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The next morning Sheva woke up to the feel of a tiny hand petting her head and singing. Ayanna was singing an African lullaby that Sheva usually sung to her while doing her hair or trying to get her to sleep. Sheva sat there and listened to her daughter sing and quickly felt like going back to sleep but she knew she had to get up so she could get ready to go out today. Sheva slowly opened her eyes to see her daughter's happy face only inches away from hers.
"Good morning baby." Sheva said as she puckered her lips so Ayanna could give her a kiss. Ayanna gave her a quick kiss and told her good morning back.
"I heard you singing." Sheva told her with a smile.
"Did you like it?" Ayanna asked as she moved some hair off her mother's face.
Sheva chuckled at her trying to be just like her and nodded her head. "I loved it. You almost put me back to sleep." Sheva told her as she sat up and stretched. Ayanna sat up too and clapped her hands and her smile got bigger. Sheva looked over at the clock as she was stretching and saw that it was 11:40. She sighed and kicked her leg over the side of the bed and stood up, putting her slippers on.
"We have to get up now so we can get ready to see our new house. Are you excited?" Sheva asked as she picked Ayanna up off the bed and put her down and held onto her hand. Ayanna nodded excitedly and began to drag Sheva out of their room. Ayanna quickly went to the bathroom and then they went out into the kitchen so they could get something to eat. Sheva just heated up some pancakes for them and they ate while talking about the car Sheva was going to get. Ayanna kept on insisting that they get a pink or purple car while Sheva thought about a red or black car.
"We will just have to see what they have, ok?" Sheva told Ayanna as she washed their dishes.
"Ok!" She responded as she jumped up and down, using the counter to hold herself up.
"Someone is excited." Claire observed as she walked in the kitchen.
"Mrs. Claire!" Ayanna exclaimed as she ran towards her and gave her a big hug, actually making Claire take a few steps back from the force. She picked her up and hugged her back.
"Did you sleep well?" Claire asked her after she kissed her cheek. Ayanna nodded and proudly told her "When I woke up Mommy was still sleeping and I was singing to her and she said I almost put her back to sleep!"
"Oh really? Well isn't that sweet!" Claire told her as she put her back down.
"Yeah…" Sheva said with a chuckle as she finished drying her hands. "And now we have to go get ready because mommy needs some extra time to see what she can do to this." Sheva said as she motioned to her face.
"If you're putting make up on for Chris, don't. He already saw you with barely any on and thought you were pretty." Claire said with a shrug as she prepared cereal for herself. Sheva gasped at her response.
"Wait… he said I was pretty?" Sheva asked Claire with a slight blush to her cheeks. She paused for a second and changed her expression. "Wait, no who said I was doing this for Chris? Why can't I put make up on just to look nice?"
"…for Chris." Claire coughed into her fist, trying to hide she said that.
Sheva rolled her eyes and told Claire playfully "I hate you sometimes…" with a chuckle.
"You only hate me when you know I'm right." Claire said quickly and tried to run past Sheva quickly without spilling her cereal, knowing what was coming next. Before Claire could get past her, Sheva reached out and playfully punched her in the arm that she wasn't holding the cereal with earning the stupidest laugh from Claire as she ran to her room to eat and get ready.
Ayanna was giggling the whole time and Sheva just laughed too.
"Come on baby, let's go brush our teeth and get dressed." Sheva told her with a smile as she grabbed her hand.
They went to brush their teeth then Sheva got Ayanna dressed. She wore some blue denim shorts and a hot pink shirt that had some cheetah print sunglasses that had sparkles on them on the front and some simple hot pink flip flops. Sheva let her wear her hair straight down and put a matching headband on her and she was ready to go.
Sheva wore a sleeveless yellow blouse that complimented her skin and some dark skinny jeans with yellow flats. She decided to wear less make up than usual and curled her hair into beach waves. She put on some jewelry that matched her blouse, sprayed on some perfume, and decided she looked decent.
As Sheva was looking herself over in the mirror, the doorbell rang. She looked at the clock on her phone and saw that it was already 2 so it was most likely Chris.
"Can you get that Sheva? It's probably Chris." Claire yelled to Sheva from her room.
"Yeah, I got it!" Sheva responded. She went to go answer the door and Ayanna followed closely behind her, holding onto one of her fingers. Sheva looked through the peephole and saw Chris standing there in a green T-shirt and some dark jeans with a pair of sunglasses on. He looked simple but nice.
Sheva let Ayanna unlock the door and open it to reveal Chris.
"Hi Mr. Chris!" Ayanna said excitedly as she went to hug his leg.
"Ayanna!" Sheva gasped, surprised at her actions.
"It's fine, she's just being nice, huh?" Chris asked as he crouched down to her level to give her a hug and pick her up. Ayanna nodded and smiled at her mom.
Sheva shook her head and smiled. She moved aside so Chris could come in and shut the door behind him. They walked to the living room and Chris plopped Ayanna down on the couch and sat next to her and Sheva sat on the other side of her.
"You look really nice Sheva." Chris told her, "You should wear your hair like that more often." Was he flirting? Sheva could feel her cheeks heating up as she put on a shy smile and replied "Thank you."
"No problem." Chris said returning the smile. He knew what he was doing and could surely see the blush on her cheeks.
"Mr. Chris, can I try on your sunglasses?" Ayanna asked as she tapped his shoulder.
"No Ayanna, leave his stuff alone." Sheva told her once she snapped out of her thoughts.
"It's ok, she can try them on," Chris began to take his sunglasses off but stopped when he earned a glare from Sheva. "Or not… sorry kiddo, what mom says goes." Chris told Ayanna. Sheva smiled and nodded at him. Ayanna began to puff her cheeks and pout.
"Don't even." Sheva looked at her seriously.
"But he said I could!" Ayanna pouted.
"But what did I say?" Ayanna stayed quiet and looked at her feet. "I take that as you understand." Sheva said and looked back up to Chris and he looked at her apologetically as he took his sunglasses off.
"I won't wear mine if it helps." Chris told her as he took them off and hooked it to his shirt.
"You don't have to, she'll be fine." Sheva told him. Ayanna stomped her feet at this and began to puff her cheeks again. Sheva stood up and grabbed Ayanna's hand and led her to a corner of the living room even though she tried to resist.
"You stay right here and fix that attitude. If you don't there will be trouble so I would stand here and be ready to apologize when it time to go." Sheva told her nicely. She saw tears start to roll down her cheeks and wiped them away with her hand and gave her a kiss. "We were having a good morning and I want that to continue so I just want to give you time too calm down so the rest of the day can be fun ok? You know mommy loves you and only does this to help you right?"
Ayanna nodded and wiped away the rest of her tears. "Ok, I'm only going to give you five minutes and I will tell you to come from the corner ok?" Sheva told her.
"Yes Mommy…" Ayanna sniffled. Sheva nodded and sat back down by Chris who looked at her surprised.
"Wow…" Chris said.
"Yeah. Just be lucky she stopped there or you would have seen a very mean side of me." Sheva chuckled.
"I'm sorry about that; I should have taken my sunglasses off when I came inside anyway." Chris apologized.
"You don't need to apologize, Chris. She just gets upset sometimes, but she's little so I can't really get mad at her for it… unless I warned her before then she does it anyway. That she can get in some serious trouble for."
"Oh… I guess I can't really know until I have kids, huh?"
"Nope. But it's really worth it." Sheva said as she looked over at her daughter with a small smile.
"I want some eventually but I want to retire and settle down first." Chris admitted.
"Yeah, I think you would be a great dad."
"Why?" Chris asked with a small smile.
"…Because you know what mom says goes." Sheva said and they both chuckled about it.
"But seriously… you would be a great dad. I can tell just be how quickly Ayanna warmed up to you, she's usually not like that and is very shy. But she just met you yesterday and she already feels comfortable enough to attach herself to you leg and ask you for your stuff." Sheva paused to let out a small laugh and continued. "I guess you just have that aura about you that shows her you're a good guy you know? And it's not just her, it's me too. We clicked so quickly and last night when we were texting I felt like I knew you for a long time, like…I could tell you anything. And usually I don't feel like that when I haven't even known the person for a day! It just scares me… but I know its ok." Sheva admitted and it honestly felt good. She looked up from her hands when Chris didn't respond and quickly apologized. "I'm sorry; you probably think I'm really weird now…"
Chris quickly came out of his thoughts once he heard her apologize. He grabbed her hands in his own, taking a second to see the difference in the size of her hand to his and how small they were before looking at her seriously.
"You're not weird. You're amazing and honestly I feel like I have known you and Ayanna forever too." Chris told her as he looked her in the eyes. They got lost in each other's gazes for a minute and Sheva could feel herself falling for him. It scared her to death because this was all new to her and she just got out of a relationship. Maybe Americans were just really friendly people?
"Mommy? Has it been 5 minutes yet?" Ayanna asked from the corner. Chris and Sheva quickly separated and Chris let go of Sheva's hands. Sheva put a piece of hair behind her ear and cleared her throat before answering.
"Um, yes sweetheart you can come out and apologize now." Sheva told her. Ayanna came scurrying over to them and stood in front of Chris.
"I'm sorry I had an attitude when I couldn't put your glasses on Mr. Chris." Ayanna apologized and gave Chris a hug. He hugged her back and placed his chin on her head and looked to Sheva who was smiling at the two. Chris smiled back at her and ended the embrace.
"I think you need to apologize to your mommy now." Chris told her and she nodded. She climbed onto her mother's lap and gave her a hug.
"I'm sorry for being bad mommy… I don't want to be. I just want to make you happy." Ayanna apologized, her voice quivering like she was about to cry again. She hated being 'bad' and getting in trouble and it made her sad because she didn't want to upset her.
"Oh no baby, you're not bad. Not at all. And you make me so happy by just being you. You just didn't make a good choice, that's all, but it's ok, we all have days where we make mistakes." Sheva told her as she pulled her closer and rocked her. She heard Ayanna's small sniffles and her taking deep breaths trying to calm down. Chris grabbed some tissues off the coffee table and handed them to Sheva who wiped Ayanna's face with them.
"You don't have to cry, baby. Nobody's mad at you." Sheva told her caringly. It took a minute but Ayanna stopped crying and was left with some hiccups. The remainder of the time they sat there trying to get rid of her hiccups and laughing at the silly ways they thought of.
Claire was finally ready by 2:30 and they all headed outside. Chris took Ayanna's car seat and put it in his car while Sheva got in the front seat. Claire was taking her truck because she was going to eat lunch with Leon at work while they went car shopping. Chris helped Ayanna strap herself in her car seat and then got in the driver's seat. The put the house in the GPS and were on their way.
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The house was in a very nice neighborhood to say the least. As they drove around all the streets Sheva saw lots of families out with their kids and was getting excited at the thought of all the new friends Ayanna could make. They finally pulled into the large driveway of the two story white house with a freshly mowed lawn. They all got out of the vehicles and followed the rock path up to the porch of the house where the real estate guy was waiting. He greeted them all with handshakes and unlocked the door for them to go inside.
They toured the 3 bedroom house and Sheva couldn't wipe the large smile off her face. The bedrooms were perfect sizes and so was the kitchen, large and spacious with lots of counter space and a 6 burner stove. The master bedroom had a large walk in closet and the bathroom had a tub large enough to fit 2 people. She was already planning on where to put all the furniture and what color scheme she wanted each room to be.
They made their way to the deck where they could see the fair sized backyard and Ayanna went running around all over it. There was room for Sheva to put a small playground for Ayanna and room for her to have a garden and maybe a small pool also. They went back inside and Sheva signed all of the paperwork then the real estate agent gave her the keys and congratulated her on her new house. Claire left after that so she could meet Leon for lunch and told them she would see them back at the house. Ayanna had begun to complain about being hungry so they decided to grab lunch at McDonalds before they went to the car dealership.
On the way there Sheva was telling Chris about the decorations shw was going to get and how excited she was to paint.
"I think I'm going to do either purple, turquoise, coral, or tan for my room. Which one do you think I should do?" Sheva asked Chris as she looked at paint pallets on her phone.
"Whichever one makes you happiest." Chris told her with a grin. It made him happy to see how interested in designing the house.
"Ugh, you are no help at all." Sheva rolled her eyes and chuckled.
"I tried at least. In my house I had to get Claire to help and I'm glad she did. If it wasn't for her, my house would have no color scheme at all. I'm just glad you didn't see my room." Chris admitted.
Sheva looked up from her phone and looked at Chris with a raised eyebrow.
"What's wrong with your room?" Sheva asked taking an interest in what he had to say.
"Everything… like everything you could possibly think of." Chris chuckled.
"So… you're hiding a dinosaur under your bed who has super powers but you can't expose him to the world because you are afraid that scientist will do tests on him and you have made such a strong bond that you wouldn't even dare to let them poke at him and take samples of his blood to find out where he got his powers fromor how he is still alive?" Sheva asked, looking at Chris innocently and earning a few giggles from Ayanna in the back.
"Wow umm… I wasn't expecting that honestly. I guess I kinda gave too much away because you just found out my biggest secret. I could totally fit a dinosaur under my bed." Chris told her playfully causing her and Ayanna to laugh. "But seriously it's just messy. I was kind of over dramatic wasn't I?"
"Yeah, just a bit." Sheva laughed and looked back at the paint pallets on her phone. A minute later, Chris pulled into a McDonalds and they went inside to eat.
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They sat in McDonalds for about 40 minutes before they left to go to the car dealership. They were currently in Chris' truck on the highway heading there now. Ayanna was in the back seat asleep, drained from playing in the kid's area. While she was asleep, Sheva was telling Chris about Ayanna's father. It made Chris slightly jealous when Sheva explained to him how great of a father he was but he got over it when she began to talk about the divorce.
"He was just getting so secretive and staying out late so I should have known he was cheating on me. The worst part was that he had another family. He had a son who is a year old so he was cheating on me since Ayanna was three. I found out months before about what was happening… I just didn't want to say anything so he could stay with Ayanna but one day we got into an argument and I told him I knew what was happening and about his other family… then he told me it was easier to leave me and be with them and then we got a divorce." Sheva told him sadly.
"Sheva it was really amazing that you stayed with him for Ayanna even though you knew what he was doing. Not many people would do that."
"Yeah… I only did it for her…"
"When is the last time she talked to him?" Chris knew it was none of his business; he just wanted to make conversation.
"He hasn't talked to her since we left…" Sheva told him with a sigh.
"Oh, why don't you call him?"
"Because he said he would call her and I don't want Ayanna to feel forced to talk to him. If she asks to talk to him then I will let her but I won't force her to." Sheva told him truthfully.
"Does she know what really happened?" Chris asked another question.
"Well… not really. She thinks we were not happy anymore and we are not meant to be together. I plan on telling her when she is in high school or somthing, when she can understand what is happening." She told him as she tucked a piece of her curly hair being her ear.
"Oh, that's a good idea." Chris said quietly. Then there was an uncomfortable silence. Chris decided to speak up. He grabbed her hand as he kept his eyes on the road.
"Sheva I'm really sorry I brought that up. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." Chris apologized as he squeezed her hand. Sheva looked down at their joined hands and smiled.
"You don't need to apologize, Chris. It felt good to talk to someone about it."
"I really admire you for what you did Sheva." Chris admitted to her as he caressed her hand. "Thanks Chris." Sheva really appreciated that, it was just the boost she needed. For the rest of the ride, Chris held Sheva's hand and they sat in comfortable silence.
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A/N: Good going Chris ;) haha. Thank you for everyone who is reading and supporting this story!
Leon S.K: Well we have our own opinions. I am going to tell you now, you will never find Leon and Ada stories on my account because I am not a big fan of Ada, sorry. All you will find is Chris X Sheva; I put it in the description so I hope you didn't come here looking for anything other than that, haha. Also, what you said was not considered constructive criticism; you just want me to make a story that is tailored to what you want to read. Telling me my story sucks and my fan fiction name is dumb in not advice. I hope that you know if you were trying to hurt me in any way it did not work. Do not read this story anymore if you want to make rude comments, I don't even know if you are going to see this response, haha. Also I was trying to go for unoriginal so thank you for letting me know I reached that goal Have an amazing day!
~Sheva Redfield
