Miracles Do Happen
Author's Note: I'm back with an update and 20 bucks to give each of you. Hey, I'd give a dollar or something if I could. No really, I would. Well, anyway, thanks for reassuring me that this story is doing well so I won't have to bang my head against the door multiple times. Here's Chapter 12. And no you damn copyright people I know I don't own RE, Capcom does so get off my back. Okay, Let's get straight to it.
Chapter 12- Positive Outlook
" How do work today Leon?" Sherry asked from across the table, She had been extra happy every since she found out Leon and Claire were engaged. And she had only two more days before school started back for her. She took an "extended" vacation.
" 9 to 9, which means I'd better be getting a move on. Let me go say bye to Claire." Leon said as he excused himself from the table. Sherry nodded and continued to read the comics as she ate.
Walking into the room, Leon rested his eyes on his fiance. She hadn't moved from where he had left her earlier that morning. They had been at Becca and Carlos' house practically all night so she was exhausted. Leon had to get up for work so he couldn't enjoy sleeping in with her. Walking up to their bed, he bent down and lightly shook her. Claire rolled around for a moment before opening her eyes. Leon just smiled at her as he sat down next to her.
" Morning Claire." Leon told her as he straightened out her hair. Claire rubbed her eyes and smiled back.
" Morning, Leon. Going to work?:" Leon just nodded.
" Yeah, I was just letting you know I'm supposed to get off at 9 but you know the guys. They'll probrably keep me til ten. You know how to reach me."
" Yeah, okay?" Claire replied. She looked at the dresser where she had laid down her engagement ring last night. She picked it up and put it on her finger.
" I'm getting married." Claire said outloud. She still couldn't believe it. Leon chuckled as he picked her up with him.
" That's the idea." Claire slapped him on the face lightly. Leon just grinned and carried her out.
Sherry rose an eye as she noticed Leon carrying Claire through the kitchen and into the kitchen. She smiled and turned back to her comic not paying them any attention.
" Morning Claire. Bye Leon." Sherry called out and continued eating her breakfast.
At the door Leon had picked up his stuff and was about to head out. Claire was watching him as he checked to see if he had everything.
" You need something?" She asked looking down at him.
" I need you but you weigh over 55 pounds. Sorry." Claire chuckled at him. Getting up, Leon pulled her in close and gave her a kiss. They were like this every morning. After living the life they lived they made sure to let each other know they loved them every day. Leon ran his finger across her ring and pulled away.
" This is our future. You sure you ready for that?" Leon warned playfully. Claire brushed his bangs out of the way and grinned.
" If Rebecca can get married to Carlos, I don't think you'll be a problem." Leon smirked.
" I'm not sure if that's the answer I was expecting but whatever. Love you." Claire hugged him again.
" Trust me, I know. I love you too. Now get out of here before you get written up." She scolding him playfully as she spanked him on the butt. Leon turned around and frowned.
" Why are you and Sherry so violent?" With that he waved and continued down the stairs to his car. Claire waved back and turned around to go back inside with Sherry.
" What do you want to do today Sherry? I still can't believe you have to go back on Tuesday." Claire told her surrogate sister as she sat down at the table. Sherry grinned.
" Actually, I'm supposed to go back tomorrow but I talked my aunt into letting me stay a couple of days longer." Claire chuckled.
" So anyway, what do you want to do?' It gets boring around here when Leon goes to work." Claire asked again. Sherry looked at the engagement ring on her finger and propped her elbows on the table.
" Tell me everything." Sherry stated bluntly. Claire looked at her confused and smiled a bit.
" Tell you what." Claire asked trying to play dumb. Sherry took her hand and held it up.
" I want to know how he proposed. I've been waiting close to five years for this, girl." Sherry said as she pushed her plate aside. Claire couldn't help but laugh.
" Okay. Well, first we went to dinner and just talked like it was regular date. Then we went walking around the park and he asked me when was the last time I went to a playground." Claire paused. She looked at Sherry complexed face.
" Say what?" Sherry asked. Claire just nodded and continued.
" He was asking me that so he could talk me into going over to the playground we were walking past Sherry." Claire answered. Sherry gave her a nod.
" After that, we went to the swings and played around for a bit before he sat down and reached for my hand. Then he started pouring out his feelings about everything. I'm mean he was genuinely confessing his love for me." Claire stopped and smiled.
" Did he talk about me huh?" Sherry interrupted with some hope in her eyes.
" As a matter of fact he did Sherry." Claire told her and continued.
" After he asked if I would marry him I sort of lost my breath. But you already know what I said." Sherry nodded and smiled.
" Will I be expecting another nephew or niece anytime soon?" Sherry asked. Claire looked at her and laughed.
" You must be talking about Chris and Jill?" Claire told her. Sherry shook her head.
" I'm talking about you two." Claire smirked as her laughing subsided. Sherry's grin was broader than ever.
" Look at this way Sherry, first things first okay? Beside, Juliana is enough for all of us to handle for now. Speaking of her, let me call Rebecca." Claire got up from the table and walked over to the phone and dialed Rebecca's number.
Downstairs
Riiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnng!!!!!!
The ringing of the phone was amplified a thousand times in Rebecca's head as she rolled around in the bed. She was about to pull out the cord when Carlos reached over and held her arm back. Slowly he reached over her and picked up the phone.
" Hello." He asked yawning. Rebecca pulled the covers up on her as she leaned in closer and rested her head on Carlos' shoulder.
" Morning Carlos. Rebecca up?" was Claire's happy-go-lucky reply from the other line. Carlos looked at Rebecca and mouthed "It's Claire". Rebecca nodded and reached for the phone.
" Hey, Claire. What's up?" Rebecca told her as she sat up in the bed. Carlos laid back down and closed his eyes.
" Nothing, Leon's at work and me and Sherry are bored. You and Carlos want to do something today. We could see if Jill and my brother are home too." Claire suggested while twirling the phone cord around her finger. Rebecca looked at Juliana who was sleeping soundly in the crib across from her bed.
" Yeah, what time do you want to meet up?" Rebecca asked. Claire paused for a second.
" Oh, about 10 is fine. I'll see if Chris and Jill are coming. Later Becca." Rebecca wiped her eyes.
" Later Claire. And congratulations to you and Leon once again. You two needed to stop beating around the bush someday" Rebecca yawned as she laid back down. Claire chuckled.
" Thanks Becca. Bye." Rebecca then replied the same and Claire hung up.
Sherry sat up and stretched before going over to Claire and looking at what she was dialing on the phone.
" Calling Jill?' Sherry asked. Claire nodded, letting her know she had gotten through. The phone rang twice before Claire could hear Jill's tired voice over the phone.
" Hello?" was Jill lazy reply. Claire could hear Chris snoring from the other end.
" Morning sis, you want to come do something with us today. Carlos and Becca are coming too." Claire said lively which made Jill groan. Sleep was hard to come by these days for her. Late nights with Chris were part of the problems.
Jill looked over to Chris and then at the bills sitting on the dresser which she needed to sort through and smirked.
" Okay. Who's house are we meeting at?" Jill asked. Claire narrowed her eyes at Sherry who was looking around in the living room. She had a box in her hand.
" My house. Be here around twelve." Claire told her as she Sherry the finger. She was holding a box of condoms she had found.
" Right. See you at twelve." Jill told her before hanging up. Claire hung up the phone and snatched the condoms away from Sherry. Sherry just laughed.
" It's no wonder you sleep so good. Leon must be wearing you out." Claire snorted.
" Where did you find them? Leon was uh, looking for them." Claire said with a blush creeping into her cheeks.
" In the drawer next to the sofa. You know, one key to successful marriage is maintaining a exciting sex life. With your spouse of course." Sherry explained as if she were a talk show host or something. Claire eyed her closely.
" Sherry, trust me, that won't be a problem. Anyway, go ahead and get dressed before the others arrive." Claire said shooing Sherry away into her guest room. Sherry made a nagging sound and went inside to pick out some clothes. Claire looked at the box of condoms in her hand, thought about what Sherry said and smiled a sly smile before humming herself back to her room to get dressed.
At Claire and Leon's Apartment: Waiting for Chris and Jill
" Carlos, you are the sorriest video game person ever."
" You're not exactly doing anything yourself Becca."
This had been the conversation for the last 20 minutes between Rebecca and Carlos. Claire was straightening up everything before they left and Sherry was laying on the floor mat with Juliana. She was being unusually quiet today thought.
" I have you now." Carlos said triumphantly as Rebecca continued to mash the control in a heated frenzy. She was Sakura with Ryu on her team and Carlos was Ken with Skullomania on his team. Sakura had just did a Hadoken only to be reversed by a Skullomania Super /Skullo Slider which ended after a eight hit combo. The match was over and Carlos had won.
" No No NO! Carlos! You Cheat!" Rebecca yelled as she looked at the player continue screen. Carlos just held his hands up.
" No baby I didn't cheat. I am the superior fighter. The Champ. The."
" The dumbest man I have ever known." Rebecca finished for him. Carlos smirked.
" Then why are you marrying me then." Carlos asked. Rebecca sighed mockingly.
" Because I was still drunk from the wine we had at the restaurant and when you asked me I couldn't think of anything else to say." Carlos frowned at her.
" You are kidding aren't you?" He asked. Rebecca rolled her eyes at him.
" Carlos, if I didn't love you would Juliana Oliviera be there on that floor with Sherry right now?" Carlos' face lit up and he rubbed the bag of his head.
' Oh Yeah." Sherry rolled her at him and Rebecca just shook her head.
Knock Knock
" I'll get it!" Claire yelled from the back room. She walked to the door and looked through the peep hole. After seeing it was Chris and Jill she opened the door and let them in. Jill turned to give her a hug with Chris right behind her.
" Hey everybody." Jill acknowledged as she came to sit down in the living room. Chris followed.
" So where's carrot top?" Chris asked as he got comfortable. Claire walked in a sat on the arm of the chair.
" Working. I'm surprised you all aren't. Anyway, you guys want to go to the mall or something?" Claire suggested.
" How about bowling?" Carlos said outloud. Rebecca smiled.
" Carlos, everyone in their right mind knows you can't bowl. But it's a good idea. How about it Claire? Chris? Jill?'
They all nodded in agreement.
" Okay, the bowling alley we go. Claire can you tell me what time it is?" Rebecca asked with a grin. Claire thought nothing of it as she looked at her watch. On her hand. Chris' eyes followed from her wrist to her finger.
" Son of a bitch, Kennedy did it." Chris said with a stunned look on his face. He looked as if he had just seen a ghost and his eyes started to waver and then close. Jill looked at him curiously.
" What did Leon do?" She asked before seeing the ring on Claire's finger. Jill could feel her face curling into a smile and she jumped up to hug Claire.
" Why didn't you tell me Claire?' Jill asked a little pissed. Claire shrugged. "I wanted you to see for yourself. Well what do you have to say big brother?" Claire teased.
" Chris is a little overwhelmed right now." Rebecca said. Claire looked at her. She turned to see that her brother had passed out. Carlos was laughing along with Sherry who was cracking up on the floor.
" Becca, get Juliana, Jill you and Sherry can go wait outside, Carlos, help me drag my brother to the car." Carlos laughed again. Claire smiled. From there the group made their way outside with Chris in tow. Claire locked the door and headed down the stairs after the others. Today was going to be an eventful day.
' Boy I have to tell Leon about this." She said to herself as she smiled and started up the car and the gang was on their way to the bowling alley.
Author's Note: I don't know how good of a chapter this was but you can tell me. If you review that is. Anyway, the last 2 weeks have been Hell on Earth for me. And because of that, writing hasn't been on my mind much. Well, I hope you're still into the story because in the next couple of chapters another plot twist will unfold. Now whether it's good or bad you'll have to see. Keep reading and reviewing and all shall be revealed. Until Next Time.
Author's Note: I'm back with an update and 20 bucks to give each of you. Hey, I'd give a dollar or something if I could. No really, I would. Well, anyway, thanks for reassuring me that this story is doing well so I won't have to bang my head against the door multiple times. Here's Chapter 12. And no you damn copyright people I know I don't own RE, Capcom does so get off my back. Okay, Let's get straight to it.
Chapter 12- Positive Outlook
" How do work today Leon?" Sherry asked from across the table, She had been extra happy every since she found out Leon and Claire were engaged. And she had only two more days before school started back for her. She took an "extended" vacation.
" 9 to 9, which means I'd better be getting a move on. Let me go say bye to Claire." Leon said as he excused himself from the table. Sherry nodded and continued to read the comics as she ate.
Walking into the room, Leon rested his eyes on his fiance. She hadn't moved from where he had left her earlier that morning. They had been at Becca and Carlos' house practically all night so she was exhausted. Leon had to get up for work so he couldn't enjoy sleeping in with her. Walking up to their bed, he bent down and lightly shook her. Claire rolled around for a moment before opening her eyes. Leon just smiled at her as he sat down next to her.
" Morning Claire." Leon told her as he straightened out her hair. Claire rubbed her eyes and smiled back.
" Morning, Leon. Going to work?:" Leon just nodded.
" Yeah, I was just letting you know I'm supposed to get off at 9 but you know the guys. They'll probrably keep me til ten. You know how to reach me."
" Yeah, okay?" Claire replied. She looked at the dresser where she had laid down her engagement ring last night. She picked it up and put it on her finger.
" I'm getting married." Claire said outloud. She still couldn't believe it. Leon chuckled as he picked her up with him.
" That's the idea." Claire slapped him on the face lightly. Leon just grinned and carried her out.
Sherry rose an eye as she noticed Leon carrying Claire through the kitchen and into the kitchen. She smiled and turned back to her comic not paying them any attention.
" Morning Claire. Bye Leon." Sherry called out and continued eating her breakfast.
At the door Leon had picked up his stuff and was about to head out. Claire was watching him as he checked to see if he had everything.
" You need something?" She asked looking down at him.
" I need you but you weigh over 55 pounds. Sorry." Claire chuckled at him. Getting up, Leon pulled her in close and gave her a kiss. They were like this every morning. After living the life they lived they made sure to let each other know they loved them every day. Leon ran his finger across her ring and pulled away.
" This is our future. You sure you ready for that?" Leon warned playfully. Claire brushed his bangs out of the way and grinned.
" If Rebecca can get married to Carlos, I don't think you'll be a problem." Leon smirked.
" I'm not sure if that's the answer I was expecting but whatever. Love you." Claire hugged him again.
" Trust me, I know. I love you too. Now get out of here before you get written up." She scolding him playfully as she spanked him on the butt. Leon turned around and frowned.
" Why are you and Sherry so violent?" With that he waved and continued down the stairs to his car. Claire waved back and turned around to go back inside with Sherry.
" What do you want to do today Sherry? I still can't believe you have to go back on Tuesday." Claire told her surrogate sister as she sat down at the table. Sherry grinned.
" Actually, I'm supposed to go back tomorrow but I talked my aunt into letting me stay a couple of days longer." Claire chuckled.
" So anyway, what do you want to do?' It gets boring around here when Leon goes to work." Claire asked again. Sherry looked at the engagement ring on her finger and propped her elbows on the table.
" Tell me everything." Sherry stated bluntly. Claire looked at her confused and smiled a bit.
" Tell you what." Claire asked trying to play dumb. Sherry took her hand and held it up.
" I want to know how he proposed. I've been waiting close to five years for this, girl." Sherry said as she pushed her plate aside. Claire couldn't help but laugh.
" Okay. Well, first we went to dinner and just talked like it was regular date. Then we went walking around the park and he asked me when was the last time I went to a playground." Claire paused. She looked at Sherry complexed face.
" Say what?" Sherry asked. Claire just nodded and continued.
" He was asking me that so he could talk me into going over to the playground we were walking past Sherry." Claire answered. Sherry gave her a nod.
" After that, we went to the swings and played around for a bit before he sat down and reached for my hand. Then he started pouring out his feelings about everything. I'm mean he was genuinely confessing his love for me." Claire stopped and smiled.
" Did he talk about me huh?" Sherry interrupted with some hope in her eyes.
" As a matter of fact he did Sherry." Claire told her and continued.
" After he asked if I would marry him I sort of lost my breath. But you already know what I said." Sherry nodded and smiled.
" Will I be expecting another nephew or niece anytime soon?" Sherry asked. Claire looked at her and laughed.
" You must be talking about Chris and Jill?" Claire told her. Sherry shook her head.
" I'm talking about you two." Claire smirked as her laughing subsided. Sherry's grin was broader than ever.
" Look at this way Sherry, first things first okay? Beside, Juliana is enough for all of us to handle for now. Speaking of her, let me call Rebecca." Claire got up from the table and walked over to the phone and dialed Rebecca's number.
Downstairs
Riiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnng!!!!!!
The ringing of the phone was amplified a thousand times in Rebecca's head as she rolled around in the bed. She was about to pull out the cord when Carlos reached over and held her arm back. Slowly he reached over her and picked up the phone.
" Hello." He asked yawning. Rebecca pulled the covers up on her as she leaned in closer and rested her head on Carlos' shoulder.
" Morning Carlos. Rebecca up?" was Claire's happy-go-lucky reply from the other line. Carlos looked at Rebecca and mouthed "It's Claire". Rebecca nodded and reached for the phone.
" Hey, Claire. What's up?" Rebecca told her as she sat up in the bed. Carlos laid back down and closed his eyes.
" Nothing, Leon's at work and me and Sherry are bored. You and Carlos want to do something today. We could see if Jill and my brother are home too." Claire suggested while twirling the phone cord around her finger. Rebecca looked at Juliana who was sleeping soundly in the crib across from her bed.
" Yeah, what time do you want to meet up?" Rebecca asked. Claire paused for a second.
" Oh, about 10 is fine. I'll see if Chris and Jill are coming. Later Becca." Rebecca wiped her eyes.
" Later Claire. And congratulations to you and Leon once again. You two needed to stop beating around the bush someday" Rebecca yawned as she laid back down. Claire chuckled.
" Thanks Becca. Bye." Rebecca then replied the same and Claire hung up.
Sherry sat up and stretched before going over to Claire and looking at what she was dialing on the phone.
" Calling Jill?' Sherry asked. Claire nodded, letting her know she had gotten through. The phone rang twice before Claire could hear Jill's tired voice over the phone.
" Hello?" was Jill lazy reply. Claire could hear Chris snoring from the other end.
" Morning sis, you want to come do something with us today. Carlos and Becca are coming too." Claire said lively which made Jill groan. Sleep was hard to come by these days for her. Late nights with Chris were part of the problems.
Jill looked over to Chris and then at the bills sitting on the dresser which she needed to sort through and smirked.
" Okay. Who's house are we meeting at?" Jill asked. Claire narrowed her eyes at Sherry who was looking around in the living room. She had a box in her hand.
" My house. Be here around twelve." Claire told her as she Sherry the finger. She was holding a box of condoms she had found.
" Right. See you at twelve." Jill told her before hanging up. Claire hung up the phone and snatched the condoms away from Sherry. Sherry just laughed.
" It's no wonder you sleep so good. Leon must be wearing you out." Claire snorted.
" Where did you find them? Leon was uh, looking for them." Claire said with a blush creeping into her cheeks.
" In the drawer next to the sofa. You know, one key to successful marriage is maintaining a exciting sex life. With your spouse of course." Sherry explained as if she were a talk show host or something. Claire eyed her closely.
" Sherry, trust me, that won't be a problem. Anyway, go ahead and get dressed before the others arrive." Claire said shooing Sherry away into her guest room. Sherry made a nagging sound and went inside to pick out some clothes. Claire looked at the box of condoms in her hand, thought about what Sherry said and smiled a sly smile before humming herself back to her room to get dressed.
At Claire and Leon's Apartment: Waiting for Chris and Jill
" Carlos, you are the sorriest video game person ever."
" You're not exactly doing anything yourself Becca."
This had been the conversation for the last 20 minutes between Rebecca and Carlos. Claire was straightening up everything before they left and Sherry was laying on the floor mat with Juliana. She was being unusually quiet today thought.
" I have you now." Carlos said triumphantly as Rebecca continued to mash the control in a heated frenzy. She was Sakura with Ryu on her team and Carlos was Ken with Skullomania on his team. Sakura had just did a Hadoken only to be reversed by a Skullomania Super /Skullo Slider which ended after a eight hit combo. The match was over and Carlos had won.
" No No NO! Carlos! You Cheat!" Rebecca yelled as she looked at the player continue screen. Carlos just held his hands up.
" No baby I didn't cheat. I am the superior fighter. The Champ. The."
" The dumbest man I have ever known." Rebecca finished for him. Carlos smirked.
" Then why are you marrying me then." Carlos asked. Rebecca sighed mockingly.
" Because I was still drunk from the wine we had at the restaurant and when you asked me I couldn't think of anything else to say." Carlos frowned at her.
" You are kidding aren't you?" He asked. Rebecca rolled her eyes at him.
" Carlos, if I didn't love you would Juliana Oliviera be there on that floor with Sherry right now?" Carlos' face lit up and he rubbed the bag of his head.
' Oh Yeah." Sherry rolled her at him and Rebecca just shook her head.
Knock Knock
" I'll get it!" Claire yelled from the back room. She walked to the door and looked through the peep hole. After seeing it was Chris and Jill she opened the door and let them in. Jill turned to give her a hug with Chris right behind her.
" Hey everybody." Jill acknowledged as she came to sit down in the living room. Chris followed.
" So where's carrot top?" Chris asked as he got comfortable. Claire walked in a sat on the arm of the chair.
" Working. I'm surprised you all aren't. Anyway, you guys want to go to the mall or something?" Claire suggested.
" How about bowling?" Carlos said outloud. Rebecca smiled.
" Carlos, everyone in their right mind knows you can't bowl. But it's a good idea. How about it Claire? Chris? Jill?'
They all nodded in agreement.
" Okay, the bowling alley we go. Claire can you tell me what time it is?" Rebecca asked with a grin. Claire thought nothing of it as she looked at her watch. On her hand. Chris' eyes followed from her wrist to her finger.
" Son of a bitch, Kennedy did it." Chris said with a stunned look on his face. He looked as if he had just seen a ghost and his eyes started to waver and then close. Jill looked at him curiously.
" What did Leon do?" She asked before seeing the ring on Claire's finger. Jill could feel her face curling into a smile and she jumped up to hug Claire.
" Why didn't you tell me Claire?' Jill asked a little pissed. Claire shrugged. "I wanted you to see for yourself. Well what do you have to say big brother?" Claire teased.
" Chris is a little overwhelmed right now." Rebecca said. Claire looked at her. She turned to see that her brother had passed out. Carlos was laughing along with Sherry who was cracking up on the floor.
" Becca, get Juliana, Jill you and Sherry can go wait outside, Carlos, help me drag my brother to the car." Carlos laughed again. Claire smiled. From there the group made their way outside with Chris in tow. Claire locked the door and headed down the stairs after the others. Today was going to be an eventful day.
' Boy I have to tell Leon about this." She said to herself as she smiled and started up the car and the gang was on their way to the bowling alley.
Author's Note: I don't know how good of a chapter this was but you can tell me. If you review that is. Anyway, the last 2 weeks have been Hell on Earth for me. And because of that, writing hasn't been on my mind much. Well, I hope you're still into the story because in the next couple of chapters another plot twist will unfold. Now whether it's good or bad you'll have to see. Keep reading and reviewing and all shall be revealed. Until Next Time.