Chapter 17 - Tonight's the night
Scully didn't go to the office the following morning but decided instead to do her work using her laptop. Mulder saw this as a minor victory and was happy to just be in the same vicinity as her again.
Over lunch, they discussed their plans for the evening, how they would avoid eating or drinking anything at the party lest their judgment be impaired.
They planned without ever mentioning the names of either Roger or Wendy although both Mulder and Scully knew that the two would be major players before the evening was over.
It was decided that Scully would drop over to see Agnes sometime during the day to ask for some advice on how to handle the party.
Everything had been discussed at great lengths with the exception of their costumes.
"Why won't you tell me what you will be wearing?" Scully asked as she cleared away the lunch dishes.
"For the same reason you won't tell me." Mulder said with a smile. He had picked out his costume with his partner in mind and didn't want to ruin the surprise.
"I don't want to tell you because you will just make fun of me and then I won't want to wear it" Scully said faking a small pout.
"Nonsense Scully - let me guess? Little Bo Peep?"
"No - you can keep on guessing but I am not going to tell you. I am, however, going to pop over to see Agnes now." Scully replied as she left the room.
"Bo Derek" Mulder yelled as she walked through the door.
A few minutes later Mulder heard the sound of unexpected footsteps behind him and had a strange sensation of deja-vous.
He turned around and found Scully walking towards him.
"Back so soon?" he asked.
"Agnes was on her way out the door when I got there. Apparently she had some very important errand to run. All she said to me was to 'take care' and to wear this around my neck." Scully showed Mulder a small pendant made out of what appeared to be hematite.
"Hematite? I think she is trying to protect you from something. Make sure you wear it."
"Wear it? Surely you don't believe that this" she waved the pendant in his face "is actually going to protect me?"
Mulder shrugged. "What harm could it do? In fact, let's put it on your right now - just to be on the safe side."
Scully was about to argue with him but knew it would be useless. If wearing this little piece of shiny stone would make Mulder feel better she would do it.
Mulder's touch was light as he placed the necklace around her neck. He pushed her hair aside and thought he felt her tremble ever-so-slightly at the feel of his touch.
He fought the temptation to kiss her neck as he smoothed the hair back in place and gently placed his hands on her shoulders. He turned her around so she stood facing him.
"You will be careful tonight, won't you Scully?"
Scully nodded and frowned at him. "Why are you so worried? We have been on more dangerous assignments than this."
"I am not sure. I just have a feeling in my gut that something may go wrong tonight and I may not be there for you when it does."
Scully reached up and stroked his cheek. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
Mulder pulled on the white officer's jacket and buttoned it up looking at himself in the mirror. He was dressed in Navy whites from head to toe and the uniform seemed to suit him quite well.
He remembered that Scully had mentioned how much she had loved Richard Gere in "An Officer And A Gentleman" and since he was borrowing the actor's name for this case he thought he would borrow his attire too.
He just hoped Scully got everything that the uniform implied. Even if he wasn't able to sweep her off her feet that night, he would love to do so in the future.
Mulder walked into the living room and glanced at his watch. He was getting a bit nervous even if they did have a good half hour before they had to be there.
"Where is she?" he thought to himself. One of the things Mulder appreciated about Scully was the fact that she could always get ready in a hurry.
Tonight, however, seemed to be an exception to this rule.
He was about to call up to her when he heard the clatter of heels on the wooden floors above. Not normal heels his mind told him, but stiletto heels.
Mulder had a strong feeling that he was going to be in big trouble.
He was right. He barely could breathe as Scully slowly made her way down the stairs.
Mulder had been right about the stilettos. She wore thigh high black leather boots that featured four inch heels that were designed to make any man think of nothing but bedding the wearer immediately.
If the boots were not enough, above them she wore a skin tight black dress also made entirely out of black leather. The zipper on the dress's front had been left precariously down so that when Scully moved, you could catch small glimpses of the black lace bra she wore underneath.
Mulder stood there, hat in hand with his mouth open in total shock.
Scully enjoyed his reaction for she hadn't been sure if he would appreciate her appearance or break out in laughter at the sight of her.
She was also glad of the fact that while Mulder was busy gawking at her, she could gawk right back at him.
Scully looked down at him and knew instantly why women were so turned on by a man in uniform. The simple white uniform had transformed her already good looking partner into one who was absolutely gorgeous.
She smiled at Mulder as she walked over to him. "You may want to close your mouth Agent Mulder before a fly flies in"
Mulder snapped his mouth shut and walked slowly around her. "Christ Scully" he said his breath a bit ragged "the men tonight aren't going to need any of that potion once they get a load of you."
He stopped in front of her and tugged her zipper up a bit. "You are lucky I have such good self control."
Scully pulled the zipper back down again, noticing that by all appearances, Mulder didn't have all that much self control.
"Nice uniform Richard - is it the same one you used in the movie?" she purred as she smoothed the front of his jacket.
Mulder looked at her fighting the urge to kiss her and drag her upstairs right then and there. "Tell me that you bought that outfit" he said trying desperately not to stare at her chest. "and that you will be bringing it back to DC with you."
"I thought I would wear it the next time Skinner wants to chew us out. Maybe it will distract him a bit."
"I think he will promote you on the spot."
They both chuckled at that before Mulder put his cap on his head and offered her his arm. "This is it Mrs. Buckland. Shall we go?"
Agnes watched from her porch as they two of them strutted down the street. She had spent the majority of the afternoon gazing into her reflecting pan trying to decide how best to handle the events she knew that would come.
She didn't like any of her choices and prayed that what she had seen would not come to pass. But it would - she had yet to be wrong.
Roger took one look at Scully and found himself counting the seconds until he could tactfully get her away from her husband and have her all to herself.
Unfortunately there were certain rules to these parties and those rules could not be changed - no matter how much pain his aroused state was causing him.
Wendy, however, never felt obliged to play by the rules and began to eye Mulder openly as soon as he and Scully had entered the room.
She was dressed in an outfit that seemed reminiscent of the Star Trek TV show from the 1960's. Her dress was very short, very low cut and she too had killer boots on.
Wendy had to acknowledge to herself that Scully looked great. The outfit she had chosen had transformed her from a pretty woman to a woman who oozed sex out of every pore.
So much so, that Wendy thought to herself that maybe she would treat Mulder to a threesome just so she could sample Scully herself.
"Enough thought of that" she said to herself as she walked over to Mulder and Scully "You two look fabulous. I hope you ate your Wheaties this morning because the way you two look, you are both going to be very busy tonight."
With that said, she walked away but only after trailing her finger along Mulder's arm. Scully saw a strange look come across Mulder's face at Wendy's touch but thought it was only that he was nervous about what was going to be happening later that evening.
She pushed the thought out of her mind - she was too worried about Roger. He had barely been able to take his eyes off of her since she had arrived.
The party proceeded along as the others did but it was obvious that this party was going to be different. Even before Brian and Roger began to pass out their special cocktails, the air was filled with sexual tension.
Mulder and Scully managed to avoid taking any of the drinks given to them and watched in awe as the people around them seem to be slowly transformed into sex starved beasts.
Mulder looked down at Scully and smiled weakly at her as he pulled her in front of him and wrapped his arms around her. He was trying to follow the lead of the other men in the room by pulling her closer to him and occasionally nibbling on her neck and stroking her body.
Under normal circumstances both would have enjoyed the contact, but tonight they were both too nervous about playing their roles correctly. One mistake might not only blow their case but cost Mulder his life as well.
Mulder bent over Scully and whispered into her ear as he slowly licked it. Despite her nervousness, Scully couldn't help but snuggle a bit closer to him. "Remember, don't leave me in there with her any longer than you have to."
Scully leaned her head back and pulled down his head so his lips were almost touching hers. "No more than 10 - here she comes."
Wendy who was at this point oozing sex from every pore of her body came sauntering over to them. "Sorry to break up the cozy little scene but it's against the rules to only play with the person you came with."
She walked away a step or two then curled her finger at Mulder motioning him to follow her. He did, but only after bending over and giving Scully a deep kiss. He winked at her and disappeared into one of the many bedrooms.
Before Scully had a chance to catch her breathe, Roger was by her side pulling her onto the dance floor. Scully tried her best to smile flirtatiously at him but then realized that he was probably too far gone to even really notice what she was doing.
Roger pulled her close and they swayed slowly to the music. Despite the fact that she was mentally keeping track of the time in her head, Scully had to admit that she enjoyed the feel of Roger wrapped around her.
And judging from what was pushing itself against her stomach, Roger was enjoying it to. Scully did her best to try and relax and enjoy the moment figuring that the time would pass much quicker if she did.
She had her scheme all mapped out in her head. She would wait for Roger to make his move and then freak out and frantically start looking for Mulder. After she found him, she would demand that they both head home. There she would wait for Agnes to find out about Mulder was up to and make her move.
Roger seemed to be doing his best to keep us his end of the deal. He was slowly stroking Scully's back moving lower with every stroke.
It felt wonderful and Scully was very glad that she had managed to stay clear of Roger's special drinks. If she hadn't she would have been in very big trouble.
Roger bent down and kissed her. First on the neck and then on the cheek and then ever so lightly on her lips. Scully kissed him back trying to not loose track of what time it was - just a minute or two more.
Wendy slowly shut the door behind Mulder and walked over to him enjoying the fact that his eyes showed just a small amount of fear as she approached him.
The look disappeared immediately as soon as she put her two hands on his chest and moved them up slowly until they were wrapped around his neck. She pulled him down and kissed him.
Wendy looked deep into his eyes. "We are going to have a lot of fun tonight you and I." She took his hand and led him over to a large arm chair. She sat in it and motioned for him to kneel down in front of her.
She sat down in the chair and put one long leg up on his shoulder revealing to Mulder that she was wearing absolutely nothing under her very short skirt.
"Me first" she said smiling like the Cheshire Cat. "Satisfy me and I will make you a very, very happy man."
Roger and Scully were still slowly turning on the dance floor. Scully was beginning to get frustrated with the gentlemanlike manner in which Roger was treating her. Never in her life did she think she would want a man to grope on her. But now she did - desperately.
Finally Scully noticed that Roger was beginning to move one of his hands off of her back and towards her front. After what seemed to be an eternity, he finally began to massage her breast.
For a second Scully forgot her master plan, Roger's touch felt so good, but then she pushed him away and started blabbering her apologizes to him.
Roger was shocked and tried to comfort her but Scully would hear none of it. "I want to find Richard and I want to go home" Scully said stomping her foot for emphasize.
She headed straight for the door through which Mulder had disappeared and opened it without even knocking to announce her arrival.
Scully stormed into the room and stopped dead in her tracks not believing her eyes. Surely Mulder couldn't be doing what it looked like he was doing.
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Scully didn't go to the office the following morning but decided instead to do her work using her laptop. Mulder saw this as a minor victory and was happy to just be in the same vicinity as her again.
Over lunch, they discussed their plans for the evening, how they would avoid eating or drinking anything at the party lest their judgment be impaired.
They planned without ever mentioning the names of either Roger or Wendy although both Mulder and Scully knew that the two would be major players before the evening was over.
It was decided that Scully would drop over to see Agnes sometime during the day to ask for some advice on how to handle the party.
Everything had been discussed at great lengths with the exception of their costumes.
"Why won't you tell me what you will be wearing?" Scully asked as she cleared away the lunch dishes.
"For the same reason you won't tell me." Mulder said with a smile. He had picked out his costume with his partner in mind and didn't want to ruin the surprise.
"I don't want to tell you because you will just make fun of me and then I won't want to wear it" Scully said faking a small pout.
"Nonsense Scully - let me guess? Little Bo Peep?"
"No - you can keep on guessing but I am not going to tell you. I am, however, going to pop over to see Agnes now." Scully replied as she left the room.
"Bo Derek" Mulder yelled as she walked through the door.
A few minutes later Mulder heard the sound of unexpected footsteps behind him and had a strange sensation of deja-vous.
He turned around and found Scully walking towards him.
"Back so soon?" he asked.
"Agnes was on her way out the door when I got there. Apparently she had some very important errand to run. All she said to me was to 'take care' and to wear this around my neck." Scully showed Mulder a small pendant made out of what appeared to be hematite.
"Hematite? I think she is trying to protect you from something. Make sure you wear it."
"Wear it? Surely you don't believe that this" she waved the pendant in his face "is actually going to protect me?"
Mulder shrugged. "What harm could it do? In fact, let's put it on your right now - just to be on the safe side."
Scully was about to argue with him but knew it would be useless. If wearing this little piece of shiny stone would make Mulder feel better she would do it.
Mulder's touch was light as he placed the necklace around her neck. He pushed her hair aside and thought he felt her tremble ever-so-slightly at the feel of his touch.
He fought the temptation to kiss her neck as he smoothed the hair back in place and gently placed his hands on her shoulders. He turned her around so she stood facing him.
"You will be careful tonight, won't you Scully?"
Scully nodded and frowned at him. "Why are you so worried? We have been on more dangerous assignments than this."
"I am not sure. I just have a feeling in my gut that something may go wrong tonight and I may not be there for you when it does."
Scully reached up and stroked his cheek. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
Mulder pulled on the white officer's jacket and buttoned it up looking at himself in the mirror. He was dressed in Navy whites from head to toe and the uniform seemed to suit him quite well.
He remembered that Scully had mentioned how much she had loved Richard Gere in "An Officer And A Gentleman" and since he was borrowing the actor's name for this case he thought he would borrow his attire too.
He just hoped Scully got everything that the uniform implied. Even if he wasn't able to sweep her off her feet that night, he would love to do so in the future.
Mulder walked into the living room and glanced at his watch. He was getting a bit nervous even if they did have a good half hour before they had to be there.
"Where is she?" he thought to himself. One of the things Mulder appreciated about Scully was the fact that she could always get ready in a hurry.
Tonight, however, seemed to be an exception to this rule.
He was about to call up to her when he heard the clatter of heels on the wooden floors above. Not normal heels his mind told him, but stiletto heels.
Mulder had a strong feeling that he was going to be in big trouble.
He was right. He barely could breathe as Scully slowly made her way down the stairs.
Mulder had been right about the stilettos. She wore thigh high black leather boots that featured four inch heels that were designed to make any man think of nothing but bedding the wearer immediately.
If the boots were not enough, above them she wore a skin tight black dress also made entirely out of black leather. The zipper on the dress's front had been left precariously down so that when Scully moved, you could catch small glimpses of the black lace bra she wore underneath.
Mulder stood there, hat in hand with his mouth open in total shock.
Scully enjoyed his reaction for she hadn't been sure if he would appreciate her appearance or break out in laughter at the sight of her.
She was also glad of the fact that while Mulder was busy gawking at her, she could gawk right back at him.
Scully looked down at him and knew instantly why women were so turned on by a man in uniform. The simple white uniform had transformed her already good looking partner into one who was absolutely gorgeous.
She smiled at Mulder as she walked over to him. "You may want to close your mouth Agent Mulder before a fly flies in"
Mulder snapped his mouth shut and walked slowly around her. "Christ Scully" he said his breath a bit ragged "the men tonight aren't going to need any of that potion once they get a load of you."
He stopped in front of her and tugged her zipper up a bit. "You are lucky I have such good self control."
Scully pulled the zipper back down again, noticing that by all appearances, Mulder didn't have all that much self control.
"Nice uniform Richard - is it the same one you used in the movie?" she purred as she smoothed the front of his jacket.
Mulder looked at her fighting the urge to kiss her and drag her upstairs right then and there. "Tell me that you bought that outfit" he said trying desperately not to stare at her chest. "and that you will be bringing it back to DC with you."
"I thought I would wear it the next time Skinner wants to chew us out. Maybe it will distract him a bit."
"I think he will promote you on the spot."
They both chuckled at that before Mulder put his cap on his head and offered her his arm. "This is it Mrs. Buckland. Shall we go?"
Agnes watched from her porch as they two of them strutted down the street. She had spent the majority of the afternoon gazing into her reflecting pan trying to decide how best to handle the events she knew that would come.
She didn't like any of her choices and prayed that what she had seen would not come to pass. But it would - she had yet to be wrong.
Roger took one look at Scully and found himself counting the seconds until he could tactfully get her away from her husband and have her all to herself.
Unfortunately there were certain rules to these parties and those rules could not be changed - no matter how much pain his aroused state was causing him.
Wendy, however, never felt obliged to play by the rules and began to eye Mulder openly as soon as he and Scully had entered the room.
She was dressed in an outfit that seemed reminiscent of the Star Trek TV show from the 1960's. Her dress was very short, very low cut and she too had killer boots on.
Wendy had to acknowledge to herself that Scully looked great. The outfit she had chosen had transformed her from a pretty woman to a woman who oozed sex out of every pore.
So much so, that Wendy thought to herself that maybe she would treat Mulder to a threesome just so she could sample Scully herself.
"Enough thought of that" she said to herself as she walked over to Mulder and Scully "You two look fabulous. I hope you ate your Wheaties this morning because the way you two look, you are both going to be very busy tonight."
With that said, she walked away but only after trailing her finger along Mulder's arm. Scully saw a strange look come across Mulder's face at Wendy's touch but thought it was only that he was nervous about what was going to be happening later that evening.
She pushed the thought out of her mind - she was too worried about Roger. He had barely been able to take his eyes off of her since she had arrived.
The party proceeded along as the others did but it was obvious that this party was going to be different. Even before Brian and Roger began to pass out their special cocktails, the air was filled with sexual tension.
Mulder and Scully managed to avoid taking any of the drinks given to them and watched in awe as the people around them seem to be slowly transformed into sex starved beasts.
Mulder looked down at Scully and smiled weakly at her as he pulled her in front of him and wrapped his arms around her. He was trying to follow the lead of the other men in the room by pulling her closer to him and occasionally nibbling on her neck and stroking her body.
Under normal circumstances both would have enjoyed the contact, but tonight they were both too nervous about playing their roles correctly. One mistake might not only blow their case but cost Mulder his life as well.
Mulder bent over Scully and whispered into her ear as he slowly licked it. Despite her nervousness, Scully couldn't help but snuggle a bit closer to him. "Remember, don't leave me in there with her any longer than you have to."
Scully leaned her head back and pulled down his head so his lips were almost touching hers. "No more than 10 - here she comes."
Wendy who was at this point oozing sex from every pore of her body came sauntering over to them. "Sorry to break up the cozy little scene but it's against the rules to only play with the person you came with."
She walked away a step or two then curled her finger at Mulder motioning him to follow her. He did, but only after bending over and giving Scully a deep kiss. He winked at her and disappeared into one of the many bedrooms.
Before Scully had a chance to catch her breathe, Roger was by her side pulling her onto the dance floor. Scully tried her best to smile flirtatiously at him but then realized that he was probably too far gone to even really notice what she was doing.
Roger pulled her close and they swayed slowly to the music. Despite the fact that she was mentally keeping track of the time in her head, Scully had to admit that she enjoyed the feel of Roger wrapped around her.
And judging from what was pushing itself against her stomach, Roger was enjoying it to. Scully did her best to try and relax and enjoy the moment figuring that the time would pass much quicker if she did.
She had her scheme all mapped out in her head. She would wait for Roger to make his move and then freak out and frantically start looking for Mulder. After she found him, she would demand that they both head home. There she would wait for Agnes to find out about Mulder was up to and make her move.
Roger seemed to be doing his best to keep us his end of the deal. He was slowly stroking Scully's back moving lower with every stroke.
It felt wonderful and Scully was very glad that she had managed to stay clear of Roger's special drinks. If she hadn't she would have been in very big trouble.
Roger bent down and kissed her. First on the neck and then on the cheek and then ever so lightly on her lips. Scully kissed him back trying to not loose track of what time it was - just a minute or two more.
Wendy slowly shut the door behind Mulder and walked over to him enjoying the fact that his eyes showed just a small amount of fear as she approached him.
The look disappeared immediately as soon as she put her two hands on his chest and moved them up slowly until they were wrapped around his neck. She pulled him down and kissed him.
Wendy looked deep into his eyes. "We are going to have a lot of fun tonight you and I." She took his hand and led him over to a large arm chair. She sat in it and motioned for him to kneel down in front of her.
She sat down in the chair and put one long leg up on his shoulder revealing to Mulder that she was wearing absolutely nothing under her very short skirt.
"Me first" she said smiling like the Cheshire Cat. "Satisfy me and I will make you a very, very happy man."
Roger and Scully were still slowly turning on the dance floor. Scully was beginning to get frustrated with the gentlemanlike manner in which Roger was treating her. Never in her life did she think she would want a man to grope on her. But now she did - desperately.
Finally Scully noticed that Roger was beginning to move one of his hands off of her back and towards her front. After what seemed to be an eternity, he finally began to massage her breast.
For a second Scully forgot her master plan, Roger's touch felt so good, but then she pushed him away and started blabbering her apologizes to him.
Roger was shocked and tried to comfort her but Scully would hear none of it. "I want to find Richard and I want to go home" Scully said stomping her foot for emphasize.
She headed straight for the door through which Mulder had disappeared and opened it without even knocking to announce her arrival.
Scully stormed into the room and stopped dead in her tracks not believing her eyes. Surely Mulder couldn't be doing what it looked like he was doing.
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