Thanks for all the feedback, y'all! Here's Chap 3!
Disclaimer in pt1.
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Five years after we moved to Louisiana, Monnie gets a call out of the blue from John. Well, not so out of the blue-Monnie and John have been in touch for years and are very close friends now.
Let me also say that my Monnie has fallen hopelessly in love with him and has admitted it on several occasions. (Only to me, of course.) Whether he feels the same has been unclear.
Anyway, he calls her with a case. John had been assigned to a part of the FBI called the X-Files. One of the original agents-one Fox Mulder (Fox. [snicker] Poor guy.)-had disappeared and the team had been unable to find him so far. He'd suspected cultists (I guess all other explanations had run dry), so he called Monnie for her expertise.
"The X-Files, Bear! It's the perfect assignment for me! It's like, my dream job." Once again, we were packing.
And you're not at all excited about seeing your John again?
"He's not *my* John," she insisted. But she was blushing.
He's never been interested in anyone since you two met.
"I'm doing this as a favor to a friend and because I'm the best at what I do," she said defensively.
Uh, huh.
She sighed. "And *yes*, I do want to see him again, you happy?"
I just smiled.
So off we went. Once we arrived in Helena, Montana, John came to see Monnie in our room. He looked at me sitting on the bed.
Hey, how's it goin'?
Apparently, he didn't hear me. "Mon, how come you've got a stuffed animal on your bed?"
She looked at me. I winked at her. "He's mine. So, what do we know about Agent Mulder's disappearance so far?"
As they left to go meet the others, she looked at me again. I winked and she stuck her tongue out at me. You'd have to be 6 feet under not to feel the energy in this room.
A few days and many a strange tale later, they found him. Dead. Poor Monnie. Also, poor Agent Scully. Pregnant and now without her partner. (Monnie thinks they were more than just partners, and I'm inclined to agree with her.) Back to New Orleans we went.
Twice Monnie went back at John's asking. Once because she'd found a connection between a string of murders in N'Awlins and John's son's death (you can imagine how well THAT went over) and the second to stay. Agent Scully (hereafter known as Dana) and her baby were in trouble. Monnie took us to Democrat Hot Springs, Georgia where Dana gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who she named William. I didn't see him, but Monnie said he was the cutest thing ever.
So after the whole giving-birth-on-the-run fiasco, you'd think our work was done. Nope! With the birth of William, and Agent Mulder on the run, Dana decided to take a job at the FBI Academy. That left John without a partner. So he chose Monnie and promptly assigned her to the X-Files. (Surprise, surprise.)
No, I'm not bitter! A little jealous, maybe. She spends a LOT of time with him. I know it's because of her job, but still. I *do* go with her on their cases though!
Your bear: never leave home without one!
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One more chapter to go!
Disclaimer in pt1.
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Five years after we moved to Louisiana, Monnie gets a call out of the blue from John. Well, not so out of the blue-Monnie and John have been in touch for years and are very close friends now.
Let me also say that my Monnie has fallen hopelessly in love with him and has admitted it on several occasions. (Only to me, of course.) Whether he feels the same has been unclear.
Anyway, he calls her with a case. John had been assigned to a part of the FBI called the X-Files. One of the original agents-one Fox Mulder (Fox. [snicker] Poor guy.)-had disappeared and the team had been unable to find him so far. He'd suspected cultists (I guess all other explanations had run dry), so he called Monnie for her expertise.
"The X-Files, Bear! It's the perfect assignment for me! It's like, my dream job." Once again, we were packing.
And you're not at all excited about seeing your John again?
"He's not *my* John," she insisted. But she was blushing.
He's never been interested in anyone since you two met.
"I'm doing this as a favor to a friend and because I'm the best at what I do," she said defensively.
Uh, huh.
She sighed. "And *yes*, I do want to see him again, you happy?"
I just smiled.
So off we went. Once we arrived in Helena, Montana, John came to see Monnie in our room. He looked at me sitting on the bed.
Hey, how's it goin'?
Apparently, he didn't hear me. "Mon, how come you've got a stuffed animal on your bed?"
She looked at me. I winked at her. "He's mine. So, what do we know about Agent Mulder's disappearance so far?"
As they left to go meet the others, she looked at me again. I winked and she stuck her tongue out at me. You'd have to be 6 feet under not to feel the energy in this room.
A few days and many a strange tale later, they found him. Dead. Poor Monnie. Also, poor Agent Scully. Pregnant and now without her partner. (Monnie thinks they were more than just partners, and I'm inclined to agree with her.) Back to New Orleans we went.
Twice Monnie went back at John's asking. Once because she'd found a connection between a string of murders in N'Awlins and John's son's death (you can imagine how well THAT went over) and the second to stay. Agent Scully (hereafter known as Dana) and her baby were in trouble. Monnie took us to Democrat Hot Springs, Georgia where Dana gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who she named William. I didn't see him, but Monnie said he was the cutest thing ever.
So after the whole giving-birth-on-the-run fiasco, you'd think our work was done. Nope! With the birth of William, and Agent Mulder on the run, Dana decided to take a job at the FBI Academy. That left John without a partner. So he chose Monnie and promptly assigned her to the X-Files. (Surprise, surprise.)
No, I'm not bitter! A little jealous, maybe. She spends a LOT of time with him. I know it's because of her job, but still. I *do* go with her on their cases though!
Your bear: never leave home without one!
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One more chapter to go!