Location: Apartment No. 35, 3170 West 53 Rd, Maryland

Time: 6.56 pm

The familiar knock on the door brought her back to the present moment. She wiped her hands with a kitchen towel before heading to the hallway. A quick pause to pull off her damp hair from her face and to fix her sweater and she was ready to welcome him with a warm smile.

Her jaws dropped as soon as she saw him on her door. He was carrying a bouquet of red and deep pink roses with a couple of heart shaped foil balloons and then a well wrapped big gift box hustled on his other side.

There was a brief silence until she could manage to talk to him.

"Oh my God Mulder" she laughed goofily as she covered her mouth in surprise; her face now blushing in to a warm coral shade.

"So do you want me to make it public that it's your birthday…come on let me in" he whispered as a couple of by-passers threw a funny look.

"I'm sorry, come on in" She closed the door behind as he entered. Still smiling silently, she followed him to the living room.

"I thought we had rules" she teased as she cleared her throat while he turned to face her.

"Well then, you better be prepared to break a few Agent Scully…because I'm already very good at it…"

Still holding everything in his hand, he leaned and kissed her lips. She stepped forward to bridge the gap between them. He draped his arms around her as she struggled to stabilize her on her toes to meet him at a comfortable height.

They broke up as they struggled for breath and as always she pulled him closer to kiss his forehead.

"Happy birthday Scully…!"He whispered as he placed the flowers in her arms. He watched as her eyes started to sparkle with joy.

"I don't know, you deserve so much more than this…but…"He looked in to her eyes to find the right words but then the box he carried on the other hand dropped making a shallow sound.

"Oh…almost forgot this" he chuckled, as he picked up a placed it in her arms.

"You don't really have to do this – you know that right... I just, umm… appreciate you for who you are and that's all I need" she was now biting her hips helplessly.

"Hey- I know that – and come on…you got to open the gift"


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