Miracles Do Happen
Author's Note: My summer sucks. No not really but I hope it gets better. Well atleast I'm getting paid. It's been a little while but here's chapter 10 for this story. Enjoy.
P.S: It's been a while but if you don't get it by now, maybe you need to see a doctor. I don't own RE at all. Got it? Good.
Chapter 10- A Step Closer
Leon's eyes shot open as the alarm clock let off an annoying buzz signaling him to get up. He had a lot to do today and needed all day to do it. Pulling the clock over to him he saw it was 8:20. Placing it back on the dresser he laid his eyes on Claire. It had been months and he still couldn't quite believe he was actually with her. She had her head draped across his chest and was slowly waking up. She yawned a little before looking at Leon.
" Morning, Leon." Claire told him as she rubbed her eyes. Leon gave her a smile as he noticed the sunlight from outside radiating her already uncanny face. Beautiful was the least descriptive word in the book when talking about Claire. As Claire sat up Leon kissed her on the forehead.
" Morning to you too Claire. You got anything planned today?" He asked as he pulled Claire over to him. Claire just shook her head.
' Not really. Why? Do You?" Claire asked.
" Uh, well me, and Carlos are gonna drag your brother to the gym with us. I guess me, you, and Sherry can catch a movie later on."
" All right we can do that. Thanksgiving sure was good yesterday wasn't it Leon?" Claire replied as Leon started to kiss her neck. She tried to hold back a laugh but failed.
" Leon! Listen to me." Leon stopped and grinned at her. ' I am listening baby. Keep talking." After pausing he resumed again. Claire just giggled and continued.
" I was thinking. Maybe we should all plan another vacation. We could visit the Bahamas again or maybe go to Italy or something." Claire said. She was just talking about whatever to see if Leon was really listening. Leon jerked his head up.
" Italy? What the hell is in Italy except for a bunch of dead Renaissance guys?" Leon questioned. Claire grinned before kissing him.
" Pizza." She told him leaving Leon confused and stupefied. He turned to her.
" Pizza?" Claire just smiled and kissed him again. This time more forcefully. Leon banged his head against the headboard causing him to curse.
" Damn, not again." Claire shut him up by kissing him more hungrily and Leon couldn't help but satisfy her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her down to the bed and pulled the covers over them.
In the other room
Sherry was awakened by the sound of something hitting the wall. Having a pretty good idea of who it was and what they were doing, she groaned and pulled two pillows over her head. But it was no use. It sounded like Leon and Claire were wrestling. But for some reason they weren't as bad as usual. She couldn't hear them moaning. Sighing in relief a little and attempting to go back to sleep Sherry grinned at the thought of her two friends.
" Well, at least this time their not having sex." She said to herself as she fell back asleep with the same grin on her face.
An Hour Later
Yawning as she sat up, Sherry rubbed her eyes and stared at herself in the mirror across the room from her. Her hair was tossed every which a way and it looked like she had seen better days. She was jolted from her thoughts by the scent of bacon and eggs. Almost automatically she started to get out of bed. Opening the door, she looked down the hall to see that neither Claire nor Leon were in their room. She walked down the hall, through the living room, and into the kitchen.
Claire and Leon were both sitting at the table eating breakfast. Leon was reading some newspaper article and Claire was reading the comics. As Sherry looked closer to them she could see Claire smirk. Leon smiled a bit. Sherry already knew what the two were up to.
"Leon, you should really put some ice on that before it swells." Sherry joked as she touched the back of Leon's head where she assumed he hit the headboard. Claire chuckled. Sherry turned to her.
' Claire, wipe that grin off of your face." Claire just smiled harder and sat the paper she was reading on the table.
" Really Sherry, is joking with our love life the only thing you get pleasure from?" Claire asked amused. Leon put his paper down to see what Sherry would say.
Fixing her plate and sitting down next to Leon, Sherry chuckled. " No. Adam is a hell of a kisser. See, first her rubs me all over my back and then he caresses me all the way down til he grabs my butt.." Claire was aghast and Leon was laughing his ass off. Sherry was going into way too much detail. She continued.
" And then when he catches me off guard he kisses me in this real real sexy kind of way where he sort of pulls on my lip. Mmm Mmm. So no, making fun of you two's sex life isn't my only source of pleasure." Sherry concluded plainly. The grin on her face was clear as day. Leon couldn't stop laughing at Claire expression. She looked like a deer looking into a pair of headlight. Clueless and dumbfounded.
" That was way too much information Sherry." Claire said at last before laughing. Sherry smiled back at her. Leon just nodded before looking at his watch.
" Well, ladies gotta go. Me and the village idiot gotta go get Chris and pump some iron." Leon imitated his best Arnold Schwarzenegger voice. With that he went to the room and grabbed his stuff. Claire followed him to the door while Sherry continued to eat.
" Bye Leon." Sherry called after him. " Bye Sherry" He yelled back from the front.
Claire was standing in front of him. Leon looked down at her questioning glare.
" See you when I get back Claire. We should be back before four. I'm sure you and Sherry can find something to do." Claire walked up to him as he wrapped his arms around her frame.
" Believe me, I'm making good use of this break before the start of the semester. Love you."
" Love you too." Leon told her before kissing her. Slowly he began to move his hands downward in the way Sherry had described Adam early. Claire tensed up but relax. She started to giggle but Leon kissed her harder. Last but not least he squeezed her butt causing her to jump a little. Softening the kiss and returning his hand to her hair he pulled away and ran his fingers through her hair. He smiled as Claire giggled.
" I see Adam's taught you a couple of things." Claire joked. Leon smiled before stepping out of the door.
" Well, you could say that." Leon said to her still smiling as he started down the stairs to Carlos and Rebecca's apartment.
Knock Knock
Rebecca looked at the door and sighed. She had been awake since 4:00 that morning because of Juliaana and everything made her head hurt. Door knocks included. Sighing, she got up and went to open the door. Juliana in tow.
" Who is it?" Rebecca asked through the door. Her hair was tangled everywhere because she didn't bother to straighten it out. Juliana was just beginning to fall asleep.
" Leon." Soon Rebecca opened the door to see Leon in a white t-shirt and navy blue pants. His gym bag was strapped across his shoulder. Rebecca sighed.
" Hey Leon, Carlos is almost ready." Leon's smile fell a little as he looked at Becca's tired form.
" Becca, you look like hell." Leon said as he sat down on the couch. Rebecca joined him.
" And I feel like it too. I can't wait until she's a year old. Atleast she won't be as noisy." Leon patted her on the back.
" You'll be all right. Hey, why don't take Juliana upstairs with Claire and Sherry. They don't have anything to do either. And they'll watch over her while you sleep." Rebecca looked at him and smiled.
" Sleep is something I could definitely use right now. Thanks Leon."
" Don't mention it." With that Rebecca went into the kitchen to call Claire. Moments later Carlos came out from his room dressed and ready to go. He clasped hand with Leon.
" What's up Leon? Ready to get big?" Leon got up from the couch and followed him to the door.
" Let's do this." Leon countered. Carlos grinned. Rebecca was just coming out of the kitchen.
" Carlos, I'm going to take Juliana upstairs so I can get some sleep. Love you." Rebecca said as she walked up to him and gave him a kiss.
" Love you too Becca." Carlos returned and gave Rebecca and Juliana a kiss on the forehead.
" We shouldn't be gone too long." Leon told Becca as they walked out.
It only took about 10 minutes to get to Chris' house from the apartments so they made it there in no time. It just seemed long to Leon because he knew after today there was no turning back. And Carlos' wisecracks about the whole situation weren't helping. Finally, they had arrived. The two men got out of the car and made their way up the steps. Carlos rung the doorbell.
Seconds later they heard someone coming down the stairs and look through the peephole.
" It's Leon and Carlos." Leon told whoever it was through the door. Slowly the door opened. Chris stuck his head out. He was eating a turkey sandwich. It looked like he was using the Thanksgiving leftovers wisely.
" Come on in." Chris said as he moved to let them inside. Leon and Carlos eyed him as they walked in.
As the two of them went to sit on the couch, Chris ran back upstairs to finsih getting dressed. Leon and Carlos looked at each other and shrugged.
" Predator?" Carlos suggested. Leon nodded. "Predator it is." With that, Leon put the tape in and they continued from where they left off a few days ago.
As the Predator was beginning to kill off people, Jill walked down the stairs with a weird smile on her face. She was on the way to the kitchen when she noticed Leon and Carlos.
" How are you two?" She asked.
" Fine." Leon replied. Carlos looked at Jill's expression and remembered how she walked down the stairs. Like she didn't have a care in the world. He grinned.
" Now I see why you and Chris kicked us out so fast last night Jill?' She smiled.
" Oh what great insight you have Carlos." Jill joked as she walked into the kitchen.
5 minutes later Chris finally came down dressed and ready to go. He had his gym bag in hand.
" Okay, let's get to it. Jilly, we're leaving." Chris yelled into the kitchen. Jill walked out with a bagel and orange juice in hand. She set them on the table.
" We'll be outside, Chris. Bye Jill." Leon said to Chris as he and Carlos headed to the car. Jill waved and turned back to Chris.
" I might not be here when you get home. I gotta go run a few errands. The light bill is due as well as the phone. You want me to go ahead and pay your half of the bills too?" She asked.
" Yeah go ahead. Here take my card and everything you need to get money out of my account. I call you on your cell if I need you. Love you." Chris told her.
" Love you too." Jill replied back as they both leaned in closer to kiss. Chris dropped the bag he was holding and wrapped his arms around her to bring her closer. Jill could her Carlos's guffaw from the car.
" What the hell. Chris man come on. You'll be back. Geez." Leon agreed.
" Yeah, it's not like your being drafted." Chris gave both of them the finger and then he finally pulled away. " Bye Jill." Jill smiled and waved back.
As soon as Chris got inside the car he whacked Carlos and Leon in the head one at a time. Jill laughed as she saw Carlos wincing beside in the backseat and Chris sitting on the passenger side smiling as Leon pulled off rubbing the back of his head.
At the Jewelry Store (A very expensive one I might add)
" Hmm, this one looks like it's a keeper." Leon told Chris as he held up the engagment ring. It was lined with small diamonds and had a blood red ruby in the middle. Chris nodded and smiled.
" I see you've noticed Claire's favorite color is red. Glad to see you've taken that into consideration." Leon chuckled.
" Yeah, well. What do you think Carlos?" Leon asked as he turned around only to see Carlos had purchased something himself.
" Carlos, what did you get?" Chris asked. Leon too was curious. Carlos pulled two very real diamond wedding rings from the bag. Plus a exuberant necklace just because."
" You went into the savings to get all of that?" Leon asked a little ticked off. They all had agreed they wouldn't use the compensation money from Umbrella unless everyone was aware of it.
" Hell no! I've been saving up money since I found out Becca was pregnant. I just happened to propose to her over the summer." Leon nodded.
" Whatever. Let me go pay for this stuff so we can lift some weights." Leon said as he looked at the clock. It was already 12:00. With that, Leon, Chris, and Carlos walked up to the register and paid for the rings. It was safe to say that Leon had pretty much maxed out his credit card. But it was worth it.
Chris decided he'd drive to the gym so this left Carlos and Leon the opportunity to talk shit to each other on their way there. Leon and Carlos' rivalry hadn't ceased to end since the Bahamas.
" Carlos, Becca can do more squats than your sorry ass." Leon shot at Carlos who shot him a pissed off look.
" Hey, Claire knocked your ass out in the boxing ring so that doesn't make you much better." He shot back. Leon rose his eyebrow.
" Hey, Chris is the one who said he wouldn't dare step into the ring with Jill. Maybe he's the pussy." Carlos tried. Chris gave him a look in the rear view that read ' Do you really wanna die?' Carlos chuckled nervously and Chris focused back on the road. Leon smiled.
" This is going to be a long long day." Chris cut his eyes before sighing.
" For once, Leon, you're actually right." Leon smiled. But Chris' frown curled into a smile.
" So shut the hell up." Leon cocked his head. Carlos burst out laughing. And it continued that way all the way to the gym. It was just another boys day out. Leon couldn't help but enjoy it because he and Carlos were on their way to becoming old guys just like Chris. He couldn't wait.
Author's Note: Yeah! I finally finished. First off, I gotta thank you all just because you're awesome. Your reviews and feedback keep me wanting to write. As you can see, this is really a preparation chapter. To what. Who knows. Keep reading and reviewing to find out. Oh yeah. I recommend that you read How Soon Is Now? by Leyla. It's her first RE fic and it's real good. Well, you know how it is. Until next time.
Author's Note: My summer sucks. No not really but I hope it gets better. Well atleast I'm getting paid. It's been a little while but here's chapter 10 for this story. Enjoy.
P.S: It's been a while but if you don't get it by now, maybe you need to see a doctor. I don't own RE at all. Got it? Good.
Chapter 10- A Step Closer
Leon's eyes shot open as the alarm clock let off an annoying buzz signaling him to get up. He had a lot to do today and needed all day to do it. Pulling the clock over to him he saw it was 8:20. Placing it back on the dresser he laid his eyes on Claire. It had been months and he still couldn't quite believe he was actually with her. She had her head draped across his chest and was slowly waking up. She yawned a little before looking at Leon.
" Morning, Leon." Claire told him as she rubbed her eyes. Leon gave her a smile as he noticed the sunlight from outside radiating her already uncanny face. Beautiful was the least descriptive word in the book when talking about Claire. As Claire sat up Leon kissed her on the forehead.
" Morning to you too Claire. You got anything planned today?" He asked as he pulled Claire over to him. Claire just shook her head.
' Not really. Why? Do You?" Claire asked.
" Uh, well me, and Carlos are gonna drag your brother to the gym with us. I guess me, you, and Sherry can catch a movie later on."
" All right we can do that. Thanksgiving sure was good yesterday wasn't it Leon?" Claire replied as Leon started to kiss her neck. She tried to hold back a laugh but failed.
" Leon! Listen to me." Leon stopped and grinned at her. ' I am listening baby. Keep talking." After pausing he resumed again. Claire just giggled and continued.
" I was thinking. Maybe we should all plan another vacation. We could visit the Bahamas again or maybe go to Italy or something." Claire said. She was just talking about whatever to see if Leon was really listening. Leon jerked his head up.
" Italy? What the hell is in Italy except for a bunch of dead Renaissance guys?" Leon questioned. Claire grinned before kissing him.
" Pizza." She told him leaving Leon confused and stupefied. He turned to her.
" Pizza?" Claire just smiled and kissed him again. This time more forcefully. Leon banged his head against the headboard causing him to curse.
" Damn, not again." Claire shut him up by kissing him more hungrily and Leon couldn't help but satisfy her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her down to the bed and pulled the covers over them.
In the other room
Sherry was awakened by the sound of something hitting the wall. Having a pretty good idea of who it was and what they were doing, she groaned and pulled two pillows over her head. But it was no use. It sounded like Leon and Claire were wrestling. But for some reason they weren't as bad as usual. She couldn't hear them moaning. Sighing in relief a little and attempting to go back to sleep Sherry grinned at the thought of her two friends.
" Well, at least this time their not having sex." She said to herself as she fell back asleep with the same grin on her face.
An Hour Later
Yawning as she sat up, Sherry rubbed her eyes and stared at herself in the mirror across the room from her. Her hair was tossed every which a way and it looked like she had seen better days. She was jolted from her thoughts by the scent of bacon and eggs. Almost automatically she started to get out of bed. Opening the door, she looked down the hall to see that neither Claire nor Leon were in their room. She walked down the hall, through the living room, and into the kitchen.
Claire and Leon were both sitting at the table eating breakfast. Leon was reading some newspaper article and Claire was reading the comics. As Sherry looked closer to them she could see Claire smirk. Leon smiled a bit. Sherry already knew what the two were up to.
"Leon, you should really put some ice on that before it swells." Sherry joked as she touched the back of Leon's head where she assumed he hit the headboard. Claire chuckled. Sherry turned to her.
' Claire, wipe that grin off of your face." Claire just smiled harder and sat the paper she was reading on the table.
" Really Sherry, is joking with our love life the only thing you get pleasure from?" Claire asked amused. Leon put his paper down to see what Sherry would say.
Fixing her plate and sitting down next to Leon, Sherry chuckled. " No. Adam is a hell of a kisser. See, first her rubs me all over my back and then he caresses me all the way down til he grabs my butt.." Claire was aghast and Leon was laughing his ass off. Sherry was going into way too much detail. She continued.
" And then when he catches me off guard he kisses me in this real real sexy kind of way where he sort of pulls on my lip. Mmm Mmm. So no, making fun of you two's sex life isn't my only source of pleasure." Sherry concluded plainly. The grin on her face was clear as day. Leon couldn't stop laughing at Claire expression. She looked like a deer looking into a pair of headlight. Clueless and dumbfounded.
" That was way too much information Sherry." Claire said at last before laughing. Sherry smiled back at her. Leon just nodded before looking at his watch.
" Well, ladies gotta go. Me and the village idiot gotta go get Chris and pump some iron." Leon imitated his best Arnold Schwarzenegger voice. With that he went to the room and grabbed his stuff. Claire followed him to the door while Sherry continued to eat.
" Bye Leon." Sherry called after him. " Bye Sherry" He yelled back from the front.
Claire was standing in front of him. Leon looked down at her questioning glare.
" See you when I get back Claire. We should be back before four. I'm sure you and Sherry can find something to do." Claire walked up to him as he wrapped his arms around her frame.
" Believe me, I'm making good use of this break before the start of the semester. Love you."
" Love you too." Leon told her before kissing her. Slowly he began to move his hands downward in the way Sherry had described Adam early. Claire tensed up but relax. She started to giggle but Leon kissed her harder. Last but not least he squeezed her butt causing her to jump a little. Softening the kiss and returning his hand to her hair he pulled away and ran his fingers through her hair. He smiled as Claire giggled.
" I see Adam's taught you a couple of things." Claire joked. Leon smiled before stepping out of the door.
" Well, you could say that." Leon said to her still smiling as he started down the stairs to Carlos and Rebecca's apartment.
Knock Knock
Rebecca looked at the door and sighed. She had been awake since 4:00 that morning because of Juliaana and everything made her head hurt. Door knocks included. Sighing, she got up and went to open the door. Juliana in tow.
" Who is it?" Rebecca asked through the door. Her hair was tangled everywhere because she didn't bother to straighten it out. Juliana was just beginning to fall asleep.
" Leon." Soon Rebecca opened the door to see Leon in a white t-shirt and navy blue pants. His gym bag was strapped across his shoulder. Rebecca sighed.
" Hey Leon, Carlos is almost ready." Leon's smile fell a little as he looked at Becca's tired form.
" Becca, you look like hell." Leon said as he sat down on the couch. Rebecca joined him.
" And I feel like it too. I can't wait until she's a year old. Atleast she won't be as noisy." Leon patted her on the back.
" You'll be all right. Hey, why don't take Juliana upstairs with Claire and Sherry. They don't have anything to do either. And they'll watch over her while you sleep." Rebecca looked at him and smiled.
" Sleep is something I could definitely use right now. Thanks Leon."
" Don't mention it." With that Rebecca went into the kitchen to call Claire. Moments later Carlos came out from his room dressed and ready to go. He clasped hand with Leon.
" What's up Leon? Ready to get big?" Leon got up from the couch and followed him to the door.
" Let's do this." Leon countered. Carlos grinned. Rebecca was just coming out of the kitchen.
" Carlos, I'm going to take Juliana upstairs so I can get some sleep. Love you." Rebecca said as she walked up to him and gave him a kiss.
" Love you too Becca." Carlos returned and gave Rebecca and Juliana a kiss on the forehead.
" We shouldn't be gone too long." Leon told Becca as they walked out.
It only took about 10 minutes to get to Chris' house from the apartments so they made it there in no time. It just seemed long to Leon because he knew after today there was no turning back. And Carlos' wisecracks about the whole situation weren't helping. Finally, they had arrived. The two men got out of the car and made their way up the steps. Carlos rung the doorbell.
Seconds later they heard someone coming down the stairs and look through the peephole.
" It's Leon and Carlos." Leon told whoever it was through the door. Slowly the door opened. Chris stuck his head out. He was eating a turkey sandwich. It looked like he was using the Thanksgiving leftovers wisely.
" Come on in." Chris said as he moved to let them inside. Leon and Carlos eyed him as they walked in.
As the two of them went to sit on the couch, Chris ran back upstairs to finsih getting dressed. Leon and Carlos looked at each other and shrugged.
" Predator?" Carlos suggested. Leon nodded. "Predator it is." With that, Leon put the tape in and they continued from where they left off a few days ago.
As the Predator was beginning to kill off people, Jill walked down the stairs with a weird smile on her face. She was on the way to the kitchen when she noticed Leon and Carlos.
" How are you two?" She asked.
" Fine." Leon replied. Carlos looked at Jill's expression and remembered how she walked down the stairs. Like she didn't have a care in the world. He grinned.
" Now I see why you and Chris kicked us out so fast last night Jill?' She smiled.
" Oh what great insight you have Carlos." Jill joked as she walked into the kitchen.
5 minutes later Chris finally came down dressed and ready to go. He had his gym bag in hand.
" Okay, let's get to it. Jilly, we're leaving." Chris yelled into the kitchen. Jill walked out with a bagel and orange juice in hand. She set them on the table.
" We'll be outside, Chris. Bye Jill." Leon said to Chris as he and Carlos headed to the car. Jill waved and turned back to Chris.
" I might not be here when you get home. I gotta go run a few errands. The light bill is due as well as the phone. You want me to go ahead and pay your half of the bills too?" She asked.
" Yeah go ahead. Here take my card and everything you need to get money out of my account. I call you on your cell if I need you. Love you." Chris told her.
" Love you too." Jill replied back as they both leaned in closer to kiss. Chris dropped the bag he was holding and wrapped his arms around her to bring her closer. Jill could her Carlos's guffaw from the car.
" What the hell. Chris man come on. You'll be back. Geez." Leon agreed.
" Yeah, it's not like your being drafted." Chris gave both of them the finger and then he finally pulled away. " Bye Jill." Jill smiled and waved back.
As soon as Chris got inside the car he whacked Carlos and Leon in the head one at a time. Jill laughed as she saw Carlos wincing beside in the backseat and Chris sitting on the passenger side smiling as Leon pulled off rubbing the back of his head.
At the Jewelry Store (A very expensive one I might add)
" Hmm, this one looks like it's a keeper." Leon told Chris as he held up the engagment ring. It was lined with small diamonds and had a blood red ruby in the middle. Chris nodded and smiled.
" I see you've noticed Claire's favorite color is red. Glad to see you've taken that into consideration." Leon chuckled.
" Yeah, well. What do you think Carlos?" Leon asked as he turned around only to see Carlos had purchased something himself.
" Carlos, what did you get?" Chris asked. Leon too was curious. Carlos pulled two very real diamond wedding rings from the bag. Plus a exuberant necklace just because."
" You went into the savings to get all of that?" Leon asked a little ticked off. They all had agreed they wouldn't use the compensation money from Umbrella unless everyone was aware of it.
" Hell no! I've been saving up money since I found out Becca was pregnant. I just happened to propose to her over the summer." Leon nodded.
" Whatever. Let me go pay for this stuff so we can lift some weights." Leon said as he looked at the clock. It was already 12:00. With that, Leon, Chris, and Carlos walked up to the register and paid for the rings. It was safe to say that Leon had pretty much maxed out his credit card. But it was worth it.
Chris decided he'd drive to the gym so this left Carlos and Leon the opportunity to talk shit to each other on their way there. Leon and Carlos' rivalry hadn't ceased to end since the Bahamas.
" Carlos, Becca can do more squats than your sorry ass." Leon shot at Carlos who shot him a pissed off look.
" Hey, Claire knocked your ass out in the boxing ring so that doesn't make you much better." He shot back. Leon rose his eyebrow.
" Hey, Chris is the one who said he wouldn't dare step into the ring with Jill. Maybe he's the pussy." Carlos tried. Chris gave him a look in the rear view that read ' Do you really wanna die?' Carlos chuckled nervously and Chris focused back on the road. Leon smiled.
" This is going to be a long long day." Chris cut his eyes before sighing.
" For once, Leon, you're actually right." Leon smiled. But Chris' frown curled into a smile.
" So shut the hell up." Leon cocked his head. Carlos burst out laughing. And it continued that way all the way to the gym. It was just another boys day out. Leon couldn't help but enjoy it because he and Carlos were on their way to becoming old guys just like Chris. He couldn't wait.
Author's Note: Yeah! I finally finished. First off, I gotta thank you all just because you're awesome. Your reviews and feedback keep me wanting to write. As you can see, this is really a preparation chapter. To what. Who knows. Keep reading and reviewing to find out. Oh yeah. I recommend that you read How Soon Is Now? by Leyla. It's her first RE fic and it's real good. Well, you know how it is. Until next time.