9:25
Needless to say, I'm horrified. My mom, on a date, with Skinner.
I don't even want to think about if this is their first date or not.
"Well, let's get going." Charlie says, "We'll be late."
"They live next door Charlie." I point out, "We won't be THAT late. At most, we'll get there at 9:31."
He just shrugs, "ok. So, we'd still be late."
I roll my eyes at him and start out the door, everybody following. Mulder runs up to my side as we begin to walk next door, "Your mom and Skinner huh? Cute couple if you ask me." He says with amusement, I don't quite like the fact he's enjoying my discomfort.
I shoot him a look, "shut up Mulder."
He throws his hands up defensively, "What? I'm just stating my opinion. Since when is that not allowed."
"Since always Mulder. Especially when you think it's funny, and I am absolutely shocked, not to mention totally uncomfortable, every time I see Skinner, or my mother for that matter, I'll be reminded of the fact that they're dating." Ugh, not a pretty mental picture. Not at all.
He laughs, actually laughs! I could kill him! "It's not THAT bad Scully."
"Put yourself in my shoes Mulder. It is THAT bad. It's THAT bad and much, much worse."
We reach the front door of Michelle and Steven Nelson and I knock. About that time Charlie and Anne come up behind us on the porch and I look around to see where mom and Skinner are…they're walking a bit slower, close together, and mom's laughing at something. I shudder.
Mulder notices and looks behind us at them, then he turns back around and laughs.
I'm about to say something when Michelle answers the door, "Dana, Charlie." She says when she recognizes us, "It's been a while. And who are your guests?"
Charlie speaks up first, "This is my wife, Anne."
"And I'm Fox Mulder, Dana's partner."
Michelle furrows her brow for a moment.
"In the FBI." I add.
She nods, understanding. "Come in. Where's your mother?"
"Right here." She says coming up on the porch, her face flushed from laughter. I don't even what to know what could have been that funny. "Michelle this is Walter Skinner."
"My boss." I say under my breath, very quietly. The only one who hears is Mulder, he smiles. I could hit him. If I get more than two drinks into me I probably will.
"Well, come on in." She says moving aside to let us in.
I take one look around the house and am taken aback. "Oh, you're house is so beautiful." I say to Michelle.
"Yes, it is." She says, which quite confuses me. Most people say 'thank you', not 'yes, it is'. Oh, well. I guess that's the difference between rich people and simpletons.
She leads us into the room where the party is being held, and I'm surprised by how many people are here. And, by how big the room is…it looks bigger than my entire apartment. I'm so jealous. A slow song starts to play and Charlie and Anne go off to dance, then, Skinner and mom do as well. Much to my discomfort.
This, is going to be one hell of a long night. "Michelle…where are the drinks?"
~**~**~**~
11:24
Ok, so it hasn't been as long a night as I initially thought. It's gone quite quickly, surprisingly. I've done well in ignoring mom and Skinner, although I think I saw him kiss her once. I don't even want to think about that. I've danced a few times, a few of the single guys at the party have asked me, and in all truth, the sole reason I've accepted the offers is because the look that Mulder got when the first guy asked, and the second, and the third. And so on and so forth.
He's jealous.
Good. He should be. I'm glad. At least I'm getting a kick out of something.
Well, there is something else that's utterly hilarious. My brother is getting smashed. He says it's because Anne can't drink, so he has to drink for two. He's not too far gone yet, but he will be soon enough.
The song ends and I mummer a simple thank you to the guy who asked me to dance, um…his name is Chris I think. I'm not too sure. I go off to find Mulder, he's talking with Charlie, well. Charlie's more slurring, but nonetheless, they're having some sort of conversation. I think it's about baseball, but, I'm not entirely sure. It could be about basketball. It's basketball season, I think. Anne's standing next to Charlie, looking amused, by at the same time pretty pissed.
Charlie is the first to notice me, "Danes…how was your dance?"
"Fine Charlie. How's your drink?"
He doesn't notice the sarcasm, "Good. I think I shall go get another."
"I'm not too sure about that buddy," Mulder states, "You're pretty drunk as it is."
"Me? Drunk? No, never." He looks around, "Where's my wife?"
Anne rolls her eyes, "I'm standing right next to you Charlie."
He looks at her, "So you are." He looks back at Mulder, "You know, you should really ask her to dance."
"Who?" He says, confused.
"My sister you idiot." He grabs hold of Anne's arm and carries her off to dance. Leaving me stunned, and Mulder fidgeting.
I'm going to kill my brother.
Mulder looks down at his shoes, then back up at me, "You want to dance Scully?" He says nervously.
I smile slightly at his unease, "Yeah."
He takes my hand and leads me out to the dance floor, I notice my mom looking at me whilst dancing with Skinner, and smiling. She winks and goes back to dancing.
Ok, now I'm not as happy as before. Actually, I'm a bit depressed. But, one look at Mulder and I'm once again happy. I smile up at him and instantly forget that my mother and my boss are on a date, at the same party as I. He smiles back and my heart momentarily melts. But, I regain my composure, only to lose it again when he wraps his arms around my waist. I have to lock my knees to keep myself from falling. I wrap my arms up around his neck and we begin to dance to the song.
'I will never find a lover
Sweeter than you, sweeter than you
And I will never find another lover
More precious than you, more precious than you
Girl you are
Close to me just like my mother
Close to me just like my father
Close to me just like my sister
Close to me just like my brother
You are the only one my everything
And for you this song I sing'
Mulder leans in closer to me and beings to sing along with the song, my smile grows and I can't help but sing along as well.
'All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I thank God that I, that I finally found you
All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I hope that you feel the same way too
Yes, I pray that you do love me too'
Mulder pulls me closer and wraps his arms tighter around my waist, now instead of being a few inches apart there is no space in between us. I lean my head down on his chest and sigh happily, I have stopped singing but Mulder still is.
'Said I promised to never fall in love with a stranger,
You're all I'm thinking of
I praise the Lord above,
For sending me your love, I cherish every hug,
I really love you…'
Anne and Charlie are now dancing next to us, Anne smiles at me and Charlie stumbles from his being drunk, Anne smacks him on the back of the head and then looks back at me and raises her eyebrow. I roll my eyes, and sing to the chorus.
'All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I thank God that I, that I finally found you
All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I hope that you feel the same way too
Yes, I pray that you do love me too
You're all that I've ever known,
When you smile on your face all I see is a glow
You turned my life around,
You picked me up when I was down,
You're all that I've ever known,
When you smile your face glows,
You picked me up when I was down,
You're all that I've ever known,
When you smile your face glows,
You picked me up when I was down
And I hope that you feel the same way too,
Yes I pray that you do love me too
All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I thank God that I, that I finally found you
All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I hope that you feel the same way too
Yes, I pray that you do love me too'
When the song ends I reluctantly take my arms from around his neck, he pauses for a moment before removing his arms, and I instantly regret it. The look on Mulder face tells me that he does as well. I smile at him and look around, I spot mom, alone and figure that this is probably the only time I'll catch her alone. I excuse myself from Mulder and go over to talk with her.
"You two looked very content dancing out there." She says with a sly smile.
"Shut up mom."
She smiles evilly, "Yes dear, are you having a good time?"
"Not as good a time as Charlie is over there." I say motioning to Charlie drinking his, 6th beer. Yeah, I think it's the 6th. "You should have taught him drinking too much is bad for him." I smile.
"You know as well as I do when I talk to Charlie it goes in one ear and out the other."
I nod, "Why didn't you tell me that you and Skinner were dating?"
"Because it never came up. You never asked," she shrugs, "It just never seemed relevant."
"So you have dated before tonight?"
"Oh yes, for a while now."
I know my face drops, "For how long?"
She smiles, "4 months."
Ok, I think it's time for my second drink.
11:58
"Ok everybody," Steven announces, "2 minutes until 2000."
Mulder looks over at me and raises his eyebrows, "Moment of truth."
I laugh at his quip and shake my head. We watch as the ball prepares to drop.
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Everybody yells out.
Mulder looks over at me and smiles, before I know it he starts to inch closer. I hold my breath as Mulder's lips connect with mine. It's not a long kiss, but it's not short either. But, nonetheless, it's not a kiss shared between two friends. When we break apart I wish we hadn't, but I don't make a move to kiss him again. I'm not exactly sure why he kissed me yet.
"The world didn't end?" He jokes.
"No Mulder, the world didn't end." I say, holding his gaze.
He starts to inch closer to me again, but is abruptly stopped when a loud crash comes from the other side of the room. We both look towards the source of the noise. And although I try, the effort is to no avail, and I laugh outright.
My brother fell on his ass, ultimately taking a coat rack with him. So, he's sprawled out on the floor with a coat rack and numerous coats on top of him.
I may think this is funny, but Anne on the other hand is horrified. She's apologizing over and over again to Steven and Michelle, who are laughing to hard to even care, while trying to get Charlie up off of the floor. Her efforts are useless however, she cannot get him off of the floor.
I look back at Mulder, "Go help him." He nods and walks off. Mom must have said the same thing to Skinner because at the same time Mulder goes off so does he. I sigh and make my way over to where mom is standing. Her face is red from laughter. She calms herself down and smiles slyly at me. I'm guessing she saw the kiss. I'm starting to think that maybe God isn't the only one who is all knowing. My mom comes in a close second.
"Having a good time Dana?" She asks, an eyebrow raised.
"Shut up mom."
"What did I say? All I asked was if you're having a good time or not."
"It's more what was implied."
"Nothing was implied dear."
"Whatever." I look back to where Charlie was, Mulder and Skinner are helping him to his feet and Anne is walking in our direction in a fume.
"I can't not believe him! I swear I'm going to kill that man when he's sober."
"I think the headache is going to do it's part." Mom says with a laugh.
She looks at her evilly. "We're going to have to take him home." Mulder and Skinner reach us at that point, Charlie in between them. She glares at Charlie for a moment before shaking her head and walking away, ultimately going out the door.
Mulder looks at me confused, "What's going on?"
"We're taking him home." I say with a sigh. "Look's like the party's over."
"You two can stay Dana." Mom says.
"No, that's ok. We've been here for a while anyway. I'm starting to get tired, not to mention my feet hurt like hell. I'd say it's time to call it a night." I smile sadly at Mulder and then I too make my way out the door, but not after saying goodnight to Steven and Michelle. Everybody walks after me Mulder, Charlie, and Skinner going a bit slower than mom is. But, that's because Charlie's having a hard time walking as it is.
When I get home I tell the baby sitter she can go home, then go to my room and instantly take my hair down and change into a pair of cotton pajamas. I wash off my make up and run a brush through my hair. Then I head downstairs and sit next to Anne on the couch. She too has taken her dress and makeup off. She looks at me for a second before turning on the TV.
Mulder and Skinner come through the door with Charlie and set him down on the couch. Skinner asks where mom is and goes into the kitchen when I tell her that she is in there. Mulder sits next to me on the couch.
"Hey," Charlie announces, "You kissed my sister. I saw you kiss my sister. Mulder and Dana sitting in a tree k-I-s--"
"Charlie, shut up!" Anne directs at him.
I look over at Mulder who is at this point rolling with laughter, "Take him upstairs. I don't think she's too happy with him."
"You're damn straight I'm not. He got drunk for heavens sake." She huffs and changes the channel. Mulder nods and helps Charlie up to his and Anne's room.
"I am so pissed off at him right now."
I try not to laugh, "I would be too."
"Did Mulder really kiss you?"
I smile, "Yeah. When the ball dropped. I think he was going to kiss me again, but that's when Charlie fell. I think it kind of ruined the mood."
"More reasons for me to be mad at him." She grins, "So he kissed you. What are you going to do about it?"
I sigh, "Go to bed."
"Excuse me? Care to elaborate?"
"I'm tired. I'm going to go to bed."
She rolls her eyes, "Ok. Whatever. Go to bed then."
I get up off the couch, "Don't be to hard on Charlie will ya? He's my little brother, for some reason I'm fond of him."
"Yeah. For some reason I am as well." She laughs, "I think what mom said holds true, he'll be in too much pain tomorrow for me to yell at him. Maybe when the hangover ends I'll yell at him."
I smile and head upstairs, right before I'm about to go into my room Mulder comes out of Charlie's. "Thanks for helping him."
"No problem. I've been in his position enough times before."
"Tell me about it."
"Hey." He says defensively, "You're not supposed to agree."
"Sorry, I didn't know that."
He stands in front of me, "About before."
"What about it?"
"I never got to finish what I started."
"And that was?"
He takes a step closer to me and I take a step back, he takes another step, so do I, he takes yet another step and I can't because I'm pinned up against the door. I look up at him and can't decipher the look in his eyes. I've never really seen it before, or if I have it wasn't directed at me. He holds my face in hands and leans in close to me. When his face is right in front of mine he whispers, "This." And our lips connect again. The first kiss was nothing much, but this is anything but. I place my arms around his neck and close the very small gap that was between us. We stand there for awhile, before breaking apart for air.
For some reason unknown to me my knees decide to give way and I start to fall to the ground, Mulder's arms catch me however and he holds me up. "You alright Scully?"
I laugh at the strange feeling that washed over me, causing my knees to give way. I look him in the eyes, and smile widely. "I think you just won the game."
~**~**~**~
a/n: Yea, finally, MSR. I told you it would take awhile. Ok, so I hope you liked this chapter! Please, please, continue to review. And, I updated soon, I'll try to from now on. I'm not entirely sure how many more chapter's there will be, I'm thinking only one or two. Ah, oh well, thank you for reviewing! The more reviews I get the more motivated I am to update sooner.
Oh, and I don't own the song, it's by Kaci and JoJo.
~Brittany~
Needless to say, I'm horrified. My mom, on a date, with Skinner.
I don't even want to think about if this is their first date or not.
"Well, let's get going." Charlie says, "We'll be late."
"They live next door Charlie." I point out, "We won't be THAT late. At most, we'll get there at 9:31."
He just shrugs, "ok. So, we'd still be late."
I roll my eyes at him and start out the door, everybody following. Mulder runs up to my side as we begin to walk next door, "Your mom and Skinner huh? Cute couple if you ask me." He says with amusement, I don't quite like the fact he's enjoying my discomfort.
I shoot him a look, "shut up Mulder."
He throws his hands up defensively, "What? I'm just stating my opinion. Since when is that not allowed."
"Since always Mulder. Especially when you think it's funny, and I am absolutely shocked, not to mention totally uncomfortable, every time I see Skinner, or my mother for that matter, I'll be reminded of the fact that they're dating." Ugh, not a pretty mental picture. Not at all.
He laughs, actually laughs! I could kill him! "It's not THAT bad Scully."
"Put yourself in my shoes Mulder. It is THAT bad. It's THAT bad and much, much worse."
We reach the front door of Michelle and Steven Nelson and I knock. About that time Charlie and Anne come up behind us on the porch and I look around to see where mom and Skinner are…they're walking a bit slower, close together, and mom's laughing at something. I shudder.
Mulder notices and looks behind us at them, then he turns back around and laughs.
I'm about to say something when Michelle answers the door, "Dana, Charlie." She says when she recognizes us, "It's been a while. And who are your guests?"
Charlie speaks up first, "This is my wife, Anne."
"And I'm Fox Mulder, Dana's partner."
Michelle furrows her brow for a moment.
"In the FBI." I add.
She nods, understanding. "Come in. Where's your mother?"
"Right here." She says coming up on the porch, her face flushed from laughter. I don't even what to know what could have been that funny. "Michelle this is Walter Skinner."
"My boss." I say under my breath, very quietly. The only one who hears is Mulder, he smiles. I could hit him. If I get more than two drinks into me I probably will.
"Well, come on in." She says moving aside to let us in.
I take one look around the house and am taken aback. "Oh, you're house is so beautiful." I say to Michelle.
"Yes, it is." She says, which quite confuses me. Most people say 'thank you', not 'yes, it is'. Oh, well. I guess that's the difference between rich people and simpletons.
She leads us into the room where the party is being held, and I'm surprised by how many people are here. And, by how big the room is…it looks bigger than my entire apartment. I'm so jealous. A slow song starts to play and Charlie and Anne go off to dance, then, Skinner and mom do as well. Much to my discomfort.
This, is going to be one hell of a long night. "Michelle…where are the drinks?"
~**~**~**~
11:24
Ok, so it hasn't been as long a night as I initially thought. It's gone quite quickly, surprisingly. I've done well in ignoring mom and Skinner, although I think I saw him kiss her once. I don't even want to think about that. I've danced a few times, a few of the single guys at the party have asked me, and in all truth, the sole reason I've accepted the offers is because the look that Mulder got when the first guy asked, and the second, and the third. And so on and so forth.
He's jealous.
Good. He should be. I'm glad. At least I'm getting a kick out of something.
Well, there is something else that's utterly hilarious. My brother is getting smashed. He says it's because Anne can't drink, so he has to drink for two. He's not too far gone yet, but he will be soon enough.
The song ends and I mummer a simple thank you to the guy who asked me to dance, um…his name is Chris I think. I'm not too sure. I go off to find Mulder, he's talking with Charlie, well. Charlie's more slurring, but nonetheless, they're having some sort of conversation. I think it's about baseball, but, I'm not entirely sure. It could be about basketball. It's basketball season, I think. Anne's standing next to Charlie, looking amused, by at the same time pretty pissed.
Charlie is the first to notice me, "Danes…how was your dance?"
"Fine Charlie. How's your drink?"
He doesn't notice the sarcasm, "Good. I think I shall go get another."
"I'm not too sure about that buddy," Mulder states, "You're pretty drunk as it is."
"Me? Drunk? No, never." He looks around, "Where's my wife?"
Anne rolls her eyes, "I'm standing right next to you Charlie."
He looks at her, "So you are." He looks back at Mulder, "You know, you should really ask her to dance."
"Who?" He says, confused.
"My sister you idiot." He grabs hold of Anne's arm and carries her off to dance. Leaving me stunned, and Mulder fidgeting.
I'm going to kill my brother.
Mulder looks down at his shoes, then back up at me, "You want to dance Scully?" He says nervously.
I smile slightly at his unease, "Yeah."
He takes my hand and leads me out to the dance floor, I notice my mom looking at me whilst dancing with Skinner, and smiling. She winks and goes back to dancing.
Ok, now I'm not as happy as before. Actually, I'm a bit depressed. But, one look at Mulder and I'm once again happy. I smile up at him and instantly forget that my mother and my boss are on a date, at the same party as I. He smiles back and my heart momentarily melts. But, I regain my composure, only to lose it again when he wraps his arms around my waist. I have to lock my knees to keep myself from falling. I wrap my arms up around his neck and we begin to dance to the song.
'I will never find a lover
Sweeter than you, sweeter than you
And I will never find another lover
More precious than you, more precious than you
Girl you are
Close to me just like my mother
Close to me just like my father
Close to me just like my sister
Close to me just like my brother
You are the only one my everything
And for you this song I sing'
Mulder leans in closer to me and beings to sing along with the song, my smile grows and I can't help but sing along as well.
'All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I thank God that I, that I finally found you
All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I hope that you feel the same way too
Yes, I pray that you do love me too'
Mulder pulls me closer and wraps his arms tighter around my waist, now instead of being a few inches apart there is no space in between us. I lean my head down on his chest and sigh happily, I have stopped singing but Mulder still is.
'Said I promised to never fall in love with a stranger,
You're all I'm thinking of
I praise the Lord above,
For sending me your love, I cherish every hug,
I really love you…'
Anne and Charlie are now dancing next to us, Anne smiles at me and Charlie stumbles from his being drunk, Anne smacks him on the back of the head and then looks back at me and raises her eyebrow. I roll my eyes, and sing to the chorus.
'All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I thank God that I, that I finally found you
All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I hope that you feel the same way too
Yes, I pray that you do love me too
You're all that I've ever known,
When you smile on your face all I see is a glow
You turned my life around,
You picked me up when I was down,
You're all that I've ever known,
When you smile your face glows,
You picked me up when I was down,
You're all that I've ever known,
When you smile your face glows,
You picked me up when I was down
And I hope that you feel the same way too,
Yes I pray that you do love me too
All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I thank God that I, that I finally found you
All my life I prayed for someone like you
And I hope that you feel the same way too
Yes, I pray that you do love me too'
When the song ends I reluctantly take my arms from around his neck, he pauses for a moment before removing his arms, and I instantly regret it. The look on Mulder face tells me that he does as well. I smile at him and look around, I spot mom, alone and figure that this is probably the only time I'll catch her alone. I excuse myself from Mulder and go over to talk with her.
"You two looked very content dancing out there." She says with a sly smile.
"Shut up mom."
She smiles evilly, "Yes dear, are you having a good time?"
"Not as good a time as Charlie is over there." I say motioning to Charlie drinking his, 6th beer. Yeah, I think it's the 6th. "You should have taught him drinking too much is bad for him." I smile.
"You know as well as I do when I talk to Charlie it goes in one ear and out the other."
I nod, "Why didn't you tell me that you and Skinner were dating?"
"Because it never came up. You never asked," she shrugs, "It just never seemed relevant."
"So you have dated before tonight?"
"Oh yes, for a while now."
I know my face drops, "For how long?"
She smiles, "4 months."
Ok, I think it's time for my second drink.
11:58
"Ok everybody," Steven announces, "2 minutes until 2000."
Mulder looks over at me and raises his eyebrows, "Moment of truth."
I laugh at his quip and shake my head. We watch as the ball prepares to drop.
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Everybody yells out.
Mulder looks over at me and smiles, before I know it he starts to inch closer. I hold my breath as Mulder's lips connect with mine. It's not a long kiss, but it's not short either. But, nonetheless, it's not a kiss shared between two friends. When we break apart I wish we hadn't, but I don't make a move to kiss him again. I'm not exactly sure why he kissed me yet.
"The world didn't end?" He jokes.
"No Mulder, the world didn't end." I say, holding his gaze.
He starts to inch closer to me again, but is abruptly stopped when a loud crash comes from the other side of the room. We both look towards the source of the noise. And although I try, the effort is to no avail, and I laugh outright.
My brother fell on his ass, ultimately taking a coat rack with him. So, he's sprawled out on the floor with a coat rack and numerous coats on top of him.
I may think this is funny, but Anne on the other hand is horrified. She's apologizing over and over again to Steven and Michelle, who are laughing to hard to even care, while trying to get Charlie up off of the floor. Her efforts are useless however, she cannot get him off of the floor.
I look back at Mulder, "Go help him." He nods and walks off. Mom must have said the same thing to Skinner because at the same time Mulder goes off so does he. I sigh and make my way over to where mom is standing. Her face is red from laughter. She calms herself down and smiles slyly at me. I'm guessing she saw the kiss. I'm starting to think that maybe God isn't the only one who is all knowing. My mom comes in a close second.
"Having a good time Dana?" She asks, an eyebrow raised.
"Shut up mom."
"What did I say? All I asked was if you're having a good time or not."
"It's more what was implied."
"Nothing was implied dear."
"Whatever." I look back to where Charlie was, Mulder and Skinner are helping him to his feet and Anne is walking in our direction in a fume.
"I can't not believe him! I swear I'm going to kill that man when he's sober."
"I think the headache is going to do it's part." Mom says with a laugh.
She looks at her evilly. "We're going to have to take him home." Mulder and Skinner reach us at that point, Charlie in between them. She glares at Charlie for a moment before shaking her head and walking away, ultimately going out the door.
Mulder looks at me confused, "What's going on?"
"We're taking him home." I say with a sigh. "Look's like the party's over."
"You two can stay Dana." Mom says.
"No, that's ok. We've been here for a while anyway. I'm starting to get tired, not to mention my feet hurt like hell. I'd say it's time to call it a night." I smile sadly at Mulder and then I too make my way out the door, but not after saying goodnight to Steven and Michelle. Everybody walks after me Mulder, Charlie, and Skinner going a bit slower than mom is. But, that's because Charlie's having a hard time walking as it is.
When I get home I tell the baby sitter she can go home, then go to my room and instantly take my hair down and change into a pair of cotton pajamas. I wash off my make up and run a brush through my hair. Then I head downstairs and sit next to Anne on the couch. She too has taken her dress and makeup off. She looks at me for a second before turning on the TV.
Mulder and Skinner come through the door with Charlie and set him down on the couch. Skinner asks where mom is and goes into the kitchen when I tell her that she is in there. Mulder sits next to me on the couch.
"Hey," Charlie announces, "You kissed my sister. I saw you kiss my sister. Mulder and Dana sitting in a tree k-I-s--"
"Charlie, shut up!" Anne directs at him.
I look over at Mulder who is at this point rolling with laughter, "Take him upstairs. I don't think she's too happy with him."
"You're damn straight I'm not. He got drunk for heavens sake." She huffs and changes the channel. Mulder nods and helps Charlie up to his and Anne's room.
"I am so pissed off at him right now."
I try not to laugh, "I would be too."
"Did Mulder really kiss you?"
I smile, "Yeah. When the ball dropped. I think he was going to kiss me again, but that's when Charlie fell. I think it kind of ruined the mood."
"More reasons for me to be mad at him." She grins, "So he kissed you. What are you going to do about it?"
I sigh, "Go to bed."
"Excuse me? Care to elaborate?"
"I'm tired. I'm going to go to bed."
She rolls her eyes, "Ok. Whatever. Go to bed then."
I get up off the couch, "Don't be to hard on Charlie will ya? He's my little brother, for some reason I'm fond of him."
"Yeah. For some reason I am as well." She laughs, "I think what mom said holds true, he'll be in too much pain tomorrow for me to yell at him. Maybe when the hangover ends I'll yell at him."
I smile and head upstairs, right before I'm about to go into my room Mulder comes out of Charlie's. "Thanks for helping him."
"No problem. I've been in his position enough times before."
"Tell me about it."
"Hey." He says defensively, "You're not supposed to agree."
"Sorry, I didn't know that."
He stands in front of me, "About before."
"What about it?"
"I never got to finish what I started."
"And that was?"
He takes a step closer to me and I take a step back, he takes another step, so do I, he takes yet another step and I can't because I'm pinned up against the door. I look up at him and can't decipher the look in his eyes. I've never really seen it before, or if I have it wasn't directed at me. He holds my face in hands and leans in close to me. When his face is right in front of mine he whispers, "This." And our lips connect again. The first kiss was nothing much, but this is anything but. I place my arms around his neck and close the very small gap that was between us. We stand there for awhile, before breaking apart for air.
For some reason unknown to me my knees decide to give way and I start to fall to the ground, Mulder's arms catch me however and he holds me up. "You alright Scully?"
I laugh at the strange feeling that washed over me, causing my knees to give way. I look him in the eyes, and smile widely. "I think you just won the game."
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a/n: Yea, finally, MSR. I told you it would take awhile. Ok, so I hope you liked this chapter! Please, please, continue to review. And, I updated soon, I'll try to from now on. I'm not entirely sure how many more chapter's there will be, I'm thinking only one or two. Ah, oh well, thank you for reviewing! The more reviews I get the more motivated I am to update sooner.
Oh, and I don't own the song, it's by Kaci and JoJo.
~Brittany~
