Chapter Six - A Smart Man Would Marry Her On The Spot
Both Scully and Mulder enjoyed their first full day in New York. Scully had not only gotten a ton of new clothes but a new friend as well.
Mulder's beloved Yankees had given him a win.
Scully arrived back to the hotel first. Randy had come with her because she could not manage all her packages alone.
Spreading them out bed on her bed, Scully began to feel a twinge of buyer's remorse. "How am I going to get all these home Randy?" she said over her shoulder as she surveyed the damaged. "I only brought a little carryon with me."
Randy who was busily checking out every nook and cranny in the room waved off her concerns. "You can either borrow one of my bags to get it home or buy a new one for yourself."
He walked over to where Scully was looking at the clothes. "Dana, you didn't tell me how absolutely fabulous your room is. Talk about romantic."
He sat down on the bed and bounced up and down slightly to test it out. "Are you sure you don't want to buy a slinky little outfit and maybe some scented candles?"
Scully laughed at him "I'm sure. It is a pretty room, isn't it?"
"Would it be to presumptuous of me to ask you how much it is?" Randy said eyebrows raised "We are staying over at the Village in a room that is nice but nothing like this."
"I have no idea" Scully said feeling another twinge of guilt "Mulder is picking up the tab."
"Is he now?" Randy said as if this simple fact was shining yet another light onto Mulder's feelings for Scully.
Scully looked puzzled so he explained. "It is very rare indeed for Fox to let people know how well off he is."
"I know that, I had no idea until yesterday. how much." Scully began and then stopped herself realizing she was being rude.
Randy smiled knowingly at her. "You know Dana, it isn't polite to talk about money.. But I never claimed to be much of a gentleman."
Scully smiled at this wondering if he would continue.
"Fox's mother comes from a lot of 'old' money. His grandmother set up trusts for both him and his sister Samantha."
He frowned at the mention of Samantha's name. "Since Fox would never admit to her being gone, that money is just sitting there waiting. I believe if Samantha doesn't return within a 25 year time frame, Fox will get that money too."
Scully sat down next to Randy fascinated. "Of course, Fox has already said he will either keep the money until she returns or donate it to charity."
Randy smiled in attempt to lighten the mood. "And if all that money wasn't enough, his father got paid a fortune for whatever government work he did. I suppose all of that has been left to Fox as well."
"I can see not flaunting your money, but he didn't even tell me about it." Scully said realizing that she was a bit hurt to have been deprived of this piece of information.
"You can thank that bitch Phoebe Green for that Dana" Randy said making it quite obvious what he thought of her.
"God, he was crazy about her and she played him like a fiddle." Randy said staring into space as if he were reliving those days back in Oxford.
"He would do anything for her, get her any little trinket she wanted. And believe me, she wanted a lot of trinkets." Randy said "Charlie and I weren't together back then but we hung out with them quite a bit."
"She hated us. Hated our influence on Fox. She wanted to be the only one who could control him. She did everything she could to destroy our friendship."
Randy stopped staring into space and looked at Scully "and she almost succeeded too. But she got a little too greedy, even for Mulder indulgence of her. She began cheating on him and when he found out they had a huge fight about it."
Randy snorted a bit at the memory of it. "She told him that he really meant nothing to her and that she basically was after him for his money. I don't think he has really mentioned much about it since."
"He is opening himself up to you Dana" Randy said getting up and heading for the door. He sighed then. "As much as I would love to sit and talk about how much I hate Phoebe, I need to get back to my room and figure out what I am wearing tonight." Scully laughed. "Make sure you don't wear the same thing as me" she teased him as he went through the door.
Randy closed the door smiling and headed towards the elevator. It opened and out stepped Mulder.
"Hi Fox, how was the game?" Randy said.
"Great, we won. How was shopping?" Mulder said wondering what his friend thought of Scully.
"Smashing" Randy said smiling knowingly at him. "You know Fox, you have a keeper there with Dana. If I actually dated women, I would try to steal her away from you."
Mulder laughed at this and Randy continued "If you were smart Fox, you would marry her as soon as possible." He stepped into the elevator and pushed the down button "and honeymoon at our estate in London"
The doors shut and Randy disappeared leaving Mulder standing there pondering what Randy had said. "Well at least I know my best friends like the idea" he thought to himself as he headed towards his room. "Now all I have to do is convince myself and Scully."
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end of chapter six. I promise the next chapter will be longer.
Both Scully and Mulder enjoyed their first full day in New York. Scully had not only gotten a ton of new clothes but a new friend as well.
Mulder's beloved Yankees had given him a win.
Scully arrived back to the hotel first. Randy had come with her because she could not manage all her packages alone.
Spreading them out bed on her bed, Scully began to feel a twinge of buyer's remorse. "How am I going to get all these home Randy?" she said over her shoulder as she surveyed the damaged. "I only brought a little carryon with me."
Randy who was busily checking out every nook and cranny in the room waved off her concerns. "You can either borrow one of my bags to get it home or buy a new one for yourself."
He walked over to where Scully was looking at the clothes. "Dana, you didn't tell me how absolutely fabulous your room is. Talk about romantic."
He sat down on the bed and bounced up and down slightly to test it out. "Are you sure you don't want to buy a slinky little outfit and maybe some scented candles?"
Scully laughed at him "I'm sure. It is a pretty room, isn't it?"
"Would it be to presumptuous of me to ask you how much it is?" Randy said eyebrows raised "We are staying over at the Village in a room that is nice but nothing like this."
"I have no idea" Scully said feeling another twinge of guilt "Mulder is picking up the tab."
"Is he now?" Randy said as if this simple fact was shining yet another light onto Mulder's feelings for Scully.
Scully looked puzzled so he explained. "It is very rare indeed for Fox to let people know how well off he is."
"I know that, I had no idea until yesterday. how much." Scully began and then stopped herself realizing she was being rude.
Randy smiled knowingly at her. "You know Dana, it isn't polite to talk about money.. But I never claimed to be much of a gentleman."
Scully smiled at this wondering if he would continue.
"Fox's mother comes from a lot of 'old' money. His grandmother set up trusts for both him and his sister Samantha."
He frowned at the mention of Samantha's name. "Since Fox would never admit to her being gone, that money is just sitting there waiting. I believe if Samantha doesn't return within a 25 year time frame, Fox will get that money too."
Scully sat down next to Randy fascinated. "Of course, Fox has already said he will either keep the money until she returns or donate it to charity."
Randy smiled in attempt to lighten the mood. "And if all that money wasn't enough, his father got paid a fortune for whatever government work he did. I suppose all of that has been left to Fox as well."
"I can see not flaunting your money, but he didn't even tell me about it." Scully said realizing that she was a bit hurt to have been deprived of this piece of information.
"You can thank that bitch Phoebe Green for that Dana" Randy said making it quite obvious what he thought of her.
"God, he was crazy about her and she played him like a fiddle." Randy said staring into space as if he were reliving those days back in Oxford.
"He would do anything for her, get her any little trinket she wanted. And believe me, she wanted a lot of trinkets." Randy said "Charlie and I weren't together back then but we hung out with them quite a bit."
"She hated us. Hated our influence on Fox. She wanted to be the only one who could control him. She did everything she could to destroy our friendship."
Randy stopped staring into space and looked at Scully "and she almost succeeded too. But she got a little too greedy, even for Mulder indulgence of her. She began cheating on him and when he found out they had a huge fight about it."
Randy snorted a bit at the memory of it. "She told him that he really meant nothing to her and that she basically was after him for his money. I don't think he has really mentioned much about it since."
"He is opening himself up to you Dana" Randy said getting up and heading for the door. He sighed then. "As much as I would love to sit and talk about how much I hate Phoebe, I need to get back to my room and figure out what I am wearing tonight." Scully laughed. "Make sure you don't wear the same thing as me" she teased him as he went through the door.
Randy closed the door smiling and headed towards the elevator. It opened and out stepped Mulder.
"Hi Fox, how was the game?" Randy said.
"Great, we won. How was shopping?" Mulder said wondering what his friend thought of Scully.
"Smashing" Randy said smiling knowingly at him. "You know Fox, you have a keeper there with Dana. If I actually dated women, I would try to steal her away from you."
Mulder laughed at this and Randy continued "If you were smart Fox, you would marry her as soon as possible." He stepped into the elevator and pushed the down button "and honeymoon at our estate in London"
The doors shut and Randy disappeared leaving Mulder standing there pondering what Randy had said. "Well at least I know my best friends like the idea" he thought to himself as he headed towards his room. "Now all I have to do is convince myself and Scully."
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end of chapter six. I promise the next chapter will be longer.