Disclaimer: My God, the man you know as Chris Carter, has leant me Mulder and Scully again and a few of the Scully clan.
Chapter two
Dana had finished her briefing with the professor she was replacing at Quantico. She had taken home some assignments she was supposed to grade and the lesson plan the other teacher had set up.
She thought that this would be a longer assignment then what Mulder had. She had to teach for about six weeks. His case should be done within the next week or two.
Dana put all the stuff on the kitchen table and collapsed onto the couch. She sighed. She was so still tired.
She looked at the time. It was nearing five.
At least she would have the whole weekend to rest, and be away from Mulder. At the moment she didn't know if that was a good thing or bad thing.
She got up to check her messages. Two from Mulder already. She hadn't picked up for him when he called her cell. His message said that he just wanted to talk.
She decided to continue to ignore him. The next message was from her mother.
Dana called her back.
"Hello?" Margaret Scully answered.
"Hi, mom," Dana said seating herself at the kitchen table.
"Oh, hi honey, glad I caught you, I was afraid you would be out of town," Margaret said.
"Well, don't worry for a while, I'll be in town for about six weeks permanently," Dana said.
"Oh, why is that?" Margaret said confused slightly.
"They have me teaching again, only while the professor is on maternity leave," she explained.
"I'm glad, but I was wondering if you could join your family for dinner tonight," Margaret said.
"Oh, what's the occasion?" Dana asked.
"Charlie is in town, and so is Bill, we all thought we could get together since you know your brothers are hardly ever in town at the same time," Margaret said, "And I haven't seen you in a while; you could bring Fox if you want,"
"I can make it, but Fox can't, he has a case," Dana said.
"Oh, okay, well can you be here at eight tonight?" Margaret said.
"Yeah, I'll get ready, see you in awhile then, bye mom," Dana said.
"Bye honey," Margaret said and hung up.
Dana sighed tiredly. She didn't really want to, but she knew that she really didn't see her family enough.
She got up and changed her clothes, not really looking forward to the forty-five minute drive.
Dana was about to leave when her phone rang. She wanted to leave it, but she knew who it was and she also knew that if she didn't answer he would be calling her cell all night too.
She walked back into her kitchen, "Hi, Mulder,"
"Hey, you know it's me," he said.
She could hear the smile in his voice. Dana was glad that the fight was gone.
"What's going on, did you leave already?" she asked.
"Yeah, landed about an hour ago, and now I am in the motel," he said.
"Great, good luck with the case," she said.
"I wish I was working with you," he said sincerely.
"Yeah, well, I'm glad to be stationed for the six weeks," Dana said sitting at the kitchen table, realizing this might be a longer conversation.
"Hope you don't get too used to it," Mulder said.
"I probably won't, anyway, how is Agent Matthews?" Dana asked clear to keep the jealously out of her voice.
"She's all right, and don't worry, she isn't trying to get in my pants only, I think she is after a few agents here too," he said.
"I wasn't too worried, and even so, it's none of my business," Dana said nonchalantly.
Mulder sighed and it was a sigh that she knew that meant she had just pissed him off, "Dana, why are you suddenly so indifferent towards me, I mean…uh…what we do hasn't changed, but the way you act…what are you upset about," Mulder said suddenly angry.
"I'm not upset, look you know work is stressing, I guess I'm letting it get to me," she lied.
"That's why we stuck with each other, because we couldn't handle relationships with other people, now we don't seem to be doing well," Mulder said disdainfully.
"We are not in a relationship, and if it's starting to feel like that, then maybe we should stop what we are doing," Scully said now getting annoyed.
Mulder became quiet.
"Mulder?" Scully said after a while of silence.
"Do you want to stop?" Mulder asked.
"I don't know, but I don't want to fight about it, we decided that we were only 'bed buddies', nothing more, and I'm fine with it but I don't want either of us to get confused, we are not in a relationship, you can do whatever or whoever you want, the same as I can," Dana said firmly.
"Well, maybe things changed, maybe I don't want to be doing whoever, and I don't want you to be doing whoever either," Mulder said.
"Listen, I was just on my way out, can we talk later," she said not wanting to deal with it.
"Where are you going?" Mulder asked.
"It's really none of your business," she said heatedly.
"Fine, whatever, talk to you later," he said and hung up swiftly.
He didn't even give her a chance to respond. Now she felt bad.
Dana hung up the phone, in a mood now, and headed for her mother's.