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Claire slammed down the phone and charged out of her room.
"CHRIS!!"
Chris turned off the TV; he knew what was coming, "Down here, Claire!"
He heard her hurry down the stairs.
"What the hell did you say to Leon?!"
Chris stared at her, "I simply said if he broke your heart, I'd break every bone in his body."
Claire fumed, "Don't threaten MY boyfriend!"
"I just want to make sure he treats you right," Chris defended, his voice steadily rising to match Claire's.
"He treats me just fine! He doesn't need you slamming him against the wall..."
"If he hurts you, he'll be glad I gave him the warning!"
"Warning?! You were strangling him!"
"I was making him listen!"
"Bullshit!"
Chris took a deep breath, "Let's calm down. I know I didn't need to, but I did because you're my little sister and I still want to protect you."
Claire stared at him, caught of guard by his sudden sincerity, "You don't need to protect me anymore. I'm not a child."
"You're still, and always will be, my little sister. And warning the boyfriends comes with the older brother territory."
Claire sighed. She knew he just wanted to protect her.
"Listen, next time, make him listen without slamming him against a wall, okay?"
Chris chuckled and nodded.
"Besides, I was able to take care of myself in Raccoon, what makes you think I can't handle harmless, innocent Leon?"
***************the next day******************
Chris sat there talking to Claire and waiting for the others to show up.
"They're probably trying to get as far away from us as possible," Chris mumbled checking his watch.
"Nah, we got here early cuz my bike is so fast!" Claire said, once again gloating about her new bike.
"If I had known you'd gloat this much about the freaking bike, I never would have gotten if for you."
"Yes you would have," Claire smiled.
"Hi Claire," Leon said, and glanced at Chris, "Hey."
Chris smiled and nodded, "Hey... listen, truce?"
Leon was caught off guard, "Uh...what?"
Claire elbowed him.
"Yeah, truce," Leon was surprised Chris hadn't attacked him; but instead offered a truce. IN fact, calling truce was the last thing Leon expected Chris to do.
"What's up everyone?" Barry walked up to the group, and joined them at the table, "Where's Jill and Rebecca?"
"I'm here!" Rebecca exclaimed, coming up behind Barry, then plopping in the seat next to Claire.
"Let's order food already!" Claire complained.
"We need to wait for Jill..." Chris argued.
Claire and Becky groaned.
"Act your age," Barry scoffed, "Oh, wait, you are."
The guys chuckled and Becky hit Barry lightly.
"Hi everyone!"
They all turned to look at Jill. Chris's jaw dropped.
**Damn! She's never looked so sexy.**
Leon whistled, "Nice outfit Jill."
Claire elbowed him in the ribs.
"Ow!"
"Hi Chris," Jill sat down next to him.
"Hi. You look...umm..you're...uh...beautiful."
**Dammit! Smooth Chris....**
Jill smiled, "Thanks."
"Becky, let's go to the ladies room," Claire said, grabbing Becky's arm, and pulling her away, and nudging Leon.
Barry already saw what Claire was trying to do.
"Leon, let's go to the men's room," Barry said sarcastically, and they both stood up and went to get the pizza, leaving only Chris and Jill at the table.
"I think we've been set up," Chris said.
"I think so too."
There was an awkward silence.
Chris broke the silence, "Listen Jill, I...umm...was just thinking...uh...maybe, if you want, we can go out to dinner sometime? I mean, if you don't have to, we don't have to, but I'd like to take you out sometime..."
Chris shut up. He was babbling.
Jill smiled at Chris, "I would like nothing better."
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Claire slammed down the phone and charged out of her room.
"CHRIS!!"
Chris turned off the TV; he knew what was coming, "Down here, Claire!"
He heard her hurry down the stairs.
"What the hell did you say to Leon?!"
Chris stared at her, "I simply said if he broke your heart, I'd break every bone in his body."
Claire fumed, "Don't threaten MY boyfriend!"
"I just want to make sure he treats you right," Chris defended, his voice steadily rising to match Claire's.
"He treats me just fine! He doesn't need you slamming him against the wall..."
"If he hurts you, he'll be glad I gave him the warning!"
"Warning?! You were strangling him!"
"I was making him listen!"
"Bullshit!"
Chris took a deep breath, "Let's calm down. I know I didn't need to, but I did because you're my little sister and I still want to protect you."
Claire stared at him, caught of guard by his sudden sincerity, "You don't need to protect me anymore. I'm not a child."
"You're still, and always will be, my little sister. And warning the boyfriends comes with the older brother territory."
Claire sighed. She knew he just wanted to protect her.
"Listen, next time, make him listen without slamming him against a wall, okay?"
Chris chuckled and nodded.
"Besides, I was able to take care of myself in Raccoon, what makes you think I can't handle harmless, innocent Leon?"
***************the next day******************
Chris sat there talking to Claire and waiting for the others to show up.
"They're probably trying to get as far away from us as possible," Chris mumbled checking his watch.
"Nah, we got here early cuz my bike is so fast!" Claire said, once again gloating about her new bike.
"If I had known you'd gloat this much about the freaking bike, I never would have gotten if for you."
"Yes you would have," Claire smiled.
"Hi Claire," Leon said, and glanced at Chris, "Hey."
Chris smiled and nodded, "Hey... listen, truce?"
Leon was caught off guard, "Uh...what?"
Claire elbowed him.
"Yeah, truce," Leon was surprised Chris hadn't attacked him; but instead offered a truce. IN fact, calling truce was the last thing Leon expected Chris to do.
"What's up everyone?" Barry walked up to the group, and joined them at the table, "Where's Jill and Rebecca?"
"I'm here!" Rebecca exclaimed, coming up behind Barry, then plopping in the seat next to Claire.
"Let's order food already!" Claire complained.
"We need to wait for Jill..." Chris argued.
Claire and Becky groaned.
"Act your age," Barry scoffed, "Oh, wait, you are."
The guys chuckled and Becky hit Barry lightly.
"Hi everyone!"
They all turned to look at Jill. Chris's jaw dropped.
**Damn! She's never looked so sexy.**
Leon whistled, "Nice outfit Jill."
Claire elbowed him in the ribs.
"Ow!"
"Hi Chris," Jill sat down next to him.
"Hi. You look...umm..you're...uh...beautiful."
**Dammit! Smooth Chris....**
Jill smiled, "Thanks."
"Becky, let's go to the ladies room," Claire said, grabbing Becky's arm, and pulling her away, and nudging Leon.
Barry already saw what Claire was trying to do.
"Leon, let's go to the men's room," Barry said sarcastically, and they both stood up and went to get the pizza, leaving only Chris and Jill at the table.
"I think we've been set up," Chris said.
"I think so too."
There was an awkward silence.
Chris broke the silence, "Listen Jill, I...umm...was just thinking...uh...maybe, if you want, we can go out to dinner sometime? I mean, if you don't have to, we don't have to, but I'd like to take you out sometime..."
Chris shut up. He was babbling.
Jill smiled at Chris, "I would like nothing better."
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