Claire sighed as she set her paperwork down. Working with the others in their small nameless organization was hard work...not to mention she hadn't slept well in days. Recently she'd begun having recurring nightmares of the walking undead. Shuddering, she brushed the thought aside and stood to greet Jill as she entered the room. "What? You're still doing that paperwork? Claire, you've been going at that for hours now!" exclaimed Jill. "Yea, I know. This was so much easier when we had Rebecca..." she trailed off as she thought of the sweet, mild mannered girl. Jill nodded in agreement and they both stood there in a deep silence. "I think Chris took it the hardest...I know he still has feelings for her..." murmured Claire, talking more to herself than to Jill.
"Well, aside from that, we need to get going. The boys are already heading to the diner and there's a nasty storm brewing." said Jill grabbing her friend and coworker by the arm and tugging her out of the office.
"Man...they're late." Muttered Leon in an irritated tone as he watched the weather outside turn for the worse. At least it hadn't started raining yet. Chris leaned against the wall of the diner and didn't reply. Glancing at a listless Carlos, he shifted his gaze outside. They'd be around soon. Claire was rarely ever on time for things anyway. It was Claire's birthday, after all. Today was supposed to be all about her. With this thought in mind, he relaxed.
The previous day…
"I'm still not sure about this, Mike." Said Billy Coen scratching his head and regarding his friend with a skeptical look. "Come on Bill, this is the chance of a lifetime! Two FREE tickets to fly to Magnus to actually meet BoA and sit at her concert tomorrow! How many guys wouldn't WANT to meet that broad!" Billy shrugged. Since he never really watched music video he had no clue what she looked like…all he knew was he liked her music. "Come on man! You know I wouldn't ask you unless I'd really want you to!" Sighing in defeat Billy gave in. "Ok, ok, I'll do it! Jeez…" he finally said and watched as his friend and roommate hooted and ran off to get ready. Shaking his head he turned and headed off to get packed himself.
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Rebecca Chambers sat before the mirror of her dressing room. How many times had she sat here before now? Staring silently at her reflection she pondered these words as her hair stylist teased and tossed her mop of fiery red hair. Today she would greet two lucky fans who had won the chance to have dinner with her and front row seats to her concert today. In reality she wasn't completely comfortable with this arrangement, but had agreed to do it anyway. It had been two years since that terrible incident at the two mansions in Raccoon City. "Why am I thinking about this now?" she thought to herself. "I'm an idol now…all that's in the past. I quit working for STARS…so why do I still have this nagging feeling that there's something wrong with this picture?" sighing to herself she thought about Billy. Reaching into the pocket of her pants, she withdrew and slowly fingered the dog tags she had taken from him two years ago. Smiling sadly to herself she recalled their farewell. She regretted not looking back. She wondered where he was and if he was happy. She had heard some time ago about him being acquitted of all charges…too bad everyone here thought him deceased. "He probably has a new woman in his life by now…someone his age with gorgeous brown eyes and long flowing blond hair and a perfect body with a perfect personality." She thought in dismay. Before she could dwell in her thoughts any longer, her stylist spoke, snapping her out of her daze. "Ok, all done. Your manager said to meet him downstairs for a quick run through of your moves for the concert. Your fans will be there to watch that and then you'll head out for your dinner engagements…although I don't particularly want you going out in that weather just to ruin all the work I just did with your hair and make-up." she said glancing out the window of the room and observing the dark weather outside.
Rebecca smiled a small smile. "It's ok, I'll make sure to be extra careful." She said as she stood and checked herself. She was dressed in a rather seductive get-up…tight black leather pants with a black tank top that cut off at the stomach in a diamond cut with red jewels all around the diamond design. The top was cut in a diamond shape in the back so most of her pale skin in the back was exposed. Accompanied with her small glittering ruby tear-drop earrings in her ears and black gloves with the fingers out and black boots she hoped she didn't look too flashy, even though she was an idol. Casting one final glance into the mirror at herself, she slipped on a pair of shades and hurried off to meet up with her manager.