Goodness these short ones are coming out the ying yang for me! By the way the little fun fact about the 'holiday' is true, feel free to Google! Enjoy the tease!
Hooray, Hooray!
"Mornin' Scully thanks for joining me so early today. We've got an early flight."
"Wonderful…" Scully plopped down in her chair, coffee in hand and was ready for whatever Mulder was going to throw at her as usual. "…More alien abductions?"
"Umm not quite…." Mulder dimmed the lights and turned on the projector, appearing on the screen was a couple stark naked, post coitus and dead as door nail. "What do you think Scully?"
"Umm what am I supposed to think, this couple is obviously dead…"
"…outdoors, naked and post sex…or were in the middle of sex or—who knows, they were murdered."
"Ritualistic?" Scully was slightly interested but getting more uncomfortable staring at the dead naked couple who were in the midst of a outdoor love making session. Mulder flipped through the slides, more pictures of more couples, different angles, positions, colors, there was no pattern besides the sex and outside.
"Scully how much do you know about the 8th of May?" Mulder looked at her, hoping she knew the fun little trivia fact.
"Is that a significant date for people to have sex?"
"It's a significant date for people to have sex outdoors…"
"Please tell me there is an X-File involved here, something tells me you begged for this case just to get a rise out of me."
"Well it is unexplainable and we leave for the beautiful Pacific Northwest in a few hours to do some investigating of our own. Scully, haven't you ever heard 'Hooray, Hooray for the 8th of May?'" He was excited to explain this to her, obviously not aware of it.
"Is it supposed to ring a bell? I'm still not seeing the connection." She looked at him obviously unimpressed and waiting for his explanation.
"Washington State University circa 1960, unconfirmed accounts say that the Delta Tau Delta fraternity came up with the celebration inspired by the beautiful weather in early May, it was perfect for certain 'activities' and should be enjoyed outdoors, so now it's known as National Outdoor Intercourse Day." He smiled at his knowledge, "…a lot of people as of current will now say 'Hooray, hooray for the 8th of May' and a small few know what it mean. It really might be just a regional event but the string of murders is obviously the reason the FBI got called in."
"Shocker that a fraternity came up with the idea…" she rolled her eyes at the thought, though deep down she was intrigued.
"Oh come on Scully, there is a little exhibitionist in all of us…" he winked at her and she blushed slightly at the thought of having sex outdoors, like a teenager, it had been a very long time since she'd done anything remotely close to outdoor sex.
"You've got the wrong girl again Mulder…there is no way. Tell me more about the case." She was trying to avoid the subject.
"I don't know Scully now you have me intrigued that you are so prudish all the sudden thinking about the details of this case. The sex part is a very important part of the case and you are avoiding it like the plague." He made his way behind her chair and stood very close behind her.
"Mulder I'm not getting into this with you, case details please." She was getting impatient and noted that he was right behind her. He flipped through a couple more slides just to judge her reactions, noticing her getting antsy in her seat watching the display on the screen.
"What's wrong Scully?" he bent down so he was level with her and whispered not quite in her ear. She swallowed the lump that formed in her throat and kept quiet. "You don't want to share your outdoor sex fantasies do you?" he was teasing her on purpose, he really was just trying to get a rise out of her, "…I remember in college, probably my first or second year, I met a girl, she was a—wow—she'd want the windows open, doors cracked, courtyard, we would run out into some wooded areas and go at it like rabbits…she'd do what she could to be seen a little or heard, much to my dismay. It opened my eyes though…." Mulder rose from is bent position and stood over Scully still hoping for a response from her. She was quiet and her breathing was ragged and nervous, she licked her lips out of habit and nervousness and choked back another lump in her throat. Jealousy had wrung through her, thinking about Mulder with another woman, especially one that probably just used him for sex.
"I—umm—no, I've not had any outdoor experiences…" she was honest; she remembered a few make-out sessions in the back of cars but nothing in the grass or against a tree. She felt old fashioned when it came to sex, partly the way she was raised, she had a side that she liked to let out once in awhile but it was rarely seen by people on a day to day basis, he'll see it one day. She breathed in slightly smelling Mulder close, his aftershave and body soap, the way he smelled of just man, she loved it. Secretly she did love the little teases he did with her but he was really pushing it today.
"It'll change your life Scully, let me tell you…" his voice was deeper than before and as they stared at the picture of the dead couple squatted down against the tree trunk, throats slit, naked bodies drenched in blood as the woman straddled over the man, obviously posed there.
"Well—umm—when is our flight?"
"We should probably head to the airport here soon…" he drew out his words, hoping she'd divulge any further information about herself. They were quiet as she looked through the case files and autopsy notes from some of the previous victims. "Really, Scully, nothing you care to share?" he was still trying to get something from her.
"Nope." She wanted to jump him there or go out for a break and have him jump her outside just to get it over and done with but she had to maintain her cool. She shook her head in her response and continued to read, "I guess we should get going then." Scully looked up at him and grinned, he saw the flush in her cheeks and knew he had struck a chord with her and smiled back. I'll get you one day Scully; it was a silent promise between the two partners that would have to be settled at a later date.
