Title: The Lost and Forgotten

Authors: Shadow's Echo (also known as Cindy from CindyandSandy)

Rating: PG-13 (some swearing!)

Disclaimer: I don't own Mulder, Scully, or any of that happy crap…but I do own Amelia and other such characters. Yadda yadda yadda. We've been over this, have we not?

Chapter 10 – Fears and Realizations

It took Amelia a moment to realize who the small shaking body was. Libby looked smaller than normal, and so afraid. She didn't even look at Amelia as she walked over to her and knelt to meet her gaze.

"Libby? Where did you go? I picked up your Reading and Math homework for you," Amelia said, hoping to get an answer. Libby said nothing so Amelia got Libby's homework out of her bag and placed it in Libby's lap. "Here. Lyla says you can have a couple days to get that done, but Mrs. Leevey says that Math must be done by tomorrow." Libby nodded slightly then sat the homework beside her. Then suddenly she spoke.

"I want to go home."

"But Libby, you can't. You have to stay here. You don't even know where your parents are."

"But they still pay for me to go here," she said, looking up, her eyes getting big. "They know. The school knows where they are. They can take me home. Then I can get outta here! I have to go!" she said, near screaming. She suddenly stopped. She stared blankly behind Amelia, but when Amelia started to turn to see what she was looking at, Libby let out the loudest scream. Mrs. Leevey and another teacher burst into the room and ran to Libby, shoving Amelia out of the way. Amelia glanced toward the door and saw a young boy watching. She looked quickly at screaming Libby and back to the boy, but he was gone. The nurse soon arrived and rushed the still shrieking Libby out of the room and to the sick room. Amelia was alone. Lyla had come to console her and told her she could stay out of her classes for the rest of the day is she wished. She had told her Libby wouldn't be back for a while, but she would be okay. Amelia knew she was lying. So she sat there, looking out the window, afraid. Afraid the same would happen to her, but she didn't know why.

After talking to various students and teachers all day and finding nothing, Scully was exhausted. Mulder looked like her could've conquered and army, but she convinced him that they needed to return to the hotel, order some pizza, and rest. At the thought of food he agreed and drove back to the hotel. He held the door open for her as they walked in, and she collapsed on the bed. Mulder jumped in beside her and clicked on the TV. She gave him a questioning look, as if to ask why he was in her bed, but let it go. He quickly sat up, took off his jacket and tie, rolled up his sleeves, and sat his gun on the table. He grabbed the phone and dialed a pizza place number he had looked up. While the phone was ringing he smiled and winked at Scully. It was still amazing to her how he could get so excited about pizza. He ordered and hung up.

"30 minutes," he said. Scully looked around him to glance at the clock. He smiled at her. "Can't wait that long?"

"Yes. I'm fine, thank you."

"Well, good. But I can't wait that long."

"Watch TV."

"Boring."

"Well, what else is there to do, Mulder? You don't have that many options. Go look over your case. Be obsessed with your job like you always are."

"Is that what you think of me?" he asked, quite seriously. She didn't know what to say. She always assumed that that's all he had and that he dedicated himself to it. Work was his life.

"Mulder, you live to work. That's all you do."

"That is not so," he said, laughing slightly.

"It is so. Mulder, work—"

"—is all I have? That's not true. I've got more that that."

"And what is that?"

"I have a friend. A good friend that sticks with me no matter how ridiculous I sound or how crazy I am."

"And who could that be?" she said sarcastically.

"Whippin' out the sarcasm, are we? Just not like you, Scully," he laughed. She smiled.

A/N: I updated AGAIN! I am becoming the master of updating...although I don't know when the next will be...but for my one fan, Rach, well, I will try hard to get the next chapter up soon, I promise. R&R! IT'S A LOVELY THING!