Escaped
Prompt: #020 Elephant
Word Count: 427
"What the hell is going on, Mulder?" Scully demanded. Her hands on her hips, she stared at him, obviously not enjoying the moment as Mulder had hoped.
"Well, Scully," he started in explanation. "It seems that we've gotten ourselves into a rather sticky situation."
"I see that, Mulder," came the annoyed reply. "I'm just not seeing the why. Care to enlighten me?"
Mulder nodded at his partner. "Sure," he said. He continued on staring at her, not bothered with giving her any justification of his actions and their current predicament.
"Well?" Scully prompted after a long silence.
"What?"
Scully raised an eyebrow and shot Mulder an irritated look.
"Oh right, you wanted an explanation," he finally clued in. "Sorry."
"So? What's going on, Mulder?"
"Well, the elephant. It was supposed to be here," he explained. "It got lost on the way though, so it isn't here," he finished with a boyish smirk. He was rewarded with a calculated stare and then a more worried one, as Scully reached out a hand to feel his forehead.
"Mulder, are you okay? You're not drunk, are you?" Scully asked, the doctor side of her taking control. "Did you hit your head?" She let her fingers roam through his hair, searching for injuries then shifted her hand to cup the side of his face momentarily before taking it away and continuing to stare at him.
"I'm fine, Scully. Really."
"Then tell me what's going on," Scully prompted him.
Mulder smiled. "I just wanted us to do something fun for once. Something not work related. I guess it didn't work out," he sighed. "I'm sorry."
"Oh, you have nothing to be sorry about," Scully told him. "If that's what you were going for, you've definitely achieved it. Taking me to see an elephant that turns out to have gotten lost is without doubt one of the things that I'll never forget."
"Thank you, Scully. But you don't have to lie to make me feel good."
Scully rolled her eyes. "I'm not lying for your sake, Mulder. I happened to have fun today, elephant or not."
"Really?" Mulder let a smile take over his features.
"Yes, really. I'd much rather spend time with you than see an elephant any day."
Mulder grinned widely at her comment. "And you're not in the least bit wondering why I was going to take you to see the elephant?"
Scully groaned and before he could jump into one of his wild theories, this one no doubt regarding aliens experimenting on elephants, she told him, "shut up, Mulder!"