Scully and Mulder entered the dance hall hand in hand. They looked around a little until they found Margie and her group. The table was just big enough for all of them.
The large group talked for awhile, Mulder agreed with Scully, they were really nice people.
"So are you two married?" Don asked. Scully just kept her smile, waiting for Mulder to answer.
"Well not yet," Mulder answered as platonically as he could.
"Oh, engaged?" Margie smiled. Scully smiled and nodded then looked at Mulder with a sour face. He smiled and kissed her nose softly.
"Tell them where we were married," Margie smiled, holding on to her husband's hand.
"We were married on the beach, we love the beach," Rick gleamed then kissed his wife on the cheek a couple times.
"I'm just here to network," Don informed.
Margie nodded, "Don's a filmmaker."
"What kind of camera do you have?" Mulder asked, not so sure why he even cared.
"Well my official movie camera is a , but the camera I brought with me is just a camcorder. Do you know cameras?" Don asked.
Mulder nodded, not having a clue what Don was talking about. Scully smiled as she walked two fingers up his chest, "he's a whiz with cameras."
Rick's eyes widened at Scully's comment, and Mulder looked at her with a shocking smile. The couples sat for awhile longer, eating and chatting when Margie stood up. Rick did the same. Don, Mulder and Scully watched the couple go off onto the dance floor.
Don whispered, "It's their song."
"Oh hunny, they have a song! See I told you we should have one!" Scully smirked.
Don interrupted, "Having a song is very important."
"We already have a song, sweetie" Mulder reminded her.
"We do?"
Mulder leaned in closely to her, he let his lips touch her ear softly, he knew it'd driver her crazy.
"Jeremiah
was a bullfrog, he was good friend of mine. I never understood a
single word he said but I helped him drink
his wine."
Slowly a smile crept on to Scully's face, "the chorus?" she reminded him like he had before.
"Joy to the world, to all the boys and girl, joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea…" Mulder found himself losing his words. He started noticing Scully's fragrance, her hair, her skin…
"Joy to you and me…" he managed to whisper before his voice went entirely out. Scully felt a wave of stimulation come over her and she pulled away from Mulder's ear, "I'll be right back," she said getting up quickly and leaving the hall.
Don looked over at Mulder who was in a complete daze, "marry her already."
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Scully stared at herself in the public bathroom. She didn't feel like walking all the way back to her room, and she was tired of walking by that stupid painting.
She frowned at herself now, trying to understand what was going on in her own head. She must have looked crazy to the woman that came in.
"Are you ok?" The woman asked concerned after she had used a stall. Scully looked over at the woman with the same frown, it was actually kind of a cute look, but Scully didn't feel cute at the moment.
"What do you see?" She asked the woman. The woman frowned back at her, "I see someone confused, surprised even, and maybe scared."
Scully took in a deep breath, "do you work for the FBI?"
"What? Me? No. I'm a psychiatrist." Scully nodded, "that makes sense."
"Can I help you with something?" the woman asked. Scully turned back to her again, "hypothetically, let's say your single," Scully began, and the woman looked discreetly at Scully's hand to see she didn't have a ring.
"And, you work with another psychiatrist who's very nice and you feel a very strong connection to," Scully stopped.
The woman folded her arms across her chest, "Continue." Scully took in a deep breath, "and you found yourself realizing that maybe, by some chance, not only have you fallen for him, but he's fallen for you. What would you do?"
The woman nodded to herself thinking, "I don't know what I'd do. What would you suggest I do, as a friend?"
Scully took in another deep breath and mumbled; "I'd tell you to go for it."
"What if meant my job or my co-worker's job?" The woman asked, guessing that was the issue.
"It wouldn't matter. You're job may be important, but you can find another. Someone like that, you'll never find again."
The woman smiled and put one hand softly on Dana's arm, "You're going to be fine. You know what you want, you just have to make the decision for when it's time. Good luck," the woman smiled then headed out of the restroom.
"Thank you!" Scully called to her, and the woman turned around, "for what?"
"For helping me," Scully shrugged.
"Sometimes we know exactly what we want, but we just need someone to listen and hear us out. Good luck."
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Mulder was still sitting at the table. Everyone had disappeared around him, he was the only one not dancing, so it seemed Finally a woman came up to him, just as Scully reappeared from the restroom. She watched with a smiled as Mulder pretty much ignored the woman. Finally, once the woman had walked away, Scully made her way toward him.
She walked up behind him, a smile starting to rupture, "If we don't dance they may think we're lying about being engaged." Mulder looked up with a smile and turned around to see Scully standing behind him.
He stood up, walked close to her, and very nicely said, "Dana, would you like to dance?"
"Well, I don't know," she teased, "this isn't our song…"
"You're right!" and with that he turned around and walked away. She frowned then smiled as he made his way to the stage. The song came to an end and a man spoke over the microphone, "Mr. Fox here would like to dedicate this song to his fiancé, Dana."
People on the dance floor backed away as Mulder came back to get Scully. He pulled her out onto the floor and he slid one of his hands around her waist, pulling her against him. She rested her head on his chest, and although the music was very upbeat they danced like it was slow.
People began coming back on the dance floor, people jumped around and swung, but Mulder and Scully continued to slowly move in each others arms.
"Muld- Fox," She corrected her self, pulling away a little so she could see his face.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks for dragging me on this ship. Even if had sunk, disappeared, gone into a time warp, blown up, hijacked, taken by pirates, abducted by aliens… even if any of that had happened, I'd still be happy that I'm here. With you."
Mulder smiled, "I'm happy too. You could be dancing with any guy tonight, any night, but you choose me." Scully bowed her head down with a smile, but Mulder lifted it back again by her chin.
She looked up into his eyes, seeing their past, their present and their future. He leaned toward her gracefully and carefully until his lips touched against her. It was a small kiss, a peck really, but that was all they could manage.
After Mulder pulled away she slid her arms inside his open jacket, feeling his warmth and cuddling against him.
What they'd both give to live their intimate moments over and over again.
TBC.
