From: colbysgurl@shaw.ca   
      
   Authors: Jacquie and Sassy   
      
      
      
   Rating: M   
      
      
      
   Pairing: Mulder and Scully   
      
      
      
   Summary: A post episode fic for "Drive".   
      
      
      
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   "I know.." she whispered. She was thinking of several times during their   
   years together when she woke up in a hospital bed and he was there.   
      
      
      
   "Let me love you...I can make you happy." He met her eyes and held her gaze.   
   "Or I'll die trying."   
      
      
      
   She wasn't thinking about what passers by might think this time as she   
   hugged him around the waist.   
      
      
      
   "Please," he pleaded in a whisper.   
      
      
      
   Scully gently pulled his head down to her lips, testing the waters.   
      
   His hands were in her hair. He pushed her lips apart with his tongue. He   
   melded her against him.   
      
      
      
   She was breathless when the kiss finally broke. She whispered in his ear,   
   "Everything's going to be alright, I promise. I love you."   
      
      
      
   "I love you too," he whispered breathlessly.   
      
      
      
   "Do you still want to go to the restaurant?" she whispered, not wanting to   
   leave his embrace.   
      
      
      
   "You're done for the day, right?" He leaned his head against hers and met   
   her eyes.   
      
      
      
   "I'm done for the day."   
      
      
      
   "Can we go back to your place?" he stroked her cheek gently.   
      
      
      
   "We can...I have something for you."   
      
      
      
   She allowed her hand to stroke his cheek.   
      
      
      
   "For me?" he asked softly.   
      
      
      
   "For you..." Scully kissed his chin.   
      
      
      
   He smiled. "What is it?"   
      
      
      
   "I just thought you might need another cell phone."   
      
   He smiled. "That I do..." He kissed her forehead. "Do you need to go back   
   inside for anything before we head home?"   
      
      
      
   "Just need you, Mulder." Her response was soft, honest.   
      
      
      
   He nodded and took her hand. He led her to his parked car a few blocks up.   
   Opening the door for her, he smiled. "Ma'am..."   
      
      
      
   Scully gave Mulder's hand a squeeze before getting into the passenger side.   
      
      
      
   He closed her door and hurried around to the driver's side. Getting in, he   
   said quickly,   
      
      
      
   "Call the Thai place. We'll get it to go."   
      
   Scully obediently began to dial her phone.   
      
      
      
   "It'll be about ten minutes," she said when she finally got off.   
      
      
      
   "We can stop at the gas station. I need some more sunflower seeds anyway."   
   He reached over and took her hand.   
      
      
      
   "I'll get the iced tea." Scully said without thinking.   
      
      
      
   "I was thinking Root Beer." He smiled over at her and gave her hand a   
   squeeze.   
      
    He was rewarded with a chuckle.   
      
      
      
   "Okay...you get the seeds, I'll get the root beer," she teased.   
      
      
      
   Mulder kept his hand in hers and drove to the 7-11. He parked. "By the time   
   we get done in here, our food should be done."   
      
      
      
   Scully headed for the ice tea.  She met Mulder at the cash register.   
      
      
      
   "Did you want or need anything else?"   
      
   "Nope." She stuck a ten dollar bill on the counter for the ice tea. "Keep   
   the change" she told the man behind the cash register. Then she waited for   
   Mulder.   
      
      
      
   Mulder paid for his seeds. He followed her out. "I was going to get that."   
      
      
      
   "It's my pleasure," Scully smiled at him. "Besides, you've paid for things   
   lots of times."   
      
      
      
   He shook his head and smiled. "Things are different now."   
      
      
      
   "Different how?" Scully knew what he meant, but she needed to hear it from   
   him directly.   
      
      
      
   "You love me...I love you..." He kissed her cheek and opened her door.   
      
      
      
   As promised their food was waiting for them when they got to the restaurant.   
   Scully smelled the aromas appreciatively.   
      
   He liked that she liked places like these. "Beats that greasy junk I'm used   
   to eating."   
      
      
      
   "One of many reasons why I'm here...to give you a little variety." She gave   
   his hand a brief, but loving squeeze.   
      
    He smirked. "Well, don't stop now."   
      
      
      
   There was something curious behind Scully's eyes...like a gleam of   
   mischief...like she had something more interesting in mind for him.   
      
      
      
   Mulder pulled in at the video store. "Do you mind if we get a movie or two?"   
      
      
      
   "You can get whatever you want...you deserve it, " she said softly.   
      
      
      
   He shook his head. "You are picking them out." He pointed across the street.   
   "I'm running over there for something..."   
      
      
      
   "O....kay..." Scully said slowly, wondering what he was up to. She opened   
   the door to the   
      
   video store and went in.   
      
      
      
   Despite Mulder's insistence, she picked movies she knew he would like: "The   
   Invisible Man" and "Men in Black."   
      
      
      
    Mulder was closing the trunk when she came out. He smiled at her. "Just in   
   time."   
      
      
      
   "Do I really wanna know what you're up to?" She arched an eyebrow at him.   
      
      
      
   "All in good time..." He moved to her door and opened it. "What did you   
   get?"   
      
      
      
   "You know...movies." She smiled slightly at him as she got into the   
   passenger seat again. "Sci fi.."   
      
      
      
   He bent down and tilted his head. "I would've watched Casablanca...or   
   whatever chick flick you wanted to watch."   
      
      
      
   Scully hesitated, but only for a moment before planting a brief but warm   
   kiss on his lips. "Wasn't really in a chic flick kind of mood," she said   
   softly.   
      
      
      
   He kissed her again, deeper this time. "Well then...that's a horse of a   
   different color."   
      
      
      
   She wanted to do more...she didn't care they were out in public...but she   
   managed to stop herself with the thought that maybe Mulder didn't want to.   
   Her only response was a smile.   
      
      
      
   He let the silence linger for awhile. He glanced at her. "Something wrong,   
   Scully?"   
      
      
      
   "No. Why?" She turned from the window to meet his eyes.   
      
      
      
   "You're being quiet..." He reached and took her hand.   
      
      
      
   "I'm fine, Mulder..." she reassured him quietly. "Just trying to remember   
   the last time we were together like this and it didn't involve work."   
      
      
      
   And I really wish just once you'd call me by my first name..But that's   
   asking for too much too soon, isn't it? she thought   
      
      
      
   He sighed softly. "I know I haven't been around like I should be...I'm   
   sorry."   
      
      
      
   "You probably had more interesting things to do..." her smile was teasing.   
      
      
      
   "Stare at my ceiling..." He closed his eyes for a moment. "I just...I've had   
   a lot on my mind."   
      
      
      
   "Wanna talk about it?" Scully was almost afraid he would say no..   
      
      
      
   "Samantha...my mother...the usual." He turned onto her road. "I just...I   
   want answers. I need answers."   
      
      
      
   "We'll find them."   
      
      
      
   "After all these years...all the hardships we've gone through...you still   
   believe that?"   
      
      
      
   "I have to."   
      
      
      
   He parked the car. He kept his hands tight on the steering wheel.   
   "Dana...I'm losing my faith."   
      
      
      
   "Mulder look at me" she said softly, gently taking his hands off the   
   steering wheel and taking them in hers.   
      
   "I'm here...I've always been here," Scully soothed as she held him to her.   
      
      
      
   "I love you so much..." she whispered.   
      
      
      
   "I love you too..." He kissed the side of her head as he clung to her. "If I   
   lost you..."   
      
      
      
   "You're not going to. Ever." Even as she said the words, she could see he   
   was thinking about the same thing she was: when she was so ill...when she   
   had almost died of her cancer.   
      
      
      
      
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