Title: My Funny Valentine

Author: Britt Mulder

EM: XFilesNTN@aol.com

Date: 02-02-03

Category: MSR

Spoilers: None

Rating: PG

Archive: Anywhere

Disclaimer: Fox owns them.

Summary: Scully has a secret admirer.



Thanks to my dear friends Marcella and Debra for their beta.







Scully's Apartment

6:00 AM

Friday, February 14 2003



The first rays of the morning sun streamed through Scully's 

blinds and across her bed. She lay awake in bed and could feel 

the warmth from the sunshine through her comforter. Scully 

sighed contently with a faint smile playing on her lips in 

remembrance of what day it was. It was February fourteenth, 

Valentines Day. It was the day of love when men wooed woman 

with chocolates and flowers. 



Scully crawled from her cozy bed and made her way to the 

kitchen. She put on a pot of coffee and went to retrieve the 

morning newspaper. Opening the front door, she was taken aback 

by what she found. A long white box with a red ribbon tied 

around it sat neatly by the morning paper. She picked up the 

box and shut the door without giving the newspaper a second 

thought. 



Scully sat down on her sofa and untied the ribbon wrapped 

around the box. Her face lit up with a grin as she opened the 

box. Inside lay a dozen red roses. She picked up the card that 

was attached to the roses. Her eyebrows lifted as she read 

over the card.



"From your secret admirer." She read out loud.



Well, there is only one person this could be, Mulder.





7:30 AM



Scully exited her apartment building. Dressed in a red v-neck 

shirt with a black dress coat and skirt that was an inch or 

two above her knee. She had decided to show Mulder a little 

leg today; after all it was Valentines Day.



"What the…" Scully muttered as she stopped to study the 

object on her car parked a few feet away. 



A fuzzy brown teddy bear holding a red laced heart sat on the 

hood of her car. Scully walked up to her car and looked around 

before picking up the teddy bear. 



'Be My Valentine.' It read across the tiny heart the teddy 

bear held.



"Mulder is really into Valentines Day." Scully mused out loud 

as she hopped in her car and drove off.





FBI Headquarters 

8:00 AM 



Scully walked into the basement office already in high 

spirits. The office was empty but a bag of Krispy Kreme donuts 

sat on Mulder's desk showing that he had been here. Scully 

walked over to her desk and put her briefcase down. She was 

shocked to see a heart-shaped box of chocolates sitting on her 

desk. She picked up the envelope that lay on top of the 

chocolates.  



"Meet me at Naples Italian Restaurant at eight o'clock 

tonight. With love, your Valentine." Scully read to herself. 

Just then Mulder strolled through the door carrying a mug of 

hot coffee. 



"Morning Scully!" He said taking a seat behind his desk. He 

took a sip of his coffee before placing it on his desk. When 

Scully didn't respond he looked up with a confused 

_expression. Scully stood there gazing at him lovingly with a 

Cheshire Cat grin across her face. Mulder was surprised by 

what he saw. 



Scully walked over to him alluringly and wrapped her arms 

around Mulder's neck. She began to pepper kisses below his 

ear. Mulder didn't know why he was getting all this attention, 

but liked it. 



"Hmm, Happy Valentines Day Mulder." Scully purred into 

Mulder's ear. A then squirming Mulder went cold still. 



"Oh, shit." He mouthed. His eyes went big as saucers. Scully 

was too busy nipping at Mulder's neck to catch his little 

swear.



"Thanks for the roses, the teddy bear, and chocolates." Scully 

said nuzzling Mulder's ear. Mulder swallowed hard.



"I never knew you were such a romantic." 



"Um, well…surprise." Mulder stumbled out.



"Wait till you get your Valentines present tonight." Scully 

whispered in a husky voice. Mulder laughed nervously as he 

jumped out of his chair.



"Mulder?" Scully said looking at him with a puzzled look. 

Mulder scratched the back of his head trying to come up with a 

reason to leave the office. 



"Um, uh…I forgot something and um I need to go get it." He 

said motioning with his thumb toward the door. 



"What is it?" Scully asked. Mulder had to think a minute.



"Um, I forgot I have to pick up some laundry at the dry 

cleaners." He said walking toward the door.



"Mulder wait!" Scully called out 



"Yeah?" He said poking his head back through the door.



"See you tonight." Scully said with a mega watt smile. Mulder 

nodded his head returning the smile then disappeared. Once he 

was in the elevator he began to really wonder who had sent 

Scully the gifts. A twinge of jealousy coursed through him. 

"I'm going to give Scully a Valentines Day she will never 

forget."  Mulder vowed.







Naples Italian Restaurant

8:00 PM 







Scully stepped on the plush red carpeted floor of the ritzy 

Italian restaurant dressed in a silky black dress with strappy 

high heels and a shawl draped over her shoulders.  Her auburn 

hair was done up with a few wisps of curly red tresses left 

down. The dim lights and glowing candles on each table gave 

the restaurant a cozy atmosphere. 



Scully walked up to a well-dressed man who stood at a polished 

wood podium. "Excuses me sir, a Fox Mulder is expecting a Dana 

Scully."



Scully waited as the man check the roster in front of him. 

"I'm sorry Madame there is no Fox Mulder here."



"Are you sure?" Scully said in confusion. The man looked down 

at his roster one more time.



"Ah, wait a minute. There is one Melvin Frohike expecting a 

Dana Scully."



Scully froze in shock staring at the waiter. "Frohike." She 

squeaked out through a suddenly dry throat. 



"Yes, Madame. Now if you will please follow me your party is 

waiting." The man said starting toward the dining area. Scully 

stood frozen for a minute before following the man.



He led her past many tables blanketed by white tablecloths. 

She caught sight of Frohike dressed in a nice tux at a table 

in front of a painting of Italy. Frohike spotted Scully and 

stood, straightening his tie as she approached. 



"Agent Scully you look gorgeous as always." Frohike greeted 

her with an enormous grin on his face. 



"Frohike, what a surprise." Scully said with a laugh. 



Frohike got down on one knee making Scully worry for a minute 

before he grabbed her hand giving it a kiss. He pulled out a 

rose he had hidden behind his back. "Happy Valentines Day."



"Oh, Frohike thank you." She said smiling as she took the 

rose.



"Um, hum." The well-dressed man cleared his throat. Holding 

out a chair indicating for Scully to take a seat. Frohike and 

Scully both took their seats. "Your waiter will be with you 

shortly." The man said before walking off. 



"I hope you liked the gifts I got you." Frohike said gazing at 

Scully admiringly. 



"Yes, I did. That was sweet of you, but you really shouldn't 

have." Scully said.



"Who couldn't resist showing their love for such a beautiful 

woman on Valentines Day!" Frohike confessed. He picked up a 

bottle of wine. "Wine?" He asked. Scully held out her glass 

for him to fill.



"I can think of someone." She said taking a sip of her wine. 



"Don't tell me Mulder didn't get you anything." Frohike asked.



"I'm afraid he didn't." Scully said with a sigh. 



"That horse's ass!" Frohike exclaimed. "Want me to knock some 

sense into him for you?" He offered eagerly. 



"No, but thanks Frohike." Scully laughed. "Don't worry he 

won't get off easily." 



"Mulder has always been the kind of guy who couldn't show his 

true feeling. I mean look how long it took you two to finally 

get together!" Frohike explained.



"Yeah, that is true, but I haven't always been so open 

either." Scully said picking up a bread stick from the basket. 





"You wouldn't believe how many bets Langly, Byers, and I made 

on how long it would take you two to do the naked pretzel." He 

said before taking a sip of his wine.



"Frohike!" Scully looked at him with surprise.



"Hey, it was Langly's idea." He lamented.



"Mulder and I have always had this unspoken love between us. 

Even before we got together we always had this bond."



"Well, about that bond thing. I think here is something you 

should know." Frohike said leaning closer to Scully.



"What?" Scully whispered in question.



"Mulder has always been jealous of the bond between you and 

I." Frohike said hunched down close to Scully. Scully laughed 

with amusement. 



"Oh, Frohike." She said cupping his face in her hands and gave 

him a peck on the cheek. The little man's face turned as red 

as the rose he gave her. "You're my funny Valentine."





Dana Scully's Apartment 

10:00 PM 



Scully got off the elevator and walked down the hall to her 

apartment. After leaving the restaurant she had tried to reach 

Mulder, but couldn't get a hold of him. She guessed he was 

hiding from her since he had forgotten it was Valentines Day. 

Scully planned for him to write the case reports for the next 

three months as payback. She reached for the keys in her purse 

and opened the front door, then dropped her purse in total 

astonishment.



Her living room was bathed in candlelight and the faint music 

of Frank Sinatra's 'My Funny Valinetine' floated through the 

air. A picnic of strawberries, whip cream, chocolate cake, 

lobster, and wine was spread out nicely across the coffee 

table. Scully had to cover her mouth to keep from bursting 

into laughter at the sight on her sofa.



Mulder lay poised out on the sofa clad in nothing but a pair 

of white boxers with little red hearts on them and a rose in 

his mouth.



"Oh Mulder", Scully sighed. " You're no Melvin Frohike."



The End