Title:  A Million-Dollar Question

Author: Jade  (CmdrJade@aol.com)

Rating: G

Spoilers: None

Archive: Anywhere, but please send me an email first

Disclaimer: Mulder and Scully don't belong to me.

Summary: Mulder and Scully have a conversation on her couch

Feedback:  Any type, whether good or bad, is always appreciated. :)

Author's notes at end

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A Million-Dollar Question


"If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?"  Mulder asked her, 
bringing his legs up to rest on her coffee table.

"A million dollars isn't that much today, Mulder," Scully answered, flipping 
her shoes off and curling her legs under her.  She sipped her newly made 
lemonade and glanced over at him.

"Okay, then…how 'bout a billion dollars?"

"Do I get extra points for giving to charity?"

Mulder snorted.  "Be honest, Scully," he said, picking a slice of pizza out 
of the box.  He slowly shook his head.  "No, it has to be purely selfish."

Scully considered.  "I dunno.  That's a lot of money to just blow on 
something.  What would you spend it on?"

Mulder shrugged.  "I don't know either.  There are too many possibilities."

Scully nodded and silence passed for a moment.  "We could go somewhere."

"Like?"

"The Bahamas.  We're overdue for a vacation.  Or somewhere in Europe.  I'd 
like to go to London," Scully said, toying with the ice in her glass.

"We could just buy our own jet and go anywhere we wanted," Mulder suggested, 
throwing her a small smile.  She smiled back.

"Yeah," she said quietly.  "Yeah, that would be fun.  To have our own private 
jet.  We could just visit Venice on a weekend."

"Or investigate crop circles without costing the Bureau anything."

"We could have our own butlers."

"On the plane?"

"And at home."

They grinned at each other.  Scully laughed quietly into her glass as she 
took another sip.  Minutes passed.

"Mulder, what made you ask that?"

He looked over at her and shrugged.  "Just trying to keep things 
interesting."

Scully smiled and he looked away, turning on the television.  More time 
passed as they sat and ate dinner.

"Hey, Scully," Mulder said suddenly.  She turned.  "If you could live in any 
decade in any era, which one would it be?"

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down, so this is just a little bit of nonsense that I came up with today.  
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