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J.L.: After a short break, I'm continuing on.

A week later, after the funeral: Jill

The school had held a gathering after Richard's funeral, where most of the students were at now. Our group was sitting at a table in silence, unsure of what to say as Forest held Rebecca close while she cried. Several people would walk by and say their condolences. I just sat there, holding Chris's hand, the scene of that night replaying in my mind.

As soon as Richard's body fell into my arms when I unbuckled him, I knew something was wrong. I struggled a bit to pull him out but Nickholai assisted me. I laid Richard down and noticed that he wasn't breathing. I decided to check for a pulse just as Chris ran up.

"Call the cops...the ambulance...the morgue." Nickholai muttered. I threw Chris my cell, laying Richard down to preform CPR.

"Richard!" Rebecca cried out as she ran up but Joseph caught her and held her back as Chris dialed nine-one-one. I kept up with CPR, but it wasn't working. I sat back and looked at the angle Richard's neck was lying in, and realized it was useless to use CPR. His neck had been snapped, probably from the sudden jerking of the car rolling. Rebecca was crying in agony now, Forest having caught up to the gathering now and helping Joseph hold her back. Chris knelled down to me.

"He's...?" He started to ask. I looked at him and nodded, my own tears starting as I grabbed for Chris.

Classes had been canceled for Richard's funeral and the councilor kept her door open all week. Nickholai refused Richard's car and Richard's family used his college fund to pay for his funeral. Everything was wrapped up otherwise. I stood up and walked over to Rebecca.

"Becca?" I whispered. She sniffed, Forest releasing her so that I could hug her.

"I-" She tried. I pulled her close and placed my lips near her ear.

"I know. Rebecca, we've been best friends since elementary school, all of us have. Look, there nothing we could have done. I know what else you're dreading. We all make mistakes. Little ones, big ones. It was only once right?" I whispered.

"Uh-huh." She said.

"You weren't too serious with Richard back then were you?" I whispered. Everyone was watching Rebecca and me, but they couldn't hear us. For the better too. No one really needs to know that Rebecca cheated on Richard a while back.

"No." She spoke, miserably.

"Well, you made a mistake. A big one. You were serious about Richard...and by being faithful to him while you were serious about him, you were making amends. Becca...You've got a lot of guilt to live with right now and I'm here for you. Just...please...you need to let go, and stop blaming yourself. He didn't know...and you two were really happy together. The best thing you can do for now is to be strong and continue on. Can you do that for him?" I whispered. Rebecca pulled back from the hug and wiped her eyes. She looked absolutely miserable.

"I'll try." She said meekly. I smiled and pulled her back into a hug.

"We'll help each other get through this. All of us." I spoke. Rebecca's small frame clung to me tightly for a second, then released, and pulled back, smiling through the tear.

"Thatta girl." Forest said.

Talent show two weeks later: Chris

Things were still rough, but Rebecca had devoted herself to helping out with school activities, and putting the talent show together. As with tradition in our group, the boys and girls would play soccer to determine which gender would participate in the talent show.

Claire was acting as goalie, while Rebecca was playing field defense and Jill as offense. I stood face to face with Jill, smirking at how intense she looked with black paint smeared on her the tops of the cheeks in a traditional sports warrior look. Her t-shirt clung to her and her shorts had a bit of mud on the bottoms from when she slipped kicking the ball into the goal. Time was almost up and with Forest as the goalie, we had to make sure Jill didn't score another goal or we would be in for over time. Joseph jested and jeered at the girls, earning him a finger from Claire. Several kids from school had stopped by Jill's backyard to watch this yearly game.

"You look a little rough Christopher." Jill taunted, meaning serious business. I smirked, sweat plastering my short brown hair to my head and a bit of blood was caked on my kneecap from a nasty spill I had taken.

"You're looking a bit butch there Jillian." I retorted, her hair tied back in a low ponytail with a few stray hairs framing her face. She stuck her tongue out at me.

"Ready, play!" Dick said, dropping the ball and stepping back as Jill kicked the ball behind her to Rebecca. Rebecca caught it and charged forth as I ran over to steal it. I grabbed the ball from her and charged to their goal, ready to seal the deal on this game. What I didn't expect was Jill being right next to me and trying for the ball right as I turned from stealing the ball from Rebecca. The result was me tripping on her and falling right on top of her. Rebecca nabbed the ball back, and kicked, but the buzzer sounded and Forest caught the ball.

"Chris." I heard Jill say from beneath me. I look down at her lying on her back beneath me.

"Yes?" I asked.

"I like you and all, but get your sweaty smell butt off me." She said and I rolled off her laughing. Joseph was running around with his shirt in his hand, cheering while Claire shouted profanities at him.

"Ha! Take that! Take that! Woo! You lose!" Joseph cheered as Jill sat up and wiped the mud off her arm on my shirt.

"Yeah well just you wait Frost! Our talent shows are always better anyways you dumb ass git!" Claire taunted. Dick shook his head as he held his hands out to assist Jill and myself up.

"Luckily Rebecca's on the production crew." Jill spoke.

So it was left up to Jill and Claire on what they would be putting together. They didn't speak much on it and Rebecca flat out refused to talk about the talent show at all. Dick, Leon and I sat in the front row waiting for the curtain to move on our girls, who would be the next act. Brad and Alfred had gone first, singing a duet. Joseph stood up and left when they started singing, but no one cared enough to leave with him. I had caught up with Jill as she was getting ready before their act.

"Hey." I asked as she sat in her chair, applying a light touch of make up. She was wearing a school girls outfit, and I was unsure why.

"Hey. Came to wish me luck? Haha." She laughed. I walked up and hugged her from behind.

"Your birthday's next weekend isn't it?" I asked.

"You have to ask?" She said, turning around. I saw that her white button up shirt was open enough to show ample amount of cleavage. I kept my eyes on her own azure ones.

"What do you want for your birthday?" I asked. She bit her lip and smirked.

"You." She answered.

"No, seriously." I said. She laughed. Standing up, she ushered me out of the room, but not before I noticed just how short her skirt was and what great legs she had.

I noticed Wesker was sitting beside me, watching the curtains intently, with Ada sitting next to him.

"They won't catch fire even if you do keep staring." I spoke. Wesker turned and looked at me, his shades covering his eyes.

"It shouldn't take this long for them to set an act up." Wesker spoke.

"No..." I agreed.

"Any idea on why Claire dyed her hair blond and cut it short?" Wesker asked.

"I figured she's going through another phase." I answered. Leon grunted beside me.

"She's trying to look like Ada, but blond." Leon spoke. I chuckled. Ada did too.

"What do they have up their sleeves this year? Last year it was a rendition of Moulin Rouge. The year before you guys dressed up like rock stars with you singing...or rather, attempting to sing Detroit Rock City." Wesker inquired.

"They wouldn't tell us...all we know is that it's just Jill and Claire doing it this year and Jill's dressed up like a school girl." I answered.

"A school girl?" Dick asked.

"Rebecca probably put them up to it. She's the one that had Jill wear that outfit at the MTV party." I said.

"Hm. I should probably restrict Rebecca and Jill's play time. Seems like Jillian loses clothing every time Rebecca is in charge of what Jill's wearing." Dick spoke. I blushed, knowing full well that I should thank Rebecca for that. Jill's got a great body. I smiled and felt a light tap on the back of my head, turning to see Dick.

"Sorry." I said.

"That's right. That's my little girl Christopher, and you can just throw those dirty thoughts about her right out of your head." Dick warned. Everyone started laughing at me and I slunk back into my chair.

"It's Rebecca's fault." I said just as Rebecca walked up the row.

"My fault for what?" She asked.

"Dressing my daughter up like some street walker." Dick said. Rebecca giggled.

"Well, it was that or it was nudity." Rebecca said, shrugging and making her way to sit on Dick's other side.

"So when's the show going to start?" Leon asked.

"In a few seconds. I had to make sure I could see this...they didn't even tell me what they were planning." Rebecca spoke.

"Not even you?" Leon asked.

"Oh no...We all know Claire's taste..." I muttered.

"It's going to be some punk song isn't it?" Wesker asked and I buried my face into my hands.

"Well if Jill's dressing up as a school girl, it might be a tatu song...All the things she said? Hey guess what Chris, Jill and Claire really are lesbians...haha." Leon said and earned himself a tap to the back of the head from Dick.

"Shuush, it's starting!" Rebecca said. Sure enough the curtain pulled back, with Jill standing in the spotlight with a mic in her hand. The glow from the light illuminated her, making the tight button up and short skirt stand out. She had the bottom of the top tied right beneath her chest, showing off her well toned belly. The sleeves were unbuttoned at the end and she was wearing high heeled black boots.

"Oh my God..." I muttered out, my jaw dropping. Jill looked down at me a smirked, then smiled at her Dad.

"She is so grounded." Dick said. It was then I managed to take my eyes off Jill to see Claire standing behind Jill, holding her from behind. Claire was dressed up in a baggy black shirt and baggy jeans, with a black baseball cap on her head.

"Lesbians. I knew it." Leon said and got tapped again. Jill sucked in a breath slowly, and I gulped, hoping that no one was noticing the effects of Jill's outfit on me. A guitar solo started, pre-recorded music playing in place of live. As soon as the drums started, Jill grabbed Claire's cap and flung it to the side. Claire's hair was slicked back and she was wearing sun glasses that looked just like Weskers.

J.L.: Sorry, but a cliffhanger! Naw, I'm kidding. Next chapter's coming up. I apologize if the next chapter resembles a song fic in anyway. It's meant to be an event that I've been thinking of for a while. This whole chapter was to show the Friendships Jill has with Claire and Rebecca.