Chapter 10 - Secrets
Mulder came home and found Scully sat on the couch, looking into space, lost in her thoughts
"Uh, Honey?" He asked placing a hand on her shoulder
She jumped "Oh, hi" she stood up
"Are you alright?" He asked anxiously
"Yeah, I found something when I was unpacking your stuff..."
"Shit! I'm sorry Scully I meant to tell you but it sounded so stupid and, and"
"What?" She asked confused
"The box...you didn't find the box did you?"
"No, what box?"
"I uh, uh I" Mulder stuttered nervously, the tops of his ears going red "I may or may not have a box of your things...pictures, and stuff..." He trailed off his face scarlet
She smiled warmly at him "Like you have of Samantha, but not as depressing. I hope"
"Uh, yeah" He took her hand "I'll, uh, show you. If you want"
"Please"
He pulled her into the room they had made into a study, there was a bookshelf filled with books on criminal psychology, UFO sightings, alien abduction and other paranormal phenomenon, the sorts of books Scully wouldn't go near. Mulder pulled a few books aside and tugged out a battered shoe box.
Inside there were photos of both her and the two of them, one particully crumpled one which Mulder informed her he had leant to many a police force to help him find her over the years, her old reading glasses that she thought must have broken in the struggle with Duane Berry but he had borrowed and a battered copy of her senior thesis – Einstien's Twin Paradox: A New Interpretation.
"This is kinda like what I did with your clothes" She said "I kept most of the clothes you let in my motel rooms or apartment" She blushed "Whenever I had a nightmare, I would wear one of your shirts and it would help me sleep, make me feel protected"
"Really?" Mulder asked his chest puffing out
"Yeah" She smiled shyly, they shared a quick kiss
"So, uh, what did you find then?" Mulder asked
"This" Scully dug through another cardboard box. She handed him a sheet of paper. It was an email, in it there was a picture of Scully and one of a pretty dark haired woman, the email read:
Hey Buddy,
The guys and I put this together for you, this is your new partner (She's HOT! ;D) and your old one... Look at everything between them c'mon man this new one 'Scully' is more intelligent, hotter AND seems to - by her med school yearbook - be a nicer person!
Stop being such an ass, you know you need help, and anyways if she's a complete dud she'll at least make the office look better!
Frohike
"Uh, I, uh" Mulder stuttered nervously
Scully looked confused "What? I was just wondering what it was about? I haven't read it. It's yours"
"Oh" He said intelligently
"I did see the pictures though... who is she?"
"Uh, Diana Fowely, she was my, uh partner, and uh, fiancé, and a bitch"
Scully stared at him, hurt streaked across her face like a slap, before she turned and silently left the room shutting the door behind her. Mulder stood stock still and heard a muffled sob from outside the, then the sound of Scully walking quickly to their bedroom and locking the door
"Shit, shit, shit" he muttered, flinging the door open and dashing to their room, the door was tightly locked, he shook the handle fiercely "C'mon!" he murmured, angry with himself
There was silence from the other side of the door
"Please Scully open the door! I'm sorry, I should have told you! I meant to! I swear but there was never a good time! Please open the door I need to talk to you!" He shouted
Scully ignored his shouts, she was curled up on the bed crying silently, the tears streaming down her face like a waterfall 'How could he do this? How could he have previously been engaged and just FORGOTTEN to mention it! Why? Why couldn't he tell me I thought we were friends all these years! Why didn't he tell me he'd been engaged in the past? I told him about Ethan and Marcus and Jack! But I haven't told him about Daniel... Yet, anyway we never got that serious!' She buried her face into Mulder's pillow and inhaled the familiar, calming scent.
He carried on shaking the door, it rattled in its frame but stayed shut "Please Scully" He shouted, no answer. Eventually Mulder gave up, he knew Scully, she was obviously upset, more upset than he'd bargained for, she'd want space and he'd give it to her. Why the hell did he keep that damn email?
Teena knocked on the door cheerfully, she'd put down a deposit on a small 2 bedroom apartment, it was quaint but still large enough for her grandchild to stay over once they were born. The door opened and her son stood there, his eyes slightly red - he had been crying.
"What happened?" She asked touching his arm
"Uh, Scully found out, that I, uh was engaged to, uh Diana"
"You've been engaged before?" Teena said eyes widening in shock
"Uh, yeah, it was a mistake, a bad one, she was a complete bitch and, and" His voice broke and he turned around collapsing on the sofa
"Shh" She gave him a hug "Where's Dana?"
"In, in our room"
"I'll go talk to her, she's probably quite upset"
Teena walked down the corridor and knocked on the bedroom door "Dana?"
She opened the door, her hair was a mess, her eyes were red and she was dressed only in one of Mulder's dress shirts. Before Teena could say anything Mulder stood up and ran at Scully
"I'm so, so sorry Scully"
She turned to go back into their room but Mulder caught up first and wrapped her in a giant bear hug, she didn't respond for a couple of seconds, but then wrapped her arms around his waist, her body shaking with sobs
"I'm sorry too" She choked out
"You don't need to be" He looked at her face, then kissed away all the tears on her cheeks "I love you"
"I love you too" They kissed somewhat passionately and Teena left them on their own for a while
The phone rang, Teena checked, they were still making up, so she answered it "Hello, Scully residence"
"Has she got rid of that abomination yet?"
"What? What do you mean? Who is this?"
"I'll take that as a no. Who is this?"
"Me? I'm Teena Mulder, did you want to talk to Dana?"
"No, well tell Dana that she isn't welcome at my church until she apologises and gets rid of that abomination" She sneered
"I think you'll find that that Mr McCue man said Dana is always welcome at his church so it doesn't matter"
"What?" Maggie asked shocked
"And I think you'll find that 'abomination' is my grandchild too"
Maggie hung up the phone and Teena stared at it for a second, shaking her head slowly, she liked Dana, maybe even loved her, hopefully her mother would come round soon enough.
Author's Note: Sorry for the long time between updates, I was away camping with some friends! ;D And I'm going away again for 2 weeks on saturday. I will try to write some ideas down but I there won't be any updates for a while :( Sorry! But I couldn't let you guys wonder what this was all about till I got back cos that would be mean!