CHAPTER FOUR

She tried to ignore his smart ass attitude as he continued to tease her over drinks and dinner, loving every second of seeing her pretending to act like nothing was going on between them. A little touch here, a little look there, a thousand jokes, all to tease her and drive her crazy. He was irresistible, annoyingly irresistible. She knew that by now.

As they left the steakhouse and went to go get their flight, Mulder's hand was back on the small of her back, his jacket over his other arm now, as he was feeling really good. He had had a great time, and no matter what she said, he knew she had enjoyed it too. And it had been like a date…

"We gotta go to gate 50." She said suddenly, and he turned to look at her as she reached to get her phone out of her pocket, to load her boarding pass. He nodded with a little hum but didn't take his hand away, not yet. He never wanted to stop touching her, and really, it was an innocent little touch to most people, a polite one. They didn't look like a couple… right? He didn't think it was that much of an intimate thing..

They made their way to the gate and got in line, showing their Badges and then their boarding passes on their phones. Mulder's took a little longer to load, which amused Scully greatly. She arched her eyebrow and smirked as he struggled and she walked on ahead.

"Sorry this phone.." He muttered and tried turning it around to get the best way to see the boarding pass, which made her stifle a laugh. She just found it so amusing, he was adorable. Finally, he got it and the lady at the desk gave him a big smile. Scully noticed her also touch his arm, and tilt her head a little as she told him to have a nice flight. She wasn't stupid, she was flirting with him. It made her skin crawl..

"Ok lets go." He said breezily as he caught up with her, but stopped as he saw her glaring at the blonde lady at the desk. "Erm… Scully?" He asked, frowning a little.

Scully heard him, but took a moment to look away. She looked at him then and sighed a little, shrugging it off. She knew she was being ridiculous, she just couldn't help it though, she had always been fiercely jealous of other women fawning over Mulder. It happened more than she cared to remember, and she was not ok with it, she was just like that. Fiercely protective and jealous.

"Right, right.." She said distantly and nodded, as she turned to walk with him towards the plane door.

They got into their seats and sat down together, as the other passengers got on board. Mulder was quiet and absent-mindlessly looked out the window, she preferred the aisle seat. They were both pretty quiet with each other, even when the plane was taxiing and about to take off. She closed her eyes and unconsciously gripped the arm rests on her seat as the plane started to get faster, and the rumbling started, it just felt unnatural to her, she couldn't help it. It was not something she was particularly proud of, being a scientist and not the best on a plane, when really, flying was just about physics.

She parted her lips and breathed out a long breath as the plane soared into the air. Mulder noticed her nervousness, he turned to look at her and he felt concern for her, he knew her, and so knew that she was just trying to act totally normal.

Back in the day, he wouldn't have tried to comfort her with touches or kisses, of course, because they hadn't been together back then. And they hardly even flew anyway, but now, he was so tempted to just wrap his arm around her as best as he could seeing as they were strapped into their seats, and place a kiss on her lips. He studied her as his hand edged towards hers as she gripped the hand rest, and he looked at all the detail of her beautiful face, her luscious full lips, her amazing cheekbones, her long eyelashes. Her skin was so pale, it was perfect, and the blush on her cheeks and the way her eyebrow arched when she was thinking, pissed or right now, a little scared or deep in concentration.

He just really loved all of her, she was stunning and he knew it. He knew he was lucky, to get another chance with her, or so he thought that was what was happening. He hoped it was.

He slowly grazed his fingers over the back of her hand and she felt it, as her eyes opened then, but he saw that her blue eyes were a little wide and showed slight panic. She wans't relaxed at all, so he just shook his head and frowned a little as he edged towards her, lacing his fingers with hers.

"Stop.." He whispered and brought his face close to hers, trying to get her to turn to him. He nuzzled her cheek with his nose very gently and held her hand firmly. "Relax Scully, its ok." He whispered against her ear, and then, to his great relief and happiness, she seemed to be turning her head to face him, instead of pulling away. He was serious as he looked at her lips and then ever so gently went for it and gave her a kiss..

Scully was feeling anxious, as she always did on take off, the rest of it was usually fine, unless there was turbulence, but generally after take off she was ok, but Mulder was suddenly so close and being so sweet and also she couldn't resist him when he whispered sweet things like that to her, it was impossible.

"Mulder.." She mumbled softly against his lips after he kissed her gently, and she closed her eyes again, and frowned a little with emotion as he rested his forehead against hers. She sighed and felt her heart pounding in her chest and her body was going limp.

"What?" He whispered.

"Someone will see.." She whispered back, trying to find a reason for him to stop. "We're working."

He hummed and nodded a little, but he clearly didn't care.

"So what..?" He whispered again and then moved in for another kiss, and this time it was a proper kiss, a slow and loving one, showing her how much he loved her, and she just melted, as it was so amazing. All her worry left her body immediately.

He was right. So what? No one knew they were FBI agents or partners. She needed to relax more. And did she actually care nowadays? She had become a little less stern with age, so she let him kiss her, and she kissed him back, letting out a soft sound against him as she caressed his lips with hers..

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