True Emotions
Ch.2
Day-dreaming

Scully for one of the few times in her life was bored out of her mind. This came rarely to a woman of her intelligence. She often had busy work to do, or some autopsy for some case. In fact the cases were the things that made her life so interesting. Aliens, flying saucers, mysterious characters, contagious diseases and the threat of death usually filled every minute of her life with a rush of adrenaline.

But today for once it was a perfectly normal, if there really is such a thing, no-nonsense day. Scully could barely stand it. She looked up from her paper work to see Mulder spinning slightly in his chair behind his desk. He was staring at the pencils he had thrown into the ceiling. Scully stifled a laugh when one of them dropped on his head.

"Mulder what the hell are we doing here today?" Scully said frustrated.

Mulder jolted in his seat seemingly shocked when there was a sound in the room. It had been silent in the room for nearly half and hour. So silent in fact that the tick-tock of the clock on the wall was nearly giving him a headache. He just gave a long sigh and stood up and went to the filing cabinet.

"Mulder... this is the first time in nearly two years that we've had a spare minute. For once you haven't found a flying saucer, or a strange disappearance or even a talking a cow for us to chase around!" she ended with a laugh.

He smiled silently but still no response. He wasn't used to this at all. "Mulder what are we doing here? It's a gorgeous day, look at the sun shinning! I want to get the heck out of this basement and ... I don't know ... take a walk. Why are you so silent today?"

But Mulder didn't want to say anything because he knew nothing he could say could explain why he didn't want her to go. He himself wasn't quite sure exactly but this was the first time in a long while that they had spent alone together. He had actually found himself staring at her at times, but whenever she looked up he would look away, usually up at the ceiling. He felt very childish for it but he liked it when it made her laugh.

For a while Scully was happy that things had slowed down, that for once, for this week or so, she was leading a normal life. But this was just plain ridiculous! She was starting to get the distinct feeling that Mulder was keeping her here on purpose.

"Scully..." he started as he turned around to look at her.

"Yes?"

"It is a beautiful day!" he said "I can't expect to hold you in here all day."

Scully got suspicious when a smile spread across his face. "Mulder you know that Skinner's going to find some more paper work for me... and he wouldn't stand it if we ran out on him again." she said remembering Valentine's Day with a smile.

"Yeah." Mulder laughed. "But what he doesn't know won't hurt him."

Scully was shocked Mulder had been acting very strange lately. Ever since Valentine 's Day he had been acting really playful. This both scared and delighted her. But Scully couldn't resist his smile, or the chance of getting out of this room.

"Did you have anything planned for tonight?" Mulder asked.

"Mulder? What the...?" Scully said shocked, "Are you asking me out on a date, Mulder?"

"No..." he said with a smile, "But I heard about this talking cow in the park...I think we should investigate immediately."

Scully could barely hold back her laughter, "Mulder!.....Well I guess your right!"

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"Isn't it strange to actually have free time." Mulder said as they walked in the sunny park.

"Well technically we're playing hooky here Mulder." Scully said looking up at him with a smile.

"Well it's well deserved wouldn't you say? Besides it's a holiday."

"Great what holiday did I forget this time?" Scully said sarcastically.

"Scully!" Mulder said in an astonished voice when he stopped and looked directly at her "Have you forgotten that it's the first day of spring?!"

"It must be all the love in the air that is clogging my brain!" she said with surprising enthusiasm.

"Well maybe that's what's been making me want to do this..." Mulder said in a very different voice as he leaned down to her.

But surprisingly Scully was way ahead of him and she put her hand on his face and kissed his sweet lips. And so completely taken over by the spring's effects they shared a long and pleasant kiss.

"I love the spring." Scully whispered to him.

"I love you." Mulder said in response.