DICLAIMER: DO NOT OWN! (WISH I DID)

Claire was worried. She was knocked up, or rather surprised with a kid. The dad-to-be was as eager as she was; so he wasn't the problem.

The problem was her older brother, Chris Redfield, her only family member (apart from her unborn child).

He had allowed her and Leon's relationship so long as he was allowed to pretend that it was platonic. Informing him that there was going to be a baby was not a good way to inform him that their relationship was serious.

Luckily, despite being 3-months pregnant, she was still flat-stomached, so he hadn't noticed.

Unfortunately, she really did want to tell Jill…

…there had to be SOMETHING they could do (hopefully something that would not end with Leon being killed and Chris in jail)

An idea occurred to her, and she beamed.

Jill choked "what?"

"I'm pregnant" Claire told her calmly.

"Ooh" Jill winced "does Chris know?"

"No"

"Are you going to tell him?"

"Well, I'm four months pregnant and just now beginning to show" Claire admitted.

"He's gonna notice" Jill said almost flatly.

"Not if he isn't here!" Claire beamed "I requested that he be sent on a six-month long mission, sorry."

"…brilliant" Jill said calmly "he'll never forgive you though."

"I'm thinking I can tell him that the kid's adopted, or he'll be too surprised to try."

"So, when are you and Leon getting married?"

"We did the paperwork. The ceremony is going to be after the baby is born."

"So Chris can walk you down the aisle?"

"Hopefully"

"…you do know that he's going to make you a widow before your wedding night, right?"

"Maybe I could ask that he be sent on another mission."

"Perhaps, now, as punishment for you getting my boyfriend sent away for half a year I demand that I be god-mother. If you name the kid after me I'll even bring tranquilizers to the wedding."