From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org 
Date: 19 Oct 2008 
Subject: First Kiss Challenge 
Reply To: lolabeegood@gmail.com 
Title: A Conversation  2/2 
Author: Lola 
Date: 19 Oct 2008 
Rating: NC-17 
Category: MSR 
Spoilers: everything up to and including Millennium 
Archive: Anywhere 
Disclaimer: They belong to Fox 

Summary: This is part 2 of the story entitled "A Conversation".  
In this part Mulder and Scully have just shared their first kiss 
after the Millennium and are moving forward.  I would suggest 
reading part 1 first (posted on Ephemeral)

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Dana Scully's Apartment 
January 1, 2000
12: 54 am

Mulder leaned down and kissed her slowly and 
passionately pulling her softly into his embrace.  She 
slid her hands around his neck, his hair, his back 
tugging him lower and deeper into their kiss.   

The kiss intensified and tongues played with 
each other as their hips moved in unison and he danced 
her slowly into her apartment. His one good hand was 
securely wrapped around the back of her waist and she was 
shedding him of his coat. They had still not broken the 
kiss as he hooked the door with his foot and clicked it 
shut. 

Scully dropped his coat to the floor and slowly ran her 
hands softly up the back of his thighs, over his tight 
ass and trailed them up his back.  She ended her 
exploration at the side of his face clasping his jaw 
with gentle intensity imploring him to continue.  Then 
she realized that things could not go any further at 
the moment, something had to be done.

Breaking the kiss she quickly freed herself of his grip 
around her waist and took two steps toward the door.  
Mulder stood there gaping at her with one arm still 
extended to where it had held her and his mouth hanging 
open in the air.  Her unexpected departure from his lips 
had left him perplexed.

"Scully..." he started until he heard the click of her 
door lock and saw her turn back toward him

A smile slowly crept across his face and he cupped her 
chin with his hand when she returned to him.

For a moment Scully was scared.  Scared he was going to 
ask her again if she really wanted this.  Scared that if 
he did she would begin to doubt herself, thinking that he 
maybe knew something that she did not.  That he knew this 
would not work and they were kidding themselves.

"Scully" he began

"Yes?" she answered back hesitantly, scared of where this 
conversation was about to go.  Afraid of the inevitable,
'we can't do this' line she could already hear him saying 
in her head.

"I have always loved you." 

His breath was warm on her face as he looked right into 
her eyes.  She also knew she loved this man.

She leaned in and softly touched his lips with hers 
breathing him in. "Show me" she whispered as she tugged 
on his lower lip.

He again smothered her mouth with kisses and, although 
intense, was obviously struggling with his one arm in a 
sling

"Scully, help me get out of this thing" he pleaded as she 
started to kiss down his neck.

She stopped her exploration at his clavicle.  "Mulder...
the doctor says you need to keep it on"

"Yeah, but I know a really great doctor who can reset it 
for me in the morning" he said with a smirk on his face 
"Now, help me get this damn thing off before I hurt 
myself more"

In looking up at his determined expression Scully knew 
her partner was going to work with two hands with or 
without her assistance.  So, she slowly circled around 
the back of him with one hand and allowed the other to 
drift over his stomach.  In one gentle movement she 
unfastened the Velcro strap and released his arm from 
the hospital sling.

"Ahhh" he yelped from the strain and Scully almost 
re-attached the strap before he could really move it.

"I'm good Scully.  I'm good" he reassured her as he 
slowly straightened his arm a couple of times and 
pulled the sling over his head to drop it on the floor.

"No pressure on that arm Mulder.  I mean it.  I am not 
going back to the hospital again tonight" she said in 
all seriousness as she walked back around to face him.

"I promise.  Now where were we?" he said as he started 
to unbutton her blouse

"I don't think we were that far" she commented looking 
down at his long fingers slowly unfastening her shirt 
to expose her black bra underneath

"Oh, I must have got ahead of you as you were giving me 
my hospital information" he snickered as he ran a thumb 
over a mound peeking out from the top of her bra

Scully quickly inhaled.  The sensation of his rough 
finger on her breast sent a chill up her spine.  Coherent 
thoughts were no longer hers.  Mulder was in her apartment, 
undoing her blouse and kissing her passionately and her 
mind went to mush.

He continued his work and tugged her shirt out of her 
pants and undid the last two buttons.  She can't believe 
she just stood there.  Scully willed herself to move, or 
say something but she just stood there.  

Mulder didn't leave her any time to begin talk as he 
covered her mouth again with his and the sensation of 
his tongue inside her mouth scraping along her teeth brought 
her back to where she was.  With him.

Without thought she reached up to tug her shirt and coat 
from her shoulders but his hands caught hers and stopped 
them.  She released the shirt and instead dropped her arms 
to her sides and he slowly pushed his shirt off one 
shoulder and began kissing her now bare skin.  Scully 
tossed her head back in approval and let out a low moan.

Mulder had already found one of her erogenous zones.  He 
worked tiny kisses over her skin and ran his nose along her 
shoulder taking in her scent.  

She kissed his ear and tugged at the lobe with her teeth.  
Mulder caught his breath and Scully could feel him smile 
against her skin.  Apparently she had also found one of 
his erogenous zones.  With gentle tugs and licks at his 
lobe Scully also pulled a soft moan from his lips.  

"This won't last very long if you keep that up" Mulder 
chuckled as he removed her other shoulder from her shirt 
and began the same pattern of kissing and inhaling her scent.

"I don't think you're playing very fair Mulder" she moaned as 
her shirt and jacket dropped to the floor behind her.

"Scully, don't you know by now.  I don't play by the rules" he 
smirked as he ran his hands all over her now exposed mid-section.

"Oh, I know that Mulder" she teased as she reached for the 
hem of his t-shirt and gently pulled it up to reveal his 
stomach and chest and he slowly removed his arms "But, what 
you seem to forget is that I have also learned some things 
about not following the rules" 

She ran soft hands over his hairy chest and began work on 
his nipples.  Kissing, sucking, and nibbling as he chanted 
her name over and over again.

The feel of his soft nipple in her mouth and the reaction 
it caused in him made Scully smile.  His chest was expanding, 
moving toward her mouth as she sucked harder and harder, 
drawing him further and further in.

Scully could feel his hard erection though his pants bob up 
against her as she continued to suck on his nipples and gently 
pull them with her teeth.  He was rubbing circles on her back 
as she continued her work. and hadn't seemed to notice her 
undoing his belt and pants until they hit the floor with a clunk

"Touche" he whispered as a smile ran over his face and the back 
of her bra popper open and loosened around her breasts.

"Hey!" she snickered

"Two can play at that game doctor"

"Yeah, but in the end who wins?" she sighed as she slid her 
arms out of her bra

"The less you are wearing the more I consider myself a winner" 
he quipped 

He was caressing her bare breasts.  She could see the look of 
wonder in his eyes as he caught one breast in his mouth and sucked 
on it while looking up into her eyes. The feeling of his warm mouth 
and wet tongue lapping her nipple was very intoxicating.  Scully 
let out a low hum and closed her herself to all other senses 
except his touch.  She lasted in this reverie for quite some 
time as he maneuvered himself around each breast taking his 
time to suck and tweak and caress with varying levels of intensity.

When she finally opened her eyes she noticed that he was practically 
bent in half while he amused them both with his ministrations.  
Scully knew that although wonderful for her, this was not good 
for his recovery.

"I want you in my bed" she purred as he continued to suck

After a moment he released her breast and held her by the 
waist.  Bending between them he was trying to free himself 
of clothing pooled around his feet.  She could feel pants 
being kicked free of his legs, shoes and socks being tugged 
off and finally a kiss planted firmly on her stomach to indicate 
a readiness to move forward.  

Once he stood up he tugged her against him. The feeling of her 
bare wet breasts and hard nipples against his hairy chest made 
her wet in other places.  A tingling sensation was running all 
over her skin and every hair on her body was standing on end.  

Mulder captured her mouth again and they began their slow swaying 
dance they had started earlier when they first entered her 
apartment.His hips played against hers and they kissed and danced 
their way into the bedroom never breaking contact with each 
others mouth or each others body.  The music was internal and 
involved only two racing hearts.  

Once inside her bedroom Scully felt a determination to take over.  
Mulder had been seducing her and she felt more confident in her own 
room, her own bed.  She turned him around while they swayed and 
backed him up until the backs of his knees grazed her bed.

Breaking their contact she slowly lowered him onto the bed and he 
sat down looking up at her.

"You know Scully.  You are still half dressed and I'm sitting here 
all exposed" he said as he reached out and started to undo her pants

"I wouldn't say boxers is 'exposed' Mulder."

"It is when you are sporting a huge erection" he laughed as her 
pants dropped to the floor revealing a pair of black lacey bikini 
underwear. "Oh, Scully..." his mouth said as his hands drifted over 
her ass and the thin layer of lace covering it.

"Meets with your approval?" she asked, already knowing the answer

"Oh, yesss" he sighed as he fingered the lace around the tops of 
her legs

"Good" she said as she knelt before him and quickly stripped him 
of his pinstripe boxers.

Looking at his red hard erection Scully could not help but grin.  
All this was because of her and finally, she would see the 
benefits of one of his erections instead of just thinking about them.

She grasped his penis firmly with one hand and started to stroke 
long, slow, movements up and down the shaft.  Her other hand firmly 
held his balls up against his shaft and rolled them between her 
fingers.  The felling of his rock hard penis and hairy balls in her 
hands was welcome and comforting.  Scully could now focus on him 
without the distraction of what he was doing to her.

He was letting out low moans and whimpers as she continued to 
stroke him getting more wet herself with every inaudible noise.

His hand reached out to grasp her wrist "Scully, you need to stop" 
he said firmly.

She knew he was close and although she was sad to not get to satisfy 
him this way she wanted him inside her more.  Scully bent over and 
took him slowly in her warm wet mouth.  Once he was deeply buried 
she started to pull back up sucking hard and running her tongue 
along the shaft before releasing him. 

Looking up at his soft facial expression she knew he was longing 
for more.  He opened his eyes and smiled a beautiful smile at her.  
He was one very happy man at the moment.

Scully smiled back.  Taking in his relaxed posture and features 
and wondering how long it had been since she last saw him 
this happy.  

She slowly stood before him and started to guide him back into a 
lying position on the bed when he suddenly grabbed her by the ass 
and planted her back down on the bed.  

"There's one more item that needs to get out of my way" he said as 
he grabbed the edge of her panties with an index finger and pulled 
them down over her toned thighs and calves.  Briefly kissing 
her toes he slid the panties off her completely and flung them 
across the room.

Scully let out a low laugh at the sight of him flinging her panties 
and tracked their path with her eyes.

When she looked back Mulder had slid himself up between her legs and 
was nuzzling her inner thigh open with his nose. She parted her legs 
slowly and watched as he met her lips with his.  Running his tongue 
along her folds and delving deeper into her wet centre.  He lingered 
on her clit and slowly sucked it inside his mouth tugging at it 
until she started to shiver.  His circulating tongue inside her and 
his fingers rubbing and pulling at her nipples sent Scully quickly 
over the edge. She could feel herself contracting against his tongue 
as she moaned his name


"Oh, Mulder, oh, Mulderrr, ohhh, Mulderrrr"

When the wave of delirium was over Mulder kissed her muff and slid 
himself up her body more.  

"That was really nice" she purred as his kisses reached her neck

"I'm glad" was all he said as he grabbed her ear with his teeth

In this position she could tell Mulder was finding it hard to 
balance without placing too much pressure on his damaged arm.  

"I want to ride you" she insisted as he licked her lobe.

"That would be really nice" he said echoing her earlier words

They slowly rolled onto their sides and Mulder flipped onto his 
back. Scully climbed on top and without hesitation engulfed his 
erection within her wet folds.  

She must have caught him off guard because he sucked in a huge 
breath at the feeling of her tight vaginal walls.  After a moment 
he recovered and Scully slowly began to rock her hips.

Mulder grabbed her hips and met her stroke for stroke allowing 
her to keep the rhythm. Scully was sure that the sight of her 
naked above him with bobbing breasts was driving Mulder to the 
edge of his limits.  

"Oh, Mulder, right there, yesssss" she moaned as he banged 
up against her uterus again and again

"Scully, you are driving me crazy" he said between hitched breaths

"Good" was her reply as a huge smile spread across her face

"Santa knows whose naughty and who's nice" he chastised her

"Don't the naughty girls get the most presents?" she quipped 
back and he broke into a laugh

Their rhythm was quickening and Mulder was finding it difficult 
to hold out anymore.  She could see him closing his eyes and 
thought he was probably picturing tax reports or breaking down 
Latin verbs.  Anything to stave off coming.

His hard penis inside of her, rubbing against her walls, and his 
balls slapping up against her ass drove Scully wild.  She looked 
at his strained face and realized that the longer he held off 
the less he would enjoy this act.  Their first.

"It's okay Mulder.  I want to see you come.  Look at me" she coaxed

His hazel eyes opened and she smiled softly for him.

A few rapid thrusts and his eyes were two wet pools.  Tears 
threatening to erupt as his face strained, his hands grasped, 
and his voice yelled "Oh god, Scully.  Oh, Scully.  
Scullyyy..." as he emptied his warm 
liquid into her and collapsed back against the bed 
completely spent.

When he returned to her his face was soft and his features calm.  

"Wow Scully" was all he could vocalize

"Thanks" she smiled down at him 

The look of utter contentment on his face was one Scully hoped 
to see more of.  This was her Mulder.  The Mulder she wanted 
in her life, always.

"Hey" he said as he touched her face with a finger stroke "where 
were you?"

"Right here Mulder.  Right here." she smiled down at him and eased 
herself off his body "now, let's get some rest".

She slid up the bed and under the covers grasping his hand and 
pulling him along with her.  

"Scully, I hope you are ready for an encore because, give me a 
couple of hours and I'll be waking you up"

"Mulder, I think that with the pain killers and all the physical 
activity you will be out for the night.  But," she hesitated 
"I wouldn't mind if you proved me wrong"

With that she lay across his chest covering him with her body and 
copper hair as she snuggled in for a sleep.  He wrapped his one good 
arm around her and clutched her a little closer before his body 
relaxed and then drifted off to sleep.

Dana Scully's Apartment
January 1, 2000
5:12 am

Scully was slowly being nudged awake by a beautiful feeling and 
this time it was not a dream.  Mulder was spooning her from behind.  
Her head rested on his upper arm and his hand cupped her muff as 
his index finger slowly traced circles inside of her.  All the while 
his mouth sucked on her earlobe entreating her to wake up.  She 
almost wanted to pretend to sleep longer to see what his next move 
to wake her up would be.  But she could not fake anything with 
Mulder.

"I know you're awake" her murmured low and into her ear

A smile escaped from her lips "I'm just enjoying this new kind of 
wake up call.  Do you think I can sign up for this on our next field 
assignment?"

"Only if the request is left with my room" he replied back snatching 
a kiss from her lips

The smell of sex was all over her room. A musky thickness filled the 
air and Scully deeply inhaled the scent that was just hers 
and Mulder's.

"How is you arm?" she asked turning toward him and not wanting to 
ignore his pain

"I just took another pain killer so I'm happy as a clam"

"Good" she smiled into his upper arm kissing the bandage that 
covered it

She could feel his hand start to part her legs and then she felt his 
erection hard against her ass pressing into her cheeks.

She reached between her legs and grabbed his penis in her hand and 
gently guided him into her.  His hand moved up toward her clit 
but did not remove itself from her insides.

He gently started to rock up against her.  Sinking deeper with each 
movement.  The feeling of his hairy chest pressed against her back 
and rubbing against her skin was euphoric.  He was beginning to 
get sweaty under the blankets and she could feel perspiration 
droplets slide off his shoulder and onto her neck.  They were 
gyrating in unison without speaking a word, without needing to.  
His fingers perfectly worked her clit like they were old friends 
and she felt herself starting to shudder.  
Then suddenly he removed his fingers just as she was on the verge 
of orgasm.    
A gasp left her lips as she heaved her chest forward.  What was 
he doing? She was almost at orgasm.  

Without notice he rolled her onto her stomach while still inside 
of her and climbed on top of her pressing harshly into her core.  
His balls slapping up against her ass and he penis inside of her 
drove Scully insane.  It was sensory overload and Mulder knew it.  
What had started as calm, easy, sleepy sex had quickly turned 
into a rollicking frenzied act of primal lust.  

Raising her ass slightly off the bed he adjusted by removing 
some weight from her and began plunging into her from behind.  
Grabbing her hips as leverage he slammed into her again and 
again and again.  She gyrated back toward him raising her tail 
a little more each time.  Causing an explosion 
of sensory feeling inside both of them.  

She came first screaming his name uncaring of the neighbors 
she may wake at this early hour.  Then she could feel him 
explode inside of her as his back arched over her small form 
and his hips gyrated into her ass. He moaned her name over and 
over again more quietly than she had.  Their sweaty bodies 
slid from each other and collapsed on either side of the bed 
panting and heaving.  

He reached over to her and slid her across the sheets next 
to his wet body.  
She was exhausted and sensed his pain medication was starting 
to make him drowsy.  With his arm around her waist and the blanket 
pulled up to cover them they fell asleep sweaty and panting.


Dana Scully's Apartment
January 1, 2000
8:23 am

Scully slowly raised her head from the pillow that was 
underneath her.  The man who was supposed to be beside her was 
not. Her body involuntarily shivered at the cold that was 
sweeping across her shoulder and the thought that he had left 
before she woke up.  Looking at the clock she realized it 
was only 3 hours prior that they had their second lovemaking 
session of the New Year so she doubted Mulder had regretted 
their decision to move their relationship forward.  

No, there was something else.  Then, the smell of food cooking 
in her kitchen hit her nose and she knew.  He had not left.  
He was making her breakfast. A smile danced across her face 
as she thought about what concoction Mulder 
could be working on.

She rose to find a satin robe to cover herself with.  Her body 
was a little sore from the intensity of their lovemaking but 
she smiled at the pain.  It was a good pain.  

Still, Scully was unsure of how Mulder would be the morning 
after. Since this was their first.   She hoped he would act 
normal and not try and be too adoring as if he was scared she 
would kick him out at any minute.  She also hoped he would 
not try and dismiss what had happened last night as anything but 
monumental in their relationship.

Sweeping the door to her bedroom open Scully rounded the 
corner and walked into her kitchen unsure of how to prepare 
herself.  

The sight before her was one that she had never in her wildest 
dreams thought she would see.  Mulder decked out in nothing but 
one of the frilly flowery aprons her mother had given her one 
Christmas frying an omelette on her stove.  His ass cheeks 
completely bare as he flipped the omelette in the air and caught 
it in the pan.

Scully could help but giggle "Mulder, what are you doing?"

He turned to face her with a serious look "Making breakfast 
for you Scully, what did you think I was doing?" Then a smirk 
escaped from his lips and he turned back to the stove.

She walked up behind him and ran her hands along his smooth 
ass cheeks.  

"So I guess we have gotten over the morning after 
unconfortableness? Mulder, when did you learn to cook?"

"Omelettes, Scully.  The staple of every bachelor's existence.  
It's about all I can make, but I'm damn good at it!" he said 
with satisfaction as he slid the omelette onto a plate

It did look edible.  Scully could spot cheese and red peppers 
and chives from her fridge.  He must have raided it for 
ingredients.  

Turning toward her he cut a piece and said "here, try" while 
he slipped a forkful into her mouth.

"I thought you may have left" she murmured trying to chew 
at the same time

"And give you the chance to deny last night, and..." he 
winked at her "this morning happened.  No way.  I know how 
your mind works Scully.  I'm here to stay and you can't 
rationalize me away"   

He raised another forkful for her to take.  Scully did 
so willingly and savored it.  The omelette was the best one 
she had ever tasted.  

"Mmmmmm" escaped from her lips.

"See I told you" he said as he cut her another bite and 
fed her again

"Mulder" she said trying to finish what was in her 
mouth "I love you"

He looked at her with a thoughtful expression.  

"Scully, maybe I should have made you an omelette a 
few years ago"

She laughed at the remark but didn't want him to joke 
at the moment.

"No seriously Mulder..."

A knock came to the door.

"Who could that be?" asked Scully as she unconsciously 
approached the door still chewing what was in her mouth

"Scully!" Mulder sharply whispered "don't open the door" 
he said as he gestured to his outfit.

She carefully approached the door and looked out the 
peephole.

"Dana, I can hear you.  Stop taking your time and get this 
door open.  Your hallway is freezing!" her mother yelled 
from the other side of the door.

She mouthed the words 'my mother' as he quickly exited the 
kitchen for the bedroom.  Watching his ass cheeks sway into 
her bedroom Scully instantly regretted whatever reason was 
bringing her mother to her door today.

"Okay, mom.  I'm coming" she said to buy time so he could 
properly hide himself.

Opening the door Dana was greeted by a frosty looking mother.

"It is colder today than it has been so far this winter.  The 
air just goes right through you" she said as she walked into 
the foyer attempting to warm herself

"Good to see you mom but, what are you doing here today and, 
this early?"

"Dana, you said you would volunteer with me today." she started  
"Judging from your appearance you have completely forgotten" 
Maggie was not pleased "Soup kitchen?  St Vincent's?  Remember?  
I left you a message on your machine last night to remind you!"

"Oh, yeah.  I completely forgot.  What time are we supposed to 
be there?"

"We're supposed to be there for 9am to start chopping vegetables 
and setting 
up.  You better get a move on or we'll never get there"

Suddenly Scully's mother looked toward the kitchen.

"Dana, you're burning a pan!  You left the burner on with an empty 
pan on the stove" she said sharply as she grabbed the pan and turned 
off the burner

Scully had not moved from the same spot.  Frozen in her sense of bad 
timing.Of course she had agreed to do this with her mother.  She had 
not in her wildest dreams thought that something else more enjoyable 
could be happening instead today.  What a crappy way to end the 
morning with Mulder.  Just as she wasstarting to talk about real 
feelings with him.  Now she was hiding him in her bedroom from her 
mother and going to skitter off to a soup kitchen abandoning 
him in her apartment.  Just great.

Suddenly Scully's mind snapped back to her mother

"...could have started a fire.  And, since when do you cook 
omelettes?" her mother asked

"She doesn't" a voice came from behind Scully.  

She turned to face him.  It was Mulder standing in the doorway 
to her bedroom in jeans and a t-shirt with bare feet.

Scully turned about 6 shades of red and although the picture of 
him so beautiful and relaxed caught her breath in her chest she 
wanted to crawl into a hole and die. 

"Oh" was all Maggie Scully could say in surprise 

"Mom..." Scully started as she walked toward her mother with 
hands outstretched

"Hi Fox" Maggie said as she pulled herself together and 
ismissed Scully's gesture "Dana didn't say she had company" 

Scully caught the sharp look her mother sent her way.

"No, she didn't" he replied "sorry to throw this all at you 
Mrs. Scully.  Especially at this early hour, but I felt silly 
hiding in the bedroom"

Maggie Scully immediately let out a nervous laugh.  "I can 
understand how you would feel that way Fox.  So, you are the 
omelette maker?"

"Yes ma'am.  I can make one up for you if you..." he started

"No, thanks Fox.  I should get going and leave you two alone." 
she said as she started toward the door

"Mom..." Scully stated unsure of what to say.  Her mother had 
just now become an inadvertent part of their morning after.  
She knew her mom was uncomfortable and didn't know how to fix it

"Mrs. Scully" Mulder began "do you think they could use an extra 
hand at St Vincent's this morning?"

"Yes, Fox." she smiled back at him "I think that would be a 
lovely idea.  Why don't you and Dana come down to the soup kitchen 
in a bit?  I can hold the fort until then"

"Thanks mom" was all Scully could get out

Maggie Scully looked at her daughter and softly patted her on the 
cheek as she opened the door "I'll see you two in a bit" 

With a returned smile Maggie Scully left the apartment.

Scully turned to face Mulder unsure of what to say to him.  
Yes, they needed to be honest about their relationship but did he 
have to spring it on her mother this morning!

He had walked over to the omelette on the plate and started to 
munch at it.  She knew he wanted to avoid this confrontation

"Mulder..." she began, ready to pounce.  

But then she thought of his words last night, 'the world 
didn't end' and it hadn't-had it?  Her mother knew and all was 
still good.  What was the point of arguing?

"Mulder..." she began again

"Hmmm?" he asked absently trying to avoid eye contact

"I thought I was supposed to make you breakfast?" she smiled

"When you stay at my place, you can" he countered with eyes 
shining.  He was glad she had not started a fight

"Well then you are going to have to actually purchase some 
food if you want me to cook at your place because I'll be 
damned if I'm making breakfast from stale matzo balls and 
expired orange juice"

They both laughed and he walked over and put his arms around 
her kissing the top of her head.

"We better get showered and over the St Vincent's" he 
suggested

"Thank you for doing this Mulder.  For my mother and for me"

"I'd do anything for you Scully.  Don't know that by now?"

"That's exactly why I love you" she said as she nuzzled deeper 
into his chest.