TITLE: Not What You'd Expect From Me
SUMMARY: Take the title literally.

Read at your own risk. ;)  Headers and Author's Notes are at the
end.



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Not What You'd Expect From Me
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"Where is he now?"

"I pretty much poured him into bed.  He really doesn't handle
wild partying and heavy drinking very well."

"Is that what you two consider wild partying?  You'd get laughed
out of any frat house."  A smile.  "And considering that you
were the one armed with the credit card, I'd say that his
condition should be weighing on your conscience."

"It does.  It is."  She shrugged.  "As you well know, we don't
get many opportunities for a little fun.  I'll take what we can
get."

He nodded, more serious.  "Could I persuade you to indulge in a
bit more fun tonight?"

One eyebrow arched.  "That depends.  Did you get rid of... HER?"

He cringed.  "Of course, as soon as the party was over."  He
blew a sigh over his shoulder.  "I hate having to pretend that
we're not -- "

She stopped him with a fierce, passionate kiss, only breaking it
after she felt the tension drain from his body.  "We don't have
to pretend right now," she told him, and held his gaze until he
nodded.  Then she relaxed into his embrace, her own arms around
his waist, her cheek to his chest.

"I *am* in love with Assistant Director Walter Skinner," she
murmured, and smiled as he tightened his arms around her.

END

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AUTHOR'S NOTES: Yes, that's supposed to be what happened after
Mulder and Scully finished hitting the town with the Bureau's
credit card at the end of "Hollywood A.D."  The "HER" to whom
Scully refers is the woman who was hanging off of Skinner at the
"Lazarus Bowl" premiere.  And yes, I am usually a shameless
UST/MSR hussy. *g*  Someone confused me with an SSR writer,
which got me to wondering if *I* could write SSR.  This is what
my Muse gave me.  I was shooting for 155 words but wound up with
215.

TITLE: Not What You'd Expect From Me
AUTHOR: Forte
E-MAIL: Bjm1352@aol.com
URL: http://www.thebasementoffice.com/
RATING: PG
CATEGORY: V
SPOILERS: Through "Hollywood A.D."
SUMMARY: Take the title literally. ;)
ARCHIVE: Gossamer/Ephemeral/Spooky awards site OK; anywhere
else please ask first.
DISCLAIMER: They belong to CC, 1013, and FOX; definitely not me.
FEEDBACK: Yes, please. :)
THANKS: To Musea, especially Diana Battis and Audrey Roget, for
beta and all manner of encouragement.