Hi guys, thank you all that have been reading this. I really appreciate it. Thank you the ones that have been reviewed and helped me out with things. And as you can see there was a change in the text format and I'll try not to make it confused since I'm not that used to this type, so if you don't get anything, let me know that I'll explain without a problem. I hope you like this one and sorry for any misspelling or confusing passage.

"Chris, I'm really worried about you, you're distant and I don't recognize you, tell me what's going on" Sarah said sitting in front of him at his office

"Why do you care? As far as I remember you weren't that much caring back then too" he finally spoke after a while in silence

"I was young, I've changed, but I know you and you act like this when you're very upset by something you try to understand, just tell me a bit of what's bugging you that much or if you don't so stop acting like that or you will screw anything in our missions due to you are alienated from reality which is not your way to be" Sarah had a firmer tone

Chris sighed as he agreed with her so he finally decided to take it out of his chest. It seemed right for him now to allow some help

"It's Jill" It was a simple affirmation

"And here we go again…" she interrupted him

"Just listen, I'm not finished yet" he stared at her and she nodded

"Jill and I are not in our best times in the relationship for quite a while and to be honest I'm more concerned with this war we're into than focused into emotional relationship drama. I know I may not be totally right, but I just think how to have a family in a crazy our like ours now. It's hard for me to accept it easily and act like nothing happens. Wesker is out there planning whatever he wants to destroy and we have no clue and all of sudden Jill gets pregnant and friendly with someone else…" he moved his hands as Sarah noticed a simple detail

"Friendly?" She asked suspicious and at the same time she knew the real problem

"Yeah!"

"With who?

"Kennedy" he mumbled

"Oh, you're jealous…"

"I'm not jealous!" he protested

"Yes you are"

"It's not jealousy, but what a friend he is… Everybody knows his fame, but she seems to really enjoy it"

"Why are you concerned, Jill is not that kind of person. You two have a solid relantioship…"

"I'm not sure anymore. I feel in a dead end, in my last breath to make this work, but she's not doing her part. I feel like I'm losing her and I don't seem to know how to stop it, I'm so tired of fighting and fighting… I need a time for me, or at least in this "solid" relationship we used to have" he said as he stood up and stepped close to the window

"So take it" she followed him with her eyes

"She's pregnant, a delicate pregnancy in fact! I feel like I'm the selfish here if I say "hey Jill let's talk, I need a break of our relationship, anything you need you can call me, I'm your friend and the father of the child", that's not really an option for even though I've thought about it many and many times when I go home"

" I got it" She came closer to him

"I love her Sarah, I really do, but… I really need to clear a little bit my head. Does it make me a bad person?"

"Of course not. Relationships are complicated, it's natural to want some fresh air, but if she loves you she'll understand you. And to be honest, it might be better for both of you when you return and your relationship will be as fresh as new" she gave a support smile

"And if I don't return?" he stared at the horizon

"Honey, one step at a time!" she placed her hand on his making him turn his face to her

"I mean it"

"Not to return?"

"I am confused…"

There was a silence and both got staring at each other. Chris was very confused and that silence tempted him somehow and he wanted to know what have changed, of course there was a battle inside of him since he was theoretically in a relationship, but at the same time he didn't feel like it.

Many things crossed his mind, Sarah was now a very different person and she was being the one who he missed about Jill, support. He didn't know where they have missed that. Jill and the baby were always in his mind and so it was the BIO weapons. There was too much pressure around him and right now Sarah was his comfort spot, his safe place. He enjoyed been with her and he had to fight against with their own past and his current present.

Sarah also had an important role in his life, in fact, they were engaged and to be honest, Chris was still trying to find the answer why they didn't work, youth? Maybe. But now they're grown up people and what he thought was the right person was turning out not to. Damn, he was very confused.

All of sudden Sarah let go of his hand and gave her back to him and left his office. Chris felt like calling her, but he had to keep focused on whatever they were working on. By experience he knew getting involved with current partners wasn't a good idea. So he just watched her go and took a deep breath. He had a decision to make, so he had to think straight and cold headed. Well, coldness wasn't much of his best skills though.

Leon returned to his office room and didn't like at all to see who was sitting there, Emily. He kept it cold, but his blood fevered only in the mention of her name. He entered and completely ignored her presence and acted like he was alone. In the other hand Emily observed him moving around the room.

"Any news on the subject?" He finally spoke referring to work

"No"

"So what are you doing here? My office turned into spa?" he couldn't help his sarcasm, and it was the best of him in the situation considering their past. So it was better him keep ironic than maybe lose his temper

"Actually it did" She knew how to provocate him

"Is it really necessary to repeat myself again that if you don't have anything related to work to talk to me you shall not come near me?"

"Cut the crap Leon" I'm here because I know if I call you, you won't answer me

"Well, I'll answer you if it is WORK related"

"I'm not finished yet! Leon, please, let's work it out. But this isn't the place to talk about it, so I'm here in peace and proposing you a decent meeting for both of us let go of this situation and work on it as adult people"

"You want talk, so let's go outside and you'll talk!"

"After shift I accept it" she had defiant eye

"I can't tonight"

"Why not? Running away again?"

"Busy!"

"Another chick, I see…"

"Who are you to judge?"

"Not judging… I just know you enough to know that it's always about a chick"

"The saint casting stones…" Leon smirked

"Fine, probably is the same chick of your lunch that you'll probably "dinner" her, so tomorrow we talk, ok?"

"We'll see" Leon felt the sarcasm and evil eye she had and replied coldly

Emily frustrated left his office, but kept her composure in front of the others who watched their play. Meanwhile Leon sat in the small couch and took a deep breath. He had a lot in mind and time was running fast making it harder to keep it cool.

It was 6PM and Jill was taking a shower to meet Leon. In a way she felt better as the first step was done that was to tell him about the pregnancy, now they were going to discuss on the details the surrounded it and most of all, how to tell Chris. If it wasn't her delicate pregnancy or even if she wasn't pregnant it would've be easier to come to terms and solve it once and for all their relationship, or the few it was left.

And now she realized how much she allowed things to get the bad as they are. But the signs were always there, but been in love or attached makes you blind to see it clearly. You think its temporary and that it will pass, but it doesn't. The truth was that both had their contribution in it. The negligence, the attachment, the need. However life is not a fairytale and the end was inevitable if both didn't change, something that didn't happen.

She was decided to come clear with Leon about her feelings and thoughts, she had to take it out of her chest before it destroyed her. She had someone else growing inside of her absorbing that energy. If Leon kept it cool as he did in the day, it would be easier for her to think better in her decisions. Perhaps Leon could help her on that since Claire probably would turn to her brother's side.

However with all the problems, Jill felt happiness feeling her baby growing inside of her. A new hope, a new motivation to her fight. Being a mother made her stronger than she could ever expect she could be.

She left the bathroom and was putting on her clothes when she got scared as she saw Chris arriving home that early.

"Hey" she said suspecting his attitude

"Hey, are you alright?" He asked as he remembered how she woke up in the morning

"Yeah"

"The baby?"

"Is fine too" She smiled

"Going somewhere?" he asked curious

"Yeah, why are you here so soon?" she couldn't disguise her surprise

"Ended my shift, why the question?"

"Nothing" she turned her back

"Hum, where are you going?" he observed her

"Going for a walk"

"Alone?"

"No, me and my baby"

"And Leon" Chris affirmed

Jill gave him a look and saw him staring at her defiant.

"Yeah, is that a problem?"

"No problem at all, best friends should spend time together…"

"You want to say something, just say it!" she couldn't handle it much longer

"No, I've got nothing to say, go talk to your friend and then we talk. I know when I'm not priority in someone's life"

"Yeah, I make your words my own about your precious Sarah and the neglectful boyfriend… but that's what friends are for, give attention and make you feel special"

"Jill, seriously, let's not start it again. I mean it. Go to your appointment and then we'll talk. I can wait. I'm not being ironic."

"Yeah, you're right, we have to talk" Jill took her handbag and left the bedroom, she had a lot to spill out of her chest, but right now it wasn't the time for it, but she knew it was getting closer and closer the time for the real talk

Leon was waiting in front of his car as he saw Jill coming closer in fast steps. He got worried when he saw her face nervous and trembling.

"What happened?" He held her

"I can't do it anymore…" the tears started coming out of her eyes

"What did he do to you?" Leon's blood fevered in imagining what Chris could have done to Jill for her to be like that

"Let's get out of here, please"

"Ok" he opened the passenger's door for her and they drove off

"I hate being so vulnerable like now, I hate it!" she murmured

"What happened?"

"I had so much to scream at him, but I just couldn't because of the baby…. His sarcasm, irony and neglect is just disgusting. I never expected that from him…"

"What did he say?"

"He once again called you my best friend. He came earlier to spy on me. He was cold and a jerk… It would be easier if he just exploded like he always did and end it up…"

Leon just listened to her

"He speaks as I'm the only problematic. He doesn't see that he's as much as neglectful as before. And now walking around with Sarah just makes it worse… Once again I'm living it and seeing how much different he becomes when she's near him… But you'll see, when he gets tired of her he'll try on me again, like he always does…"

"And what do you intend to do?" Leon asked serious

"I'm done! Now it's not only about me anymore, I'm a mother now"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, you doubt?" She stared at him

"No, but when your nerves get back to normal maybe things will change…"

"No Leon, I mean it. This isn't about my nerves, I just realized that before that mess that led me to sleep with you, Chris and I didn't exist anymore as a couple, we were just pushing it. Always arguing and accusations…"

Leon stopped the car in a parking lot, but they didn't leave the car

"And what about the baby?" He asked

"Haha, the baby? The baby is my baby and whoever the father is… I'll solve my life and raise my child as well…"

"What do you mean whoever the father is? You really don't know who the father is?" he asked confused

"No, I told you"

"What about the weeks? And all those math?"

"Leon, that's what we have to talk about… I know I may sound like a whore and slut, but… I didn't wish that. We both know it happened between us, but we can't ignore that I was in a relationship until that night… Obviously it had ended until I got drunk, but you know what I mean?..." she in frustration

"Yeah… sleeping with your boyfriend was a natural act… I get that"

"Yes, but it was a short period of time, so I really can't know it until the labor… Still though I feel like a whore" she sighed and looked down and the pain in her soul could've be seen on her composure

"You're not a whore"

"Don't be nice to me"

"I'm not. If you hadn't got pregnant it wouldn't be that unusual. People get sad and drunk and do shit. Especially after a break up. The only difference is that you got pregnant."

"Why are you doing this to me? I don't get that"

"Jill, I know that you feel you don't deserve it… I'm not playing the great guy, I just know how it is to be in your shoes…"

"Did you get someone pregnant? As far as I remember you said it wasn't your child"

"I'm not talking about her pregnancy, but the act… Remember that I was late for Raccoon?"

"Uhum"

"So… I was devastated for the obvious reasons I told you… I ended up drinking and sleeping in a motel… Do you really think I was alone?"

"No!"

"Exactly… so what's the difference between you and me? We were both single at the messy time, does it make us cheaters or something like that? In my view I don't think so. We were hurt and broken and it just happened… Nothing planned"

She smiled softly and placed her head on the window and sighed "I wish he could see it like that…"

They stood in silence since both knew the answer for it. One thing was for sure, Chris Redfield made justice to his fame as a hot headed man.

"But I'm with you" He broke the silence

"Thanks, but… Why?

"Why what?" he was confused

"Why can you be so understanding like this, I mean, besides sharing the same situation I did, why do you do all that you do even before I told you this?"

"It's simple. Because I care about you… didn't you see that?"

"Why did you never show it before?"

"Did I have the opportunity?"

"No" she laughed at that

"You may not believe, but I respect other people's relationships. I'm not like that, like people think I am."

"I know… you're a good guy dressed in a bad guy air" she smiled

"Maybe…" he smiled back

"You know…" at this moment her heartbeat was really fast and she was nervous to say what she had to say, even though she didn't know how exactly to say that. However she felt it was the moment for her to open herself and come clean once and for all with Leon.

"You know…" he said almost at the same time as her and she stopped to listen to him, "I learned to pay more attention at you, I mean… The brave person and the delicate one in a great mix… I know it's not been easy for you lately and you're trying your best to keep everyone cool, but I think it's a vain sacrifice…"

She looked serious and also in agreement

"But eventually someone will get hurt, or even everyone in a certain way… But it's time to be a grown up and assume the consequences. There is no victim in this story and whatever happens I want you to know that I'm with you… I learned to respect you so much and… and care about you so much that I'll take whatever it takes to be with you… And I won't let go! No matter the role I have in the baby's life, I care about the two of you" he held her hand and looked determined in her eyes.

Jill was speechless and her heart beating so fast and her blood heating. She felt strange, but in a good way, she felt safe, recomforted, she felt that she could trust in that man's words, she felt honesty in him and in a long time she felt alive again. She couldn't help the happiness tears forming in her eyes and the simple word came out of her mouth in a whisper…"Thank you" and she smiled gracefully

They agreed in gesture and she placed her head on his right shoulder and he embraced her and placed his head on hers as well. What she had to say would stay for later, now all they did was to enjoy each other's presence and in fact, words weren't that much necessary as their chemistry did it all and they could feel permission coming from both sides.

Chris was restless as his feet moved nonstop. He checked the clock and thought of calling Sarah, but Jill could arrive at any minute. In fact, she was the one who was the object of his concern. He couldn't take their current situation any longer, they had to solve it once and for all and of course at the baby's sake too. But the serious talk had to be made and it wasn't any easy for him to deal with it since the memories crossed his mind, the good and also the bad ones. Every place he looked at now, seemed to remind him of the history they had and once again, like sand falling down the hands, it was happening again, but somehow it really felt like the last stand.

Chris wasn't given too much to emotional breakdown, but he wasn't an insensitive guy as well, much more the opposite, he was very protective on his loved ones and to end a long term relationship wasn't that simple, especially with the partnership they've had. Not only in personal matters, but also in the field. Indeed, their partnership was very envied for many people; they were seen as the perfect couple… "At least in the field"(he thought), but currently that wasn't really their portrait.

He still cared for Jill, but after a long time living with someone, doubts cross your mind about what this really is. Doubts and insecurities seem to have more strength and it isn't that easy to let go of it and especially under circumstances like past ghosts. Well, it should be past, but what if this past doesn't feel like past, but feels much more livid and current that you cannot even be sure of why it had ended, or if it really ended… the eternal graves.

Ghost and grave, two words that doesn't seem like to have death, since ghosts return from their tombs and Sarah suited it well. Chris also remembered their memories, great ones in fact and it felt like been livid once again. He missed those times, their bare marriage, maybe she was the love of his life, maybe not.

No matter what role she had, what Chris missed was to be happy again and he knew that to be happy he had to fight for it... To close what had to be closed and to live what had to be lived. He took a deep breath and heard the key noise at the door. His heart accelerated at it, but he maintained his cool and waited for Jill to enter. He sat on the couch and their eyes met for a brief second as she entered and closed the door.

However that glimpse had said out loud what was about to happen. Their mouths got dry and once again they sighed.

She stood next to the counter as they faced each other.

Well guys that was it for now. Things are heating up and I hope you liked it. Sorry for any inconvenience and until the next one. Any suggestions are welcome.