Scully and Mulder sat in their nondescript rental on the way to some nondescript restaurant where Mulder's contact wanted to meet him. Nothing had been said for the better part of two hours. Mulder had the nagging feeling that Scully was giving him the silent treatment for his recent interest in anatomy. The deathly glares she shot him now and again were also an indication that he might have gone a step to far this time. Not for the first time, he wondered why he had told her about it anyway. Why couldn't he just have kept his mouth shut? He told himself that he just happened to let it slip and hadn't intended for it to happen. But as he pondered on the memory, he realized that he had wanted to see her face when he told her, see her reaction. He had been thinking for some time about how they were stuck, well, not the way they were stuck in each other's body now, but stuck in their relationship as partners and with a thousand things unsaid and undone and both of them unable to take the first step towards something different. He looked over at Scully, who used the opportunity to shoot him another glare that lowered the temperature in the car another ten degrees. In an effort to lighten the mood, he said: "You know what we should do? Make out."

"Excuse me?"

"Well, you know, in all those body switch movies, the hero and heroine kiss in the end and then switch back to their respective bodies"

"Mulder, while I can appreciate the scientific approach of "Hey, it works in the movies", this is probably the biggest bullshit you have sprouted to date. And talking about you, that says a lot."

"Ey! Well, I've yet to hear any better suggestions from you."

"What about going to a hospital?"

"And what? Get admitted to the psychiatric ward?"

Scully just raised her arms in a gesture of defeat. "I dunno. There has got to be someone who can help us."

"Maybe my contact has a solution to our problem. And if he can't help us, we start considering other options. Starting with making out." He gave her a cocky grin that made her smile in spite of herself.

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Sorry for the looong break and short chapters. I 'll try to improve that. Bear with me. Also, thanks again for all the reviews. If you hadn't kept giving such great feedback, I'd probably have forgotten about the story after my exams.