From: "Voet" <voet@tanja-myrna.demon.nl>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 20:06:38 +0100
Subject: New story
Source: direct

Title: Dancing series 2: I had the time of my life (1/1)
Author: Tanja
E-mail address: voet@tanja-myrna.demon.nl
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Dirty Dancing story
Keywords: Pre-xfiles, MSR
Archiving: Gossamer and the Souls Entwined Archive always. Anywhere else
is no problem, as long as you ask me first. I have the weird habit to
visit my stories.
Summary: Dana doesn't want to talk to her father anymore after what he
did to her, but her father tries to make everything alright again. Will
Dana and Fox dance the last dance of the summer together?

Disclaimer: Mulder, Scully and the Scully family aren't mine. They all
belong to Chris Carter, 1013 and Fox Network. Oh and Mr. Carter I have
only one thing to say: KISS, NEW YEARS EVE, KISS!


Author's notes: Here's the 2nd part in the Dancing Series. I hope you
like it :-) At least I had fun writing it. One more part to go after
this one.

Joey thanks for beta-reading :-)

Dancing series 2: I had the time of my life (1/1)
    
She was feeling miserable. She missed him, every minute of the day and
she still refused to talk to her father. Her mother had tried to make
them talk again, but that hadn't been a big success. They had both just
been sitting there, stubbornly refusing to talk with each other. The
last words her father had heard from here were "Thanks Dad" and that had
been more than a week ago. 

As promised he hadn't said a word about the whole thing to his wife, but
her daughter had told her what had happened that afternoon. Even his
wife had told him he had overreacted. And now he didn't know what to do
anymore. He and Dana had always had a close father-daughter
relationship. He only wanted the best for her and he thought he had been
doing the right thing, but he started to think that he might have done
the wrong thing after all. He sat outside for a long time, trying to
find a way to make everything alright again, and it already started to
become dark outside when it finally hit him. He knew what he had to do
to make things right again.

THE NEXT MORNING

Dana was still lying in bed, when her father entered her room. She
feigned to be asleep, but he didn't buy it. He sat down and waited until
she opened her eyes. After a few minutes she realized that he wouldn't
go away when she kept her eyes closed, so with a sigh she opened them,
looking at him wearily.           

Her father stared at her. "You really loved him didn't you?"

She nodded, avoiding his staring eyes, because she didn't want him to
see the tears in her eyes.

"Why didn't you tell us?" That's what had hurt the most. Not the
realization that she was in love with her dancing teacher, but the idea
that she had fallen in love and hadn't told him about it. They used to
tell each other everything and this was the first time she hadn't,
because she had been too afraid for his reaction. 

He didn't know this Fox Mulder, he had only heard the stories about him
and they had formed his judgement. What he hadn't wanted to see was that
Fox really loved his daughter. A lot. It was what he had always wanted
her to find in life. A person who loved her and wanted to take care of
her and when that person had been there, he had sent him away. Because
of rumors and his reputation. The man who had always told his children
never to judge by looks and gossip, who had taught them to look further
than that, had done the opposite himself. He had judged, before he had
even met Fox and now it was too late.

"Because I was afraid what you might do if you would find out." She
barely whispered. He pulled her in his arms and hugged her.

"And I ruined it anyway, didn't I?" He said with self-knowledge. He felt
her nodding against his chest and when she looked up at him she was
crying.

"I'm so sorry honey. I didn't want to hurt you, I only wanted to protect
you. I guess I didn't do a very good job after all, did I?"

She shook her head and after all that time she was finally able to say
the words she never thought she would say "I'm sorry too dad, I
shouldn't have lied to you and mom."

"It's alright, we all made mistakes, you think we can start over again?"
He looked at his daughter with a smile.

She smiled at him through her tears "I think so."

He hugged her and even though they had talked things out, he knew he
still had to do one last thing.

NEXT DAY
AFTERNOON

Bill Scully stood in front of room 14 of the Motel Highlands, he had
been told that this was the room where Fox Mulder was staying. He had
gone to Fox's friends to ask them where he was staying. They had been
reluctant to tell him, but after he had explained the whole situation
they had given him all the information he needed.

Now he was standing there, knocking on the door, waiting for Fox to open
it. After a few minutes the door went open and he stared in the face of
a not to happy looking Fox Mulder. Fox almost closed the door again when
he saw who it was, but Bill stopped him. "Wait, I have to talk to you."

Fox looked at him wearily. "I thought everything was said already?"

"It hasn't, can I come in?" 

With a sigh Fox motioned him to walk further. Standing in the motel room
Bill looked at Fox. "First of all I owe you an apology for everything I
did."

Fox waited for him to continue. 

"What I did was wrong. I know that now, but at that moment I didn't want
to see it. All I saw was my little girl, of course she isn't so little
anymore, but I still see her that way. Unfortunately for their fathers
little girls do grow up and sometimes they do things their fathers never
expect them to do. I was jealous, she used to adore me and now somebody
else has become the object of her affection." Saying that he had a sad
look in his eyes.

"Your daughter loves you, Sir."

"I know she does and I also know she loves you." He stared at the man
his daughter had fallen in love with.

"You sent me away."

"I did and that was wrong too. That's why I'm here. I talked to Dana
this morning and at least she's talking to me again, but even though she
doesn't want to say it to me I know she misses you."

"I miss her too."

"I would like you to come back with me."

"I don't want to sound harsh, but I got fired remember?"

"I know but I'll take care of that. Listen, this is what I want to
do....."

He started to tell Fox what his plan and when he finished, he had
convinced Fox. Together they left the motel room to go back to the park.

THAT NIGHT

Dana was having a discussion with her mother. Her mother tried to
convince her to come with them to the party that night. Dana was
stubbornly refusing, she might have talked things out with her father
but she was still feeling miserable because she missed Fox. 

Her mother however didn't want to hear anything about it. She knew where
her husband had gone and she had promised him to talk Dana into joining
them, he would do the rest. After another half hour of convincing she
finally gave up and agreed to go to the party, with the threat that she
would leave the minute she felt like it. Her mother agreed, already
happy that she had been able to convince her.

After getting dressed they walked to the main building, where the party
would be held. Dana had asked where her father was, but her mother had
said that they would see him at the party.

Her father was already sitting at their table, together with Charlie and
he welcomed his wife and daughter, saying that they both looked
beautiful. As they both sat down, his wife quickly looked at her, asking
with her eyes if everything had gone alright. He nodded reassuringly,
before Dana could see it.

The evening passed, with guests and staff performing on stage, singing
and dancing. And it was almost time for the last dance. The last dance
was a tradition, Dana remembered Fox telling her that he was always the
one who did the last dance of the evening, this year he wouldn't. Lost
in her thoughts she didn't see or hear the whispers and looks when Fox
entered the building. 

He quickly greeted his surprised friends, than made his way to Dana and
her family. She didn't see him until he stood right in front of her,
holding his hand out to her, asking "May I have this last dance Dana?"

She looked up in shock when she realized who it was. Her eyes went from
Fox to her father, asking him for permission. He nodded with a smile.
Smiling she stood up and put her hand in Fox's hand. He thanked her
father with a smile, before he pulled her with him to the stage.

On stage Bryan was ready to start with his speech to announce the last
dance of the year. Walking on the stage, hand-in-hand with Dana, Fox
interrupted him. Bryan's jaw dropped when he saw them, together. Fox
took the microphone from a shocked Bryan and said "I always used to do
the last dance of the season, this year somebody told me I couldn't, but
I'm going to do it anyway, with a very special person." His eyes locked
with Dana's and he smiled at her lovingly, he continued "A person who
learned me all about believing in yourself and believing in love.
Someone I admire and love very much, Dana Scully." He extended his hand
to her and she took it shyly, tears shining in her eyes.

When the music started they started their dance.

Now I've had the time of my life
No I never felt like this before
Yes I swear it's the truth
and I owe it all to you
            
'Cause I've had the time of my life
and I owe it all to you
I've been waiting for so long
Now I've finally found someone
To stand by me
We saw the writing on the wall
As we felt this magical
Fantasy

Never before had he been truly in love. Never before had he known what
love could feel like. She had waltzed into his heart on a dark summer
night and hadn't left it since. The past weeks she had learned him to
believe in himself and after a long time he had finally found somebody
who believed in him. From the moment they had danced for the first time
they had both felt the magical.
          
Now with passion in our eyes
There's no way we could disguise it Secretly
So we take each other's hand
'Cause we seem to understand
The urgency just remember
            
You're the one thing
I can't get enough of
So I'll tell you something
This could be love because
            
I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you
  
His love. In the beginning he had fought it. He had always been the one
in control, when he grew tired of a relationship he just broke it off.
This time it was different, this time it was out of his control, it was
something stronger than him, something called true love.

With my body and soul
I want you more than you'll ever know
So we'll just let it go
Don't be afraid to loose control
Yes I know what's on your mind
When you say "Stay with me tonight."
Just remember
You're the one thing
I can't get enough of
So I'll tell you something
This could be love because

'Cause I had the time of my life
And I've searched through every open door
Till I've found the truth
and I owe it all to you

Loving Dana was like coming home. From the moment he had closed the door
from the place he once called home, he had been searching through every
open door. Looking through open doors, desperately wanting to find
something, not knowing exactly what it was he was looking for, but it
had to be the truth. Truth he had found the evening he met her.

They danced, lost for the world, smiles on their faces and their eyes
locked. The dance ended with Fox swirling her above his head, slowly
lowering her. He kissed her and whispered he loved her.

"I love you too" she mumbled against his chest. The dance was over, but
they continued their own dance. They didn't know what was going to
happen in the future, but for now everything was alright again.

The End

Will they stay together? Will their relationship have a future. Stay
tuned for the last part in the dancing series.

I wrote a lot of other stories, they can be found at: 
http://www.angelfire.com/oh/xfshippers/index.html

Feedback welcome at voet@tanja-myrna.demon.nl or xfshippers@writeme.com