Physics, UFO's and Feelings (The X Files Alternate Universe)

Chapter 18

Scully's POV

It was already nine in the evening when I left the hospital and as I was driving home, I was thinking about Mulder. It's been a week since I saw him for the first time in 12 years. I had to admit I was happy when I saw him but it was not easy to be around him that time.

I felt this guilt. I left him and the last news I heard about him was when John called me and told me that after I left, he lived a secluded life. No one knows where he went to college except his parents. He just disappeared. I tried asking our classmates by using all the social media I had to locate Mulder but all of them didn't know where he was. I was worried. And then I saw him last week. He looked great and those puppy hazel eyes of him, just like before, I was lost in it. And now we live in the same city. I had these mixed feelings.

Sigh. Just when I was about to turn right, my car stopped and then there was smoke coming from the front.

"Open the hood," I said as the voice detector of my car approved my voice. And it opened, welcome to 2028.

"Open the car." and it did. I went to see what was wrong and lots of smoke came out. Great.

I looked around and there was no car repair shop nearby. I took my phone from my pocket and was about to say it to call Melissa Scully when a car pulled over behind mine. I looked but I can't see who it was because of the headlights. All I saw was someone walking towards me.

And then I heard a very familiar voice "Scully?"

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Mulder's POV

I was driving home after dinner with Sheena. I planned to go home early that day, Sheena was so persistent so I went to dinner with her.

Then I saw a car parked on the right side of the road with smoke coming from its front. I pulled over and got out. Then I saw Scully, whose both hands were on her forehead trying to see me.

"Scully?" I said.

Then she put down her hands and also said "Mulder?"

"Yes. It's me."

"Oh." surprised, she put her hands on her waist. She was still the same.

"Do you need help?" I asked.

"Well, ah...ahm..."

"Coz looks like your car needs the help."

"Well, yes. I don't know what happened. The smoke suddenly came out." she said as she walked in front of her car.

"Maybe because of overheating. I have a friend who has a shop here to fix your car. I will call him and have it towed."

"Huh? Ahm, but it's late." she scratches her head.

"That's okay. As I said he is a friend of mine my classmate in college. He will come here and get your car."

"Okay, ahm...thank you, and sorry that you were dragged to this," she said with a little grin. And I stared at it for a minute because I know that grin, I miss that grin.

"Oh, that's okay no problem. I'll call him." I excused myself for a while then "He said he will be here in 15 minutes."

She nodded. And it was the most silent 15 minutes I ever had. We just waited there. Me checking if my friend was coming and Scully was talking to someone on the phone. Just when I wanted to talk to her my friend arrived. He talked to Scully for a minute then to me and then towed Scully's car.

"Thank you, Mulder," she said.

I smiled and said "Welcome. Looks like there are a few taxis in this area, I will take you home..."

"What?" the shock on her face can't be drawn.

"I meant, I will take you to your home." Geez, why did I say I'll take her home? 😐

"Oh, Oh no thank you but I'll wait here. There may be a taxi any minute now. And I don't like Uber so, yeah I'll wait for a taxi." she said giving me a small smile.

"Sorry, but I can't leave you here alone Scully. There may be holders here or you know, ghosts since it's late now and this is a silent place, I noticed." I said and I could see in her face that I scared her there.

"Okay. Fine. That's very kind of you."

"Of course, I can't bear leaving you alone," I said looking into her eyes she's looking at me too and it's serious this time. I didn't mean anything about what I said but it sure hit us both.

She told me where her home was and off we went.