Title:	159 Words, OR The Shortest 'One Room Left' Story Author: 
Shadowlurker E-mail:  shadowlurker@home.com Rating:  PG, I guess
Classification:  SHR (can't we get some letters that spell out an interesting
acronym?)  M/S UST;  Parody...I hope. Badfic? Probably. Spoilers:  Nothing
specific...just vague allusions to "Pusher" and certain remnant of "Never
Again" Summary: Last motel room left for hundreds of miles.  Long, tiring
day...you know the scenario.  (Hey, if they can do it-"Rain King"-why can't
we?  Oops. Does that count as a spoiler?)  Oh, and a cliffhanger ending.  Or
maybe that's an excuse for no ending. Disclaimer:  Any resemblance these
characters bear to any person, living, dead or fictional would be truly
miraculous. No one in their right mind would ever give me custody of Mulder
or Scully; so they still belong to CC, 1013 and Fox. Hmmphh. Note:  If there
is any common thread to these stories besides "The Shortest..." it must be
the "I can't believe I'm doing this" thread.  For any of you who are worried,
and in anticipation of hate-mail, I promise to go back to lurking in the
shadows and never try writing again. Maybe. And I mean no disrespect to any
writers; isn't parody the sincerest form of flattery?  Something like that...



It was a long day.  Their case was going nowhere.  Mulder lost another phone.
Scully hadn't let him hear the end of it all day.  He figured she was
entitled, since the phone was hers.  They wouldn't issue him anymore phones
for some reason.  Now, how to tell her they had to share a room?

"It's the last room for miles."

Scully only raised an eyebrow at this.  "That wasn't so bad," Mulder thought.
They entered the room.

"Only ONE bed?!"

"I'll sleep on the floor." Mulder used his sad puppy look, because he'd rather
sleep with Scully.

"No, we're *both* tired.  Just don't snore."

He decided *not* to say "If you don't drool."

"I heard that."

'Oh yeah,' Mulder thought, 'damned silent communication.'

After Chinese food and pizza, they fell into bed exhausted.  Mulder thought,
'I know they call her the Ice Queen, but I wonder if she'd show me her
tattoo, if I asked...'

"I heard that."



**END**