Miracles Do Happen
Author's Note: Okay, I want to first thank you all for reviewing. Orion, suicide is not the answer. Be a good man and put the gun down. Ha Ha Ha. Anyway, this is chapter 8. I really want to put more detail into the story from now on, so hopefully these chapters will be good and long like the last one. All Right. Here we go.
Chapter 8- Preparations ( For Tomorrow We Dine)
" Okay, the turkey is thawed out. Are you ready to prepare it now?" Jill asked Claire as she pressed her fingers onto the turkey in the sink. She was feeling to see if it had finished thawing out. Claire, who was busy making her cherry pie, just nodded. Jill took that as a yes and tried to pick the turkey up out of the sink but it was too heavy.
" Chris!" Jill yelled into the living room where he and the others were watching The Fast and the Furious.
Chris was just getting into the movie when he heard Jill's voice bring him back from the fast lane. He sighed a little and got up to go see what she wanted.
" Yes, Jill?" Chris asked as he walked into the kitchen. Jill looked at him sweetly.
" Put this turkey in that pot for me, please sweetie." Chris shrugged and proceeded to do as she asked.
" Thank you." Jill told him before giving him a kiss. Claire made a gagging sound at the two.
" You two are worse than Becca and Carlos now. Even me and Leon aren't as "exposing" as you two." Chris gave her the bird. Jill gave Claire a look.
" Bullshit, Claire. If I remember correctly, that night we went to the pool at your house, you and Leon were getting busy for all to see." Claire shut up and blushed. Chris grimaced.
" Hey, Hey! I don't wanna know all that." As if on cue, Leon just happened to walk in the room.
" Hey Jill. The pie looks good Claire." Leon told her as he went to examine it. Claire smiled at him. Seconds later, the two were lip-locking and Chris and Jill just snickered.
" Ha, who's the one that's overexposed?" Chris smirked. Claire gave Chris the finger as she continued to kiss Leon. Chris grinned one last time at the two and turned to help Jill with the turkey.
In the living room, Carlos was cuddling Rebecca, who was protectively holding her daughter in her arms. Sherry couldn't help but smile at their whole family holding on to each other like that. Every since they found out Rebecca was pregnant, she noticed that Carlos stopped playing around as much. Maybe because he actually had a responsibility now.
" Why aren't you helping Claire and Jill cook, Rebecca? You know how to cook don't you?" Sherry asked. Carlos chuckled.
" Sherry, Rebecca cannot cook anything that doesn't have instructions." Rebecca cut her eyes at him but just ignored the urge to slap him and smiled at Sherry.
" Excuse me Sherry, I have to feed Juliana. I'll be back." Slowly she got up from the sofa and Juliana started to cry. Rebecca started to sing to her softly as she walked upstairs to the room that Jill had prepared for her.
" Hey Sherry, you wanna help me put this baby rocker together?" Carlos asked as the movie on screen started to roll the ending credits. Sherry agreed. She didn't want to watch anymore t.v.
Getting off the recliner she helped Carlos open the box and pulled out the instructions. To her they looked like they were written in another language. Sherry grinned and looked over to Carlos. He was musing over the screws and pieces.
" All right. How do we put this thing together?" Sherry asked. Carlos looked back to her just as confused as she was and shrugged. He didn't know where to begin.
Meanwhile
It was going on 11:30 and Claire and Jill were still cooking and preparing food. Chris and Leon had nothing better to do so they helped out too.
" You two need us to do anything else?" Leon asked as he threw some trash away. The kitchen was cluttered with cooking utensils and trash. Chris was sitting in a chair about to fall asleep. His head drooped for a bit before he quickly lifted it back up. Jill stopped chopping up the blocks of cheese she would need and looked around. She turned to Claire.
" I think that's about it. Think so Claire?" Claire nodded.
" Yeah, we can get the rest in the morning. Me and Jill are just waiting for the turkey to finish."
" All right. Let me know if you need something. Chris, you wanna go sit on the porch for a minute?" Leon asked. Chris lifted his head up and gave Leon a tired look. But he knew what Leon wanted to talk to him about.
" Yeah, whatever." Chris yawned. Leon chuckled and took that as a yes. Claire and Jill looked at the two curiously as the stepped outside through the slide door before returning back to their work.
Outside
" So what is it you wanted to talk about Leon?' Chris asked as he sat down in the patio chair. He was sleepy and was ready to get in the bed but he decided he hear what Leon had to say first. Leon sighed before taking a big breath.
" Chris, you know I love your sister with all my heart and soul. And I already told you I plan on proposing to her. And you even said it was about time I do. Well, now I am. I'm going to go get an engagement ring on Friday. I want you to come with me so you can help me choose the perfect one."
Chris yawned one more time before nodding. " Leon, you didn't even have to ask. Of course, I'll help you. I know you'll make Claire happy. By the way, who are you going to choose as your best man.?"
Leon grinned. " Carlos. Claire probrally wants you to walk her down the isle." Chris nodded.
" Well that makes sense. Anything else?" Leon looked inside to see Claire sneaking glances at them. Leon smiled a little.
" Yeah, I think Claire's on to me. Can I trust you not to tell Jill?" Chris scoffed. Leon chuckled.
" You can count on me." Chris said before getting up and going inside. Leon stayed out a little longer. He wanted to get some air and just think.
As Chris walked in, he went over to Jill and gave her a kiss goodnight. " I'm going to bed. Night Jill. Night Claire."
" Night Chris." Claire and Jill told him at almost the same time. They watched him leave the kitchen and go up the stairs and finally heard the door close.
" How long do you think this turkey will take?" Claire asked as she sat down in the chair, still sneaking glances to Leon outside. Jill smirked at this.
" Probrably 3 hours, maybe four. Do you want to go outside Claire?' Jill practically laughed out.
Claire looked at Jill funny before breaking into a smile. She should have figured that Jill would catch on to what she was doing.
" Yeah, I think I will. You don't need me right now do you?" Claire asked while walking over to the slide door. Jill shook her head.
" No, take your time." With that she went into the living room to see what the others were doing. Claire smiled to herself before stepping outside.
In the Living Room
" It's about time you two got it right." Rebecca smirked at Carlos and Sherry. The two of them were on the floor exhausted from all of the thinking they were doing just to read the instuctions. After about 45 minutes they finally got it. Sherry sighed in relief.
" Yep, it finally looks like a baby rocker. I hope you guys already put the crib together." Rebecca chuckled at them.
" Leon and Carlos put it together. Now that you're done can you two carry it upstairs for me. I'm going to put Juliana to bed and I think I'm going to turn in too." Carlos and Sherry groaned.
" Just give us 5 minutes." Carlos managed to get out. At that moment Jill walked into the living room.
" And what are you all up to?" She questioned with a smirk on her face. She had heard Sherry's complaining and Carlos' cursing the whole time. Rebecca answered for them.
" Nothing, they were just about to help me bring this upstairs. I'm going to bed. Come on Carlos." Rebecca said in an extra sweet voice.
Sherry groaned as she got up and helped Carlos up. " Come on Carlos. Let's get it over with. I'm going to sleep after this too."
" I might as well too." Carlos said getting up. Jill just laughed.
" Goodnight."
"Goodnight Jill." Was the reply from all of them. Jill continued to laugh as she went back into the kitchen.
Back to Leon and Claire
As the slide door opened Leon turned around to see Claire coming out. He smiled and she smiled back.
" Hey, what's on your mind?" Leon asked as Claire came to sit in his lap. He started to stroke her hair. He found out a little while ago that it relaxed her.
" Nothing much. I saw you out here all alone and thought you might want some company." She replied. Leon nodded.
" Yeah, I suspected that. You know, because of all the glances you were throwing at me." Claire's mouth dropped.
" What! You saw me the whole time?" Leon just nodded again. He figured Claire would react that way. She always did.
" Hmm mmm. You were pretty obvious." Claire narrowed her eyes at him and just continued to let Leon comfort her. Even though it was technically Thanksgiving already she still wanted to let Leon just how thankful she was for him.
" Claire, when did you feel like being friends wasn't going to be enough for us?" Leon asked her as he continued to look at the sky. The sound of late nighters in sports cars could be heard faintly around them. Claire stared at him for a second and took in the beautiful sight before her. She knew exactly when she started to fall in love with Leon.
" Those last few days before you left for California. I started thinking about how important you were in my life. And how different it was going to be since Umbrella was gone."
" Yeah, I felt that way too." Leon added. Claire smiled at him a little and continued.
" I remember how bad I treated you after Antarctica. You kept trying to comfort me but I couldn't stop thinking about not saving Steve. He was so young and ignorant. He was still a kid. That made me become even more protective of Sherry."
" You eventually let me in though." Leon said with a grin on his face. Claire smirked.
" Yep, I remember what you said to me. Claire, after Umbrella is finished you can forget all about me and take Sherry somewhere and start your life over. But until then, I'm staying here with you and her and everyone else because I'll be damned if I don't get a piece of Umbrella myself." Claire said in Leon's tone of voice. Leon chuckled.
" And then you slapped me across the face, started crying and hugged me so hard I couldn't breathe. We stayed like that until we fell asleep. And from there we started looking out for each other." Leon concluded. Claire sighed mockingly.
" Like I was saying. That last day before you left, when you were saying goodbye to everyone I thought about everything we had been though and how much I started to care for you. I'd say that was the moment I started to fall in love with you." Leon pulled Claire a little closer to him.
" That's about the same time my feelings started to run a little deeper for you too. Can you believe that was only 2 years ago."
" Nope. But 2 years ago, the last thing on our minds was love." Claire said as she leaned in to kiss him. Leon nodded before letting Claire reach him.
From there they kissed about 5 minutes. They just stayed like that for a while, talking about the times while they were crusading against Umbrella and after. Soon they just stopped talking all together and just enjoyed being in one another's company. Jill was inside looking at the couple the whole time. She smiled at her sister in-law and her boyfriend. She knew those two were meant to be. Somehow she just knew it.
About 2:30 A.M.
Claire and Leon had just come back inside. Jill was turning off the stove and leaving the turkey in there until morning.
" The turkey's done. We can finish the rest tomorrow." Jill informed the couple as she turned to them. Leon and Claire nodded. Jill yawned.
" Well, I'm going to bed. I'll see you two in the morning."
"Night Jill." Claire and Leon told her. Jill told them goodnight too and started to walk up the stairs. Leon and Claire turned off the kitchen light and walked into the living room hand in hand.
They walked in to see Sherry K.Oed in Chris' recliner. She was wrapped comfortably in a bed sheet. Leon turned to Claire, who was kissing Sherry goodnight on the forehead.
" Doesn't this sofa fold out into a bed?" Leon asked. Claire nodded. Leon searched around for a lever before pulling on it and pulling a bed out. Claire went to the closet to get a cover for them.
" I'm going to gain so much weight tomorrow." Leon chuckled as he and Claire got into the bed. He wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her to him. She was turned to him and looking straight at him. She smiled.
" As if you don't need it. Night Leon." Claire said as she rested her head on his chest. Leon sighed before closing his eyes too.
" Night baby."
The aroma of Thanksgiving was present all though the house. Everyone was ready for the day ahead. Leon finally drifted to sleep with a smile on his face. He had a lot to be thankful for.
Author's Note: Hey, I finished. This was really a preparation chapter. I hope it wasn't too boring. You can see Leon's been doing a lot of thinking. Something's up. Well, thanks for all the reviews and I hope to see more from you all. And Chris Redfield Fan, your story is great. Pinguichia, your story is kicking ass too. I hope you update soon. Everyone else, thanks for the support. Until next time.
Author's Note: Okay, I want to first thank you all for reviewing. Orion, suicide is not the answer. Be a good man and put the gun down. Ha Ha Ha. Anyway, this is chapter 8. I really want to put more detail into the story from now on, so hopefully these chapters will be good and long like the last one. All Right. Here we go.
Chapter 8- Preparations ( For Tomorrow We Dine)
" Okay, the turkey is thawed out. Are you ready to prepare it now?" Jill asked Claire as she pressed her fingers onto the turkey in the sink. She was feeling to see if it had finished thawing out. Claire, who was busy making her cherry pie, just nodded. Jill took that as a yes and tried to pick the turkey up out of the sink but it was too heavy.
" Chris!" Jill yelled into the living room where he and the others were watching The Fast and the Furious.
Chris was just getting into the movie when he heard Jill's voice bring him back from the fast lane. He sighed a little and got up to go see what she wanted.
" Yes, Jill?" Chris asked as he walked into the kitchen. Jill looked at him sweetly.
" Put this turkey in that pot for me, please sweetie." Chris shrugged and proceeded to do as she asked.
" Thank you." Jill told him before giving him a kiss. Claire made a gagging sound at the two.
" You two are worse than Becca and Carlos now. Even me and Leon aren't as "exposing" as you two." Chris gave her the bird. Jill gave Claire a look.
" Bullshit, Claire. If I remember correctly, that night we went to the pool at your house, you and Leon were getting busy for all to see." Claire shut up and blushed. Chris grimaced.
" Hey, Hey! I don't wanna know all that." As if on cue, Leon just happened to walk in the room.
" Hey Jill. The pie looks good Claire." Leon told her as he went to examine it. Claire smiled at him. Seconds later, the two were lip-locking and Chris and Jill just snickered.
" Ha, who's the one that's overexposed?" Chris smirked. Claire gave Chris the finger as she continued to kiss Leon. Chris grinned one last time at the two and turned to help Jill with the turkey.
In the living room, Carlos was cuddling Rebecca, who was protectively holding her daughter in her arms. Sherry couldn't help but smile at their whole family holding on to each other like that. Every since they found out Rebecca was pregnant, she noticed that Carlos stopped playing around as much. Maybe because he actually had a responsibility now.
" Why aren't you helping Claire and Jill cook, Rebecca? You know how to cook don't you?" Sherry asked. Carlos chuckled.
" Sherry, Rebecca cannot cook anything that doesn't have instructions." Rebecca cut her eyes at him but just ignored the urge to slap him and smiled at Sherry.
" Excuse me Sherry, I have to feed Juliana. I'll be back." Slowly she got up from the sofa and Juliana started to cry. Rebecca started to sing to her softly as she walked upstairs to the room that Jill had prepared for her.
" Hey Sherry, you wanna help me put this baby rocker together?" Carlos asked as the movie on screen started to roll the ending credits. Sherry agreed. She didn't want to watch anymore t.v.
Getting off the recliner she helped Carlos open the box and pulled out the instructions. To her they looked like they were written in another language. Sherry grinned and looked over to Carlos. He was musing over the screws and pieces.
" All right. How do we put this thing together?" Sherry asked. Carlos looked back to her just as confused as she was and shrugged. He didn't know where to begin.
Meanwhile
It was going on 11:30 and Claire and Jill were still cooking and preparing food. Chris and Leon had nothing better to do so they helped out too.
" You two need us to do anything else?" Leon asked as he threw some trash away. The kitchen was cluttered with cooking utensils and trash. Chris was sitting in a chair about to fall asleep. His head drooped for a bit before he quickly lifted it back up. Jill stopped chopping up the blocks of cheese she would need and looked around. She turned to Claire.
" I think that's about it. Think so Claire?" Claire nodded.
" Yeah, we can get the rest in the morning. Me and Jill are just waiting for the turkey to finish."
" All right. Let me know if you need something. Chris, you wanna go sit on the porch for a minute?" Leon asked. Chris lifted his head up and gave Leon a tired look. But he knew what Leon wanted to talk to him about.
" Yeah, whatever." Chris yawned. Leon chuckled and took that as a yes. Claire and Jill looked at the two curiously as the stepped outside through the slide door before returning back to their work.
Outside
" So what is it you wanted to talk about Leon?' Chris asked as he sat down in the patio chair. He was sleepy and was ready to get in the bed but he decided he hear what Leon had to say first. Leon sighed before taking a big breath.
" Chris, you know I love your sister with all my heart and soul. And I already told you I plan on proposing to her. And you even said it was about time I do. Well, now I am. I'm going to go get an engagement ring on Friday. I want you to come with me so you can help me choose the perfect one."
Chris yawned one more time before nodding. " Leon, you didn't even have to ask. Of course, I'll help you. I know you'll make Claire happy. By the way, who are you going to choose as your best man.?"
Leon grinned. " Carlos. Claire probrally wants you to walk her down the isle." Chris nodded.
" Well that makes sense. Anything else?" Leon looked inside to see Claire sneaking glances at them. Leon smiled a little.
" Yeah, I think Claire's on to me. Can I trust you not to tell Jill?" Chris scoffed. Leon chuckled.
" You can count on me." Chris said before getting up and going inside. Leon stayed out a little longer. He wanted to get some air and just think.
As Chris walked in, he went over to Jill and gave her a kiss goodnight. " I'm going to bed. Night Jill. Night Claire."
" Night Chris." Claire and Jill told him at almost the same time. They watched him leave the kitchen and go up the stairs and finally heard the door close.
" How long do you think this turkey will take?" Claire asked as she sat down in the chair, still sneaking glances to Leon outside. Jill smirked at this.
" Probrably 3 hours, maybe four. Do you want to go outside Claire?' Jill practically laughed out.
Claire looked at Jill funny before breaking into a smile. She should have figured that Jill would catch on to what she was doing.
" Yeah, I think I will. You don't need me right now do you?" Claire asked while walking over to the slide door. Jill shook her head.
" No, take your time." With that she went into the living room to see what the others were doing. Claire smiled to herself before stepping outside.
In the Living Room
" It's about time you two got it right." Rebecca smirked at Carlos and Sherry. The two of them were on the floor exhausted from all of the thinking they were doing just to read the instuctions. After about 45 minutes they finally got it. Sherry sighed in relief.
" Yep, it finally looks like a baby rocker. I hope you guys already put the crib together." Rebecca chuckled at them.
" Leon and Carlos put it together. Now that you're done can you two carry it upstairs for me. I'm going to put Juliana to bed and I think I'm going to turn in too." Carlos and Sherry groaned.
" Just give us 5 minutes." Carlos managed to get out. At that moment Jill walked into the living room.
" And what are you all up to?" She questioned with a smirk on her face. She had heard Sherry's complaining and Carlos' cursing the whole time. Rebecca answered for them.
" Nothing, they were just about to help me bring this upstairs. I'm going to bed. Come on Carlos." Rebecca said in an extra sweet voice.
Sherry groaned as she got up and helped Carlos up. " Come on Carlos. Let's get it over with. I'm going to sleep after this too."
" I might as well too." Carlos said getting up. Jill just laughed.
" Goodnight."
"Goodnight Jill." Was the reply from all of them. Jill continued to laugh as she went back into the kitchen.
Back to Leon and Claire
As the slide door opened Leon turned around to see Claire coming out. He smiled and she smiled back.
" Hey, what's on your mind?" Leon asked as Claire came to sit in his lap. He started to stroke her hair. He found out a little while ago that it relaxed her.
" Nothing much. I saw you out here all alone and thought you might want some company." She replied. Leon nodded.
" Yeah, I suspected that. You know, because of all the glances you were throwing at me." Claire's mouth dropped.
" What! You saw me the whole time?" Leon just nodded again. He figured Claire would react that way. She always did.
" Hmm mmm. You were pretty obvious." Claire narrowed her eyes at him and just continued to let Leon comfort her. Even though it was technically Thanksgiving already she still wanted to let Leon just how thankful she was for him.
" Claire, when did you feel like being friends wasn't going to be enough for us?" Leon asked her as he continued to look at the sky. The sound of late nighters in sports cars could be heard faintly around them. Claire stared at him for a second and took in the beautiful sight before her. She knew exactly when she started to fall in love with Leon.
" Those last few days before you left for California. I started thinking about how important you were in my life. And how different it was going to be since Umbrella was gone."
" Yeah, I felt that way too." Leon added. Claire smiled at him a little and continued.
" I remember how bad I treated you after Antarctica. You kept trying to comfort me but I couldn't stop thinking about not saving Steve. He was so young and ignorant. He was still a kid. That made me become even more protective of Sherry."
" You eventually let me in though." Leon said with a grin on his face. Claire smirked.
" Yep, I remember what you said to me. Claire, after Umbrella is finished you can forget all about me and take Sherry somewhere and start your life over. But until then, I'm staying here with you and her and everyone else because I'll be damned if I don't get a piece of Umbrella myself." Claire said in Leon's tone of voice. Leon chuckled.
" And then you slapped me across the face, started crying and hugged me so hard I couldn't breathe. We stayed like that until we fell asleep. And from there we started looking out for each other." Leon concluded. Claire sighed mockingly.
" Like I was saying. That last day before you left, when you were saying goodbye to everyone I thought about everything we had been though and how much I started to care for you. I'd say that was the moment I started to fall in love with you." Leon pulled Claire a little closer to him.
" That's about the same time my feelings started to run a little deeper for you too. Can you believe that was only 2 years ago."
" Nope. But 2 years ago, the last thing on our minds was love." Claire said as she leaned in to kiss him. Leon nodded before letting Claire reach him.
From there they kissed about 5 minutes. They just stayed like that for a while, talking about the times while they were crusading against Umbrella and after. Soon they just stopped talking all together and just enjoyed being in one another's company. Jill was inside looking at the couple the whole time. She smiled at her sister in-law and her boyfriend. She knew those two were meant to be. Somehow she just knew it.
About 2:30 A.M.
Claire and Leon had just come back inside. Jill was turning off the stove and leaving the turkey in there until morning.
" The turkey's done. We can finish the rest tomorrow." Jill informed the couple as she turned to them. Leon and Claire nodded. Jill yawned.
" Well, I'm going to bed. I'll see you two in the morning."
"Night Jill." Claire and Leon told her. Jill told them goodnight too and started to walk up the stairs. Leon and Claire turned off the kitchen light and walked into the living room hand in hand.
They walked in to see Sherry K.Oed in Chris' recliner. She was wrapped comfortably in a bed sheet. Leon turned to Claire, who was kissing Sherry goodnight on the forehead.
" Doesn't this sofa fold out into a bed?" Leon asked. Claire nodded. Leon searched around for a lever before pulling on it and pulling a bed out. Claire went to the closet to get a cover for them.
" I'm going to gain so much weight tomorrow." Leon chuckled as he and Claire got into the bed. He wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her to him. She was turned to him and looking straight at him. She smiled.
" As if you don't need it. Night Leon." Claire said as she rested her head on his chest. Leon sighed before closing his eyes too.
" Night baby."
The aroma of Thanksgiving was present all though the house. Everyone was ready for the day ahead. Leon finally drifted to sleep with a smile on his face. He had a lot to be thankful for.
Author's Note: Hey, I finished. This was really a preparation chapter. I hope it wasn't too boring. You can see Leon's been doing a lot of thinking. Something's up. Well, thanks for all the reviews and I hope to see more from you all. And Chris Redfield Fan, your story is great. Pinguichia, your story is kicking ass too. I hope you update soon. Everyone else, thanks for the support. Until next time.