Chapter Three - Party On Dude
Scully looked at her watch and couldn't believe that it was already well after midnight. She glanced around the room and noticed that while a good number of the guests had gone home, those who remained seemed intent of staying for a good long time.
Melissa who was sitting on the couch immersed in conversation seemed unlikely to be having any thoughts of leaving soon and Scully wondered to herself if she should just call herself a cab and call it a night.
She sighed and remembered her pledge to her sister that she would stay at the party until Melissa was ready to go home. Scully regretted making the promise, but knew that she wouldn't break her word even if it meant she stayed up all night.
Scully looked around the room trying to figure out where to go next. People were sitting more or less around the huge coffee table in the middle of the room now -some on the floor, others on the chairs and couches that circled the room.
Scully smiled to herself when she noticed that one of the overstuffed chairs held not one but two people. Angela apparently had succeeded at hooking up with Tom and was presently tried to suck his tonsils out.
"Guess Fox went home" she thought to herself. She was surprised to find that that particular thought made her feel a bit sad. "Get a grip Dana" she scolded herself. "Sure the man is cute but he is way out of your league."
She started to walk over to the assembled group when she noticed that someone had brought out an enormous bong. She stopped in her tracks trying to figure out what to do next.
The tequila had loosen her up quite a bit but she knew that she couldn't possibly partake in the illegal activities about to occur - especially not after arresting 20 people for doing pretty much the same thing just the week before.
She also didn't want to end the party by drawing attention to the fact that she was a Federal Agent and that they should think twice before doing anything foolish.
She thought a moment more, before strolling over to the bar and pouring herself another huge margarita. "Is this my fourth or fifth or sixth?" she thought to herself as she struggled to keep from spilling the drink.
Without looking at the group assembled on the floor and trying her best to ignore the familiar scent reaching her nostrils, she staggered rather ungracefully through the French doors and out on the deck.
The cool night air helped to clear her head as she looked around the deck and the impressive yard it led too. Obviously being a psychic paid well.
The deck rose about five feet off the ground and Scully walked over and after carefully placing her drink on the railing, leaned on it and looked around the garden.
Paige had sprinkled twinkling lights all over her deck and throughout the garden so it looked a romantic set right out of the movies.
"Beautiful isn't it?" a voice whispered near Scully's ear.
She jumped and spun around swiftly knocking her drink off the deck. "Damn" she muttered to herself and looked up at who had startled her.
"Sorry about your drink" Mulder said "I guess I should be glad you didn't come armed"
Only then did Scully realize that while she was spinning around her hand had gone to her back where she normally stored her weapon.
She smiled sheepishly up at Mulder but said nothing. She was too embarrassed.
"Let me go get you another drink. I'll be right back"
Scully barely nodded and watched as Mulder walked away. "Cool, Dana, very cool." She scolded herself.
She managed to pull herself together by the time Mulder reappeared with her drink. She noticed that he had switched over to water. She took a long drink hoping that it would calm her nerves a bit.
"Thank you Fox" she said after downing a third of the drink.
"Mulder, please" he said smiling. "I detest the name Fox."
Mulder looked around the deck and the garden before turning to Scully. "Looks like you and I are the only ones out here. You don't smoke?"
"Oh no" she said cringing at how self righteous her words sounded. "You?"
"Not since college" he said smiling "And then I didn't inhale."
His joke got Scully to relax a bit and she smiled. "To be perfectly honest with you Scully - you don't mind if I call you Scully do, you?" She shook her head so he continued. "I love the stuff but haven't touched it since I joined the Bureau. Don't want to be a hypocrite."
"I know exactly what you mean."
Mulder leaned on the railing next to Scully and looked up at the stars. "God, they are beautiful, aren't they?"
"Yes they are."
"I just look at them and can't help but wonder who is up there. Do you ever think about such things Agent Scully?"
She smiled at him. "Not since I was a child. It is a wonderful thought but I cannot see how one could come to the conclusion of extra terrestrial life using common sense and logic."
Instead of being offended, Mulder smiled and spent the next 20 minute enthusiastically debating with Scully over the existence of aliens.
They finally agreed to disagree and Mulder suggested that they take a walk around the garden mainly to escape the loud giggling that was coming from the living room.
Scully agreed and joined him as he walked down the stairs. It wasn't until she reached the bottom step that the amount of alcohol she had consumed that evening caught up with her. She missed the step completely and would have fallen flat on her face, if Mulder hadn't grabbed her.
"Easy now" Mulder said supporting her with a firm arm around her waist. He led her to a bench and sat down besides her.
"Thanks" she whispered. She was both embarrassed and slightly aroused by the feel of Mulder's arm around her. She had absolutely no idea what to do next.
Mulder, on the other hand, knew exactly what he wanted to do next. Kiss her. He had wanted to do that since he had been introduced to her by Angela. But there were rules about such things and obviously Scully had a bit much to drink.
They sat there in awkward silence for a moment or two. Finally Scully broke the silence.
"How come you aren't with Violent Crimes any more Mulder? From what I hear, you were a natural at profiling."
"How did you know I was with VCU?"
Scully turned to him a despite her best efforts found herself flirting with him. "Come on Mulder, everyone knows who you are. You have cracked cases that have stumped people for years."
Mulder flirted right back. "I still help them out from time to time, but right now I do work with the X-files. Just got a new partner as a matter of fact."
Scully kept her eyes locked on his "Yeah, who is the lucky agent?"
"Alex Krycek. He is okay but he kisses up too much. I think I would work better with someone like you."
"Like me?"
"Like you - someone who would challenge me not kiss my ass."
"You don't like people kissing your ass?" Scully couldn't believe the words coming out of her mouth but couldn't stop herself.
"Well, I guess it would depend on the person and the situation" Mulder whispered.
They sat silently then both looking at each other. Both felt the surges of electricity surging between them but both were scared to take the next step.
Scully blinked first and upon realizing what had almost happened took another long drink.
Mulder smiled at her nervousness and took the glass away from her. "Just how many of these have you had tonight?"
"I have no idea" Scully relaxing a bit "Melissa kept bringing them to me. She was determined that I relax and have a good time."
"And are you having a good time?"
Scully looked up at Mulder and he was amazed at how blue her eyes looked even in the darkened garden. "Yes"
Scully saw Mulder staring down at her and the panic in the pit of her stomach started to rise again. "I think I can walk relatively straight now" she said standing up. "Do you still want to explore the garden a bit?"
Mulder stood up and smiled at her. "She had no idea how most men would take her invitation" he thought to himself. "Just like she has no idea how pretty she is."
They strolled side by side along the outside of the garden. The night was getting cooler and Scully shivered a bit despite her best efforts not to. Mulder wrapped an arm around her and they stayed like that as they finished their strolled. Just content to be with each other.
As they approached the house, they noticed that the party inside had now spilled out on the deck. Everyone appeared in a much better mood now and were chatting away eagerly awaiting the dozen pizzas they had just ordered.
Scully broke away from Mulder has they reached the circle of light, but stayed close to him. She had no way of knowing that her sister had been watching their turn about the garden and was frantically praying that Scully not let this opportunity go by.
Melissa tried to act like she didn't notice the awkward way both Mulder and Scully were acting as they joined her. Scully barely said a word and seemed to turn all her attention towards her shrinking margarita. Mulder did a better job of conversing but seemed to have trouble concentrating as well.
After a bit the pizzas arrived and were consumed within minutes. With full stomachs, the guests finally started to leave.
Since neither Melissa nor Scully was in the condition to safely drive a car, they decided to call for a taxi.
"Nonsense" Mulder said as Melissa was reaching for the phone. "I haven't had a drop to drink since that first margarita - I will be more than happy to drive you both home."
"Oh we couldn't impose on you that way" Scully protested "What about Angela?"
Melissa thought it was a fabulous idea. "Don't worry about Angela Dana, I think it is safe to assume that Tom will see her home." She then turned to Mulder. "Fox, we appreciate your offer."
Scully agreed forgetting until they were in the car that she and Melissa would not only be going to the same destination, but that Melissa would be dropped off first.
Mulder arrived at Melissa's apartment and hopped out of the car to walk her to the door. Melissa shook his hand in thanks "Thank you so much Fox. It means a lot to me to know that someone will be taking care of my sister."
Mulder smiled in response not really understanding what Melissa meant. He walked back to the car slowly not knowing exactly what to do about Scully either.
He knew with a bit of effort he could easily get not only into her apartment but into her bed as well. Part of him wanted that, desperately, but another part of him urged him not to rush in too suddenly and spoil everything.
He shrugged to himself and got into the car smiling at Scully and having absolutely no idea what he was going to do.
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End of chapter three. A plot twist is coming soon so keep reading..
Scully looked at her watch and couldn't believe that it was already well after midnight. She glanced around the room and noticed that while a good number of the guests had gone home, those who remained seemed intent of staying for a good long time.
Melissa who was sitting on the couch immersed in conversation seemed unlikely to be having any thoughts of leaving soon and Scully wondered to herself if she should just call herself a cab and call it a night.
She sighed and remembered her pledge to her sister that she would stay at the party until Melissa was ready to go home. Scully regretted making the promise, but knew that she wouldn't break her word even if it meant she stayed up all night.
Scully looked around the room trying to figure out where to go next. People were sitting more or less around the huge coffee table in the middle of the room now -some on the floor, others on the chairs and couches that circled the room.
Scully smiled to herself when she noticed that one of the overstuffed chairs held not one but two people. Angela apparently had succeeded at hooking up with Tom and was presently tried to suck his tonsils out.
"Guess Fox went home" she thought to herself. She was surprised to find that that particular thought made her feel a bit sad. "Get a grip Dana" she scolded herself. "Sure the man is cute but he is way out of your league."
She started to walk over to the assembled group when she noticed that someone had brought out an enormous bong. She stopped in her tracks trying to figure out what to do next.
The tequila had loosen her up quite a bit but she knew that she couldn't possibly partake in the illegal activities about to occur - especially not after arresting 20 people for doing pretty much the same thing just the week before.
She also didn't want to end the party by drawing attention to the fact that she was a Federal Agent and that they should think twice before doing anything foolish.
She thought a moment more, before strolling over to the bar and pouring herself another huge margarita. "Is this my fourth or fifth or sixth?" she thought to herself as she struggled to keep from spilling the drink.
Without looking at the group assembled on the floor and trying her best to ignore the familiar scent reaching her nostrils, she staggered rather ungracefully through the French doors and out on the deck.
The cool night air helped to clear her head as she looked around the deck and the impressive yard it led too. Obviously being a psychic paid well.
The deck rose about five feet off the ground and Scully walked over and after carefully placing her drink on the railing, leaned on it and looked around the garden.
Paige had sprinkled twinkling lights all over her deck and throughout the garden so it looked a romantic set right out of the movies.
"Beautiful isn't it?" a voice whispered near Scully's ear.
She jumped and spun around swiftly knocking her drink off the deck. "Damn" she muttered to herself and looked up at who had startled her.
"Sorry about your drink" Mulder said "I guess I should be glad you didn't come armed"
Only then did Scully realize that while she was spinning around her hand had gone to her back where she normally stored her weapon.
She smiled sheepishly up at Mulder but said nothing. She was too embarrassed.
"Let me go get you another drink. I'll be right back"
Scully barely nodded and watched as Mulder walked away. "Cool, Dana, very cool." She scolded herself.
She managed to pull herself together by the time Mulder reappeared with her drink. She noticed that he had switched over to water. She took a long drink hoping that it would calm her nerves a bit.
"Thank you Fox" she said after downing a third of the drink.
"Mulder, please" he said smiling. "I detest the name Fox."
Mulder looked around the deck and the garden before turning to Scully. "Looks like you and I are the only ones out here. You don't smoke?"
"Oh no" she said cringing at how self righteous her words sounded. "You?"
"Not since college" he said smiling "And then I didn't inhale."
His joke got Scully to relax a bit and she smiled. "To be perfectly honest with you Scully - you don't mind if I call you Scully do, you?" She shook her head so he continued. "I love the stuff but haven't touched it since I joined the Bureau. Don't want to be a hypocrite."
"I know exactly what you mean."
Mulder leaned on the railing next to Scully and looked up at the stars. "God, they are beautiful, aren't they?"
"Yes they are."
"I just look at them and can't help but wonder who is up there. Do you ever think about such things Agent Scully?"
She smiled at him. "Not since I was a child. It is a wonderful thought but I cannot see how one could come to the conclusion of extra terrestrial life using common sense and logic."
Instead of being offended, Mulder smiled and spent the next 20 minute enthusiastically debating with Scully over the existence of aliens.
They finally agreed to disagree and Mulder suggested that they take a walk around the garden mainly to escape the loud giggling that was coming from the living room.
Scully agreed and joined him as he walked down the stairs. It wasn't until she reached the bottom step that the amount of alcohol she had consumed that evening caught up with her. She missed the step completely and would have fallen flat on her face, if Mulder hadn't grabbed her.
"Easy now" Mulder said supporting her with a firm arm around her waist. He led her to a bench and sat down besides her.
"Thanks" she whispered. She was both embarrassed and slightly aroused by the feel of Mulder's arm around her. She had absolutely no idea what to do next.
Mulder, on the other hand, knew exactly what he wanted to do next. Kiss her. He had wanted to do that since he had been introduced to her by Angela. But there were rules about such things and obviously Scully had a bit much to drink.
They sat there in awkward silence for a moment or two. Finally Scully broke the silence.
"How come you aren't with Violent Crimes any more Mulder? From what I hear, you were a natural at profiling."
"How did you know I was with VCU?"
Scully turned to him a despite her best efforts found herself flirting with him. "Come on Mulder, everyone knows who you are. You have cracked cases that have stumped people for years."
Mulder flirted right back. "I still help them out from time to time, but right now I do work with the X-files. Just got a new partner as a matter of fact."
Scully kept her eyes locked on his "Yeah, who is the lucky agent?"
"Alex Krycek. He is okay but he kisses up too much. I think I would work better with someone like you."
"Like me?"
"Like you - someone who would challenge me not kiss my ass."
"You don't like people kissing your ass?" Scully couldn't believe the words coming out of her mouth but couldn't stop herself.
"Well, I guess it would depend on the person and the situation" Mulder whispered.
They sat silently then both looking at each other. Both felt the surges of electricity surging between them but both were scared to take the next step.
Scully blinked first and upon realizing what had almost happened took another long drink.
Mulder smiled at her nervousness and took the glass away from her. "Just how many of these have you had tonight?"
"I have no idea" Scully relaxing a bit "Melissa kept bringing them to me. She was determined that I relax and have a good time."
"And are you having a good time?"
Scully looked up at Mulder and he was amazed at how blue her eyes looked even in the darkened garden. "Yes"
Scully saw Mulder staring down at her and the panic in the pit of her stomach started to rise again. "I think I can walk relatively straight now" she said standing up. "Do you still want to explore the garden a bit?"
Mulder stood up and smiled at her. "She had no idea how most men would take her invitation" he thought to himself. "Just like she has no idea how pretty she is."
They strolled side by side along the outside of the garden. The night was getting cooler and Scully shivered a bit despite her best efforts not to. Mulder wrapped an arm around her and they stayed like that as they finished their strolled. Just content to be with each other.
As they approached the house, they noticed that the party inside had now spilled out on the deck. Everyone appeared in a much better mood now and were chatting away eagerly awaiting the dozen pizzas they had just ordered.
Scully broke away from Mulder has they reached the circle of light, but stayed close to him. She had no way of knowing that her sister had been watching their turn about the garden and was frantically praying that Scully not let this opportunity go by.
Melissa tried to act like she didn't notice the awkward way both Mulder and Scully were acting as they joined her. Scully barely said a word and seemed to turn all her attention towards her shrinking margarita. Mulder did a better job of conversing but seemed to have trouble concentrating as well.
After a bit the pizzas arrived and were consumed within minutes. With full stomachs, the guests finally started to leave.
Since neither Melissa nor Scully was in the condition to safely drive a car, they decided to call for a taxi.
"Nonsense" Mulder said as Melissa was reaching for the phone. "I haven't had a drop to drink since that first margarita - I will be more than happy to drive you both home."
"Oh we couldn't impose on you that way" Scully protested "What about Angela?"
Melissa thought it was a fabulous idea. "Don't worry about Angela Dana, I think it is safe to assume that Tom will see her home." She then turned to Mulder. "Fox, we appreciate your offer."
Scully agreed forgetting until they were in the car that she and Melissa would not only be going to the same destination, but that Melissa would be dropped off first.
Mulder arrived at Melissa's apartment and hopped out of the car to walk her to the door. Melissa shook his hand in thanks "Thank you so much Fox. It means a lot to me to know that someone will be taking care of my sister."
Mulder smiled in response not really understanding what Melissa meant. He walked back to the car slowly not knowing exactly what to do about Scully either.
He knew with a bit of effort he could easily get not only into her apartment but into her bed as well. Part of him wanted that, desperately, but another part of him urged him not to rush in too suddenly and spoil everything.
He shrugged to himself and got into the car smiling at Scully and having absolutely no idea what he was going to do.
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End of chapter three. A plot twist is coming soon so keep reading..