Scully looked up to Mulder from where she rested on his chest. He sensed her gaze in his direction and turned to see her staring at him, he offered a small smile, one she quickly returned before turning back to the movie they were watching. For the next few hours they watched movie and after movie and talked of anything they could. Whether it was about the movie in question or about something that had just popped into their mind. Around five thirty they ordered a pizza and ate it along with some iced tea Mulder had kept in his fridge.
Awhile after eating Scully relaxed in Mulder's embrace and looked to the clock to see it was half past seven before allowing her eyes to close only for a moment, however, when she opened them back up she found that the sun that had peaked in through the windows earlier was long gone and was now replaced by a darkness. She looked to her right side and found herself staring at part of the couch, though which part she wasn't sure. She then looked to her left and found the TV blackened, telling her it had been turned off.
After a moments time to allow her mind to wake up she noticed something hard and a little uncomfortable beneath her. Looking down she noticed Mulder fast asleep. His arms were around her waist and held her safely in place on his body. She suddenly realized she had fallen asleep for a long time and that he must have gotten tired as well, he had quietly moved them so he didn't wake her. She looked to the clock that sat on one of the drawers by the couch and noticed it was well past eleven O'clock. She made a small attempt to break free of him, but knew it was no use, he held on to her tightly. Finally giving up she rested her head back on his chest and closed her eyes and listened to him breathing.
The sound was unbearable, a loud ringing in the distance that had slightly woken him up. He knew it wasn't his alarm, it didn't sound like that, after a moment to grasp his speech abilities, if only by a little, he reached for the source of the noise on the table to his side and answered the annoying phone.
"Mulder." he said his eyes still closed, but they shot open when he heard a soft groan of frustration followed by soft moving above him.
"Dana?" the voice asked softly. It was a female, no doubt Scully's friendly cousin. He pulled the phone away from his ear and looked to see what he had grabbed and why the caller was looking for his partner. Upon closer inspection he found the phone in his hand was not his and was indeed Scully's. "She's gonna have to call you back." he said hanging the phone up, unsure of who it really was.
His gaze quickly moved from the phone to the sleeping woman on him. He was unsure of how they had ended up like this, her asleep on top of him under a blanket on the couch, but he knew that he was surprised she had stayed the whole night, well the whole day and half the night, according to the clock it was only three in the morning. Looking up he found it less and less important on why they were there and more important on what he was going to do with her there. He was still tired, he knew that much and obviously she was too, they had been getting little sleep thanks to the cases they had been working on. Plus neither had really had a full nights sleep in over a year, thanks to the little trip to the Artic. He allowed his arms to wrap around her waist and pull her closer to him before lifting his head to place a gentle kiss on her forehead. after which he relaxed and allowed sleep to overcome him once again.
The next morning the phone was ringing again, this time Scully reached for the phone and answered tiredly. Looking down she smiled as Mulder was beginning to wake up as well. She watched as his hand went straight for her face and began moving pieces of stray hair and tucked them behind her ear. Waking up on top of her partner, was something new, though not entirely uninvited she found it comfortable to wake up with someone she really cares about and someone who returned her feelings.
"Mom! Calm down, I'm fine." she said quickly, getting off of Mulder and walked towards his bathroom. Mulder got up from his position on the couch and headed towards his room to grab some clothes.
"Dana, I was so worried, Danni called and said you were gone all day with Fox and then you never came home and when she tried your cell some man picked up." Her mother went into hysterics over the phone and after a few minutes of panic. Scully finally got to say something.
"MOM! I'm fine. I was with Mulder the whole time. We were working on a few files." she quickly lied. "and by the time we finished it was too late and I was too tired to drive home."
"So you spent the night at his house?" a smile could be heard in her mother's voice as the panic quickly left.
"yes, mother. I slept in his bed while he took the couch." she lied again.
"Well alright, I just wanted to make sure you were ok." there was a small silence in which Scully knew the wheels in her mom's head were turning. "I love you."
"I love you, too, mom. Bye." she hung up the phone and took a deep breath and splashed water on her face before exiting the bathroom to come face to face with Mulder.
"You ok?" he asked as she jumped back.
"I'm fine, my mom just freaked a bit." she said smiling.
"Alright, just let me shave and we'll go." he said walking past her and into the bathroom.
"Go where?" she asked turning to follow him back into the small room.
"Out to breakfast." he answered almost as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Alright, but I want to go home and change first." she looking at her appearance in the mirror.
"Not a problem." he said starting on his task.
After leaving his apartment they headed for Scully's and were instantly greeted by Danni once the door opened. Scully was immediately grabbed and pulled to the side and out of view once the door was half open, Mulder was seconds away from pulling out his gun, but stopped as Danni came into view holding her cousin for dear life.
"You scared the hell out of me, Dana. you were gone all day and night, and yet I never got to think you were shacking up with your boyfriend there." she said smiling and letting her go. Scully's cheeks immediately turned bright red and almost turned to a tomato color when Mulder wrapped his arm around her and gave her a small kiss on the cheek.
"I told you to call her." he said into her ear, but loud enough for Danni to hear.
"I did, I just hadn't planned on staying the night." she mumbled, then moved from his embrace and headed straight for her bedroom to change.
"I hope you're taking care of her." Danni said smiling, "but a man like you seems to know how to handle a woman." she said moving closer to him.
"I seem to problems managing myself. She's a big girl and can watch out for her own self, she doesn't need me to do that." he said backing up a bit.
"Such a shame, most women need a man to protect her and all they get are the weaklings." she had started whispering now, and was only inches from Mulder when Scully's door opened and she came out looking fresh and all cleaned up.
"That was quick." Danni said jumping back from Mulder and looked down shyly.
"Yeah well I did shower pretty quick." she said looking to Mulder oddly, he smiled at her, letting her know everything was ok. She smiled back and let her cousin know she would be home later that day for sure. They then left the apartment and Danni behind.
"Scully Residence. Bill Scully speaking." the voice said over Danni's pink cell phone.
"Bill? It's Danni again."
"Hey Danni, how are you doing?"
"ok, you? How's the wife and kids?"
"we're all doing good." he said then waited, knowing she had more to say.
"she spent the whole day with him, Bill. And didn't come home last night. She only came home for thirty minutes to change then left with him again." she said into the phone.
"Just keep an eye out for her, the first thing this guy does to hurt her, you let me know." he said, Danni agreed to keeping him informed, then hung up and headed out to follow her cousin once again.
"I'll make sure Scully see's Mulder for the real man he is and he ends up being mine." she mumbled grabbing her car keys and headed out.
Ok I know real, cliffy I'm sorry, I wanted to write more but I wanted this chapter out tonight, and it's late, plus I have work first thing in the morning. Best thing about school being out, more hours at work and more money. Hopefully I can use most of it for college. Well please review and let me know what you all think and where you guys would like to see happen in the next chapter, feel free to give ideas. Well I say this, good night and thanks for reading, you all RCOK!