Agent Connelly's POV
Damn that Agent Scully! Way to ruin the moment, ice-queen. Hmm… not that there was much of a moment anyway. Really, I thought Agent Mulder must have been gay! He was totally unresponsive to all my advances, hell I've had married men amuse me more. What was the matter with him? I'm gorgeous! Anyway, I had the evening all planned out. We'd eat dinner first, break the ice so to speak. Then when that was over with, I'd take out the case, and sort of let him take over. Then, I'd barrage him with compliments on how he's such a genius when it comes to violent crimes and profiling etc. etc. Men love that! All the while, I'd be throwing very not so subtle innuendoes towards him. By that point, I expected him to be all over me! But to my surprise, he acted as if nothing was going on. I was baffled! Ok, I guess "baffled" is not really the appropriate term. I suppose it's just the prom queen in me that's surfacing. (How can a straight man resist me?!) Though I suppose I've always had this sense that he was different. Just what made him different … well … I found out tonight.
Anyway, when all my advances were ignored, it was only natural that I lost my patience. So, as Mulder was putting his coffee cup to his lips to drink out of it, I "accidentally" bumped into him and spilled the coffee all over his shirt. His reaction was exactly the way I wanted it to be, he quickly took his shirt off, leaving nothing but his pants on. As I was about to make my move on the now half-undressed Agent Mulder, a knock came on the door. And that's how Agent Scully ruined the moment, or rather a moment in the making.
Well, imagine my surprise when I saw her at the door. Does she usually visit her partner at 9 in the evening? I was hoping she only came to drop of some office-related work, but seeing her with nothing in her hands dashed that hope. Mulder soon came up from behind me, obviously curious to see who was at the door. And when he looked at her, that split second that his eyes greeted hers, I got the answer to that rhetorical question I've asked all night. What was the matter with him? Well, the answer turned out to be simple. Very simple. It was Scully.
It all made sense. I mean to backtrack even before tonight, whenever I'd flirt with him at the bureau, he'd be nice enough, but the moment Scully called on him, he'd go to her. Probably oblivious to the fact that he had just left me hanging, feeling like an idiot in the middle of my come-ons. And I can't believe I didn't notice it before, but his hand was always on the small of her back. He does it in a way that shows he doesn't do it to anyone else. And there was this one time when Agent Kerras was hitting on Agent Scully … boy, the glare he got from Agent Mulder! I can't believe I didn't put two and two together then! Now here I am, alone in his apartment. He ran off right after her without even telling me anything along the lines of "I'll be right back."
Well, clearly they're not involved with one another, otherwise she would have asked (at least out loud) why he had me in his apartment without his shirt on at 9 in the evening. But seeing her reaction this evening, it's clear that she's territorial when it comes to him. Hmm… Coming to all these revelations I suppose the honest thing to do would be to back off. But it's become somewhat of a game to me now. It's rare that I don't get what I want, at least not off the bat. Fox Mulder is obviously a challenge, and I love challenges. It's obvious. She's in love with him. He's in love with her. Only they don't realize it yet. But no one could be that blind, they're bound to realize it sooner or later, and when they do, my chance with Mulder would be out the window. I can't very well let that happen. I'm not going to lose him to a short, thirty something prude better known to our colleagues as "the ice queen". I'll win him. I don't care what I have to do…
To be continued…
Thanks for reading. I'd just like to thank everyone who's left a feedback for me. I read each and every one of them and seriously consider all the suggestions. I had no idea so many people would be so curious as to why his shirt wasn't on in ch. 2. Well, I hope I didn't let anyone down with the answer to why. Anyway, thanks very much for the interest you've all shown in my story. Feedback is always craved for!