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   Broken Valentine   
   Author:  Linda61   
   Summary:  A short vacation to celebrate Valentine's Day, a race and Mulder.   
   That's   
   trouble.   
   Written for Virtual Season 13 Valentine's Day Special Event   
   Disclaimer:  No copyright infringement intended.   
   comments:  l.vanmaanen@chello.nl   
      
   When I told you to 'break a leg' I meant  'good luck' Mulder, not to break a   
   leg for   
   real" Scully sighed, holding Mulder by his arm trying to get him down the   
   stairs   
   without further accidents.   
      
   Scully thought back to that moment when it all started.   
      
   ********************   
      
   "I have a surprise for you Scully and don't you dare say no."   
      
   He showed her the brochures of Canaan Valley in West Virginia. "It's only a   
   four hour   
   drive, no planes Scully." Scully's eyes brightened. Although they had to fly   
   a lot for   
   their work as FBI agents, she still didn't like it and driving there   
   together with Mulder   
   with no strangers around was very much appreciated. "I rented a cabin, it's   
   beautiful   
   and it's a special Valentine's Day offer."   
      
   Mulder waited for her answer but when she didn't react immediately, he   
   started to   
   have his doubts   
   .   
   "I ..I.." Scully stuttered and peered at the brochure again.   
      
    "What Scully, don't you like it?" He was a bit disappointed Scully didn't   
   react   
   favourably like he expected her to.   
      
    "Mulder, I love it, I think it's a great idea. I was just stunned."   
      
   "Yes? Yes!!" He took her in his arms and danced through the room dragging   
   her with   
   him. "It's going to be great, you'll see!"   
      
   Scully took his hand. "I love you Mulder, I think this is going to be a   
   fantastic   
   Valentine's Weekend."   
      
   *************   
      
   After a couple of hours skiing, which wasn't a daily thing for either of   
   them, they   
   found a new route. Not too difficult, but it looked really great and the   
   snow was   
   perfect. They decided to have a kind of 'downhill race'. That should have   
   been the   
   moment for the usually sensible Scully to say no of course, but they had so   
   much fun   
   and she silently hoped to win so she wished Mulder to 'break a leg' and took   
   off.   
      
   "You're cheating Scully!" Mulder yelled, but then he pushed himself off too   
   and 'the   
   race' really started. Scully was still leading, but because Mulder was   
   heavier his   
   weight helped him to make more speed, so after a couple of minutes they were   
   skiing beside each other.   
      
   Mulder laughed and turned his head and stuck out his tongue while Scully   
   made a   
   face back, but then she saw the big stack of snow that he was heading   
   straight into   
   and she yelled: "Mulder watch out!!!"   
      
   "Nice try Scully" he yelled back but then he saw the heap too, way too late.   
   He dove   
   right into it with a splat. Snow went everywhere, and Scully started to   
   laugh.   
      
   "Nice butt Mulder" she giggled. She stopped next to him and wanted to pull   
   him up   
   when she saw his stricken face.   
      
   "Don't touch me Scully," he moaned. "I think my leg is broken."   
      
   "That's not funny, stop fooling around." She wanted to grab him again but   
   then she   
   saw him gritting his teeth.   
      
   "Please Scully, help me! This is real!"   
      
    "Oh god Mulder, I'm so sorry, I thought you were joking." She took off her   
   skis and   
   knelt down, carefully taking his skis off too.   
      
   "Aaaaaahhh, don't Scully, don't touch me!" He put his head down in the snow,   
   his   
   breathing too fast. "God it hurts, it hurts."   
      
   "I know, hold on Mulder, I'll get help" and she grabbed her cell phone.   
   "Thank god   
   for cell phones" she mumbled, grateful that she seemed to have a signal on   
   the LGM   
   special. After a couple of minutes on the phone, she more of less lay down   
   beside   
   him holding his hand. "They'll be here ASAP Mulder. Before you know it   
   you're in a   
   nice warm hospital bed, you'll see." She tried to make it sound like a joke   
   but she   
   knew this was serious. Mulder was in great pain and the heavy ski boots   
   didn't make   
   it easier on him. Only the cold numbed the pain a little, but because he was   
   covered   
   with it and getting sweaty and stressed after a few minutes he started to   
   shiver.   
      
   "R..r..remmminnnnnnddd...mm..mmee   
   n.never...t..to..ss.sski..a..a..again..S.s..scullllly. I..I'm s..sso   
   s.s.ssorryyy, ss..poiled   
   i.it a.a.agggain."   
      
   Before she could answer she saw a couple of men skiing towards them, between   
   them a kind of sled resembling a weird kind a banana. "I think he broke his   
   leg,   
   actually I'm sure he did." Scully pointed at Mulder's leg, which was   
   currently bent in   
   a position that wasn't natural.   
      
    "Ok, Ma'am, we'll get him out of there in no time. Sir, I'm sorry but this   
   is going to   
   hurt, only we'll go as fast and as careful as we can ok? Just hold to your   
   wife's hand   
   nice and tight."   
      
    "I'm not his... Oh never mind. Where's the life flight helicopter? Will it   
   be here   
   soon?"   
      
   "Sorry ma'am, no helicopter can land here. Snow is too unstable. We have to   
   take   
   him down ourselves on the sled."   
      
   Scully grabbed Mulder's hand and squeezed it. "I'm sorry Mulder, this is not   
   going to   
   be fun."   
      
   Mulder looked at her trying to smile, but she could see the fear in his   
   eyes. "I...it's   
   o..okay.. S..s..scully." But it wasn't. The moment the men tried to turn him   
   around,   
   his scream could be heard down echoing down the valley, but by the time   
   Mulder   
   was lifted onto the sled he was panting and tears streamed down his cheeks.   
   They   
   managed to get him into the hospital without further problems but Mulder was   
   exhausted. He was in terrible pain and so cold his lips turned blue and his   
   teeth   
   chattered continuously.  The doctors repaired his leg during a a two hour   
   operation,   
   they had to put a pin in, but after that things went well for a change.   
   Scully's loving   
   smile greeted him as he came round from the surgery. She held his hand and   
   kissed   
   it gently. He smiled before falling asleep again.   
      
   And so here they were a week later, at her mom's place, trying to get down   
   the   
   stairs. Mulder hopping on one leg, while Scully tried to steady him on the   
   other side.   
   "Careful now, don't go too fast."   
      
   "I'm really sorry Scully" Mulder started.   
      
   "Mulder, I told you several times, there's nothing to be sorry about, it's   
   not that you   
   did it on purpose and you didn't ditch me. And if there's someone to blame   
   it's me. I   
   told you to break a leg'. Only when I said for you to 'break a leg' I meant   
   'good luck'   
   love, not to break a leg for real.  Now concentrate. If you fall now I WILL   
   be pissed   
   at you, I promise."   
      
   Mulder sighed and hopped again.   
      
   "Be a good boy and I have a surprise for you Mulder" Scully said, seeing his   
   sad face.   
      
   "A surprise? For me? Why?"   
      
   "Well, let me think. You took me on a wonderful trip...." Mulder opened his   
   mouth   
   and wanted to interrupt. "Let me talk Mulder. As I was saying, you took me   
   on a   
   wonderful trip, to a lovely cabin in a beautiful area. We were surrounded by   
   mountains and the weather was amazing. You just had bad luck to end up like   
   this.   
   Yes Mulder, I think I owe you a surprise.   
      
      
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