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Ring?
by shannono
shannono@iname.com


Vignette, Humor, Mulder/Scully UST

Rated PG

Spoilers for "Chinga"

Summary: Scully calls Mulder's bluff.

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Ring?
by shannono


>brring!<

"Mulder."

"So when do I get a ring?"

"Huh?"

"I said, when do I get the ring?"

"Scully, you lost me."

"Mulder, did you or did you not propose to me last weekend?"

"Uh ... propose?"

"On the phone. While I was in Maine. I was describing the
various signs of witchcraft or paganism, and you distinctly
said, 'Marry me.'"

"Oh. Um. Does that mean you're saying yes?"

"No, it doesn't."

"But then, why are you asking about a ring?"

"Mulder, you have been throwing innuendoes at me for
almost six years. Do you really think I'm going to take
you seriously when you ask me to marry you over the phone,
after I've just completed proving to you my extensive
knowledge of the occult?"

"Well ..."

"That's why I'm asking about the ring. No ring, and it
doesn't count."

"You mean if ... if ... a man were to ask you to marry him,
you wouldn't answer him until he produced a ring?"

"We're not talking about any man, Mulder. We're talking
about *you.*"

"Oh. So what you're saying is that if I *was* serious --
and I'm not saying I was -- you wouldn't give me an answer
until I went out and plunked down money on an engagement
ring. Right?"

"Right."

"And if the answer was 'no,' I'd be stuck not only with
a *huge* dose of embarrassment, but also an expensive
ring I would then have no use for."

"You could take the ring back, Mulder. Of course, you'd be
stuck with the embarrassment."

"Yes, yes I would."

"On the other hand, there's always the chance the answer
would be yes."

"And then I'd *still* be stuck with the ring, and you, too."

"I think you're pretty much stuck with me either way, Mulder."

"True. So. I guess the *real* question at hand is, was the
proposal serious or not?"

"Yes, I guess it is."

"Okay."

"Okay, what?"

"Just okay."

"Mulder ..."

"Scully, what are you wearing?"

>click<

>bzzzzzzzz<

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