CHAPTER FOUR

When they reached the Unremarkable House, neither was laughing anymore.

Mulder was nervous, he was worried about how she was going to react when she got there, they hadn't been in the house alone since.. since that day. And he couldn't even imagine what worries and thoughts were going through her head right now..

She stared at the house as they pulled up outside.

It was dark now and it was raining, it looked uninviting, she had to admit.

She turned to Mulder in the darkness and stared at him for a moment, as he looked up at the house as well. He was quiet.

She turned back to look out of the windshield and she could almost hear her heart beating in her ears, thud, thud, thud..

As she closed her eyes, the memories of her vision came back to her..

Mulder had been fighting for his life, and he had been beaten badly. There was blood from his face and his lip, the thug almost strangled him with a curtain by the window.. he was fighting someone very strong, it had scared her so much. She frowned a little and her lips parted anxiously, then she let out a small gasp as she remembered it all, the crashing of the furniture and violence. He had won, of course he had, but still it had made her so frightened..

"Scully?"

Mulder had gotten out of the car already as soon as he heard her heavy breathing and when he saw her eyes close. He ran around the car to her side and opened the door, and unbuckled her belt, ready to pick her up in his arms.

"Scully, can you hear me?" He asked her softly, moving his hands to rest around her waist gently. He was so scared that she was going to seize again or something, his heart was raging in his chest. She was sweating and her eyes were tightly shut, she was frowning and breathing fast..

"Scully?" He said firmly this time, reaching one hand off her waist to cup her cheek gently.

With that, she snapped out of it, and suddenly he saw her bright blue eyes open wide, so full of fear, and she immediately gasped again and launched herself towards him and wrapped her arms around his neck, clinging onto him tightly.

Mulder frowned heavily with worry and turned his head slightly into her long hair which ran all the way down her back now. He closed his eyes and sighed as he heard her make a small sound of sadness and fear, and he gently wrapped his arms around her and ran his hand up and down her back soothingly.

"Heeey now... what is it?" He asked her gently in his low voice as the rain plummeted down his jacket on his back. He didn't care.

"You were here and you were attacked Mulder! I saw it..." She cried out in a tight voice and then buried her face in his shoulder. He sighed again and shook his head, still soothing her with his large warm hands on her back.

"I'm here, I'm ok, I'm right here Scully, feel me." He soothed softly into her ear and hugged her tighter.

She let out another little pained sound, muffled into his jacket. He just held her and tried to get her to calm down.

"You need to relax honey, or you're gonna seize again. You have to relax and rest, I don't want you getting run down. It's all right, I'm going to take care of you." He said to her, the words just came out of his mouth, and he was calling her honey again. He had called her that in the hospital, for the first time in years, and now, here they were, back at their home and he was calling her honey, once again... "Let's get inside. It's wet out here. I'll carry you ok?" He told her, it was not a question. He was going to carry her as she was still so fragile.

She didn't refuse, she just nodded and was silent, which kind of made him happy, but he didn't show it as she was so upset and he was so worried about her. She just kept holding onto him and he gently lifted her out of the car, making her wrap her legs around his waist, as he wrapped his jacket around her as best as he could seeing as he was still wearing it and tried to shelter her as much as possible from the rain as he carried her up the steps and to the porch.

When they got to the top he reached for his key in his pocket and she pulled away a little to look at him.

Their faces were so close, he could feel her breath on his cheek.

He felt a little weak in the knees and was unable to look away from her beautiful blue eyes which were looking at his. He swallowed nervously and held her stare for a few seconds, and they were just quiet and they read each other, as they always did.

They didn't need words.

He stole a quick glance at her lips and then had to force himself with every fiber of his being not to lean in and brush his lips with hers, it had been so damn long, but he could still remember how great she tasted, and how she made him feel when they kissed... like nothing else in the world existed, only them..

He cleared his voice and looked away, focusing on the door and the lock as he opened it and stepped inside, and carried her straight to the sofa where he lay her down gently.

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