From: susanf34@comcast.net   
      
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   Title: The Right Gift   
   Author: Susan   
   E-mail: susanf34@comcast.net   
   Classification: Christmas vignette   
   Spoiler: none, but this takes place early in   
   season one   
   Archive: No archive without permission.   
   Disclaimer: On paper, Mulder isn't mine. In   
   my head, he is.   
      
   *This is dedicated to the wonderful women at   
   lots of lots of files who have given me many   
   "right gifts" this year.:)   
      
   Author's notes at the end.   
      
   Summary: What am I supposed to get a person   
   I've only known a few months?   
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   The Right Gift   
   by Susan   
   ~~~~   
      
   So, it's two days before Christmas, and I still   
   haven't gotten anything for Scully.   
      
   I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I'm   
   scrambling around for something at the last   
   minute, considering the fact that I haven't   
   had to buy a gift for a woman in over three   
   years.   
      
   Still, I should've bought something for her by   
   now.   
      
   It's not really that I've been procrastinating   
   so much as struggling. I mean, what exactly am   
   I supposed to get a person I've only known for   
   a few months?   
      
   A scarf is too personal. A book's too impersonal,   
   and though I wouldn't mind getting a box of   
   chocolates as a gift, I don't really see Scully   
   as the chocolate candy type.   
      
   Of course, jewelry is definitely out and so is   
   treating her to dinner at a fancy restaurant,   
   so you can see my dilemma.   
      
   I could just give her a Christmas card, but that   
   wouldn't really show her how much I've enjoyed   
   having her as my partner these past couple months.   
      
   To be honest, when she first joined me on the   
   X-Files, I really didn't see her lasting very   
   long with me, but in the short time we've   
   worked together, she's proven to be not only an   
   excellent investigator, but also someone I've   
   grown to respect and trust.   
      
   And that hasn't been an easy thing for me to do   
   with very many people.   
      
   Hey, wait a minute. I've got it.   
      
   I know what I can give her, and it's something   
   I should've thought of before.   
      
   Opening the middle drawer on my desk, I reach   
   inside and pull out the small metal object   
   that's been tucked away in the back for a very   
   long time.   
      
   Yeah, this is the right gift, and it's the right   
   time to give it to her.   
      
   Closing the drawer, I slip the extra key to my   
   apartment into my pocket so I can wrap it when   
   I get home.   
      
   And I smile.   
      
      
   ~end~   
      
   I hope this little moment in time brought you a   
   bit of Christmas cheer and made you smile because   
   that's what it did for me.:) Happy Holidays,   
   everyone, and thanks for all the lovely feedback   
   letters you've sent to me during this past year.:)   
      
      
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