Part 12
As Mulder takes his bath Scully packs her overnight bag and calls a cab. She opens up her briefcase to glance at a few files and realizes that she doesn't have the contact information.
"Mulder!? Mulder!?" She calls him through the door.
"Yes! What!?"
"Where is the contact information for the ball? Is it at your apartment or in your car?"
"Oh shit! Its on my desk in my office. I never took it home.", says Mulder opening up the door. He is toweling off his hair.
Scully just stares at him. He just looks so sexy standing there shirtless with his hair wet. She can't believe that after all this time he is actually all hers. She has to tear her eyes from him so she can speak normally. "Well, that leaves our plans in the dust. We'll have to go to work now. We've got to get that file. Our jobs and Skinner's depends on planning that ball."
She walks over to the bed to retrieve the jacket to her dress that she had tossed there earlier in the morning. I already called a cab, so I'll have to bring this with us." Just then they hear a horn honking outside. Scully gathers up her things and tosses Mulder his shirt. He puts it on without buttoning it and grabs up the few things he has. They leave the apartment and the cab takes them to Mulder's. Mulder picks up his newspaper from outside the door and they walk in. The apartment is completely ransacked. Even his fishtank has been smashed. The fish are lying dead on his floor.
"Oh Mulder.", says Scully coming up beside him. She puts her arm through his and lays her head against his shoulder. "I thought we were beyond this. Why? Could it be that case that you are working on regarding that Connecticut woman?"
"I don't know Scully. It doesn't make sense.", says Mulder staring at his overturned couch. He steps away from Scully and approaches his desk noticing his broken computer monitor lying on the floor for the first time. He glances under the desk and realizes that the hard drive to his computer is gone. He turns around to Scully with tears in his eyes. "I can't believe that I was this careless. Seven years. Seven years of being so cautious with our research. And in one night everything that I've gathered is gone." He motions to the desk. "My harddrive is gone."
Scully approaches him and takes his hand. "You backed it all up, right?"
"Of course. I have copies of all my files in a safety deposit box at my bank. You know the box. I gave you that key remember. If anything was to happen to me I would want you to go to that box immediately. Everything that we have learned is in that box and its the only copy, well besides what was on the harddrive. Now someone else knows what we know and thats not encouraging." He places his left hand on the back of his desk chair and stares out the window.
Scully is still holding his hand. "Mulder, nothing is going to happen to you. I don't want to hear that. Do you understand? We've been through so much. Disappearances, cancer, abduction and so many near death experiences that cats are even envious of us." She pulls Mulder so he is facing her. "We've been given second chances so many times and I don't want you jinxing it."
A tear rolls down her cheek that matches the tears that are in his eyes. He wraps his arms around Scully and pulls her to his chest. "You are the one Scully. The only one that ever believed in me and my work. You have been my other half for so long. But in reality you are my soulmate."
"And you're mine", says Scully openly weeping.
He pulls away and takes her chin in his hand and lowers his lips to hers. She kisses him back passionately. Too much time has gone by. She was learning that life was too short. This man, Fox Mulder was her life and her love. She deepens the kiss. Surprising herself and Mulder that she is being the aggressive one. Mulder takes his hands from her face and drops them to her waist. She wraps her arms around his neck and running her hands through his hair.
"Hmm Scully?"
"Yes?", she mumbles as she starts to claw his back.
"Do we have time for this?", he asks as he moves away from her lips and starts to nuzzle her neck.
"Yes, I think we do", says Scully leaning back slightly. She grabs a hold of his shirt and pulls popping a couple of buttons.
"Thats what I've been waiting to hear", says Mulder. He scoops up Scully in his arms and carries her to his bedroom setting her down on his bed and lying down beside her.
Just then the phone rings and the agents let the machine pick it up.
"Agent Mulder! Its 10 AM! Where the hell are you and Agent Scully? I am really pissed off right now! I need that damn report. Call me within fifteen minutes!". Skinner hangs up.
As Mulder takes his bath Scully packs her overnight bag and calls a cab. She opens up her briefcase to glance at a few files and realizes that she doesn't have the contact information.
"Mulder!? Mulder!?" She calls him through the door.
"Yes! What!?"
"Where is the contact information for the ball? Is it at your apartment or in your car?"
"Oh shit! Its on my desk in my office. I never took it home.", says Mulder opening up the door. He is toweling off his hair.
Scully just stares at him. He just looks so sexy standing there shirtless with his hair wet. She can't believe that after all this time he is actually all hers. She has to tear her eyes from him so she can speak normally. "Well, that leaves our plans in the dust. We'll have to go to work now. We've got to get that file. Our jobs and Skinner's depends on planning that ball."
She walks over to the bed to retrieve the jacket to her dress that she had tossed there earlier in the morning. I already called a cab, so I'll have to bring this with us." Just then they hear a horn honking outside. Scully gathers up her things and tosses Mulder his shirt. He puts it on without buttoning it and grabs up the few things he has. They leave the apartment and the cab takes them to Mulder's. Mulder picks up his newspaper from outside the door and they walk in. The apartment is completely ransacked. Even his fishtank has been smashed. The fish are lying dead on his floor.
"Oh Mulder.", says Scully coming up beside him. She puts her arm through his and lays her head against his shoulder. "I thought we were beyond this. Why? Could it be that case that you are working on regarding that Connecticut woman?"
"I don't know Scully. It doesn't make sense.", says Mulder staring at his overturned couch. He steps away from Scully and approaches his desk noticing his broken computer monitor lying on the floor for the first time. He glances under the desk and realizes that the hard drive to his computer is gone. He turns around to Scully with tears in his eyes. "I can't believe that I was this careless. Seven years. Seven years of being so cautious with our research. And in one night everything that I've gathered is gone." He motions to the desk. "My harddrive is gone."
Scully approaches him and takes his hand. "You backed it all up, right?"
"Of course. I have copies of all my files in a safety deposit box at my bank. You know the box. I gave you that key remember. If anything was to happen to me I would want you to go to that box immediately. Everything that we have learned is in that box and its the only copy, well besides what was on the harddrive. Now someone else knows what we know and thats not encouraging." He places his left hand on the back of his desk chair and stares out the window.
Scully is still holding his hand. "Mulder, nothing is going to happen to you. I don't want to hear that. Do you understand? We've been through so much. Disappearances, cancer, abduction and so many near death experiences that cats are even envious of us." She pulls Mulder so he is facing her. "We've been given second chances so many times and I don't want you jinxing it."
A tear rolls down her cheek that matches the tears that are in his eyes. He wraps his arms around Scully and pulls her to his chest. "You are the one Scully. The only one that ever believed in me and my work. You have been my other half for so long. But in reality you are my soulmate."
"And you're mine", says Scully openly weeping.
He pulls away and takes her chin in his hand and lowers his lips to hers. She kisses him back passionately. Too much time has gone by. She was learning that life was too short. This man, Fox Mulder was her life and her love. She deepens the kiss. Surprising herself and Mulder that she is being the aggressive one. Mulder takes his hands from her face and drops them to her waist. She wraps her arms around his neck and running her hands through his hair.
"Hmm Scully?"
"Yes?", she mumbles as she starts to claw his back.
"Do we have time for this?", he asks as he moves away from her lips and starts to nuzzle her neck.
"Yes, I think we do", says Scully leaning back slightly. She grabs a hold of his shirt and pulls popping a couple of buttons.
"Thats what I've been waiting to hear", says Mulder. He scoops up Scully in his arms and carries her to his bedroom setting her down on his bed and lying down beside her.
Just then the phone rings and the agents let the machine pick it up.
"Agent Mulder! Its 10 AM! Where the hell are you and Agent Scully? I am really pissed off right now! I need that damn report. Call me within fifteen minutes!". Skinner hangs up.