Jill knocked on Leon Kennedy's door. If Chris was going to tell Claire, Jill thought she'd be able to talk to Leon. Leon and Claire were just friends—and nothing more—but once she found out Jill was pregnant, Claire might take it upon herself to tell Leon. And if he was to find out, Jill wanted that information to come from her own mouth.
What a mess.
Great job, Valentine, Jill thought to herself. I need to make a decision about this baby, and I need to do it quick. I don't want to be a single mother. Maybe I should ask Chris to marry me. I know it's traditional for the man to ask, but desperate times call for desperate measures...
Luckily, she knew Leon was home. He had just gotten back from Spain a few weeks ago, and lazed around his place, recovering. Perhaps Chris should have been the one to tell Leon. Chris would joke around with him sometimes, but Jill rarely saw him.
She didn't know what she would've done if Leon wasn't home. She needed to talk to someone badly, and she knew for sure that she didn't want to talk to Rebecca. Rebecca knew much about medical issues, but she had tried to talk Jill into having an abortion when Jill had a hysterical pregnancy a few years ago.
When Leon answered the door, he smiled at Jill, surprised. "Hi, Jill. What are you up to? Let me guess...Chris swallowed another roll of quarters and you want to avoid him for the next week. Right?"
Jill returned Leon's dopey grin. "No. I told him if he ever did that again, I was leaving and not coming back." Her smile faded. "This is something else. I just need to talk to someone."
His own smile faded, as he let Jill into his home. "What's wrong?"
They made their way to Leon's living room, and sat on his ratty old sofa.
"Nothing is wrong. It's not bad news, not really. Chris and I spoke about this; we decided it was okay to tell you and Claire, as long as you two kept quiet. We don't want Wesker finding out. We don't even want Rebecca to know yet," Jill said.
Leon shrugged. "Tell us what...what's your news? You sure you're okay?"
"I'm more than okay. I'm pregnant!"
Leon brightened. "That's wonderful. I hope Ada wants to have kids someday, too," Leon said, wistfully.
"You still think that she's going to leave whatever it is she does and return to you?' Jill chuckled. "I wish you luck, as you're gonna need it. Ada sounds like the kind of woman that will never settle down. Maybe you should give Claire a call once in a while."
Leon snorted once. "Jill, I don't love Claire. She and I are just friends and that's all we'll ever be."
2
Chris spoke with Claire. Even though the main reason he went to was because she was his sister, he still thought she was still a great listener. She would keep quiet if someone asked her to. She had learned her lesson about telling secrets after the incident with Rebecca last time.
"Claire, I just don't know what to do. I know Jill and I shouldn't have had unprotected sex that night, but now...I don't want her to abort, and I'm worried she will. And I don't know if we can take care of this kid. And we're both really worried Wesker is going to find out and use it to his advantage," Chris explained.
"I know it's going to be hard. Chris...have you thought about marriage? You need to do the right thing, and with Jill being pregnant, you need to be there for her. All I can think of is you marrying her," Claire said.
"I have thought about that, and I probably will. I hope Jill wants to, also. She's really upset right now, as neither one of us expected this to happen." Chris ran his fingers through his hair. "I don't know what she's going to do, but maybe if we're married, she'll keep the baby. It wasn't expected, but I still want to have it," Chris said. 'And Claire? You'd better keep this quiet. Jill and I will tell people when we want to."
Claire crossed her heart, mock-solemnly. "I know, Chris. I swear I won't tell another soul, living or undead, about Jill's condition."
"You'd better not! If you tell, I...it'll be so bad, you don't even want to think of it!"
3
Later on, Chris had decided that he wanted to marry Jill. He thought about how he was going to propose, but little did he know that Jill had thought of the same thing. Even though she knew it was kind of unusual for a woman to propose marriage, she still knew it was the right thing to do.