together. It complicates things." She jerked the door open hard and it hit Mulder in the face. "You should get that checked out."

XXXXXXX

Mulder brought her lunch and flowers for a week. Dr. Scully gave the food away to the homeless and gave her flowers to the elderly or her mother.

"I could do this everyday and you still won't go out on a date with me, will you?" Mulder asked as he entered Dr. Scully's office. This time he was empty handed.

"Agent Mulder, I would appreciate if you make your presence known before you enter my office." She didn't look up as she wrote down her report.

"I am right, aren't I?" The room was silent for a while before Dr. Scully answered.

"Than why ask if you know the answer?" She looked at him briefly, and then back at her report.

"I wanted you to confirm my theory."

"I did, now may you please leave?" She took a sip of her hot of coffee and started to shuffle through papers.

"Why are you so eager to kick me out?" He whispered softly in her ear. Dr. Scully thought as she gave him 'The Eyebrow' he will never learn his lesson.

"Why are you so eager to ask me out?"

"Because I'm curious about you."

"Curiosity kills the cat." Ooh, she's going in straight for the kill, Mulder thought to himself.

"That's why they have nine lives." Dr. Scully smiled. He has definitely piped her interest. "What is that funny thing that the corners of your mouth is doing? It couldn't be a smile. Dr. Scully doesn't smile." Mulder said jokingly.

"Yes, I'm smiling."

"You have a beautiful smile, you know. So, why won't you go out with me?"

"Agent Mulder, if you want to go out with me than approach me like an adult. Stop all this childish because we aren't in school anymore. Instead of coming here, and then asking me out, ask first. You can be charming and straightforward at the same time. And I would prefer if you ask me while I was off work because that's very unprofessional."

"So, is that a yes or a no?" Mulder asked as he stood close to her. It was unnerving to Dr. Scully because it felt as though he was reading her mind or something.

"And another unprofessional thing is your lack of belief in personal space. I would appreciate if you work on trying to fix that. I could file a sexual harassment lawsuit." Mulder backed up and she looked relieved. "Also, to answer you question, it's no because you didn't ask."

Mulder was about to say something when the phone rang. He talked for a brief moment, and then hung up.

"Can we finish this lovely conversation some other time when we both have an off day because I have to go?" Dr. Scully shook her head yes.

Mulder was walking out of the office when he stopped. "Wait. You think that I am charming?"

"Have a nice day, Agent Mulder."

"I will because I'll be thinking of you." Mulder left before he could see that Dr. Scully was blushing at his comment.

XXXXXXX

Mulder and Reggie just got out of a meeting and they were currently sitting at their desks. It surprised Reggie that Mulder didn't say anything during or after the meeting. Mulder usually made these meeting bearable.

"What's on your mind, Mulder?" Reggie asked as he looked at Mulder who wore a pensive expression on his face.

"Dr.Scully. That woman is a piece of work, but in a good way. Earlier we were talking and I made her smile. You should see how beautiful she looks when she smiles."

"Oh, how did you do that? Telling her that you'll leave her alone." Mulder let out a hearty chuckle. "You are really determined. Mulder, I'll give you that."

"Why wouldn't I be determined?"

"Why would you be?"

"What do you mean, Reg?"

"Well, I'm surprised at you, Mulder. Usually you go for the tall, buxom, brunettes who are really devious. Not short, normal-sized, redheads who doesn't take shit from anyone." Reggie laughed softly. "That's a change of pace if you ask me. And if you do, you don't pursue the women as much as you do the brunettes. But, only when you're trying to conquer something or someone." The mood changed. "You can't conquer. You can't own her or break her down, Mulder, I'm not sure you'll even want to. She is different than any other women you've dated. She is one of the many women you fear."

"Why would I fear her?"

"I'm not talking about size, Mulder, but brains. Yes, the women you have dated are smart, but do they really use their brains. They were devious and looking to get ahead, but not this one. She doesn't need you. Maybe a companion, but not you in particular like the other woman and that scares you. Every woman you have dated needed you for some reason and would do anything to keep you. The reason you've dated women like that is because they won't leave you, but you can leave them. You do this so you won't get hurt because you've been hurt so many times in the past that is doesn't make sense." As much as Mulder didn't want to hear what Reggie was talking about, he listened. "Or you don't let them in. But, Mulder you have to realize that everyone has the same insecurities, they just deal with it in different ways."

"What do you want me to do? Get hurt again."

"No, but let someone in. Let Dr. Scully in."

"How do I know that she wants to be let in? How do I know whether or not it will work out between us?"

"What attracted you to her in the first place?"

"I don't know…she's different."

Dr. Dana Scully's office

7:30 P.M.

Dr.Scully was getting ready to lock up when Mulder came in.

"Agent Mulder.." Mulder walked back out, and then knocked on the door. Dr. Scully smiled. "Come in, Agent Mulder."

"May I walk you to your car, Dr.Scully?" Mulder asked as he walked over to her.

"Sure, I would love that." She replied, and then gathered the rest of her things. "So, how was your day?"

"I'll carry this for you." Mulder said as he took the bag from Dr. Scully and she mumbled thanks. She cut off the office lights, and then they left out the office so she could lock the door. "It was going downhill, until I thought of you."

She bit her smile back. "Oh, really?"

"Yes, really." She tried to bit her smile back again, but Mulder stopped her. " Don't, you should smile more. You'll live longer that way."

"I'll try." Dr. Scully said as she signed herself out. Not even a second after that she heard,

"So, you would you like to go out sometime?" Dr. Scully shook her head.

"Yes, that sounds nice." They talked some more and made a day for their date.

TBC…

A/N: I'll try to get a couple more chapters out because I've written about ten chapters in my notebook. I would've posted sooner, but I had volleyball and the season ended. I have this week off before basketball starts, so I needed rest. Also, I have this story and about three or four others, so I try to tend to those also.

Sorry if this chapter is confusing in any way.