Chapter 3

The car ride to Pablo's Diner was quiet. Chris was concentrating on the road and Claire was wondering why Leon hadn't answered his phone,

'Maybe he was busy.' She thought ' But with what? Hmm…work? Nah he'd gotten plenty of cash after what happened back in Raccoon City, besides he didn't work at this hour….a girl? Another girl?' The thought saddened her. Claire shook it off and blankly stared out her window.

After what seemed like hours they finally reached their destination.

When the two walked in, they both noticed Jill had brought a few friends. Claire looked to see who all she brought and found Rebecca, Barry, and then next person caught her by surprise, but there sitting with the rest of the gang was Leon Kennedy.

Rebecca noticed Chris and Claire and started to wave frantically. The siblings walked over to the table and sat.

"Took you guys long enough" Jill pointed out as Chris took a seat next to her.

Chris apologized "Sorry…bad traffic"

"No, your just a slow driver" Rebecca teased.

"No! The traffic was bad" Chris' short temper was coming to play, especially since he hadn't eaten yet.

Rebecca giggled "No, your just a slow, paranoid driver".

The two began to argue.

Claire just watched the two amused until Leon spoke to her,

"I got your call" He held up his phone, "Sorry, I didn't answer, I was brushing my teeth, then Jill called and invited me" He didn't dare mention how he was reluctant until Jill told him Claire would be there.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me, I heard you called earlier…at like 8..in the morning…" Claire wasn't sure what else to say.

Leon shrugged.

"Not my fault you're lazy" A small smile crept to his face.

Rebecca and Chris could still be heard arguing in the background.

"Leon, it's not my" A friendly voice cut Claire short,

"Excuse me" it was a weightress "What would you like to drink?"

Both Leon and Claire ordered water. Then Leon started talking about how he thought they all needed a break from all their work. By that, Leon meant all their Anti-Umbrella work. Claire agreed and they started discussing the issue.

Jill was getting tired of listening to Chris and Rebecca argue. It was bad enough she had to order for them, but she was starting to get a headache. She already tried to shut them both up, but that attempt failed miserably. Barry wasn't much help either, he just sat there and read his newspaper. She looked to the other end of the table where it was some what quiet. She saw Leon and Claire talking. Jill always thought the two had a thing for each other and from what she saw, Claire definitely did, but Leon was a little better at hiding these kind of things. Never the less, Jill still had proof of Leon's little crush on Claire. She thought back to the conversation Jill and Leon had before they arrived here at the diner.

"Come on, Leon, it'll be fun"

"I don't know, Jill….I'm kind of tired and I.."

Jill cut him off, she knew just what would get him to go.

"Claire's going to be there"

There was a pause.

"Well…I guess...I could go, but I'll need like 5 minutes. Meet ya up there?"

"Sure" was all Jill said with a smile. Somehow she knew telling Leon that Claire would be there would do the trick.

Jill snapped back to reality. She knew Kennedy had a crush, but she didn't think Claire knew, or Chris for that matter. Then Jill heard Leon mention something about Hawaii. What were they talking about? Jill usually wasn't one to ease drop, but Hawaii?

She listened carefully, but made it seem like she had no interest in them what-so-ever. Just as Jill realized what they were talking about, the food came.

After lunch everybody hung around execpt for Barry who said he needed to take his daughter to dance practice. Chris and Rebecca finally stopped arguing, and Leon and Claire decided they were gonna plan a vacation. Leon thought it was something they all needed, but mainly Claire. It seemed like she'd been haunted the most, even though everyone was haunted by this nightmare. When Leon had called earlier today Claire was still asleep, but Chris mentioned that she had another nightmare about that Steve kid. Leon never met this Steve kid, but he didn't want to, and even if he did, he couldn't...because he was dead. But whoever this kid was, he had some kind of thing for Claire and she seemed to blame herself for his death. Even though he wasn't there, Leon bet there was nothing Claire could've done to save him, which is exactly why Leon thought she needed a break. Leon also wondered if Claire felt the same way as he did. Mr. Kennedy developed a crush for Miss Redfield in the past year. Then it struck him. What if only they went on the vacation? He had a plan.

"Woohoo..earth to Leon" Claire waved her hand in front of him.

"Oh uhh sorry" Leon snapped back to reality

Claire smiled "It's fine, but um you want me to call you later or what?"

Leon was so deep in thought he forgot what they were talking about.

"I'll call you" he said, "But uhh...I'll see what I can about this vacation plan of ours"

"Okay" was Claire's response "Well I guess I'll talk to you later then."

She got up to leave, but Leon had one last thing to say,

"Hey Claire"

"Yeah?"

"Lets keep this plan between us okay?"

She looked confused, but nodded.

Leon smiled as she turned and left with Chris. He hoped his plan form just the two of them to go would work, but if not, they'd still have fun all together. As Leon got up and left he thought,

'We'll just have to see what the next few weeks brings.'

Author's Note: Okay I'm sorry it took so long to update, but I'm a pretty busy person. Also I noticed my story seems to be moving very slowly, but don't worry it's just the begining and I plan on fixing that. Well lemme know what ya think and as always constructive criticism is welcome. Oh and also I'll try to get chapter 4 up as soon as possible.