"Scully?" He called somewhat quietly. She was no where in sight. "Here!" he heard a faint whisper. He looked around the room, "Scully?" he called again. "Right here!" she whispered frantically. Mulder looked into her glass of water, "Scully?"
"Mulder!" she said aloud. This time Mulder turned around with an eye brow raised, "Scully why are you hiding behind the couch?" Scully waved for him to come over and he bent down next to her.
"Mulder, there's a creature in your bathroom," Scully latched onto his arm in a frenzy.
"Excuse me?" he asked smiling at the fact that she was holding on to him so tightly, "what kind of creature?"
"It's got like fourteen legs, and thirty-four eyes! It's all hairy! You got to kill it Mulder," she said grabbing his collar roughly. Mulder let out a little laugh, "Scully, tell me the truth, is there a spider in my bathroom?" he asked.
Scully let go of him shaking her head in her own demise, "it's like nothing I've ever seen… it's a monster Mulder, a monster I tell you."
Mulder smiled and got up, "Where are you going!" Scully jumped up.
Mulder began walking again, "I'm going to go get it and take it outside."
"No!" Scully ran over to him and put her body in front of his, "you can't." Mulder let out another laugh then gently put his hands on her shoulders, "this is something I have to do, Scully. It's my job as an FBI agent. As an American."
He let go of her with a smile and she moved out of the way. He began to walk down the hallway and she grabbed onto the elastic on his boxers. He stopped and looked at her funny, she whispered, "I can't let you do this alone."
Mulder walked into the bathroom slowly, just to play with Scully. She looked around frantically, "Mulder! Mulder! There!" she shouted. Mulder turned his neck around to look at her again, she was still latched on him, he smiled, "I see it."
He grabbed a few pieces of toilet paper and scooped the little spider in it. Scully jumped as he turned to leave the bathroom. They got into the living room and she opened the door for him.
"Come on, Scully. I want you to see how harmless this spider is," He smiled. Scully grabbed onto his arm, the one without the spider, and shut the door behind her. They walked into the elevator and exited his apartment complex.
While they walked down the sidewalk they couldn't understand why people were looking at them funny and whistling. Scully shook off the people and continued to hold onto Mulder. He opened the paper and the tiny spider crawled out and into a bush.
"See? Harmless." Mulder smiled.
Scully nodded, "you're right. But still, that thing had like fourteen legs." Mulder shook his head and kissed her forehead, "one step at a time."
They were on their way back to the complex when Scully suddenly stopped. Mulder turned around with a frown, "what's wrong?"
Scully's mouth dropped open as she looked down at Mulder. He looked at himself then at her and his mouth also dropped open. "Mulder, tell me if this is correct, I'm wearing just boxers, and my shirt is all the way undone."
Mulder took in a deep breath, frozen, "that's correct. Am I only in boxers?" Scully nodded and suddenly they both darted back to his apartment. Scully stood behind Mulder as he put his key into the building slot. She put her butt against his, trying not to let anyone see how they were dressed.
"Come on Mulder, hurry up!" She called back to him. Mulder slowly turned around to face her. She turned to meet his gaze, and finally she just rolled her eyes, "you don't have the key."
"No pockets," he shrugged before Scully whacked him a few times on his arm.
TBC