Chapter 9 – The Last Day
We had been looking for nearly an hour and there hadn't been any signs of Mulder anywhere in the city. The tears were streaming down my cheeks, and the guilt crept up on me as well. I couldn't help thinking that Mulder would never have run away if I hadn't told him about the doubts I had been having. The doubts that now seemed to have passed a billion years ago.
"Maybe we should go back", Mr. Mulder said sounding nervous. "He could have gone home again."
I didn't know what to say. My tears kept falling, and I just wanted to hold Mulder, and tell him that I love him.
"I'll drive you home and keep looking myself, that way you can call me if he comes home, how's that?" he asked me.
"It… that's fine", I managed to whisper.
A few minutes later we pulled up in front of the building he lived in, and I ran up to the apartment. I checked all the rooms but Mulder wasn't anywhere to be found. I sat down on the couch and cried. I kept crying until I heard a sound by the front door. I sniffled once, and strained my ears. I quickly scanned my watch, and it read 1.45 am. I stood up and slowly walked to the door.
"Scully?" Mulder said surprised as if not believing his own eyes.
"Mulder!" I cried out and swung my arms around him. "You big fool!"
"You left me…" he cried holding me tighter than ever. "I… you left, Scully."
"No, Mulder!" I told him strictly, pulling away to look him in the eyes. "I just went out in the hallway to get a signal on my phone. I never left you. And I will never leave you."
"Scully…" he cried out violently and pulled me close again. "I love you!"
"I know, Mulder", I soothed him. "And I love you."
I suddenly realized how cold he was. I let my hands run from his dripping wet, cold hair and down his arms, which must have been below the freezing point.
"Mulder!" I yelled harshly pulling away, startling him. "Do you know how cold you are?"
"Well it is kinda freezing", he said rubbing his arms in realization, as I noticed his lips were close to being blue.
"We need to get you out of your clothes instantly", I told him and pulled him towards the bathroom.
"You can be so eager at times, baby", he chuckled joking.
"Mulder, I am seriously worried about you!" I told him strictly, starting to undo his pants.
"Scully, do you know how a man knows when he's too cold?" he asked me, suddenly sounding a little nervous and serious as well.
"How?" I asked him, pulling his undershirt over his head, before continuing on his pants.
"When certain parts of his body doesn't respond to having the most beautiful girl in the world undressing him", he said serious.
"Well, if your little man doesn't wanna play then it must be really bad, Mulder", I told him joking slightly, even though I couldn't seem to get a smile on my face just yet.
"I hope there was a compliment hidden somewhere in that sentence", he told me, as he stepped out of his shoes.
"Maybe if you look long enough, you'll manage to dig one out", I said, pulling his pants down, and throwing them to the pile with the rest of his clothes.
"Hold on, Scully!" he stopped me as I was about to pull his boxers down.
"What is it?" I asked him wondering, looking to his eyes.
"I… I am just so cold, and I… don't want you to see what the cold has done to my… body", he tried to explain himself.
"Mulder, don't worry about that. I know it's just the cold", I couldn't help smile at how self-conscious he had suddenly turned.
"Scul-lee!" he whined very childlike. "I can manage on my own, okay? I'll take a shower and then you and then you can check me out all you want."
"Okay, Mulder", I couldn't help giggling. "I need to call your dad anyway!"
I closed the door to the bathroom with a smile on my lips. I felt so relieved that Mulder was okay. I hurried and called his father, who seemed just as relieved. He was just on his way to the police station when I had called. Luckily we wouldn't need to involve the police now. I found some clean clothes for Mulder and returned to the bathroom. He was still in the shower.
"I got you some clean clothes to change into", I told him.
"Thanks, Scully", he called back. "I'll be out in a minute, you can wait here, if you want?" he offered me.
"Sure", I told him smiling and stood against the door. "So where did you go looking for me?" I wondered out loud.
"Well, I went to the park first but you weren't there. Then I went to the bus station, thinking you was trying to get home but you weren't there either. Then finally I thought you might be at Riley's…"
"You went back to the party?" I asked him.
"Yeah. But the party was pretty much dead since the DJ had gone home. I asked all the people there, but no one had seen you, of course. So I finally just ran home. I didn't even realize how cold I was until you said I was cold actually", he admitted. "I guess I was just too determined to find you."
The water finally stopped running. I quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped Mulder in it as soon as he came out of the shower.
"Thanks", he smiled at me, and dried himself with the towel.
"You're welcome", I told him and stood back again to watch him.
I heard the front door open and close again. "Fox?" Mr. Mulder called out.
"I better go talk to him", I said, and left Mulder to change on his own.
"He's just taking a shower", I told Mr. Mulder. "He's pretty cold."
"But he's okay?" he asked me nervously.
"He's fine. Just very cold."
"Thank God", Mr. Mulder sighed, sitting down on the couch. "I have been so worried."
"I know. I was worried too", I told him feeling guilty. "I am sorry, Mr. Mulder."
"Sorry? For what?" he asked me slightly surprised.
"Mulder and I discussed some things earlier and… and I am quite convinced he wouldn't have run off if it hadn't been for those things I said", I told him looking down.
"It's okay, Dana", he told me sweetly, getting up and caressing my shoulder. "He's okay now, that's all that matters. And even if he wasn't, it wouldn't have been your fault, okay?"
"I don't know", I said taking a sharp intake of breath, looking down.
"Would you have blamed him if it had been the other way around?" he asked me knowing.
I thought about it for a few seconds. "No, I guess not."
"It wasn't you fault, Dana", he told me again soothingly. "I know you got really scared but as you said yourself. He's alright now."
"Yeah", I agreed. "Thanks Mr. Mulder", I told him sincere and I gave him a hug.
"You're welcome, kiddo", he chuckled and padded my back.
"Hi dad", Mulder said as he entered the living room, dressed in the grey sweatpants, and army green hoodie I had found him.
"Fox!" Mr. Mulder said happily and pulled him in for a hug. "Never do something like that again, okay?"
"Okay", Mulder agreed smiling.
"Jesus, you're really freezing, kid!" Mr. Mulder told him as he pulled away from him again.
I walked over and felt his cheeks which were usually so hot.
"You need to get under a warm duvet now, Mulder", I told him, and pulled him towards the guest bedroom where I had been sleeping the past days, or at least had been meant to sleep.
"I am gonna make you some soup and some tea", Mr. Mulder said and headed for the kitchen.
I got Mulder under the covers and pulled the duvet up to his shoulders.
"I am starting to feel a bit bad, Scully", Mulder said closing his eyes.
"Bad how?" I asked worried.
"I don't know. Like you feel when you're about to get ill. Just a bit uneasy."
"I'll take care of you, Mulder", I promised him.
"Kiss me?" he wanted.
I bend down and kissed his cold lips gently. As I was about to pull away Mulder pulled my head down and deepened the kiss. Soon his kiss had me dizzy and I had to pull away for air.
"I feel better already", Mulder smiled up at me.
"If you just stay warm you'll be better soon."
"You could warm me", he said, sneaking his hand from under the duvet to take my hand.
"I don' know, Mulder. You're still pretty cold, are you sure you would be up to that?" I asked him teasing.
Mulder responded by dragging my hand under the duvet to feel his bulge through his sweatpants.
"Impressing", I acknowledged. "But I am not sure your dad would approve of that kind of treatment", I had to disappoint him as I pulled my hand out and caressed his cheek instead.
"But you'll stay with me, right?" he asked me worried.
"Of course, Mulder. I am not gonna leave your side."
Soon Mr. Mulder entered with the soup and the tea. He sat down next to Mulder and fed him for a little while before he finally had to succumb to sleep and went to bed. I fed Mulder the rest of the soup and even got him to drink half of the tea even though he never liked tea that much.
"Now warm me up, Scully", he ordered me whining slightly.
"I'll just need to change first", I chuckled at his eagerness.
"Oh. Sure", he agreed. "Don't wear too much."
I smiled seductively at him and went to my suitcase. I looked it through and couldn't decide what to wear until I saw the red lingerie I had bought and kept secret for Mulder. Yes, this was perfect. Even if we weren't gonna have sex, I wanted to look great for him. I stood with my back against him as I changed. I could hear him catch his breath when I stripped out of my underwear. I slowly got the lingerie on starting with the red g-string. Then I pulled the bodice on. I looked down to see the red lace bra with the delicate embroidered lace pattern, leading down to the matching see through skirt with the satin trim. Then I turned around towards Mulder, seeing him on his elbows in the bed watching me hungrily.
"Come here", he reaches out for me in a whisper.
I walk towards him and get down under the covers with him. I hold my weight on my one arm while I slowly run the other arm up his cold stomach. He watches me intently as I lower my head towards his and kisses him passionately.
"I love you", I whisper to him as he pulls me on top of him.
"Make love to me?" he almost begs.
"Mmh", I agree kissing his neck.
Honestly I hadn't planned on it. As always I had made the mistake of thinking I could hold my desire for Mulder back. But I needed to make love to him right now. I needed it with my body and soul.
As I was straddling him I could feel his erection pressing against my sex. The realization involuntarily brought me to rock my hips, gaining a groan from Mulder. His hands moved to my breast and he let his tongue roam my mouth. I lifted myself slightly to pull his pants and boxers down. He reached down to the pocket of the sweatpants and pulled out a condom.
"I figured we would get to spend the night together", he smirked when he saw the question in my eyes.
He must have retrieved it in his own suitcase when I was talking to his dad. I was glad he was so good at remembering protection. I took the condom and rolled it onto his ready length. Then Mulder pulled the thin material that were my g-string aside and guided himself into me. I steadied myself by holding onto his shoulders as we began our fast pace.
"That was wonderful", Mulder stated as I rolled off of him to lie next to him.
"It was incredible", I agreed with him. "I love you, Mulder."
"And I love you, Scully", he told me and kissed my forehead tenderly.
The next morning I awoke to the sound of the cars driving by. I sighed content as I saw Mulder lying next to me. He was holding me tightly and I noticed he was feeling a lot warmer now. Our activities last night had probably helped a lot. I felt him stir slightly in his sleep. A few moments later he opened his eyes and smiled down at me.
"Hey", he said smiling happily.
"Good morning", I smiled back.
Just as we were about to kiss the door went up and in came Mr. Mulder.
"Good morning, kids", he greeted us. "Good you're finally up. We need to get going soon, so we can have you home by dinner."
"Thanks, dad", Mulder said. "We'll be ready soon."
"Good, son", he smiled and left the room again.
"I guess we have to tell your parents tonight then", Mulder sighed.
"Yeah. They said they would invite your mother over as well. And your dad for that matter."
"Should be well unpleasant", Mulder sighed. "Not to mention embarrassing."
"At least my brother won't be there. Bill I mean."
"That's something", Mulder chuckled. "Imagine what he will say when he finds out I have been banging his little sister."
"I would stay clear of the word 'banging'", I told him giggling slightly.
"Maybe", he agreed chuckling still. "Well we better get up."
I got up from the bed and walked to the suitcase to change.
"Oh Jesus! I had forgotten you were wearing that", Mulder said sitting half way up in the bed.
"I won't be for long", I promised him changing into some shorts and a t-shirt so I could walk to the bathroom to shower. "I am just gonna take a shower", I told him. "You can eat your breakfast meanwhile, okay?"
"Sure", he said getting out of bed.
I showered quickly and changed into a white buttoned shirt and my all time favorite Levi's jean shorts. I settled for an apple for breakfast and soon we were on our way home. Of course it was a long ride but I felt slightly nervous already.
"My mother told me to invite you to stay for dinner tonight", I told Mr. Mulder as we had been driving for a little while.
"That's good of her. I would be happy to", he said. "So… the two of you can tell Mr. and Mrs. Scully about you tonight as well."
"We were planning on it", Mulder informed him. "Otherwise I am sure you'll remind us."
"Of course. What are fathers for?" he chuckled.
I looked over at Mulder and saw he looked as nervous as I felt. I took his hand.
"It's gonna be fine", I whispered to him.
"I know", he smiled back at me. "I love you", he said and gave me a gentle kiss.
I thought about how much had changed these past four days. Now Mulder and I were finally ready to tell the world about us. Or at least my parents for starters. This was a big step. Too soon we arrived home. Mulder and I shared some nervous glances before we took our suitcases and went inside.
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Uhh, so how do you think the Scullys will react? Will any blood be shed?
