Title: About this marriage thing...
Author: Susan Frankovich
E-mail: susanf@ticnet.com or filesfan34@yahoo.com
Classification: vignette written entirely in dialogue
Keyword: MSR
Spoilers: Arcadia
Archive: Please ask first.
Disclaimer: These characters belong to each other,
not me.

Author's note at the end.

Summary: "Pretending we were married for the past 
three days wasn't that bad, was it?"
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About this marriage thing... 
by Susan Frankovich
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"Tell me the truth, Scully.  Pretending we were 
married for the past three days wasn't that bad, 
was it?"

"Well..."

"Come on.  Be honest.  You know you liked it."

"*You* liked it, Mulder.  I tolerated it."

"That hurts, Scully."

"Okay, maybe not tolerated...it was more like I 
accepted it."

"And just what does that mean exactly?"

"It means I accepted the fact that we had to go 
undercover as husband and wife, and I played the 
part accordingly."

"From what I saw you weren't just playing the part, 
you were enjoying it, Scully."

"I was?"

"I especially liked the way you kind of snuggled 
in real close to me on the couch when we first 
talked to Gogolak, and don't think I didn't notice 
the way you kept smiling and patting my hand."

"I was just playing the part, Mulder."

"And don't forget all the times you kept harping 
about me leaving the toilet seat up and squeezing 
the toothpaste the wrong way."

"You think I enjoyed that?"

"Of course, you did.  You loved bugging me about 
those things, and do you know why you did?"

"I'm sure you'll tell me."

"Because it was something normal and stable, and 
something that millions of other married couples 
do all the time."

"Well, I did enjoy staying in that nice big house."

"So then you did like being 'married' to me.  I 
knew it."

"Did I say that?"

"No, but that's what you meant."

"Mulder, you're so full of it."

"I know, but that's part of my charm."

"Speaking of parts, where's your part of our report 
for Skinner?"

"I'm still working on it."

"Well, Skinner wants it on his desk in an hour. Are 
you going to be done with it on time?"

"I will if you help me finish it."

"I'll help you, but only if you'll do something for 
me first."

"What's that?"

"Call me Laura one last time."

"I can do that, but I prefer to call you Scully."

"Good answer."

"I know."

"It's also the right answer."

"I know that too."

"You really are full of it, aren't you, Mulder?"

"And you wouldn't have me any other way, would
you?"

"You're right."


~end~

*They are SO like an old married couple in this 
episode, and that's all I'll say about that.:)


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