A/N: I'm so sorry this has taken so long for me to upload another chapter!

I hope this lives up to any anticipation you guy's might have had.

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-K

Chapter 4

Scully could feel her anger growing as she made her way across town to Skinner's home. She slammed the car door shut after pulling into a parking spot in front of his place.

As she marched up the sidewalk to his door, she practiced and prepared herself to let him have it for giving her necklace to Mulder. Getting to the door she was about to use the key she had, but decided she wanted to pound on his door instead.

She gave it three good pounds, making her hand sore from the force, then paused for a second or two before pounding again.

She was about to pound for a third time when the door suddenly opened and she had to recoil her hands before punching him in the face.

"What the hell, Dana!?" Skinner asked concerned. "Is something wrong?"

Scully pushed past him and walked into his place. "Yeah, I would say so!" She yelled back. She tossed her purse on the couch as she turned to face him.

For a moment her anger wavered as she liked at him starring at her with some much concern and… something she refused to admit she saw, showing in his eyes.

"Why the hell did you give that to Mulder?" She yelled trying to pull her anger back up. "How could you? Did you do it just to hurt me?" Scully rambled off one accusation after another without so much as a breath in between, and not even letting Skinner answer before throwing another one at him.

Skinner starred at a clearly pissed off Scully standing in his living room yelling and rambling. She spoke so fast he could barely understand what she was saying.

"Dana, calm down-" The moment he said the words he regretted them as her eyes snapped fire at him.

Never tell a woman 'calm down'. Never tell a woman 'calm down'. Never tell a woman 'calm down'. He started mentality chanting to himself.

"Calm down? Calm down!?" She yelled as she walked up to him.

Skinner couldn't help but admire that even though with her short stature she barely came up to his chest, she could still hold her own.

"I'm sorry, but what are you talking about?" Skinner asked generally as he reached out to touch her gently. "What's wrong?"

Scully tried to turn and brush him off, in hopes of keeping her anger fired up, but Skinner held her a little tighter not letting her move until she spoke. His genuine concern for her reminded her how she ended up in bed with him in the first place. She started to lower her head feeling her anger falling and leaving her deflated and a little embarrassed for the way she was acting, but Skinner lifted her chin with one finger to make her look at him.

"So are you going to tell me what got you so upset with me?"

Scully took a deep breath as she felt her anger start to rise again.

"My necklace."

Skinner starred at her confused, then took a sharp breath in when he realized what she was talking about, and went out for her so pissed off at him.

"Oh.." He said, starting to take a step back, but this time it was Scully that kept them from moving apart. She looked up at him and Skinner sighed. "I'm sorry. He wasn't supposed to open it." He said trying to explain, "you know, that's kind of rude to open someone else's packages."

Scully laughed a little, "If he knew it was private he wouldn't have."

"Well I could very well have told him it was private or he would have gotten suspicious."

Scully walked over and slumped into his couch. Skinner just walked her for a moment before he went over and joined her.

"I'm really sorry Dana. I didn't plan on him taking it. I just wanted to leave it so you could have it back, but he caught me, and took it saying he was going see you later."

"No, no. I'm sorry." Scully said laying her head back on the back of the couch and closing her eyes. "I shouldn't have come over here all passed off and went off on you. I should have known you would have done that on purpose."

Skinner just watched her for a few moments, soaking up the fact that she was here, with him, so close he could touch her. He had missed her so much the past few months. He tried to get a hold off his feelings but his hand reached out to her before he realized what he was doing. He brushed a stay hair off her face and tucked it behind her ear, and then just let his hand ready on the side of her face.

Scully turned towards him at the touch and let her face rest in the palm of his hand. She gave him a small smile that made Skinner's heart skip a beat.

He knew he should stop whatever was making but he couldn't make himself stop from hoping she might be coming back to him.

Scully could see what Skinner was trying to hide, but it was written all over his face. She hated herself with content she felt with him again.

Great Dana, have one fight with the man of your dreams and go running back to the sweet, safe guy to feel cared about again! She scolded herself.

They say staying at each other for what felt like forever, but what Scully figured was only about five or so minutes.

"I should go." Scully said softly.

Skinner tried to smile at her but it didn't reach his eyes. He stood up with her and walked her to the door.

What they got to the door Scully reached up on her tipy-toes and gave him a quick kiss. It might have been the quickest kiss she ever gave him, but it was enough to break down all the walls and barriers he had been trying to build up. When she turned to walk out the door he finally said what he had been feeling these past few months. Three words that did much more than they literally said.

"I miss you."

Out came out as almost a whisper, with the end barely audible, but she heard. He knew she did by the way she froze with her back to him and her hand on the doorknob, and by the way her head slowly fell down.

Skinner watched her, waiting for a response. For a moment he thought he saw her turn and his heart was jumping for joy.

She's going to stay! Oh shit what happens now? His mind was reaching with all the possibilities, when he finally saw her make up her mind.

She lifted her head, opened the door and walked out.

Out of his life.

Again.