FBI BASEMENT OFFICE
8.30 AM
Mulder sat his office, waiting for his partner to walk through the door. Scully usually came in early. In the years they worked together, Mulder could count the number of times she'd been late.
Playing with a pencil from his desk, he thought about yesterday and their argument. Disagreement between them could hardly be considered unusual. The situation proved difficult for the rest of the day. They'd been coolly polite to each other. Mulder wanted Scully to believe him about Samantha. He needed her to believe him because in the end, Scully ridged logic and rationalism had changed him.
Beside too many of the details Elissa Smith revealed couldn't have been guess work. Mulder had told Scully about the night of Samantha's abduction. To the best of his knowledge, his partner of four years, himself and Samantha were the only people to know intimate details of her abduction.
DANA SCULLY'S APARTAMENT
8.30 AM
Mulder called her, but she didn't want talk to him after yesterday. Letting the call go through to message, she glanced at the clock on her bedside table. Scully should have been at work for half an hour by now. Today she wanted to be late, knowing how much it tormented her partner.
Done with waiting, Scully looked at her reflection in the mirror one last time. She'd dressed very carefully this morning. Ready to go to the office, she took her brief case and walked out of her apartment. Pushing the button to call the elevator, Dana considered her goals. Her first goal, too torment Fox Mulder.
FBI BASEMENT OFFICE
9.00 AM
She walked into their basement office. Mulder heard the steps of a woman in stiletto's but didn't think it could be Scully. She never wore this type of shoe to work. When she proved him wrong, the he forgot the file in his hand. Mulder found it difficult to pay attention to the case with the apparition appearing in the doorway. Dressed in one of his favorite outfits, a Bordeaux suit with white blouse, the neck line plunged lower than normal while the skirt seemed shorter.
Walking towards him, Scully deposited her brief case on the chair in front of his desk. 'Good Morning, Mulder,' she smiled.
God, her gorgeous smile killed him. 'Morning, Scully,' he managed to return her greeting.
Walking behind his chair, Scully bent down. Her chin hovered above his shoulder so her breath caressed his neck. 'What are you reading?' she teased in a low voice.
This tone drove him crazy but he hid his attraction. 'Just an old case. Care to read it, Scully?' Mulder managed.
'Can't we can read it together,' she asked, not moving from her position at his shoulder. Both knew they didn't pay any attention to the case file. Moving further forward on the pretext of pointing up a sentence, Scully's cheek deliberately brushed the side of Mulder's face.
Taking off his reading glasses, he put the case file down. 'Scully, we need to talk,' Mulder stated, pushing back and away from his partner.
'OK, I'm listening,' she said. Scully walked to the other side of the desk, sat in one of the chairs, and faced Mulder with an expectant look.
'About yesterday,' he started, finding the words difficult, 'I understand your concerns, I have them too. I know I shouldn't believe her without proof, but she knows too much. Finding Samantha, it's what I've always wanted. I just don't want to lose you because you're opinion differs to mine.'
'You're apologizing,' Scully asked. When Mulder nodded, she said, 'I can't accept it.' Once again she went to walk out the office door.
Mulder jumped from the chair and grabbed her arm. Forcing her back into the office, he said in a husky voice, 'Don't play with me, Scully! You know me very well and you know that I hate playing games.'
'Mulder, you're hurting me,' Scully stated in a firm voice. Mulder didn't release his hold. 'I said let go,' her tone became menacing, 'you're hurting me,'
Reaching around her with the other hand, Mulder locked the door. Pressing his length against her, Mulder bent his head so it rested a few inches from Scully's face. 'Don't take that tone with me Scully,' he said.
'Stop it, Mulder,' Scully demanded.
'Why,' he asked, 'it's what we both want.'
With that Mulder pushed off the door, capturing Scully in his embrace. Lost in her open gaze, he held her close to him, so close he smelt her sent. She'd used his favorite perfume, the one she knew he liked. Unable to resist, Mulder closed the gap between them.
Slowly, Mulder moved his lips toward hers. He expected Scully to protest. When she didn't, their mouths met for the first time. It started out sweet, almost innocent. Opening to him, Mulder immediately deepened the kiss, allowing his passion to take over. His hand refused to stay still. One tangled in her hair, giving him better access to her mouth as he positioned her head where he needed it. The other, resting around her waist, pulled Scully closer.
They pulled away in need of air. Mulder bent down to place another soft kiss on her smiling lips. 'Is what you wanted, dressing like that, Scully?' he asked.
'Hmm,' she thought about it before confessing, 'maybe.'
'You know how much I love you,' he asked, accompanied by his uncertain face.
'No,' Scully answered truthfully, 'I don't.'
Him smiled and whispered in her ear, 'more than anything in this world. You're my life, Scully.'
'More than the truth, more than finding the real Samantha,' she had to ask. Forcing an answer to that question, Scully knew she'd been unfair, but she had to make out the depth of his feeling for her.
'Yes,' Mulder hissed, once again crushing her mouth under his.
SAMANTHA MULDER APARTAMENT
7.00 PM
Elissa picked up her phone. 'Hello,' she answered easily, knowing who'd be on the other end.
'Our plan didn't work,' the gravely voice stated, 'they are very much together. We must apply plan B.'
'Oh,' Elissa sounded surprised, 'but how do you know we didn't break their relationship?'
'Their office is under constant surveillance,' he said easily, 'I seen them together. They might be partners, but they're also lovers.'
'Tomorrow I'll apply plan B,' Elissa assured him.
'Good girl,' the man said before hanging up.