Opening Credits: Do my eyes deceive me? Is that Mulder?!!! Whoo-f*ckin-hoo! 'Bout damn time :P
Mulder: Is anything the matter?
Scully: Nothing. No, I just, uh . . . I went for a walk.
Mulder: Mmm. Then what's wrong?
Scully: (sighs) I'm . . . I'm sorry I haven't told you. I don't know why I haven't. I mean, you were always there for me during my illness but, um . . .
(Pause. Mulder leans into her and speaks softly with a small smile.)
Mulder: Don't make me guess.
Scully: Obviously you've had some time to think about my request.
Mulder: Um, it's . . . it's not something that I get asked to do every day. Um, but I am absolutely flattered. (Scully looks embarrassed.) No, honestly.
Scully: Okay, if . . . if you're trying to politely say "no," it's okay. I, I understand.
Mulder: See what's weird is . . . this sounds, and this sounds really weird, I know, but I, I just wouldn't want this to come between us.
Scully: Yeah. I know . . . I, I understand. I do.
(Realizing that she has misunderstood, Mulder reaches out as if to stroke her cheek, but pulls back.)
Mulder: Well . . . the answer is "yes."
(She's happy. They smile at each other. She comes into his arms and they hold each other for a moment. Things are still a little awkward as they part.)
Scully: Um . . . Well, I'll call Dr. Parenti and . . . I assume that he'll want to meet you and go through the, uh, the donor procedure.
Mulder: At that part, I'm a pro.
Doggett: Why didn't you tell me?
Scully: I was afraid. Afraid that they'd use it against me to take me off the X-Files so that I couldn't find Mulder.
(Linda Note: "Bwaaahahahahah!!" ~ wipes a tear away ~ "'Find' Mulder! That's so funny!"
Someone taps Linda on the shoulder.
"Um, Linda, that's not supposed to be funny. She's serious."
Linda: "Oh . . . Bwaaaahahahaha!!!")
(Scully enters her dark apartment. Mulder wakes up from where he has been sleeping on her couch.)
Mulder: Scully? I must have dozed off. I was waiting for you to get back. (He looks at her sad face.) It didn't take, did it?
Scully: I guess it was too much to hope for. (He opens his arms for her. She walks into them and lets him hold her. She sobs.) It was my last chance.
(He holds her tightly, then kisses her on the forehead. He presses his forehead against hers.)
Mulder: Never give up on a miracle.
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