Chapter 2

Helloo, sorry its taken me so long to upload this next chapter, but here it is.

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She moaned as he pulled her closer to him, the contact he couldn't get enough of, she was intoxicating, any moment now he would wake up and realise that it was all some beautiful dream, like the ones that he had dreamt so many times before and woke up cold and alone. But he opened his eyes for a split second, it wasn't a dream, she was real this was real.

The sensations came all at once and an audible moan escaped from her lips, was this real, why had he changed his mind? They had been partners for so long and although she had hidden her feelings from him she was unsure that he ever had any feelings for her beyond friends and partners. Did he open his eyes? Was he regretting it?

'Oh my god' thoughts began to run through her mind at an alarming pace, what if she wasn't what he expected? What if she didn't match up to his other women, Phoebe, Dianna?

Dianna. That woman she couldn't stand! Her pulse began to race and he eyes bolted open, what if he was comparing her to Dianna?

She quickly separated herself from the couch and Mulder and stumbled back slightly into the coffee table, hurting her calf as she tripped.

She was moving away, SHIT! She didn't want this at all.

Mulder leant forward to catch her as she fell but to no avail, her hand darted away from his and she stumbled backward. He watched closely s she regained her balance and quickly made a bee line for her sodden coat.

"Wait Scully wait" he wasn't about to let this go without a fight.

"I'm sorry, I can't do this Mulder" she retorted her voice beginning to show definite signs of emotion.

"Why I … I don't understand... you…you were..."

"I know Mulder but I just can't" she raised her voice, back still facing away from him and fumbled in vain with the soggy mack, "I can't and I'm sorry it's, it's not…"

"Oh please don't give me the it's not you it's me line Scully"

"For god's sake Mulder, grow up, Oh Shit" She threw the coat onto the floor and headed for the door, with one swift action the door was open and she was out.

"Shit, no, Scully wait" his voice echoed out of his apartment as he ran after her halfway down the corridor, he saw her run as he approached and reached out for her arm swinging her back around to face him.

"Mulder" she struggled against him the tears beginning to well up in her eyes "let go of me"

"Tell me why Scully" he hated to hold her like this but he had to know, this wasn't fair to him, he laid out his emotions clear for her to see and now she was going to run out on him without so much as an explanation! His voice had lowered to a more considerate tone and he repeated the words slowly again.

She sniffed at his words, and looked away towards the wall, his grip remained the same, and she wanted more than anything to be able to go, to walk away from him and save what they had left of their partnership, but that wasn't an option.

"I can't because im not like…like them Mulder, can I go now?"

Her eyes now crystallised stared up and captured his.

"Not like who?" now he really was confused. He loosed his grip around her arms slightly and searched her face for an answer.

"You know who! Like Phoebe or Dianna, im not them Mulder and I never will be and I don't want to be compared with them or be a disappointment to you so I think that its best if we forget that this ever happened and go back to being how we were, because I can't match up to them, I never will"

"I don't understand"

"She's tall, brunette, confident, slim beautiful and im not any of those things Mulder, and I don't want to be the runner up because you can't have her, im sorry"

The first one fell like the start of a storm innocent one little drop, then the flood barriers opened the defence that had been holding back all the emotion couldn't take the pressure any more and burst.

Mulder watched as she cried into his arms and he pulled her close and held her to him.

He strolled her hair and tried to soothe her cries, as he wiped away tears on her cheeks and held her face so she couldn't escape his gaze.

"Scully, I don't want Phoebe and I don't want Dianna, I want you"

Scully sniffed and looked away briefly.

"Your right your not tall and your not brunette but your beautiful" this caught her attention as she turned back to face him and blinked to avoid more tears escaping.

"Your petite, strong, you've got the most amazing eyes and the most mesmerising body"

Scully let out a small laugh and sniffed again, giving him a small smile as she did.

"Your laugh is infectious and you always keep me on my toes, you challenge me and my ideas… and you support me… you always have, and I think Scully that if you leave me I don't know if I can survive alone anymore"

Scully was speechless she looked for a sign, any sign that he was lying, but couldn't find one.

"I'm in love with you Scully, you are my world"

He leant down and captured her lips with his, she tasted so sweet he wanted more but pulled back to stroke her face.

"I'm in love with you too Mulder and I don't ever want to let you go"

She wrapped her arms around his neck as he kissed her again, he leant forward and grabbed hold of both her thighs as she wrapped her legs around him, he carried her back towards his apartment door all the time kissing and stroking each other.

Mulder made his way through to his bedroom and kicked the door shut, still holding her he carefully placed her down onto his bed and attacked the soft tempting skin at the base of her neck.

Scully giggled as he began to kiss and suck at her neck, she didn't realise how much it tickled when Mulder kissed her there, or maybe it was just because he was kissing her. Mulder looked up and smiled.

"Sorry" she smiled at him "it tickles"

"I can think of somewhere else that might tickle you as well" he grinned raising his eyebrows.

"Just try it" she teased biting down onto her lip.

"Watch me"……………..