CHAPTER THREE

Author's Note: Finally! An update! Um…hope you enjoy and don't forget to review.

Three Days Later
Scully's Residence.

Scully opened her eyes and found herself lying in Hannah's arms! Her eyes went wide with surprise. What on earth happened last night. Scully's mind was foggy. She tried to remember what happened last night. She closed her eyes again the memories slowly returned….

Scully and Hannah saw each other regularly during the week. Hannah was starting to open up a bit more. Hannah told her about her family. Both of her parents were dead and had no siblings. They were in Scully's apartment and had just finished Chinese take-away and were now enjoying a bottle of red wine Hannah had brought over.

" So, what's the deal with you and Mulder?" Hannah asked Scully, her words starting to slur a bit. She was on her third glass and was feeling tipsy. She didn't care, the feeling felt good. It took her mind of things.

" What do you mean?" Scully asked.

"You've worked together for four years and you're not involved romantically?"

"Oh no, our relationship is plutonic." Scully replied.

"That's too bad, you two make a good couple."

Scully didn't answer. Instead she glanced at the clock and announced it was time for a snack. She asked if cheese and crackers were okay. Hannah nodded and Scully went to the kitchen to make them. A couple of minutes later she returned with a plate of crackers, cheese and pickles. The two women began chatting again and Scully's phone went off.

"Scully."

" It's me," Mulder.

" Where are you?" Scully asked him, even though she wasn't at all that interested.

" I'm meeting a contact," Mulder told her, " He said he saw two UFO's out in the field at the back of his house. It's the third time they've visited. He's afraid he'll be taken. What do you think Scully?"

Well, Scully certainly wasn't going to interrupt her evening for this, " It could be a hoax Mulder."

" Why don't I meet you at his house?"

" No Mulder."

" Why not?" Mulder sounded surprised at her refusal. Even though he knew she didn't really like wasting her time chasing flying saucers.

" Because I am busy Mulder. Unlike you, I want to have something that actually resembles a life."

" But-" Mulder started to protest.

" And I'm unable to drive anyway. So you will just have to alone and update me in the morning." Then she hung up on him.

" Another UFO case?" Hannah asked, amused and Scully nodded.

" We are actually on another case Skinner gave us, so Mulder is most likely going behind his back-again."

Hannah glanced at her watch, " it's almost eleven. I better go." She stood up and swayed slightly, " I think I should catch a taxi."

" You can stay here for the night." Scully offered.

Hannah nodded in agreement and sat back down, " Let's see what on TV." She grabbed the remote and clicked it on.

They started watching some B-grade horror movie when Hannah's eyes started to close. She battled to stay awake but sleep won...

Scully gently removed Hannah's arm from her waist and sat up. Her movements caused Hannah to stir.

" I'm never going to drink again." Hannah moaned, without opening her eyes.

" You can have a shower if you'd like." Scully said, " I'll put some coffee on. How do you take yours?"

" Black. And strong." Hannah stood and swayed slightly, " The whole room is spinning. How much did we drink?"

" A whole bottle." Scully picked it up, " There are clean towels in the bathroom."

Hannah nodded and disappeared into the bathroom. Scully walked into the kitchen where she found a second bottle of wine. They had apparently attempted to drink some of that too. Scully put it away in the fridge and her head began to pound. Never again! She vowed.

Scully arrived at the office to a quiet, brooding Mulder. He was pissed at her for abandoning him last night. Mulder had to learn that she needed a life outside of the office.

" We need to do something with the case Skinner gave us." Scully told him, " He's breathing down my neck about it."

Mulder scowled, " Why don't you go and do it? Investigating tax frauds is more your area."

That stung and Mulder knew it, " That isn't fair Mulder." Scully protested, " I was busy last night. I couldn't just drop everything to go chasing UFO's."

" You've done it in the past…so what made last night any different?" Mulder challenged her.

" I don't owe you any explanation."

" Actually, you do. We're meant to be partners Scully."

" For work only. You have no business with my private life." Scully pointed out crossly, " End of discussion. Let's just this case over with."

Hannah sat at home, with her laptop resting on her knees. It was mid-afternoon and she felt marginally better. Her hangover was slowly going away.

Since she was a freelancer, most days, she didn't need to go into work at all. She can send her articles to the editor via email. She was trying to finish an article but couldn't think properly. Her mind kept drifting back to this morning, when she woke up with Dana in her arms.

It felt comfortable…so right.

Oh My God, she thought, am I attracted to Dana Scully?