CHAPTER 2
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" You're shaking, Mulder! Are you still cold?"
" No, no...I'm okay."
"..."
"..."
" Does thinking about that period of your life make you feel like this?"
" I guess..."
" I'm sorry to have to make you live all that again..."
" Eh! That's MY line, Scully... Yours is "I'm fine"."
" *Laughter* "
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" Scully?"
" Yes?"
" If I answer your last question, can I choose the next subject of our conversation?"
" I guess I must be a fool to accept such a thing coming from you, but...yes, deal."
" *Laughter* "
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" Yes."
" What : yes?"
" Yes. The answer to your last question is "yes"..."
" *Sniff* "
" May I know why you're crying so much tonight, Scully?? You're really starting to make me
feel uncomfortable... I'm not used to making people cry...usually they laugh when they see
me..."
" *Laughter* It's only that...I'm having difficulty picturing your father beating you...
I mean, I saw him just once, but he didn't seem very..."
" ...brawny? Oh, he didn't really use his hands with me...and, I don't know. I became taller and
stronger than him when I was fifteen, or sixteen...but...it was difficult to do anything.
He was my DAD...and even if I had the strength to defend myself, and hit him...I couldn't.
I didn't have the right to do it."
" You had no RIGHT to defend yourself against your father but HE had the right to beat you
up whenever he wanted?!"
" It's kind of difficult to explain, Scully..."
" You didn't LET him do it, did you Mulder?"
" I could run faster than him... And when he was drunk, he finally fell asleep...
But don't worry, I wasn't masochist to the point of appreciating him hitting me with a
baseball bat..."
" Did he really hit you with it, in the ribs or...?!"
" Didn't I just say that I would answer your LAST question and then choose the subject of our
next conversation?"
" I have to know, Mulder..."
" I don't understand why you find those sick stories interesting, Scully... I'd rather exchange
them for happier ones..."
" It's just I have the feeling that you know everything about MY childhood, thanks to my
mum, but that you NEVER speak of yours..."
" If only you knew how much I would like to tell you different memories..."
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" Mulder?"
" *Sigh* It's your LAST question, Scully... You'd better pick a good one..."
" Thanks!"
" You... you didn't want to ask me other questions?"
" No, I had decided to let it go. But since you've just so kindly asked me..."
" *Sigh* "
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"..."
"..."
"Say, Scully? You're not wondering what verse of the Torah you want me to recite, are
you??"
" *Laughter* No, don't worry..."
" Because I'm more than rusty with that..."
" You can read Hebrew, Mulder?!"
" ONE question Scully, ONE..."
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" If everything that has happened to you...hadn't happened. What would you have liked to
have done with your life?"
" ..."
" Mulder?"
" I wasn't expecting such a question..."
" Do you want another one? I've got about a dozen of them!!"
" ...but I'll take it, thanks."
" So?"
" I think I would have liked to become a writer..."
" Really?"
" You seem surprised...?"
" I was expecting the answer "astronaut"..."
" *Laughter* Oh! That was just my dream when I was a kid, that's all... No, seriously, I would
have loved writing..."
" Science-fiction?"
" Don't know, I don't think so..."
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" Scully?"
" Mmhh?"
" It's my turn to ask questions, isn't it?"
" *Sigh* Go ahead..."
" First, I would like to know why you were so surprised about my answer to your last
question, when I said that I would have liked to become a writer...?"
" Since you got a degree in psychology, I thought you would have become..."
" A shrink..."
" I guess..."
" It's weird."
" Why ?"
" I hate shrinks : they're egocentric, selfish..."
" *Laughter*"
" What?"
" Nothing... It just makes me think of someone I know."
" I see. I get the point. You can talk to yourself if you like: I'm not going to talk to you
anymore."
" Mulder! I was kidding... Mulder?"
" ..."
" Mulder??!"
" ..."
" You can be such a jerk, sometimes..."
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" ..."
" ..."
" Look, Mulder... I'm sorry. I didn't mean it, it's just that, sometimes, you can..."
" ...piss you off a lot with my attitude? Yeah, I know. It's part of the game..."
" The game?!! What game, Mulder?!"
" The game we play everyday, Scully... You know, you and me in the Bureau, "Spooky
Mulder" and "The Ice Queen". It's a funny game, you should try it sometimes..."
" You're joking, right?"
" Why would I?"
" You think that all our...quest is JUST a game?!"
" No! Of course not... Our "quest" as you say is really serious. The game is to pretend to be
someone else when we're at the Bureau, with Kersh for example."
" Speaking of Kersh, I don't know what he will say this time..."
" That's why this game is so spicy, we never know what will happen..."
" *Laughter* So... You don't think I'm an "Ice Queen", right?"
" No, of course not... But don't draw your conclusions too fast though, I never said I wasn't
Spooky..."
" *Laughter*"
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" Tutututuuuu..."
" Mulder..."
" Yes?"
" Hum...why do you think everyone seems to believe that I'm an "Ice Queen"?"
" I don't know."
" Why am I so... I mean, I don't have a private life, and..."
" Me neither. But, you know, I don't think I'm the right person to answer that question. Will
you hit me if I do?
" Seriously, Mulder..."
" Well, maybe you're ugly and... "
" *Sigh* Mulder... "
" All right, all right... Maybe because some people believe that we're...you know...involved?"
" No way ! "
" What ? "
" How could we possibly be..."
" Eh, don't tell me you've never heard those stories about us..."
" Well, yes, but I never... Anyway, how come they imagine that YOU and ME, we..."
" Oooh...would it be THAT horrible, Scully ? "
" ... "
" Hello? "
" Well...hum...of course not."
" *Sigh* Thank you, Scully."
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" Scully?"
" Here. "
" Can I check something out?"
" Of course, but what are you dooooiiinnngggg!!!"
" ....There. "
" ....M-M-Mulder?"
" Hum...yes? "
" Did you just kiss me ? "
" Well, I hope it was me... Or that would mean that we're not alone in this cave."
" May I know why? "
" I was wondering if it would be that bad, you and I."
" Oh. And?"
" You were right. It wouldn't be so awful."
" ...."
" ...."
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" Mulder? Are you awake?"
" Yes. Would I sleep?"
" I was thinking, and...it...could change a lot of things..."
" I know."
" Do you want things to change? "
" ..."
" Mulder?"
" ..."
" Mulder?!"
" ...I...hum...I love you."
" ..."
" Don't do this to me. Please, say something."
" ..."
" Scully? Are you aliiiiiiiiiiiveeeeee..."
" Yeah...right, wouldn't be so bad."
" Oh."
" Yes. I love you too..."
" This is, well..."
" *Sigh* What?"
" REALLY weird"
" Yeah, I know..."
" *Laughter* I think there's something you should know."
" Whatever. You're gay?"
" No. I think someone here just kissed me."
" Maybe a bear..."
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" Mulder."
" Scully?"
" We'll have to talk about...that."
" Of course, but could it wait till we're out, please?"
" Of course."
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*BANNNNNNNNNNNGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!*
" Did you hear that, Scully?"
" Yeah, I can even see some light..."
" Do you think it's the bear?"
" I hope not..."
" IS ANYONE HERE?!!"
" I know that voice..."
" Me too."
" AGENT SCULLY?!"
" WE'RE RIGHT HERE!!"
" Scully, that's...??!"
" Yeah, I know..."
" Do you think he will be mad at us?"
" I don't know Mulder... But the game was fun."
" *Sigh* So everything we've just been through here is part of the game for you?"
" *Laughter* No! But if Kersh sees you hugging me that way, maybe it will be more than
spicy."
" *Laughter* You're right."
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
So??????? What did you think of that new 'genre'?? Let me know, 'cos it's really funny to
write stories that way...
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
" You're shaking, Mulder! Are you still cold?"
" No, no...I'm okay."
"..."
"..."
" Does thinking about that period of your life make you feel like this?"
" I guess..."
" I'm sorry to have to make you live all that again..."
" Eh! That's MY line, Scully... Yours is "I'm fine"."
" *Laughter* "
***************************************************************************
" Scully?"
" Yes?"
" If I answer your last question, can I choose the next subject of our conversation?"
" I guess I must be a fool to accept such a thing coming from you, but...yes, deal."
" *Laughter* "
***************************************************************************
" Yes."
" What : yes?"
" Yes. The answer to your last question is "yes"..."
" *Sniff* "
" May I know why you're crying so much tonight, Scully?? You're really starting to make me
feel uncomfortable... I'm not used to making people cry...usually they laugh when they see
me..."
" *Laughter* It's only that...I'm having difficulty picturing your father beating you...
I mean, I saw him just once, but he didn't seem very..."
" ...brawny? Oh, he didn't really use his hands with me...and, I don't know. I became taller and
stronger than him when I was fifteen, or sixteen...but...it was difficult to do anything.
He was my DAD...and even if I had the strength to defend myself, and hit him...I couldn't.
I didn't have the right to do it."
" You had no RIGHT to defend yourself against your father but HE had the right to beat you
up whenever he wanted?!"
" It's kind of difficult to explain, Scully..."
" You didn't LET him do it, did you Mulder?"
" I could run faster than him... And when he was drunk, he finally fell asleep...
But don't worry, I wasn't masochist to the point of appreciating him hitting me with a
baseball bat..."
" Did he really hit you with it, in the ribs or...?!"
" Didn't I just say that I would answer your LAST question and then choose the subject of our
next conversation?"
" I have to know, Mulder..."
" I don't understand why you find those sick stories interesting, Scully... I'd rather exchange
them for happier ones..."
" It's just I have the feeling that you know everything about MY childhood, thanks to my
mum, but that you NEVER speak of yours..."
" If only you knew how much I would like to tell you different memories..."
***************************************************************************
" Mulder?"
" *Sigh* It's your LAST question, Scully... You'd better pick a good one..."
" Thanks!"
" You... you didn't want to ask me other questions?"
" No, I had decided to let it go. But since you've just so kindly asked me..."
" *Sigh* "
***************************************************************************
"..."
"..."
"Say, Scully? You're not wondering what verse of the Torah you want me to recite, are
you??"
" *Laughter* No, don't worry..."
" Because I'm more than rusty with that..."
" You can read Hebrew, Mulder?!"
" ONE question Scully, ONE..."
***************************************************************************
" If everything that has happened to you...hadn't happened. What would you have liked to
have done with your life?"
" ..."
" Mulder?"
" I wasn't expecting such a question..."
" Do you want another one? I've got about a dozen of them!!"
" ...but I'll take it, thanks."
" So?"
" I think I would have liked to become a writer..."
" Really?"
" You seem surprised...?"
" I was expecting the answer "astronaut"..."
" *Laughter* Oh! That was just my dream when I was a kid, that's all... No, seriously, I would
have loved writing..."
" Science-fiction?"
" Don't know, I don't think so..."
***************************************************************************
" Scully?"
" Mmhh?"
" It's my turn to ask questions, isn't it?"
" *Sigh* Go ahead..."
" First, I would like to know why you were so surprised about my answer to your last
question, when I said that I would have liked to become a writer...?"
" Since you got a degree in psychology, I thought you would have become..."
" A shrink..."
" I guess..."
" It's weird."
" Why ?"
" I hate shrinks : they're egocentric, selfish..."
" *Laughter*"
" What?"
" Nothing... It just makes me think of someone I know."
" I see. I get the point. You can talk to yourself if you like: I'm not going to talk to you
anymore."
" Mulder! I was kidding... Mulder?"
" ..."
" Mulder??!"
" ..."
" You can be such a jerk, sometimes..."
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" ..."
" ..."
" Look, Mulder... I'm sorry. I didn't mean it, it's just that, sometimes, you can..."
" ...piss you off a lot with my attitude? Yeah, I know. It's part of the game..."
" The game?!! What game, Mulder?!"
" The game we play everyday, Scully... You know, you and me in the Bureau, "Spooky
Mulder" and "The Ice Queen". It's a funny game, you should try it sometimes..."
" You're joking, right?"
" Why would I?"
" You think that all our...quest is JUST a game?!"
" No! Of course not... Our "quest" as you say is really serious. The game is to pretend to be
someone else when we're at the Bureau, with Kersh for example."
" Speaking of Kersh, I don't know what he will say this time..."
" That's why this game is so spicy, we never know what will happen..."
" *Laughter* So... You don't think I'm an "Ice Queen", right?"
" No, of course not... But don't draw your conclusions too fast though, I never said I wasn't
Spooky..."
" *Laughter*"
***************************************************************************
" Tutututuuuu..."
" Mulder..."
" Yes?"
" Hum...why do you think everyone seems to believe that I'm an "Ice Queen"?"
" I don't know."
" Why am I so... I mean, I don't have a private life, and..."
" Me neither. But, you know, I don't think I'm the right person to answer that question. Will
you hit me if I do?
" Seriously, Mulder..."
" Well, maybe you're ugly and... "
" *Sigh* Mulder... "
" All right, all right... Maybe because some people believe that we're...you know...involved?"
" No way ! "
" What ? "
" How could we possibly be..."
" Eh, don't tell me you've never heard those stories about us..."
" Well, yes, but I never... Anyway, how come they imagine that YOU and ME, we..."
" Oooh...would it be THAT horrible, Scully ? "
" ... "
" Hello? "
" Well...hum...of course not."
" *Sigh* Thank you, Scully."
***************************************************************************
" Scully?"
" Here. "
" Can I check something out?"
" Of course, but what are you dooooiiinnngggg!!!"
" ....There. "
" ....M-M-Mulder?"
" Hum...yes? "
" Did you just kiss me ? "
" Well, I hope it was me... Or that would mean that we're not alone in this cave."
" May I know why? "
" I was wondering if it would be that bad, you and I."
" Oh. And?"
" You were right. It wouldn't be so awful."
" ...."
" ...."
***************************************************************************
" Mulder? Are you awake?"
" Yes. Would I sleep?"
" I was thinking, and...it...could change a lot of things..."
" I know."
" Do you want things to change? "
" ..."
" Mulder?"
" ..."
" Mulder?!"
" ...I...hum...I love you."
" ..."
" Don't do this to me. Please, say something."
" ..."
" Scully? Are you aliiiiiiiiiiiveeeeee..."
" Yeah...right, wouldn't be so bad."
" Oh."
" Yes. I love you too..."
" This is, well..."
" *Sigh* What?"
" REALLY weird"
" Yeah, I know..."
" *Laughter* I think there's something you should know."
" Whatever. You're gay?"
" No. I think someone here just kissed me."
" Maybe a bear..."
***************************************************************************
" Mulder."
" Scully?"
" We'll have to talk about...that."
" Of course, but could it wait till we're out, please?"
" Of course."
***************************************************************************
*BANNNNNNNNNNNGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!*
" Did you hear that, Scully?"
" Yeah, I can even see some light..."
" Do you think it's the bear?"
" I hope not..."
" IS ANYONE HERE?!!"
" I know that voice..."
" Me too."
" AGENT SCULLY?!"
" WE'RE RIGHT HERE!!"
" Scully, that's...??!"
" Yeah, I know..."
" Do you think he will be mad at us?"
" I don't know Mulder... But the game was fun."
" *Sigh* So everything we've just been through here is part of the game for you?"
" *Laughter* No! But if Kersh sees you hugging me that way, maybe it will be more than
spicy."
" *Laughter* You're right."
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
So??????? What did you think of that new 'genre'?? Let me know, 'cos it's really funny to
write stories that way...