Disclaimer: yeah, yeah. Note: Ugh, I feel totally intimidated by the better
author's right now. Oh and....Gowd Damnit Fine! :p Leon/Claire, but don't
say I didn't warn you that I sucked at writing on that relationship.
"Hey Claire, are you ok? You're amazingly quiet", Leon said from behind Claire, pulling her out of her thundering thoughts.
"Huh, yeah. Fine", she nodded only half-aware of what she was saying.
A chilling breeze passed over them. Claire shivered softly and realized how numb her body was beginning to feel out in the cold and dry air. She gazed out at the road in front of her, waiting for Chris to return with the cozy enough van. Another shiver, and than warmth.
The warmth startled Claire a bit and she turned to look up and see that Leon had put his jack over her shoulders. A worried look was worn on his face as he held a gaze locked on her.
"Are you sure nothing is wrong?" He asked again.
"I-wish I could tell you everything, but it just isn't that simple right now", Claire whispered.
It would be more than wrong to go and tell Leon what happened to Jill, especially after Jill herself had refused to do it.
That wasn't the only thing that had begun to plague her mind and thoughts though. There was also the thought of her bit of jealousy towards Jill in fact. She couldn't help but envy how the slightly older woman already had her handful of men whom she could easily decide to date at any second. None of them would reject Jill since it was obvious that they wanted nothing more than to date her, actually that was probably false, sex was probably wanted more than the dating, but either way. Claire couldn't help but wonder if Leon was into Jill, he hadn't really showed it much, but none the less it bothered her already.
Shame covered over Claire like a sticking sheet. How dare she even think of something so stupid and crude about Jill after what had happened out in the yard. That stinking Denny. Claire tightened her fists until her knuckles turned a pale color, and narrowed her eyes at the ground. That Denny-
BEEP BEEP!
The loud shrill of a horn sent Claire tumbling over to the ground in shock, "Christ!"
"No, no, it's Chriiiis", her brother laughed from inside the van that was now sitting in front of her. He gave a quick wink to her as she got up and pulled up the passenger door.
Leon jumped into the seats behind the other two and turned to Chris with his following words, "That was fast. Did Jill decide that she wanted Carlos to take her for the big firsty instead?"
"Take her where?" Claire chirped out and squinted her eyes at him.
Leon and Chris both looked at her in awe as if she had began speaking in an ancient language or something close to that.
"Oh! Uh, wait. You mean she really is a virgin?!" She squeaked, causing both men to blush a bit.
"No, I think that's just a lie she made up but, uh, are you ok Claire? You're acting, well, different." Leon spoke slowly.
"Yes, yes, I'm fine just. Slow I guess", Claire shrugged.
"Yeah right, and smoking cures cancer", Leon chided.
"Hey, don't go on about smoking again, Protestor-Leo. I'm happy being a 'fag sucker'? Was that what you called it?" Chris commented before Claire could even open her mouth in argument.
More argument burst out between the men and Claire merely bowed her head down in constant thought. It was one of those rare occasions where she actually stayed focused in her little world without having to have a naked guy, preferably Leon, running around in the background of everything.
"Ugh!" Claire gasped out. She had just begun to see what she had thought. It was settled, she had a crush on him. Damn luck.
"What? Forget something?" Chris replied to her stricken cry.
Bad move, bad move: was all that went through Claire's thoughts then before she answered in a chopped voice, "No! Uh, nothing, nothing, just drive."
With a quick odd stare from Chris, the topic was dropped at once from Claire's obvious embarrassment.
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The trees whistled a little tune as they swayed with the wind that was beginning to speed up ever so slowly. Leaves from the trees broke off one by one and floated along the ground until they hit the ground where they began to tumble about the roads.
"Ah, back! And we beat Rick after all", Chris cheered.
"Yeah! We rule! Wooooo!" Leon howled out with Chris, before the two laughed out.
"Claire?! CLAIRE?!"
"What?! Damnit can't you see I'm thinking here?!" She snapped at once.
"Woo, must be that time of the month", Leon whispered to Chris, who gave him a soft chuckle in return to his comment.
Claire slipped out onto the pavement silently without a second glance at the guys as she walked up to the porch, making sure that she stopped each foot with great strength on each step.
"I'm going to spend the rest of the night asking her what's wrong, and you're going to spend the rest of the night trying to get into someone's pants deal?" Leon said with his now-becoming-famous-grin worn proudly across his face.
"Haha, ok deal, whatever you want, but I'm not reporting anything to you", Chris taunted, "You have to get your own damn sex life and stop leaching off everyone else's, while I'm continuing to get my beloved head and fan mail."
"Fan mail, from what fans?"
"Various girls, slash, women."
"Sherry and Rebecca doesn't count now Chris", Leon poked.
"Shut the hell up and go hang out with Claire already", Chris barked.
"Do I get to plaaaaay with her?"
"NO!"
"Fine, fine", Leon mumbled in between his laughing as he walked over to the porch to sit with Claire.
"Bye!" Chris waved as he stepped back into the van and pulled out of the parking spot again.
Claire's eyes followed closely on the dull blue vehicle until it ducked behind a corner, and she could no longer see it through the trees and buildings.
"Sheesh, you're cute when you're mad", Leon said sarcastically as he sat next to her.
The blank look on Claire's face changed to a cold frown, and immediately Leon reached out and rubbed above her eyes. Claire stared at Leon blankly again for a moment before he answered the question that Claire was asking in her mind.
"You're eyebrows. They're broken", Leon smiled, "had to fix 'em."
Claire returned the smile, quite pleased by the cute answer.
"Hey, uhm, by any chance", Claire started to speak but paused for a moment to see if Leon was paying attention.
"Yeeeeeeees?"
"You're not attracted to Jill, or anything, are you?"
"Huh?! You mean am I in love with her?! God no! Even if I wanted to, I'd have to fight the evil dragon named Chris Redfield aka your brother, just to get her, and I don't feel like being a knight", Leon said emphasizing each word perfectly to add more humor.
Be my knight then, Claire thought quickly, but shook the thought off.
"Damnit Leon, I'm trying to be serious you, you, poker-head", Claire growled, a frown back on her face.
"Poker-head? Geez, I'd prefer asshole over that", Leon laughed his taunting laugh at Claire's "insult".
"Fine! Asshole!" Claire spat before standing up and moving to the other side of the porch.
Silence over-threw them both and Leon tapped his fingers together thinking of a comeback that wouldn't piss Claire off too much, or maybe not at all. But instead he stood up and slowly approached Claire from behind. She showed no sign of knowing he was behind her so he took the opportunity to grab her from behind and twist her around.
"Baah!!! Leon!"
"Kiss me!" He said in a cheesy French accent before laughing again.
Claire pursed her lips and licked them quickly. Without much thought in her next move, she leaned forward and gave Leon a peck kiss on his cheek.
"Oh, now what is this?" Leon faked a gasp, "you, you, oh my god, oh my god, you just kissed me, does that mean you want to date me? Does that mean you don't think I'm fat? Do these shoes look ok on me?"
Laughing rang on and on through Claire's ears and all she could do was roll her eyes and push Leon off her with a mumbled "jackass" as she stamped down the steps of the porch and began a walk down the street to nowhere in particular.
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The room was dark when Jill opened her eyes again. Her stomach had settled, but her head ached a horrible hell. She sat up and leaned forward with her cold hands pressed against the sides of her neck as she lowered her head down to her knees and let out a groan of pain.
It didn't help none that the people in the room behind her bed were banging each other like the drums of war. In anger Jill slammed her fist against the wall a few times and screamed at them to either to shut up or to stop sounding as if they were both being killed slowly by a mad man with a dull bladed axe. Which was now what Jill wished she could have at the moment, either that or a nice long saber so she could slice off the guy's-
"Jill?" Chris's voice sounded from the door that had just opened up.
"Chris! I didn't hear you come in", Jill blushed.
"Heh, with those couple in there strangling each other, I wonder how you could have even slept any while I was gone."
Jill blushed a bit harder, not wanting Chris to get any ideas of anything besides sleeping going on in here while he was gone.
The pulsing bang from the wall slowed to a final bang and than silence.
"Wow, that was quick. Must have been a shitty guy", Jill mumbled.
"Ha!"
Chris sprawled out on the other bed that was still neatly tucked.
"How are you feeling?" He asked, staring at the ceiling.
"Dizzy, headache, that's about it though", Jill answered.
"Are you hungry?"
"No."
"Do you feel like puking some more?"
"No?"
"Are you sure?"
"Chris, please", Jill spoke wearily.
"Oh sorry."
Chris looked down at his laced boots and then up to Jill. He was still somewhat worried about her, even though she seemed to be taking everything well now. Such a strong woman. Such a beautiful-
"Hey, how, uh, was Claire?" Jill said breaking the tension.
"Oh, she's acting so damn weird. I think something's wrong. Any clue?" Chris said in a bit of awe.
"Not sure", she answered a little to quickly.
"Oh."
He sat up on the side of the bed and glanced up at Jill before moving over to sit next to her. He slid an arm across her back and held her to his chest, still a bit careful not to make her any sicker than she was, he shut his eyes ready to fall asleep right where he was-
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A soft moan of pleasure escaped from Jill's lips as Chris leaned against her, his weight pressing down on her slightly more every so often. She felt him stir a bit, then the extra weight vanished.
"Jill?" Chris sounded a bit confused.
Shit, was the first word that came to Jill's mind. Caught in the act of lusting with one's mind, damn also came to mind next.
Thinking quickly, but coming up with nothing Jill gave in to her lust.
"Fuck it", she grumbled to herself.
As quick as she could, Jill pushed Chris to the floor and sat on top of his stomach, she leaned in carefully (her head still throbbing in pain) and pressed her lips to his. Her tongue swiped at his cheek and lips. They broke apart for a second and Jill moved back in and pushed her tongue past his lips where she was rewarded with the heat and wetness of his own tongue.
"Mmm Jill", Chris moaned into her lips, beginning to feel the same lust that had over come her.
Jill forced her tongue deeper into Chris's mouth, desperate for more, before the wonderful taste disappeared, along with the feel of everything. Jill felt herself drop to the floor as she watched Chris jump to his feet, obviously not liking what was taking place right there.
"What-What's wrong Chris?" She asked nervously.
"No, can't go there. I didn't bring you here to have sex with you", he gasped for breath.
"I know you didn't! So there's no problem", Jill said as she stood up and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"You don't understand, you don't", he said before pushing her arms off of him, "just, sleep, now, maybe, please?"
Jill nodded, beginning to feel the sting seer her heart. A wave of sickness came over her again, but she swallowed back on whatever came, hoping not to embarrass herself further in front of Chris now.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do anything wrong to you", she pleaded with him.
He laid back down on the bed and kicked off his boots. He gave one last sincere look to Jill before turning around and covering himself up.
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"Claire, just tell me what the hell has gotten into you!" Leon shouted at Claire, who was at least fifteen feet in front of him, walking at a quick pace to keep away from him, "Damnit Claire!"
She kept her eyes forward and ignored all of Leon's plea's and cries, hoping that he might give up and leave, but instead, a force threw her off balance and Leon caught her in his hands.
"Claire, for the last time. Just tell me why've you been acting so odd lately!"
"I can't! You'll just joke around with it, like everything else I tell you!" Claire yelled back at him, tears formed in her eyes as she stared up into Leon's red, anger filled face. There was also the imprint of a hand on his left cheek where she had slapped him only a moment ago when he'd grabbed at her again.
"Damnit Claire!" He cried out for what seemed like the sixth time now.
"Fine! You want to know so bad?!"
"Yes, I do!"
"I think I'm in love with your stupid as Leon. No, scratch that. I AM in love with your stupid ass Leon!"
Shock spread out over Leon's face as it hit him like a metal baseball bat to the back of the head. That's why she'd been acting goofy around him, and when the others weren't around it had only gotten worse. She'd constantly brush against his arm and tell him incredibly stupid and annoying facts that nobody gave a damn about. Especially not him. But the answer was given by Claire herself, she was in love with him. And that also explained her concern over him and Jill, which also came off as stupid.
"Ah, Claire", Leon grabbed both of her arms and tilted her chin up, "I'm not going to pick on you about that so you can stop crying and worrying."
Claire's face was now completely tear-stained and red. The embarrassment was enough to kill her right there on the spot too. The awful words that Claire knew Leon was going to speak were ready to pass his lips, it played out in her mind like a bad dream too: ~~~~ "Claire, it's just a crush. You'll get over it soon trust me."
"No! Leon I need you now! Please!"
"Don't torment yourself with it too much or Chris'll pounce me for breaking your heart. Come on just cheer up, you'll find a better guy than, bum ol' Leon-me."
"I can't! Leon!!! ~~~~ "Claire, Claire, CLAIRE! Are you ok? Please be ok!" Leon cried out into her ear.
"Oh God Leon! Please don't tell me you don't want me", Claire screeched like a yelping mutt.
"Ah, Claaaaiiire! You scared me", Leon sighed in relief.
"Tell me! Now!"
"What?"
"Do you want me too?" Her gray eyes shone at Leon with all the pain in the world, and he knew that heart was going to be broken over him.
End of Chapter Note: AHHHH! That was, well, weird. Buuuuuuuuut, now for the annoying part! Will Leon break Claire's heart? Will Chris overcome what ever fear has having around Jill? Will Denny's wedding be a big mishap? Will you just friggin' review my story already?! :p
"Hey Claire, are you ok? You're amazingly quiet", Leon said from behind Claire, pulling her out of her thundering thoughts.
"Huh, yeah. Fine", she nodded only half-aware of what she was saying.
A chilling breeze passed over them. Claire shivered softly and realized how numb her body was beginning to feel out in the cold and dry air. She gazed out at the road in front of her, waiting for Chris to return with the cozy enough van. Another shiver, and than warmth.
The warmth startled Claire a bit and she turned to look up and see that Leon had put his jack over her shoulders. A worried look was worn on his face as he held a gaze locked on her.
"Are you sure nothing is wrong?" He asked again.
"I-wish I could tell you everything, but it just isn't that simple right now", Claire whispered.
It would be more than wrong to go and tell Leon what happened to Jill, especially after Jill herself had refused to do it.
That wasn't the only thing that had begun to plague her mind and thoughts though. There was also the thought of her bit of jealousy towards Jill in fact. She couldn't help but envy how the slightly older woman already had her handful of men whom she could easily decide to date at any second. None of them would reject Jill since it was obvious that they wanted nothing more than to date her, actually that was probably false, sex was probably wanted more than the dating, but either way. Claire couldn't help but wonder if Leon was into Jill, he hadn't really showed it much, but none the less it bothered her already.
Shame covered over Claire like a sticking sheet. How dare she even think of something so stupid and crude about Jill after what had happened out in the yard. That stinking Denny. Claire tightened her fists until her knuckles turned a pale color, and narrowed her eyes at the ground. That Denny-
BEEP BEEP!
The loud shrill of a horn sent Claire tumbling over to the ground in shock, "Christ!"
"No, no, it's Chriiiis", her brother laughed from inside the van that was now sitting in front of her. He gave a quick wink to her as she got up and pulled up the passenger door.
Leon jumped into the seats behind the other two and turned to Chris with his following words, "That was fast. Did Jill decide that she wanted Carlos to take her for the big firsty instead?"
"Take her where?" Claire chirped out and squinted her eyes at him.
Leon and Chris both looked at her in awe as if she had began speaking in an ancient language or something close to that.
"Oh! Uh, wait. You mean she really is a virgin?!" She squeaked, causing both men to blush a bit.
"No, I think that's just a lie she made up but, uh, are you ok Claire? You're acting, well, different." Leon spoke slowly.
"Yes, yes, I'm fine just. Slow I guess", Claire shrugged.
"Yeah right, and smoking cures cancer", Leon chided.
"Hey, don't go on about smoking again, Protestor-Leo. I'm happy being a 'fag sucker'? Was that what you called it?" Chris commented before Claire could even open her mouth in argument.
More argument burst out between the men and Claire merely bowed her head down in constant thought. It was one of those rare occasions where she actually stayed focused in her little world without having to have a naked guy, preferably Leon, running around in the background of everything.
"Ugh!" Claire gasped out. She had just begun to see what she had thought. It was settled, she had a crush on him. Damn luck.
"What? Forget something?" Chris replied to her stricken cry.
Bad move, bad move: was all that went through Claire's thoughts then before she answered in a chopped voice, "No! Uh, nothing, nothing, just drive."
With a quick odd stare from Chris, the topic was dropped at once from Claire's obvious embarrassment.
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The trees whistled a little tune as they swayed with the wind that was beginning to speed up ever so slowly. Leaves from the trees broke off one by one and floated along the ground until they hit the ground where they began to tumble about the roads.
"Ah, back! And we beat Rick after all", Chris cheered.
"Yeah! We rule! Wooooo!" Leon howled out with Chris, before the two laughed out.
"Claire?! CLAIRE?!"
"What?! Damnit can't you see I'm thinking here?!" She snapped at once.
"Woo, must be that time of the month", Leon whispered to Chris, who gave him a soft chuckle in return to his comment.
Claire slipped out onto the pavement silently without a second glance at the guys as she walked up to the porch, making sure that she stopped each foot with great strength on each step.
"I'm going to spend the rest of the night asking her what's wrong, and you're going to spend the rest of the night trying to get into someone's pants deal?" Leon said with his now-becoming-famous-grin worn proudly across his face.
"Haha, ok deal, whatever you want, but I'm not reporting anything to you", Chris taunted, "You have to get your own damn sex life and stop leaching off everyone else's, while I'm continuing to get my beloved head and fan mail."
"Fan mail, from what fans?"
"Various girls, slash, women."
"Sherry and Rebecca doesn't count now Chris", Leon poked.
"Shut the hell up and go hang out with Claire already", Chris barked.
"Do I get to plaaaaay with her?"
"NO!"
"Fine, fine", Leon mumbled in between his laughing as he walked over to the porch to sit with Claire.
"Bye!" Chris waved as he stepped back into the van and pulled out of the parking spot again.
Claire's eyes followed closely on the dull blue vehicle until it ducked behind a corner, and she could no longer see it through the trees and buildings.
"Sheesh, you're cute when you're mad", Leon said sarcastically as he sat next to her.
The blank look on Claire's face changed to a cold frown, and immediately Leon reached out and rubbed above her eyes. Claire stared at Leon blankly again for a moment before he answered the question that Claire was asking in her mind.
"You're eyebrows. They're broken", Leon smiled, "had to fix 'em."
Claire returned the smile, quite pleased by the cute answer.
"Hey, uhm, by any chance", Claire started to speak but paused for a moment to see if Leon was paying attention.
"Yeeeeeeees?"
"You're not attracted to Jill, or anything, are you?"
"Huh?! You mean am I in love with her?! God no! Even if I wanted to, I'd have to fight the evil dragon named Chris Redfield aka your brother, just to get her, and I don't feel like being a knight", Leon said emphasizing each word perfectly to add more humor.
Be my knight then, Claire thought quickly, but shook the thought off.
"Damnit Leon, I'm trying to be serious you, you, poker-head", Claire growled, a frown back on her face.
"Poker-head? Geez, I'd prefer asshole over that", Leon laughed his taunting laugh at Claire's "insult".
"Fine! Asshole!" Claire spat before standing up and moving to the other side of the porch.
Silence over-threw them both and Leon tapped his fingers together thinking of a comeback that wouldn't piss Claire off too much, or maybe not at all. But instead he stood up and slowly approached Claire from behind. She showed no sign of knowing he was behind her so he took the opportunity to grab her from behind and twist her around.
"Baah!!! Leon!"
"Kiss me!" He said in a cheesy French accent before laughing again.
Claire pursed her lips and licked them quickly. Without much thought in her next move, she leaned forward and gave Leon a peck kiss on his cheek.
"Oh, now what is this?" Leon faked a gasp, "you, you, oh my god, oh my god, you just kissed me, does that mean you want to date me? Does that mean you don't think I'm fat? Do these shoes look ok on me?"
Laughing rang on and on through Claire's ears and all she could do was roll her eyes and push Leon off her with a mumbled "jackass" as she stamped down the steps of the porch and began a walk down the street to nowhere in particular.
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The room was dark when Jill opened her eyes again. Her stomach had settled, but her head ached a horrible hell. She sat up and leaned forward with her cold hands pressed against the sides of her neck as she lowered her head down to her knees and let out a groan of pain.
It didn't help none that the people in the room behind her bed were banging each other like the drums of war. In anger Jill slammed her fist against the wall a few times and screamed at them to either to shut up or to stop sounding as if they were both being killed slowly by a mad man with a dull bladed axe. Which was now what Jill wished she could have at the moment, either that or a nice long saber so she could slice off the guy's-
"Jill?" Chris's voice sounded from the door that had just opened up.
"Chris! I didn't hear you come in", Jill blushed.
"Heh, with those couple in there strangling each other, I wonder how you could have even slept any while I was gone."
Jill blushed a bit harder, not wanting Chris to get any ideas of anything besides sleeping going on in here while he was gone.
The pulsing bang from the wall slowed to a final bang and than silence.
"Wow, that was quick. Must have been a shitty guy", Jill mumbled.
"Ha!"
Chris sprawled out on the other bed that was still neatly tucked.
"How are you feeling?" He asked, staring at the ceiling.
"Dizzy, headache, that's about it though", Jill answered.
"Are you hungry?"
"No."
"Do you feel like puking some more?"
"No?"
"Are you sure?"
"Chris, please", Jill spoke wearily.
"Oh sorry."
Chris looked down at his laced boots and then up to Jill. He was still somewhat worried about her, even though she seemed to be taking everything well now. Such a strong woman. Such a beautiful-
"Hey, how, uh, was Claire?" Jill said breaking the tension.
"Oh, she's acting so damn weird. I think something's wrong. Any clue?" Chris said in a bit of awe.
"Not sure", she answered a little to quickly.
"Oh."
He sat up on the side of the bed and glanced up at Jill before moving over to sit next to her. He slid an arm across her back and held her to his chest, still a bit careful not to make her any sicker than she was, he shut his eyes ready to fall asleep right where he was-
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A soft moan of pleasure escaped from Jill's lips as Chris leaned against her, his weight pressing down on her slightly more every so often. She felt him stir a bit, then the extra weight vanished.
"Jill?" Chris sounded a bit confused.
Shit, was the first word that came to Jill's mind. Caught in the act of lusting with one's mind, damn also came to mind next.
Thinking quickly, but coming up with nothing Jill gave in to her lust.
"Fuck it", she grumbled to herself.
As quick as she could, Jill pushed Chris to the floor and sat on top of his stomach, she leaned in carefully (her head still throbbing in pain) and pressed her lips to his. Her tongue swiped at his cheek and lips. They broke apart for a second and Jill moved back in and pushed her tongue past his lips where she was rewarded with the heat and wetness of his own tongue.
"Mmm Jill", Chris moaned into her lips, beginning to feel the same lust that had over come her.
Jill forced her tongue deeper into Chris's mouth, desperate for more, before the wonderful taste disappeared, along with the feel of everything. Jill felt herself drop to the floor as she watched Chris jump to his feet, obviously not liking what was taking place right there.
"What-What's wrong Chris?" She asked nervously.
"No, can't go there. I didn't bring you here to have sex with you", he gasped for breath.
"I know you didn't! So there's no problem", Jill said as she stood up and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"You don't understand, you don't", he said before pushing her arms off of him, "just, sleep, now, maybe, please?"
Jill nodded, beginning to feel the sting seer her heart. A wave of sickness came over her again, but she swallowed back on whatever came, hoping not to embarrass herself further in front of Chris now.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do anything wrong to you", she pleaded with him.
He laid back down on the bed and kicked off his boots. He gave one last sincere look to Jill before turning around and covering himself up.
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"Claire, just tell me what the hell has gotten into you!" Leon shouted at Claire, who was at least fifteen feet in front of him, walking at a quick pace to keep away from him, "Damnit Claire!"
She kept her eyes forward and ignored all of Leon's plea's and cries, hoping that he might give up and leave, but instead, a force threw her off balance and Leon caught her in his hands.
"Claire, for the last time. Just tell me why've you been acting so odd lately!"
"I can't! You'll just joke around with it, like everything else I tell you!" Claire yelled back at him, tears formed in her eyes as she stared up into Leon's red, anger filled face. There was also the imprint of a hand on his left cheek where she had slapped him only a moment ago when he'd grabbed at her again.
"Damnit Claire!" He cried out for what seemed like the sixth time now.
"Fine! You want to know so bad?!"
"Yes, I do!"
"I think I'm in love with your stupid as Leon. No, scratch that. I AM in love with your stupid ass Leon!"
Shock spread out over Leon's face as it hit him like a metal baseball bat to the back of the head. That's why she'd been acting goofy around him, and when the others weren't around it had only gotten worse. She'd constantly brush against his arm and tell him incredibly stupid and annoying facts that nobody gave a damn about. Especially not him. But the answer was given by Claire herself, she was in love with him. And that also explained her concern over him and Jill, which also came off as stupid.
"Ah, Claire", Leon grabbed both of her arms and tilted her chin up, "I'm not going to pick on you about that so you can stop crying and worrying."
Claire's face was now completely tear-stained and red. The embarrassment was enough to kill her right there on the spot too. The awful words that Claire knew Leon was going to speak were ready to pass his lips, it played out in her mind like a bad dream too: ~~~~ "Claire, it's just a crush. You'll get over it soon trust me."
"No! Leon I need you now! Please!"
"Don't torment yourself with it too much or Chris'll pounce me for breaking your heart. Come on just cheer up, you'll find a better guy than, bum ol' Leon-me."
"I can't! Leon!!! ~~~~ "Claire, Claire, CLAIRE! Are you ok? Please be ok!" Leon cried out into her ear.
"Oh God Leon! Please don't tell me you don't want me", Claire screeched like a yelping mutt.
"Ah, Claaaaiiire! You scared me", Leon sighed in relief.
"Tell me! Now!"
"What?"
"Do you want me too?" Her gray eyes shone at Leon with all the pain in the world, and he knew that heart was going to be broken over him.
End of Chapter Note: AHHHH! That was, well, weird. Buuuuuuuuut, now for the annoying part! Will Leon break Claire's heart? Will Chris overcome what ever fear has having around Jill? Will Denny's wedding be a big mishap? Will you just friggin' review my story already?! :p