Chapter Five - Charlie and Randy
Scully slept very little that night. She tossed and turned replaying over and over again what Mulder had said.
"Was he serious or just teasing her?" she thought to herself. She was rather sure he was serious but for some reason still couldn't bring herself to accept the fact that Mulder thought of her in that way.
The sunlight was pouring into her room when she heard a knock at the door following by the sliding of a keycard. Scully pulled the covers up over her and regretted for a second the fact that she and Mulder had exchanged their extra key cards.
When Mulder entered the room pushing a tray full of hot coffee and breakfast pastries, she tossed her regrets out the window.
"Good morning sleepy head" Mulder said bringing her over a cup of coffee and kissing on the forehead.
"Sleep well?" he asked knowing perfectly well by her appearance that she hadn't.
"Not particularly" she grumbled at him
"Want to talk about it?" he said picking up a cup and sitting on the edge of the bed.
"No" Scully said sipping her coffee. It was just what she needed.
"Didn't think so." Mulder said chuckling. "I just came in here to tell you that we are meeting Charlie and Randy in the lobby of the hotel for coffee in about an hour."
"An hour!" Scully said looking over at the clock for the first time. It read 9:30.
Mulder chuckled at her again thinking how cute she looked when she wasn't in total control of the situation. He got off the bed and headed towards the door.
"I'm going to walk around a bit so we can just meet in the lobby around 10:30 - okay?"
Scully simply nodded and she tried to gulp down the hot coffee. "Great, see you then." Mulder grabbed a danish and headed out the door.
Scully managed to push all thoughts of Mulder out of her mind as she scrambled to get ready. Meeting new people on a social basis had never been a strong point of hers and the thought of meeting a couple of Mulder's college buddies had her rather intimidated.
She pondered over what to wear for quite a while finally settling on a pair of jeans, a simple black sleeveless top and black boots. She spun around the mirror several times hoping she looked all right.
And then got promptly mad at herself for worrying about it so much. She glanced at the clock noticing that is was just past ten thirty.
"Great" she thought to herself as she hurried out the door "another thing for Mulder to chuckle at. The ever punctual Dana Scully was actually going to be late."
When the doors to the elevator opened she looked around and spotted Mulder standing and talking to two men. They were both around the same height as Mulder one with blonde hair and the other with black.
As Scully approached them she noticed that the two of them were standing together just a little too close and wondered if they were a couple. She filed away this little question to ask Mulder later.
Randy was the first to notice Scully approaching.
"Hey Fox, is Dana petite about a size 4 with the most beautiful red hair?" he asked giving Mulder a discreet nudge.
"That sounds like her" Mulder said looking up and seeing Scully walking towards them.
"She's a looker Mulder - does she dye her hair?"
Mulder rolled his eyes at Randy and took a step towards Scully giving her a quick peck on the cheek and leading her towards his friends.
"Scully these are my old buddies Charlie and Randy."
Charlie was the first to shake Scully's hand. He had short black hair and green eyes that spoke to his Celtic heritage. His grip was firm and Scully couldn't help but picture him running around a rugby field.
Randy, on the other hand was definitely not the rugby player type. His blonde hair was meticulously styled and it offset his deep brown eyes and delicate face perfectly.
His shake was not as firm but very friendly. "Fox, why do you call this beautiful creature Scully?" he scolded Mulder. "We shall call her Dana, won't we Charlie?"
"Works for me if it works for her" Charlie said laughing at Randy.
"Dana is fine" Scully said taking an instant liking to them.
"Shall we get a cup of coffee?" Mulder said leading the way to the dining room.
The next hour was spent briefly getting to know each other. Charlie and Randy explained how they had met Mulder during a seminar on hate crimes being committed against homosexuals.
"I think he was the only straight man there" Randy said "and we were all so disappointed."
"You seemed to have gotten over it" Mulder laughed looking deliberately at Charlie.
They all laughed and then Charlie asked Scully if she was a Yankee fan. When she replied that she followed baseball only a little, Randy's face lit up.
"Dana" he said "these two were hoping to catch the game this afternoon and I detest baseball. I don't suppose there is any way I can talk you into going shopping with me instead."
Scully looked at Mulder for a clue on how he wanted her to answer. "You did say you wanted to go to Saks Scully" he said
Scully had to admit that she would much rather spend the time shopping then at a baseball game even if she barely knew her shopping companion.
"Are you sure you won't mind?" she said already planning in her head where she wanted to go.
"Scully, I would love to have you there but I don't mind in the least. Charlie here is an even bigger fan than I am."
"I'll take good care of him." Charlie said "I'll even buy him a beer or two"
"And Cracker Jack?" Mulder said smiling
"If you behave yourself." Charlie said laughing.
It was settled then. They finished off their coffee and left the hotel together - Mulder and Charlie off to Yankee Stadium and Scully and Randy to shop.
Randy and Scully stood outside the hotel trying to decide where to go first. They watched the two others walk away.
"I tell you Dana" Randy said giving a brief sigh "that Fox of yours has one good looking ass."
Scully couldn't help but laugh mainly because she had always thought so herself.
"He is not my 'Fox'" she said "but even so, I have to admit you are right about that."
Randy and Scully started their shopping spree at Bloomingdales since Scully had never been to the New York store before. They spent a few hours wandering around the store looking at clothes and working on putting together the perfect outfit for Scully to wear to the party they were all going to that night.
The party was being held in the Village and the crowd there would be a mix of artists, musicians and other high brow bohemian types. Scully knew she had not brought the proper clothes.
Randy had a wonderful eye for color and style and was a wonderful shopping companion. He patiently waited as she tried on outfit after outfit and gave her constructive criticism of each one.
They left Bloomingdale's very tired but with several large bags filled with clothes, accessories and shoes.
"I don't know about you honey" Randy said as they got out to the sidewalk. "But I good go for a nice glass of wine."
Scully nodded her agreement and they headed over a couple of blocks to a small bistro that Randy had discovered a few months before. Within minutes they were sipping wine and eating some delicious French food.
They talked of clothes and shoes and nothing to personal until about halfway through the second glass of wine.
"So Dana" Randy started putting down his glass of wine and looking at her with unabashed curiosity "I know this is none of my business, but I simply half to know how Fox is in bed."
Scully must have turned red on the spot for Randy took one look at her and had to keep from laughing out loud.
He took her hand "Judging by your reaction, either you haven't done it yet or you are really shy about such things. Which is it?"
Scully barely knew this man and very rarely discussed with anyone such private details of her life. But for some reason, she felt she could be very open with Randy and that he wouldn't judge her.
"We haven't done it" she mumbled before gulping down the rest of her wine and motioning for the waitress to refill it.
"Really?" Randy said sounding quite amazed. "Now that is saying something about how Fox feels about you."
"What it says" Scully said rather coldly "is that he doesn't find me attractive. He has barely touched me since we've been here."
Scully turned a bit red again after realizing what she had just said. The wine must be taking its toll on her.
"That's where you are wrong Dana" Randy said suddenly all serious "Fox loves sex and slept around all the time in college. Charlie and I always thought it was because he was looking for the love he never got from his own family."
Scully listened fascinated. This was a glimpse into Mulder's personality that she had never seen before.
"The only times Fox would abstain for trying to get into a girl's pants was when he really cared about her and wanted to base the relationship on more than just sex."
Scully frowned a little bit at this thinking off all the movies that Mulder liked to watch in the privacy of his own home.
Randy patted the hand he was still holding. "Of course, if you want to speed things along a little bit, we can skip Saks and go get you a little something to wear that would get his attention."
Scully laughed out loud at this thought. "He would probably drop dead if I did that." She had to admit the thought was tempting although she still had her doubts about the logic of the two of them being together.
"Well, if you change your mind let me know." Randy said releasing her hand and taking another bite of his lunch. "In the meantime, eat up I have to sober you up a little bit before we finish shopping."
Yankee Stadium
Mulder looked at Charlie with new founded admiration. The seats that Charlie mentioned having use of for his time in New York in passing were third row right along the third base line.
"Geez, Charlie" Mulder said sitting down and trying not to spill his beer. "Who did you sleep with to get these seats?"
"George Steinbrenner" Charlie replied causing Mulder to laugh. "Actually, our agent who books our speaking engagements knows someone who knows someone in the Yankee front office. She is not much of a fan but didn't want to give up the seats so she lets me use them whenever I can."
"Good deal" Mulder said sipping his beer. "Randy doesn't do games?"
"Not unless absolutely necessary. He would much rather shop. What about Dana?" Charlie said.
"Scully has been to a couple of games with me, but as a rule up until recently we didn't really socialize outside of work."
"Why is that?" Charlie said "you two seem to be a pretty good pair."
"I guess we were both scared that a personal relationship would interfere with our work." Mulder said as he watched the batters finish up batting practice.
"So why now?" Charlie said after moaning at the lousy swings one of the batters way making.
"I am not quite sure." Mulder said shaking his head at the same batter. "We just finished up an undercover case where we had to pretend we were married. I guess playing that role gave me a taste of what it would be like to be with her."
Charlie nodded and bit into his hot dog "Why aren't these things ever hot?" he said "I am glad you brought her up here to meet us Fox. Especially after we have been hearing about her for all these years."
"I never realized I spoke about her much." Mulder said between chews of his own hot dog.
"Are you kidding?" Charlie said chuckling "you have talked about her in practically every phone call or email since she became your partner. Randy and I always figured it would just be a matter of time."
Mulder said nothing but took another bite trying to remember if he had indeed spoken of Scully so much.
"Since this is your first time traveling as a couple, I am a bit surprised that you are willing to drag yourself out of your hotel room" Charlie said "even for a Yankee game."
Mulder looked a bit sheepishly at him. "We aren't sharing a room yet Charlie"
"What?" Charlie said with a look of mock shock on his face. "Fox Mulder the Casanova of Oxford is actually sleeping alone."
Mulder gave him a mock look of anger before smiling "I wouldn't tell anyone but you this Charlie - not even Randy - but I have been with one woman for one night since we became partners."
Charlie could help but laugh at the thought of his ever-horny friend playing the role of the monk. "I am sorry Fox" he said wiping the tears from his eyes "I hope she is worth the wait."
"She will be" Mulder said sitting back and turning his attention to the game as the announcer listed the starting lineup.
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Scully slept very little that night. She tossed and turned replaying over and over again what Mulder had said.
"Was he serious or just teasing her?" she thought to herself. She was rather sure he was serious but for some reason still couldn't bring herself to accept the fact that Mulder thought of her in that way.
The sunlight was pouring into her room when she heard a knock at the door following by the sliding of a keycard. Scully pulled the covers up over her and regretted for a second the fact that she and Mulder had exchanged their extra key cards.
When Mulder entered the room pushing a tray full of hot coffee and breakfast pastries, she tossed her regrets out the window.
"Good morning sleepy head" Mulder said bringing her over a cup of coffee and kissing on the forehead.
"Sleep well?" he asked knowing perfectly well by her appearance that she hadn't.
"Not particularly" she grumbled at him
"Want to talk about it?" he said picking up a cup and sitting on the edge of the bed.
"No" Scully said sipping her coffee. It was just what she needed.
"Didn't think so." Mulder said chuckling. "I just came in here to tell you that we are meeting Charlie and Randy in the lobby of the hotel for coffee in about an hour."
"An hour!" Scully said looking over at the clock for the first time. It read 9:30.
Mulder chuckled at her again thinking how cute she looked when she wasn't in total control of the situation. He got off the bed and headed towards the door.
"I'm going to walk around a bit so we can just meet in the lobby around 10:30 - okay?"
Scully simply nodded and she tried to gulp down the hot coffee. "Great, see you then." Mulder grabbed a danish and headed out the door.
Scully managed to push all thoughts of Mulder out of her mind as she scrambled to get ready. Meeting new people on a social basis had never been a strong point of hers and the thought of meeting a couple of Mulder's college buddies had her rather intimidated.
She pondered over what to wear for quite a while finally settling on a pair of jeans, a simple black sleeveless top and black boots. She spun around the mirror several times hoping she looked all right.
And then got promptly mad at herself for worrying about it so much. She glanced at the clock noticing that is was just past ten thirty.
"Great" she thought to herself as she hurried out the door "another thing for Mulder to chuckle at. The ever punctual Dana Scully was actually going to be late."
When the doors to the elevator opened she looked around and spotted Mulder standing and talking to two men. They were both around the same height as Mulder one with blonde hair and the other with black.
As Scully approached them she noticed that the two of them were standing together just a little too close and wondered if they were a couple. She filed away this little question to ask Mulder later.
Randy was the first to notice Scully approaching.
"Hey Fox, is Dana petite about a size 4 with the most beautiful red hair?" he asked giving Mulder a discreet nudge.
"That sounds like her" Mulder said looking up and seeing Scully walking towards them.
"She's a looker Mulder - does she dye her hair?"
Mulder rolled his eyes at Randy and took a step towards Scully giving her a quick peck on the cheek and leading her towards his friends.
"Scully these are my old buddies Charlie and Randy."
Charlie was the first to shake Scully's hand. He had short black hair and green eyes that spoke to his Celtic heritage. His grip was firm and Scully couldn't help but picture him running around a rugby field.
Randy, on the other hand was definitely not the rugby player type. His blonde hair was meticulously styled and it offset his deep brown eyes and delicate face perfectly.
His shake was not as firm but very friendly. "Fox, why do you call this beautiful creature Scully?" he scolded Mulder. "We shall call her Dana, won't we Charlie?"
"Works for me if it works for her" Charlie said laughing at Randy.
"Dana is fine" Scully said taking an instant liking to them.
"Shall we get a cup of coffee?" Mulder said leading the way to the dining room.
The next hour was spent briefly getting to know each other. Charlie and Randy explained how they had met Mulder during a seminar on hate crimes being committed against homosexuals.
"I think he was the only straight man there" Randy said "and we were all so disappointed."
"You seemed to have gotten over it" Mulder laughed looking deliberately at Charlie.
They all laughed and then Charlie asked Scully if she was a Yankee fan. When she replied that she followed baseball only a little, Randy's face lit up.
"Dana" he said "these two were hoping to catch the game this afternoon and I detest baseball. I don't suppose there is any way I can talk you into going shopping with me instead."
Scully looked at Mulder for a clue on how he wanted her to answer. "You did say you wanted to go to Saks Scully" he said
Scully had to admit that she would much rather spend the time shopping then at a baseball game even if she barely knew her shopping companion.
"Are you sure you won't mind?" she said already planning in her head where she wanted to go.
"Scully, I would love to have you there but I don't mind in the least. Charlie here is an even bigger fan than I am."
"I'll take good care of him." Charlie said "I'll even buy him a beer or two"
"And Cracker Jack?" Mulder said smiling
"If you behave yourself." Charlie said laughing.
It was settled then. They finished off their coffee and left the hotel together - Mulder and Charlie off to Yankee Stadium and Scully and Randy to shop.
Randy and Scully stood outside the hotel trying to decide where to go first. They watched the two others walk away.
"I tell you Dana" Randy said giving a brief sigh "that Fox of yours has one good looking ass."
Scully couldn't help but laugh mainly because she had always thought so herself.
"He is not my 'Fox'" she said "but even so, I have to admit you are right about that."
Randy and Scully started their shopping spree at Bloomingdales since Scully had never been to the New York store before. They spent a few hours wandering around the store looking at clothes and working on putting together the perfect outfit for Scully to wear to the party they were all going to that night.
The party was being held in the Village and the crowd there would be a mix of artists, musicians and other high brow bohemian types. Scully knew she had not brought the proper clothes.
Randy had a wonderful eye for color and style and was a wonderful shopping companion. He patiently waited as she tried on outfit after outfit and gave her constructive criticism of each one.
They left Bloomingdale's very tired but with several large bags filled with clothes, accessories and shoes.
"I don't know about you honey" Randy said as they got out to the sidewalk. "But I good go for a nice glass of wine."
Scully nodded her agreement and they headed over a couple of blocks to a small bistro that Randy had discovered a few months before. Within minutes they were sipping wine and eating some delicious French food.
They talked of clothes and shoes and nothing to personal until about halfway through the second glass of wine.
"So Dana" Randy started putting down his glass of wine and looking at her with unabashed curiosity "I know this is none of my business, but I simply half to know how Fox is in bed."
Scully must have turned red on the spot for Randy took one look at her and had to keep from laughing out loud.
He took her hand "Judging by your reaction, either you haven't done it yet or you are really shy about such things. Which is it?"
Scully barely knew this man and very rarely discussed with anyone such private details of her life. But for some reason, she felt she could be very open with Randy and that he wouldn't judge her.
"We haven't done it" she mumbled before gulping down the rest of her wine and motioning for the waitress to refill it.
"Really?" Randy said sounding quite amazed. "Now that is saying something about how Fox feels about you."
"What it says" Scully said rather coldly "is that he doesn't find me attractive. He has barely touched me since we've been here."
Scully turned a bit red again after realizing what she had just said. The wine must be taking its toll on her.
"That's where you are wrong Dana" Randy said suddenly all serious "Fox loves sex and slept around all the time in college. Charlie and I always thought it was because he was looking for the love he never got from his own family."
Scully listened fascinated. This was a glimpse into Mulder's personality that she had never seen before.
"The only times Fox would abstain for trying to get into a girl's pants was when he really cared about her and wanted to base the relationship on more than just sex."
Scully frowned a little bit at this thinking off all the movies that Mulder liked to watch in the privacy of his own home.
Randy patted the hand he was still holding. "Of course, if you want to speed things along a little bit, we can skip Saks and go get you a little something to wear that would get his attention."
Scully laughed out loud at this thought. "He would probably drop dead if I did that." She had to admit the thought was tempting although she still had her doubts about the logic of the two of them being together.
"Well, if you change your mind let me know." Randy said releasing her hand and taking another bite of his lunch. "In the meantime, eat up I have to sober you up a little bit before we finish shopping."
Yankee Stadium
Mulder looked at Charlie with new founded admiration. The seats that Charlie mentioned having use of for his time in New York in passing were third row right along the third base line.
"Geez, Charlie" Mulder said sitting down and trying not to spill his beer. "Who did you sleep with to get these seats?"
"George Steinbrenner" Charlie replied causing Mulder to laugh. "Actually, our agent who books our speaking engagements knows someone who knows someone in the Yankee front office. She is not much of a fan but didn't want to give up the seats so she lets me use them whenever I can."
"Good deal" Mulder said sipping his beer. "Randy doesn't do games?"
"Not unless absolutely necessary. He would much rather shop. What about Dana?" Charlie said.
"Scully has been to a couple of games with me, but as a rule up until recently we didn't really socialize outside of work."
"Why is that?" Charlie said "you two seem to be a pretty good pair."
"I guess we were both scared that a personal relationship would interfere with our work." Mulder said as he watched the batters finish up batting practice.
"So why now?" Charlie said after moaning at the lousy swings one of the batters way making.
"I am not quite sure." Mulder said shaking his head at the same batter. "We just finished up an undercover case where we had to pretend we were married. I guess playing that role gave me a taste of what it would be like to be with her."
Charlie nodded and bit into his hot dog "Why aren't these things ever hot?" he said "I am glad you brought her up here to meet us Fox. Especially after we have been hearing about her for all these years."
"I never realized I spoke about her much." Mulder said between chews of his own hot dog.
"Are you kidding?" Charlie said chuckling "you have talked about her in practically every phone call or email since she became your partner. Randy and I always figured it would just be a matter of time."
Mulder said nothing but took another bite trying to remember if he had indeed spoken of Scully so much.
"Since this is your first time traveling as a couple, I am a bit surprised that you are willing to drag yourself out of your hotel room" Charlie said "even for a Yankee game."
Mulder looked a bit sheepishly at him. "We aren't sharing a room yet Charlie"
"What?" Charlie said with a look of mock shock on his face. "Fox Mulder the Casanova of Oxford is actually sleeping alone."
Mulder gave him a mock look of anger before smiling "I wouldn't tell anyone but you this Charlie - not even Randy - but I have been with one woman for one night since we became partners."
Charlie could help but laugh at the thought of his ever-horny friend playing the role of the monk. "I am sorry Fox" he said wiping the tears from his eyes "I hope she is worth the wait."
"She will be" Mulder said sitting back and turning his attention to the game as the announcer listed the starting lineup.
++++++++++++++++++++++++ end of chapter five. I am not 100% sure where I am going with this story and would appreciate all suggestions.