Title: What a lovely present!
Author: Tiffany Marsh
E-mail: T1ffanyM@hotmail.com
Category: MSR
Disclaimer: Mulder and Scully are not mine. They belong to Chris Carter
and 1013 productions.
etc... etc... hope I am not forgetting anything...
Archiving: Anywhere and everywhere: as long as my name and email stay on
it. And please tell me where it is sent.
Rating: R
Summary: I didn't think "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" had a complete
ending. This is what happened after Mulder and Scully exchanged gifts.
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Mulder shook his gift with the anticipation of a little boy. "Looks like
a videotape," he thought to himself with a grin, "I wonder of what..."

Scully got his mind of that quickly when she jumped in. "You first! I
wanna see your reaction!"

"Okay, hold on," Mulder said trying to tear at the present. "Man, you
taped this up better than Fort Knox!"

"Always the perfectionist. Do you want my help?" She reached over to
Mulder and he tugged away the still wrapped present before she could get
to it.

"I got it now." Mulder ripped the wrapping off the present just enough
to read the title of the videotape... Midget Wrestling Bloopers- Tape
One. "Oh, wow, Scully," Mulder said with a less than enthusiastic
reaction, "this should be fun to watch." He pulled the whole gift wrap
off it and started to read the back of the tape.

"Oh, I am certain it will be," Scully replied with a small grin to
herself that Mulder didn't notice.

Mulder jumped in as Scully started to open her present. "Umm, Scully. I
don't like what I got you. Here, give it back and I'll exchange it," he
said now trying to grab her gift from her hands. Scully was too quick
though and had already opened one end of the tube. She slid the wrapping
paper off the present and set it neatly on the coffee table. Mulder's
present's wrapping was in pieces all over his floor. Scully looked at
the brown tube with curiosity.

"Gee, Mulder, it looks like a toilet paper tube. Thanks, really, so
much," Scully said to Mulder half-teasing and half-sarcastically.

"It is not a toilet paper tube," Mulder shot back and then swallowed
hard. "Well, if you're going to open it, you'll find something much
better inside." With that, Scully popped one of the ends off the tube
and peered inside, but was still not quite able to see what the real
present was. She reached into the tube and pulled out something red.
Bright red. Scully unfolded her present and took a good long look at it.
It was lacy. It was petite. It was red. Secretly, Scully giggled to
herself remembering her video gift.

"Mulder, I..."

"No, Scully, you don't have to say anything. I was out of line. I
wouldn't blame you if you didn't want to look at me again," Mulder
rambled. "I just thought that, well, we've known each other for so long
and..."

"What did you think, Mulder?"

"I guess I kind of wanted to see you in that, and I thought we could..."
Mulder stammered to himself trying to avoid eye contact with the eyes he
wanted only to ever make eye contact again with. "Only if you wanted to
of course, Scully. Because I mean, you mean more to me than anything
else in the world. And, I kind of figured that you felt the same way
and, well, umm... do you?"

"Do I what?" Scully replied calmly looking at Mulder with deep caring in
her eyes.

"You know when those doors closed between us suddenly tonight. That was
the worst feeling in the world to me. If I had to live like that,
without you, ever again, than I know I would go mad. Scully,  everyday
without you is dreary. I know it doesn't seem like it, but when I see
you walk into the office everyday, I feel complete. My life wouldn't be
the same without you here. I wanted you to know that. So, are you gonna
tell me how wrong I was or are you going to kiss me?"

"Mulder, I..." Scully replied in a shocked daze, "I don't know what to
say."

"That's okay. You don't have to say anything." At that moment, *Dana*
leaned over *Fox* and kissed him in the way they were both longing for.
A few seconds later, Scully leaned back. They didn't say anything for
another  minute as Mulder sat wide-eyed and Scully say with a look of
triumph. *Dana* grinned again and leaned over to *Foxy*'s ear. She
whispered into it.

"Look at the videotape I gave you." Mulder found his tape again and took
the cover off of it. It read Merry Christmas, Red-Headed Vixen. "I'm
going to go try this little gift of mine on. Start the tape; I'll be
right back." With that *Dana* jumped off the couch and scurried into the
next room.

Mulder turned pink and sank back in his black leather couch. It was all
he had ever dreamed of. Scully, no, *Dana* in a slinky little outfit and
about to watch his favorite video with him. He didn't have the heart to
tell her that he already had that tape, but that's okay- because his
copy was almost worn out anyway.

*Dana* came out of the back room. *Fox* blushed.

"What a lovely present!" Scully thought to herself.

"What a lovely night!" Mulder thought to himself.

End
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