AUTHORS NOTE: I apologize for not writing or updating. I have had a huge amount of stress lately due to college and been super busy because of college....*sighs*. This is a slightly short chapter, but oh well. :) I have also had a lot of writers blocks or I have been to exhausting to want to even write. it's been horrible these days! I apologize! I really hope you enjoy. I will hopefully be updating you with the next chapter very soon! Thanks for being so patient!

Chapter 11: The Announcement

Washington D.C
4:00pm
Walter Skinner's Office

Mulder and Scully entered the main office finding the secretary Elizabeth sitting there typing away on her keyboard when she noticed them entering with hands together and close to one another in small smiles.

She held up a finger smiling and knocked on the door to Skinner's office now alerting him and poked her head in.

"Sir, Agent Mulder and Agent Scully are here." She announced.

"Good, let them enter." Skinner snarled.

She nodded and let the two enter then closed the door.

The couple exchanged looks and looked to Skinner who stared at them.

"Sit," He demanded.

They sat down together and Scully looked down while Mulder looked right at Skinner.

"Hey Skinman, what's up?" He asked, "Why are you so moody?"

Skinner looked to Mulder.

"I'll tell you why," He snarled, slamming his fist down to the desktop startling Scully, "it has been a month since you two have run off. Where the hell have you two been all this time? I have been notifying every field office in this country to find you two." He snarled, "I'd like some answers."

"Maybe if you weren't such a dick and understood us from the beginning of that one Friday night so long ago, none of this would have happened." Mulder replied before Scully could answer to Skinner.

Scully looked to Mulder who stared hard into Skinner's eyes.

"Sir, may I say something please?" Scully asked.

Skinner shot his eyes towards Scully a half a second after she asked.

She froze and then cleared her throat, "We have something to share with you."

"What? are you two quitting?" He asked.

"No, we're not quitting." Mulder replied.

"We have gone off to London for this time and while in London…well…Mulder has asked me to marry him and I have said yes." She explained to Skinner.

Skinner stared at them with a blank face expression feeling like he had just been slapped in the face with the news from his two agents.

"Is this supposed to be some kind of joke?" He slowly asked his two agents.

Scully put her left hand out revealing the engagement ring. He grabbed her hand observing it and then looked over to Mulder as she sat her hand back into her lap.

"You two are seriously getting married?" Skinner asked.

The two nodded, holding hands together now.

"We are hoping to soon yes…but we would still also like to work in The X-Files sir…we apologize for running off but if you weren't such a stubborn asshole none of this would have happened." Scully explained.

Skinner looked back to Scully, still in shock that his two agents were engaged.

"Sir…?" Mulder trailed off to get his attention, "You okay?"

Skinner looked to Mulder quietly.

"I need time to think….please leave." Skinner demanded to the two of them.

They sighed and both stood up together and left.

To be continued…