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A/N:I'm not english native speaker, so you might find some typos or grammar mistakes, I do apologize for that.
August 2006
Jill: Kind of takes you back, doesn't it?
Chris: To Raccoon City? Unfortunately, yeah. That's where all this started.
Jill: Hard to believe that was 8 years ago...I guess I am getting older.
Chris: You're not the only one.
Jill: That reminds me. I heard you and that girl in the tech department were getting kind of friendly. I didn't know you like them so young!
Chris: Hold on! I don't like them young! I just think when you have a good chemistry with someone, age shouldn't be an issue, right?
Jill: I suppose. (RE5 Gold Edition Unused Speech)
Chris's POV
Being in a relationship was never an easy thing for me. It's never easy for someone with the lifestyle I have. Due to my constant absence at home, I avoided getting into serious relationships for many years. Of course that didn't mean I was lonely, occasionally I did meet some people for just casual nightstands.
However, things changed when I met Laureen. There was something about her that got my attention in the very first moment I laid my eyes on her one day at the HQ. I knew she was younger than me… Way younger than me and for some time I did avoid getting close to her, but slowly my curiosity took over me and destiny seemed to be getting us closer.
I admit that my frequent missions put our relationship in constant on-and-offs, but maybe Laureen's age didn't help much to understand my side, my/our cause that started back in Raccoon City in July 1998.
That night at the mansion in the Arklay Mountains changed our lives forever. It changed our dreams and goals.
Before that night, I consider we did have normal lives despite all the odds of being cops, but still, we did have time to hang out with friends, go home every day, date people… we still managed to have some "normal" routine.
After that fatidic day, I closed myself for relationships. Not because I didn't want to get involved with anyone, but because it wasn't my priority. It did affect my relationship with my own sister as well which got me more distant from her, especially after her own choice to fight the same cause I did, but in a different way. I never wished my sister to go through the same I did, but I couldn't help it. We did have some arguments because of that, but nothing really that big. I guess it's natural for siblings to have disagreements.
However, there was someone else that was always on my side since the very first day we met; Jill Valentine.
Jill became one of the most important and influent people in my life and also embraced the same causes I did. We had an instant chemistry that wasn't necessarily romantic love, but it was something strong. However, it wasn't like we were always together, but our connection always flew when we got near and she was one of the very few people that did understand me or didn't try to boss me or whatever.
I know I did tell Laureen about our only nightstand about 10 years ago, but that wasn't that much of a big deal as Laureen tend to take it once or another.
Speaking about Laureen…She was the first person that I did try start having a commitment since Raccoon. I don't even know how to explain it, but I did have a big attraction for her at the very moment I laid my eyes on her and she made me feel things I didn't remember how it was like in 10 years or so.
In the love matter, I tend to be very slow and that wasn't different with her, but work took my slowness to a new level and also her family matters did affect my approach on her, but if I didn't really have real feelings for her, I wouldn't be so faithful to her among our often absences… However, Laureen doesn't see it that way and maybe because of her age she can't really understand me.
But I admit that lately after a good period into our relationship, the distance got between us once again… Jill and I spend a lot of time together because of our investigation. Laureen takes it to another side and because of her jealous, she sees things where there aren't any. I guess I can't really blame her, I guess I did the wrong move in being so honest and sincere about my past with Jill.
TPOV
It was a night in August of 2006. Laureen was restless in Chris's apartment as he was in a mission with Jill. That night would be the moment when her relationship with Chris would change forever after Chris's drastic change after Jill's death.
Laureen's POV
Our happy moments abruptly changed after Jill's death, it was the event that changed forever our already delicate relationship. Chris became obsessive with finding Jill and got into missions one after another not just to make justice for her sacrifice, but also to handle her loss, which affected me deeply. The little devil always got whispering in my ear that the real reason he suffered so much about her was because he loved her, despite the constant denials.
The arguments between us increased to the level of a long separation that lasted over a year, so I focused on my college.
During that meantime, I got to meet some interesting guys that never led to a real commitment, but working in the same place as my ex Chris never helped me to completely forget him and learning that he used to hang around with other women was a constant that got me in sadness. I still had strong feelings for him and couldn't help the jealous that other women besides me were having him.
However, that situation seemed to be mutual for both of us, since once or another time Chris asked me personal stuff, until one day he proved to be jealous of a coworker that used to give me rides or we went on happy hours after work. That day, Chris asked me directly what was going on between me and 'that guy'. Of course, I played the hard game on him and didn't really answer him the real motive of our close friendship. I liked to see Chris was jealous of my gay friend!
He didn't know that, but I let him wonder if I had really forgotten him or not. A few weeks after that, Chris and I started getting closer again. That was the start of the few on-and-offs into our relationship.
TPOV
Through her college life, so many companies had been approaching Laureen to work in their companies. The reason why the companies were attracted to her was not only because she was good in her field, but because of her amazing looks and high communication skills.
Her father was little angry with her for rejecting the job opportunities and continue working in the BSAA and for rejecting churchmen that he desired for her, instead she insisted in dating Chris.
By the end of 2007, Chris and Laureen reconciled and Chris was impressed with her change in one year. It was like she had become someone else. She stopped complaining about little stuff like she used to and even became more understanding about his absences. However, there was still one thing that still lied in new Laureen, her jealous over late Jill. However, new Laureen seemed to deal better with it which diminished their heated arguments on the subject.
New Laureen managed to get her old boyfriend once again and she was willing to have him by her side for her future perspective.
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Laureen's POV
2008 Christmas was the first eve we spent together since we started dating again. I was the happiest woman that day, besides the fact that that was a rare holiday Chris used to spend home. Usually he always went on missions around that date.
However, what really made the difference was that at that celebration day, Chris was introduced to my parents as my first boyfriend.
I knew my father was displeased with Chris as my boyfriend, but he started being more accepting to the fact I wasn't a kid anymore and had my own life and decisions. However, my father believed Chris was the only man I had in my life. I didn't think I owed him the truth about my sexual life, so I let him think that way. Thank god, Chris didn't mind being my partner in crime for that lie, or should I say, omission?
Things between us finally seemed more stable for a few more months, until 2009 February. I noticed Chris's difference in behavior as there was a supposed info of a woman that apparently was Jill. Dammit, my biggest ghost was haunting again and it didn't take too long for our fights start over. Chris became distant and then on March, Jill was finally confirmed to be alive and was rescued in Africa.
I wasn't happy about it. All the personnel at the BSAA HQs were happy about her return, it looked like a goddess was back. For me, the bitch was back and I wouldn't allow her to take my man from me.
More than ever, the new me would need an upgrade to handle the situation.
To be continued...
Thank you Xaori for the review and the support.
I'm going to put the end of this story in an intentional hiatus to focus more in my main story, Forbidden Love.
Maybe I'll end it on February or March, it will depend on the flow of Forbidden and I can even add an extra chapter after the W... chapter. Well, W is the first letter of the title of the final chapter here xD
Stay tuned...