Scully sat on the edge of the couch ready to jump up to defend Mulder if necessary. She watched as her brother grabbed Mulder by the collar and pulled him close to his face, she watched carefully, only barely listening to her mother's protests at Bill as she tried to pull them apart.
"Now, you listen up real good." Bill started ignoring his mother as well. "I will not stand by and watch you ruin my little sister's life, you've done that enough. Because of you, our other sister is dead, because Dana here follows you in your stupid quest for 'The Truth' she has cancer, she will never have the chance of being a mother and because you insist on being in her life you have made this family broken and hurt her more than anything, and I have let it pass, hoping to god she will open her eyes, but after hearing everything Danielle told me tonight I can't stand by and watch anymore."
"Damn it, Bill leave him alone!" Scully yelled jumping up from her seat on the couch to her brother's side where she made an attempt to pull Mulder out of Bill's grip.
"Stay out of this Dana, I've let you play by your rules, but not anymore." He said pulling his arm back ready to hit Mulder. Instead of pulling his hands up to block it, Mulder stood there and took the hit to the side of the face, he dropped to the floor as Bill released and hit him.
"Mulder!" Scully cried falling to his side to see his lip busted.
"Get away from him Dana." Bill said trying to pull his sister to her feet.
"Leave me alone!" she screamed at him as her mother sat in the chair in shock at the display that took place in front of her. "I HATE YOU!" Scully cried turning Mulder onto his back and looked to her mother, who got up and headed for the kitchen only to return with a small zip lock bag of ice and a wet towel. "Put this on your lip and hold it there." She told him helping him get up and onto the couch.
"Bill, maybe you should go." Mrs. Scully said placing her hand on her son's shoulder. Bill looked upset as he turned on his heel and headed for the kitchen with his mother in tow.
"I'm sorry he said those things, Mulder." Scully said making sure he kept the ice and the bloody towel on his lips. "I'm sorry he hit you, too. Are you going to be ok?"
"No." He mumbled from behind the towel.
"I'm sorry, but he's just overprotective." She said tears filling her eyes at the coldness of his tone.
"I know, and that's why I'm not going to be alright." He said pulling the towel and ice away for him to talk clearly to her. "Everything he said was right. I love you too much to deal with the fact that everything that has happened has happened because of me and I can't live knowing something far worse can happen to you, I wouldn't be able to live with myself."
"Mulder, the things that have happened are because that's the way god wanted it to happen. There was nothing you could have done to stop it or else it wouldn't have already been done. I don't want you blaming yourself."
"Than who else can I blame?" He asked watching as she placed her hand in his. "if it weren't for me you could be married by now with three kids instead of alone with me and unable to ever have kids. I think it's best if I just leave. You should get as far away from me as possible and never look back." He said getting up from his seat next to her to head to the door.
"I can't." She mumbled looking down to her hands that sat in her lap. Her comment stopped him in his tracks.
"Why now?" He needed to know before he left and walked out of her life forever.
"Because I love you. I have this feeling in me that if your gone I'll never be happy. I'll be far miserable with you gone than with you here. I know that though everything has happened I never would have fought it off if it weren't for you at my side. If I wasn't faced with the fact that you would still be there for me, I would be dead thanks to the cancer." She cried into her hands, but soon moved to his shoulder as he walked over to her and embraced her. "If I leave I won't be able to live with myself and if you leave I may never know why we were meant to work together, to start this relationship."
For the next half hour Mulder sat on Mrs. Scully's couch holding his partner close as she cried into his chest. After a while the tears and heavy breathing and subsided and he found that she had cried herself to sleep in his arms. Soon after she had passed out Mrs. Scully came out of the kitchen with Bill behind her.
"Is she ok?" Mrs. Scully asked noticing her daughters eyes were closed and she was softly moaning in her sleep.
"She'll be alright." He said noticing how her eyes fluttered open and she sat up next to him, apologizing for falling asleep.
"Bill has something to say to you, Mulder. Don't you Bill?" Mrs. Scully said nudging her son.
"I'm sorry for the things I said and hitting you." He said looking down and avoiding eye contact as though a child would.
"It's ok, I understand. She's your little sister and you love you, the last thing you want to see is her getting hurt. I would be the same way if my sister were still around." Mulder said, his face falling at the mention of Samantha. Scully rested her hand on his chest and gave him a smile, something he returned.
"I just want to know what you were doing kissing my cousin and breaking my sister's heart." Bill blurted out getting a small slap to the back of the head by his mother.
"Bill!" She said signing and watched as he rubbed his head, refusing to look at her.
"Yeah, so would I." Scully said leaning back on the couch, resting her back to the arm rest so she was looking directly at Mulder, she was no longer in his embrace, but she held onto his hand, letting him know she still loved him.
"The truth is I went over to your apartment just like you told me to for dinner." He started to explain to Scully, she sat listening to him. "When I got there, you weren't home yet, or so Danni said, then she started coming on to me, I told her I would wait outside for you and help you with the groceries, but before I could even turn to leave she pulled me close to her and kissed me. I tried to push her away and I finally succeeded, but I guess it was already too late." He said looking over to see anger on her face.
"I don't believe you." Bill said after a moments silence.
"I must say Mulder, it is a bit farfetched." Scully agreed looking to him oddly, as if to judge if he was telling the truth or not.
"I believe it." Mrs. Scully spoke up, everyone turned to look at her.
"You do?" They all asked at once.
"Of course. Dana, you remember back in college when Danni stopped by for the week to visit you? Your boyfriend at the time, Christopher Wilkes I think it was, he was spending a lot of time with him. You caught them kissing and later he dumped you, remember?" Mrs. Scully asked as if asking if they wanted tea.
"Yes, Mother." Scully answered through gritted teeth. "And then, when he tried to come back to you he told you that Danni had kissed him, dated him, then dumped him."
"What does that have to do with anything, mother?" Bill asked looking to his mom, wondering if she had lost her mind brining up something that seemed irrelevant to him.
"What if what Mulder says is true? Danni making another attempt at her college scheme? Only this time, Mulder is falling to her prey, that's why she's bringing Bill into this."
"But why would Danni do such a thing?" Mulder asked unsure.
"Danni has always been jealous of Dana, she always had more male friends, and kept them longer. Danni never understood the meaning of 'friends' when it came to males and Dana never understood dating until later in her teenage years." Bill explained that one, remembering how she would follow them around trying to flirt at the age of ten.
"Any boy Dana was with, Danni had the feeling she had to have him, too." Mrs. Scully finished.
"Mulder, is what you said true?" Scully asked looking to her partner.
"Of course, I love you. I would never want to hurt you. You are the only one for me." He said kissing her lips softly.
"We have to get rid of Danni and prove to her what she does is wrong, she needs a reality check." Scully said looking over to Mulder.
"Well we better get started." Mulder said looking to her.
"While you do that, I'm going home. Tara is probably worried about me." Bill said heading for the door. "Bye, mom, love you." He said kissing his mom on the cheek then walked over to Scully and did the same. "Love you too, Dana. Sorry again Mulder." Then he was gone.
"I think its time we left as well." Scully said grabbing Mulder by the hand and pulling him to her mom. "thanks mom for all your help." she said giving her a kiss.
"Glad I could help. Call me and let me know how it all goes." She said and watched as they headed for their individual cars.
Once Scully was inside she looked to the back seat and found him upside-down on the floor. She quickly brought him to her lips and kissed him before placing him back in the passengers seat.
"Sorry, Spooky." She said pulling the car out of the driveway and followed Mulder back to her apartment where she would spend the remainder of the night with him thinking of something that could help them get rid and even with Danni.
As they arrived at his apartment they walked in and spent most of their time 'apologizing' for the fight they had entered. It was early the next morning that Scully woke up on Mulder's chest did she realized how happy she truly was with him. Life with him, like this, was something she could easily get used to. They lay in silence for a few minutes before thinking of anything that could help them plot their revenge.
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