Fox Hunt
Chapter 3
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"Scully, how long have you been here?" Mulder said as he walked in & was surprised to find Scully thumbing through the files he had given her. "I know that I'm right, something in me tells me that I' am." She said determinedly as she rubbed her forehead wearily. "You just can't find any proof, welcome to my world." Mulder said softly as he gently took the files from her hands. "Let me take you home so you can sleep on it, maybe it will help." "You always stay with it until you get what you're after." Scully said lightly as she allowed him to lead her out to her car. "That's the way I work, but you obviously aren't cut out for it." He replied as he helped her into the passenger seat, Scully knew he was right, & she was too tired to argue with him.
Scully started awake to find herself in her bed, covered up. Mulder smiled softly at her as he offered her a cup of hot tea. "I must have been so tired that I don't remember dragging myself up here." She said, more to herself then Mulder as she took a tentative sip of the steaming tea. "You don't remember, because I carried you." He replied, Scully could feel an involuntary flush rising in her face, fortunately, the dim lighting of the bedroom concealed it & Mulder was none the wiser.
"I've done some research of my own & your hunch was right." Mulder said as he sat on the edge of her bed & handed her a manila folder, she opened it & was shocked to see transcripts of adoption & parental rights termination papers. "Mulder, do you know what this means…" "That you were right." Mulder said, his face harboring a huge eager grin. "But… you didn't believe me at first…" She trailed off. "Look, you've gone with mine, regardless ofhow outlandish you thought they were, I saw this as an opportunity to repay the favor." He replied, Scully smiled warmly at him. "I was starting to think that my theory was too obtuse, even for you." "You're theories are a lot of things, Scully but 'obtuse' isn't one of them." He replied; then to his total surprise, Scully suddenly leaned forward & embraced him. "Thank you, Mulder." She whispered into his ear as he wrapped his arms around her.