Lethal Fluffy Weapon 2

Title: Once upon a time
Author: Pandora2
Email: daphne@xfilesfan.com
Rating: PG
Category: SR
Keywords: MS/UST valentine's day story
Spoilers: none
Summary: A nice happy story with a sprinkling of mindless fluff.


Disclaimer: This is a bastard story.  I disown it from here.  I've 
never
seen these characters before in my life.  What characters…?

Note Bien:
This is a Lethal Fluff Weapon I'm wielding here, stand back! 
Yeah…okz, so my sense of humour died yesterday.  It's my dad's fault. 
 His
jokes could kill anyone in five seconds flat.   This story is 
supposed to
be funny…
Oh yeah, all those babysitting fans…this is a make-up babysitting 9 
story,
since I've been promising it since last year…

Remember, feedback is flowers, beautiful flowers! …don't mind me.
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Once Upon a Time.
Pandora2
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It always started with  
"Once upon a time…"

Once upon a time, there lived a woman with eyes and ears and mouth. 
She
used her eyes to see, her mouth to speak, and her ears to listen.  
The
woman also had a heart, which helped her to live.

Once upon a time, there also lived a man.  He too had eyes and ears 
and
mouth, which he used to speak and see and listen.

This man and this woman both lived happily in their apartments by 
D.C.
Happy as they were, there was something missing from both of their 
lives.
The man wished for someone to love and care for him.  Someone to hold 
and
cling to when times were good, or when life was bad.   If he had 
someone,
he'd be just fine.

The man was lonely.  He needed a woman.

The woman longed for someone to love and care for her too.  She slept 
each
night alone in her bed, wondering if the other side would ever be 
occupied
by another human being.  

The woman was lonely.  She needed a man.

**

It just so happened that the man was an FBI agent, flashing his badge 
and
wielding his gun all day.   He also just happened to be in charge of 
his
own special division. 

 It was called; The X Files. 

The man's name was Mulder.

Now on to the woman.  Well, as coincidence may have it, she too was 
an FBI
agent of the badge flashing and gun wielding profession.  In fact, 
she
worked under the division owned my Fox Mulder.  She was his partner 
and he
was hers. 

 Two halves of a hole.  Waiting to fall in.

The woman's name was Dana Scully.

**

Dana had two brothers.  One was Bill and the other was Charles.  Bill 
had a
wife called Tara and they had one son.  Charles had a girl friend 
named
Mary-sue…and you'll find out about that later…

The Scully family was close-knit, and enjoyed meeting up at their 
mothers
for significant dates and family celebrations.   One of these special
family celebrations was February the 15th.  The day after Valentines. 
 

This was a day when the whole family got together and was happy.  
Sharing
the good events of the day before…well…some of the good things had to 
be
edited out of course, for censures' sake.

Anyway, here they were gathered at their mothers' cosy home.  Sitting
around mom's warm hearth.  "So Charles," said mom, "Tell us what 
happened
yesterday…I hear you've got some very special news for us all…"

Charles blushed faintly and pulled Mary-Sue's hand into his lap.  
"Well
everyone…" he started,  "Today Mary and I would like to announce that 
after
many months of trying, we are pregnant."

A round of applause and wolf whistles trailed after that statement.  
The

happy couple hugged each other and accepted congratulations from 
their
relatives.  

"You mean you're pregnant too?"  Asked Bill with a silly grin on his 
large
red face.  
Charlie rolled his eyes, "ha ha Bill, you know perfectly well who's
pregnant." 

They laughed and gave each other a brotherly hug, filled with back 
slapping
and shit-eating smiles.  

Dana came and hugged her little brother and his girlfriend.
"Congratulations Charlie, Mary-Sue.  It about time you made a 
contribution
to our family.  You better make an honest woman out of her soon 
y'know
Charles.  It's impolite."  

They laughed.

**

Stories came and stories went.  Finally it was Dana's turn in the
spotlight.  Lord, how she dreaded this moment every year.  Everyone 
always
had a cute and happy tale to tell everyone had a woman or a man.  
Even her
widowed mother, she'd gone to visit their dad at the cemetery.   But 
every
time her turn came round, she had not a word to say.

"Dana…?"  Her mothers' voice brought her back to Earth.  

"Wha? Oh yeah…" she shifted uneasily.  "Um, well…sorry to disappoint 
you
all but I was out of town…working.  I had a case to solve and then
paperwork to complete.  I didn't have time for a life yesterday."

Well…it was half of the truth.  She actually spent the day at work 
doing
paperwork with her partner. Watching all the other crazy agents who'd 
come
in that day, finding flowers on their tables and balloons tied to 
their
chairs while she had no flowers, no balloons.  No little notes of
appreciation.  Not even from Mulder.  

"Work again Dana?" it was Bill's voice, annoyed and sharp.  "Why do 
you
always follow where that jerk Mulder leads you?  Can't you take a day 
to
get a life?  For god's sake Dane, yesterday was a weekend!"

"Billy. Be nice to your sister! This is a family day."  That was mom 
the
saviour. 

Dana smiled, giving a silent thanks to her mother and stepped away 
from
Bill.  Now that story time was over, all gathered dispersed 
themselves
around the house.  Mary and Tara played a game with Matthew, while 
Bill and
Charles gulped beers and watched a ball game.

Mom spoke to Dana privately in the kitchen.
"Dana, how are you and Fox doing?" she asked.
Dana smiled, "We're fine, mom. He's met up with one of his old 
girlfriends
today.  They had a lot of catching up to do."
The smile on mom's face fell noticeably.   "So he's found a girl then 
has
he? That's good news."

"Oh no way, mom.  She's married.  She was only dropping by."
"You're sure?"
"Of course I'm sure.  Mulder told me about it.  Why should it matter 
to you
anyway?"
A sly wink came from mom's eye. "Because I want only the best for my 
little
girl."
"Mom!" 

"Come on, Dana honey.  You need someone, admit it.  Fox is a good 
man. You
should let him know that."
Dana lifted an eyebrow.  "Yes mom. I have him already. He's always by 
my
side.  And he already knows hes a good man. I don't need to tell him 
that."

Mom shrugged.  "You know what I mean by someone, Dana.  And I know 
that you
already care for him deeply.  He's in your heart.  He cares for you 
too,
you know."
"I do mom. I do.  Stop nagging me about it.  We're not going to take 
the
chance and that's final."

"Yes honey, but I think you should.  You both have the most special 
bond
anyone has ever seen.  And that's just in your friendship alone.  You 
both
know that bond can go deeper, all you have to do is make a move."

Dana shook her hands in frustration.  "NO, mom. Quit playing 
matchmaker
already."  She held up a silencing finger,  "and don't ask me that 
question
that you ask every year this year. Please."

Mom laughed and hugged her dear daughter lovingly.  "Playing 
matchmaker is
my job Dana honey.  Now, will you promise to at least talk to him 
about this?"

Dana rolled her eyes and smiled in amusement.  "You'll never give up, 
will
you mom?"
"No way.  Now, promise?"
"Fine, fine. I promise."

Another hug.

"Mommy's little girl."

Dana then left the room and joined her sisters in law and listened to 
their
chatter.  Mom shook her greying head and smiled fondly.  She asked 
Dana to
talk to Fox every year. And every year, Dana said she would.  Then, 
every
February 15th, Dana came back empty-handed.  

But then again,  maybe this year will be different; she told 
herself…you
never know.  Maybe this year, Dana would make the call…

**

Later that night Dana Scully returned to her neat and lonely 
apartment.
She kicked off her shoes and changed her clothes.  She lay back on 
her bed
and her eye caught the phone…

She smiled a secret smile with her mouth used for talking.  Maybe 
this year…

She picked up the receiver and dialled the number, eyes shining.  
That
voice came flowing to her ears and through her heart.

"Mulder."
"Hi, it's me. Can we talk?"
"Sure, what about Scully? Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing's the matter, Mulder.  I'm fine.  I just wanted 
to…talk…"
"Okay…what about then Scully?"
"Us."

**

Dana Scully lay back on her bed and fiddled with a button on her 
blouse.
Perhaps this year wouldn't be so lonesome after all…

**

Fox Mulder sat back in his couch with the phone to his ear.   He had 
a
feeling things were going to turn out just fine…

**

And that was how it always ended.  Everything was good and beautiful 
and
everybody felt just fine.

The End.

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