Scully's POV:

A week later:

Im sitting in my office shifting through some old files when the telephone rings, since Dogett has gone for some more coffee I pick it up, hoping to God that its not Kersh. That man is such an ass. "Scully." I sigh into the receiver.

"Agent Scully, its AD Kersh, I have some information, is Agent Dogett there?"

"No sir, he left a couple of minutes ago, he'll be back soon though."

"Well, when he gets back I would like you too to come up to my office."

"Ok sir, when he gets here we'll come."

"Goodbye Agent."

"Goodbye sir." I say as I hang up the phone, what does he want now?

Minutes later Dogett walks holding two cups of coffee he hands me one and I give him a small smile but then it turns to a grimace when I start talking, "Kersh wants to see us."

"About what?"

"Didn't say. But I told him that we'd go up there as soon as you got back, so we should get going now."

He grunts in response, puts his coffee down on the desk and walks out the door, I trail behind. The elevator ride is silent and when we enter the office Kersh's secretary tells us that he's waiting. We walk into the office and when we do I notice Dogetts mood lighten but he's still very serious. I then notice the dark haired women sitting in a chair in front of Kersh's desk.

For a few seconds im a bit oblivious to who the women is, but after sitting down in the chair next to her and intense thinking I realize, it was a bit naïve of me not to understand right away. Its obvious this women is Monica Reyes. Why else would we be here? Why else would I have seen Dogett smile momentarily? And I have seen a photo of her, guess my mind was just experiencing a momentary lapse.

Kersh gives us that unnerving glare for a few minutes before speaking. "Agent Scully, Dogett, this is Special Agent Monica Reyes," he looks at Dogett, "as you know Agent Mulder will being working on the X-files once more next week. We contemplated exactly how to handle this situation and decided to bring Agent Reyes in as your partner, Agent Dogett." He looks at me and then continues, "We'll be extending the basement office--"

"Excuse me sir, but how?" I ask.

He chuckles to himself for a second before answering me, "Were moving the Janitors closet up a floor, we'll be knocking down the wall between the two rooms to make it larger."

I feel my eyebrows raise, "Sir, the janitors closet? That cant be very big."

"Well, Agent. Actually it is. There are only 2 janitors closets in this building, the one in the basement being the largest. 12X12."

I nod and he continues.

"So for the next two days there will be work being done on the office, and you Agents will have time off. This will not affect your vacation days, but you cannot come to work. On Thursday Agent Reyes will be joining you and then Monday Agent Mulder will. 3 new desks will be provided by the bureau, your dismissed, but instead of going back to working im giving you the rest of the day off."

"Yes sir." Dogett says getting up from his chair. We walk out the room and Agent Reyes stays behind. We go back down to the office to gather our things and before we leave Agent Reyes walks in. She smiles looking around the cluttered office and turns to me, "Its nice to meet you Agent Scully. I've heard many things about you and Agent Mulder."

"I hope you don't believe them all."

"I tend to dismiss gossip Agent Scully. When it comes to hearsay I believe what I see."

"Well, hopefully that's not the case with everything."

Dogett grunts and smiles, "Oh no Scully, Monica is almost as 'spooky' as you and Mulder are, I'll give her that much."

I note that he used her first name but shake the thought and turn back to her. She smiles at Dogett and looks at me.

"What John is saying is that when it comes to the paranormal im open-minded. I don't think that that dubs me spooky, or Agents Scully and Mulder for that matter."

He throws his hands up in defense, "Hey, I didn't give them those nicknames. That was before my Agent days."

"Sure then." She looks at me, "I wont hold you any longer Agent Scully."

"Please drop the Agent, just Scully."

"Ok, then, Scully. I'll let you get home. It was really nice to meet you, im looking forward to working with you and Mulder."

"Hey, whata 'bout me?" Dogett calls from the corner.

"If I was looking forward to working with you I would have said so." She quips.

This is all very interesting to me, what kind of history do these two have with each other? I wonder.

"Well Reyes, it was nice to meet you as well. I'll see you both on Thursday."

They both nod and I turn to walk out the door, Dogett calls out to me and I turn around.

"What do you want me to do with the case we were working on?"

"File it, we'll get back to it on Thursday, it doesn't look to much like a X-file to me."

"Ok. Have a nice day."

As I walk out the door I hear the two left in the room start talking once again.

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Mulder's POV:

Still another week of solitude before I get to go back to work, wonderful, just wonderful. I'm starting to hate this damn apartment. And worse still I haven't seen Scully since Saturday night. She was with her mother all day yesterday, shopping, if im correct I think Charlie's wife was with them as well.

So, I went to see the Gunmen. Nothing very interesting in that, just some of their wacky theories, and their theories are much more 'spooky' than mine will ever be.

Right now im watching 'Silence of the Lambs', in this movie Jodi Foster reminds me of Scully, in more ways than one. They don't look much alike, except for hair and eye color. But in the way they carry themselves, around men in particular, they are very much alike.

The ringing phone takes me away from the movie, I don't bother pausing it because I know what's happening, and what's going to happen, so I just pick it up. "Yeah, Mulder." I say haphazardly into the phone.

"Mulder, its me. Im on my way over."

"Scully? What are you doing out of work? Its only…" I glance quickly at the TV clock, "1:21."

"I've got today and until Thursday off. I'll give the specifics when I arrive, im only about 5 minutes away at the moment. See you then."

"Yeah, I'll be here."

As promised 5 minutes later there's a soft knock at my door. I've long since shut off the movie and was waiting at the door for her so I open it immediately. She's just a bit shocked at how quickly I opened the door, the look on her face says so. "So Scully, care to tell me why you got vacation time?"

"Its not a vacation Mulder, it doesn't count as time off. We got some interesting information today though. Dogett and I were called to Kersh's office, it looks like Dogett will be staying on the files with us. And Special Agent Monica Reyes will be joining."

"Have you met her?"

"Yes, earlier today. She seems very nice but I can't be entirely sure. Dogett seems to trust her though, he knew her in New York. Im not exactly sure how much trust I can place in Dogett but for the past 3 months he's proven to be a good agent. So I trust his judgment. Care to find out how they're going to fit all four of us into that already cluttered office?"

"Yea, shoot."

"Well, they're moving the janitors closet and knocking out the wall, hints the 2 days off work. The janitors closet is pretty big from what Kersh said. And guess what."

"What?"

"They're giving me a desk. Actually were getting 3 new desks."

"Hmm."

"Something like that."

"So, when does this Reyes start?"

"Thursday."

"I still have to wait though." It was more of a statement than a question, I already knew the answer.

"Yes, you still have to wait. But look at the bright side, for the rest of today and until Thursday morning you got me. I'd say that's a good trade, don't you?"

"Very good trade indeed. What do you suppose we do for these next 2 and a half days."

She lifts her eyebrow, "I've got a few things in mind."

"Oh, do tell."

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Next day

Scully's POV

I awaken to Mulder's hands running through my hair, I look up at him with a smile and he returns the favor. "Morning, sleeping beauty. I thought you'd never wake up."

I stifle a yawn before answering, "What time is it?"

He looks over at the alarm clock, "Just a bit after 10. But then again I did keep you up way past your bedtime."

"Im not complaining." I get a thought, "Hey, how about we go out today. See a movie or something. It'd be fun to do something normal for a change, don't you think?"

"Normal? Yeah, that'd be fun…what movie do you want to see?"

I raise my eyebrow just a bit, "Signs is out. Im sure you'd like to see that?"

"Ok, then it's a date."

"Good. Get up, its time for a shower."

"Together? Or separate?"

A small smile creases my lips, "Together sounds good to me."

"My day just got better."

I just laugh and crawl out of the bed into the cold air of the apartment. "God Mulder, its freezing in here. Don't you ever use the heater?"

"With you here why should I need too?" He jokes getting out of the bed himself.

After the shower I dress in one of the outfits I've left at Mulder's. It's a maternity outfit, mom picked it out. A bright blue top and light kaki pants. Its really cute I must admit, most of the time mom doesn't do well when it comes to shopping. Always a first time for everything though.

I've called the movie theater, there's a showing for 'Signs' at 1:30. So after lunch were going to head to the cinema. Its just after 11 now.

"Scully, you ready to go?"

"Yeah, where we going for lunch?"

"I was thinking Italian. Sound good to you?"

"Sounds great. Lets get going then."

As we head out the door his hand finds its rightful spot on the small of my back. Im looking forward to the next two days.