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Two months had quickly come and gone. Helena was already making sufficient progress with her legs and was even able to walk a little ways around Leon's apartment with no hassle. She still needed Leon to support her though every now and again when her legs would give out. Helena felt somewhat disappointed because he had lost a lot of muscle mass in her legs. They looked like sticks practically by the end of the first month when she got to take off her casting. She tried some body building here and there to build up her strength again. It was going to be a long time though due to the heavy loss of muscle mass but she was determined to be in top shape once again. Helena didn't look like a skeleton minus her legs and as much as she didn't want to admit it, she was a bit self conscious .Despite the short comings of her body not being as strong, Helena was happy to finally help Leon out around the apartment. Now and then when he went on some side missions she'd help pick up here and there and even to an extent filed paperwork for him when he was too tired. There were some nights she felt like a domestic house wife which sort of ticked her off, but she was happy to lend a hand since Leon did so much for her. The best part about being with him was she was able to better control her PTSD episodes in such a short amount of time. Also by the end of the two months their relationship was a good full blown platonic friendship. It still pained Helena to know he was still seeing Ada, but she knew this was probably going to be the best she would get to becoming close to Leon. Even though she couldn't be there for him in a romantic sense, she vowed to be there when he needed emotional support much like he has done with her.

Helena managed to go get a drink from the kitchen before gently collapsing onto the couch. She had Leon's laptop out and was going to check her email. As Helena was clicking through she realized Leon forgot to sign out of his. Helena glanced around real quick and couldn't help but want to sneak a peek at some of his stuff. She smirked a bit as she looked through his email. Though she knew this was wrong he did a similar thing to her account last week and she wanted to get back at him. The two of them played like this with one another always trying to find dirt. Helena looked through the junk mail and didn't see anything interesting until she came upon a message from Chris.

Hey-

Jake and Sherry went back to Europe about a week ago. They seem to be doing fine, anyhow hope to see you at the next meeting I think you did pretty well. Oh, and by the way check this link out…don't tell Jill I sent this to you. Tell Helena I hope she is feeling better! It's great to know she's walking again!

Cheers

Chris

Out of curiosity Helena clicked the attached file Chris had told Leon to check out. Helena was quickly taken aback seeing that it was a naked chick. Inadvertently when she tried to click out of it, she accidentally came across a document with porn inside of it. Helena's face flushed as she closed the laptop real quick and turned off the power button.

"I had no idea Leon was into that…and threesomes for that matter. Typical males…"

Helena said to herself as she turned the power back on and logged back in. This time she made sure to go onto her profile. Helena then saw a message from Hunnigan and she immediately clicked on it. Helena slowly began to read the email which contained the results of her evaluation.

Name: Agent Helena M. Harper

ID: 00997

Gender: F

Occupation: CIA/D.O.S

Status: FAILED

Subject is seen to respond strongly to video stimuli. While no PTSD episode occurred it was quite noticeable had the subject been put through more strenuous testing it would have triggered one. Subject also seems to be still too emotionally involved with the death of her sister, and cannot concentrate on basic training. Subject is known for being emotionally involved too much during the exercises leaving her to be a liability. Due to this, we carefully recommend that Agent Harper be suspended until she gets further treatment for her PTSD and a re-evaluation shall take place within a year or so if she continues to show progress by her assigned therapist.

Doctor in Residence: James Kwan P.H.D

Contact Information: Will be emailed to Agent Harper shortly

Job Status: SUSPENDED-NO PAY

Helena—

I am so sorry that this didn't work out…I'm letting you know that Dr. Kwan is a good therapist and I am sure you are going to be able to get through this tough time. I know it seems like a lot considering what you have just been through recently, but please hang in there. I should let you know there is a desk job available here if you want it. Kent may have suspended you, but you are more than welcome to help around the office until you can come back to duty.

Hunnigan

Helena could feel her heart sink as she read the evaluation over again trying to take the news in. She breathed in deeply and could feel her lips lightly tremble. Before she could even begin to even yell or hit the computer out of frustration she heard Leon come in through the door. He was carrying a bag of groceries and his jacket. He smiled at her as he tossed the keys aside and shut the door as he made his way into the kitchen.

"Hey did you have a nice day?"

Helena slightly gulped a bit before responding.

"Yeah I did. How about you?"

"It went alright. All I did was paperwork pretty much on Spokovitch, and gave blood to Sherry's B.O.W defense and research team. I guess I am teeming with antibodies to the Plagas despite being nearly killed by one. They are going to use my blood sample along with many others who survived a Plagas infection to counter attack the Plaga bullets. I guess back there in Europe and in the Middle East those things are popular to use now thanks to Ivan. So everyone's trying to attack it before it gets out of hand."

Leon went over to the couch and could see her hand shake a bit. He cocked an eyebrow and looked at Helena sincerely.

"Hey are you okay?"

"I'll be fine. I need a bath that's all."

"I can go get the water ready for you and—"

"No, I'd rather do it myself."

"O-okay…"

Leon watched as Helena gently propped herself up and got onto her feet. She gently limped to the bathroom and shut the door. Leon could see that the laptop was open and he came over to the couch and took a seat as he grabbed it. He carefully began to read over the email that was displayed. He closed his eyes and sighed sadly. The news really didn't shock him to an extent but he couldn't believe she was put on suspension. Leon's fists lightly clenched he couldn't believe the agency was doing this to her especially after all she had done to set things right. Leon opened up his eyes and glanced around a bit more at the information until he heard a thud in the bathroom. He quickly pushed the lap top aside and got up to go check up on Helena. He knocked a few times lightly before speaking.

"Lena are you okay?"

There was no response. Leon then pressed his ear to the door and could hear the water run down and splash the tub but no trace of Helena was heard of. He concentrated more carefully and could hear her sobbing. Leon gently cracked the door open and found her lying on the ground and saw some things that fell off the bathroom counter. He glanced up and down at her noticing her left leg was bleeding. Leon knelt down and came to her side and noticed it was cut by one of the razors to his shaving kit. He quickly got a towel and started putting pressure onto it as Helena began to speak.

"I fell down and I tried gripping the counter then everything fell on me when my legs gave out."

"Shh, don't worry about it. I'm just concerned for you right now, not the stuff. Let's get your leg cleaned up alright?"

Leon then dropped the toilet seat down and picked up Helena and gently placed her onto it so he could examine her legs better. He kept on wiping off the blood and took notice of the sadness in her eyes. For the last two months Leon could see that she was making excellent progress and that her PTSD was going down. Not to mention she seemed livelier around him. It broke him to see her go back to square one just because Kent basically signed away her life for the time being.

"No matter what happens I'm still going to stick with you until this is all over."

"Leon c'mon let's be real here there isn't much you can do for me in regards to this. I'm almost done healing. You need to be able to get back to your job after all is said and done. I don't want to be a hindrance."

"We're going to get through this. One way or another it will happen. Just because your legs are healing up doesn't mean I am going to abandon you especially not after something like this. Helena, you're never a hindrance in my eyes."

Helena lightly wiped away her face a bit and watched he continued to clean her wound up. She lightly hissed at the contact from the cloth that seeped up the blood. She then focused her attention back onto Leon and observed him for a while.

"Why are you doing this?"

"You hurt yourself so logically I am trying to help."

"No, I mean why are you going through all this just to help me out? Taking me in, helping me out, now you're going to be helping me cope with a job loss… you're doing too much Leon."

Leon stopped momentarily and looked up at her smiling.

"We're friends, aren't we?"

Helena found herself nodding in a mutual agreement with him. They looked at each other for a moment then Leon got back to cleaning up her wound.

"I'd expect you to do the same thing for me."

Helena looked around the bathroom for a bit as Leon bandaged up her leg then shut the bath water off. Their eyes met each other's yet again. Helena could tell he looked like he had something to say, but couldn't find the words at the moment. Leon could feel some tension building up in this throat the longer he looked at her. He got ready to leave the bathroom but soon was stopped as he started to turn the knob.

"I need to ask you something."

Leon real quick turned and faced her.

"Yeah, is something wrong?"

Helena shook her head lightly and worked up the courage. She had been meaning to ask him this for a long time now. For some reason out of all places and timings, she felt somehow this was right.

"Why did you kiss me back in the Middle East?"

Leon found himself freezing as the words escaped from Helena's mouth. She looked at him waiting for an answer, an answer he wasn't sure of. He thought back to it and sighed a bit as he glanced away from Helena. Her gaze was too powerful over him right now.

"I—I honestly don't know."

"Is that the truth or is there something going on?"

Leon found his eyes inching away to meet up at her gaze once more. He could feel his blood turn a bit cold as she looked at him sadly.

"What brought this up?"

Helena looked away from a bit momentarily and stared at the water in the tub.

"I'm sorry; it's just been bothering me. I just wondered if it maybe had to do with why you are going through the trouble of helping me out so much."

Leon found himself turning his full attention to her now. He was determined what to say; even it was going to be hard for him in that moment where he felt weak.

"Helena, I love you as a friend. That I'm sure of and I have a feeling it's the same thing for you. What happened in the Middle East was an impulsive thing. I really don't know what came over me. I think that the adrenaline and the shock from the plane accompanied by our closeness made me do that. I didn't mean to give you any sort of impression. I'm sorry it's been bothering you for this long. I should have answered this a long time ago."

"Thanks for clearing that up finally. I don't want you to get the wrong idea that I want you in that sense. I just needed to know."

Throughout this entire discussion the two of them felt heartbroken. There was so much either of them wanted to say but knew due to the circumstances it wouldn't work out. Helena deep down wasn't sure about having a relationship with anyone let alone Leon now due to her PTSD and Leon yearned for her but still would always still carry a torch for Ada. At this point though, as they could feel the tension between them rise in the bathroom in the back of their minds they were thinking the same thing: say something, say anything…let me know…give me some sort of sign. Nothing escaped their mouths, and little by little they both grew away from it but at the same time there was a slight bit of lust brewing inside of them as they looked at one another. Helena gently propped herself up from the seat and stood up, wobbling a little bit as she got ready to move to the tub, hoping that Leon at this point would take the hint and go. Leon could find his lips slowly starting to move.

"For what it's worth, I really think you're quite beautiful."

Helena stopped before she was going to place her leg into the tub and looked directly at him. She could feel her skin tingle at his words and her face flushed somewhat. She didn't realize it but she was standing for too long and her left leg gave out. Before she hit the floor Leon came over and caught her. As he helped her back up they didn't once break eye contact.

"Thanks."

She lightly whispered to him. Leon held her for a bit and found himself whispering back.

"You're welcome."

Slowly they could feel their faces inch closer to each other. Helena could feel Leon's breath on her face as they continued to get more and more in contact. Their eyes closed and their lips slowly pulled apart.

"Helena…"

"Y-yeah…?"

The bottoms of their lips lightly touched and before either of them could full blown kiss, Leon jolted back as he heard his cell phone going off. They quickly looked away from one another as Leon continued to hear the beeping from the other room. Helena found herself staring back at the tub, her eyes were flushed as well as her face.

"You better answer that."

Leon desperately wanted to ignore the call and just grab Helena and pull her close to him and kiss her with every fiber in his body. He could see though that now she wasn't willing and was even pulling herself back.

"Yeah, I bet its Chris or Hunnigan. Enjoy your bath."

Leon quickly exited out of the bathroom and lean up against the door as he shut it. He lightly tapped his head against the wooden surface. Enough already…it just can't happen. He then went over to the table to pick up the phone, and as he was doing this Helena found herself sinking into the bathtub as he heart continued to race. She then sadly looked at over at the door and then back to her legs. She was getting tired of the mixed messages, but she knew deep down though it wouldn't do any good confronting Leon again about his feelings for her. She then took a deep breath and submerged herself in the water trying to relax and bring her thoughts back to center.

After an hour or so Helena got out of the tub and put her old clothes back on since she had forgotten to bring new ones into the bathroom with her before the bath. Helena breathed lightly as she missed being at her own place. She really liked Leon's apartment though, and it was way better than the tattered little cell block she called a home. It wasn't the same, and she could remember visiting it last month and feeling like she didn't belong there anymore. There was no way though she could afford to live here, and with what happened earlier between her and Leon, Helena knew for certain at some point she would need her own space again to avoid these troublesome feelings that stirred inside of her. As she exited out of the bathroom she began to call him out.

"Leon?"

Helena looked around and couldn't see him anywhere. Helena slowly marched herself into the kitchen and couldn't find him there either. She found a piece of paper on the kitchen table and picked it up.

Something came up with Chris and I went to go take care of it. I'll be back later, call me if you need anything. Don't hesitate. I'll be back home in about a few hours. Don't worry about dinner I'll have it covered.

Helena could feel herself smile as she took in his handwriting. She then limped over to the couch and opened up the laptop once more to take a look at the loathsome message about her suspension. Helena gently closed her eyes and took it all in once more, this time though she didn't feel as bad. Despite everything that has happened to her and despite her life now being tossed around for fun by her own government, Helena knew she had one person at least who cared enough about her even if he didn't show it in the way she wanted. As she waited for Leon to return, Helena turned on the TV and began watching some random shows. Deep down she missed him already, and felt like she was trapped. There would be no way they could be together even if she tried. Over the last couple of months she took notice of the times Leon would sneak off to go see Ada and it normally didn't bother her but after earlier, she began to slightly fall apart inside. Though they were not in a relationship and therefore this didn't constitute as cheating, Helena felt like somehow her relationship to Leon had been breached .Now and again she would glance back at the letter and she could feel small droplets fall from her eyes. A part of her had a feeling he was going to see Chris but then go off to see Ada. Helena crouched herself up into a ball the best she could and silently let everything out.