The Truth is Out There--Scene 54 from XF3
by Lolabeegood

E-mail: lolabeegood@gmail.com
Distribution: Archive freely with my name attached.

Rating: R
Categories: S, R
Keywords: Mulder/Scully romance, Post-IWTB
Spoilers: IWTB
Summary:  The truth is something Mulder & Scully may have to 
pay a steep price for.

Author's Notes: 

Ever since I watched IWTB I have thought of the ideal way to 
start and storyline a third movie.  So, after much thought and 
deliberation I have a series of scenes that I have written for 
the third XF movie.  The scenes will not necessarily run right 
after each other but they are in sequence.  They are more like 
scenes I would like to see in the XF3 that develop character, 
tie loose ends, and add plot interest.  

I do not own the characters and I don't make any money from 
this.

Enjoy!

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"How did you know?" she asked looking up at him.

"We've been together, how long?" he asked with a smirk "that...,
and the pain medication I saw you take earlier."

"Where'd you...?"

"In the lobby downstairs.  It's made of cherry pits and we can 
keep re-heating it in the microwave whenever it gets cold, or 
if your cramps get worse."

"I meant...where'd you go?" she asked as she cleared her throat.

"I needed to clear my head" he said looking at his feet.

"You mean you needed to put on your game face" she replied 
quickly.

"No, I think I needed some perspective."

"And you found it?" she asked cautiously.

"I found what I knew was there."

She starred at him and raised an eyebrow.  She was scared to 
ask the question that could change everything between them.  
Dana Scully would rather live in the world of ambiguity for 
a little longer.

"Forgiveness" he said as his voice cracked.

"Mulder..." she started as she starred at her hands "I can't 
begin to tell you...to explain to you...".


"No, Scully.  Hear me out." He said, cautioning her to stop 
"all these years, in some corner of my heart, I have resented 
the decision that you made, the decision you didn't involve me 
in, about us, our son, our future.  But the truth is, I made 
that same decision several times without consulting you years 
ago."

"Mulder, what are you talking about?"

"Like when I brought you into all the conspiracy investigations, 
or when I ran off knowing you'd find me, or when I chose to 
ignore the attraction that was obviously happening between us 
in favor of the X-Files, or when I chose death over telling you 
the truth that I had learned..." He said obviously upset.  He was 
trying to make her understand.  "Remember when you took me out 
for a coffee and told me about the IVF?"

"Yes" she said still looking confused.

"And I said I needed some time to think about it?"

"Yes."

"I wasn't lying, I really did.  I went to a park for a couple of 
hours and watched mothers playing with their kids.  I saw couples 
with their children.  I saw little girls running to their father 
with their arms outstretched and jumping into their embrace.  
What I needed time to think about was whether I wanted you to be 
happy with a child, or us to be with each other."

"Mulder, you aren't making any sense," she said. 

"Scully" he said taking a few steps toward her and grasping her 
by the elbows "I knew that the decision to do the IVF with you 
meant no future for us beyond friends. And...whether you knew it 
or not, our future was in my hands."

"Mulder, that's not true.  If we had conceived...".

"I would have been uncle Mulder who visited your house and stayed 
for dinner once a month, while you and Junior had a life together.  
Because Scully, you would never have risked us not working out as 
a couple if a child was involved."

She looked up at him, aware that he was right.  With teary eyes, 
she murmured "but you chose to do the IVF."

"I did."

"What does that say about us?"

"What it says is..." he stopped to clear his throat "that sometimes 
we make bad decisions for good reasons.  And that I would hope 
that if we had conceived through IVF, you would have forgiven me, 
for the same reason that I forgive you."

"Have you?" she asked with a cracked voice.

"I'm working on it" he said honestly "but I think that, when I look 
at everything you've been through, all the things that I have 
decided for us, without asking you...,forgiving you is the easy 
part, but how can I forgive myself?"

"Oh, Mulder, how can you not?"

"I don't know, Scully.."

She wrapped her arms around him and nuzzled into his chest.  
"Mulder, we have to start fresh, if we are to help Patrick, and 
get through this, we have to...we have to wipe the slate clean, 
otherwise it will haunt us forever." 

"You make it seem like we're key figures..." he started as she 
laughed into his chest.

"Come here" he said raising her face to look at him.

With tenderness he swiped the tears from the sides of her face and 
looked lovingly into her eyes, the deep blue wells of faith and 
trust that he had always known.  She sniffled as she starred back 
at him.

"Are we okay?" he whispered.

"You and me" she smiled up at him.

"You and me" he said softly as he captured her mouth with his and 
tried to convey to her all the love that he felt in his heart.  

The kiss deepened and Mulder found himself pulling her toward him, 
wanting to feel her entire body pressed up against him.  He loved it 
when they were so close it was hard to tell where he ended and she 
began.  He hunched down toward her rubbing his hands down her back 
and along her hips until he was grabbing her ass.  His cock hardened 
and he felt her hum against his lips.  She melded into him and 
plunged her tongue deeply into his mouth.  She pulled him tightly 
against her body and felt his erection palpitate against her stomach.
His clothes were damp and they stuck to his skin even as she snaked 
her hands underneath the back of his shirt to feel his warm body. 
She reached up and under his shirt revealing his warm, toned back 
as it strained to get closer to her.  Her nipples hardened as he 
took one hand and cupped her over her shirt.  He was voraciously 
massaging her breast with his cupped hand.   

The door opened abruptly and Mulder and Scully snapped away from 
each other like two chopsticks being pulled apart. They looked 
toward the door to see the dripping faces of Patrick and Monica 
starring at them with open mouths.  

Scully's face was red as she ran her hands quickly through her 
hair and pulled down at the hem of her shirt.  Mulder stepped 
toward them trying to seem nonchalant about the whole situation.

"So you two are back?" he asked nervously.

"I knew she was happy" Patrick said with eyes narrowed as he looked 
at his father "I'm going to change."

He quickly walked toward the washroom and shut the door.

Monica just looked at them with a knowing smile.  She started to 
walk toward the other room when she suddenly stopped "I'm glad 
everything is good" she smiled.

"Monica..." Scully started but was waved off  by Monica as she 
crossed the threshold into the other room.

Mulder walked toward Scully and wrapped an arm around her 
shoulder, pulling her against him again into a soft hug.

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The end of Part 54