Miracles Do Happen
Author's Note: And Now we return to Chapter 9 of this light-hearted romance/comedy. There will be drama in this one but I'm not telling you what's going to happen. Anyway, glad to see that this sequel is standing up to its original. Remember I don't own RE stuff cause if I did the series would definitely be more..well, I don't know but here's chapter 9.
Chapter 9- Thank Before You Eat
Juliana's soft but non-stop crying woke Rebecca up from a peaceful sleep. She looked over to see Carlos next to her still sleep with the same tired look he had last night when he went to bed. His arm was wrapped snugly around her waist. Slowly removing it, she got up and walked over to the baby rocker where Juliana was crying. Picking her up, Rebecca started to rock her. Seeing as her rocking wasn't comforting her, Rebecca assumed she was hungry.
" Well, I guess you're hungry." She said outloud as she looked over to the clock. It read 6: 41 A.M. After yawning a bit, she positioned herself to feed Juliana.
About 15 minutes later after she had finished up, there was a knock on the door.
" Hey, Becca it's Jill. Can I come in?" Jill asked though the door. Rebecca noticed that Juliana was starting to cough up so almost instantly she started to burp her gently.
" Yeah, come on in." Slowly Jill opened the door and walked in.
" Morning." Jill said as she went to take a look at Juliana. " Morning." Was Rebecca's similar reply. Jill sat down on the edge of the bed next to Rebecca.
" Anyway, since you're up I was going to ask if you wanted to help me and Claire finish up. We should be ready to eat by 3:30." Jill asked. Rebecca had just finished burping Juliana and was looking at the mess on her shirt and back to her daughter.
" Yeah, I'm coming down. But could you hand me that cloth over there on the dresser." Rebecca said as she pointed to the dresser across the room. Jill got up and brought it to her. She grinned as Rebecca cleaned herself up.
" How does it feel to wake up in the morning with a newborn?" Rebecca rolled her eyes mockingly.
" Oh, it's too much for me to handle." Rebecca chuckled. " Want to hold her?" Jill nodded and Rebecca passed her over to her.
" One of these days Chris is going to get tired of being stuck in the house all day with me and want a kid around here." Jill said out loud. She and Rebecca started laughing.
" But I wouldn't mind. I kinda want to have a kid now. But I'll wait." Rebecca nodded.
" Please wait. I don't think the world is ready for another Chris Redfield yet." Jill looked up from Juliana to her mother.
" But what if she's a girl?" Rebecca grinned at her with laughter pinching her smile.
" Jill." She started plainly. " Imagine a female version of Chris? Could you really spend almost 20 years of your life trying to raise her." Rebecca questioned but laughing at the same time. Jill smiled.
" Why not, I practically raised her father." This made Rebecca laugh even harder. All of the laughing woke Carlos up. He sat up and looked at them sleepily.
" Hey, I'm trying to sleep here. Quiet down." He told them grumpily. Jill and Rebecca both turned to him, stared and replied in unison.
" Shut up, Carlos." Carlos rolled his eyes, sighed, and slammed the pillow over his head.
" Well, I guess it's time to go now." Jill said as she started to stand up and walk out, Juliana in her arms. Rebecca followed.
" Yeah, let's go. Carlos, baby?" Rebecca called to him as she turned around. Carlos grunted.
" Yes, Becca?" he asked in an irritated tone. Rebecca just smiled at him. It seemed that Juliana kept him awake all night.
" Thanks for tending to your daughter last night." Carlos only grunted again. Rebecca knew that was his way of saying your welcome. Giving him one last look she shut the door and followed Jill downstairs.
Rebecca came downstairs to see Jill tapping Claire on the shoulder trying to wake her up. Rebecca walked over to her.
" Claire?" Jill asked in a low voice. She didn't want to wake Leon up and go through another Carlos episode. Sherry however, did begin to stir and wake up. Sherry opened up her eyes and rubbed them. She noticed Jill and Rebecca standing over by Claire and Leon. Juliana was in Jill's arms.
" Morning Becca and Jill. What are you two doing?" Sherry asked as she got up from the chair and walked over to them. Rebecca smiled.
" We're trying to pry Claire from Leon's clutches so she help us finish up. Wanna help?" Rebecca asked.
" Sure, I'm up." Sherry replied as she straightened out her hair. It was a mess.
Jill finally got Claire to wake up. Claire started looking around to see where she was and by the look on her face she seemed like she remembered. Slowly she looked to Jill, Becca, and Sherry.
" I guess it's morning now." Claire said still trying to wake up completely. Jill nodded.
" Yeah, come on and get up so we can finish cooking and preparing. The faster we do that the faster we can get cleaned up and eat." Claire turned over to see Leon out cold next to her. He was holding on to her like a little boy holding on to his toys. Protectively.
" All right I'm coming" Claire told them as she slowly slid out from Leon's grasp. Jill and Rebecca nodded and started to walk into the kitchen. Sherry waited on Claire.
" Happy Thanksgiving Claire. I have plenty of reasons to be thankful for you." Sherry said as Claire sat up. Claire smiled.
" Thank you Sherry. We all have a lot to be thankful for." Claire told her as she stood up and hugged her. After noticed a little movement from Leon, Claire silently motioned for Sherry to head for the kitchen.
In the Kitchen
"Okay, Turkey's done, rice is done, pies are done, muffins are done all that's left is really the vegetables and the tea." Jill acknowledged to everyone. Sherry took a seat at the breakfast bar and Jill handed Juliana over to her.
" Sherry, you can hold her till Carlos gets up. Then you can help us all right?' Sherry just nodded as Jill place Juliana in her arms. Sherry adjusted the way she was sitting so she could be more comfortable.
Rebecca was getting out all of the pots, pans, and utensils they would need and Claire was rummaging through the refrigerator pulling things out.
" Hey Jill, where did you put that cheese you cut up last night for the macaroni?" Jill turned away from the gravy bowl she was beginning the make the gravy in. She walked over and peeked inside. Claire looked to see her calm face no longer calm but pissed. Claire looked inside to see almost half of the cheese Jill had cut up gone. Most likely eaten. Claire smirked. She only knew one person that had a habit of eating cut slices of cheese.
" Chris! That damn brother of yours ate my cheese, Claire!" Jill spat out. Rebecca tossed a glance over to her and smirked before returning to her task. Sherry started laughing as she played with Juliana's fingers. Claire just smiled at the look on Jill's face.
" Chris is in for a rude awakening when he gets up isn't he?" Claire said closing the refrigerator door. Anyone could see a grin was evident on her face. Jill's face remained unchanged.
" Damn right." Jill said somewhat harshly. The other girls just continued on with what they were doing before with huge grins on their faces.
A Few Hours Later
Chris woke up to the smell of food cooking downstairs. He smiled like a fool. Stretching out his arms and legs he noticed that Jill wasn't the bed with him. Feeling like he was missing something he automatically called out her name but then he remember she was downstairs finishing up. He sighed. After yawning and scratching the top of his head for a bit, Chris got up and went downstairs.
On the way out Carlos was coming out of the room looking similar to him. Tired. Hungry. And Confused.
" Morning." Chris said still rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. " Morning." Carlos said in a similar gesture. Then by some uncanny force they both stretched their arms out and yawned at the same time. Calos and Chris stared at each other and wondered what the hell just happened.
" Whoa." Carlos said before turning to the stairs. Chris followed. " Yeah, whoa indeed."
As they came downstairs, they came to see Leon waking up as well. His hair was mess and he looked like hell. But that's what sleep does to you. Chris and Carlos chuckled.
" I see spending time with my sister in the late hours of the night has taken its toll on you huh Leon?" Chris joked. Carlos smirked. He was going to say something but he figured that Leon and Chris would probrably jump him so he decided to shut up. Leon groaned.
" Man, what time is it?" Chris looked at the clock on the wall. " It's 11:54" Leon looked surprised.
" Damn, we were asleep for that long?" Chris just nodded. With that Chris, Carlos, and Leon all went into the kitchen in search of their female counterparts.
In the Kitchen
" Morning ladies." Chris greeted as he walked into the kitchen. Rebecca and Claire greeted him good morning but a grin was stuck to their faces. Carlos and Leon walked over to their ladies. Sherry was still at the breakfast bar. She had Juliana sitting up on it and was playing with her. Sherry chuckled at how big Juliana's eyes got when she made faces at her. She noticed the others come in.
" Morning you guys." Chris, Carlos , and Leon acknowledged her greeting.
" Chris!" Chris whirled his head to see Jill standing behind him with her hand on her hips. He gulped a bit.
'Oh no, what did I do now?' He thought. Jill walked up to him and stared him straight in the eye.
" Why did you go and eat all of that cheese? Because of you I had to go and find a store that was open today. Luckily I did. How were we supposed to have macaroni and cheese if we didn't have any damn cheese." Jill lashed out at him. The others just stood silent knowing interrupting Jill was suicidal. Especially on special occasions. Chris looked down and then back at her.
" Sorry Jill. I only meant to get a few pieces but I got carried away. I would've went and got some more." Jill saw the puppy dog look in his eyes and suddenly she wasn't so mad anymore. She knew from the beginning what kind of man Chris was. A caring, loving, protective, and absent-minded man. She kept her annoyed face on but embraced him.
" I forgive you. Just don't do it again." With that she kissed him. Chris nodded into the kiss and complied. Everyone else just smiled at the two. Until Juliana's sudden crying interrupted the two. Jill and Chris grinned.
" I guess she wants me to finish up now." Jill chuckled. " Probrably." Sherry said while trying to calm Juliana down.
Finally At Dinner Time
While the men had set up the table, the women were getting the food ready. Carlos was coming down with Juliana's rocker so she could sit in it while they ate. Rebecca noticed the camera Jill had gotten for them was still by the table.
" Carlos, this would be a great time to record. The camera's over there." She told him as she pointed over to it. Carlos looked and nodded. He had just finished setting the baby rocker up and was taking Juliana from Sherry. Sherry went to help Claire and Jill. Carlos smiled as Juliana looked up to him with her big hazel eyes. He couldn't help but muse over something he helped make. He placed her in the baby rocker.
While Chris and Leon were setting the food on the table and arranging the plates, the girls were fixing the cups of tea. Carlos was recording everything on the camera. He started off recording his daughter and Rebecca. Then he moved around to everyone else and then to the food. He then got to the desserts.
" And now we come to a delicious Cherry Pie prepared by none other than, shhhh get this, Claire Redfield." Carlos whispered into the camera's microphone. Carlos turned to see Claire glaring at him.
" Carlos put down that camera and help us" Claire scolded.
" We will continue this after dinner. Goodnight." Carlos said in a documentary host type of voice. Jill sighed at him.
" Carlos, for the love of God will you shut that thing off?" Jill pleaded. Carlos grinned before turning it off.
" That looks like everything." Leon said as he overlooked the table. Everyone else agreed and sat down. Chris sat by Jill who sat by Carlos who sat by Rebecca who sat by Sherry who sat by Leon who sat by Claire who sat by Chris. Juliana was in her rocking chair slowly but surely going to sleep.
After blessing the food and everyone telling what they were thankful for everyone started to eat. This was the first dinner any of them could remember that they didn't have an argument. Maybe because it was Thanksgiving. Besides, as survivors of perhaps the biggest world crisis in history they had more to thankful for than most people. Jill asked if everyone could quiet down for a second. She had something she wanted to say.
" You all know how I feel about us keeping in touch. Especially since we took out Umbrella. And we have. I'm just thankful for that. Sherry stays in constant contact with us. Carlos and Rebecca are about to get married for goodness sake. And Leon even came back home to be with Claire." Jill started smiling. " Anyway, I just wanted you all to know I am thankful that we can share moment like these." All around the table, everyone started smiling back at Jill and Chris even reached for her hand under the table. Sherry decided to keep Jill from crying so she brought up some funny moments.
" Remember Carlos and the fat lady?" Carlos sighed. " Oh no."
After dinner, everyone just decided to sit in the living room and talk. They talked about the Bahamas, the Umbrella Party, and just all of the good times they had. And Chris and Jill's wedding.
" You know, that had to be the funniest wedding I've ever been to." Rebecca said while holding Juliana. She was sleeping. Carlos had an arm around Rebecca. Leon chuckled.
" Barry's red suit. He looked like a yeti." That got a laugh out of
everybody.
" Or when you Sherry caught the bouquet and Rebecca fell cause she missed." Claire added. Sherry looked over to Becca and smiled sheepishly. Rebecca smirked.
" I just jumped too far." Rebecca tried to reason. Claire just laughed again. Jill looked at the group and then to Chris.
" Atleast we got away from them a few days on that honeymoon." Jill whispered to Chris. Chris' calm demeanor went into a broad boyish smile.
" Honeymoon, yes." He spoke outloud. Jill caught on to what he was thinking and blushed. " Chris you pervert." Jill slapped him lightly. Chris just grinned harder.
After reminiscing for another few hours, Leon, Claire, Carlos, Rebecca, and Sherry decided it was time to go. They went to clean up their sleeping areas and get everything of theirs together. It was about 9:00 when they were ready to leave.
" Hey you guys let's go!" Claire called from the front door with Juliana in her arms. Rebecca was carrying everyone's leftovers to the car with Leon helping her. Carlos and Rebecca were packing the baby rocker and everyone's things in the back trunk. Chris and Jill were standing with Claire.
" Don't you have a feeling of deja` vu?' Chris wondered out loud. Jill chuckled at him.
" Well, we did just have them over for dinner 3 days ago." Chris nodded with realization.
" Oh." Claire laughed at her brother's slow comprehension response. Switching Juliana over to her strong arm, Claire used her other arm to hug Chris and Jill.
" Most likely I'll see you two tomorrow. But if not, bye." Claire said as she hugged them. Jill and Chris returned it.
" What's the next big thing planned for us?" Claire asked as she walked down the steps. Jill thought for a second.
" Carlos and Becca's wedding. They're getting hitched on New Year's Eve." Claire smiled at them one last time and waved. As she got into the front seat, Chris and Jill waved back. Leon beeped the horn before pulling out and driving them all home.
" Chris, come on inside." Jill told him with a sly grin. Chris, not being the one to refuse such an offer shut the door and followed Jill upstairs. As Jill opened the door to their room Chris wrapped his arms around her from behind and started kissing her neck. Jill moaned.
" You sure are anxious aren't you?" Chris joked. Jill smiled.
" Shut up. Happy Thanksgiving Chris." Chris turned Jill around and carried her over to the bed kissing her as he laid her down. Pulling away he looked her in the eye.
" Happy Thanksgiving to you too Jilly." From there they continued to show just how thankful they were for each other.
Author's Note: There goes perhaps the longest chapter I've ever written. I think it came out pretty good but there's only one way to be sure. So could you please draw your attention to the GO button on the lower left hand corner of the screen. Thanks again for everyone that reviewed and supported the story. Now I have to think of Chapter 10. Alrighty Then.
Author's Note: And Now we return to Chapter 9 of this light-hearted romance/comedy. There will be drama in this one but I'm not telling you what's going to happen. Anyway, glad to see that this sequel is standing up to its original. Remember I don't own RE stuff cause if I did the series would definitely be more..well, I don't know but here's chapter 9.
Chapter 9- Thank Before You Eat
Juliana's soft but non-stop crying woke Rebecca up from a peaceful sleep. She looked over to see Carlos next to her still sleep with the same tired look he had last night when he went to bed. His arm was wrapped snugly around her waist. Slowly removing it, she got up and walked over to the baby rocker where Juliana was crying. Picking her up, Rebecca started to rock her. Seeing as her rocking wasn't comforting her, Rebecca assumed she was hungry.
" Well, I guess you're hungry." She said outloud as she looked over to the clock. It read 6: 41 A.M. After yawning a bit, she positioned herself to feed Juliana.
About 15 minutes later after she had finished up, there was a knock on the door.
" Hey, Becca it's Jill. Can I come in?" Jill asked though the door. Rebecca noticed that Juliana was starting to cough up so almost instantly she started to burp her gently.
" Yeah, come on in." Slowly Jill opened the door and walked in.
" Morning." Jill said as she went to take a look at Juliana. " Morning." Was Rebecca's similar reply. Jill sat down on the edge of the bed next to Rebecca.
" Anyway, since you're up I was going to ask if you wanted to help me and Claire finish up. We should be ready to eat by 3:30." Jill asked. Rebecca had just finished burping Juliana and was looking at the mess on her shirt and back to her daughter.
" Yeah, I'm coming down. But could you hand me that cloth over there on the dresser." Rebecca said as she pointed to the dresser across the room. Jill got up and brought it to her. She grinned as Rebecca cleaned herself up.
" How does it feel to wake up in the morning with a newborn?" Rebecca rolled her eyes mockingly.
" Oh, it's too much for me to handle." Rebecca chuckled. " Want to hold her?" Jill nodded and Rebecca passed her over to her.
" One of these days Chris is going to get tired of being stuck in the house all day with me and want a kid around here." Jill said out loud. She and Rebecca started laughing.
" But I wouldn't mind. I kinda want to have a kid now. But I'll wait." Rebecca nodded.
" Please wait. I don't think the world is ready for another Chris Redfield yet." Jill looked up from Juliana to her mother.
" But what if she's a girl?" Rebecca grinned at her with laughter pinching her smile.
" Jill." She started plainly. " Imagine a female version of Chris? Could you really spend almost 20 years of your life trying to raise her." Rebecca questioned but laughing at the same time. Jill smiled.
" Why not, I practically raised her father." This made Rebecca laugh even harder. All of the laughing woke Carlos up. He sat up and looked at them sleepily.
" Hey, I'm trying to sleep here. Quiet down." He told them grumpily. Jill and Rebecca both turned to him, stared and replied in unison.
" Shut up, Carlos." Carlos rolled his eyes, sighed, and slammed the pillow over his head.
" Well, I guess it's time to go now." Jill said as she started to stand up and walk out, Juliana in her arms. Rebecca followed.
" Yeah, let's go. Carlos, baby?" Rebecca called to him as she turned around. Carlos grunted.
" Yes, Becca?" he asked in an irritated tone. Rebecca just smiled at him. It seemed that Juliana kept him awake all night.
" Thanks for tending to your daughter last night." Carlos only grunted again. Rebecca knew that was his way of saying your welcome. Giving him one last look she shut the door and followed Jill downstairs.
Rebecca came downstairs to see Jill tapping Claire on the shoulder trying to wake her up. Rebecca walked over to her.
" Claire?" Jill asked in a low voice. She didn't want to wake Leon up and go through another Carlos episode. Sherry however, did begin to stir and wake up. Sherry opened up her eyes and rubbed them. She noticed Jill and Rebecca standing over by Claire and Leon. Juliana was in Jill's arms.
" Morning Becca and Jill. What are you two doing?" Sherry asked as she got up from the chair and walked over to them. Rebecca smiled.
" We're trying to pry Claire from Leon's clutches so she help us finish up. Wanna help?" Rebecca asked.
" Sure, I'm up." Sherry replied as she straightened out her hair. It was a mess.
Jill finally got Claire to wake up. Claire started looking around to see where she was and by the look on her face she seemed like she remembered. Slowly she looked to Jill, Becca, and Sherry.
" I guess it's morning now." Claire said still trying to wake up completely. Jill nodded.
" Yeah, come on and get up so we can finish cooking and preparing. The faster we do that the faster we can get cleaned up and eat." Claire turned over to see Leon out cold next to her. He was holding on to her like a little boy holding on to his toys. Protectively.
" All right I'm coming" Claire told them as she slowly slid out from Leon's grasp. Jill and Rebecca nodded and started to walk into the kitchen. Sherry waited on Claire.
" Happy Thanksgiving Claire. I have plenty of reasons to be thankful for you." Sherry said as Claire sat up. Claire smiled.
" Thank you Sherry. We all have a lot to be thankful for." Claire told her as she stood up and hugged her. After noticed a little movement from Leon, Claire silently motioned for Sherry to head for the kitchen.
In the Kitchen
"Okay, Turkey's done, rice is done, pies are done, muffins are done all that's left is really the vegetables and the tea." Jill acknowledged to everyone. Sherry took a seat at the breakfast bar and Jill handed Juliana over to her.
" Sherry, you can hold her till Carlos gets up. Then you can help us all right?' Sherry just nodded as Jill place Juliana in her arms. Sherry adjusted the way she was sitting so she could be more comfortable.
Rebecca was getting out all of the pots, pans, and utensils they would need and Claire was rummaging through the refrigerator pulling things out.
" Hey Jill, where did you put that cheese you cut up last night for the macaroni?" Jill turned away from the gravy bowl she was beginning the make the gravy in. She walked over and peeked inside. Claire looked to see her calm face no longer calm but pissed. Claire looked inside to see almost half of the cheese Jill had cut up gone. Most likely eaten. Claire smirked. She only knew one person that had a habit of eating cut slices of cheese.
" Chris! That damn brother of yours ate my cheese, Claire!" Jill spat out. Rebecca tossed a glance over to her and smirked before returning to her task. Sherry started laughing as she played with Juliana's fingers. Claire just smiled at the look on Jill's face.
" Chris is in for a rude awakening when he gets up isn't he?" Claire said closing the refrigerator door. Anyone could see a grin was evident on her face. Jill's face remained unchanged.
" Damn right." Jill said somewhat harshly. The other girls just continued on with what they were doing before with huge grins on their faces.
A Few Hours Later
Chris woke up to the smell of food cooking downstairs. He smiled like a fool. Stretching out his arms and legs he noticed that Jill wasn't the bed with him. Feeling like he was missing something he automatically called out her name but then he remember she was downstairs finishing up. He sighed. After yawning and scratching the top of his head for a bit, Chris got up and went downstairs.
On the way out Carlos was coming out of the room looking similar to him. Tired. Hungry. And Confused.
" Morning." Chris said still rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. " Morning." Carlos said in a similar gesture. Then by some uncanny force they both stretched their arms out and yawned at the same time. Calos and Chris stared at each other and wondered what the hell just happened.
" Whoa." Carlos said before turning to the stairs. Chris followed. " Yeah, whoa indeed."
As they came downstairs, they came to see Leon waking up as well. His hair was mess and he looked like hell. But that's what sleep does to you. Chris and Carlos chuckled.
" I see spending time with my sister in the late hours of the night has taken its toll on you huh Leon?" Chris joked. Carlos smirked. He was going to say something but he figured that Leon and Chris would probrably jump him so he decided to shut up. Leon groaned.
" Man, what time is it?" Chris looked at the clock on the wall. " It's 11:54" Leon looked surprised.
" Damn, we were asleep for that long?" Chris just nodded. With that Chris, Carlos, and Leon all went into the kitchen in search of their female counterparts.
In the Kitchen
" Morning ladies." Chris greeted as he walked into the kitchen. Rebecca and Claire greeted him good morning but a grin was stuck to their faces. Carlos and Leon walked over to their ladies. Sherry was still at the breakfast bar. She had Juliana sitting up on it and was playing with her. Sherry chuckled at how big Juliana's eyes got when she made faces at her. She noticed the others come in.
" Morning you guys." Chris, Carlos , and Leon acknowledged her greeting.
" Chris!" Chris whirled his head to see Jill standing behind him with her hand on her hips. He gulped a bit.
'Oh no, what did I do now?' He thought. Jill walked up to him and stared him straight in the eye.
" Why did you go and eat all of that cheese? Because of you I had to go and find a store that was open today. Luckily I did. How were we supposed to have macaroni and cheese if we didn't have any damn cheese." Jill lashed out at him. The others just stood silent knowing interrupting Jill was suicidal. Especially on special occasions. Chris looked down and then back at her.
" Sorry Jill. I only meant to get a few pieces but I got carried away. I would've went and got some more." Jill saw the puppy dog look in his eyes and suddenly she wasn't so mad anymore. She knew from the beginning what kind of man Chris was. A caring, loving, protective, and absent-minded man. She kept her annoyed face on but embraced him.
" I forgive you. Just don't do it again." With that she kissed him. Chris nodded into the kiss and complied. Everyone else just smiled at the two. Until Juliana's sudden crying interrupted the two. Jill and Chris grinned.
" I guess she wants me to finish up now." Jill chuckled. " Probrably." Sherry said while trying to calm Juliana down.
Finally At Dinner Time
While the men had set up the table, the women were getting the food ready. Carlos was coming down with Juliana's rocker so she could sit in it while they ate. Rebecca noticed the camera Jill had gotten for them was still by the table.
" Carlos, this would be a great time to record. The camera's over there." She told him as she pointed over to it. Carlos looked and nodded. He had just finished setting the baby rocker up and was taking Juliana from Sherry. Sherry went to help Claire and Jill. Carlos smiled as Juliana looked up to him with her big hazel eyes. He couldn't help but muse over something he helped make. He placed her in the baby rocker.
While Chris and Leon were setting the food on the table and arranging the plates, the girls were fixing the cups of tea. Carlos was recording everything on the camera. He started off recording his daughter and Rebecca. Then he moved around to everyone else and then to the food. He then got to the desserts.
" And now we come to a delicious Cherry Pie prepared by none other than, shhhh get this, Claire Redfield." Carlos whispered into the camera's microphone. Carlos turned to see Claire glaring at him.
" Carlos put down that camera and help us" Claire scolded.
" We will continue this after dinner. Goodnight." Carlos said in a documentary host type of voice. Jill sighed at him.
" Carlos, for the love of God will you shut that thing off?" Jill pleaded. Carlos grinned before turning it off.
" That looks like everything." Leon said as he overlooked the table. Everyone else agreed and sat down. Chris sat by Jill who sat by Carlos who sat by Rebecca who sat by Sherry who sat by Leon who sat by Claire who sat by Chris. Juliana was in her rocking chair slowly but surely going to sleep.
After blessing the food and everyone telling what they were thankful for everyone started to eat. This was the first dinner any of them could remember that they didn't have an argument. Maybe because it was Thanksgiving. Besides, as survivors of perhaps the biggest world crisis in history they had more to thankful for than most people. Jill asked if everyone could quiet down for a second. She had something she wanted to say.
" You all know how I feel about us keeping in touch. Especially since we took out Umbrella. And we have. I'm just thankful for that. Sherry stays in constant contact with us. Carlos and Rebecca are about to get married for goodness sake. And Leon even came back home to be with Claire." Jill started smiling. " Anyway, I just wanted you all to know I am thankful that we can share moment like these." All around the table, everyone started smiling back at Jill and Chris even reached for her hand under the table. Sherry decided to keep Jill from crying so she brought up some funny moments.
" Remember Carlos and the fat lady?" Carlos sighed. " Oh no."
After dinner, everyone just decided to sit in the living room and talk. They talked about the Bahamas, the Umbrella Party, and just all of the good times they had. And Chris and Jill's wedding.
" You know, that had to be the funniest wedding I've ever been to." Rebecca said while holding Juliana. She was sleeping. Carlos had an arm around Rebecca. Leon chuckled.
" Barry's red suit. He looked like a yeti." That got a laugh out of
everybody.
" Or when you Sherry caught the bouquet and Rebecca fell cause she missed." Claire added. Sherry looked over to Becca and smiled sheepishly. Rebecca smirked.
" I just jumped too far." Rebecca tried to reason. Claire just laughed again. Jill looked at the group and then to Chris.
" Atleast we got away from them a few days on that honeymoon." Jill whispered to Chris. Chris' calm demeanor went into a broad boyish smile.
" Honeymoon, yes." He spoke outloud. Jill caught on to what he was thinking and blushed. " Chris you pervert." Jill slapped him lightly. Chris just grinned harder.
After reminiscing for another few hours, Leon, Claire, Carlos, Rebecca, and Sherry decided it was time to go. They went to clean up their sleeping areas and get everything of theirs together. It was about 9:00 when they were ready to leave.
" Hey you guys let's go!" Claire called from the front door with Juliana in her arms. Rebecca was carrying everyone's leftovers to the car with Leon helping her. Carlos and Rebecca were packing the baby rocker and everyone's things in the back trunk. Chris and Jill were standing with Claire.
" Don't you have a feeling of deja` vu?' Chris wondered out loud. Jill chuckled at him.
" Well, we did just have them over for dinner 3 days ago." Chris nodded with realization.
" Oh." Claire laughed at her brother's slow comprehension response. Switching Juliana over to her strong arm, Claire used her other arm to hug Chris and Jill.
" Most likely I'll see you two tomorrow. But if not, bye." Claire said as she hugged them. Jill and Chris returned it.
" What's the next big thing planned for us?" Claire asked as she walked down the steps. Jill thought for a second.
" Carlos and Becca's wedding. They're getting hitched on New Year's Eve." Claire smiled at them one last time and waved. As she got into the front seat, Chris and Jill waved back. Leon beeped the horn before pulling out and driving them all home.
" Chris, come on inside." Jill told him with a sly grin. Chris, not being the one to refuse such an offer shut the door and followed Jill upstairs. As Jill opened the door to their room Chris wrapped his arms around her from behind and started kissing her neck. Jill moaned.
" You sure are anxious aren't you?" Chris joked. Jill smiled.
" Shut up. Happy Thanksgiving Chris." Chris turned Jill around and carried her over to the bed kissing her as he laid her down. Pulling away he looked her in the eye.
" Happy Thanksgiving to you too Jilly." From there they continued to show just how thankful they were for each other.
Author's Note: There goes perhaps the longest chapter I've ever written. I think it came out pretty good but there's only one way to be sure. So could you please draw your attention to the GO button on the lower left hand corner of the screen. Thanks again for everyone that reviewed and supported the story. Now I have to think of Chapter 10. Alrighty Then.