True Emotions
Ch.6
Night Sky
"Mulder what the hell are we doing out here?" Scully said as she held herself tightly, her warm breath making clouds around her face in the cold evening air.
"You'll see Scully... just come on." Mulder said coaxingly.
"No Mulder! We just spent twelve hours flying out to nowhere Ontario, three hours driving out to the middle of this freezing hell, and another four miles trudging through this snowstorm to God knows where for who knows what! I'm tired and I can't feel any of my limbs!" Scully said angrily as she shivered.
Mulder grabbed her gloved hand and pulled her a little bit, "I'm telling you it's just a few minutes more."
"That's what you said and hour ago Mulder!" she said pulling her hand from him.
"Do you want to turn back now?" Mulder asked her already knowing the answer.
Scully looked back at the snowy forest trail behind them and then looked back at him, "Mulder if I wasn't frozen stiff I would seriously kick you in the balls for doing this to me!"
"Whoa! Down girl, no need to get violent." he laughed.
"Mulder how can you be joking I'm seriously going to get frostbite! What the hell could be so interesting or important?!"
"You've been saying you wanted a break from all the crap we do all the time!" Mulder said as he pulled her along.
"When I said I wanted a break I meant a vacation, not that I want to freeze to death in a God forsaken wasteland!"
Mulder ignored her as he pulled her along but Scully just continued to complain, "What could it possibly be this time Mulder? Flying pigs? No! Wait let me guess, man eating tomatoes! Or even better the abominable snow man!!"
"Scully..." Mulder said as he suddenly stopped and looked into her eyes, "You're no fun when your cold. You get all bitchy!"
"What?! I am not bitchy!" Scully said insulted as they continued.
"You are too!"
"I am not!"
"Well let me correct myself you act like a little pissy girl."
"I do not!"
"Just listen to yourself Scully!" he said as he continued to pull her along in the snow.
Scully was silent for a moment. Then she decided to change the subject, "So where the hell are you taking me?"
"You'll see." He said with a youthful smile.
"Muld—"she said but stopped as they stepped out of the forest and into a huge open meadow. Up in the northern sky was a colorful array of lights dancing above the large snow covered mountains. Scully's breath was taken from her as she looked around the meadow.
One long curved river gurgled past the rocks as it swept down the mountain and between the now snowy, grassy hills. About a dozen deer could be spotted in what was left of the fading light about a two hundred feet away. The sweet, tall pine's gave only added to the lushes smell of the scene.
"Muld..." she tried again. She looked at him with the greatest look of utter surprise he had ever seen. As she did she saw something that she didn't before. Right behind him, to the east side of the meadow was a small log cabin, with smoke rising from the chimney.
"Mulder? What exactly...." She looked at him again "...is this?"
"A friend of mine lives here, he asked if I could watch the place while he was gone over the weekend. This whole meadow is his property and he gets a lot of hunters out here, so he has to chase them off, he said if I had some friends we could hang out there for a while." Mulder paused for a moment as he began to nervously scratch the back of his head "Well you know me...I don't have that many friends."
Scully looked at him suspiciously, "This is a little short notice Mulder...you didn't exactly give me much choice!"
He laughed, "Um actually I did that on purpose."
"What?! Mulder I can't believe you would do this to me!"
"Hey calm down Scully!" he said putting his hands up. "He left one of his truck's and it's only four miles to the next town—"
"Then why the hell did we walk!"
Mulder's smile disappeared as his plans blew up in his face. "I just... wanted to see the look on your face."
Scully began to clam down. "Mulder that's sweet, but what did you expect me to do? Just say sure I'll sleep with you!"
"NO WAY!" Mulder yelled "It's a three bedroom cabin Scully. I just figured this would be a big change from the 'city life.'"
Scully paused for a moment as a smile spread over her face. She looked around at the beautiful scenery. "I can't believe you'd do all this for me..."
"Well..." Mulder admitted with a laugh "Skinner thinks we're on an assignment and this excursion's kind of being funded by the government!"
"What?!" Scully laughed.
"Well anyway, I don't know about you but I'm frozen stiff. Shall we go inside?"
"I don't think I could move if I tried." Scully said still rubbing her arms.
Suddenly Mulder grabbed her hand and dragged her towards the cabin. "Come on Scully...he even made a fire for us!"
* * * * *
Within an hour they had warmed themselves and were standing in the doorway drinking hot coffee looking out into the night sky outside. Scully was wrapped up in a large wool blanket and Mulder was in his coat.
Scully suddenly looked at him and said, "Mulder, you're so crazy!"
Mulder leaned down to whisper something in her ear but all of a sudden a loud howl came from the woods outside. The sudden noise nearly scared Scully to death as she grabbed a hold of him.
"It's only a wolf..." Mulder said as he laid a hand on her head.
Scully smiled as she pulled away, "Silly me. So what were you saying?"
Mulder pretended to think for a second, "Well you said I was crazy...then I leaned in to whisper something...and then you jumped when the wolf howled."
"Yes...but what were you going to say?" Scully asked eagerly.
Mulder put his arms around her and pulled her close. Scully tried to resist for a second as she asked "What are you doing Mulder?!"
He put his mouth only inches from her ear and whispered, "I may be crazy, but I'm crazy about you."
"Mulder!" she said pushing away "We can't do this!"
"What do you mean?! Five days ago you said you loved me."
"That's just the thing! I can't concentrate! I can't stop looking at you! We never should have come here! I keep wanting to do things...Mulder I can't do this anymore!" Scully said frustrated.
Mulder paused for a minute and starred into her eyes then he pulled out some car keys from his pocket. "Here you go Scully. Just head down the road, you'll reach town in about twenty minutes. I'll see you at work on Monday, and don't worry I won't bother you again... we'll just forget the whole thing." He turned away with a sorrowful look, "I'll go to town in the morning and call Skinner and tell them there was no case."
"Mulder..." Scully said regretfully.
"No Scully...I can live with whatever way you feel...if you don't want it to be like this I'll back off. I never should have forced you into this."
* * * * *
Mulder was sitting in the plush chair in front of the fire staring into space when there came knock on the door not even twenty minutes later. Mulder got up lazily and answered it.
Scully stood outside in the freezing night air, tears frozen on her face "Mulder you didn't force me into anything....The truth is I want to be here with you...I'm just scared...scared of what may happen....The truth is that I love how you distract me, I love how you're all I can think of."
By the end of this there were even more tears on her face. Mulder simply pulled her into his arms and stroked her head. "Come inside before you freeze to death." He finally said.
Scully looked up into his big beautiful eyes and whispered, "I'm crazy about you Mulder." She then continued to pull on his shirt so that his face was nearly touching hers, and she kissed him.
Mulder could barely keep back his joyful laughter as he kissed her back. Then he said, "Don't you ever do that to me again, you hear me?"
"We'll neither of us are going anywhere for a while..." Scully said with a laugh.
"Why?!" Mulder asked surprised.
"I crashed the truck!"
They both laughed as they went inside and closed the door.
Ch.6
Night Sky
"Mulder what the hell are we doing out here?" Scully said as she held herself tightly, her warm breath making clouds around her face in the cold evening air.
"You'll see Scully... just come on." Mulder said coaxingly.
"No Mulder! We just spent twelve hours flying out to nowhere Ontario, three hours driving out to the middle of this freezing hell, and another four miles trudging through this snowstorm to God knows where for who knows what! I'm tired and I can't feel any of my limbs!" Scully said angrily as she shivered.
Mulder grabbed her gloved hand and pulled her a little bit, "I'm telling you it's just a few minutes more."
"That's what you said and hour ago Mulder!" she said pulling her hand from him.
"Do you want to turn back now?" Mulder asked her already knowing the answer.
Scully looked back at the snowy forest trail behind them and then looked back at him, "Mulder if I wasn't frozen stiff I would seriously kick you in the balls for doing this to me!"
"Whoa! Down girl, no need to get violent." he laughed.
"Mulder how can you be joking I'm seriously going to get frostbite! What the hell could be so interesting or important?!"
"You've been saying you wanted a break from all the crap we do all the time!" Mulder said as he pulled her along.
"When I said I wanted a break I meant a vacation, not that I want to freeze to death in a God forsaken wasteland!"
Mulder ignored her as he pulled her along but Scully just continued to complain, "What could it possibly be this time Mulder? Flying pigs? No! Wait let me guess, man eating tomatoes! Or even better the abominable snow man!!"
"Scully..." Mulder said as he suddenly stopped and looked into her eyes, "You're no fun when your cold. You get all bitchy!"
"What?! I am not bitchy!" Scully said insulted as they continued.
"You are too!"
"I am not!"
"Well let me correct myself you act like a little pissy girl."
"I do not!"
"Just listen to yourself Scully!" he said as he continued to pull her along in the snow.
Scully was silent for a moment. Then she decided to change the subject, "So where the hell are you taking me?"
"You'll see." He said with a youthful smile.
"Muld—"she said but stopped as they stepped out of the forest and into a huge open meadow. Up in the northern sky was a colorful array of lights dancing above the large snow covered mountains. Scully's breath was taken from her as she looked around the meadow.
One long curved river gurgled past the rocks as it swept down the mountain and between the now snowy, grassy hills. About a dozen deer could be spotted in what was left of the fading light about a two hundred feet away. The sweet, tall pine's gave only added to the lushes smell of the scene.
"Muld..." she tried again. She looked at him with the greatest look of utter surprise he had ever seen. As she did she saw something that she didn't before. Right behind him, to the east side of the meadow was a small log cabin, with smoke rising from the chimney.
"Mulder? What exactly...." She looked at him again "...is this?"
"A friend of mine lives here, he asked if I could watch the place while he was gone over the weekend. This whole meadow is his property and he gets a lot of hunters out here, so he has to chase them off, he said if I had some friends we could hang out there for a while." Mulder paused for a moment as he began to nervously scratch the back of his head "Well you know me...I don't have that many friends."
Scully looked at him suspiciously, "This is a little short notice Mulder...you didn't exactly give me much choice!"
He laughed, "Um actually I did that on purpose."
"What?! Mulder I can't believe you would do this to me!"
"Hey calm down Scully!" he said putting his hands up. "He left one of his truck's and it's only four miles to the next town—"
"Then why the hell did we walk!"
Mulder's smile disappeared as his plans blew up in his face. "I just... wanted to see the look on your face."
Scully began to clam down. "Mulder that's sweet, but what did you expect me to do? Just say sure I'll sleep with you!"
"NO WAY!" Mulder yelled "It's a three bedroom cabin Scully. I just figured this would be a big change from the 'city life.'"
Scully paused for a moment as a smile spread over her face. She looked around at the beautiful scenery. "I can't believe you'd do all this for me..."
"Well..." Mulder admitted with a laugh "Skinner thinks we're on an assignment and this excursion's kind of being funded by the government!"
"What?!" Scully laughed.
"Well anyway, I don't know about you but I'm frozen stiff. Shall we go inside?"
"I don't think I could move if I tried." Scully said still rubbing her arms.
Suddenly Mulder grabbed her hand and dragged her towards the cabin. "Come on Scully...he even made a fire for us!"
* * * * *
Within an hour they had warmed themselves and were standing in the doorway drinking hot coffee looking out into the night sky outside. Scully was wrapped up in a large wool blanket and Mulder was in his coat.
Scully suddenly looked at him and said, "Mulder, you're so crazy!"
Mulder leaned down to whisper something in her ear but all of a sudden a loud howl came from the woods outside. The sudden noise nearly scared Scully to death as she grabbed a hold of him.
"It's only a wolf..." Mulder said as he laid a hand on her head.
Scully smiled as she pulled away, "Silly me. So what were you saying?"
Mulder pretended to think for a second, "Well you said I was crazy...then I leaned in to whisper something...and then you jumped when the wolf howled."
"Yes...but what were you going to say?" Scully asked eagerly.
Mulder put his arms around her and pulled her close. Scully tried to resist for a second as she asked "What are you doing Mulder?!"
He put his mouth only inches from her ear and whispered, "I may be crazy, but I'm crazy about you."
"Mulder!" she said pushing away "We can't do this!"
"What do you mean?! Five days ago you said you loved me."
"That's just the thing! I can't concentrate! I can't stop looking at you! We never should have come here! I keep wanting to do things...Mulder I can't do this anymore!" Scully said frustrated.
Mulder paused for a minute and starred into her eyes then he pulled out some car keys from his pocket. "Here you go Scully. Just head down the road, you'll reach town in about twenty minutes. I'll see you at work on Monday, and don't worry I won't bother you again... we'll just forget the whole thing." He turned away with a sorrowful look, "I'll go to town in the morning and call Skinner and tell them there was no case."
"Mulder..." Scully said regretfully.
"No Scully...I can live with whatever way you feel...if you don't want it to be like this I'll back off. I never should have forced you into this."
* * * * *
Mulder was sitting in the plush chair in front of the fire staring into space when there came knock on the door not even twenty minutes later. Mulder got up lazily and answered it.
Scully stood outside in the freezing night air, tears frozen on her face "Mulder you didn't force me into anything....The truth is I want to be here with you...I'm just scared...scared of what may happen....The truth is that I love how you distract me, I love how you're all I can think of."
By the end of this there were even more tears on her face. Mulder simply pulled her into his arms and stroked her head. "Come inside before you freeze to death." He finally said.
Scully looked up into his big beautiful eyes and whispered, "I'm crazy about you Mulder." She then continued to pull on his shirt so that his face was nearly touching hers, and she kissed him.
Mulder could barely keep back his joyful laughter as he kissed her back. Then he said, "Don't you ever do that to me again, you hear me?"
"We'll neither of us are going anywhere for a while..." Scully said with a laugh.
"Why?!" Mulder asked surprised.
"I crashed the truck!"
They both laughed as they went inside and closed the door.
