Title: A Picnic in the Basement Author: Rotem Shahar Classification: VR Rating: G Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. They belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and Fox. I'm not making any money by doing this. Archive: SEFAMSRN, Gossamer, Xemplary are fine. Anywhere else is good too as long as you let me know! Feedback: Yes please! LaughsR@prodigy.net Spoilers: None. Summary: A lovely little picnic in the basement Authors Notes: Thanks for all the help Eva!! OK, here it goes... X-Files Office Friday, June 14, 1999 5:37pm "Bye Mulder. See you on Monday." Scully said as she exited their basement office after finishing a case report she was working on. "Bye." He replied. As soon as she had walked out of the office, he grabbed a broom and started cleaning. He hoped she would be surprised when she came into the office the next day. "I hope she'll be happy when she sees this" he said to himself. X-Files office Same day 8:18pm Mulder had finished cleaning the basement office and was very proud of himself. Only then did he realize what time it was and that Scully's new desk should have been here a while ago. He called the Delivery Company. A voice on the other end of the phone spoke. "Delivery Service. How may I help you?" To this, Mulder replied, "I was supposed to have a desk delivered to my office tonight and it hasn't arrived." "May I have your name sir? And I will try to clear up this misunderstanding." Mulder gave the person his name and was put on hold. After 15 minutes of waiting the voice came back and said "I'm sorry sir, but we are unable to have the desk delivered today due to lack of employees...I--" Mulder cut the voice off and yelled into the receiver of the phone "Damn it! You were supposed to deliver the desk today!" "We can have it to you tomorrow morning, ok? We're really very sorry about not delivering the desk on time. We'll have it delivered at 8:00am tomorrow morning. Is that all right, sir?" the voice replied calmly. "Sure, fine, whatever." Was Mulder's very annoyed response. This would mean that he might have to delay his plan for a day. X-Files Office Saturday, June 15, 1999 7:30am Mulder arrived early just in case the desk was delivered. He wanted to make sure he got everything ready before he invited Scully. Luckily for him, the desk arrived right after him so he was able to have the people put the desk in the office for him instead of having to do it himself. After they got the desk into the office and Mulder was happy with its location, he left the office. As he got into his car, and started driving to the local supermarket he thought 'I hope I can find something that Scully and I can both enjoy.' Dana Scully's Apartment Saturday, June 15, 1999 9:28am Dana Scully was awakened by a shrill ringing noise. She found her cell phone after a few minutes of searching and said "Mulder! Why are you calling me at nine-thirty am on a Saturday morning??" 'God, I really don't want to talk to him right now. He won't leave me alone till I listen to him anyway, might as well just listen and get this over with Scully thought to herself as she answered her phone.' "Good morning to you too Scully" Mulder said happily. 'Ugh, what are you doing calling me and waking me up this early?? I was looking forward to sleeping late and then vegetating all day. This better not be about work or I swear you'll be very sorry you called me today' is what Scully wanted to say. But instead, she said "Sorry Mulder. What do you want? Do we have a new case?" "No, actually, I was hoping you'd meet me in the office so I could talk to you about something." "I don't want to go to work today, Mulder. Its Saturday if you hadn't noticed." "I know its Saturday Scully, but please? meet me there?" When he said this she could just picture the way he looked and she wasn't able to say no. She conceded and asked "Fine. What time should I be there?" "Be here at about 11:30, k?" "All right." She sighed. "See you then." And she hung up the phone without waiting for Mulder's reaction. Super Market Washington DC Saturday, June 15, 1999 10:03am Mulder wandered through the isle wondering what to get for lunch. Finally, he decided to stop by the deli and see what they had. He ended up buying Garlic Broccoli, Sandwiches, and Nestea. He went home to get a beach blanket and then went to the office to get ready for when Scully would get there. Basement Office Saturday, June 15, 1999 11:17am 'Scully should be here in 15minutes, Mulder thought, as he nervously paced around the basement. What if she doesn't like this idea? He wondered. Whaddya mean she won't like this idea? He argued with himself. I finally go her a desk! She'd better like it. Oh, boy. He though. Now I'm arguing with myself over whether Scully is going to enjoy today. Only she can tell me that.' Now even more nervous then before, he started wondering if this was such a good idea. He thought about everything that could go wrong, including the fact that she didn't seem to be particularly happy to hear from him this morning. 'Ahhh! I can't start thinking like this, he told himself, hoping that he'd be able to regain his composure before Scully arrived.' Dana Scully's Car Same Date and Time 'Maybe getting together isn't such a good' idea she mused. She didn't want to talk to him. 'I just want to go home and go back to sleep. I might fall asleep while I'm there...I don't want to do that, that would be very embarrassing, not to mention the fact that it would get Mulder all worried and then he'd never leave me alone. Maybe if I call and tell him I'm not feeling well I can just go back home and go to sleep.' She disregarded that thought as soon as she came up with it. She figured that if she called him up with that excuse he'd come over to check on her so she would see him anyway. So, she decided she might as well go into the office to see what he wanted. He sounded extremely exited when he had called so she figured he found a new case to work on and wanted them to leave right away. But then he reassured her that it had nothing to do with work so her curiosity got the best of her and she agreed to come in and see what he wanted. Basement Office 11:29am Scully hurriedly walked towards the elevator. She pushed the down button, got on, and waited as the elevator made its descent into the basement. She ran out of the elevator as soon as the doors opened. As she realized she was at the door to the office, she took a few deep, calming breaths. She then knocked on the door and entered. "Mulder?" She said as she looked around the office. She spotted him sitting behind his desk. "Why did you ask me to meet you here? You said that we didn't have a new case so why am I here?" Scully asked as she looked around the office. After a few moments, she asked "and what happened to this place, Mulder? It's clean!?" She had been too preoccupied with the cleanliness of the office when she had entered that she hadn't realized that there was a second desk in the room. She also missed the fact that there was a picnic blanket spread on top of it and that there was a meal sitting on the desk, waiting to be eaten. "Well..." he replied, "turn around." She looked questioningly at him but turned around anyway. This time she saw the desk. "Mulder?" "Its your new desk, Scully." He answered sincerely. "I started cleaning as soon as you left last night. That way there would be room in here when the desk arrived this morning." Scully turned to face him, tears brimming in her eyes. After 6 years of working together he realized that this had become not only his quest, but also Scully's quest. And he also realized that he didn't want to continue this quest if she ever left him. She walked over to him and hugged him and asked, "Today isn't special in any way, Mulder. Why now? What made you decide to get me a desk now?" Mulder thought for a moment and then said as he stared into her beautiful eyes "I wanted to thank you for staying here with me all these years and not leaving me. You could've left long ago, and you can still leave me now, and you didn't and haven't and I wanted to show you how much that means to me." As soon as he said this Scully pulled him into a tight hug, not ever wanting to let go. She had tears streaming down her face but she didn't really care right now. She looked up at him and saw that he was also crying. She reached up and brushed a few tears away from his face as he did the same for her. They stared at each other intently, trying to read each other's emotions through their eyes. As they stared at each other, they moved closer and closer together. First they moved hesitantly, making sure that this was what the other wanted. Then they moved together more quickly, rapidly closing the space between them. Their kiss started slowly at first, but intensified quickly. When they finally pulled apart, they were both breathless and unsure of what to do next. Mulder finally broke the silence, "Would you care to join me for a picnic in the basement?" "I'd love to." Scully replied with a gigantic smile spreading across her face. Mulder took her hand and led her across the room and they sat down at Scully's new desk and enjoyed their picnic. THE END!! So what did u think? Any and all comments welcome at laughsr@prodigy.net