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October 3, 2014

3:42pm

"Hey Scully," Fox called out jogging up to his neighbor, who had just alighted the school bus.

"Hi Fox," she replied with a smile. "What are you doing?"

"I thought I'd get a run in before the rain," he answered pointing up at the hauntingly dark sky above. Then just as if the heavens had heard him there was a great flash of lightning and a crack of thunder. A second later the rain began to pour down on them.

"Ah!" Scully gasped.

She was drenched already. Fox grinned.

"Race ya!" he shouted over the sound of the thunder and rain and took off.

Scully ran after him. Both of them splashing through instantly formed puddles as they went.

Scully's keys which she'd already taken out of her bag slipped from her grasp as she tried to keep up with Fox. She stopped and swung around just in time to watch them disappear through a grate in the sidewalk.

"Oh no!" She cried out and Fox stopped coming back to her.

"What is it Scully?" he asked as the rain continued to soak them both.

"I dropped my keys," groaned Scully. "No one else will be home for a whole hour! I can't get into my house."

"Come on," returned Fox. "You can wait at my place. If you stay out in this you'll get sick."

They hurried the rest of the way up the street to his house and were both laughing by the time they got there, having splashed each other and almost slipped over numerous times. The rain was really bucketing down. Under the cover of the porch Scully tried to shake some of the water from her but to no avail. Fox fumbled with his keys in his slippery hands but finally unlocked the door. They both went to enter at the same time. One stepped forward and so did the other. One stepped back and so did the other. This went on a couple of times until Fox started singing;

"Dancing with you in the summer rain..."

"It's not even summer," said Scully rolling her eyes but laughing all the same.

"Ladies first," replied Fox ignoring her remark and putting his arm out allowing her to pass through the door.

Once they were both inside he closed the door behind them blocking out some of the sound so that the rain became a dull and rhythmic beat upon the roof. They both kicked off their shoes.

"Oh I can't believe I dropped my keys!" said Scully, dripping wet.

"I'll grab you a towel so you can dry off a bit," said Fox dashing upstairs. "Make yourself at home!" He called over his shoulder.

Scully wandered into the living room and took in the view. It was very sparse, with very little furniture. The couch looked old but comfortable and had a pillow and blanket on it as if he'd been sleeping there. There was a poster hanging on the wall; a flying saucer hovered above some trees. The words I Want To Believe were printed across the bottom of it. Scully smiled to herself.

"Catch," called Fox from behind her and as she turned around a towel was flying through the air towards her. She caught it just in time.

"Thanks," she replied, drying herself.

"Sorry about the mess," said Fox quickly scooping up some papers that were strewn across the coffee table and snapping his laptop shut. He deposited these in another room and came back to start grabbing the blanket and pillows from the couch.

"Please have a seat," he said rubbing a towel over his hair.

Scully had to admit Fox looked really cute with his hair all wet and tasseled like that.

"What are you thinking Scully?" he asked with a quizzical look.

"Oh, nothing," Scully lied, blushing slightly.

She sat down quickly dumping her school bag on the floor.

Fox sat down next to her and put his feet up on the coffee table.

"Hey, want to watch Twin Peaks?" asked Scully suddenly.

"Ah, okay..." replied Fox a little taken aback by her sudden request."But how? It's not on anymore."

"I have the DVD," explained Scully, rummaging through her bag and extracting the first season.

"You carry Twin Peaks around with you?" asked Fox raising his eyebrows.

"No," laughed Scully. "I lent it to my friend at school and they returned it today. Where's your DVD player?"

She'd gotten up and was standing in front of the TV with the disc in her hand.

"Oh, it's built in, on the right hand side," answered Fox before adding. "I didn't think you'd be a fan of that kind of show Scully. I thought it'd be too spooky for your taste."

"I like spooky," replied Scully looking at him and smiling as she returned to the couch.

"Oh you do, do you?" he smiled back. "You just don't believe in it?"

"It's a fictional show Fox," she replied. "Of course I don't believe in it."

By this time the menu had appeared on the screen and Scully grabbed the remote, selected episode three and pressed play.

"Hey, what are you doing?"asked Fox a little outraged. "Why are you starting in the middle?!"

"It's my favorite episode," shrugged Scully. "You've seen it before haven't you? I thought this would be right up your alley."

"Well yeah but I was in high school last time I watched it," he replied sulkily.

"Shush, it's starting," Scully held up her hand silencing him and grinning at the same time.

He obeyed settling back into the fluffy couch.

Mulder soon found that it was much more interesting to watch Scully rather than the TV. Every time Agent Cooper came on the screen her eyes lit up.

Just as the scene where he talks to Audrey about One-Eyed-Jacks ended Scully looked over to find him staring at her. He smiled knowingly.

"That is my favorite scene in the whole series," she explained.

"I could see that," he replied his grin broadening. "You've got a crush on Coop, don't you?"

Scully blushed but tried to keep it cool; "Yeah, so what?" she said looking back at the screen. "I suppose you've got a thing for Laura Palmer..."

"No," he replied thoughtfully. "I always thought there was something about Audrey."

"Really?" asked Scully, interested to hear what kind of girls Fox was into.

"Yeah," he said. "She was underrated. Heaps better than that Annie chick they brought in at the end of season two. I don't know what Coop was thinking."

Scully laughed; "Oh my God Fox, you ship Coop and Audrey?"

Mulder laughed too; "I guess so."

"Me too," returned Scully. "Actually I pretty much erase the second half of season two from my memory. It just went ridiculous even for Twin Peaks."

"Don't you think that Mr Botch across the road kind of looks like that Windom Earle guy though?" asked Mulder.

"Yes!" cried Scully as she thought about it.

They both burst out laughing.

When she finally caught her breath again and looked back at the TV, she quickly shushed him again.

"I love this bit!" she exclaimed.

Mulder looked up to see ducks swimming around in some water.

"Look at that! Ducks on the lake!" exclaimed Coop with as much excitement as Scully just had.

Mulder was smiling and found himself watching Scully rather than the TV again.

"What is it about Coop that you like?" asked Mulder a little while later.

"Well for starters he is really cute," gushed Scully. "And he's an FBI agent, that's awesome."

"You think FBI agents are awesome?" asked Fox with a strange expression that Scully couldn't really read.

"Yeah," shrugged Scully in a way that really reminded Mulder that she was a teenager.

As the credits began to roll Scully pressed stop and then ejected the disc, depositing it safely into its case again. Her eyes rested on the I Want To Believe poster as she sat back down.

"What's with all the UFO and alien stuff?" asked Scully casually.

Fox looked at her and for the first time she saw a sadness in his hazel eyes that was quite unexpected.

"I don't mean to offend you or anything," she said quietly.

"You didn't offend me Scully," he replied in a serious tone but with a small smile. He hesitated.

"Forget I said anything," said Scully quickly.

"No, it's okay," said Mulder, taking a deep breath. "My sister was taken when I was twelve, she was eight. I believe she was abducted."

Scully looked at him in shock. She could tell he really did believe this but it was impossible. Aliens didn't exist and if they did the probability of them visiting Earth was practically non-existent.

"What makes you think that?" asked Scully not wanting to upset him.

"My parents wouldn't talk about it, no one would, I couldn't remember anything from the night she went missing so I did something called deep regression hypnosis. While under this hypnosis I recalled being paralyzed and sensing a presence in the room while a bright light shone through the window. I could hear a voice in my head telling me not to be afraid."

Scully looked at him, she didn't know what to say to that. What could she possibly say? Then something came to her.

"I'm so sorry," she whispered. "So sorry for your loss."

Scully reached out instinctively and touched his hand.

He didn't pull away. He knew he should. He'd told her too much about the real him. He'd let her get too close by touching him but he didn't want to pull away.

They were staring into each other's eyes. Without knowing why or how Scully lent towards him.

Mulder responded by leaning forward himself. No word was uttered. They were mere inches apart when...

The shrill sound of Mulder's cell phone in his breast pocket broke their connection. He faltered and pulled it out looking at the caller ID; his contact at the forensics department.

"Sorry," he said and Scully noticed a completely different vibe take over him. "I really have to take this."

"Sure," she said. What else could she say?

"Hello," Mulder answered walking away into another room. His voice was low and secretive.

Admittedly Scully felt a little hurt but she knew it was irrational. He was entitled to have a private conversation. She had no idea who was on the other end of that call. She was just his next door neighbor.

"What'd you find?" Mulder asked as soon as he was out of earshot.

"Not much, sorry to tell you," came the reply.

"What was it?" asked Mulder anxiously.

"Hog, sorry to tell you Mulder but it was just pork chops," was the simple reply.

"Dammit!" said Mulder, closing his eyes in frustration. "Thanks Andy."

He hung up. Still no further ahead. All this proved was that Botch was a bacon lover. Him and the other 99% of the population of America.

"Are you okay?" asked Scully when he came back.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he replied. "It was nothing."

Scully could sense that she shouldn't be there anymore.

"The rain has stopped," she pointed out. "I'll get out of your hair now. Mom should be home in about ten minutes or so."

"Are you sure?" said Mulder walking over to the window and peering out at the clearing sky.

"Yeah," smiled Scully. "It was nice of you to let me come over."

She shouldered her back pack and walked towards the door, putting her shoes back on.

"Scully," said Fox just as she straightened up again. He walked towards her, closing the gap.

"Yes?" she asked looking at him.

"I... had fun this afternoon," he finally said. "Thanks for sharing your favorite episode with me."

His usual easy-going smile was back in place. He opened the door for her.

"I had fun too," she said and then she left, with him closing the door behind her.

A/N: I love Twin Peaks! Thanks for reading again! Please review.