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individually over and over for each chapter, but I'm lucky to even have
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chapter, I made it extra long to make up for my time away^__^
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CHAPTER 12- WEDDING PLANS
THE NEXT MORNING:
Leon and Sherry ran around the kitchen frantically as they tried making breakfast before everyone woke up.
"Tell me, why am I doing this again? Cause you know I could be sleeping happily in bed now as we speak!" said Leon balancing a plate of scrambled eggs and sausages in his hands. Sherry had burst into his room earlier that morning, forcing him to get up and help her make breakfast. He never even had the chance to shower or change and still stood in his tank top and boxer shorts.
"It's our turn to make breakfast, REMEMBER? You didn't think I'd do it on my own now did you?" She said smiling as she poured some orange juice into a big glass.
"Well how come Chris never gets a turn??" whined Leon as he stifled a yawn.
Sherry grinned, "This is CHRIS we're talking about. He burnt Jill and Rebecca's kitchen last year trying to fry eggs!" she said and Leon laughed warm-heartedly at the memory.
"Well it's not my fault I'm such an excellent chef," he said setting various plates on the table.
"Yeah right! You're the one that made those uneatable sausages," Sherry teased, pointing at the half burnt sausages on the plate.
"Hey, hey! I'm a GOOD cook ok. It's just way too early to be cooking anything. Besides everyone likes slightly crispy sausages," he said.
"Ummm, I bet you Ada doesn't. She'll probably ask for a French cuisine," Sherry said turning her accent into a posh French one.
"I'm sure Ada won't mind," said Leon challengingly.
"Well then, you can pick up those over burnt sausages and toast from the trash and throw em on her pla-"
"Sherry!!"
"I'm just kidding! Chill Leon, you're so easy!" said Sherry defensively as she laughed loudly at the shocked expression on Leon's face. "By the way," she continued, "did you talk to Claire yesterday?"
Leon froze for a moment "Uh, yeah we talked," he said, carefully keeping a straight face.
"So??" Asked Sherry hoping to get more out of him.
"So we talked. Everything's fine and back to normal."
"And what would normal be??" she asked again.
Leon looked over at Sherry suspiciously and wondered where this might be heading, "as in," he said slowly, "she's not angry at me anymore, and everything's NORMAL."
Sherry groaned, "great," she muttered, getting the point that Leon won't say any more, "back to the same old boring, normal."
"Did you say something?"
"Nope, just thinking to myself," answered Sherry, scrunching her nose in disappointment.
A few minutes later they were greeted by Claire, who's wet hair reached her mid-back, and who was now wearing a black tank top with a picture of the Tasmanian devil on the front from loony tunes, and baggy knee length shorts.
"Morning you guys," she said, tying her hair back into her trademark ponytail. She looked over at Sherry and then rested her eyes on Leon, who was also staring back at her. He gave her a lop sided smile and looked away quickly slightly blushing at the fact that he was staring at her for a long time without answering. Sherry noticed and decided to stay quiet, eager to see what happens next and watching for signs on Claire's part. Finally Claire also looked away, blushing. Partly because Leon had actually been embarrassed at staring at her and partly because she thought he looked great standing there in a tank top and boxers, which complimented his muscular figure.
"Uh, so what's burning?" she asked trying to change the awkward atmosphere.
"Leon's sausages," replied Sherry giving Leon a triumphant look.
"They're NOT burning, they're just nice and crispy-"
"And BLACK," continued Sherry, giggling as Leon hit her shoulder playfully.
"Uh huh," said Claire raising an eyebrow at them. "You guys need any help in cooking REAL food?"
"Sure, why not. Take my place cause I need to take a shower," said Leon, giving his head a scratch.
"NEED is not a strong enough term, Leon. More like In DESPERATE need of taking a shower, cause dayyum you SMELL boy!" said Claire, as she pretended to shoo off a bad smell near her nose.
Leon grinned, happy to see that Claire was back to her normal self, and basically teasing the hell out of him again. He then slapped Claire's backside playfully with the kitchen towel as she tried dodging it unsuccessfully.
She laughed a genuine laugh as Leon ran to the stairs, "Ok I'll be back in 10 minutes. And Sherry...make sure Claire and Chris don't finish the food!"
"That'll be hard," said Sherry turning to Claire who was already gulping down a huge sandwich. She then turned the radio on and looked at Claire surprised, as the oh-so familiar lyrics of 'The boy is mine' went flowing out.
"Hey Claire. It's your song!" she said with a wink, only to be greeted by the surprised look that instantly took over Claire's face, which led Sherry into a mad fit of giggles.
"Very funny Sherry," said Claire turning her back to the young teen and blushing deeply.
Was it that obvious that she had feelings for Leon? Because if it was, Claire would not be able to live with the shame. She didn't want Leon thinking that she was so madly in love with him when he liked Ada because it would only feed his male ego, and that was something she could not stand. 'Skin me alive, but I will NEVER feed the male ego!' that was her motto, and also the reason why most of her friends believed that she, frankly, will never get a man. And it wasn't that she was a feminist. It was just the fact that she naturally COULD NOT sit there, giggling and complimenting guys like some air headed bimbo. Steve was the first guy that had ever admitted he loved her. She cared for him deeply and knew he was a kind-hearted person behind his 'I don't give a damn' exterior. But she was always oblivious to the fact that he had deeper feelings for her, and his confession shocked her. She could have grown closer to him, but he had died too soon for her to develop strong feelings, and now that she finally has with Leon, the mere thought of it all scares her to death. She had never been in love, and she doesn't know how to handle it.
'Man, guns of all kinds I can handle any day, but men-' Claire was cut off As Sherry's hands came flying in her face.
"Hello? Earth to Claire!" said Sherry waving a hand before Claire's flushed face.
"Huh?" Claire now broke from her silent trance.
"I knew it! You DO like him!"
"What! Sherry I-"
Sherry didn't give Claire a chance to speak and started her immature teasing, "OOOOH! Claire and Le-on, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G-"
"Say what?" came Chris's voice from the living room and he was soon visible before a very embarrassed Claire and Sherry. "Where you teasing Claire about LEON?"
Claire silently cursed herself as Sherry gave Chris the biggest 'I'm innocent' smile she could fake. Claire knew what her brother was like, and if he thought that there might be anything in the slightest, going on between Leon and her then it would basically be the end of Leon. He'll probably get kicked out of the house and asked to stay in a hotel until his house was fixed, and then of course he'd have to move house, because living next door was still too close.
"No I wasn't," said Sherry defiantly.
"Yeah you were. You were singing the kissing song and that ALWAYS means something!" he said, making Claire grow uneasy.
"Oh THAT. Well I said Claire and....Lare-ON. It's a different Claire though. From my high school, you know the bitchy one I told you about that basically goes out with ANY guy cause she's like a slut and her dad even paid for her boob imp-"
"Ok I GET it!" said Chris, glancing quickly at Claire who just stood there smiling.
"Teens. What can I say," she said, twisting her hair nervously.
Chris shook his head as he left the kitchen with a glass of orange juice mumbling, "I could have SWORN she said Leon."
Claire turned to Sherry angrily, "Sherry! Just for the record you're the WORST liar ever! I mean Lareon?? JEEZ, where'd the hell you come up with that?!"
"Relax Claire, he believed me. And SURE there is a name like Lareon, like you know from....Czechoslovakia....or something?" she replied shrugging.
Claire rolled her eyes, "that was so immature. You're just lucky Chris is so damn gullible when it comes to you."
"Hell yeah, and you're just jealous," said Sherry grinning at Claire.
"Whatever," replied Claire, smiling back at her as she grabbed her nose between her fingers knowing it would bug Sherry to no limitation.
LATER THAT AFTERNOON:
"No I don't think that dress would suit me very much," said Rebecca as she sat on the couch cross-legged, with Claire, Jill, Sherry and Ada surrounding her and looking at a wedding dresses magazine.
"How about that one? Come on Becky, it's GORGEOUS!" said Jill pointing at a picture of a very happy blonde female, dressed in a princess-like wedding dress.
"That kinda reminds me of Belle's evening gown from beauty and the beast, but just in white," said Claire in a matter of fact tone.
Rebecca laughed, "Yeah, trust you to think of that."
"What? I love Beauty and the Beast, and Belle's dress was beautiful!" she answered defiantly.
"Well I personally prefer that dress here," said Ada pointing at a different dress, which had no sleeves, and came straight down, without the puff.
"Aww, you guys I don't know! There's so many I like, I'd hate to choose!" said Rebecca, sighing dramatically.
"Oh, the stress of picking out wedding dresses is almost unbearable!" said Chris in an equally dramatic tone, as he flung himself back on the chair in exhaustion, a hand placed on his forehead. This made Leon and Carlos throw their heads back in mocking laughter, which concluded with pillows flying all over the guys from the girls side of the room.
"You're such a smart ass Chris," said Jill making a face at him only to receive a playful wink in return. She shook her head slowly, but couldn't stop her lips from forming a tiny smile.
"Come on you guys, cut it out, we have 2 weeks to prepare for the wedding! I have to pick out a dress soon, and you girls have to pick out your brides maids dresses," said Rebecca, quickly flipping through the pages.
Carlos walked up to her, hugging her tightly from behind, "don't stress babe, we got PLENTY of time!"
"Two weeks is not plenty, Carlos. I mean, will it be out doors like I want it to be?? What kinda roses are we going to have? White or red? What kind of win-"
"The main stuff has been taken care of, you can choose which roses you want. And YES it's gonna be out doors. At that hotel you love near the beach, remember?"
"Awww, with the nice scenery, and the mermaid glass statue??" Rebecca asked turning to face Carlos.
"Yup," he answered smiling.
"You remembered!" Rebecca said flinging her arms around his neck and kissing him deeply on the lips. She had told him about two years that she definitely wanted her wedding to take place at the beach side hotel, after seeing how perfectly everything would fit there.
The room was full of "awwwww's" as Rebecca and Carlos broke from their kiss.
Carlos blushed slightly at the fact that Rebecca had kissed him so suddenly and in front of everyone. "So, you're fine with that place? I thought you might get pissed cause I didn't consult you first," said Carlos sheepishly.
"It's perfect!! Atleast now we got the main place out of the way and so the invitations could be sent," she said. The sad truth was that not as much people would be coming, since Raccoon city was bombed. Most of Rebecca's family and friends lived there and had died along with the other citizens. This left Carlos's side of the family who were flying to New Mexico in a week from Brazil.
"Ok so let's get everything straight," started Jill taking out a pen and a pad of papers, "Chris, Leon, Barry and Constantine will be the best men. Leon is the main best man and I expect you guys to get your tux's ready by Tuesday of next week, understood?"
Leon and Chris groaned at the thought of having to go 'tux' shopping. "What about Barry and Carlos's little bro? Do we have to pick out their suits too?" asked Chris, hoping that the answer would be no.
"No, Barry already has a dozen suit. I mean he's a married man after all. And Constantine will get his from Brazil. But if you want Chris, since I know you suck at picking out anything decent, I'll escort you to the mall and help you pick out something nice. And you can help me with my brides maids dress!" said Jill, smiling widely.
"Yay, I can't wait!" Said Chris clapping his hands in over excitement then rolling his eyes. This was of course to keep his true excitement of spending a day with Jill hidden. Chris also had his sister's weakness when it came to love matters.
"Man, seriously Chris stop being such a jerk. It's gonna be loads of fun you'll see," said Claire winking at Chris. Jill turned away to face Chris again and so Claire decided to take the opportunity to point at Chris then Jill and give her brother a thumbs up sign with a huge grin. Chris blushed and shook his head, knowing the Claire would be plotting something.
"Leon, would you like me to help you pick something out?" Ada said as she sat on the couch next to Leon, smiling at him sweetly.
"Yeah sure, it'll probably be boring going on my own, and I don't think I wanna ruin Chris and Jill's little mall date," he said a bit more quietly so that Jill and Chris wouldn't hear him.
"I guess I'll keep the brides maid's gown choice to Jill, I'm sure she'll pick something nice for all of us," said Claire slumping her legs over the armchair and glancing quickly at Leon and Ada who seemed to be indulging themselves in some interesting conversation.
"Ada you don't mind do you, if Jill picks the gown you're all gonna wear as bride's maid's?" asked Rebecca, cutting off her conversation with Leon.
"I think I could trust Jill's taste. And it's so sweet of you to make me one of your bride's maids," she answered smiling at Rebecca.
"Sure thing. Ok so now we got the clothes set....My cousins daughter is going to be the flower girl you guys. She's so cute!" She said beaming.
"Cool, we can't wait to meet the family," said Sherry, who was getting somewhat bored of all the planning.
"Ok, Jill right this down," Rebecca said as Jill grabbed her pen and notepad once more, "we'll have white roses, not red. I want the buffet to be huge, and ALL kinds of drinks! Umm, what else....oh Carlos, do you wanna suggest anything?"
"Nah, I'll leave it to you," said Carlos, as he got some cards ready for a game ok 'kents'with Leon, Chris and Claire who sat around not really doing anything in particular.
"Ok and of course we're gonna have a live band playing. But I dunno who to choose. Gotta look through the newspaper for some available wedding singers....Carlos you'll come with me to choose right?" Asked Rebecca as she paced up and down the room while Jill busily jotted down everything she wanted.
"Yeah, of course," replied Carlos, not turning around.
"Kents!!" Shouted Leon as Claire jumped up happily, and put down her four identical cards.
"No fair, Carlos wasn't paying attention and I almost had the fourth card!" whined Chris as he started to shuffle the cards again.
"Oh stop being a sore loser Chris, we ALWAYS beat you!" said Claire giving Leon a high five.
"That's cause you both have this weird silent connection like some old married couple," said Carlos, folding his arms in front of him.
"Whatever, YOU lost and we still won! What's the score Claire? 50 bazillion to 1?" asked Leon, grinning mischievously, and Claire laughed.
"Haha Leon," said Chris rolling his eyes.
"Ok AGAIN," said Carlos handing out the cards to his three friends.
"Carlos, are you even listening to me?!" Rebecca now stood over Carlos, looking irritated.
"Sorry hun, what was that?" he asked, smiling innocently.
"I said, what should we choose as our wedding song??"
"I dunno, 'unchained melodies' by the righteous brothers?"
"Awww, that was my parents wedding song!" Jill beamed.
"How about KC and Joe Joe's, 'all my life'?" suggested Sherry.
"Nooo, have 'I will always love you' by Whitney Houston!" Said Chris smiling, but then the shocked expression on everyone's face made his own face fall, "what??"
"Are you serious?" Asked Ada, trying not to laugh. She never thought Chris would be the type to suggest such a 'mushy' song to put it frankly.
"It's a good love song OK," he said going a bit red as Jill stared at him, with a little smile on her face.
"Ok, ok whatever. You always make fun of me about acting gay, you HYPOCRITE!" Carlos said as everyone laughed.
"Fine, remind me to never suggest anything to YOU guys, jeez."
"Man, did you see the way Chris and Jill kept staring at each other?" Whispered Leon to Claire.
"Yeah, there's definitely something goin on. They're so blind, they don't even know their feelings for each other!" said Claire shaking her head in disappointment.
Leon looked at her and thought of how ironic it all was. "Claire....about yesterday. Well there's something I need to tell you......"
Claire looked over at him, afraid of what he might say. She knew he was going to go out with Ada, which wouldn't be the first time and wasn't sure she wanted to hear of his feelings for her just yet. "No, don't. Uh, I think I know what you're going to say," she said cutting him off.
"You do?" he said, looking confused.
"Yeah, I think so. And I don't think I'm ready to hear it Leon. So please...." Claire didn't think she could handle hearing Leon himself confess his love of Ada to her.
"I understand. Sorry," he said, looking down in disappointment and hurt then getting up and walking over to the couch next to Sherry.
A/N: Sorry, this was boring I know, but I wanted a chapter to discuss the wedding plans and stuff. Hopefully you guys kinda got Claire's personality at the first part of the chapter. This is how I imagine her to be, with her tomboy attitude and all. After all the sad truth is that brave women who kick ass usually have a weakness when it comes to love. Plus the little communication gap between Leon and Claire, and how sometimes people misunderstand each other and it just makes everything worse! (from REAL life experience here) Well stay tuned for the next chapter my friends, and hopefully I won't take as long for that one as I did for this. I think I only have a couple more chapters to go then finito! We'll finally get to that crucial point you're all waiting for~_^
Ok so what should their love song be? Any suggestions?? For the wedding and everything? Anyways wish me luck on exams, and R+R and tell me what you think!
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CHAPTER 12- WEDDING PLANS
THE NEXT MORNING:
Leon and Sherry ran around the kitchen frantically as they tried making breakfast before everyone woke up.
"Tell me, why am I doing this again? Cause you know I could be sleeping happily in bed now as we speak!" said Leon balancing a plate of scrambled eggs and sausages in his hands. Sherry had burst into his room earlier that morning, forcing him to get up and help her make breakfast. He never even had the chance to shower or change and still stood in his tank top and boxer shorts.
"It's our turn to make breakfast, REMEMBER? You didn't think I'd do it on my own now did you?" She said smiling as she poured some orange juice into a big glass.
"Well how come Chris never gets a turn??" whined Leon as he stifled a yawn.
Sherry grinned, "This is CHRIS we're talking about. He burnt Jill and Rebecca's kitchen last year trying to fry eggs!" she said and Leon laughed warm-heartedly at the memory.
"Well it's not my fault I'm such an excellent chef," he said setting various plates on the table.
"Yeah right! You're the one that made those uneatable sausages," Sherry teased, pointing at the half burnt sausages on the plate.
"Hey, hey! I'm a GOOD cook ok. It's just way too early to be cooking anything. Besides everyone likes slightly crispy sausages," he said.
"Ummm, I bet you Ada doesn't. She'll probably ask for a French cuisine," Sherry said turning her accent into a posh French one.
"I'm sure Ada won't mind," said Leon challengingly.
"Well then, you can pick up those over burnt sausages and toast from the trash and throw em on her pla-"
"Sherry!!"
"I'm just kidding! Chill Leon, you're so easy!" said Sherry defensively as she laughed loudly at the shocked expression on Leon's face. "By the way," she continued, "did you talk to Claire yesterday?"
Leon froze for a moment "Uh, yeah we talked," he said, carefully keeping a straight face.
"So??" Asked Sherry hoping to get more out of him.
"So we talked. Everything's fine and back to normal."
"And what would normal be??" she asked again.
Leon looked over at Sherry suspiciously and wondered where this might be heading, "as in," he said slowly, "she's not angry at me anymore, and everything's NORMAL."
Sherry groaned, "great," she muttered, getting the point that Leon won't say any more, "back to the same old boring, normal."
"Did you say something?"
"Nope, just thinking to myself," answered Sherry, scrunching her nose in disappointment.
A few minutes later they were greeted by Claire, who's wet hair reached her mid-back, and who was now wearing a black tank top with a picture of the Tasmanian devil on the front from loony tunes, and baggy knee length shorts.
"Morning you guys," she said, tying her hair back into her trademark ponytail. She looked over at Sherry and then rested her eyes on Leon, who was also staring back at her. He gave her a lop sided smile and looked away quickly slightly blushing at the fact that he was staring at her for a long time without answering. Sherry noticed and decided to stay quiet, eager to see what happens next and watching for signs on Claire's part. Finally Claire also looked away, blushing. Partly because Leon had actually been embarrassed at staring at her and partly because she thought he looked great standing there in a tank top and boxers, which complimented his muscular figure.
"Uh, so what's burning?" she asked trying to change the awkward atmosphere.
"Leon's sausages," replied Sherry giving Leon a triumphant look.
"They're NOT burning, they're just nice and crispy-"
"And BLACK," continued Sherry, giggling as Leon hit her shoulder playfully.
"Uh huh," said Claire raising an eyebrow at them. "You guys need any help in cooking REAL food?"
"Sure, why not. Take my place cause I need to take a shower," said Leon, giving his head a scratch.
"NEED is not a strong enough term, Leon. More like In DESPERATE need of taking a shower, cause dayyum you SMELL boy!" said Claire, as she pretended to shoo off a bad smell near her nose.
Leon grinned, happy to see that Claire was back to her normal self, and basically teasing the hell out of him again. He then slapped Claire's backside playfully with the kitchen towel as she tried dodging it unsuccessfully.
She laughed a genuine laugh as Leon ran to the stairs, "Ok I'll be back in 10 minutes. And Sherry...make sure Claire and Chris don't finish the food!"
"That'll be hard," said Sherry turning to Claire who was already gulping down a huge sandwich. She then turned the radio on and looked at Claire surprised, as the oh-so familiar lyrics of 'The boy is mine' went flowing out.
"Hey Claire. It's your song!" she said with a wink, only to be greeted by the surprised look that instantly took over Claire's face, which led Sherry into a mad fit of giggles.
"Very funny Sherry," said Claire turning her back to the young teen and blushing deeply.
Was it that obvious that she had feelings for Leon? Because if it was, Claire would not be able to live with the shame. She didn't want Leon thinking that she was so madly in love with him when he liked Ada because it would only feed his male ego, and that was something she could not stand. 'Skin me alive, but I will NEVER feed the male ego!' that was her motto, and also the reason why most of her friends believed that she, frankly, will never get a man. And it wasn't that she was a feminist. It was just the fact that she naturally COULD NOT sit there, giggling and complimenting guys like some air headed bimbo. Steve was the first guy that had ever admitted he loved her. She cared for him deeply and knew he was a kind-hearted person behind his 'I don't give a damn' exterior. But she was always oblivious to the fact that he had deeper feelings for her, and his confession shocked her. She could have grown closer to him, but he had died too soon for her to develop strong feelings, and now that she finally has with Leon, the mere thought of it all scares her to death. She had never been in love, and she doesn't know how to handle it.
'Man, guns of all kinds I can handle any day, but men-' Claire was cut off As Sherry's hands came flying in her face.
"Hello? Earth to Claire!" said Sherry waving a hand before Claire's flushed face.
"Huh?" Claire now broke from her silent trance.
"I knew it! You DO like him!"
"What! Sherry I-"
Sherry didn't give Claire a chance to speak and started her immature teasing, "OOOOH! Claire and Le-on, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G-"
"Say what?" came Chris's voice from the living room and he was soon visible before a very embarrassed Claire and Sherry. "Where you teasing Claire about LEON?"
Claire silently cursed herself as Sherry gave Chris the biggest 'I'm innocent' smile she could fake. Claire knew what her brother was like, and if he thought that there might be anything in the slightest, going on between Leon and her then it would basically be the end of Leon. He'll probably get kicked out of the house and asked to stay in a hotel until his house was fixed, and then of course he'd have to move house, because living next door was still too close.
"No I wasn't," said Sherry defiantly.
"Yeah you were. You were singing the kissing song and that ALWAYS means something!" he said, making Claire grow uneasy.
"Oh THAT. Well I said Claire and....Lare-ON. It's a different Claire though. From my high school, you know the bitchy one I told you about that basically goes out with ANY guy cause she's like a slut and her dad even paid for her boob imp-"
"Ok I GET it!" said Chris, glancing quickly at Claire who just stood there smiling.
"Teens. What can I say," she said, twisting her hair nervously.
Chris shook his head as he left the kitchen with a glass of orange juice mumbling, "I could have SWORN she said Leon."
Claire turned to Sherry angrily, "Sherry! Just for the record you're the WORST liar ever! I mean Lareon?? JEEZ, where'd the hell you come up with that?!"
"Relax Claire, he believed me. And SURE there is a name like Lareon, like you know from....Czechoslovakia....or something?" she replied shrugging.
Claire rolled her eyes, "that was so immature. You're just lucky Chris is so damn gullible when it comes to you."
"Hell yeah, and you're just jealous," said Sherry grinning at Claire.
"Whatever," replied Claire, smiling back at her as she grabbed her nose between her fingers knowing it would bug Sherry to no limitation.
LATER THAT AFTERNOON:
"No I don't think that dress would suit me very much," said Rebecca as she sat on the couch cross-legged, with Claire, Jill, Sherry and Ada surrounding her and looking at a wedding dresses magazine.
"How about that one? Come on Becky, it's GORGEOUS!" said Jill pointing at a picture of a very happy blonde female, dressed in a princess-like wedding dress.
"That kinda reminds me of Belle's evening gown from beauty and the beast, but just in white," said Claire in a matter of fact tone.
Rebecca laughed, "Yeah, trust you to think of that."
"What? I love Beauty and the Beast, and Belle's dress was beautiful!" she answered defiantly.
"Well I personally prefer that dress here," said Ada pointing at a different dress, which had no sleeves, and came straight down, without the puff.
"Aww, you guys I don't know! There's so many I like, I'd hate to choose!" said Rebecca, sighing dramatically.
"Oh, the stress of picking out wedding dresses is almost unbearable!" said Chris in an equally dramatic tone, as he flung himself back on the chair in exhaustion, a hand placed on his forehead. This made Leon and Carlos throw their heads back in mocking laughter, which concluded with pillows flying all over the guys from the girls side of the room.
"You're such a smart ass Chris," said Jill making a face at him only to receive a playful wink in return. She shook her head slowly, but couldn't stop her lips from forming a tiny smile.
"Come on you guys, cut it out, we have 2 weeks to prepare for the wedding! I have to pick out a dress soon, and you girls have to pick out your brides maids dresses," said Rebecca, quickly flipping through the pages.
Carlos walked up to her, hugging her tightly from behind, "don't stress babe, we got PLENTY of time!"
"Two weeks is not plenty, Carlos. I mean, will it be out doors like I want it to be?? What kinda roses are we going to have? White or red? What kind of win-"
"The main stuff has been taken care of, you can choose which roses you want. And YES it's gonna be out doors. At that hotel you love near the beach, remember?"
"Awww, with the nice scenery, and the mermaid glass statue??" Rebecca asked turning to face Carlos.
"Yup," he answered smiling.
"You remembered!" Rebecca said flinging her arms around his neck and kissing him deeply on the lips. She had told him about two years that she definitely wanted her wedding to take place at the beach side hotel, after seeing how perfectly everything would fit there.
The room was full of "awwwww's" as Rebecca and Carlos broke from their kiss.
Carlos blushed slightly at the fact that Rebecca had kissed him so suddenly and in front of everyone. "So, you're fine with that place? I thought you might get pissed cause I didn't consult you first," said Carlos sheepishly.
"It's perfect!! Atleast now we got the main place out of the way and so the invitations could be sent," she said. The sad truth was that not as much people would be coming, since Raccoon city was bombed. Most of Rebecca's family and friends lived there and had died along with the other citizens. This left Carlos's side of the family who were flying to New Mexico in a week from Brazil.
"Ok so let's get everything straight," started Jill taking out a pen and a pad of papers, "Chris, Leon, Barry and Constantine will be the best men. Leon is the main best man and I expect you guys to get your tux's ready by Tuesday of next week, understood?"
Leon and Chris groaned at the thought of having to go 'tux' shopping. "What about Barry and Carlos's little bro? Do we have to pick out their suits too?" asked Chris, hoping that the answer would be no.
"No, Barry already has a dozen suit. I mean he's a married man after all. And Constantine will get his from Brazil. But if you want Chris, since I know you suck at picking out anything decent, I'll escort you to the mall and help you pick out something nice. And you can help me with my brides maids dress!" said Jill, smiling widely.
"Yay, I can't wait!" Said Chris clapping his hands in over excitement then rolling his eyes. This was of course to keep his true excitement of spending a day with Jill hidden. Chris also had his sister's weakness when it came to love matters.
"Man, seriously Chris stop being such a jerk. It's gonna be loads of fun you'll see," said Claire winking at Chris. Jill turned away to face Chris again and so Claire decided to take the opportunity to point at Chris then Jill and give her brother a thumbs up sign with a huge grin. Chris blushed and shook his head, knowing the Claire would be plotting something.
"Leon, would you like me to help you pick something out?" Ada said as she sat on the couch next to Leon, smiling at him sweetly.
"Yeah sure, it'll probably be boring going on my own, and I don't think I wanna ruin Chris and Jill's little mall date," he said a bit more quietly so that Jill and Chris wouldn't hear him.
"I guess I'll keep the brides maid's gown choice to Jill, I'm sure she'll pick something nice for all of us," said Claire slumping her legs over the armchair and glancing quickly at Leon and Ada who seemed to be indulging themselves in some interesting conversation.
"Ada you don't mind do you, if Jill picks the gown you're all gonna wear as bride's maid's?" asked Rebecca, cutting off her conversation with Leon.
"I think I could trust Jill's taste. And it's so sweet of you to make me one of your bride's maids," she answered smiling at Rebecca.
"Sure thing. Ok so now we got the clothes set....My cousins daughter is going to be the flower girl you guys. She's so cute!" She said beaming.
"Cool, we can't wait to meet the family," said Sherry, who was getting somewhat bored of all the planning.
"Ok, Jill right this down," Rebecca said as Jill grabbed her pen and notepad once more, "we'll have white roses, not red. I want the buffet to be huge, and ALL kinds of drinks! Umm, what else....oh Carlos, do you wanna suggest anything?"
"Nah, I'll leave it to you," said Carlos, as he got some cards ready for a game ok 'kents'with Leon, Chris and Claire who sat around not really doing anything in particular.
"Ok and of course we're gonna have a live band playing. But I dunno who to choose. Gotta look through the newspaper for some available wedding singers....Carlos you'll come with me to choose right?" Asked Rebecca as she paced up and down the room while Jill busily jotted down everything she wanted.
"Yeah, of course," replied Carlos, not turning around.
"Kents!!" Shouted Leon as Claire jumped up happily, and put down her four identical cards.
"No fair, Carlos wasn't paying attention and I almost had the fourth card!" whined Chris as he started to shuffle the cards again.
"Oh stop being a sore loser Chris, we ALWAYS beat you!" said Claire giving Leon a high five.
"That's cause you both have this weird silent connection like some old married couple," said Carlos, folding his arms in front of him.
"Whatever, YOU lost and we still won! What's the score Claire? 50 bazillion to 1?" asked Leon, grinning mischievously, and Claire laughed.
"Haha Leon," said Chris rolling his eyes.
"Ok AGAIN," said Carlos handing out the cards to his three friends.
"Carlos, are you even listening to me?!" Rebecca now stood over Carlos, looking irritated.
"Sorry hun, what was that?" he asked, smiling innocently.
"I said, what should we choose as our wedding song??"
"I dunno, 'unchained melodies' by the righteous brothers?"
"Awww, that was my parents wedding song!" Jill beamed.
"How about KC and Joe Joe's, 'all my life'?" suggested Sherry.
"Nooo, have 'I will always love you' by Whitney Houston!" Said Chris smiling, but then the shocked expression on everyone's face made his own face fall, "what??"
"Are you serious?" Asked Ada, trying not to laugh. She never thought Chris would be the type to suggest such a 'mushy' song to put it frankly.
"It's a good love song OK," he said going a bit red as Jill stared at him, with a little smile on her face.
"Ok, ok whatever. You always make fun of me about acting gay, you HYPOCRITE!" Carlos said as everyone laughed.
"Fine, remind me to never suggest anything to YOU guys, jeez."
"Man, did you see the way Chris and Jill kept staring at each other?" Whispered Leon to Claire.
"Yeah, there's definitely something goin on. They're so blind, they don't even know their feelings for each other!" said Claire shaking her head in disappointment.
Leon looked at her and thought of how ironic it all was. "Claire....about yesterday. Well there's something I need to tell you......"
Claire looked over at him, afraid of what he might say. She knew he was going to go out with Ada, which wouldn't be the first time and wasn't sure she wanted to hear of his feelings for her just yet. "No, don't. Uh, I think I know what you're going to say," she said cutting him off.
"You do?" he said, looking confused.
"Yeah, I think so. And I don't think I'm ready to hear it Leon. So please...." Claire didn't think she could handle hearing Leon himself confess his love of Ada to her.
"I understand. Sorry," he said, looking down in disappointment and hurt then getting up and walking over to the couch next to Sherry.
A/N: Sorry, this was boring I know, but I wanted a chapter to discuss the wedding plans and stuff. Hopefully you guys kinda got Claire's personality at the first part of the chapter. This is how I imagine her to be, with her tomboy attitude and all. After all the sad truth is that brave women who kick ass usually have a weakness when it comes to love. Plus the little communication gap between Leon and Claire, and how sometimes people misunderstand each other and it just makes everything worse! (from REAL life experience here) Well stay tuned for the next chapter my friends, and hopefully I won't take as long for that one as I did for this. I think I only have a couple more chapters to go then finito! We'll finally get to that crucial point you're all waiting for~_^
Ok so what should their love song be? Any suggestions?? For the wedding and everything? Anyways wish me luck on exams, and R+R and tell me what you think!
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