Wow, it's been ages. Have been seriously suffering from writers block but I finally got this out. Hope it was worth the wait...
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When Mulder & his mother arrives the conversation is awkward between the four of them. Jade guesses that Ms Mulder is holding back in front of her son & Agent Scully & is proven correct later that night when Agents Mulder & Scully leave.
"You remind me so much of Samantha." She muses over a hot drink.
"Erm, thank you, Ms Mulder."
"She was a bright girl. Strong & brave. Brave enough to stand up to Fox, he never did like that. She was tall though, for her age. I imagine you've always been a petite little thing."
"Yes." Jade smiles wryly. "I have always been rather short." Exley the cat jumps onto the sofa between the two women & flops down waiting for attention.
"Tell me about your childhood." Ms Mulder presses. Jade inhales sharply & strokes her cats head.
"There's nothing much to tell."
"Fox says you don't divulge many personal details other then that photograph."
"I just don't believe it's of any consequence." She replies before rising. "I'm sorry to be a terrible host but I'm going to head to bed. Help yourself to anything in the kitchen. Goodnight, Ms Mulder."
"Good night, Jade."
The Next Morning
Jade Rileigh's Apartment
7:11am
Jade is awakened the next morning by a soft knock at her bedroom door.
"Mmyeah?" She mumbles, barely awake. The door opens & Ms Mulder stands there in her smart casual wear. Does this woman not know that a weekend means a lie-in or does she just hate sleep? Is the main thought running through her mind.
"Ms Mulder, is everything okay?"
"I've prepared a small breakfast for us." Is her reply. That and; "Please call me Tena, dear." Jade yawns & scratches Exley's stomach.
"Thank you." She calls to Ms Mulder's- Tena's retreating back.
She yawns again in the empty room & kicks the covers to the end of the bed, disturbing her cat as she does so. "If I've gotta get up this early then so do you." She tells the stretching house pet. She pulls herself to her feet & runs a hand through her tangled, curling hair, then pulls on a thin dressing gown over her shorts & vest.
When she eventually makes her way into the living room she finds her normally unused dining table covered in a table cloth & 2 plates or pancakes. She also noticed that her toast rack, which had never been used & had come included in a kitchenware set, was in the middle of the table, each slot with a triangle of toast in.
"Holy crap, it's like every feel good movie rolled into one." She mutters to herself.
"Coffee?" Ms Mulder calls from the kitchen.
"What have I let myself in for."
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