It was 8.30am. The alarm rang in Mulder's ear, he sat upright trying to figure out where the ringing was coming from. His eyes where still asleep, as he tried searching for that damned alarm. It was Scully who turned off the buzzing. Mulder was still trying to figure out where the alarm was. Scully looked at him, highly amused.

"Nice hair."

Mulder's hair was in tufts pointing in all directions, Scully loved the way he looked.

"Yours isn't much better"

Her hair was neat at the front but a frizzy at the back.

"So? Breakfast…"

"Would you like some toast?"

"PB&J please"

"You are so five years old."

"Classics are the best"

They sat on Scully's couch eating their breakfast. Enjoying each others company. Mulder loved having someone to wake up to and talk to a soon as he woke up. When he woke up in his apartment all he did was bounce that stupid basketball.

"We are going Christmas shopping today, Dana!"

"Yeah, but first we are going to get you onto some crutches, can you handle shopping on them?"

"I'm perfectly capable doing it for myself. I've been worse off before!"

Mulder smiled as he spoke, he was right about being independent.

When they finished breakfast, they got dressed and headed to the hospital where Mulder's crutches awaited him. It was a good thing Scully was a doctor, because it got them in and out of their in half an hour. The nurse who issued the crutches was nice too. Scully seemed to like them. Maybe because he was a male nurse and wasn't hitting on Mulder. Mulder took about ten minutes trying to get used to standing up. His legs where like Jell-O. And all of a sudden Scully felt short as Mulder was considerably taller than her. But she like how tall he was.

It took them a little longer to get to the car than it did getting from it. But Mulder was a lot quicker getting in.

They drove for five minutes when a question crossed Mulder's mind.

"Dana?"

"Yeah?"

"Just a small question about the presents, but how many do we get each other?"

"Let's make it two"

"Two it is, we will split up and go shopping, I will meet you back at your apartment later on."

"Not to rain down on your parade or anything, but how are you getting home? You can't walk"

"I have my ways"

They arrived at the department store at 11.30am. The entered together but went in separate direction when the got it. Mulder wanted his presents to be special. First stop was the jewelry store. He decided to buy Scully a golden heart locket and put on the front 'FMDS' simply put Fox Mulder Dana Scully. And on the back he put 'Melissa'. He found a picture of Melissa and Scully and it was the perfect size for the locket. His second present was a CD. He heard Scully talking about how she loved these songs but never could find the CD, he knew just where to look. However, there was just one more thing he had to buy Scully. Even though it was for him to wear, it was mainly for Scully. He bought the final item and rounded up the total. The locket was $300, the CD was $30 and the mystery item was $85. The total was $415. He knew Scully would say it was too much money to spend on her but to Mulder no amount of money was too much. It took Mulder two hours to get everything he needed, he also bought some very pretty wrapping paper and a beautiful card with a beautiful poem.

Meanwhile it had taken Scully one and a half hours to by what she needed. She bought Mulder a green sweater, she thought it would bring out his eyes, she was right. The second present was two tickets to see a New York Knicks game in New York in Monday week. She found the absolute best wrapping paper for him, little green aliens wearing Christmas hats. She got all her things together and drove home. Mulder was still at the department store finishing up his purchases. He was getting hungry too, so he stopped off by the food court and bought himself a sandwich. He thought about his ride home, then picked up his cell and called Frohike.

Frohike picked him up fifteen minutes later and drove him back to his place, not Scully's. For two reasons, one, he didn't want Frohike to know where Scully lived and two he wanted to hide the presents in his apartment. But he wanted to give Scully the mystery present when he got back as it was for him. Frohike left him at his place. Mulder knew there was a bus in 10 minutes that went past his house and then past Scully's, so he caught that. He got back to Scully's at 3.30pm.

"I'm back"

"You took for ever! Where have you been?"

"Well, Mom…"

Scully gave him a dirty look.

"Well sweetheart, I bought my presents and then I had to go back to my place to hide them, Frohike dropped me home. And I then caught a bus back here."

Scully noticed the small package in his hand.

"I think you forgot one"

"Actually, this is an early present."

"I thought we where giving them to each other on Christmas day. I want two presents on Christmas, not one now and one later."

"You will get two presents on Christmas Day, but I have to give you this, well it's really for me but mostly for you."

He handed her the package, she walked over to the couch a where they both sat. Mulder looked at her with a goofy grin

"Go ahead, open it"

She did just that. It felt to Mulder, that she was unwrapping in slow mo. Once she had the paper off, she found a small jewelry box. She opened it and inside was a silver cross.

"Uh, Fox you do realize this is a male's necklace?"

"Yeah I know, it's for me to wear, I believe because you believe. God gave you to me and that makes me believe in us. This cross is a symbol of our relationship. It means that it's true and will last forever."

Mulder's speech brought tears to Scully's eyes.

"This is so beautiful. It's the best thing any one has ever said or gave me. No one has ever treated me like you do, I love you so much, more than you love me.

"That's not possible"

Mulder had a tear running down his face. He was the happiest he has ever been. He just hugged her. They where both truly happy.

The next few days went very quickly for both Mulder and Scully. It turned out Mulder wasn't such a slob to live with, he always cleaned up after himself when he could, and he even ran errands for Scully. He would pop down to the corner store and buy milk, bread and whatever else Scully needed. She even tested him by getting him to buy feminine hygiene products. He passed with flying colors.

"You will have to try harder than that to embarrass me."

"Ok, go down to the shops in makeup…."

"No, I will not do that, I will have to be pretty damned drunk do anything remotely similar."

"Let's break open a bottle of vodka then"

Mulder laughed, he knew he had gotten into Scully's mind when she cracked that joke, it was such a Mulder joke.

It was 9.30pm on Christmas Eve. Earlier that day, Mulder had gone back to his apartment and finished wrapping the presents. When he got back not only did he have her presents but also a cake Mrs. Kirk baked him. The cake was half eaten by the time he got back. Mulder placed Scully's wrapped presents near his own. She eyed them, they where both small, she could make out one was a CD but the other one was hard to decipher .

Scully made a small dinner that night, seeing as their lunch the next day was going to be a lot. By the time they finished Scully made Mulder watch the Christmas carols on the T.V. She was really enjoying it. Mulder was not really listening. He had his eyes closed. He was sitting up near the arm of the lounge. Scully had laid across the lounge and used Mulder's legs as a pillow. She could smell his cologne every time she inhaled the air. She was so relaxed. Two hours into carols Mulder was asleep. Scully knew this because all of a sudden, his had rested on shoulder as before it was stroking it. There was only half and hour more to watch, so she just laid there, comforted. When it was finished, she gently nudged Mulder. He woke up slowly and realized what he had to do.

It was 12 o'clock midnight by the time they got into bed. Scully turned to Mulder.

"Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas Dana."

They fell asleep pretty quickly because Mulder was already sleepy and the carols were like a lullaby for Scully.

Mulder awoke first on in the morning, because it was Christmas. He sat up and got on his crutches and made his way to the bathroom. Scully awoke to the sound of the toilet flush. She sat up and arched her back with her arms stretched high into the air. Mulder appeared a second later.

"Good morning sleepy head."

Scully rubbed her eyes and then picked up the clock.

"It's 7.30am, since when did you know morning had a 7.30am?"

"It's Christmas, and that means presents, never been the one to pass up presents."

Scully laughed typical Mulder she thought. She threw her legs over the side of the bed and stood up. Her back was a little tight so she stretched forward and touched her toes, giving Mulder a great view. She knew what she was doing. Mulder quickly realized what he was doing and moved out into the kitchen where he put on a pot of coffee. He knew he shouldn't start something he could not finnish. When it was brewed, he made a mug for Scully and himself. By this time Scully was in the lounge room sitting on the couch. Mulder brought over the coffee and she warmed her hands up on it. Mulder took a sip and placed his mug carefully on the coffee table and hobbled over to the Small Christmas tree. It was small because Scully was short and could not reach the top to put the angel on. He bent down and picked up his two presents off the floor, his cross swung below him. Mulder gently handed over his present while he picked up his own. He moved to the closet end of the couch and placed his on his lap, gesturing for Scully to go first.

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