James Michael Valentine

Chapter one

James Michael Valentine walked into the living room of the shared house that he and friends, John and Adam moved into a month earlier. Neither of them were awake yet which wasn't a surprise, John had more than likely been up all night studying and Adam had probably been out all night hitting night clubs.

James yawned and ran his fingers through his messy brown hair, bad bed hair it seemed was a Valentine family trait, he walked into the kitchen area of the living room and turned on the coffee maker, as the coffee was brewing he walked over to one of the cupboards and pulled out a box of lucky charms and a bowl.

After retrieving some milk from the fridge and pouring both it and the cereal into the bowl James poured himself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table. He had just put the first spoonful of milk and cereal into his mouth when the living room door opened and John stepped in.

John was a black man with cropped brown hair and green eyes, he yawned heavily and blinked rapidly to the get the sleep out of his eyes. "Morning." he said to James as he rubbed his eyes. "There any more of that?" He asked, nodding at the cup of coffee in James's hand.

James nodded and tilted his head to the coffee maker, John poured himself a cup and sat down at the table. He took a sip and asked. "Sleep okay?"

With a shrug James replied. "Not to bad, I don't feel like I've clawed my way out of a grave at least." James took a large gulp of coffee. For some reason he had been having trouble sleeping lately and thus even a slight improvement was great in his book.

"That's good." Said John as he took a large gulp of his coffee. "Where's Adam?"

"I'm Here." Said Adam as he walked into the living room with a proud smirk on his face, Adam's family moved to the US from Ireland and it was easy to tell, from his pale and freckled skin to his red hair and Irish accent. He was quite a hit with most girls.

Adam smiled as he spied the coffee and poured himself a cup. He crashed down on to the sofa and James frown as he watched a splash of the dark brown liquid fly out of the cup and land on the cushions staining them. James was a bit of neat freak so seeing that did not put him in a better mood.

"What time did you get in last night?" James asked Adam after he seemed to down the coffee in one gulp.

"Three…or it might have been four now thinking about it." Said Adam with a shrug as he put the mug down on the floor, James held in a groan. He loved Adam like a brother but he did wish that he would clean up his own messes.

Before anyone could say anything the phone rang, the boys all looked at one another and asked each other the same silent question. "Were you expecting some to ring today?"

The answer was no. James stood up and walked over to the phone, it couldn't be more than seven in the morning, who would be calling them at this ungodly hour?

He picked up the receiver and held it to his ear. "Hello?"

For a moment there was nothing but the crackle of the phone line, then there was a deep sniffle . "James, that you?"

James raised his eyebrow in surprise. "Jill?"

"Yeah, it's me?" Came the reply from over the phone. James frowned Jill voice sounded rough as through she had been crying a lot. "Are you okay? Collage going alright?"

"Yeah, Jill are you okay? You sound upset." Said James, he was really starting to get worried now. His older sister was a member of S.T.A.R.S the Special Tactics And Rescue Squad, A team of elite police officers who dealt with anything from kidnappings and hostage situations to terrorist attacks. The last time he ever saw his big sister scared was…he didn't think he had ever saw her scared to be honest. And her being upset was rare as well, very few things could make Jill cry, most of them being movies starring Hugh Grant.

"I'm fine!" Insisted Jill with choked laughter. "Can't I check in on my baby brother?"

"I'm not a baby." Said James as he sighed in annoyance, for some reason Jill didn't seem to grasp the fact that he had grown up and was at collage now. "Anyway I don't believe you, something's happened and you're not telling me. Does it have something to do with that mission you told me that you were going on?"

"Nothing is wrong! Stop being such a pain!" Said Jill forcefully and James could swear that he heard her voice break. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay." Before either of them could say anything their was the sound of something rustling on Jill's side of the line. "Look, I have to go. I love you and I'll see you soon. Bye!"

"Jill wait a second!" Said James but Jill had already hanged up. James groaned in frustration and tried to ring her back. After twelve rings it became apparent to James that his sister wasn't going to pick up he slammed the receiver down.

John and Adam were staring at him. "You okay?" Asked John.

James nodded. "Oh, I'm fine. But Jill isn't and she isn't telling me why and now she isn't answering her phone." James bit her lip. "She sound really upset about something."

"So what are you going to do?" Asked Adam.

James thought about it for a minute, It was possible that he was just overreacting and that Jill was fine. But he had a bad feeling and he couldn't just ignore it. Plus before the police took their father away he had told both of them to look out for one another.

"I'm going to Raccoon City"

End of Chapter One