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Rating:  G... I think,
Summary:  Mulder gets a call, and things go downhill from there, but in a
good way
Spoilers; Bad Blood NATCH!  Also, Chinga.

Note:  special thanks to Vince Gilligan for one of the *best* hours I've
spent with this show, as well as one of the Funniest!

Conversations Between Old Friends:  "Bad Blood"
by Christina Shuy
cshuy@netcom.com

     "Mulder."

     "And what did that trash can ever do to you, Mulder?"

     "Oh god, Victoria... You saw that, didn't you."  It was not a question.

     "Mulder, considering what I just asked you, you really should not be
surprised."

     "I guess..."

     "You should be ashamed of yourself.  Kicking an innocent trashcan
like that."

     "I kept missing!"

     "And that's the fault of the trashcan?"

     "Well...."

     "So what did Skinner do to you this time?  Kick you out of his office
again?"

     "Uh..."

     "And don't try to lie to me, or try evading the question."

     "Ummm hmmm..."

     "Mulder..."

     "He told us to get out of his office because if he heard any more,
his headache would only get worse."

     "Thought so."  A hint of a smile.

     "Well......"

     "Mulder, tell me, what was the business with the motor home?"

     "Uh... it's complicated."

     "So?  I called you, remember?  Tell me."

     "Me and that sheriff were trying to stop a runaway RV."

     "Mulder, knock off the accent.  It doesn't suit you."

     "Ayuh."

     "Mulder..."

     "What?"

     "Exactly how bored were you when Dana went on vacation in Maine?"

     "Uh..."

     "Never mind, don't answer that."

     "What's that supposed to mean?"

     "Mulder, could you be any more jealous?  No!  Wait, don't answer
that, either.  I know you can."

     "I am not!"

     "You're not what?"

     "Jealous.  I am *NOT*!"

     "Mulder...  Buck teeth?"

     "Huh?"

     "On the sherriff...  Buck teeth?"

     "He had them!  I *swear*!"

     "Right, Mulder.  Try pulling another one on me."

     "Well... maybe not as bad as I made them out to be, but he *did* have
them."

     "And try telling me you're not jealous."

     "I'm not!"

     "Mulder, remember who you're talking to."

     "I remember-hey!" There were the sounds of a struggle on the other
end.

     "Hello?  Victoria?  It's Dana."

     "Hello, Dana.  How are you?"

     "Oh, doing better now.  About Mulder not being jealous.  Don't
believe a word of it."

     "Way ahead of you there, Dana."

     "Oh good-Mulder!  Stop that!"

     "Tell him I wanted to talk to you first, but that you'll give him
back the phone in a moment."

     "Mulder, behave!  She just wanted to talk to me.  No, never mind,
here's the phone."

     "Oh, alright..." A resigned sounding sigh was heard even through the
phone.

     "Mulder, stop pouting.  Didn't your mother tell you that if you left
your face like that, it would stick that way?"

     "Mmmhmmm."

     "Mulder, what am I going to do with you?"

     "That depends, Victoria... what do you *want* to do with me?" The
leer could be heard over the phone.

     "I'm hanging up now, Mulder... before this degenerates."

     "Okay... I guess that's fair.  This is your call, not mine."

     "And don't you forget it."

     "Talk to you later, VC?"

     "Sure, Fox.  Fine.   Whatever."

     *click*

-End.-

*giggle*

"The Truth is Out There.  Trust No One."- from "The X-Files"
"I was told once that the best way to regenerate body heat is to crawl
naked into a sleeping bag with someone else who's already naked."-Mulder
"Maybe if it rains sleeping bags, you'll get lucky." Scully(tXF-"Detour")
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