I was bored while I wrote this so if it makes no since, I'm terribly sorry

I don't own the x-files or the song "single" by Natasha Bedengfield. I'm borrowing then for a while…

Scully was getting tired of all the losers her mother and brother kept setting her up with. They all had some kind of military background, and even though she loved her family she was far from becoming like them. She didn't want to be a military wife and have to move around all the time, doing that through out her lifetime was enough. She was done with men. Not forever but for a while.

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"Hey scully I have a question for you, and it's a serious question so answer it truthfully okay?" Mulder said as he walked up behind scully and laid his hands on her shoulders.

Scully looked up, "okay Mulder I'm listening."

"Would you rather stay single for the rest of your life or get married?"

Scully's mind was yelling at her, get married; have a family get out of this dungeon. But her heart said something different. Single. You run your own life, you're in control. She sat there thinking about what she would do but was brought back into the world when Mulder cleared his throat.

"I would have to say single. If I got married then there is no telling what I might miss. Like if I had married Johnny Dieppe right after high school I wouldn't have met you Mulder."

"You were gunna get married?" Mulder asked out of sheer disbelief.

Scully nodded and continued on with her work.

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Later that night…scully's apartment.

Why did I tell him single? I wanted a family but I don't want a family. Mulder has me hooked with his quest and I don't feel the need to want to be anywhere else but with him.

My life has evolved around him for the past six years and I just cant leave. Its as though he has me in a hypnotic state, in which he controls my thoughts and emotions.

She was rudely pulled from her thoughts by the phone. She let the machine pick it up.

"Dana its mom. Do you remember Buddy Turner? Well he is single and looking for someone and I mentioned you and he wants to see you some time so call me when you get this honey. I love you."

Great another man. I wont do it. If I go out on another date its gunna be with whom I want it to be with. And that was that.

After watching t for two hours she got up and turned on the radio. She flipped through until she heard a very nice beat.

Ah yeah that's right
All you single people out there
This is for you

I'm not waitin' around for a man to save me
(Cos I'm happy where I am)
Don't depend on a guy to validate me
(No no)
I don't need to be anyone's baby
(Is that so hard to understand?)
No I don't need another half to make me whole

Make your move if you want doesn't mean I will or won't
I'm free to make my mind up you either got it or you don't

Chorus:
This is my current single status
My declaration of independence
There's no way I'm tradin' places
Right now a star's in the ascendant

I'm single
(Right now)
That's how I wanna be
I'm single
(Right now)
That's how I wanna be

Ah yeah Uh Huh that's right

Don't need to be on somebody's arm to look good
(I like who I am)
I'm not saying I don't wanna fall in love 'cos I would
I'm not gonna get hooked up just 'cos you say I should
(Can't romance on demand)
I'm gonna wait so I'm sorry if you misunderstood

Chorus

Everything in it's right time everything in it's right place
I know I'll settle down one day
But 'til then I like it this way it's my way
Eh I like it this way

Make your move if you want doesn't mean I will or won't
I'm free to make my mind up you either got it or you don't
'Til then I'm single

This is my current single status
My declaration of independence
There's no way I'm tradin' places
Right now a star's in the ascendant.

As soon as it was over scully got on the computer and looked up the song. She fell in love with it; it described everything she wanted in her life. She couldn't get it out of her head. After finding the song she downloaded it to her desktop. Then downloaded it onto her new phone. She listened to it a total of three times before she decided to go to bed.

"Tomorrow is that start of a new life for this agent." With that she faded away into the land of dreams and desires.