Miracles Do Happen
Author's Note: What's up people. As of now my new FFX challenge is defeating Sin before he uses his overdrive and he is kicking my ass. Badly. So I'm going to take a break and write some. Here goes nothing.
Chapter 13- Becca and Carlos: The Odd Couple
" All right, lanes 14 and 15 are ours." Claire told the gang as she walked back towards them. Everyone was having a hell of a time trying to get their bowling shoes to fit and weren't really paying attention. Claire put her hands on her hips and snorted.
" I said. Lanes 14 and 15 are ours. So get up and come on." She practically yelled at them. Sherry and Chris groaned. They knew first hand about Claire's determined attitude. There was no use in trying to fight it. Reluctantly everyone got up and followed Claire.
"Okay, how are we going to split up into teams. Boy vs. Girls?" Claire asked as she sat down at their lanes. She and Sherry were in the scorekeeper's seat. Rebecca was tending to Juliana as she shook her head.
" Nuh Uh. That's played out. How about we just choose captains or something?" Claire shrugged in agreement.
" All right. I'm first team captain and Sherry you can be second." Sherry nodded first and instantly began to cast an overview of potential teammates.
" I choose Chris." Chris got up and rose his hands in the air signifying victory. Claire rolled her eyes.
" Oh shut up. Well, since she's got Chris I'll get Jill." Jill got up and walked over by Claire. Chris gave her a stare and Jill gave him a hard one right back.
" Then I'll get Rebecca. That means you got Carlos." Sherry said quickly cause Claire to sigh. Carlos wasn't exactly the best bowler around these parts.
" Hey now, you should consider having me on your team an honor Claire. There's no need to be sighing like that." Carlos said as he put his arms around Claire in a friendly way. Rebecca knew he was just playing so she didn't pay him any attention. Claire just rolled her eyes and pushed Carlos off of her.
" Honestly Becca, how do you put up with him?" Rebecca looked up from shoes she was tying and paused in thought.
" You know, I have yet to realize that myself. Let me get situated and then we can bowl. Carlos, put these muff on her ears." Rebecca said as she sat the baby seat down.( I haven't been around babies all that much since my little brother was born and he's 13.) Carlos obediently did as she said and soon Juliana was staring at the adults as they lined up . Sherry was sitting down tickling her. She loved how wide her eyes would get. She was Carlos' child without a doubt. And Rebecca's mouth gave the mother away.
After everyone had gotten all of their bowling balls and set the scoreboard Sherry's team was first to bowl. Chris and Rebecca cheered on as Sherry took her step up to the line.
" Come on Sherry. Don't let you pal Redfield down." Chris shouted from the side. Rebecca laughed at his expression. He was sincerely telling Sherry not to embarrass him. Sherry tossed a 'whatever' kind of look back to him.
" I know what I'm doing Chris. Don't let yourself down." She retorted as she slapped hands with Jill before picking up her bowling ball from the conveyor belt.
" You go girl. Put him in his place." Jill congratulated leaving Chris reddening in embarrassment.
Sherry walked up to the bowler's area and surveyed the lane before backing up and forming up to release the ball. She let the bowl go holding a perfect form.
Crack! Was all the group hard as Sherry's black ball crushed 8 of the 10 pins out of the way. Sherry turned around and smiled at Chris and Rebecca. Preparing to take on the last two pins she looked at Juliana who was fidgeting in her holder. Sherry released the ball and knocked 1 more of the pins down. Chris started to taunt Claire by predicting her team's outcome.
" Claire, this is just the beginning. We haven't even begun to bowl yet little sister. You should be glad Leon isn't here. So he won't have to see you get your ass kicked." Claire got right in his face and gave him one of her trying faces.
" Is that right?' She asked intimidating him. Chris was about to give her a piece of his mind when Rebecca got in the middle of them both.
" Why can't you two ever just have fun like normal people? Claire, Sherry's done, it's your turn." Claire gave Chris one last war look and went to take her turn. Carlos slid over by Rebecca.
"We haven't been here for twenty minutes and already you're playing mediator for Chris and Claire. That's usually Jill's job." Carlos joked. Rebecca slapped him on the arm and laughed. Jill tossed him ticked off look.
" Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" She asked as she leant in closer. Carlos shrugged as if he didn't know. Jill turned to Rebecca who had suddenly found Claire's turn very interesting. She was watching intently. Jill sat back and smirked.
" I see. That's between you two nitwits."
" Hey!" Carlos and Rebecca said as they both turned back to Jill who was giving them an ' Ah Ha' kind of look. Carlos looked quickly to see Claire coming back. She was taunting Chris so he assumed she had done well.
" It look's like you're up Jill." Carlos tried to change the subject. Jill nodded and proceeded to take her turn.
About halfway through the game, Claire's team started to make a comeback and at the final round it was tied. The last two bowlers were ironically Becca and Carlos. Chris and Sherry were cheering Rebecca on thinking she had it in the bag. Claire didn't give them a second thought because she was busy screaming at Carlos.
" All right Carlos, I got twenty dollars riding on this. Don't you mess it up!" Claire yelled from her seat. Jill just chuckled from the sideline. Claire and Chris had become serious gamblers since they started hanging out with Leon and his buddies.
' The Redfield's picked up some bad habit from Leon I suppose?" Jill thought with her grin pinching her face.
Carlos turned around and brushed a hand at the two of them.
" Don't worry. I got this." Carlos said as he stepped out of the way for Rebecca to bowl. Rebecca smiled at him.
" Look at it this way Carlos. Even though you suck as a bowler, you're a pro in bed." Carlos raised an eye brow before bursting out in laughter. The other's joined in. Even Claire chuckled a bit as she tried to keep a straight face and yell at Carlos to quit stalling. Rebecca stepped up to take her turn.
Crack!!!
" Strike! I got a strike. Whoo!" Rebecca shrieked as she turned joyfully and slapped hands with Sherry. Carlos grunted and stepped up.
" All right Carlos. Time to prove yourself." Carlos said to himself. " And your manhood." He added darkly.
Letting the bowling ball go, he watched closely as the ball swerved across the lane. He leant his body to the right hoping somehow the ball would move right. As the ball approached the pins it cut a sharp right and crashed into the pins head on.
Crack!!!!!!!!
" Oh my God. Carlos got a strike." Jill said amazed. She had never seen Carlos get a stirke. Ever. Chris and Sherry's mouths were agape. Rebecca was speechless. Claire was adding up the score and a few seconds later she slammed her fist on the table jolting everyone from their daze.
" Damn!"
Everyone turned to her. " What's wrong Claire?" Jill asked. Claire looked at her disappointed.
" Since Carlos and Rebecca both got strikes it's a tie. No one wins." Chris got up and sat next to Jill and put his arm around her.
" Which means no twenty dollars." Chris informed triumphantly. Claire sighed.
" Yeah, yeah, yeah, no twenty dollars. Whatever. Let's go eat lunch somewhere." She suggested. It was already a quarter after three. With that, everyone started to get their things and prepare to leave. Carlos, however, was still amazed he got a strike. Everyone had left to return their shoes except him and Rebecca. Sherry had taken Juliana with her.
" Carlos, come on. I'm hungry and everyone's threatening to leave us." Rebecca said as Claire was motioning for them to hurry up. Carlos turned around and smiled.
" Oh yeah I'm coming Becca. Just got a little fazed out there." Carlos admitted.
" I'll say. Come on, I'll buy that Die Hard Trilogy DVD set that you've been bothering me about so much." Rebecca told him persuasively.
" Huh? Is this a bribe?" Carlos asked as they started towards the reception desk. Rebecca laughed.
" No. I'm really proud of you. You actually bowled today." Carlos smiled at her and kissed her on her forehead and chuckled.
"We better hurry up before Claire throws a fit. You know how she is when Leon's not around." Rebecca nodded.
" Cuckoo." She said as she pointed to her head and crossed her eyes. That caused her and Carlos to laugh some more. The receptionist looked back and forth between the two of them before asking:
" Do you two have a problem?"
After stopping at Applebee's to eat and stopping by the mall to do a little shopping Chris and Jill decided that they would go ahead home. So from there they went home. The rest of the gang headed back to the apartment.
Getting out of the car, Sherry and Claire yawned at almost the same time. Carlos was locking the car up and Rebecca was carrying Juliana who was pretty much K.Oed.
" Well, I had fun but I think I'm going to take a nap. Claire, you look like you need one too." Sherry told Rebecca as they all walked up the stairs. Claire just nodded.
" Later chicas." Carlos called out to them as he fumbled with the door. Sherry and Claire waved back.
" Ah, home sweet home." Rebecca called as she walked through the front door. Carlos stretched as he plopped into his recliner and kicked off his shoes.
" Where are the movies Becca?" Carlos yelled into the hall.
" In the bag next to you." She yelled back from the bedroom. Carlos slapped himself in the forehead for not thinking to look down.
" Thank you."
Soon Rebecca had changed into something more comfortable. In her case a pair of comfy shorts and a extra long t-shirt that reached past just above her knees and read ' Redheads Kick Ass'. Carlos grinned. " Yes you do." Rebecca looked at him.
" Huh?" He pointed to her shirt. " I said yes you do." Rebecca rolled her eyes. The opening credits to Die Hard had just started rolling. Carlos had motioned for Rebecca to come sit in his lap in the recliner. She stretched her legs to his leg's length. Carlos pulled off his shirt so he was left in his tanktop and wrapped his arms around Rebecca. She nuzzled up to him.
" Is Julie sleeping?" Carlos asked with his head resting on top of Rebecca's. She tossed a glance to the bedroom.
" Yeah, she is. I might be doing the same any second now. I don't know if I can watch an action movie nonstop like you." Rebecca joked.
" You go ahead and sleep Becca. I got 3 DVD's worth of John McClane to watch." Carlos told her as the movie continued to show. Rebecca chuckled.
" You're an idiot. Afternoon Carlos." Becca told him softly as she started to let sleep take over her. Carlos kissed her on the neck gently.
" Afternoon to you too Becca." From there, Carlos attention was focused on the motion picture at hand.
At the End of the Movie
The ending Credits were playing and Rebecca was still sleeping soundly in Carlos' lap. Carlos himself had fallen asleep. He had dozed off in the middle of the movie. He and Rebecca were sleeping soundly in the recliner chair as the movie credits came to a close. What a nice picture it was for this odd couple.
Author's Note: There it is. Another chapter down. Hope it was enjoyable. I think that changing the point of view of the story every once and a while will make it better overall. Well, well, well. I said I had a plot twist coming up didn't I. Yes I do. Will it be the next chapter or the one after that or the one after that? Anyway, it's coming. So please keep reading and reviewing. You know I love them. Tek, I love the excerpt to your sequel to Corruption. Can't wait to see the full post. Okay, people, I've said enough. You're probrably like " Why the hell does he talk so much?" And I be like " I don't know but Hell Yeah!" So Until Next Time.
Author's Note: What's up people. As of now my new FFX challenge is defeating Sin before he uses his overdrive and he is kicking my ass. Badly. So I'm going to take a break and write some. Here goes nothing.
Chapter 13- Becca and Carlos: The Odd Couple
" All right, lanes 14 and 15 are ours." Claire told the gang as she walked back towards them. Everyone was having a hell of a time trying to get their bowling shoes to fit and weren't really paying attention. Claire put her hands on her hips and snorted.
" I said. Lanes 14 and 15 are ours. So get up and come on." She practically yelled at them. Sherry and Chris groaned. They knew first hand about Claire's determined attitude. There was no use in trying to fight it. Reluctantly everyone got up and followed Claire.
"Okay, how are we going to split up into teams. Boy vs. Girls?" Claire asked as she sat down at their lanes. She and Sherry were in the scorekeeper's seat. Rebecca was tending to Juliana as she shook her head.
" Nuh Uh. That's played out. How about we just choose captains or something?" Claire shrugged in agreement.
" All right. I'm first team captain and Sherry you can be second." Sherry nodded first and instantly began to cast an overview of potential teammates.
" I choose Chris." Chris got up and rose his hands in the air signifying victory. Claire rolled her eyes.
" Oh shut up. Well, since she's got Chris I'll get Jill." Jill got up and walked over by Claire. Chris gave her a stare and Jill gave him a hard one right back.
" Then I'll get Rebecca. That means you got Carlos." Sherry said quickly cause Claire to sigh. Carlos wasn't exactly the best bowler around these parts.
" Hey now, you should consider having me on your team an honor Claire. There's no need to be sighing like that." Carlos said as he put his arms around Claire in a friendly way. Rebecca knew he was just playing so she didn't pay him any attention. Claire just rolled her eyes and pushed Carlos off of her.
" Honestly Becca, how do you put up with him?" Rebecca looked up from shoes she was tying and paused in thought.
" You know, I have yet to realize that myself. Let me get situated and then we can bowl. Carlos, put these muff on her ears." Rebecca said as she sat the baby seat down.( I haven't been around babies all that much since my little brother was born and he's 13.) Carlos obediently did as she said and soon Juliana was staring at the adults as they lined up . Sherry was sitting down tickling her. She loved how wide her eyes would get. She was Carlos' child without a doubt. And Rebecca's mouth gave the mother away.
After everyone had gotten all of their bowling balls and set the scoreboard Sherry's team was first to bowl. Chris and Rebecca cheered on as Sherry took her step up to the line.
" Come on Sherry. Don't let you pal Redfield down." Chris shouted from the side. Rebecca laughed at his expression. He was sincerely telling Sherry not to embarrass him. Sherry tossed a 'whatever' kind of look back to him.
" I know what I'm doing Chris. Don't let yourself down." She retorted as she slapped hands with Jill before picking up her bowling ball from the conveyor belt.
" You go girl. Put him in his place." Jill congratulated leaving Chris reddening in embarrassment.
Sherry walked up to the bowler's area and surveyed the lane before backing up and forming up to release the ball. She let the bowl go holding a perfect form.
Crack! Was all the group hard as Sherry's black ball crushed 8 of the 10 pins out of the way. Sherry turned around and smiled at Chris and Rebecca. Preparing to take on the last two pins she looked at Juliana who was fidgeting in her holder. Sherry released the ball and knocked 1 more of the pins down. Chris started to taunt Claire by predicting her team's outcome.
" Claire, this is just the beginning. We haven't even begun to bowl yet little sister. You should be glad Leon isn't here. So he won't have to see you get your ass kicked." Claire got right in his face and gave him one of her trying faces.
" Is that right?' She asked intimidating him. Chris was about to give her a piece of his mind when Rebecca got in the middle of them both.
" Why can't you two ever just have fun like normal people? Claire, Sherry's done, it's your turn." Claire gave Chris one last war look and went to take her turn. Carlos slid over by Rebecca.
"We haven't been here for twenty minutes and already you're playing mediator for Chris and Claire. That's usually Jill's job." Carlos joked. Rebecca slapped him on the arm and laughed. Jill tossed him ticked off look.
" Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" She asked as she leant in closer. Carlos shrugged as if he didn't know. Jill turned to Rebecca who had suddenly found Claire's turn very interesting. She was watching intently. Jill sat back and smirked.
" I see. That's between you two nitwits."
" Hey!" Carlos and Rebecca said as they both turned back to Jill who was giving them an ' Ah Ha' kind of look. Carlos looked quickly to see Claire coming back. She was taunting Chris so he assumed she had done well.
" It look's like you're up Jill." Carlos tried to change the subject. Jill nodded and proceeded to take her turn.
About halfway through the game, Claire's team started to make a comeback and at the final round it was tied. The last two bowlers were ironically Becca and Carlos. Chris and Sherry were cheering Rebecca on thinking she had it in the bag. Claire didn't give them a second thought because she was busy screaming at Carlos.
" All right Carlos, I got twenty dollars riding on this. Don't you mess it up!" Claire yelled from her seat. Jill just chuckled from the sideline. Claire and Chris had become serious gamblers since they started hanging out with Leon and his buddies.
' The Redfield's picked up some bad habit from Leon I suppose?" Jill thought with her grin pinching her face.
Carlos turned around and brushed a hand at the two of them.
" Don't worry. I got this." Carlos said as he stepped out of the way for Rebecca to bowl. Rebecca smiled at him.
" Look at it this way Carlos. Even though you suck as a bowler, you're a pro in bed." Carlos raised an eye brow before bursting out in laughter. The other's joined in. Even Claire chuckled a bit as she tried to keep a straight face and yell at Carlos to quit stalling. Rebecca stepped up to take her turn.
Crack!!!
" Strike! I got a strike. Whoo!" Rebecca shrieked as she turned joyfully and slapped hands with Sherry. Carlos grunted and stepped up.
" All right Carlos. Time to prove yourself." Carlos said to himself. " And your manhood." He added darkly.
Letting the bowling ball go, he watched closely as the ball swerved across the lane. He leant his body to the right hoping somehow the ball would move right. As the ball approached the pins it cut a sharp right and crashed into the pins head on.
Crack!!!!!!!!
" Oh my God. Carlos got a strike." Jill said amazed. She had never seen Carlos get a stirke. Ever. Chris and Sherry's mouths were agape. Rebecca was speechless. Claire was adding up the score and a few seconds later she slammed her fist on the table jolting everyone from their daze.
" Damn!"
Everyone turned to her. " What's wrong Claire?" Jill asked. Claire looked at her disappointed.
" Since Carlos and Rebecca both got strikes it's a tie. No one wins." Chris got up and sat next to Jill and put his arm around her.
" Which means no twenty dollars." Chris informed triumphantly. Claire sighed.
" Yeah, yeah, yeah, no twenty dollars. Whatever. Let's go eat lunch somewhere." She suggested. It was already a quarter after three. With that, everyone started to get their things and prepare to leave. Carlos, however, was still amazed he got a strike. Everyone had left to return their shoes except him and Rebecca. Sherry had taken Juliana with her.
" Carlos, come on. I'm hungry and everyone's threatening to leave us." Rebecca said as Claire was motioning for them to hurry up. Carlos turned around and smiled.
" Oh yeah I'm coming Becca. Just got a little fazed out there." Carlos admitted.
" I'll say. Come on, I'll buy that Die Hard Trilogy DVD set that you've been bothering me about so much." Rebecca told him persuasively.
" Huh? Is this a bribe?" Carlos asked as they started towards the reception desk. Rebecca laughed.
" No. I'm really proud of you. You actually bowled today." Carlos smiled at her and kissed her on her forehead and chuckled.
"We better hurry up before Claire throws a fit. You know how she is when Leon's not around." Rebecca nodded.
" Cuckoo." She said as she pointed to her head and crossed her eyes. That caused her and Carlos to laugh some more. The receptionist looked back and forth between the two of them before asking:
" Do you two have a problem?"
After stopping at Applebee's to eat and stopping by the mall to do a little shopping Chris and Jill decided that they would go ahead home. So from there they went home. The rest of the gang headed back to the apartment.
Getting out of the car, Sherry and Claire yawned at almost the same time. Carlos was locking the car up and Rebecca was carrying Juliana who was pretty much K.Oed.
" Well, I had fun but I think I'm going to take a nap. Claire, you look like you need one too." Sherry told Rebecca as they all walked up the stairs. Claire just nodded.
" Later chicas." Carlos called out to them as he fumbled with the door. Sherry and Claire waved back.
" Ah, home sweet home." Rebecca called as she walked through the front door. Carlos stretched as he plopped into his recliner and kicked off his shoes.
" Where are the movies Becca?" Carlos yelled into the hall.
" In the bag next to you." She yelled back from the bedroom. Carlos slapped himself in the forehead for not thinking to look down.
" Thank you."
Soon Rebecca had changed into something more comfortable. In her case a pair of comfy shorts and a extra long t-shirt that reached past just above her knees and read ' Redheads Kick Ass'. Carlos grinned. " Yes you do." Rebecca looked at him.
" Huh?" He pointed to her shirt. " I said yes you do." Rebecca rolled her eyes. The opening credits to Die Hard had just started rolling. Carlos had motioned for Rebecca to come sit in his lap in the recliner. She stretched her legs to his leg's length. Carlos pulled off his shirt so he was left in his tanktop and wrapped his arms around Rebecca. She nuzzled up to him.
" Is Julie sleeping?" Carlos asked with his head resting on top of Rebecca's. She tossed a glance to the bedroom.
" Yeah, she is. I might be doing the same any second now. I don't know if I can watch an action movie nonstop like you." Rebecca joked.
" You go ahead and sleep Becca. I got 3 DVD's worth of John McClane to watch." Carlos told her as the movie continued to show. Rebecca chuckled.
" You're an idiot. Afternoon Carlos." Becca told him softly as she started to let sleep take over her. Carlos kissed her on the neck gently.
" Afternoon to you too Becca." From there, Carlos attention was focused on the motion picture at hand.
At the End of the Movie
The ending Credits were playing and Rebecca was still sleeping soundly in Carlos' lap. Carlos himself had fallen asleep. He had dozed off in the middle of the movie. He and Rebecca were sleeping soundly in the recliner chair as the movie credits came to a close. What a nice picture it was for this odd couple.
Author's Note: There it is. Another chapter down. Hope it was enjoyable. I think that changing the point of view of the story every once and a while will make it better overall. Well, well, well. I said I had a plot twist coming up didn't I. Yes I do. Will it be the next chapter or the one after that or the one after that? Anyway, it's coming. So please keep reading and reviewing. You know I love them. Tek, I love the excerpt to your sequel to Corruption. Can't wait to see the full post. Okay, people, I've said enough. You're probrably like " Why the hell does he talk so much?" And I be like " I don't know but Hell Yeah!" So Until Next Time.