Hi again!And thanks for the reviews:) I really didn't know how to go on with the story. I always have too many versions in my head and it was difficult to choose just one. So this is my hallway scene:))) As you'll notice, I take sentences and details from here and from there. I like mixing scenes and making my own. Any similarities with the hallway scene outtake are NOT a coincidence.
Chapter 4
The meeting with Skinner didn't go as bad as Scully had first thought it would be. Mulder, for once, had behaved. He then had gone home to have some rest. Scully hadn't. She still had a meeting regarding her future in Utah.
Mulder's Apartment
Mulder was lying on his sofa, thinking of Scully and her meeting. One of his favorite movies was on TV but he wasn't paying any attention to it. He was sad. A knot in his stomach. He wanted to cry. The X-Files had been re-opened, and it was great news. But he wasn't happy. He could only think of Scully…and her leaving. Mulder didn't want to go back to the X-Files without her. He couldn't. Not anymore. But he knew he had to let her go. She wasn't safe at his side. A tear ran down his cheek.
A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. He opened the door, and there was Scully. Her face still bruised from the cold snow. She looked beautiful, though. She always did.
"Hey" her voice was soft.
He raised both eyebrows and failed to smile. "So…when…when are you leaving?" His heart almost broke as his thoughts came back to his head and he had to stop his tears from coming again.
Scully could see the fear in his eyes. "I'm not". Mulder was confused. He tried to speak but the words didn't find their way out. His eyes made the question. "Mulder, I'm staying".
"Wh…what? No."
Now her eyes were questioning. Scully wasn't expecting that reaction from him. "Mulder…"
"Scully, no" He was sharp. "You go, be a doctor while you still can"
"I'll be a doctor, but not now. My place is still here with you".
"No. I'm not gonna watch you die because a personal quest of mine" his eyes bright from the held tears.
"It is personal to me too, Mulder. We both have lost so much. I want to make sense of all of this. I need to stay."
Mulder kept saying no with his head. Their eyes met. Scully's heart squirmed. He looked broken. "Scully…I just…don't want you to regret anything"
She could feel the hurt in his words. "I don't. I won't" Moving closer to him, she cupped his face with both hands and looked him in the eyes. "Look, if I could go back time, I'd do it all over again" Mulder was surprised at her statement. "C'mon Mulder, you wouldn't expect me leaving after what you told me in your hallway, would you?" She raised an eyebrow "You sometimes really know how to captivate woman" She smiled jokingly hoping to ease the moment.
He was thoughtful for a moment. Then he looked back at her. "Do I?" They both chuckled.
He leaned his forehead onto hers as she caressed his hair. Mulder put his hands on her hips, under her jacket. She shivered at the feeling of his touch. Both tried to speak, but no words came out. Their noses brushed. She could feel his warm breath. Her heartbeat speeded. Scully moved her head to brush his nose with hers. His hands tightened around her hips and pushed her closer. He brushed his nose back with eyes closed. He really took her breath away. She closed her eyes as she brushed his nose once more, leaning her face closer to his. His knees weakened. Their lips inches apart, almost touching. She took a step closer. He felt his blood burning under his skin. She parted her lips and moved her chin up. Their lips met with a soft, tender kiss.
Mulder was stuck. He wanted to kiss her back, but his body wasn't reacting. Scully parted her lips again and searched for his lower lip. This seemed to break the spell on him and this time he went for it.
They broke the kiss searching for air. Her hands moved down to his chest. When their eyes met, they both had a knowing smile on their faces. Scully bit her lower lip. Her eyes shining as he had never seen before. Mulder then realized. She loved him. She really did. He removed his right hand from her hip and took a hair lock with his middle finger from her face. He caressed her face while his fingers ran behind her ear. His thumb drawing invisible circles on her cheek. He wanted to tell her how much he loved her, but couldn't find the right words, nothing seemed good enough. He felt as if his heart would just jump from his chest.
And no words were needed. She could see it through his eyes. He loved her.
Mulder closed the distance between them and kissed her again. Softly. Caring. Loving. Their tongues met for the first time and an electric shock went through their bodies. Their kiss hardened with passion.
His right hand went back to her hip. He flexed a bit his legs to take impulse, and gently put her up. Her legs immediatly surrounded his hips. Her arms around his neck. He embraced her under the jacket. One hand on her lower back, and the other going up across her bra and stopping under her opposite shoulder. Never parting their lips.
Mulder turned around and entered his apartment, closing the door behind them with one foot.
