Part 18
Scully parks her car and approaches the bank. She shivers as she remembers the holdup that took place last year. Bernard had been strapped with dynamite and somehow Mulder had figured out about the dynamite and how Bernard's girlfriend was a factor in the situation.
She stands in line and finally she is at a teller window. "I need to get into um.. my deposit box", she says.
"Box number?", asks the teller.
"Ah..number 117", says Scully reading the number off the key.
"Sign here please and I'll need an ID", says the teller handing Scully a clipboard. Scully signs and hands it back with her driver's license.
"I just need to compare signatures. I'll be right back", says the teller. Three minutes later she is back. "Okay, you are all set", she says. "Come with me."
Scully follows the teller to the caged vault where all of the boxes are. She frowns when she can't recall ever signing a signature card. "That sneak", she thinks to herself. "I bet he forged my name."
The teller stops and inserts a key into a box and asks Scully to insert the other. She turns the two keys and hands the box to Scully. She then points to a private room that she can examine the contents.
Once in the room she closes the door and stares at the box sitting on the table. She feels like she is invading Mulder's privacy, but it is a life or death situation. She takes a deep breath and flips open the lid. Inside she finds birth certificates, deeds and wills. The top will being Mulder's. She tosses it aside as if the very paper it is printed on has burned her. She continues to scan the contents of the box. Mulder's mothers jewelry lies in a large, black square box and lastly she finds what she has been looking for: an unlabeled CD. "He's going to be furious with me", she thinks to herself as she stuffs the CD into her purse.
She replaces everything in the box and is about to close it when she notices a small, black velvet square box hidden in the corner. She can't resist looking in it. As she opens its a small folded piece of paper falls out onto the table. She picks up the paper and unfolds it as she looks into the black box for the first time. Inside is a lovely one carot diamond ring with a smaller amethyst on each side. She looks at the note and begins to read:
My Dearest Scully,
As you are reading this note I am most likely dead. I don't know if I would ever have the chance to give this to you I don't even know if you would except such a gift from me, but I want you to have it now. I once made the joke that maybe we should be picking out china patterns and today on 2/7/98 I took the plunge and bought this ring. You are in Maine on vacation and all I can do is think about when you are coming home. I actually just got off the phone with you and popped the question, but you once again didn't take me seriously. Did you ever get that broomstick Scully?
(Scully notices that more was added at a later date.)
2/23/99
A lot has happened during the last few months. I've gotten up the nerve to tell you I love you, but you didn't believe me. I got a chance to fulfill a wild fantasy of mine, being married to you, but I would hope that we wouldn't live at the Falls of Arcadia. More recently I got insanely jealous of Phillip Padgett. Then he gave me hope when he told us that you were in love with another. But then I thought, what if it its not me?
Tonight I've got something special planned for your birthday. Maybe we'll hit a few balls at the field - if you come. I just left a message on your machine. I'll have this ring in my pocket, I want to give it to you, but maybe I won't have the nerve to do it.
Don't hate me if I never give this to you Scully. Your safety is more important to me than my happiness. Whether I said it in life it matters little now, but in death - always know that you will forever be in my heart - Mrs. Spooky.
All my love,
M-
P.S. I knew you were the one from the very beginning, but never say that we didn't grow old together. Remember, we will always have Norway.
Scully starts to cry and removes the ring from the box. She unlatches her cross necklace and puts the ring on the chain. She puts the necklace back on and pulls the ring up. She gives it a kiss. She returns the rest of the things to the box and returns it to the teller. She then returns to headquarters.
Scully parks her car and approaches the bank. She shivers as she remembers the holdup that took place last year. Bernard had been strapped with dynamite and somehow Mulder had figured out about the dynamite and how Bernard's girlfriend was a factor in the situation.
She stands in line and finally she is at a teller window. "I need to get into um.. my deposit box", she says.
"Box number?", asks the teller.
"Ah..number 117", says Scully reading the number off the key.
"Sign here please and I'll need an ID", says the teller handing Scully a clipboard. Scully signs and hands it back with her driver's license.
"I just need to compare signatures. I'll be right back", says the teller. Three minutes later she is back. "Okay, you are all set", she says. "Come with me."
Scully follows the teller to the caged vault where all of the boxes are. She frowns when she can't recall ever signing a signature card. "That sneak", she thinks to herself. "I bet he forged my name."
The teller stops and inserts a key into a box and asks Scully to insert the other. She turns the two keys and hands the box to Scully. She then points to a private room that she can examine the contents.
Once in the room she closes the door and stares at the box sitting on the table. She feels like she is invading Mulder's privacy, but it is a life or death situation. She takes a deep breath and flips open the lid. Inside she finds birth certificates, deeds and wills. The top will being Mulder's. She tosses it aside as if the very paper it is printed on has burned her. She continues to scan the contents of the box. Mulder's mothers jewelry lies in a large, black square box and lastly she finds what she has been looking for: an unlabeled CD. "He's going to be furious with me", she thinks to herself as she stuffs the CD into her purse.
She replaces everything in the box and is about to close it when she notices a small, black velvet square box hidden in the corner. She can't resist looking in it. As she opens its a small folded piece of paper falls out onto the table. She picks up the paper and unfolds it as she looks into the black box for the first time. Inside is a lovely one carot diamond ring with a smaller amethyst on each side. She looks at the note and begins to read:
My Dearest Scully,
As you are reading this note I am most likely dead. I don't know if I would ever have the chance to give this to you I don't even know if you would except such a gift from me, but I want you to have it now. I once made the joke that maybe we should be picking out china patterns and today on 2/7/98 I took the plunge and bought this ring. You are in Maine on vacation and all I can do is think about when you are coming home. I actually just got off the phone with you and popped the question, but you once again didn't take me seriously. Did you ever get that broomstick Scully?
(Scully notices that more was added at a later date.)
2/23/99
A lot has happened during the last few months. I've gotten up the nerve to tell you I love you, but you didn't believe me. I got a chance to fulfill a wild fantasy of mine, being married to you, but I would hope that we wouldn't live at the Falls of Arcadia. More recently I got insanely jealous of Phillip Padgett. Then he gave me hope when he told us that you were in love with another. But then I thought, what if it its not me?
Tonight I've got something special planned for your birthday. Maybe we'll hit a few balls at the field - if you come. I just left a message on your machine. I'll have this ring in my pocket, I want to give it to you, but maybe I won't have the nerve to do it.
Don't hate me if I never give this to you Scully. Your safety is more important to me than my happiness. Whether I said it in life it matters little now, but in death - always know that you will forever be in my heart - Mrs. Spooky.
All my love,
M-
P.S. I knew you were the one from the very beginning, but never say that we didn't grow old together. Remember, we will always have Norway.
Scully starts to cry and removes the ring from the box. She unlatches her cross necklace and puts the ring on the chain. She puts the necklace back on and pulls the ring up. She gives it a kiss. She returns the rest of the things to the box and returns it to the teller. She then returns to headquarters.