Disclaimer: Ahem. Let's all sing along! Chris Carter, oh can't you see? I know they don't belong to me. They belong to Ten Thirteen. Mulder and Scully and all the rest, they are the best. I'm borrowing them with utmost respect; they'll be home before you guess. And now I will call this lame song to a rest.

Author's Notes: Kenny Chesney owns the rights to his song, "You Had Me From Hello," it just was the source of my inspiration for this fic. Special thanks go to my betas- Crysta, Astoria, and Mrs. H and to my friends and crew on the USS TrustNo1. The Lone Gunpersons rule!

"You Had Me From Hello"
by Gillian Taylor

"Do you love me?"

The question pulled me up short. How was I supposed to respond to something like that? Of all the things that could have passed through your lips, Scully, that was the last thing that I expected. What could I tell you? Do you want the truth? Could you handle the truth?

God Scully, I've loved you from hello. All you had to do was walk into the darkened realm of my office and introduce yourself. That was it. I was lost right then. Of course, I didn't acknowledge that for over two years, but now that I look back on that meeting I know it for the truth.

But even the word 'love' is too shallow for the depth of feeling that I feel for you. Sure love is there. As is emotional attachment, lust, compassion, caring, friendship, and an assortment of other emotions too varied to mention. It runs to my core. Deep down, from my soul of souls, that is where this feeling emerges from.

What could I call it? Devotion? Perhaps, but even that is too shallow. Of course I'm devoted to you. Even though I have gone out with other women, they always are sent back home before they get what they wanted or what I thought that I wanted. I started comparing every woman to you, and they just don't measure up. I might find one person with the same shade of cornflower blue eyes, but she isn't you. I might find another with the same shade of impossibly deep red hair as you have, but she just wasn't you.

Friendship? Perhaps this word is the closest to what we have. A bond stronger than words, stronger than the two of us binds us together. An old co-worker of mine came up to me once to talk to me about you. He said that he had never seen any partnership that ran that deep. He was amazed at how we can talk without words, carry on an entire conversation via body language and our eyes. I couldn't explain how we became so close, and I'm certain that he didn't believe me when I said that we weren't sleeping together. Its more like we have the ease of an older married couple, comfortable in our love for one another and through that bond of love we can fight against the darkness that threatens the lives of millions.

Lust? I wouldn't be a human male if this wasn't a part of it, but as much as I lust after your body, I lust after your mind. Scully, you have the sexiest mind that I have ever known. It doesn't matter what you say, even if it’s about the latest acne treatment, it's so passionate. I can see your passion so easily, and it is part of what makes you so sexy to me. The fact that your mind, your soul, is inside the most *perfect* body that I have ever seen is a bonus. To me, Scully, you could be uglier than a toad and it wouldn't matter to me. I'd still love you.

Respect? I've always respected you. Everything that you've ever done, or will do will always keep you in my highest esteem. You are an excellent special agent, an extraordinary doctor, and a compassionate woman. I can only respect you more for putting up with me. I know that you're as human as the rest of us, as human as me, Scully. I don't put you on a pedestal. Even when you say 'I'm fine,' when you really aren't. I will always respect you.

Trust? Oh Scully, you hold my trust with my entire being and you hold my heart in your hands. Its been yours, *I've* been yours forever. And that is as long as I want to be by your side, Scully. Forever. Cancerman and the Bureau be damned.

Every woman that I've looked at just doesn't compare. There was one

night when I tried as much as I could to return to the days of old, my bachelor days. I swore to myself that my days of love were through. I thought that I wasn't meant to love anyone again. Phoebe had taken my heart and ripped it to shreds with her delicate fingers with a word. She ruled my life and after she left me I collapsed. Pathetic, isn't it? But I was so scarred from that encounter, an encounter that I thought was love rather than carnal lust (which is what she saw it as, but I saw it as more). And then came you.

You walked into my life and slowly but surely you placed yourself firmly in residence deep in my heart, in my soul. You complete me more than anyone ever has or ever will. You are my soulmate, the best part of me. I love you. I cherish you. And you had me from hello.

All these thoughts passed through my mind as I stared at you after you asked your question. It might have been a matter of seconds, but from your heavy breathing and the bead of sweat that appeared on your brow all told me that to you it was hours. I offered the beginnings of a lop-sided smile as I answered your question, "Scully, you had me from hello."

Your smile was breath-taking. A full-watted, bigger than the oceans, brighter than a thousand sun smile at my response. I caused you to smile like this, and it warmed my heart. But, to my surprise, a tear appeared in the corner of your eye.

"Scully, why are you crying?"

"Oh Mulder," you said, another tear quickly following the other. In anguish, I walked to you and lifted your chin. I thought that I had hurt you in some way, but your eyes shown with so much *happiness* that it truly did steal my breath away.

I gave you another smile, a gentle tugging at my lips as I lowered my face towards yours. Our first kiss was everything that I could have imagined and more. It was fire, it was ice, it was gentle, it was demanding, it was the purest expression of everything that I felt and everything that I would feel.

It was perfect. A perfect moment that I memorized for all time. Because, Scully...you had me from hello.

THE END

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"You Had Me From Hello"
by Kenny Chesney

One word,
That's all you said
Something in your voice caused me to turn my head
Your smile just captured me
You were in my future as far as I could see
And I don't know how it happened
But it happened still
You asked me if I loved you and if I always will
Well you had me from hello
I felt love start to grow
The moment that I looked into your eyes
You warned me, it was over from the start
You completely stole my heart
And now you won't let go
I never even had a chance you know
You had me from hello
Inside, I built a wall
So high around my heart thought I'd never fall
One touch, You brought it down
Rips in my defenses scattered on the ground
And it swore to me that I wasn't going to love again
The last time was the last time I'd let someone in
Well you had me from hello
I felt love start to grow
The moment that I looked into your eyes
You warned me, it was over from the start
You completely stole my heart
And now you won't let go
I never even had a chance you know
You had me from hello
That's all you said
Something in your voice caused me to turn my head
You had me from hello
Girl, I've loved you from hello.

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