Title: “Love Is In The Air”
Author: Kristi
Feedback: If you really think it deserves it
(kristi@caffeine-sleep.com)
Archive: Addicted To Doggett, my sites! Anyone else,
please ask.
Rating: PG
Website: http://teso-x.caffeine-sleep.com/
Spoilers: None
Category: love: Doggett/Scully, Follmer/Reyes,
Skinner/Kim, Doggett & Reyes Friendship,
Mulder/Diana, Doggett & Mulder Friendship. AU
Summary: Love is in the air this Valentine’s Day, so
our beloved agents of the FBI decide to do something
about it.
Disclaimer: I do not own John Doggett, Dana Scully,
Brad Follmer, Monica Reyes, Walter Skinner, Kim Cook,
Fox Mulder, or Diana Fowley. They belong to Chris
Carter, Ten-Thirteen Productions and 20th Century FOX
Broadcasting.
Date: January 21, 2003; January 24, 2003, February
10, 2003; November 23-24, 2003, November 28, 2003
Author’s Note: My heart just pitter-patters… Just
felt like writing something’, don’t much matter what
it is… To let you know, I’m one of the head writers
of the online series “Fox & Rat” Virtual Series
(http://frvs.polish-sausage.com/) You’ll notice, if
you’ve ever read the series that I write much in that
style outside of it… it’s just how I am. This story
was suppose to go up on February 14th 2003… however,
it never finished… this now is my attempt. I hope you
enjoy this little fanfic, you will see that I support
many different relationships on The X-Files. I hope
this brings a heart-warming smile to your face.
Enjoy!

Dedication: I’d like to dedicate this story to my
sister Cassie. Not only has she been patiently
waiting for me to finish this, but she also helped me
to put an end to this pointless story of fun. So
Cassie, thank you. I hope you like what I’ve done.
I’m sure you will.


FADE IN:

INT. ASSITANT DIRECTOR WALTER SKINNER’S OFFICE – DAY
FEBRUARY 14

Skinner came into work early today. He wanted to do
something special for his secretary Kim Cook. He had
fallen in love with her over the past few years, and
he had a hunch that she felt the same for him.

He had dressed a little nicer today than any other
day. The fact that it was Valentine’s Day wasn’t his
main reason, it was also Kim’s birthday. She was born
on a day of love, and ever since Skinner saw her, he
felt a special something for her. Perhaps it was her
warm smile. Or just the fact that she was born on a
day of love. He didn’t know for sure. But what he did
know was that he wanted to let her know that he does
feel something more for her than just a professional
relationship.

He sat at his desk, looked at the five red roses he
had gotten for her. Red. The color of love.

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Agent Scully and Reyes get off the elevator and step
into the basement hallway. Scully is dressed in a
nice red work suit, and Monica dressed in black
slacks and a red sweater. Both of them in the spirit
of Valentine’s Day.

“Are you doing anything special for Valentine’s Day?”
Monica asked Scully.

“I don’t have any plans. I’m single again this year.”
Dana said, sounding pretty glum about it.

“Don’t be so glum, Dana.” Monica assured her. “I’m
sure you’ll get a date tonight.”

“How can you be so sure?” Dana asked.

“I know things.” Monica answered with a very
mischievous tone.

“You know things?” Dana asked. “Tell me this isn’t
your ‘I see the future’ ordeal again.”

Monica gave a little laugh and smiled at her.

“Let’s just say that I know something.” Monica smiled
at her once again.

Agent Doggett walks out of the office. A file in his
hands, not looking up to see where he is going, when
suddenly he rams right into Agent Scully, their heads
bumping. He drops the file folder to the ground.

“Ow.” Agent Scully said.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t see you.” Doggett said. “You
ok?”

Scully nods her head.

“Just wasn’t expecting to ram into you this morning,
that’s all.”

“I’m really sorry.” Doggett said.

“Well, I’m gonna head to Brad’s office.” Monica says,
knowing that she should leave them alone right now.
“I’ll see you guys later.”

They haven’t even noticed her. Doggett and Scully are
too wrapped up in their own conversation to realize
that she was even there. Monica shrugs her shoulders
and walks away and back towards the elevator.

The elevator opens and there stands Assistant
Director Brad Follmer. Just the man she was going to
see. She gives him a smile and goes into the elevator
with him. As the doors shut, Monica gives Brad a
seductive look…

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Meanwhile, Kim Cook has just entered the building.
She reaches her office outside of Skinner’s. She
seems a bit confused that the office has already been
opened. Something on her desk catches her eye. It’s
the five red roses from Skinner.

She goes over to her desk and sets her purse down.
She picks up the flowers. She looks at the card.

“Wishing you a wonderful birthday and Valentine’s
Day. [signed] Walter”

Her warm smile crosses her face. She wasn’t expecting
this at all.

Skinner has slightly opened his office door to see if
she was in. She hasn’t noticed him, but he has
noticed her. It brings a smile to his face to see her
happy. He quietly steps out of his office.

“Good morning, Kim.” Skinner says.

Kim turns around, the smile still on her face.

“Good morning, sir.” She says. “Thank you for the
flowers. I-I wasn’t expecting them at all.”

Skinner smiles.

“Well, ya know.” He says, trying to hide his
feelings… unsuccessfully though. “It’s your birthday
and Valentine’s Day. I thought it would be nice.”

She smiles at him. She feels the same way about him
as he does for her.

“Well thank you so much, Walt- I mean, sir.” Kim
said.

“You can call me Walter.” Skinner said with a smile,
hoping he wouldn’t come off too strong… He didn’t
want to get in trouble with the Bureau’s rules and
regulations, and he certainly didn’t want her to
loose her job. He goes back into his office.

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Meanwhile, Agent Mulder waits for the elevator on the
fifth floor with a jelly doughnut. Why he is on the
fifth floor, we’ll never know, but he’s there. He
continues to hit the down button. Waiting and waiting
for the elevator to come. It hasn’t moved from the
second floor in a long time. He let’s out an
impatient sigh.

“Come on.” He says, hitting the button continuously.

Finally, the elevator starts to make its way up to
the fifth floor.

“Finally.” Mulder says. He takes a bite of his jelly
doughnut, and some of the jelly falls on his shirt,
however, he doesn’t notice.

The elevator reaches the fifth floor and the doors
open. Inside the elevator is Monica Reyes and Brad
Follmer. Mulder gets in. Brad gets out.

“I’ll see you later tonight?” Brad asks Monica.

“I’m flattered.” Says Mulder, thinking Brad was
talking to him. “I’d love to spend Valentine’s Day
with you.”

Mulder smiles at him. Brad and Monica look at him
like he’s nuts.

“He was talking to me Agent Mulder.” Monica says.

“Oh.” Mulder is embarrassed.

“Yeah, I’ll see you tonight.” Monica says, and gives
Brad a smile.

The elevator doors shut once again. Mulder turns to
Monica.

“Do you know why the elevator was stuck on the second
level for a long long time?” Mulder asks.

“No…” Monica says, with a hint of guilt in her voice,
she knows why…

“I really wonder what was going on.” Mulder says,
oblivious to what was going on.

He turns to face her once again.

“You know, I had to walk up here because Kersh
wouldn’t let me on the elevator, and then this one
was stuck on two. So I had to walk all the way up
here to get a jelly doughnut.” Mulder says, suddenly
stopping and seeming curious. “Did you get dressed in
the dark this morning?”

Monica looks at him in confusion.

“What?”

“You missed a few buttons on your shirt.” Mulder
says.

Monica looks down… oops. She fixes her shirt.

“Yeah, I’ve done that before.” Mulder says. “You
know, gotten dressed in the dark and all my cloths
were on backwards, inside-out, and they didn’t match
at all. I was so embarrassed.”

Monica looks up to see how many more floors of
Mulder’s rambles she’ll have to take.

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Meanwhile, down in the basement, Scully and Doggett
are reviewing over a case. Scully is on the phone.

“Thank you.” Scully says into the phone, then hangs
up.

Doggett looks over to her.

“Well?” He asks.

“That was the medical examiner. He said the cause of
death was from the bullet in the head.” Scully says.
“Agent Mulder was wrong, it wasn’t aliens becoming
hostile and attacking us with laser beams.”

Doggett can’t help but laugh at how she said that
last part. She rolled it off so seriously. Scully is
trying to keep a straight face, but she can’t and
ends up laughing a little too.

“He’ll be heart broken when he finds out.” Scully
says about Mulder.

“Or will he be happy that they aren’t hostile so he
knows it’s still safe to attempt being abducted?”
Doggett questions.

Scully thinks about that one for a moment.

“You’re right. He will be happy.” She says.

“Anyway, what are you doing tonight?” Doggett asks.

“Well, considering I’m single again this Valentine’s
Day, I think I might just stay at home and watch some
stupid horror movie and come to the realization that
my life isn’t that bad since I’d know to get out of
the house when someone is trying to kill me.” Scully
says. “So basically, I’m busy moping about being
single.”

“Well that’s too bad.” Doggett says.

“What do you mean?” Scully asks.

“Well, I was thinking that you and I could go out for
a nice dinner and catch a late movie or something.”
Doggett says.

“Well, hey! I’d love too.” Scully says very happy
that she got a date. How did Monica know? Hmm…

“Great. I’ll pick you up at seven?” Doggett asks.

“That would be wonderful.” She gives him a smile.

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That night, John Doggett stood in front of his
bathroom mirror. He was dressed nicely, however he
looks a little bit panicked. It seems as if he’s
about to say something to himself in the mirror, but
he stops his thoughts and just looks at himself.

He does this routine a few more times. Then, he
finally gets out what he was about to say.

“Dana, you look nice.” He says to the mirror,
practicing what he’s going to say to Scully when he
picks her up.

He doesn’t like how that came out. He looks
frustrated. He leaves the bathroom and paces in his
living room.

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Meanwhile, at the same time, Monica Reyes is getting
ready for her date tonight with Brad Follmer. Her
hair is done nicely, and she’s wearing a nice black
dress. She is applying make up when she is
interrupted by her phone ringing.

She picks up.

“Hello?”

“Mon’, it’s John.” He sounds freaked.

“What is it?” Monica asks.

John Doggett paced around his living room, scratching
the back of his neck.

“I don’t know what to do.” He says bluntly.

“What do you mean you ‘don’t know what to do’?” She
asks.

“I did it, Mon’.” He says.

“You mean you actually asked Dana out this time?” She
asks.

“Yeah, but I don’t know what to do.”

“I don’t get it.” She says. “What exactly is it that
you don’t know what to do?”

She waits for him to answers, but he doesn’t.

“John?”

“What?”

“Just making sure you were still there.” Monica says.

“I am.” He says. “But I don’t know what to do.”

“Well, you’ve asked her out, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Did you say if you were picking her up, or were you
meeting somewhere?”

“I’m gonna pick her up.” He says.

“So what’s the problem?” Monica asks.

“I don’t know what to say when I pick her up.”

Monica can’t believe this.

“What are you saying? You want me to write you up a
dialogue to have with her?” Monica asks.

“No. I mean, what do I tell her?”

“John, you’re a grown man. I’m sure you’ve been on
other dates before, right?” Monica asks.

“Of course I have.” Doggett says.

“So, what did you tell all those other women?” Monica
asks.

“It’s different now.” He says.

“Different?”

“Yeah.”

“What do you mean by different?”

“Well, I just have this feeling that Dana and I are
meant to be forever.” John says.

“A feeling?” Monica asks. “I didn’t think John
Doggett believed in ‘feelings’. Wasn’t that just a
bunch of hocus pocus?”

“Shut up, Mon’. You know what I mean.”

“I know, I’m just picking on you.” She says.

“Well what do I say?” He says.

“Tell her she looks nice.” Monica says. “And don’t
forget to give her flowers.”

Doggett freezes… flowers… he forgot flowers. There is
a beat of silence.

“You still there, John?” Monica asks.

“Yeah...” John says, his tone has changed to another
panic.

“What’s wrong now?” Monica says, a hint of irritation
in her voice. She checks her watch.

“I didn’t get her flowers.” John says meekly.

“Then go get some. I have to go. Brad is expecting me
soon.” Monica says.

“But what if I need your help?”

“My help?” she asks.

“Yeah, what if I need your advice.”

“Let me tell you this right now: I don’t care.”
Monica says. “I have to go, so I’m hanging up the
phone now.”

“Ok, bye.” Doggett says, still a little worried that
he’ll do something stupid.

Monica hangs up the phone and lets out a long sigh.

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Fox Mulder ran a comb through his hair, smiled at the
mirror and fixed his bright red bow tie. He looks
ready to go. He grabs some flowers and a heart shaped
box of chocolates and heads out his door.

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The sun was setting, and Kim Cook was walking in the
park down the walking path to where Skinner told her
to meet him. The park was empty, and the stars in the
sky sparkled.

Kim arrived where Skinner told her to meet him,
however she can’t find him. She looks around the
area, becoming a bit paranoid… it is dark out and
she’s all alone.

“You look beautiful.” Comes the manly voice of Walter
Skinner from one of the shadows.

“Walter?” Kim asks.

Walter steps into the light. He’s wearing a tuxedo
and carrying two wine classes and a bottle of
champagne. His stunning image brings a smile to Kim’s
face. She never knew Walter could be so romantic…

Walter approaches Kim and hands her a wineglass. She
takes it and he fills the glass with a little bit of
champagne. He does the same to his glass.

“What’s all this for, Walter?” Kim asks.

“Kim, I don’t know if I should say this, but I think
my actions tonight say it for me.” He looks her in
the eyes. “Over the past few years we’ve been working
together, I’ve… I’ve grown to like you in more than a
professional way. I hope I’m not out of line, and I
hope I don’t offend you, but… I get the feeling that
you feel the same way about me.”

Walter is nervous, not realizing that she accepted
his invitation to come here tonight.

“Walter.” Kim says softly. “I’ve had feelings for you
too. I was afraid to let you know because you’re my
boss and the Bureau doesn’t look highly on…”

“Yeah…” Walter says, knowing what she’s going to say.

“The Bureau doesn’t have to know.” Kim says.

She looks into Walter’s eyes and gives him a smile.
He smiles back and takes her hand and leads her to a
bench.

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On the other side of town, Doggett walks up the
stairs of an apartment building and knocks on
apartment number 35. He looks nervous and has flowers
in his hands. He runs his hand nervously through his
hair hoping he looks all right. Footsteps are heard
coming to the door, and the door opens.

“Hi.” Scully says with a smile on her face.

“Hey.” Doggett says, very tense and nervous.

“Come on in.” Scully says, as she moves to the side
allowing him room to enter. “I’m not ready yet, I’ll
be done in just a moment.”

“All right.” Doggett says.

Scully starts to head back to her bathroom to get
ready.

“I uh…” Doggett starts off sounding very nervous.

Scully turns to face him.

“I um… got these for you.” He hands her the flowers
with a smile.

Scully comes up to him.

“Thank you.” She smells the flowers and it brings a
smile to her face. “I’ll go put them in water.”

Doggett smiles as Scully heads to her kitchen.

A small time later, Scully comes out and is ready to
go.

“You look nice, Dana.” Doggett says, repeating the
line he was practicing. He smiles, not only at her,
but at himself for delivering the line well.

“Thank you.” Scully says.

Doggett offers Scully his arm and they head out the
door to go on their Valentine’s Day date.

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Brad Follmer’s apartment is nicely lit with romantic
candles. Brad is in a hurry to finish cleaning the
place before Monica comes over. There is a knock at
his door. He quickly tosses his coat in a closet by
the door.

He opens the door and let’s Monica in.

“You cleaned?” Monica says with a smile.

“Just wanted to make tonight wonderful.” Brad tells
her with a smile.

“It’s only Valentine’s Day.” Monica says.

“I know.” Brad says with a smile. “And I also know
how much you love this holiday.”

Monica gives him a smile.

“So what exactly did you have in mind?” Monica says
with a sly smile.

She goes up to Brad and gives him a kiss.

“I think you already know…” He winks at her and leads
her into the living room.

Two wineglasses are on the table and a bottle of
champagne is next to it. Brad and Monica sit down on
his couch.

“Mon, I’ve been thinking…” Brad says as he digs
through is pocket to find a little box.

“Thinking about what?” Monica asks, oblivious to the
little box in his hand.

“We’ve been together for a while now, and I think
it’s time to move our relationship in-“ Brad is cut
off by the ringing of his phone.

Not happy, Brad looks over at his phone and answers
it.

“Hello?” Brad says, hoping this will be a very quick
conversation.

“It’s John Doggett, I need to speak with Monica.”
Doggett says, sounding like a nervous wreck.

Brad lets out a sigh and hands the phone to Monica.

“It’s for you.” He doesn’t sound that happy.

Monica takes the phone.

“Hello?” Monica says, sounding confused as to who
could be calling her at Brad’s.

“Monica… it’s me, John.”

Monica rolls her eyes. She can’t believe he’s calling
her now.

“Good God, John. What is it?” Monica says, letting
irritation ring through her voice to let him know
she’s not happy with him.

“I screwed up.” John says.

“John, you’re a grown up. Stop pestering me about-“
Monica is cut off by John.

“I ran out on my date with Dana.”

Monica is speechless. What idiot would do that to a
woman on Valentine’s Day.

“John, I can’t deal with your problems right-“

He cuts her off again.

“What do I do?” John asks. He’s freaked out.

“I don’t know, John.” Monica says. “I don’t want to
deal with this. I’m having a very nice evening with
Brad-“

He cuts her off.

“But-“

She cuts him off by hanging up the phone. The best
way to end the conversation is to not continue
arguing about how he shouldn’t call her tonight.

Monica puts the phone off the hook and turns to Brad.

“I’m sorry, Brad.” Monica says. “John… he’s just… an
idiot.”

Brad nods his head.

“Enough about him.” Brad says.

“I agree.” Monica says with a smile. “You were
saying?”

“I was saying that… well… I think we should move our
relationship in a new direction.”

Monica looks at him puzzled.

“What I’m saying is…” Brad pauses, getting nervous.
“Will you marry me?”

Monica’s eyes light up. She wasn’t expecting such a
wonderful surprise on Valentine’s Day.

“Yes.” Monica says, her voice shaking while trying to
contain her emotions of happiness.

Brad pulls out the little box and puts a diamond
engagement ring on her finger. Brad gives her a kiss.

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Meanwhile, walking the streets of Washington D.C.,
Fox Mulder finds himself starring at a small little
Italian restaurant. He looks both ways before
crossing the street and enters.

The restaurant is small, not crowded. Mulder looks
over everyone who is eating there tonight. So many
couples and smiling faces. However, one face isn’t
smiling… Mulder looks saddened as he approaches a
brunette woman sitting alone at a small booth seat.
Mulder recognizes the woman as that of his long lost
love Diana Fowley.

He takes a deep breath as he fixes his bow tie. He
checks the flowers to make sure they still look nice.
He walks up to Diana.

“Diana?” Mulder says, a little shocked to see her
here.

Diana Fowley looks up at Mulder, surprised to see
him.

“Fox?” Diana says.

“Do you mind if I sit down with you?” Mulder asks,
indicating the empty seat in front of her.

“Not at all.” Diana says.

Mulder sits.

“What are you doing here, Fox?” Diana asks.

“Well, since I don’t have a date for Valentine’s Day,
I thought I’d let destiny take over and take me to
whomever needed someone tonight.” Mulder answers.

“I guess you’re my destiny then.” Diana says with a
smile.

“I guess I am.” Mulder says, glad to see her. “Here,
these are for you.”

Mulder hands Diana the flowers he’s been carrying
around. She takes them with a smile.

“It’s been a long time, Fox.” Diana states.

“Yes, too long.” Mulder comments. “What have you been
up to?”

“I’ve been working overseas with the government.
You?”

“I’m working on the x-files still. I haven’t found
Samantha.” Mulder looks down, still feeling sad from
the loss of his sister.

“One day, Fox.” Diana says, taking Mulder’s hand in
hers. “One day you’ll find her.”

“I hope you’re right, Diana.” Mulder says.

He looks into Diana eyes, and for once sees sincerity
that no one else gives him in the x-files.

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Later that night, Mulder and Diana leave the
restaurant. They are both in a good mood, very glad
that destiny brought them together.

To their surprise, they see John Doggett standing in
a telephone booth with the receiver to his ear. He’s
in shock and looks as if he hasn’t moved for a few
hours.

Mulder looks concerned as he and Diana approach
Doggett. Mulder knocks on the telephone booth door.
Doggett looks over at him. He looks like a lost puppy
dog.

“Agent Doggett?” Mulder says.

“She hung up on me.” Doggett says, his voice muffled
from being in a shut telephone booth. He’s in a state
of shock.

“How about you get out of that small telephone booth,
Doggett.” Mulder says.

Doggett nods his head and hangs up the phone. He
steps out of the telephone booth.

“What happened?” Mulder asks.

“I was a frickin’ idiot.” Doggett says, felling
horrible and looking rather glum.

“What did you do?” Mulder asks.

“I finally got the courage to ask Dana on a date.”
Doggett says. “Then I go and muck it up by leaving
her without warning.”

“You left her?” Mulder says shocked. “Why?”

“I don’t know.” Doggett says. “I got nervous. When I
get nervous, I do stupid things.”

“So who were you on the phone with?” Mulder asks.

“I called Monica to get her advice.” Doggett says.

“John, don’t call her when she’s having a Valentine’s
Evening with Brad.” Mulder says. “You should’ve gone
back to Scully and told her that you’re dumb and got
nervous. I’m sure she would’ve understood.”

“You talk in the past tense, as if I’m too late.”
Doggett says.

“Well… to be honest… it is a little late.” Mulder
says. “When did you leave her?”

“Around seven-thirty this evening.” Doggett admits.

Mulder sighs… he can’t believe this.

“Do you realize that it’s eleven o’clock now?” Mulder
says. “It’s way too late to go back to the restaurant
and restore things with Dana.”

“I didn’t want to muck this up.” Doggett says.

“Well you did.” Mulder bluntly tells him. “But you
know what…”

Doggett looks over at Mulder hopeful.

“It may not be too late…” Mulder says with a sly
smile.

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Dana Scully is sitting on her couch reading
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and eating chocolate ice
cream right out of the container. She looks sad that
Doggett left her all alone on their first date.

Outside, Scully hears the faint sound of a man
singing. She looks up curious and goes to her window
to see who it is.

Down below, Doggett stands in the street underneath
Scully’s window. Mulder and Diana are out of view,
but watching him to make sure he doesn’t mess up.
Mulder looks happy as Doggett sings “Superstar” by
The Carpenters.

“Long ago and oh so far away, I fell in love with you
before the second show…” Doggett nervously sings as
he sees Scully open her window.

“John?” Scully says confused.

Doggett looks over at Mulder and Diana. Mulder
encourages him to continue singing the song.

“Your guitar it sounds so sweet and clear, But you're
not really here it's just the radio.” Doggett
continues.

“John, what are you doing?” Scully is shocked by
this.

Mulder steps into view of Scully.

“He’s singing you a song, Scully!” Mulder shouts up
at her.

Scully knows this, but knows Mulder is only trying to
help. Diana comes up to him and pulls him out of view
again.

“Keep singing, Doggett!” Mulder says excitedly.

“Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby,
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby…”
Doggett sings.

Suddenly, Scully disappears from view of her window.
Doggett looks to Mulder with panic.

“She left.” Doggett says.

“Oh no…” Mulder says with worry.

Mulder comes up to him and puts his arm around
Doggett’s shoulder to “comfort” him.

“There, there.” Mulder says sympathetically. “At
least you tried.”

Mulder pats him on the back and then returns to
Diana. They leave Doggett all alone to wonder what
went wrong with singing to Scully.

Doggett looks down feeling rather glum and turns away
from the building and towards his truck.

“John?”

Doggett turns around to see Scully with a smile on
her face. Doggett is shocked to see her.

“Dana, I’m-“ Doggett starts.

Scully comes up to him and puts her index finger to
his lips to shut him up.
“It’s ok, John.” Scully says.

“I get nervous and do dumb things.” Doggett explains.

“I know.” Scully says with a smile. “I talked to
Monica, she told me you do dumb things sometimes.”

Doggett looks down, still embarrassed that he left
her because he got nervous.

“Tonight’s not a total waste, John.” Scully says.

Doggett looks up at her.

“You want to come in and watch a movie or something?”
Scully asks.

“Yeah.” Doggett says with a smile.

Scully returns his smile with hers. Doggett puts his
arm around her shoulder as they head up the stairs to
spend the rest of Valentine’s Day with each other.

“You are going to finish singing to me, right?”
Scully asks.

Doggett laughs and looks down at her.

“Maybe…” Doggett says with a twinkle in his eye.

THE END.