I love you?

Ch 5

Dana crawled out of bed not sure what to do with herself, she so wanted to call Monica but thought she would call when she was ready. Still in her new silk pj set Monica bought her she walked out of the bedroom, just as a knock came at the door. She suspected it could be Skinner with an update, he said he'd pop back in at some point today if she didn't see Monica. She opens the door and is greeted by Monica
"hi" say Dana rather surprised.
She steps back and Monica walks in, looking very tired and uneasy. Dana turns to her, Monica is right behind her
"I..."starts Dana but Monica's finger goes to her lips...
Dana stops and waits to see what's coming... Monica slips her hand around to Dana's neck and pulls her into her, her other hand slips around her waist; she freezes unsure of what's going on. Monica pulls Dana into her lips, they both melt into it, Dana's hand goes to Monica's cheek, the kiss grows more urgent and both start moaning. Its Monica who breaks the kiss, Dana leans her forehead on hers. For a moment its quiet and all is forgotten, all that exists is then two together, together in everyway. Monica moves back up and just looks at Dana, so much is spoken in this look, time stands still... Its Dana who moves and pulls Monica back into a kiss, hands start moving and Monica starts pulling Dana back, back towards the bedroom. Monica looses her jacket and shoes on the way, as Dana looses her slippers and pj top, discarded somewhere in the lounge in the midst's of passion and love.

Skinner arrives at the office and calls the hospital, he speaks to Doggett who says he's seeing someone to talk about what happened then he'll be let out around one.
"Do you want a lift?" asks skinner
"if that's ok, or I can get a cab if not"
"its fine ill come up at one, see you then"
"could you possibly bring me a new set of clothes? I keep a set in a bag in the office, I'm not sure what mine are like"
Skinner laughs "ok, well ill pop them up now then I can run my other errands till one. See you soon"
"thanks sir"
He then puts a call into the police to see if charges are being brought against Doggett, he's told no as there was no real proof he was DUI. He's glad of this and will inform him when he drops hi clothes off. He goes to the office and finds the bag then off to the hospital. He walks straight into Doggett's room
"here you go"
"thanks again sir"
"right I'm gonna run ill see you about one"
Once outside he then thinks what to do next, go see Dana, check she's ok, sees about the Monica situation.

In hospital Doggett sits in a chair next to his bed, he's got crutches now so he can get around. As he sits he thinks what he will discuss with the shrink in a while, he needs to get everything sorted in his head before he can see or talk to Monica.
"Hello, how you feeling Mr Doggett I've brought your things back. Though you will need new pants to go home in" she chuckles
it was the nice nurse from the evening before, he smiled
"hi thank you, I'm doing ok, head feels better and I'm going home in a while, my boss brought me some clothes anyway. Can I dress now?"
"That's good to hear you feel better. And yes do dress you'll feel a bit more normal then, do you need a hand? And do you need anything before you go see Jim the therapist?"
"No thanks I'm fine on both counts, I bust my leg before so learnt how to dress. What time am I going down?"
"the porter will come get you in half an hour"
"ok thank you nurse"
She leaves and he gets up, hobbles into the bathroom to dress. He feels better once he is, and he's glad he kept baggy jog pants in the bad, ideal to go over the cast. Now he's not got long to wait for the porter.

Back at Dana's apartment they lay in bed together, regaining their breath, making up was always the best. They lay just looking at each other
"I love you" whispers Dana
"I love you too" says Monica
She reaches out and strokes dana's cheek
"I'm sorry I pushed you out last night"
"its ok" assures Dana
"no its not, I was wrong to push you away"
"its ok, I understand. I let you have space, I know you needed it"
Monica smiles a little
"skinner put it in context for me, at the hospital I wanted to rush in and be with you, then skinner helped. If it were me with Mulder I'd of wanted the time alone. But its fine, were ok aren't we?"
"that's not a question Dana, I love you. But I do need to see john once he's out of hospital"
Dana nods, moves in and kisses Monica, they settle back into an embrace
"so what we gonna do today?" asks Monica
"hmm... I'm thinking we do as you suggested"
"what's that?" looking puzzled
Dana rolls on top of Monica, pinning her to the bed below her
"stay in bed all day and make love"
Both giggle as Dana leans down and kisses her then comes a knock... Both moan as Dana gets up and jumps into her dressing gown, running out of the bedroom, she arrives at the door and looks out, she laughs
"Mon its skinner" she shouts as she opens the door
"well that answers my first question, morning Dana, how you feeling now?" he says laughing
"I'm ok, better when mon turned up this morning"
He looks around and sees the discarded clothes
"I bet you are" he pauses and steps in
"I'm glad you two are ok, I was a little worried" he whispers with such concern
"yeah Walt its all good"
Just then Monica steps out of the bedroom
"morning skinner" she says
"hi Monica, well I spoke to and saw Doggett this morning, he's ok, seeing a shrink then being released at one. I guessed you'd want an update"
Both look and nod,
"thanks skinner, ill call him later. We need to talk" says Monica
"shall I get him to call you once he's settled at home?" suggest skinner
"yes please"
"ok I will. Right ill leave you two to it. See you later" he says and leaves.
Dana shuts the door and turns, Monica is right behind her, she pulls her into her arms
"your ok me seeing him? Right?" asks Monica
"yeah, I know you need to. Its fine. I know your not leaving me so its fine. I love you"
"I love you too. Last night when skinner dropped you off did he ask you about us?"
Scully laughs
"no but I told him, I love him and I know I can trust him to keep it quiet till were ready to come out"
"its fine, I just wondered"
"I'm hungry; I haven't eaten since dinner yesterday. What shall we have?"
Monica shrugs
"let's see what's in the freezer"

At the hospital Doggett is waiting to see Jim, he usually hates shrinks but he needs to talk, sort out his head so he can sort it out with Monica.
"mr Doggett" calls a short stocky man
"that's me"
"ok come through"
Suddenly he's nervous, he's going to bare his soul to this complete stranger and have to admit he never knew his best friend was gay. He takes a deep breath then walks in.

Skinner hates hospitals; he's been in them too much for other people, not a week passed without someone being in there. He walked to reception to let them know he was here to collect Doggett
"he's not back from therapy just yet, but he will be very soon" assured the kind looking nurse
"ok can I wait in his room?"
The nurse just nodded
"thank you"
He didn't have a long wait when he heard Doggett coming, well h guessed it was by the crunching sound of the crutches
"hi sir" said Doggett
"hi, you ready to go home?"
"yes"
He got hold of Doggett's stuff and headed to the car. He helped him in then got in himself.
"When you get home and are settled can you call Monica on her cell, she wants to talk to you"
Doggett smiled
"good I want to talk to her too. How long were you lot with me last night?"
"About half an hour. Why?"
"just wondering, the nurse said Monica sat with me, while you comforted Scullly is there something I need to know?"
"about what?"
"You comforting Scullly? Is anything going on?"
Skinner was completely offended,
"you being serious?"
"Yes, if I find she's being unfaithful to Monica there's gonna be trouble"
"I can't believe you, Dana was upset..."
"Dana is it now? Not Scullly?"
"Shut up and listen, I've known Dana forever, were close, I see her outside of work. When Mulder went off I sat with her many nights comforting her, we became very close but it is not sexual or anything more than friends"
"but you do fancy her?"
Doggett was pushing and skinner wasn't in the mood
"don't you? I mean fancy her. Don't the thought of them in bed together turn you on?"
Doggett hadn't anticipated this
"well yes"
"then why are you bugging me? I could threaten you, but you've already tried to come between them"
Doggett's mouth fell open
"yes I know, I was comforting Dana as she was upset as she felt go blame for your accident and was still scared Monica would leave her for you. Happy now?"
"no I'm not, I've really messed up haven't I?"
"Shall I be honest?"
Doggett nods
"yes you have but you can fix it. Call Monica she'll come over then talk, appologise and be honest with her. This can be fixed"
"thanks sir I will"

Once at Doggett's, skinner helped him in then left. Doggett called Monica straight away
"Reyes"
"hi... Its... John"
"hi"
"yeah hi, umm... Can you come over...? Please... I need to talk to you"
"ok, give me half an hour"
"ok bye"
"yeah bye"
He hangs up then thinks about what Jim said to do and say, keeping in mind what skinner said too.