Title: a friend in need Author: Kay49x Summary: will he break the wall around her or help her build another DSR (I think it’s a cute story of forbidden love) Rating: PG Feedback would be supa! Kay49x@aol.com A Friend In Need! 11:30pm Doggetts office Doggett winced at the sight that was before him, he was near the end of his slide show on, you guessed it, “cow mutilations” and was thinking of his fully relaxed weekend ahead of him at his mothers old cabin up in the hills. He clicked to the next slide and winced again “Jeeze, that’s put me off beef for a while” he chuckled, but hearing no response from his partner he switched off the machine and turned to look at her. "Are you listening Agent Scully" Doggett gazed at his expressionless partner, she sat at his desk resting her head on her hands, her eyes staring blankly at the phone, he smiled and addressed her again "You waiting for a call?" she sat upright and smiled back "I’m sorry john, I’m being rude please continue" she leaned back, took a deep breath and sat arms folded waiting. "Nah its ok its nothing we haven’t seen before" she smiled at him "What’s up Agent Scully" he wheeled around to the front of his desk on the spare chair and rested his head in his hands "Well for one thing you can stop calling me 'Agent Scully' " He laughed and nodded "Its...its my aunt she's upset, she called me the other day begging me to visit" Doggett leaned in "Why what’s the matter" "It’s the 1st anniversary of my uncles death and she doesn’t want to be alone" "Well why don’t you go" he leaned back "I can't I’ve got those to sort out" she pointed to a pile of bulking files labelled with the bright red 'unsolved' stamp He turned to look at them then turned back "Ah forget about it, you go home and get packed ill sort these out" "Oh…John I didn’t mean..." "Scully.... Dana, its fine your aunt needs you, and...You look like you need a break" he squinted hoping she wouldn’t take offence; instead she just smiled and leaned forward to take his hand "What would I do with out you" "Hmm....laps into catatonic schizophrenia maybe?" they both laughed "No…I mean it" she softened her eyes, john loved that look, it was the look that made his heart skip a beat, the look that he hoped suggested that this could go much deeper than need, but want and maybe even love. He gulped slowly realising that she still had a hold of him and that they had been gazing at each other for a little longer than a minute now. Scully had realised to, she let go of Doggetts hand and stood up "Iya…suppose I better call my aunt and tell her I’m coming” He stood up and nodded "Yeah sure...erm drive safely and call me when you get there ok…so iya…know your safe" Scully softened again. “Why do you always do that” she leant against the door and folded her arms “Do what” “That!…you know…you always…”she sighed scared to finish her sentence, she didn’t like it when she felt vulnerable “Hmm…It doesn’t matter, its nothing…just…thanks…john…thanks” she smiled and walked out. She closed the door behind her and placed her hand upon it as though she didn’t want to let go of what was on the other side. She sighed and walked away. 12:30pm Dana was packed and ready to go but still had that guilt feeling of knowing Doggett was all alone, rummaging his way through a pile of dusty files in his 'damp hole' of an office. So desperately did she want to go back and help him, be near him. He made her feel safe, sometimes she find herself letting her guard down so often with him, then she’d get all stubborn, make an excuse to leave before she thought he’d notice. But he did notice, he noticed every time. It made him feel unwanted and stupid whenever she made her excuses and left. He’d sigh to himself and say ‘Oh grow up john, there’s no way’ and then he’d kick himself for never leading the way. She got into her car and set off pushing her Cheryl Crow CD into the drive and smiling at her stupid thoughts. This was her and her Aunts time and she wasn’t going to let a stupid curiosity spell get in the way of that. Meanwhile back at the office Doggett was scanning through the first file “Ooh this is frustrating” he sighed to himself rubbing his eyes, rubbing away the thought of his mothers cosy cabin, calling to him, up in the hills. “Why do I always do this” meaning of course when Scully says jump he does it. He knows that this wont show her his true feelings, he knows that he’ll never stand a chance anyway but to see her down and sad breaks his heart every time, makes him feel subconsciously guilty, wondering if it was him that made her feel that way in the first place. He rubbed his eyes again and scolded himself for his stupid thoughts, he tossed the files in the bin, grabbed his jacket and headed home. “Ring…Ring” The illuminate light on Scullys phone pierce through the darkness of the car, she pulled over, turned of the CD and answered it. “Scully” ‘Hi Dana its Aunt May, Where are you?’ “I’m on the 4th route just entering your town why where are you, you sound like you’re on the road” ‘Oh honey, I’m sorry Bills offered to have me over to his place for the week so I’m gonna go over if that’s ok, I’m on my way now’ “You’re kidding” ‘I know honey I’m sorry I made you come out all they way here but I didn’t think you’d mind with all that work you must be itching to do huh?’ Scullys face fell and so did her tone “Ahh…yeah…right…no it’s…its fine you have a nice time at Bills, give him my love ok” ‘Honey…I’m sorry really I am its just I haven’t seen the kids in ages and it will be a nice family environment, you know it’ll cheer me up a whole lot’ “No…no its fine honestly …you have a great time I’ll a cya soon ok…. take care” ‘You to honey…bye… Scully hung up the phone and threw it to the back of her car She wiped a tear from her face, did a dramatic u-turn and headed back to the endless nightmare she called life. It was 1:45am Doggett was sat by the phone wondering why she hadn’t called yet He bit his lip and leaned back into his sofa glaring at his packed bags in front of the door He sat in silence for a moment then headed for the door. Scully was distant, her face motion and expressionless as she drove, suddenly it began to snow, she rolled her eyes and flicked on the screen wipers She smiled at her quick and quirky but pointless joke and took a deep breath, so what if this wasn’t the life every woman her age dreamed about, it was her life, hers only and she was proud of that, she slammed the CD Back into he drive and started to sing irritatingly over the top “ If it makes you happeeeeee It can’t be that baaaaad If it makes you happeeeee Then why the hell are you so sad!” Suddenly she saw a figure in the road he was waving his hands in the air like he needed help, she then noticed a second figure lying on the ground and not moving and pulled over, she grabbed her cell from the back seat and got out of the car “I’m a Doctor has there been an accident” She ran towards the two figures “Please…please…my friend is hurt…help him please” the man frantically shuffled around Scully making her feel nervous “Ok sir, calm down ok…I’m sure everything will be ok just calm down” She knelt to inspect the second figure when all of a sudden she felt a sharp pain on the back of her head and blacked out. It was 2:25am Doggett was on his way to the cabin still a bit miffed that Scully hadn’t even bothered to call his cell; he switched on the station and fumbled with the controls until he found a weather caller “Snow in September, ha and I thought I lived in America not England” He laughed to himself and turned up the volume Scully felt herself coming to, she also felt the thumping pain on the back of her head. She slowly got to her knees swaying with head rush and took a deep breath. Of course the figures had disappeared along with her car and a few belongings and even worse she was in the middle of nowhere and it was dark and freezing, the snow was now ankle high so she wondered how long she had actually been unconscious. She fumbled around her pockets and thanked god that she had remembered to pick her cell off the back seat. Now it was decision time, call the police or call the one person she absolutely needed right now, john! she thought to herself as she wouldn’t even be able to identify her attackers if they were stood in front of her and that they probably would have been speeding across the boarder to Mexico by now so she decided to call they next best thing, well the first in her eyes. “Ring…Ring” Doggett swerved, the piercing ring of his cell awakened him from his thoughts, he pulled over and looked at its screen ‘SCULLY CALLING….’ “Finally jeez how long does it take…hello Scully why didn’t you call earlier, I’ve been wor…I’ve...ah…are you ok?” “No…john…I’m not…my…I’ve…I’ve been carjacked, and its dark and I’m scared…john I’m so scared” She scolded herself at how pathetic she sounded but she was actually getting very scared, her head was throbbing, she felt dizzy and sick and all she wanted was to be near him, safe and warm. Almost immediately Doggett forgot his anger towards her, forgot his warm cabin waiting for him up in the hills and hit the break. “WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU HURT! ARE YOU COLD! ARE YOU BLEEDING…DANA DID THEY HURT YOU!” “John your making me nervous I’m…I’m fine…just a little shaken that’s all, please come and get me” “Where are you” he started up his engine She gave him the best description of the place as she could and he headed her way. It was a good five minutes till he reached her, the road in which she was on was very remote. Dana was leaning against a post trying to stop herself from swaying when Doggett arrived, his headlights blinded her view and for a split second she thought they had come back to finish her off, her breathing became faster as she became more scared when all of a sudden a masculine figure sheltered the lights from her eyes. “DANA!” It was john, her eyes filled in relief as he ran towards her with a blanket from his car “Jesus! Dana are you ok” he wrapped the blanket around her and cupped her face wiping away her tears with his thumbs “Oh…John I was so scared” she felt so stupid but couldn’t restrain herself from crying anymore ‘Admit it Dana…your defeated’ she told herself. He led her to his car rubbing her arms gently and kissing her head. Scullys Apartment 5:10am “You sure you don’t want me to call the hospital,” Doggett asked handing her a second ice pack for her head “No I’m fine really…it’s just a bruise…I’m being a baby” He smiled at her and cupped her hand Scully had changed into her nighty and robe and was sitting on the couch “I’m gonna make you something hot to drink and then your going to bed ok” She looked at him blankly and he gave her his “serious look” “Ok…ok I’ll go to bed” He got up “Where you going!” “To make you a drink” “Oh yeah…ok…sorry” she stared at the table in embarrassment, she was sounding desperate and didn’t like it “Look Dana” he walked to wards her placing his hand on her cheek again, it felt so soft, like silk, a hot flush ran through his head and he dropped his hand again, much to Scullys disappointment “I’m not gonna leave you tonight, I promise…ok” She softened her eyes and smiled, Doggett melted, clutching to the back of the sofa refraining himself from grabbing a hold of her and kissing her right there and then, he managed a smile back and went to the kitchen. Scully turned and watched him as he found his way around her kitchen, she watched how he concentrated on what little job he was doing, he looked fierce yet loveable, rough yet very VERY! Handsome. She looked at his body tall and masculine and wondered what he looked like underneath those tight denim jeans and white t- shirt. she averted her eyes quickly, angry at her self for letting her imagination go this far “Hey” John returned with a steaming cup for each of them “Hey” she chuckled, as he carefully handed her the cup “What are you laughing at” “Oh…you…just you…your always…so…so careful” “Oh and that bothers you?” “No…no it just makes me laugh that’s all” she smiled at him again “Yeah…well I have that affect on people” they sat in silence for a while then Doggett noticed Scully pulling a face “What’s up” he put down his mug and faced her “Hmm…I was just thinking…what were you doing when I called you…I mean you were already in your car” She put her mug down and copied his position “Ah…nothing special I was just gonna go somewhere for the weekend and then you called” “Oh John I’m so sorry I spoilt your weekend didn't I?" She rested her head back and rubbed her eyes “I remember you saying something about your mothers cabin…oh John I’m Sorry…I’m such a pain in the ass” John was giggling at the guilt she was putting on herself “Dana, I swear I don’t give a damn about the stupid cabin…I’d drop anything for you…you know that” “But you can still go…I called the police after you and they can sort things out and me…I’m fine go please…enjoy what’s left of your weekend I’ll be fine honest…” In an instant she felt his finger on her mouth ordering her to be quiet, she obeyed and settled back but Johns finger stayed, then replaced by his thumb he trailed the line of her mouth then her chin down to her neckline. She gasped as his cool fingers curled around the chain balancing on her neck. As he slowly tugged at it, it wasn’t a small gold chain to her anymore but a thick piece or rope dragging her unrestrained into his embrace. There mouths where now breaths apart, Scully could almost hear the thudding of her heart beat as it raced against his, their eyes where frozen into one another’s gaze Doggett’s hand moved slowly from her neckline to the side of her waist the sudden movement of his arm pulling her ever so closer released a slow groan from her throat. Now their noses where touching, Doggett tilted his head and ran the tip of his down her cheek followed by a tender trail of kisses to her neck “Tell me to stop while I still can” the vibration of his husky, slightly aroused voice on her neck released another small groan. She closed her eyes and ran her fingers through his hair down to his shoulders. Doggetts free hand slowly hooked her leg around his waist as his mouth found hers for the first time. Scully cupped his face as their tongues slowly entwined, they both let out small gasps of breath as their kissing became rougher, deeper and hotter. For a moment, their lips parted as Scully lay onto the couch hooking Doggett with her other leg. She took the collar of his T-shirt with her fingers and guided his mouth back onto hers, growing exited at the variation of Johns kisses, fast then slow, hard then soft she let out another groan as he began to glide his hand along her outer thigh slowly pushing the hem of her nighty over her hips she thought to herself, she found the ends of Doggetts t-shit and pulled it over his head. His body was overpowering her petit figure and it made her shiver, this was it, this was the moment all her hardness and security against this man would fall away leaving her vulnerable, showing him her softer, sexier side, showing herself that he was in charge now, not her, was she ready, was she willing to put her hands up and surrender to him or was she to afraid to what would come afterwards the commitment, the feelings, the need, the love…love…that’s what she was afraid of was she ready to love another, jeopardise her career over something so foolish, her hard criteria creped over her again. “I can’t do this” Doggett pulled away and sat up Scully thought to herself She was quite pissed off that He’d taken the upper hand and broke away, she sat up amazed realising that she actually didn’t like the sound of those words as goose pimples arose on her arms missing the warmth of his. “What…what’s the matter?” She pulled her robe back over her shoulders and placed her hand upon his shoulder. “What’ll happen to our friendship…our jobs…i…I couldn’t stand it if we broke up and ended up hating each other” Scullys jaw dropped, he was sounding just like her, speaking out her thoughts and it made her realise just what a great guy he was, how connected they were, this aroused her even more. “we can deal with that when it comes to it” She cupped his face ordering him to look at her, his eyes were serious and she could tell how much it was hurting him to say this…but it was the truth…she knew it…well of course she did…because he knew it to “But then again…your always right” her hands dropped along with her expression, she stood up and went to the door, Doggett slowly put his t-shirt on, there was utter silence making them both feel uncomfortable, he moved to the door and looked at her “id be yours if things where different” he stoked her face and her eyes softened again “But there not” he could tell her eyes were filling and felt heartbroken that she couldn’t bare let her tears fall in front of him, this was his signal to leave, he kissed her before she had chance to draw breath forcing her to do so as they locked< this one has to be the best> she thought to her self< no tongues, just lips and breath and hands and bodies all in one>. Again it was him who broke the embrace, he couldn’t bring himself to look at her again as he left. This hurt her but she knew he was hurting to, she shut the door and slapped her head as the first tear rolled down her cheek to her chin and dripped down to her feet< I need a friend…just a friend…just a friend> she took a deep breath, wiped her eyes and in her head, slowly began building a wall around herself again, but it wasn’t brick this time it was steel. The End