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"Knock Knock? Dana?" Sixteen year old Monica Reyes called as she pushed open the door to the Scully household.
"Up here." Scully yelled from the top of the stairs and Monica rushed up to join her.
"Afternoon. So are you nervous?" Monica asked as she walked into the room and then laughed at the disaster that was Scully's room. Clothes were thrown everywhere, jeans on the floor, tops covering lamps and bookshelves.
"Shut up and help me! Everything looks wrong. I can't do this Monica! What was I thinking? I think I am getting hives and my throat is closing up." Scully said as she paced back and forth.
"Dana CHILL. Ok, first off. You're perfectly fine. You're nervous and that's perfectly normal. Secondly, you'd look amazing in anything you put on. Now sit and let Monica take over." Monica said and pushed Scully into her computer chair.
"Mon..."
"Dana, chill. This is Mulder you're going out with. The same guy you've seen pick his nose and fart. I am pretty sure it's gonna be okay." Monica said as she looked through Dana's clothes, forming outfit choices in her mind.
"Well when you put it like that..." Scully said and scrunched up her nose.
"Now where is he taking you?"
"I don't know for sure. He said something about the mall. So I'm guessing a burger and a movie or something like that." Scully said as she rested her head on her desk.
"Ok, so fancy casual." Monica grabbed Scully's nicest pair of dark wash jeans and a teal off the shoulder long sleeve shirt, handing them to Dana, "There you go. No Converse either. Wear real shoes."
"Monica.. it's going to be bad enough not to like an idiot and now you're gonna make me worry about breaking my neck in a heel too!" Scully groaned.
"Welcome to land of womanhood." Monica pulled her by the hand and pushed her into the bathroom, "Now get changed so I can do your hair and makeup."
"Have I told you I hate you lately?" She called from the otherside of the door.
"No, but I think it goes without saying." Monica grinned.
"Just as long as we're clear." Scully pulled open the door, standing in the outfit Monica picked out.
"Perfect. Now grab your little black strappy heels that Melissa made you buy when we went to New York. They'll make your jeans stop dragging and look super cute." Monica told her as she grabbed the make up and curling iron from the bathroom.
"Yeah. Two inch heel. Complete klutz. Ice. Those three things belong together." She mumbled as she grabbed the shoes from her closet.
"Is that negativity I hear? Cause I'd hate to have to beat you up."
"Oh like you could beat me up! I may be small, but I'm mighty Reyes. I'd so kick your ass." Scully said as she plopped back down in her desk chair.
"If you weren't going on a date in an hour, I'd so prove to you just how wrong you are." Monica said as she began to do Scully's hair.
Twenty minutes later, Dana Scully was ready for her date. She stood in front of her full length mirror, pulling at the shirt Monica had chosen for her, seriously hating her shoes and wondering if her hair and make up was over done.
"I have to go. You look perfect. Mulder is going to forget how to breathe. Call me when you get home and tell me EVERYTHING." Monica said and gave her a quick and gentle hug.
"Thank you!" Scully called as she heard the front door close. Grabbing her purse, she walked down the stairs, standing in the foyer waiting for Mulder.
"Wow... Starbuck, you look grown up." William Scully commented from the kitchen table where he sat cleaning his gun.
"Thank you Daddy. Are you going to be doing that when Mulder gets here?" She asked, highly amused at her father's activity.
"Would you believe me if I said it was purely coincidental?" Mr Scully asked, grinning at his daughter.
"Not so much Ahab." Scully laughed as there was a knock on the door. She rushed over to the door opening up, her breath hitched in her throat when she saw Mulder standing in his dark wash jeans and a black turtleneck, complete with leather bomber jacket and boots, "Hey." she said meekly.
"Dana...you look beautiful." He commented and they both shared a smile.
"Good evening Fox." Mr. Scully called from the kitchen.
"Hello Sir." He said and nodded in the direction of the man.
"Where are you and Dana off to this evening?"
"Red Robin for dinner and they're playing Casablanca at the bookstore." Mulder explained and Scully smiled, Casablanca was one of her favorite movies.
"Home by eleven please." Mr Scully told him.
"Yes sir." Mulder nodded as he took Scully's hand leading her outside to his truck.
"Mulder, how'd you find out they were playing Casablanca?" Scully asked, knowing that Mulder wasn't one to frequent the mall.
"Ok, you caught me. Monica helped me." Mulder admitted, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck.
"That's so sweet." Scully leaned over and kissed his cheek and he smiled at her.
"I uhm...want to give you something." Mulder explained.
"Mulder you don't have to get me anything." Scully told him, though it was nice to have someone to spoil her.
"Well it hardly broke me, besides I like doing nice things for you." Mulder reached into his coat pocket, pulling out a chain that had his class ring on it, "I figured the ring would be too big on your finger...so I put it on a chain. I mean you don't have to wear it, I just, I wanted you to have it. Ok, I'm an idiot." Mulder was silenced as Scully leaned over to kiss him.
"Thank you." She accepted the necklace, sliding it over her head and rested it on her neck. She played with the ring while Mulder drove.
"Did you forget your coat?" Mulder asked when he parked in front of the Red Robin.
"Ah crap I did. I didn't even realize it before. Monica forced me into a long sleeve shirt." Scully muttered as Mulder slid off his bomber jacket and wrapped it around Scully's shoulders.
"Aren't you gonna be cold?"
"Ah, I'm tough." Mulder shrugged, getting out of the cab and walking around to open the door for her.
"Thank you." Scully said, the sleeves hung down an extra four inches and the bottom of the coat rested just above her knees, but she loved it. It was worn leather that kept her warm, of course, it was a plus that it smelled just like Mulder.
"You're welcome." Mulder smiled and wrapped an arm around her as they walked into the restraunt. They took a seat in the corner booth, sitting on the same side, Mulder kept an arm around her, knowing that she was freezing.
"So did you finish the Geometry homework?" Mulder asked her.
"Yeah. Come over tomorrow and I'll help you on it." Scully told him, knowing that helping would end up with him copying her answers.
"Thank you." Mulder kissed her temple.
After dinner, they walked through the nearly empty mall and into the half-priced bookstore. Mulder paid for their tickets and they took the old couch in the back corner of the room, Mulder stretched out on the couch, taking Scully in his arms. She smiled into the dark as the movie began. Mulder wiped her tears when she cried over Rick and Ilsa's ill fated romance and laughed with her at all the right parts.
"This was perfect Mulder, thank you." Scully said as they walked towards the truck.
"You're welcome. Thanks for making it amazing." Mulder said and kissed her nose.
"You're too--." Scully trailed off as she fell on a piece of ice, "Oof." She said as she landed on her ankle, breaking her heel.
"Oh my God. Are you okay?" Mulder kneeled next to her, cursing himself inside for not having a better grip on her.
"I'm fine. I just have to kill Melissa for talking me into buying these and Monica for making me wear them." Scully said as she slid the shoes off. Mulder sighed and picked her up, bridal style, "Mulder I can walk!"
"Not on ice your not. The last thing I need to do is explain to the Captain why I brought his daughter home with frostbite." Mulder placed her in the cab. Scully propped her leg up on the dash while Mulder got in.
"I'm sorry." Dana said as she was on the verge of tears, more out of embarassment than pain.
"Hey it could've happened to anybody. All that matters is that you're safe." Mulder promised her, taking her hand.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Parking in front of the Scully house, Mulder sighed when he saw Scully's ankle resting on the dash, successfully bruised and swollen. She swore it was just sprained, but Mulder wasn't so sure. Holding her purse and shoes, Scully wrapped her arms around Mulder's neck and he carried her inside.
"What happened?" Mrs. Scully rushed from her spot in the living room to the foyer.
"I fell on the ice and broke my heel." Scully said, burrowing her head into Mulder's chest.
"Put her on the couch Fox, please." Mrs. Scully instructed and Mulder did as she asked. Mulder stood awkwardly while Mrs. Scully assessed the damages. Deciding it was just a sprain, she wrapped Dana's ankle and made her take a pain killer.
"I'm fine Mulder. Go home. I don't want you to get in trouble because I'm a klutz."
"I'll see you tomorrow?" Mulder asked as he glanced at his watch, cringing when he saw how late it was.
"Yeah. Come over after lunch and we can do homework." Scully smiled, grabbing his neck with her hands, she pulled him down to kiss him.
He pulled away grinning, "Frisky much?"
"It's the painkiller. It makes me wild."She said suggestively waggling her eye brows. Mulder laughed as he let himself out.
"Did you have a good time honey?" Mrs. Scully asked, handing Dana a cup of hot cocoa and sitting next to her on the couch.
"I really did. It was perfect before I fell." Scully smiled at her mother.
"I like seeing you like this."
"Like what?"
"Happy. Content. In love." Mrs. Scully told her youngest daughter.
"I didn't think you would be this okay with me and Mulder." Dana said honestly, she had been worried about her parents reaction.
"Oh honey. We've been waiting for this day, long before you even realized you loved Fox." Mrs. Scully patted her leg.
"Mom..." Scully groaned, rolling her eyes.
"That's all I am saying sweetheart. Now would you like to stay here for tonight or do you want some help upstairs?"
"Here is good." Scully wrapped the blanket tightly around her, resting her head on the pillow.
"Okay. Sleep well Dana Katherine." Mrs. Scully said and kissed the top of her head, shutting off the lights and moving to go upstairs, "Oh and Dana. You and I are shopping for a nice pair of dress flats before your next date with Fox."
"Yes Ma'am." Scully giggled into the darkness.
A/N: I know this chapter is shorter, but I only wanted to focus on their date. I didn't want a bunch of other stuff going on that would detract from that.
[special thanks to Brittney [Teliko.X3] and Andrea [Andreakayy] love ya girlies!]