It had been a week until I saw Claire. When we arrived back in the U.S, she went off to come to term with things. I had awoken after she had left, I was taken straight into hospital. I had been sleeping for 1 and a half days. Exhaustion and my broken ribs was another contributing factor. Nevertheless I was out of hospital within 2 days, I got bandaged up and got given some medication to take. Because of my injuries I got a fortnight off. I had to write a report on what had happened, I had to re-live them nightmares. It was only yesterday that I got a call from Claire, to see how I was doing and if I would like to meet up. We had never discussed about our romance since the Antarctica II incident, which is what it has been nicknamed.

We didn't want to go on any silly little date, she said meet up, not date. I invited her round to my apartment, for some easy microwavable dinner! She said we had to discuss 'things'. Probably about the report, she would want to look at mine no doubt. Claire had never been one for report, so I had been told. I only put my casual clothes on, jeans and an simple t-shirt, nothing special. The doorbell soon rang, I was happy to see Claire again. She had a smile on her face, her hair was in its trademark high ponytail. She too was wearing jeans and a simple t-shirt. We both sat down.

"So… how have you been keeping, how's the ribs?"

"Better, I got given 2 weeks off for the injuries."

"Pfft! Lucky I only got a week!" Claire seemed to be back to herself, the fire was back in her light blue eyes. Our general conversation was interrupted by the beep of the microwave.

"Chicken and mash, or bangers and mash?" I brought out the steaming hot plates from the kitchen. Claire laughed.

"Hmm I shall have bangers and mash, Mr Waiter!"

"Seriously! I didn't expect you to have bangers and mash."

"You don't think I'm a bit of a banger now?"

We both laughed at that. Yeah, Claire was back to her ordinary self. I was pleased to see that.

After dinner I took the plates and put them in the dishwasher. I then came back into the lounge area. I sat next to Claire on the couch.

"So I guess I should go and get that report."

"Huh?" She looked at me confused. I then looked at her confused.

"I thought you came to have a look at that report?"

"No, I actually did that a few days ago." She chuckled.

We both sat in silence for a few minutes then. Claire broke it.

"Leon…"

"Mmm?"

"Where does this exactly leave us?" I looked into her eyes. She looked at me. I slowly leaned to her until our foreheads were touching. We gazed at each other until we slowly closed our eyes, taking in each others scent. Our lips soon met. Cherished kiss.

It then became more of a fight when it turned into passion, we couldn't keep our hands of each other. I finally then said.

"Bedroom." I could barely say it.

I woke up next to Claire, as I recalled last nights events, and smiled sleepily. The sun was shining through the curtains. This was a fine day. I sat on the side of my bed and rubbed my eyes. No nightmares came to me last night. We both had a long road to recovery from what we had witnessed in our lives. Claire mumbled a bit.

"Claire, are you awake." She turned over and smiled at me. I stroked her cheek with my hand.

"I love you, Claire."

"I love you too Leon."

"Don't leave Claire, stay with me, we can live together."

"I thought you'd never ask!" She hugged me.

The world was safe once more. I hoped that was one of my last missions. I could relax and maybe even get a job in the police force, hopefully for more than one day. It's like a completely different world from what I knew, zombies and monsters didn't exist before I came upon Raccoon City. It was indeed another world. But now it seems that our lives have turned for the better. I could tell she had a massive smile on her face.

Our fate was sealed. Nothing can stop us, we have been through it all, we are still living, and I regret nothing of it. Ada may have had something over me and Angela may have been a cheap fling but I know Claire loves me and would do anything for me, as would I for her. Here I am now, her neck nuzzled into my neck and my arms around her waist. Everything happens for a reason, and I think I may have finally found them.

Fin

A/N That's it then! Hope you enjoyed it, i sure loved writing it!