True Emotions
Ch.4
In a Heartbeat

"She answered my call when I was lost in the darkness, She was there for me when the tears were like my very blood, She was here and gone in a heartbeat.

"She was the one who made me whole, She was the one who kept me honest, She was the one my heart beat for.

"But she has slipped away, Her grip on me slipped with her fading breath, A silence came over her with the stopping of her heartbeat.

"In a moment the beauty of her eyes, In a second the life in her soul, In a heartbeat all she was, was gone.

"In a heartbeat my beloved was gone..." Mulder said with cold tears running down his face as he read the poem aloud. The group of mourners around him stood solemnly looking down at the coffin about to be put in the ground. Mulder's knees were weak as he bent down to put a single rose atop the coffin.

"Mulder..." a voice said behind him as they placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Why would she kill herself? It just doesn't make sense!" Mulder said as he grabbed the woman's hand on his shoulder meekly.

He turned around to see Scully crying slightly too, as well as a comforting smile on her face. "Mulder..." she said again as she gently put her arms around him, "I know it's hard to understand Mulder...but I just..."

Mulder only stepped away from her, nothing could comfort him from his sorrow. He turned around to look at the gravestone, it read "Dana Katherine Scully." Scully's image behind him faded as he looked back at her.

"Are you okay Mulder?" Skinner asked worriedly.

"I can still see her..." he said tears flowing down his cheeks "She standing there, watching me...she's smiling."

"You're not serious Mulder are you? Maybe you should get home, I'll drive you."

"NO!" Mulder suddenly said breaking down "Scully don't go!"

TO BE CONTINUED