No, I was *not* being coy and making you wait on purpose-- Win95 ate the second part. (Memo to self: never save on the hard drive) So, I had to rewrite it. Changed a few things...I'm not done playing with them. :-) Disclaimed, etc., in part one. This part, however, only earns a PG-13 rating-- lots and lots and lots of UST, though. :-) Reading What She Wrote 2/2: Power by Jelyna <Jelyna@aol.com> His eyes opened with some difficulty, and he immediately wondered what the hell he was doing in his car at-- check the clock radio-- 4:30 AM. A glance out the side window showed Scully's apartment building, and he remembered. That damned note. His cell phone was stubbornly silent, and her windows were achingly dark. She had to have read it... he'd left it in plain view. Mulder rubbed his eyes and yawned. He was due at the office in three and a half hours. She was probably up there sleeping-- how the hell could she sleep? His weary mind couldn't comprehend why she hadn't called him. He expected something-- an invitation back up, into her arms; a warning that she had gotten more than she'd bargained for; even a curse on his head for ever reading [139 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=04_1997&mid=4473675&hilit=BRAIN+FEEDBACK> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 04_1997&4514165 Score: 78 Subject: The Unspoken Truth 1/5 by Yvonne Richards