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J.L.: So, with that huge mess behind us, what I have got up for us next? Hm...well...Anyways, another chapter will be up tomorrow, this one was delayed so that I could enjoy my Valentine's day.
Airport at the end of Spring Break: Jill
As Chris held on to my hand and led us out of the plane behind Forest, I kept thinking back on the break.Wesker and I agreed to remain friends...a bullshit lie, but better than leaving early. In the end he brought several girls back to his room, and those same girls would leave in the morning, not bothering to join us all at the breakfast table. Even Forest managed to go out with a girl, the same girl, for a while. Nothing too serious, but all in fun. Joseph kept messing up around girls, and finally gave up, aiming to be the one guy with the lamp shade on his head. Rebecca swapped rooms with Chris for the rest of the week, so every night I got to crawl up next to him and sleep. Nothing as...passionate as the night of the MTV party, but good for us. We exited the plane and crossed the security gate to see My dad standing with Claire, Leon and Ada. I bit my lip, but Chris squeezed my hand.
"They already saw." He whispered back.
"Dick didn't...he was in the bathroom...Claire said he'd eaten bad chili dogs." I whispered back. Richard and Rebecca kissed goodbye as her parents were picking her up, and Richard was driving Forest and Joseph home. Dick walked up, smirking at Chris and I. I cowered back a bit, smiling sheepishly. Wesker strode up to Ada and locked lips with her.
"You two break up again?" Dick asked.
"Yeah." I answered sheepishly, unsure of how he would react. He had the eyes of a hungry wolf who knew you had a broken leg and wouldn't be getting very far because of it. Claire was grinning at me and Leon had his smirk on.Oh my God...we are so busted. Chris tightened his grip on my hand and smiled at Dick.
"Bad chili dogs sir?" He asked. Dick started laughing.
"Yes, bad chili dogs." Dick answered and started for the car. What?! I'm getting off with this? I'm off the hook!? You have got to be kidding me. Claire ran up and rush hugged me.
"It's about damn time! I swear to God it was like watching a train wreck in slow motion!" She said. I rolled my eyes as she released me and started walking with us to the car.
"You kids have a good time I take it?" Dick called back.
"Yeah, Joseph puked on a cute girl." Chris spoke.
"Haha. I remember those days. I see that Weskie kid's already got another girl lined up. He's a bit of a playboy isn't he?" Dick asked.
"A bit." I responded.
"You two do realize that we'll be having a discussion when we get home, right?" Dick asked. I meekly smiled.
"We do now." I said, my voice showing my cringing fear.
Valentine House: Claire
Dick ushered me and Leon out of the kitchen and closed the French doors to it from the living room. I jerked my head at Leon and he went into the bathroom, which was where the wall was the thinnest between us and the kitchen. I need to know what Dick's planning. I leaned against the wall and strained to hear them.
"Dad...I know...I know what you might be thinking...and nothing serious happened." Jill started protesting. Oh man, she's overreacting already...she's probably terrified.
"Sir, It's the truth, you can ask Rebecca, Joseph, even Wesker. Nothing happened." Chris agreed.Rule three hasn't been broken yet. Hah...my brother's still a virgin. I bit my knuckle and held back the laughter.
"I believe you kids, but I want to know how long...that wasn't a friendly peck." Dick said. What?!I looked over to Leon who had his ear to the wall.
"They were together before this?!" I whispered over to him. He nodded. How in the hell did I miss that one!?
"Well...we broke rule one back in September, but we didn't mean anything by it. Claire and Steve were kissing and the only way I could keep Chris from killing Steve was to break it." Jill confessed. I knew about that...but I didn't think they'd hook up because of it.
"Then?" Dick inquired. Jill must be sweating buckets now, but here's the moment I've been waiting for.
"December...on break. When he fell into the lake...that was kinda because we were...distracted by-we were about to kiss and the ice broke." Jill confessed. Ha. I so knew it! They 've been lying...but then what was with the whole Wesker thing?
"Why keep it a secret?" Dick asked.
"I'm leaving June. Jill didn't want to really date because of that." Chris said. Well, that's obvious...
"You're scared of being heart broken." Dick acknowledged.
"Yes." Jill answered meekly.They are so in love.
"Weskie kid." Dick demanded. I bit back the laughter. Dick's so cool when it comes to dissing people we hate.
"We broke rule two a few days before Christmas break ended. Wesker caught us and has a picture on his phone of us kissing. He blackmailed me into dating him publicly in exchange for not telling about us." Jill answered. Wait, the other chick was Jill?! She played it off like she was-that sneaky little bitch. She made me bitch and complain at Chris the whole time!
"Who else knew?" Dick asked.
"Rebecca. I called her one night, asking for advice. I'm sure Leon knew too." Jill answered.
"Leon knew?" Chris asked. I glared at Leon who shrugged.
"How did you know?" I whispered.
"She was over at your house that one night we had sex." He whispered back. No wonder Chris didn't run out and kill Leon. We were kinda loud.
"Yeah, he's been grinning at us like he knew." Jill answered.
"Alright, one last question then...what was with the whole separation thing last month? Something go bad?" Dick asked. Come to think about it, if Jill and Chris were dating, then what happened that they stopped talking?
"Remember when you grounded me for fighting Joseph at the dance? Well, while we were hiding our relationship, and I was publicly dating Wesker...everyone got the wrong idea. Joseph called me a stuck up bitch and said that I belonged with Wesker's group. I realized that I did and broke it off with Chris. I didn't want to, but I figured, it was better then than if I had gotten too close with Chris." Jill confessed. So she did something really stupid, like believe a damn airhead's words.
"Alright. I'm guessing that Spring break was the make up." Dick said.
"I'm really sorry about this Dad." Jill spoke.
"Dick...you know we wouldn't do anything stupid." Chris said.
"You're still going into the Air Force and Jill's registered for college, have you two thought about that?" Dick asked. I rolled my eyes. Well duh. Hello, that half Jill's fight has been.
"Dad..." Jill begged.
"I knew this was eventual. I suppose the day that Ice broke was a metaphor for when the thin ice you two were skating with each other broke. Look, I'm not going to punish you two for this. I saw this coming and if I didn't want it to happen then I would have taken preventative steps...however, I just cannot let you two completely off the hook for lying to me. Curfew is ten, that's as late as he stays. Doesn't matter if Claire's over here too, he goes home. Dates are to be asked for. Yes, I know that you're eighteen Chris, but Jill is still seventeen and until she's an adult you will abide by these rules. Understood?" Dick spoke.Harsh...but Jill's birthday is coming up the end of next month...I doubt they'll take advantage of it though.
"Yes." Jill and Chris said simultaneously. I looked over to Leon who had stood up straight, shaking his head. We heard the chairs shuffle so I ran over to Leon and grabbed his hand, leading him out of the house before we could be caught eavesdropping.
"Don't think I didn't know you were listening in Clarice Redfield." Dick said just as we got to the door. I stopped in my tracks and cringed.
"I uh...need to make sure the bread I was cooking isn't caught on fire?" I tried.
"Wrong. I catch wind of you helping them break the rules and a well placed call will be made to your uncle. Understood?" Dick drilled.
"Yes sir." I answered.
The end of march: Chris
It was a weekend night, and I had managed to get an extra hour tacked on Jill's curfew so that we could go down to the abandoned airport for drag racing. Everyone was here, watching the guy's tear their cars down the drag. Rebecca and Joseph were down here with Jill and myself, watching Forest and Richard clean Richard's mustang up for his race against Nickholai.
"So...think I could pull it off?" Jill asked.
"I'm not sure. I mean, your hybrid only has sixty-three horsepower. Long distance, and I mean really long distance wise it could, but for these short runs, no." I answered as she sat beside me with her head on my shoulder and hand intertwined with my own. Been a few good weeks with her. The school gave her hell with me being her supposed rebound after Wesker, but she told a couple of students to fuck off and they cut the crap out. Then the school started showing MTV's taped show of spring break's infamous party during lunch and it was slightly hellish with the amount of wolf whistles Jill got.
"Nevermind that. The important thing is that Richie's up next!" Rebecca cheered, running up from her seat to the starting line to be the flag dropper. Jill stood up, and ushered me up as well while Joseph yelled his brains out.
"You'd better win you good for nothing punk!" Joseph yelled out and Forest flipped him the bird. Richard waved at us and blew Rebecca a kiss. I wrapped my arm around the small of Jill's back, having a bad feeling.
"Something's going to happen." I whispered.
"Bad?" She asked.
"I dunno. You have your cell phone on you right?" I asked.
"Yeah, Dad makes me carry it all the time now. Claire alone at home or something?" She asked.
"She should be, but Leon's over there probably." I said.
"You'll be an uncle before you get out of boot camp." She jested.
"That's not funny. Leon's a punk." I said and she punched my shoulder lightly. I looked down at her. Music was blaring from the car stereo's. It was a strange mash up too.
"Calm down. Steve will be back in May, remember? I highly doubt Leon'll be a jerk towards her when the competition comes back." Jill said. I rolled my eyes and kissed her lightly. We turned our attention to the drag. Nickholai was flicking Richard off, revving his jaguar up.
"Play fair now boys, or you both lose your pink slips!" Rebecca called out and Nickholai returned his attention to the drag.
"I still have a bad feeling." I whispered.
"It's only nine thirty, I'll be home in time." Jill spoke, trying to calm me.
"Alright! When the flag drops, you know the drill! First to the hazard line and back gets the other's car!" Rebecca called out.
"My car has good handling though." Jill spoke.
"Alright, You could probably win the cone course..." I submitted. She smiled brightly. I hope this relationship lasts. I'm really glad we're open and enjoying it. I think I should look into an engagement ring before I leave in June.
"And go!" Rebecca screamed. The cars pulled off the line with Nickholai in the lead. They charged down, and Nickholai pulled far ahead enough that he whipped around on the hazard line first. Richard's going to lose his car. Richard's car gained a spurt of speed and went to whip around on the line just as Nickholai had done, but within an instant, the car flipped and rolled off the track. Nickholai slowed down and stopped mid track, jumping out of his car, racing to Richard's car.
"Shit." I heard Jill mutter as she took off running. Rebecca stood frozen in place. Is he alright? Jill reached the car, everyone else standing there, not sure what to do. Nickholai ripped the door to the car open, as it was upside down and Jill slipped in, to unbuckle Richard. She pulled him out with Nickholai's help and I was running towards them. I stopped short, walking up was I saw Jill holding Richard close. No.
"Call the cops...the ambulance...the morgue." Nickholai muttered. Jill threw me her cell, laying Richard down to preform CPR.
"Richard!" Rebecca cried out as she ran up but Joseph caught her and held her back as I dialed nine-one-one.
J.L.: Ouch. Well...I was planning on something like this, was going to make it happen in November, but I decided to put it off. So...as with tradition in every school, you always have that one senior who doesn't graduate. A touchy subject really, so I'll understand the anger. Happened in my junior and senior year. In my senior year it was a pregnant girl who didn't make. I felt really bad for the girl's boyfriend, because he was really looking forward to being a father. Anyways...Next chapter hopefully...think I'll take a break. Also, in case you still don't get it, Richard's dead.
