Date: March 24th, 2000 Title: "Field of Thorn and Roses" Author: Nancy Espinosa Rating: PG Disclaimer: I dont own any of the characters they belong to Chris Carter, Fox and 1013, I dont have any money so is useless to sue me. Spoilers: Season 5 and up Summary. Scullys cancer is now in remission and Mulder wants her to know his feelings for her after she almost died, but how will Scully react? Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy this story. Its my very first, in fact I keep writing it, I have it very well developed by this point. Feedback: Oh yes please, Id really appreciate it, to know how I am doing my work. E-mail: nancye_2000@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHAPTER ONE. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now, more than ever she felt alive. After all this time of thinking that in any moment she could get worse and would have to leave him even against her will, their will, now again she could see the light, she could see before her another chance, she had born again and now with the certain of knowing his feelings, God!, he loves her so much, as much as she loves him and she wondered if they had to go through for all this to realize those feelings. Why we, human beings, have to wait till things like this happen to realize that happiness is just before our own eyes, what are we so afraid of? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was her first day at the office after she left the hospital. When she entered the office Mulder was already there looking at some files, but he was waiting for her. "How are you, how are you feeling?" "Ive been following the doctors orders, you dont have to worry, Im fine, thanks for your concern." "Im glad to hear that" he said knowing this time was true. "Mulder, I want to thank you for what you did, you saved my life, I didnt think I could get out of this illness, thank you, really." "Its nothing compared with what you have done for me" he felt the urge to tell her how he felt about her, but he was scared. "Mulder" "No Scully, its true, you have done so much for me all this time, you have been with me all the time, even when I put you aside, you always stayed with me, even knowing that everything that happened to you and your family is because of me ." "Mulder, its not true, I made my choice, I decided to be with you, to work with you, stop feeling guilty, please, I dont think you are, lets forgive all of this." He nodded his head in affirmation, but deep inside him he felt guilty, that guilt that every minute haunts him. He felt the urge to tell her how much he loves her, the pain he felt just thinking she was going to die, he never thought he would feel so much pain, the hole in his soul he was starting to feel, it was even worse than when she was abducted, the pain and despair he felt and thought that never could feel something worse, but he was so wrong, the thought of her death was devastating. She was inside him, under his skin, through his bones, he could feel her all over his body, but he couldnt tell her, the best was to keep their relationship as it was, he could not risk her life again. "So, we have any new case?" "Maybe, I dont know yet, I was reading some information in this files, it seems to be an interesting case, you want to take a look at it?" "Sure" They spent the day as usual, almost, they could feel the awkwardness in the air, at first they didnt know for sure the reason they were so tensed, but then they realize it was because now they knew how they felt about each other, their silent love, but they knew, and their hearts was full of joy and sadness at the same time cause they knew they could never be LOVERS. The weeks went by between investigations and trips. Then, in a rainy Saturday evening, Scully was in her apartment, looking through the window watching the people on the street, some of them running protecting themselves from the rain, others just slowly walking enjoying the evening. She turned to rest on her couch and turned the TV on, she surfed through the channels but nothing, nothing interesting to watch, but her mind was somewhere else, with someone else and she couldnt stop thinking about those feelings for him that now were stronger and she couldnt help it, she knew it was impossible, even when she knows he feels the same way about her. She got up off the couch and decided to take a walk under the rain. Outside the rain was falling hard, but it was a beautiful sensation to feel it running all over her body, suddenly she heard someone calling her from a car, she turned her head and there he was, Mulder. "Hey Scully, your shower is not working? You could have just stopped by my apartment." "Thanks for the offer, but I rather take it this way Mulder, What are you doing by this neighborhood?" "Come on Scully, get in the car, Ill drive you home." They entered her apartment, Mulder took off his coat and laid it on the couch. "I almost forgot this" and he showed her the bottle of wine holding in his hand. "Mulder, when did you get it?" "Actually Scully, I was coming to your place with this and then I found you taking your shower on the street." This behavior was a non-Mulder behavior she thought, but inside she was glad and surprised. "Well Mulder...you surprised me, really, you want to discuss anything in particular about the case?" "No, I just thought it could be nice if we can just hang out like the two good friends we are, dont you think?" God, this was weird, but she thought maybe he was feeling alone and he just needed to talk, not that this was a Mulder- behavior either, but hey, lets give it a try. "Are you hungry?" "Actually, yes, what do you have in mind?" "I can cook a spaghetti, potato salad, something quick, youre in?" "OK" , he was getting scared, maybe this wasnt such a good idea, no wait, theres nothing wrong about dinner with your best friend, yes, thats it, your best friend; who was he kidding anyway, he was there because he wanted more than her friendship and he finally decided to do something about it. She started preparing dinner and left the spaghetti boiling, meanwhile they sat in the floor in the living room, she was nervous, same as him. She tried not to stare too long at him while he talked. His mouth, his hands, that male hands she dreams so frequently touching her. He tried the same, but as she talked he could not resist watching her coral- colored and sensual mouth, her neck, and couldnt resist but imagine her flesh behind the collar of her shirt, her breasts Soon they were having dinner at the table kitchen and drinking the wine he brought. "This is not as bad as I thought Scully" "What, you thought I couldnt cook?" "I have to admit it, I thought you couldnt cook anything else besides sandwiches and microwave food, I guess you surprised me too." "I was just hoping you didnt notice the poison I put in your potato salad.. mmm?" she joked and gave him an arched eyebrow. "Really?, actually is pretty good, remember weed never dies." They smiled at each other and finished their dinner. Later, she thought he will be leaving soon, but no, he made himself more comfortable in the living room. She stare at him and her heart was pounding so hard, she thought even he could hear it. He turned the stereo on in a very romantic radio station, and then turned around to give Scully a very suggestive look. "Mulder I think its a little late and we have to work tomorrow so " "Scully, tomorrow is Sunday." "Oh, right" she felt embarrassed, had he noticed she wanted to get rid of him before something happens and they regret it? "What? Its something wrong? Were just hanging out" "Right" "Wanna dance?" Oh God, this can't be happenning, now what, how can I say no? "I thought you didnt dance oh, sorry. I forgot , you do dance. But Im not Phoebe Green, so" "Come on Scully, dont give a hard time, come here" He reached and pulled her close to him. Her heart was pounding harder as he lead her dancing across the living room. He slipped his hand under her shirt caressing softly her back. She shivered and look up to meet his eyes. "Well, this has been an evening full of surprises, right Scully?" "Yeah" but her mind was in Mulders hand caressing her back, and she asked herself what was going on. "What about another surprise?" he leaned towards to kiss her, she watched him and looked into his eyes, and suddenly he stopped. He read it in her eyes, he froze, she didnt want him to kiss her. He pulled away. "Sorry Scully, I better go" angry with her and himself, he took his coat and headed to the door. "Mulder . . . " He turned his head to see her. "Im sorry, Im scared" her eyes watering. "Afraid of what Scully?, you dont see it right?" She doesnt answer, only stares at him. "I guess you dont, good bye" And she saw him go behind the door. He wanted her to see him, to listen to him. He was finally ready to say it, to scream his feelings for her, she was everything to him: his partner, his friend... his world. And now he wanted her to be also his love. But she was so scared and as much as she wants him too, she wasnt prepared yet. If they got involved things would change, not only for them, what about her mother? She loves Mulder also buther brother Bill, What about The X Files? What if the Bureau set them apart? Mulder could not continue his quest without her. No, it cant be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday morning in the office, they hardly speak to each other. They cannot work this way they think. Mulder is in a damned humor and Scully she doesn't know what to do. She knows it's her fault. How will they go through this? He is wounded. He never opens up to anybody and less to share his feelings. How stupid she was. How could she do that to him? After all she always dreamt about that moment, and when it happened, she chickened. Stupid. Stupid. Now shes the one who has to break the ice, but how? Oh, she knows. What about a little message in his computer? No, it is not her way of making things, shes a grown woman and must face the situation like that. But at this time nothing is more important than make contact with him again and talk about what happened. But first to make contact it is the most important thing, Dana, this partly is your fault, you shouldnt had chickened. After a lot of thinking she starts writing, then she glances at him above the computer and returns her look to the screen when she realizes hes watching her. He gets off his chair as Scully watches him leave the office without a word. She finishes her message, read it all over again, and presses the sent button as she sighs wishing for the best of it. Shes willing to talk with him, to open her heart the same way he did. He must know why shes so scared even when hes the reason of her life, when shes working in The X-Files only because of him, that his quest for finding the truth has also become hers, that she will choose to be at his side above anything else and that she could give her life to save him if she had to, why? Because she loves him too much it hurts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He started up his computer and saw displayed the message: Youve got mail. He opened it and started reading: Fox: Why are we doing this? Whats wrong with us? That night in my apartment I saw it coming, I knew you were coming on to me, I just didnt know how to handle it. Im fill with fears, Im so scared. Id like to explain myself to you, we cant keep avoiding this, we have to talk, above everything we are friends, the best friends. Please lets talk. Dana. He sighed and read about 4 or 5 times the message. He was so surprised about the fact she called him Fox and finished the message as Dana. Maybe it was a sign, a good sign. She was being intimate. They only call themselves by their first names in that intimate moments. He turned off the computer and left the office, it was late. In the darkness of his apartment sitting on the couch, his elbows on his knees and his hands covering his face, he was thinking what to do. Suddenly got off of the couch and closed his door behind him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A knock on the door woke her from her thinking. She wanted to open the door and see Mulder standing in front of her. She walked toward the door and opened it, it was him. "Hi" "Hi, can I come in?" "Sure, Im the one who wants to talk now, right?" her tone was serious. He entered the living room and took his coat off leaving it in a near chair. "Sit down please, you want something to drink, tea, coffee?" "No, thank you, Im ok" "OK " she sat beside him in the couch, she could feel the sweat in her hands. She studied her hands a little and then lifted her head to look at him. "Mulder" "No, first I want to apologize if I offended you. I just thought it was the right thing to do, to follow my heart for the first time in my life, but I guess I was wrong, right Scully?" deep in his heart he wanted her to prove him wrong. "No Mulder is not that" "Then what is it Scully, tell me, youre the one who wanted to talk to me." his voice reflected the anger inside him. "Its just that" she got off the couch and started talking with her back at him. "Mulder, Ive been avoiding a lot of things, but most of them were about you. I didnt want to get closer to you because of my illness. I didnt want you to feel responsible for me. All I wanted was to get away from you so you could let me go easier. You already have enough with Samantha and I didnt want to be like her, someone you could never let go. I wanted you to forget about me. Sometimes during my illness I just felt like I was a stone on the road for you and I had to get away so you could continue your search and in the meantime I wanted you to be with me, to feel you close." She turned to look at him and catch his gaze. "I wanted you to love me, to be the most important thing to you, even more than our search and Samantha and any conspiracy, but I knew my time was coming and would be better for the two of us to be away from each other. I didnt want you to see me die, but at the same time I didnt want to leave you." He got off the couch and approach her, looking into her eyes. "Scully, are you aware of what you just said? I could not, in any moment, had left you. I wanted to be with you all the way. I wanted to share everything with you, and of course I could not let you go so easily. After all these years and all what we have went through, so many things that youve done for me, I couldnt just turn around and leave. We are stronger together, and they know that, thats why they wanted to split us. Se belong to each other Scully, in many ways. Were not just partners: were friends and although we havent involved ourselves carnally, it doesn't mean that we are not lovers, our souls have made it, we are spiritual lovers, you understand that?, and I understand that youre scared." He took her hands in his and kiss one and then the other. Her eyes watering as she looked at him kissing her hands tenderly. "You know Scully? I had a nightmare last night." She look at him so he could read in her eyes how much she wanted to prevent him from that suffering. She knows what the nightmares do to him. "I dreamt my sisters abduction, again. We were playing and watching TV" She lifted a hand and put it on his check caressing him tenderly as he was telling her his dream. " . . . then again the lights appeared and everything, and my sister started screaming for help. I tried to help her, but I couldnt. And then I realize it wasnt my sister who was taken away." Her face turned curious. "Who was it then Mulder?" "It was you Scully. You were taken away from me too. I woke up upset, shaking, sweaty and with my eyes full of tears. I was so afraid of loosing you Scully after what happened last night." She placed her index finger on his mouth. "Shh Im here Mulder, right here. Youre not gonna loose me, I promise. Its just that Im so happy when Im with you, its scary. Knowing that my happiness is dependent on someone else terrifies me. Like when I was sick, my health and also my death depended in that men, its almost the same fear." "No Scully, its not the same. I wont hurt you, youre so important to me, I couldnt hurt you." "I know, you wouldnt hurt me intentionally. But I know youll hurt me without you even notice." "Please, dont say that. It was so hard for me to open my heart to you in this way, to confess my feelings or maybe just assure them to you. Scully I just want to be with you, I want to torn down the walls we built between us maybe without even notice or maybe noticing I dont know, but I want you to know that youre the most important in my life, my Dana, Ive loved you for a very long time. Since you entered the basements door that day, I knew this was gonna happen, it was inevitable, please Dana" She thought that sometimes actions speak louder than words. She stepped closer to him, cuping his face in her hands, pressing her lips against his in a sweet and tender kiss. He slipped his arms around her wrist and pulled her against his body to feel her close. They deeped the kiss as she drew her arms up around his neck. It was an incredible sensation for both of them. For her it was like the dreams she has everytime she closes her eyes, tasting the mouth of the man she loves, admires and desires. Feel his warm all over her body, feel his hands touching her in the most arousal places. For him, it was like the cherry on top of the cake. Since she entered into his life he started living the most happy moments since Samanthas abduction. Everything was so dark back then and she lightened his life since 5 years ago. He only needed this. Hold her in his arms, tasting her feminity and feel what he always thought: she belongs to me. Now their loneliness was over. Theyve always had each other but not this way. It was the start of a new kind of relationship for them and they were ready to face it, ready to fight everything and everyone who attempts to hurt them or set them apart. Like Mulder said, everybody knows they stronger together, nothing can defeat them and even if they tried to hurt them or put them in danger again, they cannot take what they have, what they are, what they mean to each other. They broke their kiss and look into each other as they hold. Their hearts were pounding hard. She rested a hand over his chest to feel it. She then rested her head on. She could hear it, pounding hard, rhythmically, and it was because of her. It was pounding for her. She could not believe this was happening. She faced death short time ago and now she was more than alive. Thanks to him she could feel all kind of sensations. Her blood running in her veins, her heart pounding, her hands sweating, her sex in arousal. God, Dana, this is incredible, isnt it? How one small action, one decision we take maybe without thinking clearly, can change your life. Thank you God for this gift, thank you for giving me Fox Mulder. For letting me be part of his life, be his life. With a single finger in her chin, he lifted her head so she could see him. He smiled at her and she smiled back. "What are you thinking Scully?" "Im thinking how lucky I am for being holding you, for having you in my life." "You think youre the lucky one?, dont be so presumptuous, let that to me, Im the lucky one." "Then I guess we both are lucky." "Yeah, youre right. It isnt too bad after all, right Scully?" "No it isnt, its I dont know Mulder, I dont find the words. All I can tell its that all those fears I felt just minutes ago are gone. What did you do to me? What kind of witchcraft you practice?" " Witchcraft? I thought you didn't believe in that. But I practice a very special , want to know which one?" She smiled and passed her fingers through his hair waiting for his answer. "The witchcraft of love Scully, as simple as that." They sank in a hot embrace until they searched for their mouths, losing themselves in the taste of their kiss. Their tongues exploring each other as their hands did the same in their bodies. It felt so good. How much they wanted to sink into each other. They broke their embrace to take some air, looking into their eyes. They wanted this moment to last forever. "I want you Scully, but I can wait, and you?" "I want you too Mulder, its better if we take our time, we have a lot. Lets make this slowly, lets enjoy this step by step, easy." "Ok, I'll do whatever you want, I'll do it the way you want, youre the boss here." !I thought I was always the boss Mulder!" "Oh yeah, suremhmm" "You pig" and she slapped him. "Oh, more, more, please, please, Oh ." "Youre incorrigible." "Thanks." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ok, this was Chapter One, I hope you liked it. As you may have noticed, I'm new in this business, so if you noticed some mistakes, I apologize, besides English is not my native language, it's a little more difficult. Now here it comes the Second Chapter. Feel free to give any comments. (Specially the good ones.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: March 24th, 2000 Title: "Field of Thorns and Roses" Author: Nancy Espinosa Rating: PG Disclaimer: I dont own any of the characters they belong to Chris Carter, Fox and 1013, I dont have any money so is useless to sue me. Spoilers: Season 5 and up Summary. Scullys cancer is now in remission and Mulder wants her to know his feelings for her after she almost died, but how will Scully react? Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy this story. Its my very first, in fact I keep writing it, I have it very well developed by this point. Feedback: Oh yes please, Id really appreciate it, to know how I am doing my work. E-mail: nancye_2000@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHAPTER TWO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They laid in the couch, kissing and touching each other but without crossing that line. "Mulder?" "Yeah?" "What are we gonna do now?" "About what?" "About the job. You think we should tell Skinner?" "Skinner? Scully, if he finds out hell inform the Bureau and theyll reassign us. Besides, he could kill me for this." "Kill you? What are you talking about? Why?" "Why? Please, dont tell me you havent notice, youre smarter than that. He wants you Scully." "What, are you out of your mind or something? what a stupid question, I know you are, but" He lifted an eyebrow, stealing her trademark. "Oh my God, youre serious!! I never thought well, I have to admit sometimes I felt" "You felt?!" "Let me finish. Sometimes I felt his looks a little out of place, but you really think that?" "Please Scully, a man in love like myself knows when another man is trying to steal his woman." "His woman? I didnt know I was already yours, you have any writing or something?" "Dana" He pulled her closer to him. "You are mine, understood?" he stated. "And youre mine." she kissed his nose. "Always." They kissed deeply a long time and she suddenly broke from their kiss. "What, what is it?" Mulder asked. "You didnt answer my question" "Do I have to answer right now?" "Yes." "But " "Answer" "All right, I think we can handle this. I think we can keep this only to ourselves. We can keep working as usual, they dont have to know about this; besides, you know that everybody in the Bureau think were involved even when we werent." "Everybody think that?" "Its old news Scully, dont be so surprised." "Yeah, for everybody Im Mrs. Spooky, right?" "Hey, now it fits you perfectly." "And the worst part is that I like it." "You better" And he kissed her nose. "Anyway, the Bureau dont listen to that kind of talk, even when they know it could be true. We have plenty of time to think what to do, but for now its safe to keep it in secret, and is more exciting, dont you think? Its like if I were married and you my forbidden lover or viceversa." "What a imagination!! But I guess youre right." "I always am, sweetie." "Shut up." After a couple of hours of talking, kissing, hugs, caresses, he got up off the couch and turned to face her. "I guess I have to go now, its late and we have to work tomorrow." She nodded and reached for his hand. He pulled her to him and as her feet reached the floor he slipped his hands around her waist. She cupped his face with her hands until they found their mouths enjoying a wet and passionate kiss. They broke the kiss and said Good Night. Back in his apartment Mulder was still shaking, it was a mixed sensation: he was vastly happy. His Scully shared the same feelings for him. He never thought this day would come and in the other hand he was scared, but not for this new relationship with her, he was afraid that men would find out, as they always do, and attempted to hurt them. Mostly he was afraid for her. He didnt want to loose her again. That men know Mulder is weak without her, she is his weak spot and they know it perfectly. They had to be very careful. Fox, you did it. You love her and she loves you back, what else can you ask for? He knows that answer andalso knows that her love is the engine to keep looking. Before Scully, he was alone and it only mattered to find the truth knowing that in the end hell be alone again even if he found the answers. No life ahead of him, but not anymore. Five years ago she joined this quest and make it hers, and now they share the same mission, a life together and a future. A future, he whispered out loud. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Its unbelievable, she said. You wanted this as much as he, but how could you manage to left aside your fears and open to him, you really dont know. You tried not to be too mellow, but you only spoke with your heart. A heart full of love for him and if you sounded a little silky, it doesnt matter, that was what you wanted to say. And now what? He says we should keep this in secret, but how?, Well, maybe it wouldnt be too difficult. Who are you kidding? Youll want to touch him and kiss him for all the time you couldnt. God, its true. Well, the good thing is that nobody goes down to the Basement, who cares about the Spookies? Its an advantage. Stop. Stop doing this Dana.You have shed so many tears for him, because you couldnt have him the way you wanted. But now, its time to stop crying and start living. Youre giving this a lot of thought and its not necessary because its something that was meant to happen. Now you must think only in giving him all the love you feel for him, in a different level now. Youve given it to him all these years subtly, but now is openly, sort of. Can you feel that? Its your heart. Yeah, your heart. Pounding. Rapidly. Happy. You know the reason. Did you imagine how would it feel? Yeah, a lot, but its not the same think about it or imagine it as it is to actually feel it. It feels far beyond that. You felt his heart pounding too, remember? You can be sure he loves you because his heart pounds exactly like yours, with the same rhythm. Can he feel the same happiness as me? Yes, he can, you can be certain of it. Im tired, it has been a wild day. Tomorrow you begin your new adventure, your new romance. Tomorrow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Oh my God I feel like a teenager on her first date, how should I behave? Whats he gonna do when I enter the door? What am I gonna do? She was so nervous, she had her hand in the knob of their office door having all this thoughts. This is gonna be great, have I chosen the right suit, the right tie? Please! Its Scully, she doesnt care about this frivolities. Everybody stared at him while he was walking on the hallway to get the elevator. He wore a suit almost new. He just used it once in a reunion with his mother and her family a couple months ago. Stupid reunion. He looked so elegant and so hot too. He turned to the hallway that leads to his office when he saw her standing in front of the door. She looked beautiful. Stunning. She was a Goddess, he thought, and she was his. He approached her and she jumped at the knowledge of his presence. She seemed to be far away in her thoughts. "Morning" "Morning Mulder" He leaned to kiss hear as she looked around to make sure nobody was near. "Did you sleep well?" he asked. Sleep? How could I sleep while the joy and happiness trapped in my heart threatened to explode my whole body? "Of course, better than ever, thank you". You liar! "Im glad" Because I couldnt. Not that I sleep thight every night. I thought about you all night and was starting to think if I closed my eyes and fall asleep, when I woke up I would realize it was only a dream. It was better to stay awake. " Me too." Liar. She opened the door and they entered the office. They took off their jackets, put their briefcases in their place and stare at each other not knowing what to do, what to say. It sure seemed like they were in their first date, but it was so far away from that. They knew each other better than anyone. They were like one whole person. They were so deep into each others soul and body. It was the most perfect collision of bodies and souls in one heart. He approached her desk and extended his arms inviting her to his embrace. She smiled and find him resting her head on his chest as he held her and brushed his hand up and down her back. An embrace. Words that wasnt necessary to speak. The love between them is beyond any words or any promises. The phone rang. Mulder sighed in frustration for the interruption and reached for the phone. She watched as he answered that impertinent call. "Mulder. Good Morning Sir. Ok, were in our way" And he hung the phone. "Skinner?" "Yeah, he wants to meets us in his office right away" "Ok, lets go then." "You think he knows something?" "Mulder, we have 15 minutes in the Building, its not possible." "Yeah, you say that very often. But maybe everybody noticed my stupid smile in my way down here. Everybody was staring at me." "Really? Well, maybe it was because you look really handsome today, havent I told you that?" "No." She stepped closer to him and whispered in his ear. "Well, you look so hot." A smile appeared immediately in his face as he watched her heading to the door. "Are you coming Mulder?" "Yeah, yeah, sorry" he was fantasizing ....again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Morning sir" "Morning agents, please take a seat" Skinner sat behind her desk as Mulder and Scully sat in the seats in front of Skinner's desk. "I called you to come here to let you know that the Bureau have developed a new training program to improve the skills of all our agents. Basically this program consists in courses, conferences, things like that which all of us have to attend. You have been schedule to join the first group which goes out to New Orleans tomorrow morning. My secretary will give you the information you need about flights, hotels, conferences, etc. Any questions?" Wow, that was fast. "Sir, how long well be there?" "Two weeks Agent Scully" "Two weeks? But what about the job, the cases?" "Agent Mulder, you dont have any relevant or solid case right now and you know it, so I think its better for you two to go in the first group now and not when youre working on a case." "Ok, its that all sir?" "Thats all Agents" They stood up and headed to the door when Skinner caught their attention. "Agents?" "Yes?" "Behave please. Specially you Agent Mulder. Dont get yourself in trouble and remember you two, youre going with a lot of other agents. You have to be careful, I guess you dont want people start talking. Its that clear?" Mulder and Scully looked at each other with a big question mark in their faces and make their exit of Skinners office. Did he noticed? It was that obvious? On the way to their office they talked about what Skinner said to them: "Scully, what was that about?" "You mean the program? I think its good to get off of our routine." "No, I mean what Skinner said to us. About not let people start talking. You think he noticed something?" She sighed. "No Mulder I dont think so. But he knows you and I are very close and that maybe to other agents eyes could mean something else is going on." "But there IS something going on Scully" "Yes, but remember we dont want anybody to know, so we have to be very careful." They were alone in the elevator, so she put a little kiss on his nose. He smiled. "Hey Scully, New Orleans. I heard is a very romantic place and also mysterious. Some say people still practice voodoo, and there are legends of haunted houses. Very interesting dont you think?" "Mulder, were going in training, not in vacation and much less on a case. Please dont try to find something there, promise me." How could he not promise that to her, specially with that please-be-a-good-boy-face she gave him. But in the other hand, he really didnt want to go to any training program, it was much more appealing to enjoy that old city with Scully like if they were on vacation. "Ok, I promise, although I still dont understand why they want us to go, we are like a virus or a rotten apple in the Bureau. I thought they didnt want us to infect the others." "Skinner said everybody had to go, remember? Even if they dont like us, were part of the FBI." "Yeah, youre right, but I have to tell you Scully, its gonna be very hard for me to behave" And he slapped her on her butt as they exited the elevator, she looked at him to warn him: "Mulder!!" "I told you Scully, its gonna be very difficult." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A knock on the door caught her attention from the bag she was filling with clothes. Tomorrow morning, very early, they have to take the plane to New Orleans. She approached to the door. "Yes, who is it?" "Scully its me" She opened the door and stepped aside to let him in. She was surprised to see him there. They agreed to sleep early and see each other in the morning. "Is something wrong Mulder? What happened?" "Yes, something is very wrong" he said in a worried tone. "What? What is it? Are you okay?" "No, Im not." She stepped forward to him, to see his face, looking for a sign of pain, or terror or whatever he was feeling. But instead she found a huge smile all over his face. Is he laughing at me, is this some kind of joke? He started laughing. "Mulder, why are you laughing?" "Im sorry Scully, but Im really not okay. I need to be with you, I needed an excuse to came." "You dont need excuses to come here and see me. You scared the hell out of me Mulder." "Im sorry" They found each other in an embrace as their need to be close grew. They stopped from their kissing. "I want to spend the night with you Scully" "Me too, but we have to be ready early tomorrow morning, I dont think we can sleep well if we spend the night together. Besides, Im almost packed and I can tell youre not. You have to go to your place to get ready." "I have a solution for that" "Oh, yeah? What is that?" "Go and finish what youre doing and Ill tell you ok?" "Ok" they kissed again and she went to her room to finish packing that bag. After a few minutes she entered the living room and found Mulder sitting on the couch watching basketball. "I didnt even know I had that channel" "Scully, I think I have one more reason to be around here, this channel is awesome." "So, I will not be the reason for you to be here anymore. First that stupid channel and then me. Ok, you hurt my feelings." "Come here" She joined him on the couch, laying on top of him. "Of course not, youre my only reason to be here, in this world, in this country, in this city, my only reason to be in this life, in this lifetime, you always have been that reason and will always be. I think I have been waiting for you all my life and all my pastlives. My life really started when you entered through our office door, I love you so much Scully, I dont think I could live without you, Ill die first than loosing you again." "I love you too Mulder, so much. But I don't want you to die soon, ok?" They kissed with such a passion. It surely was a new sensation for both of them. It has been a long time since the two had been in the arms of someone they cared about. So many empty relationships, but finally they found each other and found true love and it was like a first time again. Like the first kiss, the first touch, the first embrace. She broke the kiss. She was curious about what were they gonna do next. "Well, now tell me what are we gonna do." "You have everything packed?" "Yes" "Ok, lets go." "Where are we going?" "To my place. Where are your bags?, theyre coming with us." He took the suitcases as Scully shut down the lights and headed to the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, this is not it of course. In the next chapter well see what happens in this little trip. Please feel free to send me your comments. Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: March 24th, 2000 Title: "Field of Thorns and Roses" Author: Nancy Espinosa Rating: NC-17 Disclaimer: I dont own any of the characters they belong to Chris Carter, Fox and 1013, I dont have any money so is useless to sue me. Spoilers: Season 5 and up Summary. Okay, now Mulder and Scully are a couple, but they have to go to that Training Program, how this is gonna turn out.? Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy this story. Its my very first, in fact I keep writing it, I have it very well developed by this point. Feedback: Oh yes please, Id really appreciate it, to know how I am doing my work. E-mail: nancye_2000@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHAPTER THREE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ok, here we are, I know whats gonna happen and I really want that, weve waited too long. It had been a long long time since my last time. Im nervous. Can you believe that? Im a grown woman and Im nervous. I feel almost like the first time I made this, but is not. Now its different. I have experience and I can say I almost had a master degree in this kind of things. Yes. The Ice Queen was very very good in sex. Underline that: sex. Its not like I was in empty relationships or that I got laid with every guy I saw. No. Its just that Ive never felt this way for a man. I loved them all, but with Mulder is different. I expect it to be different and I know it will be. It wont be sex, it will be lovemaking. Its funny. I lost my virginity when I was 18 with a guy I was deeply in love with. At least its what I thought. The experience was not good at all, but I guess in most of the cases it isnt. But we got better with practice. I learned a lot with my lovers and I can count them with less than a hand. But it was sex of high quality, I guess I was lucky. After my last relationship I saw my sex life reduced first to self satisfaction with my little hands and then my bravery led me a to sex shop directly to my little friend Davey, yes, Davey the vibrator. Its pathetic I know, but its either that or watch my little pussy get dry and dusty. Yes, I spend some time at night with my friend Davey, but at the end my mouth only said one name. Yep. Its not the answer to the $ 64,000.00 question. Of course I said his name, every night. Mulder. Just with articulate his name I can have an orgasm. Now all of this is about to change. Tonight is the reopening of my vagina to a real thing. God, if only I werent so nervous. I bet hes as fresh as a lettuce, isnt he? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know what she must be thinking, but you can be sure Im not. Im catalogued as the Porn King and all because of my video and magazine collection. I used to need that kind of stuff before her. Not anymore. All my fantasies are because of her. I think about her and its all I need to have a fucking orgasm. Maybe its sick. Maybe its not. Sometimes I feel guilty (what a surprise!!) for thinking about her in this way. Shes the most perfect, decent and centered woman I know and its not fair to have this kind of thoughts about her. But I cant help it, shes sobeautiful, sexy, so. Feminine. Behind that ice-look I know inside of her exists a burning passion waiting to be exposed by someone. That someone is me. I want her so badly. Like Ive never wanted someone before. My sex life is nothing out of this world as many may think including her. Im a passionate man but Im also a spookyman and that scared a lot of women before in my life. My only 2 serious relationship were satisfactory but they got tired of me, of my way of being. So then, I spent some passional nights with women I didnt know and two or three times I paid for the sex. But that was a long time ago. Now after five years of being together I know its time and I know it because she has been with me all this time, even with all the bad things that happened to her because of me. By this point anyone else had left me already, but not her. I know shes the right woman for me, although I dont know if Im the right man for her. I dont want to hurt her anymore. I dont want to make her cry again. But Im certain that this is the right thing to do because I love her, I always will. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It seems Mulder improved his CD collection, I didnt remember him having these albums. Classical or instrumental music havent been exactly his favorites. I like to think I had something to do with this change. That is a beautiful piece. I dont know who the performer is but it works for me. I was also surprised to find food in his refrigerator. So, I asked him if he was hungry, you can imagine his answer: "Hungry? You mean of food? Oh, not hungry of food" I know what kind of hungry he is. Well, I suggested to eat something light so were having a foundue party. Bread, melted cheese and wine. Romantic and Sexy. "Mulder!! Everythings ready, come on" "Im coming, Im coming, God." He was busy on the bedroom packing for their trip. She set up everything on the table in front of the couch. "Wow Scully, this is.beautiful." "You like it?" "I love it." He wondered how many things hell discover about her. Five years together, he thought hew knew her well, but his was a new side of her personality he was starting to love. They studied each other while they were eating. He already had a hard on just of watching her licking the cheese off of her fingers. Imagining that tongue on his body, that lipstick mark left on her wineglass drew all over him. He wanted her. His desire was stronger every minute that went by. He couldnt wait anymore. As she opened her mouth to take a little piece of wet bread into her mouth, he leaned over to her and covered her mouth with his. She let go her glass and fork to the floor as she lifted her arms around his neck. He pulled her close to him as he slipped his hands under her sweater. He could feel her bare skin. She felt his erection pressed against her. Her body getting hotter and hotter. He left her mouth and draw his way down her neck with tiny kisses. She let go a moan. She managed to unbuttoned his shirt and slipped her hands all over his chest. Hes so beautiful, so perfect. She leaned over his chest and placed kisses through him, she licked, she bite and sucked when she found on her way a nipple. He let out a groan from deep his throat. She pressed her body against his to make him lay on the couch and she put herself on top of him. "Hi" he said. "Hi yourself" "I love you Scully" "Mulder shut up and take me." And as she asked him he touched her and kissed her with the passion she always had awake in him. She only had to let herself go. He took off her sweater and gasped at the view in front of him. He lifted his arms and cup one of her breasts on his hand, as he touched it he saw her nipple got erect. He cupped the other one and made the same movement. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back. Waves of pleasure filled her body. He watched the pleasure he was given her. "You like that Scully?" "Yeah, go on " Meanwhile she was still working on his chest and her hand went down to the buttons of his jeans. She unbuttoned the first, then the second, and the nextFuck. So many buttons. Doesnt he know jeans with zippers? He lifted his hips to allow her to slid down his jeans, he was now half naked. She saw the huge erection he already had under his underwear. At this point he already had removed her bra and her breasts were exactly in his face. He took one nipple into his mouth, he sucked and bite on it as his thumb drew small circles in the other one. Meanwhile she was touching his cock, up and down. His breathing increased with every touch of her hand. He let go her nipple and moved to the other taking it into his mouth. With his right hand unbuttoned her jeans and sled his hand under it to touch her on her part. She was so fucking wet. Then he sled his hand again but this time under her panties and sled his middle finger into her, in and out, in and out. "How about that Scully, you like it or you want me to stop?" he asked over her breast. "Noo.. Go Mulder, pleassse, , ah. Go." He pulled his weight over her and turned her on her back into the couch. Now he was on top of her. His hand was still inside her. With her help he managed to take off her jeans and panties at the same time. He took off his hand from inside her and reached his glass of wine resting on the coffee table. "Oh Mulder what are you doing?.. dont stop pleasse." "Shh wait.. dont talk, just feel, OK?" He poured some wine over her breasts. She gasped and arched against him at the cool sensation. He leaned down to her and licked the wine off of her body. He could feel her breathing increasing with every touch of his mouth. His erection was growing. It hurt, he needed to take off his underwear, and soon. He poured more wine over her. First her breasts, then he drew his way through her midsection to the curly haired part of her entrance. He licked again all over her till he reached her entrance again. Then he took his thighs in his hands and rested them in his shoulders. He entered her with his tongue, drawing his way up and down, in and out. She was moaning and crying out loud his name. It sounded beautiful in her mouth. She didnt feel this pleasure with nobody else before; she felt all around her spinning faster and faster. He continued giving her this sensations, that pleasure, hearing the noises coming from her throat. His desire was growing the same as his erection. She now was touching herself, touching her breasts. He concentrated then in her clit. Sucking it and drawing tiny circles on it with his tongue. She couldnt resist anymore. "God, Mulder I ca oh, ah.." Her hips started moving violently against his face and he knew soon shell come. He moved his tongue faster. "Muldeeeroh..." And then her movements slowed down, the same as her breathing. He let go off her and placed her legs back on the couch. She reached for him and cupped his face on her hands. She brushed her lips across his. He opened his mouth to let her in. They kissed ferverlish and their passion increased. She felt the urge to feel him inside her, she could feel his erection against her belly but she wanted him so bad insider her. Her arms went down to cup his ass. It was small but firm, beautiful, she loved the sensation. She opened her mouth to let him know what she wanted: "Oh God, .. Mulder?" "Yeah?" "I want you inside me, please" "Right now? Youre sure?" "Yes, Im sure, Mulder...make love to me." He search for her mouth again. This time they kiss like if it was the last time theyll be doing it. He wanted to sink inside her, he wanted to disappear inside her, be safe inside her. She placed her legs around his waist inviting him to enter her, to fill her with his masculinity. He watched her face. Beautiful, shes so beautiful. He made his entrance, slowly. She gasped at the feeling of him. When all of him was inside her, she felt now complete. They were now one person. "God Mulder, I love you" "Sculeee I love. Youtoo, youre so beautiful" "Oh, Muldeer" Warm pleasure filled their bodies with each thrust of their hips. They sank deeply into each other, willing this moment to never end. "Oh Fox, give it to me more harrrderr I want to feel you more" "Love you, Dana, come. For me" "Oh oh.. Muldeerr. Fox, ah.." She came first. She knew he needed a little more so she gave it to him. "Now Mulder, just some little more, Fox now you come for me.." "God, God, Dana youre great love you . Beautiful. " Just some more thrust and he came too. He laid on top of her. Both breathing rapidly. Their bodies wet from their sweat and the mix of their juices. They were both happy. They made each other forget about everything, forget about monsters, killers, genetic alterations, conspiracies, UFOs sightings, CSMen... just for a moment only Fox Mulder and Dana Scully existed on the Earth. She opened her eyes and watched him. His eyes were closed. She cleaned with her hand the sweat in his forehead. He opened his eyes and smiled at her. She smiled back. With his thumb he caressed her cheek. "Youre so beautiful Scully, Ive dreamt so many times about you like this, having you at my side, naked, making love to you. But I never really imagined you have such passion hidden in you. I love you so much. Youre my life Scully, you know that right? Tell me Im not dreaming again, that Im not gonna wake up alone again." "This is not a dream Mulder, Im right here with you. We made love, the most beautiful love making of my entire life. Im all yours and well never be alone again, never. We have each other. I love you Mulder and I want to be with you always, you heard me? Always." ALWAYS. A promise to be there. A promise to be loyal. A promise with each other without any witnesses. A promise made not for the first time, but a promise for the first time made outloud. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our way to the airport was a little devastating. I think that could be the word. First, we got up late. Thank God our bags were ready since the night before. The night before. We didnt got anything for breakfast, of course. Then when we arrived to the airport everybody was waiting and upset at us for the delay. This hadnt happened to me before. I guess theres always a first time. The worst part was hearing the comments and jokes they made of us. I know Mulders gonna follow their game even when he knows I dont want him to, but sometimes, like this one, I would like to kick their asses as much as Mulder wants. I also know this is difficult for him. He can hide it to everyone, but not to me. "Well look whos here The Ghostbusters " that was Special Agent Maxwell Craft, from Violent Crimes. "No, theyre the Men in Black, but shes prettier than Tommy Lee Jones" that was Special Agent Frederick Paget, Crafts partner in crime. "What happened to you two? He didnt woke you up in time Scully?" and that was Heather Maltz, aka Heather the slut, for me. Well, we have to admit that last statement was really the problem, but they were just joking without knowing they were right. I talked to Mulder and tried to make him understand it wasnt worth it. "Mulder please, dont do this. If we start giving them importance theyll keep doing this for the next two weeks and personally I dont want to spend all that time hearing them and specially you playing this stupid childish game. Let them talk all they want." "But Scully, I cant just ignore them. Its not just about me anymore but also about you. I cant allow them to talk about you or make fun of you. I just cant." "Mulder, I dont care if they talk or not. They always do it at our backs and now that they have the chance theyre just doing it in our faces to make you angry and get you mad, and theyre doing it Mulder. Dont give it to them, please, for me?" "All right Scully, but only because you ask me to. But I cant promise you not to kick their asses if they get more annoying." "Ok Mulder, now lets go, were already late and we dont want to make anybody else angrier, right?" I hope he can keep his promise, not for me but for him. Sometimes I wish all people knew him as I do. They could understand why he is Mulder. His life had not been easy. Besides, they dont have any right to judge him or his beliefs. But I guess that would be asking for miracles. Were on our way to this training program and I know it will be very hard for Mulder to get along with the other agents and more because well have to pretend to be just partners. We have to be very careful, we better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hows it going? You Like it? Let me know, OK? We knew those bad bad agents who are gonna make Mulders life miserable in this trip. How else theyll find.? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: March 24th, 2000 Title: "Field of Thorns and Roses" Author: Nancy Espinosa Rating: R Disclaimer: I dont own any of the characters they belong to Chris Carter, Fox and 1013, I dont have any money so is useless to sue me. Spoilers: Season 5 and up Summary: See how Mulder and Scully handle their relationship while theyre at that trip. Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy this story. Its my very first, in fact I keep writing it, I have it very well developed by this point. Feedback: Oh yes please, Id really appreciate it, to know how I am doing my work. E-mail: nancye_2000@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHAPTER FOUR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is gonna be interesting. How am I supposed to get along with these assholes? And for two weeks? These are Mulders thoughts during the flight. Hes sitting on the window seat. At his side: Scully. Its not luck what brought these two to sit together. In fact, one of the other agents was supposed to sit with him, but he offered his seat to Scully. He knew that they were undetachable. Scully was asleep. Her head resting in Mulders left shoulder. He turned his head from the window to look down at her. His nose brushed lightly her hair capturing that smell: her fruity and spicy smell. It brought memories from the night before and the corners of his mouth rose to paint a lightly smile on his face. In that moment he knew the answer to his question. I wont allow that assholes to annoy me. No way. You must think Im the asshole and maybe youre right. Thats the reason people always ditch me. But not MY SCULLY. She never ditches me. Well, almost. And Im gonna keep my promise. Only for her. He was about to put a kiss on Scullys forehead when he rose his eyes and saw Heather Maltz gazing at him. He stopped. He cannot give any reason to people to talk. Skinners words came immediately to his head. God, this is gonna be HARD. Scully felt Mulders hand on her hair and woke up. With sleepy eyes she met Mulders and smiled at him. Her mouth opened whispering: "Hi" "Hi Sleepy Beauty" "Mulder?" "Yes?" "What are you doing?" "Me? Nothing, why?" "Your hand. Is in my thigh." "Oops, sorry." "Mulder if were not careful enough theyre gonna notice. Were still on the plane, weve not even landed yet and youre already touching me." "Sorry, but its so hard Scully, I cant wait to kiss you again, to touch you. I want to feel you warm and beautiful body all over me." She sighed. But it was a longing sigh. She knew exactly how he felt. "I know. I feel the same way Mulder. In fact if all those agents were not so damn good in watching other peoples business." She turned her head to point out that they were looking at them. "weve already been in that tiny little room back there joining the High-mile club, ever heard of it?" "Thank you Scully, that really helps. I think that my little friend down there is waking up. Really. Thank you very much." And as he pointed down between his legs to show her what little friend was he talking about, she couldnt prevent from laughing. In fact their flight was really pleasant. Soon both of them were sleeping. Her head resting again on his shoulder and his on the window glass. A couple hours later they landed on the New Orleans International Airport. The weather was perfect, though it was a little windy. Since the moment they stepped out of the plane Scully felt marveled with the weird sensation that invaded her body. Sheve never been in this city. She read a lot about it and she always wanted to visit. She tought it was an interesting place full of history, a mixture of french and spanish sophistication and primitivism. They shared a cab with two more agents: Paul Vogels and Rebecca Plum. They were the only ones who stepped on their side in the incident back at the D.C. airport and Scully was grateful to find that they were nice to them. It was actually a relief. Maybe theyll be a good company in the next two weeks. It was a long way from the airport to the hotel. Finally they got to the Sain Marie Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans. At least the Bureau picked a fine hotel in an interesting part of the city. The French Quarter is a 10 block square where the citys action take place. Is full of shops, restaurants, night clubs, museums. It was really nice. The hotel is not so big. It has 94 guest rooms and a meeting room for 150 people, enough for the Bureaus agents: the group was conformed by 50 of them. They got to the lobby to pick up their room keys. Mulder prayed to whoever is up there in heaven that his room was near Scullys. To his surprise, it was besides hers. Thank you very much. But his joy didnt last much. When they got to their rooms, they found that Maxwell Craft, Frederick Paget and Heather Maltz were in the same floor. Shit. Why me. Why us. In fact first was Crafts room, then Heathers room, then Mulders, Scullys and Fredericks. But thank you God because Paul and Rebeccas room were next Fredericks, maybe it wasnt so bad, we just have to be far away from them the most time possible. Like I said. This is gonna be interesting. They settled in their rooms and went to rest. It was early, but they were tired of the flight and they had to be ready early in the morning the next day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, February 6, 1998 Fifth day of Program. If someone is interested in my opinion, this program sucks. Ok, ok. Maybe nobody wants to know what I think, but I dont care. I mean, its stupid. How can this thing help us to improve our skills? I feel like Im in kindergarten: drawing, painting, counting. At least that sons of a bitch havent bothered me at all. Well, not really. The truth is that Heather makes me nervous. Its not that Im attracted to her, not at all. But she has been insinuating things to me, you know, and that really frightens me because if Scully finds out, well have a big big problem. And Frederick. That guy just irritates my nerves. He looks at Scully in a way I dont like at ll. She says Im paranoid, I know I sometimes am when involves our job, the cases, but with her... I know when someone wants my Scully. I know she doesnt care but I do. And if he continues with his damn fucking stupid game, Ill have to jump to defend my territory. Nobody write on my notebook, nobody pedal my bycicle. Clear? On the other hand, Scully seems to be submerged in this thing. She thinks is interesting, but what did I expect from her? I think it sucks, she thinks is fabulous. Thats my Scully. Thats our partnership. Thats our relationship. Thats why I love her. At least this day is over. Thank you God. Its 6 p.m. and Im planning a prank for tonight. Just Scully and me. Weve been here 5 days and Ive only seen this hotel and the street outside and I had spent only one night with Scully, that really pisses me off. But tonight has to be my lucky night. It has to. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mulder knocked on Scullys door. Hes fully dressed. Black jeans, red shirt and of course leather jacket on hand. He heard Scullys steps approaching the door. She opened it and he was dissapointed to see her in her nighclothes and Scully was surprised to see Mulder so fully dressed. "Hi Scully, can I come in?" "Of course. Mulder, why are you so." "So handsome? Gee, thanks Scully, I couldnt expect less from you." "No Mulder, seriously. Where are you going? Its late." "Its not late. Its 9 p.m., the night is young." He stepped close to her and took her by the waist. He whispered in her ear. "Come on Dana, lets get out of here, lets have some fun. This city is so full of magic and sensuality just like you." He leaned over her, looking for her lips. He placed a gentle, sweet kiss on her. "Ok, where are we going?" she asked thinking she was an easy girl for Mulder. "I dont know, well figure it out later, now get dressed, ok?" He kissed her again and as he let her go, he slapped her on the butt. While she was getting ready in the bathroom, he watched T.V, resting on the bed. She was really excited about going out and spend some time alone with Mulder, far away from the gazes of other agents. But at the same time, she was nervous. If somebody was hanging out out there too and saw them, it was really dangerous, but she accepted because she really wanted to be with him and take a walk in New Orleans streets at night, at the Mississippi River, everything was so appealing and with Mulder at her side, even more. She stepped out of the bathroom. "Ok, Im ready" Mulder turned his head from the T.V. to look at her. His jaw dropped almost to the floor when he saw her. She was gorgeous, beautiful. She wore a little electric blue dress adjusted at her body, with spaghetti suspenders, low neckline that showed a good part of her breasts, the hem reached only to her thighs, bare back. She didnt wear stocks only high heels sandals in a color that matched her dress. Her hair lose and a little undone, very sexy. He couldnt believe what his eyes were staring at. She was absolutely dreamy. That dress so revealing, the color was perfect, it stood out her blue eyes and her red hair. He was so lucky to have her, he couldnt understand why he waited so long. She was a goddess, his goddess. "Mulder, earth to Mulder "she waved a hand in front of him. "Sorry Scully but, its just that you look incredibly beautiful, stunning." "Well, thank you, I couldnt expect less from you." "No, really. Its just that most of the times Ive seen you in your work suits of course, or jeans or even pjs but like this.. God Scully I love you." He pulled her to him and kissed her deeply, his kiss was wet, passionate, hard. "I love you too Mulder, very much" she said at the moment they broke the kiss. "Now lets go" They left the hotel but didnt notice that their very good friend Maxwell Craft was spying on them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Orleans was indeed a very special place. Its atmosphere was quite special. The smells, the colors, the feelings Its exotic architecture with french accent, mixed with scents of other cultures that lived there. Mulder and Scully walked by by Jackson Square, marveled with all the dancers, mimes, jugglers and magicians on the streets. It was like a circus. They stopped to see the free viewing of painting works. One of the painters offered Mulder to make a Scullys painting. He accepted but Scully was not so sure about it, though Mulder convinced her. He watched as the painter worked on Scullys face. Around they could hear jazz musicians everywhere playing. That music was really sexy. Thirty minutes later the painter handed the painting to Mulder. He was impressed about how the artist captured Scullys beauty. Then they kept walking, their hands intertwined. Everything was so unreal. They they went to the Moon Wal, a place to relax and enjoy on the Mississippi River watching the river traffic. It was a beautiful night, chilly. They stared at each other a long time. With their hands touching every single spot of their faces. Scully loved Mulders face. Her fingers going from his hair line, to his eyebrows. His beautiful hazel eyes. His nose, she loves his nose. His cheeks. His mole. His mouth. Those lips, his bottom lip. That lips made her crazy for so many years, longing for them, dreaming, imagining the sensation at the touch with hers. And Mulder He is insane. Insane for her. He doesnt only loves Scullys face. He loves everything about her. Her carmin lips, her eyes, those beautiful and sparkling blue eyes. Her read hair that seems like leaves falling in autumn. Her roman nose. Her whole little body. Shes so small, shes his little red package. Everything was perfect. The night, the moon, the stars. They held into each other arms. Only love words coming from their mouths, words spoken by their souls. It was like a romantic scene from a movie. The scenario: the Mississippi River. Starring: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Written and Directed by their hearts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The T.V. was on, but the volume was very low. Agent Maxwell Craft was resting on his bed, sleepless. Then he heard it. Steps, noises, giggles. He knew Mulder and Scully went out. He got off of the bed and headed to the door. He stood there for a moment with his ear on the door, hoping to hear something interesting. He shut down the lights. Then he opened the door, very slowly, careful not to make any noise. He draw out only his head. What he was looking at was indeed very interesting: Mulder and Scully standing out of her room looking for the keys. Quite normal. But Mulder was holding her from the back, placing tiny kisses through her hair. Finally she opened the door and they entered the room. Craft was not the only one who saw them. He realized that Rebeca was viewing the same show, but she immediately stepped in her room and closed her door. But Craft? He wanted to know more. So, he walked slowly through the hallway to Sculys room door, expecting to hear something, voices, noises. Anyhing that could give him any hint that what he was imagining was true. Several minutes went by and he couldnt hear anything. He was getting nervous and tired. He felt like a stupid idiot spying on them. Then he heard something. Oh yeah, that was what he was expecting: Mulder and Scully pleasure noises!! Moanings, groaning, love words coming from their mouths, creaking noises from the bed That was better that any T.V. show he could watch. He assumed that now he had very valuable information to use in his favor and against Mulder. It was perfect. He could tell the Bureau about his or blackmail Fox Mulder, but for what? that was something he had to figure it out and soon. He could hear how Mulder and Scully lovemaking led them to ecstasy and he was surprised that the Ice Queen actually was human and hot. Funny thing. When he first met Dana Scully he was attracted to her like many others, but everyone thought that she was really cold blooded, to the point that they thought she could be frigid in bed, assuming she had gotten laid at least once. but oh boy, how wrong we were. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ok, next chapter will be more interesting, Im working on it. Please send me your comments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: May 9th, 2000 Title: Field of Thorn and Roses Author: Nancy Espinosa Rating: PG-13 Disclaimer: I dont own any of the characters they belong to Chris Carter, Fox and 1013, I dont have any money so is useless to sue me. Spoilers: Season 5 and up Summary. Mulder and Scully confront Maxwell Craft, but not only him.something creepy come in their way. Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy this story. Its my very first, in fact I keep writing it, I have it very well developed by this point. Feedback: Oh yes please, Id really appreciate it, to know how I am doing my work. E-mail: nancye_2000@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHAPTER FIVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next few days went by easy. Mulder kept thinking the same about the program, but he was really happy with his relationship with Scully. He thought nobody had notice what was going on with them, but he was wrong. Two days after Mulder and Scullys date, Rebecca decided to talk with Scully about what she saw. During a break, Rebecca approached Scully: "Hi Dana" "Hi, how are you?" "Fine, fine, what about you?" "Im really good, thank you" "Dana, Can I talk to you, alone?" "Sure, theres something wrong, are you ok?" "Uh, Im fine, I want to talk about you and Agent Mulder." "Excuse me?" Rebecca took Scully by the elbow and entered a little room near the meeting room. They sat in a couch, facing each other. "Rebecca, I dont understand what you wanna talk about, I mean" "Dana, I saw you two the other night" "What?" "Yes, two nights ago, I heard you and Agent Mulder when you were outside your room." "Oh my God, Rebecca I" "Its ok Dana, I understand. Im not gonna say anything dont worry. I respect your life as well as Agent Mulders. I dont want you to live what I experienced a few years ago when someone reported I was having a relationship with my partner." "And you were?" "Yes." "Oh I see." "Wed been three years working together and you know hows that, so we fell in love. He was married, but he was separated and getting a divorce. Finally we admitted our feelings and we had to hide our relationship. But after a while someone noticed and reported it to the Bureau, so they reassigned us." "But they only reassigned you?" "No, of course not. We were suspended for a while first, among other things." "And where is he now, you two keep seeing each other?" "No, we dont. He was reassigned to San Francisco and we only talked the first six months. It was very tough for both of us, so we decided to go on with our lives, take separate ways." "Im sorry Rebecca." "Im ok now, but it was hard. Dana I have to tell you something else. Like I said Im not gonna say anything, your secret is safe with me, but that night someone else saw you." "What, who?" Scully was getting so nervous and scared. She was sure Rebecca would not say anything and she was sorry about her story. She got scared thinking that something like that could happen to her and Mulder, and now Rebecca says someone else saw them. This couldnt get any worse. "Tell me" "Youre not gonna like this." "Who? Tell me already." "Maxwell Craft." "Oh my God, this cant be happenning." "That night when I opened my door to see what was happenning, I saw Craft spying on you. When you finally entered the room he looked at me, but I immediately closed my door and entered my room. Im telling you this because I know he and Agent Mulder have problems and maybe Craft would try something against both of you. You have to be very careful Dana. I dont know if youd want to tell Agent Mulder about this or not." "I dont know. I dont want him to get in trouble with Craft. Mulder can be so impulsive, but I cant pretend nothings happening either." "Well then maybe the best thing to do is tell Agent Mulder." "Yeah, I know. Thank you Rebecca and I appreciate your confidence in telling me your story. Im really sorry." "Yeah well, everythings over now. But Dana, take care of what you and Agent Mulder have. Ive seen how you two look at each other, I can see how much you love him and how much he loves you too. Dont let anyone take that away from you." "Thank you, I know. We have to fight against everything and everyone to keep safe our relationship, I dont think I could live without him or far away from him." "Yes. Well, we have to come back with the others, lets go." Scully decided to talk to Mulder about Craft. She had to be careful and try to convince Mulder not to confront or threaten him. They just have to stop giving him reasons and evidence against them. She was sure she could persuade him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A week had passed by since they started the program. They now had to left the Hotel to continue the second part of the program outside New Orleans in the forest. By noon everybody was settled. Scully and Rebecca shared a camping house and Mulder and Paul another one. After lunch Scully talked to Mulder about what Rebecca told her. Mulders first reaction was to want to kick Crafts ass and make him clear if he opened his mouth he was dead man. When he heard Rebeccas story he assured Scully hed never allow anyone to set them apart. Never. Scully calmed down when Mulder finally promised her, after a good time of arguing, to left Craft alone and also try to be careful with their interaction and not to make evident their situation. After thinking in blackmailing Mulder, Craft decided to make a better move, something more pleasant., he thought. When Mulder went with Paul and other agents inside the forest, Craft approached Scully near the improvised dining room: "Dana, why a beautiful woman like you is so alone? If I was Mulder, Id never leave you alone, who knows, maybe a smarter man could steal his woman." "Fuck you Craft." "Is that an invitation? Because I was just gonna propose to you the very same thing. You know, after hearing you having sex with that son of a bitch, I just cant stop thinking how much I want to fuck you." She raised her hand and slapped him on the face. She walked away from him but he followed her and took her from the arm to turned her around. "Look Dana, you have to be a good girl with me, you understand that? If you dont want me to report your little adventure with Spooky or see him hurt really bad, you better do what I tell you, got it?" "You son of a bitch! How dare you to threaten me!! You think I cant deffend myself?!! Go on, report us, its your word against ours!!" "Please!! You think Im the only one who can testify about this?" "If youre talking about Rebecca, forget it Craft, shes not gonna say anything!!" "I know that. Shes your new little friend. No, Im talking about some friends of mine who whould like to see Spooky Mulder and you destroyed.. Now Dana, darling, be good and cooperate with me, you don't have another choice." Craft was holding her from both arms. She was forcing with him trying to get herself free, but he was a strong man. Suddenly they both heard a voice yelling at Craft. "Get your hands off her!! You fucking son of a bitch, get off her!! Leave her alone!!" Mulder ran directly were they were standing and without even thinking he punched him on the face. Craft fell to the ground and Mulder kneeled to keep hitting him over and over again. Scully tried to stop him. "Mulder, stop it please!! Dont do that, Mulder its not worth it!! Fox Mulder stop right now!!" "No Scully, Im tired of him. Im tired of his damn games. Im tired of seeing his stupid face!!" Scully kneeled beside Mulder and put her hand on his back. She tried to make him stop, she knew this fight would get him in trouble. Both of them would get in trouble. She talked to him softly: "Please Mulder, just stop. I dont want you to get in any trouble. Stop, just for me, ok?" Mulder suddenly stopped. He turned to face Scully. He knew she was right. He couldnt deny her anything. Just looking at her, at her eyes, was enough to make him come to his senses. He stood on his feet, and saw all the people around who watched him. He held Scully from her arm and both walked away from everybody. The programs supervisor stepped in front of them, preventing them to keep their way: "Agents, you should know that Ill report this incident to your superior, you understand?" "Do whatever you want, he deserved what he got" Mulder answered. And Mulder and Scully kept walking away from everybody; but they knew it wasnt over and their relationship was in danger of being exposed. But theyd be strong to deffend their love. And they knew that the X-Files were not a common FBI job or task. They were the only ones capable of doing that work, besides, no one else was interested in that section of the Bureau, adding to that the fact that their enemies were specially interested in the continuity of Mulder and Scullys role in the X-Files. The fact of being reassigned or suspended was very remote, but not impossible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday February 10 th. 1997 The next day was very tense. Everybody wondered what had happened between Mulder and Craft, but most of them knew that Scully could have been the reason. Craft was out of his mind trying to figure out a way to get a revenge. They were almost finishing that day training. The sun was setting behind them and suddenly a young woman, running and screaming caught everybodys attention. Some of the agents went to meet her and kneeled on the ground beside where she had fallen. Mulder and Scully made their way through all the agents to see what had happened to her. The young woman was panting. Her face covered with sweat. Her body was trembling. Scully realized she was pregnant and Mulder tried to calm her down and made her some questions: "Calm down, calm down, its ok, were gonna help you, were not gonna hurt you, now tell me whats your name?# "Krista" her tone was weak. "Krista, Ok, now calm down, everythings gonna be fine." Krista was a beautiful young woman. She had red hair that reached her waist and blue eyes. Mulder noticed she was a lot like Scully. Her skin was very pale. She was short and very young. She couldnt be more than 20and finally his eyes fell on her belly; it was big, but he could tell she was in the first months of her pregnancy. "Ok, Krista, now tell me what happened, who are you running away from?" "Theywantmy baby!! " her breathing was increasing. "Who, who wants your baby Krista?" Scully asked. "Theyre coming!!theyll kill you if I tell." "No, its ok, you can tell us, were from the FBI, we can protect you." "No, no one can protect me from them theyre evil" They tried to calm her down but they thought it was better if they waited till morning to ask her what happened. She needed to rest. Rebecca brought her some water. She was lightly clothed and Scully gave her her jacket to protect her from the cold. Scully and Rebecca lifted her up and took her to their tent and watched as she quickly fell asleep. An awkward feeling filled Scully while she watched Krista sleeping. She thought it was for the fact that Krista was very much like Scully used to be at that age. It was strange though. Mulder entered the tent to see how Krista was doing. "How is she?" "She fell asleep almost immediately, she was very tired. It seems like she ran a long distance, without any shoes, with that light dress I dont know Mulder, why someone would want to hurt her and hurt her baby, to kill him?" "We are in a old city, an old place, with a history of mixed cultures and beliefs. Many people around here still practice rituals and ceremonies from their ancestors: I dont doubt for a minute that someone out there wants Krista and her baby for a ceremony of that kind." "Voodoo Mulder?" "Maybe, it could be. Its one of the most common practices around here." It was late. Mulder reached for Scully. They hugged and kissed good night. When they pulled away they realized Rebecca was watching them, but they knew they were safe with her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mulder and Scully didnt talk much about what happened with Craft. Both knew he wasnt worth it. They were now concerned about Krista. They needed to know what happened to her, who was her, who was after her. They wanted to help her, specially Scully. She felt like she knew Krista almost as she knew herself, but why? She didnt know. When Krista woke up, Mulder and Scully were beside her. She was more relaxed and calmed. Mulder couldnt take his eyes off her. She was amazingly beautiful. It was almost as if Scully had been born again. It was like seeing her in her years of youth, something he only knew by some photographs he saw once at her mothers house. Scully got close to Krista to place her hand in her forehead. She was fine. Now it was time to know what happened. "Hi, how are you feeling?" Scully asked. "Im fine. Thank you very much. Youve been very kind with me. Again thank you." "Krista, we want to know what happened, we want to help you." "I dont know its not safe for you to know." "Why its not safe Krista? Whats wrong? You can tell us. Like she told you, were from the FBI and we can protect you." "Im sorry, I dont understand. Whats the FBI?" "You havent heard about the FBI?" "No, what is it?" Mulder and Scully faced each other in amusement. How it was possible she didnt know what the FBI was? "Its a government institution. Its function is to investigate crimes, such as homicides, assaults, terrorism, drug matters, organized crime, money laundering, investigations into violent crimes, kidnappings, serial murders" While Mulder was explaining this to her, Scully could see she wasnt understanding anything he was saying. It was almost as she had never heard those words before, like she didnt know what was he talking about. "Mulder"- she interrupted him, "I dont think shes understanding what youre saying", she made a movement with her eyes to make Mulder turned to see Kristas face. "You dont understand what Im saying, right Krista?" "No, Im sorry." They thought maybe she lived isolated in those woods or something or someone was preventing her to came in contact with the world. That was the most applaudible explanation they could think. So they went on with the questions. "Ok, lets forget about the FBI, tell us where do you live?" "In a house on top of the mountains." "Are you there by yourself?" "No, I live with other people." "Your parents, some family?" "No, I dont know where my parents are, Im with", she bent down her head, like she was afraid to tell them, "with the servants, but theyre evil. I didnt know from the beginning, and I think they did something to my parents." "Why do you say that? "Scully asked. "Because I cant remember when was the last time I saw them. I dont even remember how I got to that house." "You mean you didnt live in there before?" "No, I just got to that place about a month ago, but I cant remember anything from before, just that I lived somewhere else, in Ireland, and suddenly I found myself in here. I dont even know where I am and Im afraid because everything seems soso weird, I mean, all these things its like if I were in another world. Those things you have out there, like horses but made of metal and wheels. And your clothes are also weird. Youre wearing pants but short. Where I came from a lady doesnt wear pants, only dresses Im so confused." "Krista.." Mulder interrupted, " you know what year it is?", she nodded in affirmation "can you tell me please?" "Its 1675, why?" Mulder smiled to Scully and immediately came with a theory. This girl came from somewhere in the past. But how. Scully only rolled her eyes when she heard him. Some things doesnt change at all, she thought. Scully told him that maybe Kristas mind was not ok, maybe she was imagining everything in consequence of the strong impact she suffered, or maybe she hit her head with something. There were a lot of logical things that had caused her to say those things. But Mulder had a different theory, like usual. He truly believed she was someone lost in time. Scully wanted to ask her more: "Krista, hows your pregnancy?" "Oh, Im so happy about my baby, I cant wait to hold him in my arms." "Do you know if its a boy or a girl?" Krista looked at her confused. "How could I know, I have to wait till my baby is born." "Nowadays the technology allows the doctors to see inside you and tell if its a boy or a girl, did you know that right?" "No, I dont understand, Im sorry." Scully was getting as confused as Krista was. "Are you married?" Scully asked. "I dont remember, but I have to be. A woman cant get pregnant if shes not married, its a sin." Mulder was listening to everything she was saying and he was convinced that she was not from around here, not from this time. Scully thought maybe she could look in the FBI database for some information about her, so he asked her for her last name. "Krista, you told us your name, but what is your last name, do you remember?" "Of course, my name is Krista Araceli Scully." Scullys heart jumped as same as Mulders. She had to be playing with them, but how. They didnt tell her their names, they just started asking her questions and forgot about introducing themselves. Scully turned to face Mulder and her face was more pale that usual, he could swear she was gonna faint in front of him. "Krista, are you sure thats your name?" Mulder asked. "What do you mean if Im sure, of course thats my name." "Do you remember your parents name?" "Yes, my father is William Alexander Scully and my mother is Margaret Elizabeth Scully." At this point Mulder thought it was too much for Scully. Then he saw her closing her eyes and he ran immediately just in time to catch her in his arms preventing her from falling to the ground. Krista watched as Mulder lifted her entire body and dropped her gently on the bed. Then, he turned to face the young woman on the bed next to Scullys, her face reflected the fear and confusion he thought she was going through. Immediately Mulder reached for the first aid kit and took the bottle of alcohol and a cotton pellet. He put the cotton pellet in front of Scullys nose, trying to bring her back. After a few minutes Scully opened her eyes, Mulder holding her hand. "Scully, are you all right?" "Yes, I think so" suddenly she remembered why she fainted. "Mulder, that cant be true. She has to be lying. How, its not possible. She has the same last name as I do and her parents their names are almost the same as mines, except for the middle names, Mulder" "Shh, calm down Scully, it has to be an explanation, but you have to be open to it, all right?" "I dont know Mulder, dont ask me that, you know how I am, how I think." Mulder got off the bed where he was sitting next to Scully and turned to talk to Krista. "Krista, you know whats happening, why she fainted?" "No," the young woman answered with the truth, she was so confused too. "Listen, her name is Dana Scully ", Kristas eyes couldnt hide the surprise and confusion. "What?, shes a relative or something?" "We dont know, we have to investigate this, not only because of your last name, but also because your parents name are the same as Danas, with the slight difference of the middle names. I dont know whats going on, but well find out, ok?" She nodded in affirmation. Krista then turned her head to see Scully lying on the other bed. She just realized the resemblance between the two. It could be a relative?, but how? And what about their parents? Krista wanted to know everything too, and most importantly because she didnt remember anything since she got to New Orleans, she didnt even know she was there, in America, in the United States. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The program went on but Mulder and Scully were more concerned about what was happening with Krista. They didnt attend the program anymore and they convinced the young woman to come back to the house so they could search for some explanation. The road to the house was long. It was settled in the very top of a mountain. They could tell no one could see the house from any point. It was a beautiful old house, so big. Its architecture was exquisite, but it looked like if was desserted, like if no one had lived there for a very long time. The young woman was so afraid, she didnt want to enter the house, but they had to. When they entered, immediately sensed a strange smell. The air was thick, heavy. Outside it was early and the sun was shining. But inside was as dark as the night itself. Suddenly, someone came to their encounter. A man, a black man. His clothes reminded them as a humble man, but his face it was as if he was there but only his body, his soul was gone and it reflected in his deform face. "Who are you, what do you want?" the man asked. "Sir, were from the FBI, we want to know whats happening here. We found this woman yesterday running away and from what she told us, we assumed you wanted to kill her as well as the baby shes carrying." "I dont know what youre talking about. This girl is crazy. Look at her!! Shes out of her mind, were only here to take care of her." Scully turned to see Mulder. She was not convinced about what the man was saying, she knew something else was happening. It was hard for her to admit it, but all what the young woman said about her name and her parents couldnt be an invention or hallucination. The man faced Krista and told her to go to her room. She immediately obeyed and went up to the stairs. Mulder and Scully were amazed of the power this man seemed to possess over the young woman. "Sir, can you tell us your name please?" Scully asked. "My name is Sperber Joannides." "Mr. Joannides, what is your relationship with Krista?" "Like I told you, were here to take care of her." "Yes, but who requested your services?" "No one." "No one? Explain that to me please." "I have nothing to explain. Im not a criminal and theres nothing here for you to know, so if you excuse me, I have things to do. You know the way out." "Were not leaving " Mulder said. "You wont find anything here. You can talk with whoever you want, but we have nothing to say." "How many people live in this house?" "Six people and Krista. If you want to talk to someone else, feel free to do it, but like I told you, you wont find anything." The man left Mulder and Scully standing there alone. They looked around the house for anything that could tell them what was going on. Mulder thought if something weird or out of the ordinary was happening there, it had to be hidden, so they searched for a basement or a cellar. After some time, they found what Mulder had imagined: a basement full of strange things. It was almost like a big altar. In the center of the room was a big table covered with a black cloth. On the background of the room was another table where they found all kinds of voodoo items, knifes, daggers, puppets, all kind of horrible stuff to use in ceremonies, candles all over the room. Scully couldnt believe what they had found. "Mulder, you were right, its voodoo. But that man knew we were going to find out, why he didnt just throw us out?" "Maybe he wanted us to find out Scully." "But why?" "Maybe he sympathizes with Krista and knows that something is wrong and he wants to help her." Mulder and Scully exited the basement and went upstairs looking for the young woman. They searched into to bedrooms but they couldnt find her. Suddenly the same man approached them. "You found what you were looking for right?" "Yes, why you want to help her, because you do, right?" "Yes, I dont like what they want to do to her, its just not right." "How did she get here? She says shes from another country, even another time, Can you explain that to me?" Mulder asked. "I dont know how they did to get her here, but shes saying the truth. I just know some men brought her to our leader and said she was useless now because of her condition, that he could do whatever he wanted to do with her. Our leader told us she had to be sacrificed because she was a lost soul, trapped in a time she didnt belong to, he said she was damned, but I dont think she is, shes just a victim of those men." "Do you know who are those men?" "No, I dont know their names, but Ive seen them before. I didnt knew their leader until that day. I only knew the young man, he was here before." "Can you describe them?" "The young man is tall, hes in his early 30s I guess, black hair, green eyes and he doesnt have his left arm, he has a prothesis and his leader is an old man and he smokes a lot." Mulder and Scully looked at each other in astonishment. Could it be possible that Cigarrette Smoking Man and Krycek were involved in this? But why? And why did they brought her here to these people? This was getting more confuse, but at least they knew Krista was saying the truth. Scully felt frustrated, how could she help her now? "Where is she now, were going to take her back with us" Mulder told the man. "Shes in the garden, come with me." They went downstairs and Joannides guided them to the garden. There she was, in the middle of it. In the middle of a field of thorn and roses. It was weird because in the same place were rosebushes and weeds, strange but beautiful. Mulder and Scully walked towards her but before they could reach her, they heard Joannides scream. They turned their heads to see what had happened and they saw the man laying on the floor with a knife inserted in his heart and four men standing around him. Two of the men walked towards the young woman and the other two directly to the agents. Krista was taken away and Mulder and Scully found themselves being taken to the same basement they were before. There, a black old man was standing in front of the altar. The men tied Mulder and Scully from their feet and wrists. The man spoke to them. "You cant interfere with this. Its not of your business." "It * is * our business", Mulder replied, " we have to know how that woman got here, and why she and her parents have the same name as my partner, and why you want to kill her!!" "Youll have your answers before I kill you, dont worry." "Now you want to kill us too, great.", Mulder muffled. "Please, tell us, I need to know", Scully pleaded to the man. "She was brought here by some men of your government. The leader said they wanted her to replace another woman, I assumed he was talking about you, you look just as her. He said they were gonna take you again and they needed Krista to take your place in your partners life and heart. They needed someone who looked like you. He said they brought her from the past. I dont know how they did it, I dont care about your technology. They brought her to me because they realized she was pregnant and in that condition shes useless to them. I know the other man, Krycek, so he suggested to the older man to make her dissappear through me. He knows I appreciate a gift like that." "I dont understand who she is, what she has to do with Scully" "Krista is your partners past life. They knew that, thats why they brought her here. If they wanted to replace her, who could be better than herself. But now shes trapped in our time and we have to kill her, she doesnt belong here." "You cant do that!! Its not her fault, its all theirs. Shes pregnant you bastard!!" Scully screamed in despair. Mulder wanted to hold her and comfort her. The man ordered their men to bring Krista too. The men entered the room with her and placed her beside the agents. Sculy finally could see herself in Kristas eyes. She was exactly like Scully used to be, young, full of dreams, of illussions. She couldnt believe they were taking away Kristas dreams too as they did to her some years ago, it wasnt fair. She didnt exactly know what to believe. If Krista was really her or not, it was something she didnt care anymore. She only wanted to help her, she wanted Krista to live the life Scully always dreamt. The men started preparing the big table as the leader did the same in the other table with all the voodoo items. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comments? Send them please. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: May 17,2000 Title: Field of Thorn and Roses Author: Nancy Espinosa Rating: PG Disclaimer: I dont own any of the characters they belong to Chris Carter, Fox and 1013, I dont have any money so is useless to sue me. Spoilers: Season 5 and up Summary. Scullys past life has been brought by the CSM, and now Mulder, Scully and Krista are in danger of dying. Will they survive? Sorry, dumb question, but see how will they escape and what will happen to Krista and Scully. Author's Notes: Ok, Im trying really hard to write a good story. My head hurts even more now that we know it will be a season 8, but we dont know if Mulder is coming back, pleaseI dont want XF without Mulder!! Feedback: Oh yes please, Id really appreciate it, to know how I am doing my work. E-mail: nancye_2000@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHAPTER SIX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mulder turned to see Scully. It was a sight he hadnt seen before. Her eyes full of tears, crying out loud in despair, trying to get herself free, but he knew it was useless. He wanted to comfort her so badly. He only could speak to her: "Scully, look at me, please.", she turned to see Mulder and her crying slowed down a little " Scully, calm down", he wanted to tell her that everything would be all right, but he couldnt tell. He felt almost as if it was the end, "Scully, its ok, Im with you see? I wont let anything or anyone hurt you, you heard me. I love you so much, remember that please. Always remember that. No matter what happens, Ill be with you always. Well be together always, you understand?" "Mulder" her eyes filled with tears now crying for the man beside her. How much he loved her. She always knew that, but now she felt it more than ever.." I love you too, I always have, you know that. And I know well be together, I really do, I just didnt want it to end like this, and so soon we didnt have enough time" Krista was hearing the love words coming from their mouths, and she cried for those two who risked their lives to save her, wishing she could have someone to love and be loved for. They didnt know how it happened. It was so fast. But they saw their fellow agents entering the basement, guns in hands. Rebecca untied Mulder and Scully as Paul and Agent Craft captured the leaders men. Mulder saw the old black man trying to escape but he ran after him, trapping him successfully. Scully got off of the floor and reached for Krista. Both embraced each other and smiled. Everybody was exiting the house when about 20 black men armed with knifes surrounded them. The nightmare began again when the men attacked the group. The agents felt more secure because of their weapons. They shot the group of men but Agent Craft got trapped by about 7 of them. The other agents were too busy defending themselves and could do nothing to help Craft. Some men fell to the floor. Some dead and some injured. Then the others just ran, they knew their weapons couldnt help them to defeat the agents. When the agents turned to see what happened to Craft, a gasped escaped their mouths: he was dead. He was slashed to death. In spite of the fact that Craft and Mulder never got along, and he also was a pain on the ass, they felt sorry for the way he died. Mulder and Scully wondered why he went with Rebecca and Paul to save them. "I dont understand why he came", Mulder said "We really dont know. We told the supervisor we were going after you because we were concerned. Craft heard us and he offered himself to come with us. We accepted but we didnt ask him his reasons. I really dont know why he came. Maybe if he knew he would find his death, he would have think it twice." Paul explained to Mulder. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The program was finally over and they could go back to Washington, but they werent sure what were they going to do with Krista. The only solution to get her back to her time was to contact the Cigarrette Smoking Man or Krycek and neither one of them wanted to do that. So, for now the only solution was for Krista to stay in the present time with Scully. Krista and Scully grew closer the next few days after the incident in the house. Scully didnt know what to believe anymore. Krista was indeed just like her, not only physically, but her soul and mind was like hers. The resemblance was amazing. Krista and Scully were like sisters, or like one person in two different bodies. One of them young, naive, shy and sometimes fragile. The other one, older, mature, experienced, strong, but they both had a beautiful good heart. Saturday February 14, 1997 St. Valentines Day and they were still in New Orleans. A good opportunity for the lovers to spend some time together without the pressure of the Bureau in Washington or someone who could see them in an non-partners-relationship-behavior. Scully was getting ready to a final ride in New Orleans streets before their flight. Krista was resting in one of the beds. Mulder knocked at the door and Krista got up to open. For an instant Mulder mistook Krista with Scully. Fortunately before of the usual kiss, he stopped and realized who really was. Mulder stepped in the room apologizing to Krista, who was laughing at him for the mistake. Scully found him in the middle of the room with a big and tender kiss. Mulder wrapping her arms around her and joining her. Krista sighed at the sight of the two turtledoves, wishing for a moment to have someone to love and be loved for. But she had her baby, she thought. Mulder and Scully asked Krista if she wanted to go with them, but she declined the offer. "Krista, you want to come with us?" Scully asked. "No, thank you so much, but I dont think its correct, you two go and enjoy." "But we dont want to leave you here alone" Mulder said. "Dont worry about me, Ill be fine. I think Im gonna sleep a little, you wont be out too long right?" "No, well be out a couple of hours, we have a plane to catch remember? Are you sure youll be fine?" Scully asked her, she wasnt so sure about leaving her alone, she had a hunch about it. In the other hand, what could happen to her inside the room. "Ill be fine. Now go, I want to rest." Scully smiled at Krista and kissed her on the cheek. Then both sank in a tender embrace. Scully could not let go of their embrace, Mulder had to separate them. "Scully, youre gonna suffocate her. Let her go, shell be fine." But Scully felt as if it was the last time they were gonna see each other. The couple left the room and headed to the streets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mulder and Scully walked hand by hand in New Orleans streets, enjoying every minute together. The air was heavy and its smell, a mix of fruits, spices, wet sand, the Mississippi River itself, was a powerful aphrodisiac. They could imagine themselves making love in the middle of the French Quarter. It felt good having those thoughts, because soon theyll be heading to Washington. Back to their basement office, back to their work, back to the X Files, back to chase monsters, UFOs and Smoking Men. But something had changed. Theyll be returning with someone else. Scully didnt know exactly what to believe, but Mulder was completely sure that what the old man told them was true: Krista was Scully. At least one of Scullys past lives and it was the right thing to do to take her with them to Washington since she had no place to go. Well, certainly theyll remember this trip. In fact theyll take home a souvenir , a very special one, a souvenir taken directly from an X File: "You know whats funny Mulder?" "Mmm?" "Even when I made you promise you wouldnt look for anything unusual around here, that you wouldnt look for a case or something, actually the case found you." "I think I have a special magnet for spooky-things, dont you think?" "Yeah, I guess so." "But I dont think its luck or coincidence. I was getting so bored Scully. I was just thinking in looking for something to do" "Looking for a case" she interrupted him. " Not exactly, well, yeah, maybe. But like I said it wasnt luck what brought Krista to our lives. I dont know what it was, but certainly is spooky,right?" "Yes, but Im glad she found us, arent you?" He nodded in response and looked down at his watch. It was time to get back to the hotel to pick up their things and go to the airport. They went to take a last sight of the Mississippi River and went back to the hotel. Some fellow agents were already in the lobby when Mulder and Scully passed them by. Everyone turned to watch them. They didnt care. They reached Scullys room door and Mulder inserted the key to open. They stepped inside the room. Scullys heart sank when she didnt find Krista where they left her. "Oh my God, Mulder where is she?" "Calm down, maybe shes in the bathroom." Mulder walked toward the bathroom and opened the door. Nothing. Scully could feel that they werent gonna find her. When Krista and Scully hugged earlier, she could feel something was gonna happen. "Maybe someone saw her leave, Im gonna ask downstairs, stay here in case she came back." Mulder told her. "Ok." Mulder went downstairs and asked the hotel clerk in the reception if he had seen her. No. He offered to ask the personnel. No. No one saw her. Then he asked the other agents in the lobby. No. They didnt see her either. It seemed like if the earth had swallowed her. He joined Scully in her room. He didnt say a word but by the look on his face, Scully could tell he didnt find her. She was sitting in the edge of the bed and Mulder sat beside her. She turned to face him and tears began to form in her eyes. He pulled her close to him and she accepted the comforting embrace. She finally let her cry go. "I dont know what to say Scully." "I know. Dont say anything, just hold me please." "Are you going to be all right?" "Yes, its just that. I feel like I lost a part of me.. I dont know how to explain it I just wanted to help her, I wanted to help ME also." "I know, I know, and I dont understand what happened, where did she go" "I wanted to see her give birth to her baby. I felt like if was mine too. Why did they bring her here, why they made her life miserable They didnt have enough with me or what?" "You know, for the first time Im speechless. I cant find the words to comfort you. If I knew where to look for her, where to find her and bring her back to you" "But its not correct, she doesnt belong to me, she doesnt belong here either" "Lets just hope shell be all right, ok?" "OK." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just one more. Keep reading. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: May 30th. 2000 Title: Field of Thorn and Roses Author: Nancy Espinosa Rating: PG Disclaimer: I dont own any of the characters they belong to Chris Carter, Fox and 1013, I dont have any money so is useless to sue me. Spoilers: Season 5 and up Summary. Just read, ok? Author's Notes: Finally!!, This is the end of the road, the final episode, thank God I finished it, and I hope you liked it. Feedback: Oh yes please, Id really appreciate it, to know how I am doing my work. E-mail: nancye_2000@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHAPTER SEVEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 months later. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a couple now for everybody in the FBI. They decided to tell Skinner first about their new relationship. This was two months after they came back from New Orleans. They didnt forget about Krista, but they didnt have any news about her, she just banished. Her baby would be a month old right now. They wished they couldve seen her holding her baby in her arms. Skinner reported Mulder and Scullys situation to the Bureau and according to the policy they shouldve been reassigned, but theirs was a special case. The Bureau decided to let them keep working together due to the nature of their work: Mulder was the only one agent interested in the X Files and he only wanted Scully as his partner, not that many were interested in working with him. Besides she've already stated she wasnt interested in working in any another section of the Bureau, so they decided to make an exception in this case. Now everybody knew about their relationship. Many agents knew sooner or later they wouldve ended together, as many others stated they have been involved since the beginning. Skinner was happy for them. He knew they were very close and he always suspected they were in love, but their professional ethics, specially Scullys, had prevented them for taking their relationship to another level. Maggie Scully always knew her daughters feelings but never thought they finally could accept them to each other. Sometimes she tought her daughter and her partner would take their unspoken feelings to the grave, but she was glad to be wrong. On the other hand, Bill Jr. , didnt like it at all. He keeps thinking hes a sorry-son-of-a-bitch, but inside he knows they loved each other. He knows Dana loves him although he cant understand why. In Bills eyes Mulder is just a crazy man dragging his sister with him, chasing non- sense things. But maybe thats why she loves him. It was Saturday late at night and Mulder and Scully were at her apartment, laying on the couch, in each others arms. They were listening a CD, instrumental music, Scullys favorite. Mulder started to like that kind of music only because of her of course. They just made love. Practically it was impossible for them to stay away from each other, without touching and kissing. It was hard when they were out on the field in cases. Sometimes the days were longer and the nights shorter. They obviously prefered long nights where they could explore each other for hours till the first sunbeams. They were very busy exploring their mouths. Dancing tongues, collided teeth, lungs urging for breath, their hands touching each others bodies, fingers caressing backs and thighs, heads spinning with their smells. This concert was interrupted by the phone. "Let the machine answer" Scully spoke with her lips still in Mulders. "What if its something important? You never know" "Ok, ok, every call could mean an alien invasion, I know" she pulled away from his mouth and reached for the phone. "Hello?" she answered, meanwhile Mulder was busy drawing a way of kisses on Scullys body from their breasts to her belly. After all, that part of her body was exactly in her face. " yes this is her, who is it?" Mulder felt Scullys body tightened and looked up to see her face. "Are you sure, when did this happen? Is he all right? Ok, Im on my way, thank you." "What is it, is something wrong?" he asked her while the two of them got off of the couch. Scully started getting dressed as Mulder watched her. "It was a call from the hospital. Get dressed, we have to get there." "Yes, but what happened, is it your Mom, Skinner?" he was getting dressed also. "I dont know Mulder, its so strange. The woman on the phone only told me it was about a baby." "A baby?" Scully was already in the door waiting for him. He joined her and shut the door closed behind them. They got to the hospital and asked who had called them. After questioning the staff, a nurse approached them and told them she was the one who called. She was a young blonde nurse. "Hi, my name is Sylvia. Im glad you came." "You told me on the phone about a baby and that hes mine?" Mulder turned his head quickly to see Scully. She didnt explain anything on the way to the hospital. He was astonished when he heard Scullys last sentence. A little red-haired girl came immediately to his mind. Not again he thought, please, not again. "Yesterday a nurse came to tell me about baby boy who was in a craddle among the other babies, but nobody knew who he was. He had no medical charts and nobody knew how he got there. We ran some tests and hes in perfect shape. Hes a very healthy boy." "But why you called me and told me he was mine?" Scully was terrified. She grabbed Mulders hand for support. He squeezed it in acknowledgement . She also thought of Emily, she thought it was something she could not deal with again, not again. "The baby had on his clothes a little piece of paper with your name written on. Just your nameDana Scully, right?" "Right, but why do you assume hes my son?" "Like I told you we ran some tests, DNA tests also and with the reference of your name, the doctors had access to your medical data. We found there that you ran DNA tests before, and the results were on the file, we checked all the information along with the results of the baby and we have strong evidence to conclude this baby is yours." "How old is he?" Mulder asked. "About a month." Mulder and Scully could hardly believe what they were hearing. How could this happened? This baby was not an hybrid like Emily and this people was sure he was Scullys son. Then, immediately Krista came to their minds. Was it possible this baby was Kristas? It could be if she was Scully, a Scully from the past. It could be they have the same genetic information, thats why the doctors say its Scullys baby. It had to be something else that could tell them this theory was correct. "Do you still have the paper with Danas name written?" Mulder asked the nurse. "I dont know, let me ask the nurse who found it, ok?" "Ok, thank you. In the meantime, can we see him?" Scully asked. "Sure." Sylvia told them where the baby was. They headed down the hallway to the pediatric section. They asked the nurse in charge about the baby. He was in a craddle in the first row right in front of the glass. Mulder gasped at the sight of him. It was just as Scully. Blue eyes. It was difficult to tell if his hair was read or not, but he could almost tell it was. He also had little freckles, but the nose and the lips were not Scullys. Then the question surged in his head: who was the father. The thought stroke him right in the chest, but that question would be answered later, in that moment all that mattered was this baby and Scully. Her blue eyes cried at the sight of the baby. She thought it was the smallest pretty baby she had ever seen. All his features were so beautiful and perfect, and yes, he looked just like a baby of the Scully family. He was playing with his hand and foot. He was so fragile, so small. Then Sylvia brought them back to reality with the sound of her voice. "Mr. Mulder this is the paper you asked for, and we hadnt noticed but at the end of the note there are some initials." Sylvia handed the paper to Mulder. He took it and let out a sigh. "Its her baby Scully. Kristas baby." he showed her the paper. "K.A.S., Krista Araceli Scully. But why he left him, why to us?" Scully was crying and Mulder reached for her to give her comfort. "I dont know, I dont want to be negative but maybe shes not all right. Maybe shes having a difficult time wherever she is." "But he found us, why she didnt ask for our help?" "I dont know Scully, I just dont know. Since I met her she is a mistery to me. It doesnt make any sense anything she does. Scully, I want to run another test on him, can I do that?" Scully looked up to see him. "What kind of test?" "A paternity test. I want to know if theres the possibility of me being the father, its that ok?" Sculy smiled at him, knowing exactly what he meant. He was thinking that maybe they knew each other in Kristas time. She knew it was a crazy idea, but after all everything that happened with Krista was insane and of course, Mulder. That was his kind of thinking and thats why she loved him. Besides she had to admit most of the time he was right, even when she couldnt explain it. "Its ok, I understand." Sylvia didnt show any sign of astonishment at all. But inside she was thinking this situation was very strange: a woman with a son she didnt know she had and her man wanting to run a paternity test? And what was all about that piece of paper and the initials? Everything was very odd. She told them where they could ask for the test and left them with the baby. "What are gonna do with him Mulder?" "Take him home I guess", they smiled to each other. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A week later. Mulder never saw Scully so happy, so full of life. She was taking her mother role very seriously just like he expected her to. She didn't disregard their job. Her mother took care of the baby during work hours. Mulder and Scully left the office exactly at 6 o'clock, no more late-hour work. They settled the baby in Scully's bedroom. Scully brought her craddle from her mother's house. She kept it in the attic for her grandchildren. Mulder spent a lot of time with Scully and the baby. He only went to his apartment for clean clothes and to feed his fishes. They were not sure if it was correct or not to name the baby, but they had to. They named him Fabian. Mulder was resting on the couch with Fabian in his arms. Scully just entered the apartment with a yellow envelope. Two hours ago they were informed the test results were ready and she went to pick them up. " Here they are" she said handing him the envelope and reaching for Christopher. " You know what the results are?" " No, I wanted you to read them first." " Ok, let's see." Mulder opened the envelope and Scully had Fabian in her arms. She was nervous. Mulder read the piece of paper and let out a sigh. He turned deadpan to see Scully. She felt her heart jumped, she thought it was bad news. "So?" she said Mulder smiled at her. " I'm a daddy!!" He reached for Scully and both were quickly in each other's arms. Scully never saw his eyes so bright. She could see through them the happiness he felt. His features softened and made him look so much beautiful. She thought how the simple fact of being a father could change the expression in his face, the sad look he always wore was quickly replaced by a whole new boyish gaze. They broke their embrace to see each other. "Scully, I can't believe it, we're parents!!" "Oh my God, this is serious, YOU can't believe?, I never thought you would say." "You know what I mean..." "I know Mulder, but I can believe it, I don't know why, I don't know how, but I believe. And I want to believe this is our baby, and I want to believe we knew each other in another lives, that we're always together, that our love is beyond time." "The skeptic became believer?" She smiled. He pulled her to him, looked into her eyes, smiled at her and kissed her deeply. His kiss gentle, sweet, tender, like trying to tell her how much he loved her and how proud he was. Scully pulled away and lowered her head. He knew what she was thinking. "Scully, I know it's hard, and I know you want her to be all right. You feel is wrong to keep Fabian with us, but she decided that was the best thing for him, and maybe it is." "But I keep thinking why she did it, and I keep thinking she's not all right, and I want to look for her and help her. But at the same time I want to keep Fabian with us." "You know what?, for the first time I think that son of a bitch, Cancer Man, did a good thing." "I don't understand, what do you mean?" "I'm thinking that... if it wasn't for him, you wouldn't be carrying in your arms this baby. He was the one who brought Krista to this place, to this time, and without knowing it, he brought her to our lives." "Yeah." "Now we have to do our best. We have to be the best parents for this baby. He was a gift Scully. A gift Krista made to us and we only have to be grateful with her and pray for her, pray for her well being wherever she is." "You know Mulder, when I saw her in that house, in the middle of that garden, she looked beautiful. She looked fragile and innocent, just like we all are when we come to this world, just like this baby. She was surrounded by thorns and roses, you remember right, and that's how life is, you know what I mean?" "I think I do, but tell me." "I think we come to the world free of malice. That's how she looked like in that garden and as we walk through life, we find thorns in our way. The thorns we find are problems, people threatening our lives and the people we love. Sufferings. Those are our thorns. But we also find roses. Which are beautiful moments in our lives. The people who loves us, the man or the woman we love and want with us for the rest of our lives. All the good things. Those are our roses. And how much we want to find only roses in our way, but I think the thorns are necessary to appreciate the good things, the roses." "Wow Scully, you're in a poetic humor today, but you're right. Our life is a field of thorns and roses." El Final ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What do you think? you liked it? Please let me know your comments. Remember this is my first fanfic, along with the others I wrote in my blank lapses. Send me your comments at nancye_2000@yahoo.com
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