About 30 minutes later .
"Mulder? You think they're on to us?" John asked well closing the passenger side door and meeting Mulder near the hood of the car.
"I hope not, I told Scully that I was with the gunmen. I think she believed me, she sure as hell rushed me off the phone quick as hell."
"You've got the stuff?"
"Sure do. Damn! We are two good looking men."
"We're going to surprise the hell out of them."
They made it up to Monica's door and rang the bell.
Meanwhile inside
Scully had cleared away their empty bottles and half eaten pizza. She plopped down on the sofa making herself comfortable while Monica straighten up the kitchen. There was the door bell followed by a knock at the door. She gracefully got up to answer it after looking through the peephole, she noticed that both Mulder and John were standing out there looking patient as ever. Monica joined her almost immediately.
"Hi guys!" Monica exclaimed while Scully ushered them in while both took note of their wardrobe. Mulder in a black suit with a dark blue dress shirt and John in a dark grew suit with a black dress shirt..
"These, are for you ladies." Mulder spoke pulling a rose from behind his back and handing it to Scully, while John did the same to Monica.
"Wow, they come bearing gifts, this is different. Did you guys come together?" Scully accused playfully while pointing her flower at them.
"You did arrive at the same time looking rather, posh. Even for you John." Monica wrapped her arm around John's and proceeded to pulled him into the living room, but he held her back. She looked a little startled at his sudden revolve.
"No Monica, where going out tonight."
"Out? Where too?
"Yea, Mulder you even combed your hair, what gives?" He only smiled at her and pulled her slightly toward him.
"Seek and he shall find, Scully" He whispered into her ear. She gave him a quizzical look before motioning to her clothing.
"So, we're suppose to go out looking like this, while you two look as if you stepped out of GQ and People magazine? We aren't even dressed!" Mulder just gave her smile, chuckling at her sudden change in demeanor.
"You went shopping today didn't you? Wear something that you brought? We'll wait." Both men walked into the living room content on waiting for them to get ready.
"Hmm, Mulder, this is getting really spooky." He didn't say anything, hr merely took a seat on the chair arm and raised his eye brows.
45 minutes later.
Both women were able to take quick showers and were putting on their finishing touches in Monica's bedroom. Because Scully had planned on spending the night at Monica's she had a lot of her toiletries there. She stood in front of the mirror admiring her new black dress, it was sleeveless and fitted from top to bottom, accentuating her every curve stopping just below her knee. The back was cut low and left nothing to the imagination while the front left everything to the imagination.
Monica on the other hand, had chosen to wear the exactly opposite. Her dress was black also, except it was long and flowed at the bottom. The front was cut low and was held up by two thin spaghetti straps.
"I'm so glad you talked me into getting this dress Monica, I'm sure a certain somebody is going to enjoy it more than I." She smoothed her hands down the front.
"It does feels nice to finally be able to wear something other than tailor suits. I'd say we clean up pretty well don't cha' think? She taped her friend on the shoulder for emphasis." They both smiled and slipped into their respective black heels, grabbed their bags and proceeded out the door.
Mean while in the living room Mulder and John were both engrossed in the Sport Center highlights.
"I hope they like what we've planed." John spoke feeling a little self-conscious about what was planned for the evening festivities. He wasn't use to being this out there with Monica..
"I should be the one nervous not you. We look great, and we came bearing gifts, everything else will just be perks. Besides they adore us as much as we adore them, as much as we hate to admit it. You're always telling me to be a normal guy for once, well here is my chance Dog-Man."
"Don't call me that, or I'll have to resort to calling you Spooky." Mulder waved his hands up in surrender.
"Hey, I wonder how long they'll be? They don't usually take this long when we're out on a case."
"Well probably because this is not a case, you never know with women…" As soon as the words left his mouth the door to Monica's bedroom open and out walked Scully and Monica. Both men rose to their full stature, slowly taking in the sight of their affection.
"Wow…I mean...wow…you two look great." Mulder mumbled before closing his mouth again and letting his eyes roam up and down Scully's body.
"Took the words right out of my mouth." John retorted walking around the sofa to get a better look at Monica. "You look terrific Mon." He spoke to her before giving her a slight kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks John." She hugged him briefly before pulling and giving him a beaming smile.
"So, where are we headed?" Scully asked slipping her arm around Mulder's and clasping his hand.
"You'll see. It's a surprises" He said bending his head down the whispering in her ear making her giggle a little, before guiding her toward the door.. John wrapped his arm around Monica's waist and the four left her apartment ready and willing to experience a night on the town. Opting to take one car, they pile into Mulder's car and head for the city.
"So come on guys, what give? Seriously?" Scully asked looking over at Mulder and turning slightly to view John.
"Yea, I'm a little worried, the way you too are acting…" John cut her off with a pat to her knee.
"You two should sit back and relax." John spoke up moving his hand to cover hers.
"Yea, Scully I'm actually going to try and be pretty normal tonight, you know like when we were in Hollywood."
"That doesn't give me much hope Mulder. You were spooky in Hollywood too, as I remember." She raised her skeptical eye at him with a wistfully smile planted across her lips.
"Hollywood? What happen in Hollywood?" Monica asked from the back seat. Mulder looked over at Scully to confirm that it was already to tell them about one 'Hollywood A.D'.
"Well Skinner allowed one of his old buddies to follow us around to make his movie."
"To make a long story short, Mulder got jealous and left the premiere and I had to go find him, but not after having a lengthy discussion with Skinner."
"Jealous was something I was not Scully. Don't paint the picture wrong tell the truth" He turned to her. "And what exactly did you tell Skinner to make him give us the Bureau Card?"
"I didn't have to say much, he saw how you run out Mulder, I guess he figured you felt some kind of way about him, well not him, but Skinner in the moving, having a thing for me, well not me but movie me. He practically shoved it in my hand before sliding into his limo with his 'date'."
"Wait, someone made a movie about you guys?" Monica asked chuckling to herself.
"Loosely about us, Monica, so don't go spreading any rumors. The movie tanked, which I still don't know whether to be offended or thankful." Mulder cooked his head to the side pondering for a moment.
"Why is that?" John inquired.
"Well because it can mean one of two things. Either that our lives are so overly boring and uninteresting that even Hollywood could do it justice, or our lives are so totally realistic that nobody gave a damn."
"Which one do you pick, Dana?" Asked Monica.
"Neither, because the movie was so far off the mark that it really didn't represent our real life in anyway shape or form. I think Mulder just has an ego problem."
"Hey! I resent that Scully."
"So what did you two do with the Bureau credit card? I hope something 'realistically' fun."
"MONICA!" Scully recoiled to her friend's line of questioning.
"What? It can't be anything less interesting than what happen in Arcadia Fa…"
"You told her about Arcadia Falls?" Mulder was now the one recoiling at Scully.
"Or could it?" She smirked until she caught Scully's evil eye glaze and quickly stopped.
"Well, yea sort of, she was just asking some question about goings on in our relationships and I needed an example…" She bite her lip and gave him her pity face hoping he wouldn't ask anymore of it, it failed.
"An example of what?"
"Mulder, let's not get into this right no…"
"No Scully, let's, what did you tell her? No, no, Monica what did Scully tell you?" He looked as her through the rearview mirror.
"Well…it wasn't anything bad." She looked over at John who was looking at her the same way Mulder was glancing back at her in the rearview mirror.
"What did you need to know about relationships Mon?" John broke in.
"Come on guys, it was just some girl talk, it was nothing bad. Can't we just talk about something else. Like where we're headed?"
"Nope, not until you two spill the beans."
"Alright, fine I'll answer their questions Dana."
"Monica, you don't have to really…" Monica cut her off before she could finish.
"I asked Dana, when did she know."
"What? When did she know what?" Mulder and John asked in unison.
"That's all she asked and I simply replied that I couldn't really pinpoint when but I started to realize that you might feel the same way around Arcadia Falls. Does that answer you question?" Scully folded her arms across her chest and fixed him with a glaze. Mulder began to blush and stepped on the gas a little harder.
"Why did you ask her that?" John asked softly. Monica spun her head quickly to look at him. He had a look of utter bewilderment and confusion across his face.
"You really don't know why I would ask her that?"
"Well, kind of maybe, I don't know Mon, we don't really discuss things like that."
"Well, maybe we should start." With that she turned her head and looked out the window. The car remained freakishly quiet for the reminder of the trip until they arrived at an upscale restaurant a few blocks down from Dupont Circle. Mulder found parking not to far from the place and they all got out. Scully and Monica walked together while Mulder and Doggett stayed back.
"We really screwed up, Mulder"
"Well, at least they didn't demand that we take them home, so there's still hope."
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