TITLE:   Conhouse - Chapter Eleven
e-mail Address:  ErinStone1@aol.com
RATING: PG-13
CATEGORY:  Scully/Slash
SPOILERS: None
Keywords:  Scully Slash/Other Romance
Summary:  none

Disclaimer: Fox, Chris Carter and 1013 own them ALL, ***except Lena Conhouse,
she's mine, and of course, Wanda, who is mine in the literal sense.***

Comments are welcomed. Please send them to ErinStone1@AOL.com



Monday - 2:30 pm


Mulder was under the gun to finish a field report he should have gotten to
Skinner the Friday before. As a result, he begged off on lunch and the women
walked to a nearby deli to pick something up. 

As they walked back to work Lena suggested that Dana go wait in her office
while she scared up something for them to drink, and they could eat together
at her desk.

Dana opened Lena's lab door and immediately noticed a man, with his back to
her, leaning over Lena's desk with her lap drawer open.  She set the food bag
down on the nearest file cabinet and walked to the office door. In her best
strong girl FBI voice she said:

"You there, what are you doing in here?!"

The man turned his head slowly, his warm brown eyes resting on her.

"I'm filling my daughter's desk with candy." He lifted his hand and shook a
small brightly colored box at her, "Nerds, actually. They're her favorite. I
paid for 4 years of braces and this is my reward." He shook the box again and
shrugged, "Nerds." 

Dana smiled. "Mr. Conhouse?"

He turned and offered his hand. "Call me Steve, please." His smile was
brilliant. Both of his large warm hands encircled Dana's at once and he shook
her hand sincerely. His silver hair was thinning on top, short and swept away
from his face. She could see all of Lena's features mirrored in his face. He
was tall and trim like Lena also.

"Mr... Steve, I'm Dana Scully, I'm a colleague and friend of your daughter's.
It's so nice to meet you."

"Thank you Dana, it's nice to meet you too. I apologize for scaring you. I
stopped by Lena's this morning to kidnap Wanda for the day and was just going
to leave the candy there, but I though it would be more of a surprise if I
could hide them here instead."

"Nerds huh?"

"Yeah, she chews these things up like they're out to get her." He smiled. "Is
she around?"

"Yes, she should be here any second. We were going to have lunch at her desk.
Would you like to join us?"

"Oh, that's sweet, but Wanda is in the car and I worked her into a frenzy
saying the word 'walk' over and over again. I'm afraid if I leave her there
too long she'll figure out how to drive and head to the park on her own."

Lena walked in, smiling. "Dad?"

"Hi honey."

She walked to him and they hugged each other.

"What a great surprise!  You've met Dana?"

"Yes," he looked at her and smiled, "she's great."

Dana blushed furiously, suddenly aware that it was possible that he knew she
had spent the last two nights with his daughter.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, I was telling Dana, I stole Wanda and was going to take her to the
park, but I stopped to do a drive-by 'nerding' first."

"You did?!" Lena skittered around her desk and yanked open her lap drawer.
There, in all it's glory, was a pile of little boxes of differently flavored
nerds.  "You!" Lena said it loud, pointing at him, "Are the one that is the
best."

He looked at Dana and said, shrugging, "She loves me."

"It's true Dad, I do."

"Hey, I saw a list of groceries on the counter at your house that smacked of
Laverne."

"Oh yeah, I have to pick those up for her and drop them off on my way home."

"Well, I did that already." He smiled at her a little, looking shy.

"You did?" Lena wrapped an arm around his shoulders.

"Yep. I thought maybe I'd just get it out of the way for you."

"Well thanks Dad"

"Your welcome. You know I love her. She's so..."  his hands waved slightly in
front of him,... "little." He said it like he was talking about a puppy.

"Did you watch you're back?"

"Yep, got out without an incident."

Dana tilted her head at Lena.

Lena explained, "Laverne has a crush on him."

Dana nodded, "I see."

Her dad looked vaguely embarrassed, "Well, I've got to get back out to Wanda.
I'm keeping her, by the way. I'll bring her back Wednesday."

"Okay. Give her a smooch for me."

"I will honey. Dana, it was great to meet you."  

Dana was engulfed in a hug. Steve squeezed her lightly then stepped back,
giving Lena a hug as well.  

"You two have a good day."

"See you soon, say hi to Judy."

"You bet, bye."  He walked out, waving behind him.



Dana watched him leave, then turned to Lena. "He's wonderful."

"Yeah, he really is."

"He seems so gentle... and sweet."

"All that and he shows up bearing Nerds. Gotta love it."

Dana smiled at her. "You have any other addictions I should be aware of
Conhouse?"

"Hmmmm. Probably." She smiled wolfishly at her, "I'll tell you about them
later."

"Do you think your Dad knows about us?"

"I think so, yes. He hugged you."

"He did, didn't he?"

"He sure did. He wouldn't have done that if he didn't approve Dana."

"You're sure?"

"I'm positive. He can tell so much from a person by just looking in their
eyes. He must have liked what he saw in yours."

"I'm glad." 

"I knew he would love you, and Judy, well, she'll fall all over herself when
she meets you."



"Why do you say that?"

"Because you and she have something in common."

"Which is?"

"Well, she always tells me that my dad and I are exactly alike, and that she
wishes I would meet someone and bring them to dinner once in a while so that
she has somebody to commiserate with."

"Commiserate about what?"

"How hard it is to put up with a Conhouse, I guess."

"Have you ever brought anyone home for her to meet?"  Dana's eyebrow jutted
up.

"No, no I haven't."

"So I'd be the first?" Dana smiled triumphantly.

"Yes, you'd be the first."

"Does Judy know that she'd be commiserating with a woman, as opposed to a
man?"

"Yes, she's aware of that."

"Well then, I'd like to meet her."

"Really?"

"Yeah, maybe we should offer to pick Wanda up on Wednesday night and take them
to dinner."

Lena looked at Dana. "Are you sure?"

"I guess I am." She looked surprised at her own words.

Lena looked equally surprised, "I'll call them tonight and set it up."   

"Hey, since Wanda is away for the next couple nights, why don't you spend the
night at my place?"

"I'd love to."

"Good." She found that the longer she looked at Lena the more she wanted her. 

"I'll go home and get some clothes for tomorrow and meet you there after
work."

"Why don't you bring a couple day's worth?" Dana looked into her eyes.

"Ok." Lena was losing herself in the smoky timbre of Dana's voice... she let
her eyes rest on Dana's lips. 

Dana whispered, "I'm finding myself not wanting to do anything at all that
doesn't involve you. You need to let me know if you start to feel suffocated."

"Suffocated is the last thing I'm feeling."

"Do you know that I'm desperately in love with you?"

Lena's breath was knocked from her body. "I like to hear you say it."

"I am, desperately."

"I'm in love with you too."

"You don't know what you're doing to me, do you? I've never had anyone in my
life like you. Never felt this way about anyone. The more I find out about you
the more in love I am."

Lena sighed deeply. "Are you worried about the way you feel?"

"A little, I guess. Not worried exactly. I feel a little overwhelmed by the
strength of my feelings."

"Tell me if you want to slow down. Or if you need time to yourself, ok?"

"Yes. I will. You have to promise that you'll do the same."

"Deal."

Dana looked over her shoulder quickly, out into the lab. Once she had
determined that they were truly alone, she leaned into Lena and kissed her
gently on the lips. Lena kissed her back.

"We should eat huh?"

"I guess so. I left the food on the file cabinet. I thought your Dad was a bad
guy so I set the bag down in the lab; I was getting ready to kick his butt."

"Tough ass."

"That's right, don't forget it Conhouse."

Dana walked out into the lab and retrieved the bag. She walked back in and sat
down. They talked quietly as they ate, trying to decide what to do that
evening. Dana watched Lena as she opened a box of purple nerds and shook some
into her mouth.

"Do I need to go over the evils of sugar consumption with you?"

Lena chewed the nerds up, smiling at her. "Have you ever tried these things?"

"Nerds?" Dana looked dyspeptic.

"Yeah."

"Uh, no. I rarely get cravings for potentially harmful purple dye covered
sugar granules."

Lena cracked up. 


"What does your afternoon look like? Are you busy?"

Dana thought for a second. "No, I think I could actually be out of here by 5
tonight, unless something comes up."

"Well, I've got another group of DNA blocks to run for Skinhead... but I
should be able to get out by 5 too, if I start now. I could be back to your
place by about 6. Can I bring anything?"

Dana smiled, "Nope, just you."

"Ok, then it's back to the lab. I'll see you later."



Dana made her way back to her office, thinking along the way that she should
do some grocery shopping on her way home. She glanced at her watch, 3:15. Six
o'clock seemed like a long time away.  She sighed. It was her every intention
to get everything she would need for the evening on her way home, so there was
no reason for them to leave. She wanted to get Lena into her apartment and not
let her out until they had to leave for work the next morning. She thought
about how Lena's legs looked in her high heels, the calves flexing as she
walked, the professional air she had as she sat in her and Mulder's office
that morning reading files. Those reading glasses...  Then she pictured her
naked, Lena's long legs straddling her as she rubbing herself against her bare
ass.  She wondered if there was a way to lure Lena to her bedroom while she
still had that suit on, maybe she'd have her put on the glasses too. Mmmmm.
She pictured them in her bedroom, running her hand up under Lena's skirt to
her ass...  

She realized with a start that she had walked past her office door and was
nearly to the exit door at the end of the hallway. She shook her head
slightly, turned and walked back.  'I am so whipped...' she was thinking, as
she opened her office door.

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