Chapter 7

Wednesday 6:00 PM
Scully Residents

Six o'clock had rolled around somewhat quickly for Scully as it was Wednesday. Despite that she and Mulder did not have a current case; she was still keeping herself preoccupied in the office so that she didn't have to speak much to Mulder even though it hurt her. She was thankful six o'clock came, because she didn't really know what laid ahead for her and she was a bit nervous and anxious all at the same time. She felt this way, because she and Bill have been on bad terms since she and Mulder have broken up. However, he was her brother and only looking out for her, so, a good family get together with their mother was not such a bad idea. Though, as she thought about her night with her family, when she pulled up into the driveway, she discovered an unfamiliar car parked off to the side. Scully went suspicious and confused as she then made her way into the house to find out who was over.

"Hello?" Scully greeted.

Scully's voice echoed across the house into the living room where her brother Bill, their mother Margaret, and Bill's friend Charlie were sitting. His heart skipped a beat with excitement when he heard his sister call out into the house as he thought she wouldn't show up. Bill smiled big when he walked out and greeted her at the door.

"Hello dear sister," Bill greeted her, "How are you feeling today?"

Scully smiled slightly as the two siblings hugged. While they were hugging, Scully watched their mom emerge out from the living room to greet her next.

"I'm fine, who is here?" Scully asked, "Hi, mom."

The two hugged tightly and then a tall handsome young man in a navy seal uniform walked out from the living room. While she was hugging her mom still, her eyes drifted over to the man who walked out of the living room. Scully released her mom with surprise to see that it was Charlie.

"Just Charlie, Dana," Bill smiled, "I suppose you remember him, don't you?"

"Yes," Scully gasped.

Scully laughed and Charlie flashed his gorgeous smile to her as he walked up to her.

"Hello Dana," He greeted her.

He took her hand into his and planted a sweet kiss on the top. Scully blushed and looked back into his eyes.

"Hello Charlie," Scully greeted him, "What are you doing here? Are you in town?"

Charlie looked to Bill with slight confusion.

"Actually, I thought I'd take you out for a few drinks and catch up with you if you don't mind?" Charlie asked, "That's what I thought we were going to do, that's what Bill said anyways."

Scully was quite flattered and realized Bill had been sneaky and set her up with Charlie to move on from Mulder. Scully cleared her throat, glanced down, glanced to Bill, then back to Charlie and shrugged.

"I'm not really dressed appropriately," She added, trying to get herself out.

"It's alright Dana," Bill smiled, "I have a dress upstairs for you, he can wait."

Scully looked around between the three with slight anger for this, but decided to make her way up anyways.

"Alright, I'll be right down, excuse me Charlie," Scully agreed.

Scully then walked off upstairs to her old bedroom and saw the dress and shoes rested neatly out on a chair by the desk. She let out a sigh as she held up the dress against her in front of the mirror and remembered she always wore these types of dresser when she was with Mulder. Scully looked down with sadness and pushed Mulder out of her mind, changed, and headed back downstairs. She realized this was a perfect opportunity to try and get on with her life, even though she knew her heart truly belonged to Mulder. After dressing, Scully then descended down the stairs. Once she came into view, the three stopped talking with the sight of her beauty. Charlie stood up speechless as he removed his hat in her honor of beauty. Scully's mother, Margaret, glanced over to Charlie who stared at his daughter with awe, which hurt Margaret, because she truthfully liked Mulder much better for her daughter. Charlie was quite a push over like her son, Bill.

"You look beautiful, Dana," Charlie smiled.

Mrs. Scully cringed a bit when Charlie called her daughter 'Dana' she liked hearing her daughter's last name being called from Mulder. Mrs. Scully let out a sigh and sat down.

"Thank you Charlie," Scully smiled, blushing again.

That was another thing, Scully had never blushed so much towards another man, besides Mulder, in quite some time, and it was quite alluring.

"Shall we be on our way then?" Charlie asked.

"Yes," Scully replied.

He put her jacket on her and Scully gave Bill a dirty look for the blind date he just set up for her. Scully then cleared her throat before they left.

"Oh and Bill, I'd like to speak to you in the morning, in private," Scully added.

"Yes, sister," He smiled, "Have a fun time now—take care of her Charlie, she's quite the handful when she has a few too many drinks."

The guys chuckled and left.

6:15 P.M.

Mulder was a bit late, but he figured Scully would understand. There was an occasional time where he would arrive late to their dates and she would be okay. He was never punctual, which probably explained why it was one of Assistant Director, Walter Skinner's, pet peeves about him. He quickly parked his car, locked up, and headed into the upper class restaurant that Bill had set up for them. There was no way that he could afford this type of dinner, he was quite thankful to Bill for this and reminded himself that he would thank him later, if everything turned out okay. However, to Mulder's dismay and surprise, when he was brought to the reserved table for him and Scully, he did not find a redheaded Scully sitting at the table, he found Bill's ex-girlfriend, Sarah, the dumb, annoying blond, sitting at the table. He looked around, slightly confused and realized he had been set up as he was seated.

"Hello sweet baby cakes!" She greeted him excitedly.

'Sweet baby cakes?' Mulder thought, 'Okay, not cool.' He would never allow any woman call him ridiculous names, especially Sarah. If anyone was allowed to do so, it would be Scully, when they were dating, and even then, she respected his wishes, and most often stayed away from that as they still kept a respectful demeanor for one another in their relationship. Sarah then leaned over, pulled him forward with his chin and planted a kiss onto his lips. He couldn't help it, despite how ridiculous she was, she was quite a good kisser. The two slowly kissed each other deeply and passionately, and then pulled apart and he looked up and down at her while she seated back down with a smile.

"Sarah?" Mulder said.

She smiled, flashing her eyes towards him while holding the menu.

"I hope you like bud light, right? I know you're a whiskey kind of guy, but I'd prefer we start off with a little bit of alcohol and work our way up," She explained, "You are driving after all, we don't need a messy car accident now do we?"

He glanced over to the opened bottle of bud light beside his plate and looked back to her as she was scanning the menu now.

"Sarah, what are you doing here?" He asked.

She looked to him with giggles. 'So much for a little alcohol?' Mulder thought, 'She was already drunk the way she giggled just now.'

"Having dinner with you handsome g-man of course, why else would I be here?" She asked, "It's so nice for Bill to have set this up…what? You didn't think it would be Dana in my position would you? I heard you two got into a nasty argument a few weeks ago and she broke it off with you…."

"No, I broke it off with her, actually, Sarah," Mulder interrupted, "How much have you had to drink already?"

"Oh baby, I'm all yours tonight, I've already had a few glasses of wine, wine's my favorite," She giggled again.

'Baby?' Mulder thought, 'not again with the pet names. Baby was fine from Scully, but definitely not from Sarah? What the hell…?' Mulder blinked and lifted up the menu with a sigh.

"I suppose…" He trailed off towards her.

She laughed again, "The food here is delicious, I came here with Bill a few times."

'Please, just shut up…perhaps we should skip the dinner and go straight to dessert at my place?' Mulder thought.

His lips curved into a smile as he scanned the menu, listening to her talk away.

"What are you smiling about, Mister?" Sarah asked.

He cleared his throat and looked over to her.

"Oh, um, nothing," Mulder quickly answered.

He then grabbed his beer and chugged down half the bottle.

"Wow, big boy thirsty? I'll ask for another one for you," Sarah laughed.

'Another one?' Mulder thought, 'Another one sounds fantastic!'

To be continued…