The week was almost up, and though after the weekend with Mulder Scully was forced to spend time with her cousin she knew that this would be the last day she would be with her cousin. Tomorrow she would wake up and go to work and return home to an empty house. At the moment they sat at a table in a quiet restaurant, Mulder had insisted on taking them out to dinner in order to bid his farewell to Danni and to spend more time with Scully, throughout the week they had grown a lot closer and even contemplated dating for real.
"thank you so much for inviting me to dinner." Danni said as they waited for the food to be brought to them. "I have really enjoyed spending the past three days with you Dana, I feel that we really bonded."
"the last time we bonded so much was when we were kids, remember?" Scully asked hoping to seem as friendly as possible.
"yes I do, you had just shot my baby doll through the head with your B.B. gun and both of our mothers insisted we spend some time alone together to be friends, if I recall correctly you spent that time picking at your shoe." she said recalling the time when she had been nine and Scully had been seven and a half.
"I only spent my time doing that because you kept going on about how she would never make it through surgery." Scully said back getting a smile from Mulder.
"And she never did." Mulder allowed a small laugh to escape his lips at Danni's whine. He then quickly went for Scully's hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.
After dinner they all headed back to Scully's apartment and once they were sure Danni was in and away from the door, Mulder closed it and pulled Scully into a tight hug and a passionate kiss. His hands wrapped around her waist pulling her close as her hands snaked around his neck to bring his lips closer to hers.
"I love you." Mulder whispered resting his forehead against hers. He couldn't believe what he had just said, the last time he had told her that she had rolled her eyes, mumbled 'Oh Brother' and left the hospital.
"I love you, too." she whispered back leaning up to kiss him gently before opening the door and whispering a good night.
"I'll see you at work tomorrow, sleep well." he said as she walked into her apartment, making sure to face him the whole time.
"first thing in the morning, good night."
"night." he said as she closed the door and he headed towards the elevator.
Once the door was closed Scully walked passed the guest room and took a small peak in to find Danni getting ready for bed. Making eye contact with her cousin she received a small smile and a 'good night', one that was returned before continuing her journey to her room. After getting ready for bed she crawled under the blankets and flicked off her light, allowing the room to plunge into darkness except for the bit of light from outside that seeped in from the window. As she lay there her mind ran over thoughts upon thoughts all involving Mulder and her. Though they had acted as a couple, they had lost their selves somewhere in the middle of it, only to find a lie the actual truth.
After hours of tossing and turning she found herself getting no sleep and looking to the clock she found it to be well past midnight. Turning her alarm off she grabbed her robe and walked out of her bedroom, peeked into Danni's room to see she was sleeping before heading back to her room where she quickly changed and headed out of the house, praying he would be up.
Mulder lay in his bed tossing and turning, trying to think of anything, but found his thoughts continuously turning back to Scully. The way he had kissed her in front of her apartment took his breath away and the way she let him made his heart stop. He found it hard to sleep, he couldn't stop thinking about her. But soon he found it harder to sleep when a loud pounding came at the door.
Mulder quickly jumped out of bed, grabbed his gun and headed for the door, gun in hand he slowly opened it to see Scully standing at his door smiling, in her hand was a box of donuts.
"Scully?" he asked lowering his gun when she lowered her gaze to stare at it, or maybe she was staring at the fact he was only in his boxers and some socks from the previous day. "what are you doing here?"
"standing like an idiot carrying a box of donuts at one in the morning." she answered smiling and entered the apartment when he moved and let her in.
"just give me a moment." he said rushing into his bedroom to decent himself up.
"where should I put these?" she asked looking around, trying to control the blush that made it's way across her cheeks.
"wherever you want." he called from the room. She placed the donuts on the table in front of the couch and sat down to wait for him. A few seconds later he emerged from the room wearing a shirt and some jeans while carrying something in his hand.
"want some coffee?" he asked walking into his kitchen.
"why not, I can't sleep anyways." she answered as he walked over to her and handed her what was in his hands. "Spooky!" she said smiling and taking the alien from him.
"you left him here last night." he said taking a seat next to her.
"I knew I forgot something." she said stoking her hand over his green, over-sized head.
"I thought you would want him back." he said looking over to her, the desire in both their eyes craved some contact and to find it Mulder turned the TV on and Scully rested her head against his chest, her feet to the side. He wrapped his arms around her and smiled as she held Spooky close in her arms.
After a few minutes he tore himself away from her and walked into the kitchen where he poured two mugs with the dark concoction and walked back into the living room, the box was opened, but none seemed to be taken, she appeared to be waiting for him. He handed her a cup and sat next to her, they each took a donut and went back to their position to eat and drink.
After a while of the TV, which consisted of the news and late night talk shows, they placed their empty cups on the table and faced each other. To their side the TV still played, but they didn't say much, until Mulder had had enough and he closed the small distance between them, he pulled her close and kissed her passionately. Slowly her hands went to his chest where they slowly began tugging at his shirt. His hands that were at her waist slowly rode up, taking the shirt with it as well.
"are you sure?" he asked once she had pulled his shirt off and thrown it to the floor.
"positive." she said pulling him closer. He quickly got up and carried her to his room where he deposited her on the bed, leaving spooky behind to watch the three O'clock news.
It was early the next morning that they woke up to an annoying buzzing sound. Scully reached over to Mulder and hit the alarm clock, turning it off before realizing Mulder was still fast asleep and the fact that she was in his bed naked. Slowly the memories of the previous day flooded back and when she remembered she knew what she had done was right, but she also knew that if they didn't wake up soon they would be late for work and the reason why they were both late would be hard to explain.
"Mulder, wake up." she said noticing the death grip he had on her waist. "Oh my god Mulder! Look! Outside! There's a UFO!" she cried and watched as he sat up straight in the bed quickly moving her to the side and right into his lap.
"where?" he asked, but knew she was just kidding.
"you missed it." she said looking up to him.
"sure I did." he said leaning down to place a kiss on her lips, but stopped when he was so close that their lips touched.
"do you regret it?" he asked dreading her answer.
"the only I regret was that we have to go to work right now." she said once pulling away from kissing him. They quickly got out of bed and took quick showers and Mulder cleaned up the place, taking Spooky with him as they left. As they arrived at Scully's apartment Mulder waited while she ran upstairs and changed for work, all the while keeping quiet so Danni wouldn't notice. After they left her apartment they took a quick stop to get breakfast and hurried to work where they went down to the basement and ate, all the while trying to stay as professional as possible, though they found it a little hard.
After work they headed to Scully's apartment hoping to spend the Friday night and weekend alone and not far from the bed, but were surprised when they found Danni talking on her cell phone.
"No, no, Michael. I'll be home next week, ok I love you bye." she said ten hung up the phone to see the couple standing in the doorway looking at her.
"you're not leaving?" Scully asked trying to hide the disappointment, but failed miserably.
"no, I'm going to stay another week. I hardly spent real time with you, so I feel we should spend a few more days together." she said happily walking back into her bedroom.
"we'll I'm going shopping." Scully said turning to leave the apartment.
"I better go on home and clean up some more." he said following her out to the car.
"I'm sorry, Mulder." she said giving him a look that told her she truly was sorry.
"it's ok, it's not like you planned her staying." he said giving her a gentle kiss and handed her spooky again. She smiled and placed him in the passengers seat.
"why don't you come by for dinner later on tonight? Maybe we can get some alone time. Think she has this thing to attend tonight anyways."
"alright, I'll be by later. Bye."
"see you later." she said as they both got in their own cars and drove off.
It was later that night and Scully was just arriving home with the groceries. She had spent hours looking for the perfect thing to make only to settle for what she had in mind in the first place, steak.
Mulder had looked to his watch and felt it was time to leave, he grabbed his things and headed over to Scully's apartment. When he arrived and knocked on the door he came face-to-face with Danni. She gave him a small smile and looked at him oddly.
"what brings you here?" she asked looking at him seductively.
"Scully invited me over for dinner." he said looking at her begging her to back off.
"well she's not home yet, but I'm sure I can keep you entertained."
"no, it's ok, I can wait here, I'm sure she'll need some help with the groceries."
"what do you see in her anyways?" Danni asked opening the door wider so she could rest against the door.
"everything." he answered.
"well take a look at this." she said puling him close and forced her lips on his.
Scully had just locked the car door and started heading up to her apartment and right as she turned the corner she was faced with the scene of Mulder kissing Danni. She felt her heart rip to shreds and dropped the bags, she couldn't stand it, she quickly ran back the way she came and rushed to the car, once the ignition was started she broke down crying, Spooky sat next to her and she grabbed him and threw him in the back seat. She than pealed out of the garage and left.