Chapter 3

A noise woke her up. Scully could feel Mulder's body still around her. They hadn't moved an inch. Well maybe an inch…closer. She could easily wake up every day like this. She smiled to herself at the thought. Then she saw the cell phone on the night table. She picked it up and answered with a sleepy voice "Scully".

The voice on the other side hesitated "Agent Scully?"

"Sir?" She straightened up.

"I thought I was calling Agent Mulder" Skinner's voice was serious now. He ovbiously didn't thought it, he knew it.

Scully realized. She had picked up Mulder's phone. Shit. Mulder seemed to return to consciousness, and tightened his embrace on her. "Scully?"

"Is that Agent Mulder?"

"Er…yes, sir." She looked at the alarm clock. 9 a.m. Damn. They had agreed to meet him in his office at 8.30 a.m. They had slept over! She abruptly got up, putting Mulder's arm away. He looked confused and made an attempt to talk before she gave him a warning look.

Skinner didn't hesitated this time and with an accusatory voice asked "Why are you picking up Agent Mulder's phone?"

Scully was lost. This time saying the truth wouldn't help and she was really bad at lying. She had to come up with something. Fast. "I…I slept over and I called Mulder to tell him I'd be late to the meeting. But…but he had also slept over so I came to his apartment to pick him up. And…and he was having a shower, that's why I picked it up" No way he'd gonna buy this.

"I see, and why didn't you call me?"

Yeah, that was a damn good question. "I…I just didn't thought about calling you. Sorry ,sir"

"I want you two here in 20 minutes" he hang up.

"You'd better get dressed. He's gonna kill us, Mulder" Scully looked at her partner. He was still tangled between the blankets, being lazy. How couldn't he be bothered? He stretched himself. He looked so cute. Scully had to stop herself from jumping into bed again.

"C'mon Scully, we haven't done anything wrong… or have we?" He raised an eyebrow.

She blushed. Mulder was aware of the effect his words had on her and smiled. "I remind you that sleeping with your partner goes against the Bureau's policies"

"Since when going against the Bureau's policies has ever stopped us?" Mulder was having fun now. He looked straight to her blue eyes.

She had to fight a smile and rolled her eyes as she headed to the bathroom. Mulder followed her with his gaze. Yeah, he could get used to this.