Unexpected Happenings
Author's Note: Thank you all for the reviews. They keep me motivated. I had to take a break to catch up on some schoolwork. I hope you all are still interested because I plan on making this a long story. I just don't like short stories that much. Especially if they are good. Okay, let me stop talking and we can continue with the story. Oh yeah, this is chapter 7.
Chapter 7- Shop Til You Drop
" Leon, let's stop at that store over there." Sherry pointed over to Dillards. Leon looked at Claire to see what she thought. Claire was already making her way over there, Sherry was following her. Leon looked at the two girls and groaned. He took at seat on one of the benches and tried to recollect his thoughts.
Leon remembered that he promised Claire and Sherry he'd take them shopping. For some reason he chose the biggest mall on the island.
" Leon! Come on we need you to carry some more bags." Sherry yelled from in front of the store. Claire saw the look on Leon's face. He looked like he was about to cry. With a slightly teasing smile see made her way over to Leon.
" What's wrong Leon, You tired already?" Claire ran one of her hands down Leon's bicep. He tensed up from the soarness of carrying too many bags. Claire looked up at Leon and smiled. He smiled back.
" Claire, look at me. I'm carrying 6 different bags of stuff and only one bag is mine. Two are yours and I don't have to say to whom the other four belong to. And my head hurts like hell from Sherry dragging me around like I'm her slave."
" Well, until we get back to the hotel, you are her slave. Of course you're my slave forever." Claire smirked and went back to join Sherry. Leon was left chuckling lightly at Claire's comment. He knew Claire was joking about being him being her slave. Right? By the look on Claire's face, he couldn't be sure. But spending forever with Claire was fine by him, so Leon picked up the six bags of clothes and other miscellaneous items and went into the store.
Inside, Sherry was trying on different outfits. She had promised herself she was going to enjoy herself as much as possible during their stay here. And if she has to do it at Leon's financial expense then so be it. Claire too, had picked out some clothes and was in the dressing room trying them on. So poor Leon was left out in the waiting area along with another ill- fated fellow.
Leon had decided to take a quick snooze while the girls were changing. He laid his head back on the sofa ready to doze off when Sherry came out to show Leon her outfit. She came and slapped Leon on the head to wake him up. Leon groaned.
" Leon, do you like it?" Sherry asked as she turned around for him to see the outfit better. She had on a red short sleeve shirt with dark navy capri pants that went perfectly. She also had on a silver charm bracelet Claire had brought for her a while back. Right before they took out Umbrella.
' If Sherry has a talent for anything, it's knowing how to dress." Leon thought.
" You look great Sherry. I complement you on your sense of fashion. You should really try out for modeling?" Sherry put her right hand on her hip. She hadn't ever thought about modeling.
" Really? You think I could model?" Sherry asked with a hint of awe in her voice. Leon shook his head knowingly and smiled.
" Oh yeah. But I must get a percentage of your profits when you go big.. 20% atleast." Leon's voice was honest. He was telling the truth but he had to say something sarcastic. It was in his nature. Sherry's moment of awe faded into annoyance again.
" Man, you can be so annoying." Sherry turned back to the dressing rooms to change.
" I know." Leon replied as she left. He turned his head to see the man next to him had fallen asleep. Leon was about to do the same when the man's wife came up to him and piled 4 bags worth of merchandise into his lap. He awoke groaning and was about to say something when his wife walked up to him. The man protested outwardly about how horrible his day had been and his wife was about to tell him off but instead she leaned in to whisper something in his ear. His eyes grew wide and the next thing Leon knew, the couple had picked up their belongs and were hauling tail out of the store. He couldn't help but laugh.
Claire walked out of the changing room wearing red short sleeve shirt similar to Sherry's except this one had designs on it. Also she had on a pair of black leather pants that showed off the curvatures of her body quite nicely. Along with her outfit she wore those metal ring thingies around the waist of her pants to show off the leather. Leon was left speechless. Claire grinned silently.
" So, what do you think? Is it sexy enough for you?" Claire turned around seductively on purpose just to see Leon's reaction to her. Leon, of course, couldn't reply right away. He could only register up one word to describe her.
'Damn.'
"Leon, woo hoo, you there?" Claire waved a hand in front of his face. She was enjoying every second of watching Leon drool over her. Finally, Leon regained some composure.
" Y, you, you look beautiful Claire. Beautiful doesn't even describe it." Leon cursed himself for sounding so corny. But it was true. Those leather pants had done it. Though personally, Leon found Claire beautiful in anything she was wearing. Or not wearing.
Claire smiled broadly. " Thanks Leon. I see I managed to take your breathe away." She grinned as she walked over to him. Leon rose up from his seat to meet her.
" Yeah, you can say that again." Leon was caught off guard when Claire embraced him in a soft kiss. He didn't put up a fight though. Claire ended the kiss to whisper something inside his ear.
" Before this trip is over, I'll do more then just take your breath away." With that, she let go and went back to change. Leon was smiling so hard he thought his face would get stuck in that position. Now he was really glad he acted on his feelings sooner rather than later.
" If shopping with Claire is like this every time, then I'm going shopping every day." Leon grin never left his face.
20 minutes later, Claire and Sherry's stuff was all paid for and the trio were making through way through town back towards the hotel. They decided to walk to see more of the island since the hotel was only a few blocks away. Sherry claimed to have a sudden urge for a banana split so they took a short break at the ice cream parlor.
Sherry had gotten her banana split, Leon and Claire both got strawberry sundaes. At the moment they were all talking about going out to the beach later that night for conga dancing and a bonfire.
Sherry took a bit out of her banana split before speaking.
" We should stop by Chris and Jill's room on the way back and tell them about it. When does it start?" Claire took the flyer from Leon's hand while he was reading it. Leon grunted. " Hey, I was reading that." Claire looked back at him as if he wasn't anything important.
" Anyway, this flyer says that Night Time Celebration begins at eight. And probably last until midnight tonight. Seems like the perfect way to spend the first night in the Bahamas, I think." She took a scoop from her sundae. She didn't notice that a little of the ice cream was on her face on her chin. Leon did. He wiped it off her chin.
" You had some on your chin." Claire dipped her index finger into her bowl and smeared a line of ice cream down Leon's cheek. Leon gave her a confused look. Claire flashed back a sly smile.
" Just repaying you the favor." She then wiped it back off his cheek with a napkin. Sherry sighed loudlly and dropped her spoon in distress.
" I thought I told you guys to cut down on the flirting in public." She got up from her high chair and left a tip for the server. " I tell you, people nowadays. They don't pay any attention to you." She complained silently to herself while walking out the door.
Leon and Claire exchanged confused glances.
" What's with her? We weren't flirting that much were we?" Claire asked. Leon shook his head.
" I think Sherry feels left out because we're all couples and she's all alone. Not jealous or anything, but lonely because we're spending more time together than with her. She feels she's not the center of our attention anymore. Maybe we should save our time for later." Claire nodded with understanding.
" Yeah, maybe we should. I don't want her to be miserable while we're here. Come on let's go catch up to her." After cleaning up after themselves, the couple left to join Sherry outside.
Sherry was toying with her bracelet as Claire and Leon walked up to her.
Leon called out to her. " Sherry, you feeling okay? You took off there pretty quick." Sherry let out a small smile.
" Yeah, I just didn't want to see any mushy moments. I had enough of that on the way here with Becca and Carlos." Claire chuckled a little.
" I remember. Rebecca and Carlos made out in the back seat for like an hour on the way to Flordia. And they kept telling each other all kinds of mushy stuff."
Sherry put her hands up in relief. " Finally, you guys understand. Don't take it the wrong way. I love the fact you guys are together. Just don't get to mushy around me. I like to still think of us a family." Leon walked over and gave Sherry a hug.
" Sherry, just because we may be closer than we once were, me and Claire aren't going to just forget about you. No matter what happens between us, you're still going to apart of our lives. Both of ours. Don't worry about that though. I plan on being with Claire for a long time."
Claire smiled at Leon's speech. She agreed with everything he said. Especially about being with each other for a long time.
Sherry playfully shoved Leon off of her. Leon picked back up the bags they were carrying.
" All right, let's go tell the others about this thing tonight." Sherry asked an attendant to take the shopping bags from Leon to their room and she went into the hotel. They had been listening to each other so intently they hadn't noticed that they had arrived back at the hotel. Claire was about to follow when Leon tugged on her arm. He pulled her to him so that on hand was resting on her waist and the other hand was running through her hair.
" What is it Leon? Did we leave something?" Leon looked her in the eyes.
" Oh no, I just want to say that I love you." He leaned in to give her a soft sentimental kiss. Why? He didn't know. He just wanted her to know that. Claire had no objections to Leon's sudden show of affection. As a matter of fact, she was all for it.
" Mmm. You taste like strawberry." Claire acknowledged after breaking the kiss. Leon rested his forehead on hers before replying.
" If I'm not mistaken, you do too." Leon said, enjoying the closeness between them.
Claire was getting dizzy from all of the emotions going through her head. She pulled back from Leon blushing a bit.
" Come on Leon let's go inside." Leon nodded at followed her in. He felt as if was on an emotional high.
The couple made their way through the lobby and up the elevator. Sherry, apparently, had already went inside the room. Leon was about to pull out his key card and open the door when Claire pulled his hand. Leon looked back up at her with a questioning stare. Claire reached for his hand and squeezed it reassuringly.
" Just want you to know that I love you too."
The two smiled at each other and then Claire went into the room. Leon was left standing alone with his thoughts. He didn't mind though. Like Chris had said, the beginning of this shopping trip was hell, but in the end it couldn't have been any better.
Author's Note: So how was that chapter for you all. I wanted to sort of elaborate on Sherry's point of view a little bit. And you know I had to throw in a lot of L/C interaction to go with it. So please review and let me know what you guys think. Oh yeah, I don't know if they really have malls in the Bahamas but then again, who the hell cares, this is fanfiction. I'll try and get chapter 8 up soon. Alrighty then.
Author's Note: Thank you all for the reviews. They keep me motivated. I had to take a break to catch up on some schoolwork. I hope you all are still interested because I plan on making this a long story. I just don't like short stories that much. Especially if they are good. Okay, let me stop talking and we can continue with the story. Oh yeah, this is chapter 7.
Chapter 7- Shop Til You Drop
" Leon, let's stop at that store over there." Sherry pointed over to Dillards. Leon looked at Claire to see what she thought. Claire was already making her way over there, Sherry was following her. Leon looked at the two girls and groaned. He took at seat on one of the benches and tried to recollect his thoughts.
Leon remembered that he promised Claire and Sherry he'd take them shopping. For some reason he chose the biggest mall on the island.
" Leon! Come on we need you to carry some more bags." Sherry yelled from in front of the store. Claire saw the look on Leon's face. He looked like he was about to cry. With a slightly teasing smile see made her way over to Leon.
" What's wrong Leon, You tired already?" Claire ran one of her hands down Leon's bicep. He tensed up from the soarness of carrying too many bags. Claire looked up at Leon and smiled. He smiled back.
" Claire, look at me. I'm carrying 6 different bags of stuff and only one bag is mine. Two are yours and I don't have to say to whom the other four belong to. And my head hurts like hell from Sherry dragging me around like I'm her slave."
" Well, until we get back to the hotel, you are her slave. Of course you're my slave forever." Claire smirked and went back to join Sherry. Leon was left chuckling lightly at Claire's comment. He knew Claire was joking about being him being her slave. Right? By the look on Claire's face, he couldn't be sure. But spending forever with Claire was fine by him, so Leon picked up the six bags of clothes and other miscellaneous items and went into the store.
Inside, Sherry was trying on different outfits. She had promised herself she was going to enjoy herself as much as possible during their stay here. And if she has to do it at Leon's financial expense then so be it. Claire too, had picked out some clothes and was in the dressing room trying them on. So poor Leon was left out in the waiting area along with another ill- fated fellow.
Leon had decided to take a quick snooze while the girls were changing. He laid his head back on the sofa ready to doze off when Sherry came out to show Leon her outfit. She came and slapped Leon on the head to wake him up. Leon groaned.
" Leon, do you like it?" Sherry asked as she turned around for him to see the outfit better. She had on a red short sleeve shirt with dark navy capri pants that went perfectly. She also had on a silver charm bracelet Claire had brought for her a while back. Right before they took out Umbrella.
' If Sherry has a talent for anything, it's knowing how to dress." Leon thought.
" You look great Sherry. I complement you on your sense of fashion. You should really try out for modeling?" Sherry put her right hand on her hip. She hadn't ever thought about modeling.
" Really? You think I could model?" Sherry asked with a hint of awe in her voice. Leon shook his head knowingly and smiled.
" Oh yeah. But I must get a percentage of your profits when you go big.. 20% atleast." Leon's voice was honest. He was telling the truth but he had to say something sarcastic. It was in his nature. Sherry's moment of awe faded into annoyance again.
" Man, you can be so annoying." Sherry turned back to the dressing rooms to change.
" I know." Leon replied as she left. He turned his head to see the man next to him had fallen asleep. Leon was about to do the same when the man's wife came up to him and piled 4 bags worth of merchandise into his lap. He awoke groaning and was about to say something when his wife walked up to him. The man protested outwardly about how horrible his day had been and his wife was about to tell him off but instead she leaned in to whisper something in his ear. His eyes grew wide and the next thing Leon knew, the couple had picked up their belongs and were hauling tail out of the store. He couldn't help but laugh.
Claire walked out of the changing room wearing red short sleeve shirt similar to Sherry's except this one had designs on it. Also she had on a pair of black leather pants that showed off the curvatures of her body quite nicely. Along with her outfit she wore those metal ring thingies around the waist of her pants to show off the leather. Leon was left speechless. Claire grinned silently.
" So, what do you think? Is it sexy enough for you?" Claire turned around seductively on purpose just to see Leon's reaction to her. Leon, of course, couldn't reply right away. He could only register up one word to describe her.
'Damn.'
"Leon, woo hoo, you there?" Claire waved a hand in front of his face. She was enjoying every second of watching Leon drool over her. Finally, Leon regained some composure.
" Y, you, you look beautiful Claire. Beautiful doesn't even describe it." Leon cursed himself for sounding so corny. But it was true. Those leather pants had done it. Though personally, Leon found Claire beautiful in anything she was wearing. Or not wearing.
Claire smiled broadly. " Thanks Leon. I see I managed to take your breathe away." She grinned as she walked over to him. Leon rose up from his seat to meet her.
" Yeah, you can say that again." Leon was caught off guard when Claire embraced him in a soft kiss. He didn't put up a fight though. Claire ended the kiss to whisper something inside his ear.
" Before this trip is over, I'll do more then just take your breath away." With that, she let go and went back to change. Leon was smiling so hard he thought his face would get stuck in that position. Now he was really glad he acted on his feelings sooner rather than later.
" If shopping with Claire is like this every time, then I'm going shopping every day." Leon grin never left his face.
20 minutes later, Claire and Sherry's stuff was all paid for and the trio were making through way through town back towards the hotel. They decided to walk to see more of the island since the hotel was only a few blocks away. Sherry claimed to have a sudden urge for a banana split so they took a short break at the ice cream parlor.
Sherry had gotten her banana split, Leon and Claire both got strawberry sundaes. At the moment they were all talking about going out to the beach later that night for conga dancing and a bonfire.
Sherry took a bit out of her banana split before speaking.
" We should stop by Chris and Jill's room on the way back and tell them about it. When does it start?" Claire took the flyer from Leon's hand while he was reading it. Leon grunted. " Hey, I was reading that." Claire looked back at him as if he wasn't anything important.
" Anyway, this flyer says that Night Time Celebration begins at eight. And probably last until midnight tonight. Seems like the perfect way to spend the first night in the Bahamas, I think." She took a scoop from her sundae. She didn't notice that a little of the ice cream was on her face on her chin. Leon did. He wiped it off her chin.
" You had some on your chin." Claire dipped her index finger into her bowl and smeared a line of ice cream down Leon's cheek. Leon gave her a confused look. Claire flashed back a sly smile.
" Just repaying you the favor." She then wiped it back off his cheek with a napkin. Sherry sighed loudlly and dropped her spoon in distress.
" I thought I told you guys to cut down on the flirting in public." She got up from her high chair and left a tip for the server. " I tell you, people nowadays. They don't pay any attention to you." She complained silently to herself while walking out the door.
Leon and Claire exchanged confused glances.
" What's with her? We weren't flirting that much were we?" Claire asked. Leon shook his head.
" I think Sherry feels left out because we're all couples and she's all alone. Not jealous or anything, but lonely because we're spending more time together than with her. She feels she's not the center of our attention anymore. Maybe we should save our time for later." Claire nodded with understanding.
" Yeah, maybe we should. I don't want her to be miserable while we're here. Come on let's go catch up to her." After cleaning up after themselves, the couple left to join Sherry outside.
Sherry was toying with her bracelet as Claire and Leon walked up to her.
Leon called out to her. " Sherry, you feeling okay? You took off there pretty quick." Sherry let out a small smile.
" Yeah, I just didn't want to see any mushy moments. I had enough of that on the way here with Becca and Carlos." Claire chuckled a little.
" I remember. Rebecca and Carlos made out in the back seat for like an hour on the way to Flordia. And they kept telling each other all kinds of mushy stuff."
Sherry put her hands up in relief. " Finally, you guys understand. Don't take it the wrong way. I love the fact you guys are together. Just don't get to mushy around me. I like to still think of us a family." Leon walked over and gave Sherry a hug.
" Sherry, just because we may be closer than we once were, me and Claire aren't going to just forget about you. No matter what happens between us, you're still going to apart of our lives. Both of ours. Don't worry about that though. I plan on being with Claire for a long time."
Claire smiled at Leon's speech. She agreed with everything he said. Especially about being with each other for a long time.
Sherry playfully shoved Leon off of her. Leon picked back up the bags they were carrying.
" All right, let's go tell the others about this thing tonight." Sherry asked an attendant to take the shopping bags from Leon to their room and she went into the hotel. They had been listening to each other so intently they hadn't noticed that they had arrived back at the hotel. Claire was about to follow when Leon tugged on her arm. He pulled her to him so that on hand was resting on her waist and the other hand was running through her hair.
" What is it Leon? Did we leave something?" Leon looked her in the eyes.
" Oh no, I just want to say that I love you." He leaned in to give her a soft sentimental kiss. Why? He didn't know. He just wanted her to know that. Claire had no objections to Leon's sudden show of affection. As a matter of fact, she was all for it.
" Mmm. You taste like strawberry." Claire acknowledged after breaking the kiss. Leon rested his forehead on hers before replying.
" If I'm not mistaken, you do too." Leon said, enjoying the closeness between them.
Claire was getting dizzy from all of the emotions going through her head. She pulled back from Leon blushing a bit.
" Come on Leon let's go inside." Leon nodded at followed her in. He felt as if was on an emotional high.
The couple made their way through the lobby and up the elevator. Sherry, apparently, had already went inside the room. Leon was about to pull out his key card and open the door when Claire pulled his hand. Leon looked back up at her with a questioning stare. Claire reached for his hand and squeezed it reassuringly.
" Just want you to know that I love you too."
The two smiled at each other and then Claire went into the room. Leon was left standing alone with his thoughts. He didn't mind though. Like Chris had said, the beginning of this shopping trip was hell, but in the end it couldn't have been any better.
Author's Note: So how was that chapter for you all. I wanted to sort of elaborate on Sherry's point of view a little bit. And you know I had to throw in a lot of L/C interaction to go with it. So please review and let me know what you guys think. Oh yeah, I don't know if they really have malls in the Bahamas but then again, who the hell cares, this is fanfiction. I'll try and get chapter 8 up soon. Alrighty then.