Miracles Do Happen

Author's Note: Yep, I'm back. After a very hectic week I'm back. My mom just got out of surgery yesterday and I haven't written in a few days. And she's taking out all of her stress out on poor little old me. I think it's the medications. Whatever. Here's Chapter 11.

Chapter 11- Should I Do It?

It was about 4:20 when Leon and Carlos pulled up to parking lot in the apartment complex. After working out for a couple of hours, they went back to Chris' house to hang out for a little bit. Jill was still out running errands so they discussed Leon's plan of action.

Turning the car off Leon let his head fall into the steering wheel. Carlos rose an eye.

" What's with you man?" Carlos asked as he prepared to get his thing out of the back seat. Leon lifted his head up a little. He looked like he was deep in thought.

" Don't you realized that tonight could change the rest of my life?" Leon told him as looked straight ahead but not really looking at anything. Carlos smirked.

" Um yeah, remember me and Becca are getting hitched on New Year's" Leon looked at him with an apologetic expression.

" I'm sorry dude. It's just that I'm ready but I'm not sure if Claire is. I don't want to push her into doing anything you know."

" Yeah, I know. Just go ahead and try. Who knows? She might be waiting on you." Carlos offered before stepping out of the car and heading up the stair. Leon pulled the ring box from the bag and smiled.

Ever since that night in Raccoon his life had changed. In some ways for the worst, in some ways for the better. Meeting Claire and Sherry was perhaps one of the best things that could have ever happened in his life. Leon sat back remembering how he and Claire started of as survivors and became friends. After reuniting they became best friends and after the Bahamas they became lovers. So much had happened since that time and it was mostly for the better. Closing the box, Leon slid the ring in his pocket and followed Carlos up the stairs.

Carlos was waiting at the door when Leon arrived. Leon dropped his bags and fumbled for his keys in his pocket.

" Why are here instead of at your place?" Leon asked. Carlos scratched his head.

" I knocked and no one came to the door. So I assumed Becca was still up here. And besides, I left my keys in the house." Carlos added.

" Dumbass." Leon said as he turned the keys. Carlos laughed dryly. " Ha Ha."

Opening the door, the two men walked in to see Sherry laying on the sofa with her legs perched on the arm of the chair. She had Juliana resting on her stomach. They were both watching t.v. Sherry rose up to look and see Leon and Carlos walking towards her.

" Hey you two. It took you two long enough." Sherry joked. Leon chuckled and went towards the back to put his stuff up. Carlos took a seat on the sofa next to Sherry. He reached over and picked Juliana up.

" What are you staring at huh?" Carlos joked as he looked Juliana straight in the eyes and rubbed his nose against her. She made a cooing sound.

" You gonna be a knock out when you get older. Just like me." Carlos told her as sat her in his lap but she started kicking and kicked him in the stomach."

" Ummph. You sure are a knock out. Just like your mother." Carlos said as he managed to calm her down. Sherry just rolled her eyes and laughed.

In the Kitchen

Claire and Rebecca were sitting at the breakfast bar eating some left over Cherry Pie from Thanksgiving. Rebecca almost fell into her slice a few times. She was still exhausted.

" Rebecca. Do you need some more sleep?" Claire chuckled. Rebecca just rubbed her eyes and groaned.

" And Carlos the Great returns. With Princess Juliana." Carlos practically yelled as he walked into the kitchen. Claire smirked as she got up to put her plate in the sink.

" It's the return of the village idiot. And Princess Juliana is escorting him." Claire shot back. Carlos narrowed his eyes at her.

" Are you okay, Rebecca?" Carlos asked as he laid his eyes on her. She was dead tired and it showed.

" Yeah, I'm just trying to wake up. You did everything you needed to do today?" She asked.

" Yeah. Come on and I'll run you a bath. You look like you need to relax." Carlos offered. Claire tilted her head in confusion. Carlos was being sentimental. Claire voiced her thoughts.

" What the hell? Carlos is being caring and affectionate. Has he given up his playboy ways for good?" Just then Leon walked in and answered.

" Yes, he has. Mr. Oliviera is a changed man." Carlos grinned in agreement. Claire nodded and smiled as she gave Leon a kiss which he didn't object to. She noticed that he smelled like the gym and slowly pulled away.

" Leon baby, the shower is calling you. Carlos you too." Claire told them. Leon nodded.

' Okay, I get it. Claire you want to go out tonight? Just me and you. Or do you still want to catch a movie with Sherry." Leon asked while looking at Carlos and Rebecca. The two of them were getting up and leaving. They waved. Carlos nodded for Leon to go through with it as he left.

" You had any place in mind?" Claire asked.

" No, not really, I just wanted to spend time with you alone that's all. I'm sure Sherry really doesn't care."

After looking at her watch and to Sherry who was watching t.v. Claire agreed.

" Fine, but I need to get dressed. So go ahead and take your shower." Claire told him. Leon smiled.

" Why don't we both just take a shower?" Claire opened her mouth to say something back to him but instead just wrapped her arms around his neck and grabbed his ear. Leon winced.

" You are very cheeky Mr. Kennedy. But I love that about you." Leon kissed her cheek and brushed his lips against her ear causing Claire to shiver in delight.

" I know." He replied in a sensual tenor voice. Claire could feel her insides flip.

" Let's go ahead and take that shower." Leon didn't waste any time and picked Claire up carrying her to their room.

30 minutes later

Leon and Sherry were at war yet again. This time the battle took place on the artificial waters of the Battleship game board. As usual Leon was suffering from a great loss of men.

" C9." Sherry called. Leon looked around and sighed in relief. He put down a marker.

" Nope, it's a miss." Sherry looked at her board and back to him.

" You do know that one more hit and your tanker's sunk right? I wouldn't get happy just yet." Leon looked down to see his tanker was in fact his last piece and one more hit would end the game. Sherry smiled at Leon signaling the end of the game.

" D2." Sherry called. Leon looked down to see that d2 was the end of his tanker. He let his head hit the table and groaned.

" You sunk my battleship." Sherry jumped up and jumped around in joy.

" I win I win." She said as she pranced around the living room. Leon just grunted.

" I used to always win when I was a kid." Leon told himself. Sherry walked over to him and hugged him while standing up.

" Oh Leon, you'll beat me one day. In something. Didn't you get that Street Fighter EX3 for your PS2?" She asked. Leon nodded.

" We can play that later. Oh, speaking of the Playstation, can I take yours down to Becca's. Carlos wants to play Final Fantasy X?"

" I don't care. Just make sure you don't leave anything. You know how Becca is. If anything isn't hers or Carlos' it's garbage." Leon chuckled. Sherry grinned with him. Just then Claire walked out dressed in the same outfit she wore to the Bahamas. She still looked fine as hell to Leon though.

" Okay, let's roll." Claire told the two of them as she headed to the door. Sherry packed Leon's PS2 and his games into a duffel bag and slung the bag around her shoulder.

" It's good to see you two haven't had too many problems. I've wanted to see you two together like forever." Claire smiled and looked at Leon who was nodding.

" Well, we'll try. Come on Claire." Leon said. Sherry followed and started down the stairs.

" See you two later." She called. Leon and Claire waved and walked to the car.

Leon knew that he wanted tonight to go by perfect. So he decided to make it as normal as possible. He tried to make it seem like a regular date. Claire didn't notice anything different so he was relieved. The two of them went to dinner at Chili's and talked about Sherry, Claire's interest in motorcycles and why Leon never cut his hair. The answer to that questions got a good laugh out of Claire. After dinner, Leon drove to the park.

" When was the last time you went to a playground?" Leon asked Claire as they walked along the path. It circled around the whole park so they had been talking for a while.

" I don't know. Maybe when I was 13. Why?" Claire asked with a smirk. Leon pointed over to the playground to the left of them. There was no one there being that it was going on 7:00 at night and it's almost December. It's frigging cold outside. Leon and Claire both had brought jackets though.

" Let's go." Leon suggested. Claire eyed him. "Huh? It's too cold." Leon pulled her to him and started to rub her arms up and down to warm her up.

" Come on. For me." He pleaded. Claire grinned and nodded. " All right." With that they walked over to the swings.

" Don't you dare push me?" Claire warned him as she sat down. Leon chuckled. " Why?" Claire leaned back against him.

" Bad experience. That's all you need to know." Leon nodded.

" Okay, how about if I rock you?" He asked.

" I don't mind that. Just don't push. I think I've forgotten how to swing." Claire said laughing. Leon laughed with her. He sat down on the swing next to her and put his hands in his the pocket of his leather jacket. He could feel the box in his hand. He knew what he had to do. He reached over for Claire's hand. She looked up at him confused.

" What is it?" She asked, all of her attention focused on him now. He smiled, taking in all of her beauty, the aurora she was radiating. It fascinated him.

" Claire, remember that night in the Bahamas when your brother proposed to Jill?" Claire thought back and smiled at the memory.

" Yeah, I do. What about it?" She asked, hinting for him to continue.

" Remember what we talked about when we got back to the hotel." Claire nodded. She remembered.

" How Jill was going to become part of our family?" Claire said with realization growing. She had a pretty good idea what Leon was after. Leon nodded.

" Claire, I love you. Even though we started off just two people in the wrong place I believe it was the right time. Umbrella believe or not brought us together. And Sherry did in fact bring us closer." Leon paused for a moment. He could see the tears well up in Claire's eyes. He wiped them away and smiled.

" Me and Sherry were so worried for you when you went to find Chris and even more when you came back. You seemed so hurt and protective of Sherry. At first, you didn't even want to see me. Remember?" Claire nodded.

" But eventually we reconciled and learned more each other as we fought Umbrella and from there our friendship grew and grew until I moved. That's where I finally realized I was in love with you. And when we were in the photo booth on the way to the Bahamas I realized I loved you. Claire, trust me when I say that you're the only woman I want and need in my life. Baby, will you marry me?"

Claire gasped and lost her breath for a second. " Oh shit." She coughed out. Leon just chuckled and patted her on the back to give her time. She looked back at him and smiled.

" Yes." Claire said as she hugged him. Leon kissed her as he slid the ring on her finger.

" I kinda figured you say that." Leon told her as they stood up together. Claire chuckled and reached for his hand. " Then why did you ask?" She joked. Leon grinned. " I love you Claire. Don't ever forget that."

" I love you too dumbass." Claire told him as she kissed him. They walked in silence back to the car. Claire had been dreaming of this moment since the Bahamas and Leon couldn't feel any greater than he did right now.

It was going on 8:20 when they got back. They had stopped for some ice cream. Walking up the steps Claire adjusted her ring to where it would show. Leon smiled at her she smiled back.

Knock Knock

" Who is it?" Carlos asked through the door. " Claire and Leon." Claire called back. Slowly Carlos opened the door.

" Hurry up, I'm trying to beat Seymour." Carlos complained. Sherry looked over the sofa to see Leon and Claire.

" You two had fun?" Sherry asked. Claire nodded. She came to sit down next to her. Leon followed.

" Carlos, you have to use Yuna if you want to beat him. His multi-element spells will keep killing you." Leon advised. Carlos nodded and was about to turn back to the game when he noticed Claire's finger. He laughed. Sherry eyed him.

"What's so funny?" She asked as she looked to Claire. Only to see the engagement ring on her finger. Sherry gasped.

" Oh my God you two are..." Sherry started but Claire only smiled and nodded.

" Yay!!!!!!!!!" Sherry yelled as she jumped up and hugged Claire. Leon just looked to Carlos. He nodded and clasped hands with him.

" How you feel man?" Carlos asked. Leon sat back and put his arm around Claire.

" Just great." At that moment, Rebecca came from the back room with Juliana in hand.

" What in the Hell is... No, Claire. Is that an engagement.." She couldn't even finish her sentences. She just looked at Claire and then to Leon and then handed Juliana to Carlos and ran over to hug Claire.

" It's about damn time Leon." She told him. Leon just laughed. Sherry went over to hug him too.

" I'm so happy for you two." Leon nodded.

" Yeah, me too." Rebecca reached for the cordless phone. " We gotta tell Chris and Jill." Carlos reached over and shook his head.

" Not yet, Becca. I want to see they look on their faces tomorrow." Rebecca grinned and hung it up. Soon the sound of Seymour's spells were being heard and to Carlos' horror the game had resumed. Juliana had pushed the start button.

" No!" Frantically he grabbed the controller and started playing. Leon decided to let the girls talk and attempted to help Carlos out. He had finally did it. He and Claire were finally going to get married. He figured that they'd find a house, get Claire a motorcycle, punch out a couple of kids. You know all of the good stuff. Hell, they deserved it. Not thinking about going back to work tomorrow Leon focused on tonight and the rest of his life. For once, it was finally going right.

Author's Note: I bet you didn't know he would pop the question in this chapter did you. Or maybe you did. But anyway he did. But does this mean the story is over. Hell No! I've got plenty more planned and I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. Diddly Day had returned and now the sun shines. Tek, Corruption is kicking it badly. Everyone else, You're the greatest. Keep the reviews coming. They make my day. I'll try and get the next one up soon. Bye now. I must go play FFX and beat Yunalesca. Damn her. Until next time.