Miracles Do Happen
Author's Note: Um, just in cause anyone's forgotten. School sucks. First week as a senior was okay though. I hope everyone's still enjoying the story because in about 5 or 6 chapters I'm done with it. Well, after the epilouge. Anyway, here's chapter 16. P.S: I wonder where everybody's at?
Chapter 16-Departure
It had been two days since Claire had received the call about Leon and she had stayed by him in the hospital the whole time. Everyone else would come by and sit with her and waited for Leon to wake up. Dr. Levy had told her that he had passed a very critical stage after his surgery but a relapse was possible. And if so he probably wouldn't be able to pull though a second time. Claire had accepted the situation and just continued her watch. She had faith that her fiance would hold her again.
" Morning, Claire." Sherry had greeted as she woke up in the other chair. She had decided to stay at the hospital with Claire last night. Today was her last day here before she went back to Chicago. Claire smiled at her.
" Morning Sherry. You have to leave today don't you?" Sherry nodded with a grim look on her face.
" Yeah, I wish I could stay a little longer though. Did Leon wake up yet?" Sherry asked. Claire shook her head.
" No., but this morning I did go see his partner Dwayne. He told me the whole story. Now I see why Leon's in the condition he's in. They were going in to bust some lunatic and he had his hide out wired with explosives. He blew himself up after Leon tried reasoning with him." Sherry looked down.
" Aw man." Sherry said. Claire turned the t.v. on and started flipping through channels.
" What to watch, what to watch?" Claire wondered out loud. Sherry shrugged.
" How about some cartoons?" Leon said weakly from the bed. Claire and Sherry's eyes bulged as they turned to see Leon chuckling at them from the bed.
" Leon!" They both shouted simultaneously. Dropping the remote Claire about jumped at him and Sherry was at his side in an instant.
" Ladies." Leon said still chuckling. Claire didn't give him too much time after that. She had already pressed her lips to his and was slowly taking his breath away. Sherry was wide eyed.
" Claire, ease up. He still has to breath you know." Sherry said laughing. Claire slowly pulled away and gave Leon a hug. He flinched but reciprocated it. Even if he lost his arms he'd still find a way to hug her.
" I love you." Claire whispered in his ear. Leon just held her a little tighter.
' I know. I love you too." Leon told her softly. Sherry just smiled from the other side of the bed. She was ecstatic that Leon had regain consciousness but she was even more glad that Claire's prayers had been answered. Just another miracle she had witnessed since her vacation. Leon turned to Sherry but was still holding Claire.
" Sherry, how many more days do you have left to stay with us?" Leon asked curiously. Sherry grinned.
" Today's my last day, Leon." Leon cocked his head. He was sure she had til Monday unless...
" You're telling me I've been unconscious for two days?" Leon questioned outloud. Claire laughed. Sherry nodded.
" " Yep, and it's about time you wake up. You had us worried to death over you. Not to mention Claire's been at your side the whole time." Leon turned to Claire and smiled.
" You stayed here for two days straight. For me?" Claire nodded at him and smiled right back.
" Of course. You've been there for me and I'll always be here for you." Leon just sighed. He felt awful but at the same time felt great. Somebody had to be watching over him because there was a chance he would never be able to touch her again.
" Hey, Dexter's coming on. You're gonna have to move aside Claire." Leon said as he turned the t.v up and tried to move Claire out of his way. Sherry just sat back in her chair and propped her feet up on the air conditioner. Claire gave him a look of disdain.
" I swear I think you love cartoons and that damn Playstation 2 more than me." Claire said as she scooted to the side but her hand never leaving his. Leon shook his head a little.
" Oh no. I'd rather play with you than play my game anytime. I'm not sure about the cartoons though. When me and Carlos were roomates we had 4 set channels. Cartoon Network, Fox, Espn, and Comedy Central. Plus we had a closet full of action movies." Leon concluded. Claire just rolled her eyes at him and smirked.
" I can do action." Leon grinned.
" Sorry but I'm all out of action right now. But trust me, the moment I get home I'll be 100%." Sherry slapped her forehead.
" And I will not be here to witness it thank God. Enough with the love life talk. You guys are sick." Sherry groaned. Claire and Leon started cracking up. Sherry hated it when they would get into those type of conversations. Usually because she had to listen to them groan and moan and just oh God.
" Hey Sherry, would you mind calling the others and let them know that Leon's awake. Besides, Chris has to take you to the airport later." Claire asked. " All right. I'll call them." Sherry agreed and she reached for the phone and started dialing Chris and Jill's number.
About 45 minutes later Chris, Jill, Becca, and Carlos were walking in the door. Leon smiled at all of them.
" It's good to see all of you. And Chris, before you pass out, I just want you to know that me and Claire are engaged." Claire chuckled as did everyone else. Chris just laughed.
" You're a little too late for that Leon. But I'm happy that you did. Speaking of which, why didn't you tell us sooner?" Chris said as he put his hand on Leon's shoulder lightly. Jill was standing next to him just smiling.
" Well, Carlos said he wanted to see the looks on your faces." Carlos face had gone pale and he looked at Chris with wide eyes. Chris turned to him.
" Hey Hey now, it was late and I figured you and Jill didn't want to be bothered. Right Becca?" Rebecca, who was rocking Juliana in her arms, grinned.
" Actually, I was about to tell them but you stopped me." Carlos head fell as she laughed. Chris started over to him and gave him one good punch to the back. Carlos winced as he chuckled. Leon smirked at the two of them. Chris walked back to Jill and put his arm around her waist.
" Nothing would stop me from wanting to hear about my baby sister's proposal." Chris admitted.
" Leon, what happened?" Jill asked as she noticed the bandages around his torso. Leon just sighed.
" It's a long story. To put it simply, me and my partner ended up having to jump into a stairwell and practically tumbled down to the floor below just before some explosives went off. The upper floor collapsed on us. I don't remember anything after that." Jill was in awe. Leon had never done a feat like that. Even in their battle with Umbrella. It pleased her that she was able to talk to him again. She glanced over by Claire who had her hand in his. Those two couldn't and wouldn't be separated.
" Hey, where's your ring Leon? You didn't lose it did you?" Jill asked as she glanced from Claire's ring to his hand. Leon looked at his finger and saw his ring was missing. He was about to say he didn't know until Claire interrupted him.
" They took it off when you arrived. Dr. Levy told me they have your things in storage." Leon let his head fall back down to the pillow.
" Hey, Becca let me see my niece" Leon asked. He attempted to hold his arms out. Rebecca smirked at him and carefully place Juliana in his arms. Juliana didn't do anything but stare at him. Leon smiled at the look of her face. She was only a few days old and already had the clueless face of her father.
" You must not be in that much pain. You think you'll be home before the wedding?" Rebecca asked breaking Leon from his silent thoughts. Leon looked up from Juliana's face.
" I'm still plenty sore from the burns and my head still hurts but even if I have to be rolled out on a stretcher I'm not gonna miss you and Carlos' big day. Besides, if this doesn't kill me Jill will." Chris burst into a flood of laughs. Claire and Sherry just grinned. Carlos and Becca looked at Jill. Jill was looking at him with a questioning grin.
" Why do you say that?" She asked. Leon just kept smiling.
" Jill, everyone knows you like the big sister. You keep the rest of us in check. Squarehead included." Jill laughed at the remark he had made about Chris. Chris started feeling his head.
" My head's not that square." He argued. Claire laughed.
" Oh yeah it is. Be quiet and stop complaining." Claire joked. Suddenly, a hard punch and a ring bell was heard all around the room. Leon looked to see Carlos and Sherry had turned the t.v to ESPN to see the rerun of Friday Night Fights. Some poor man had just got his head bashed in. Carlos and Sherry turned their heads a bit.
" Oooohhh." The two of them said in unison. " That's it. Another 1 round KO by Mr. Lewis." The t.v announcer said. Chris looked at the t.v with interest. Jill, Rebecca, and Claire rolled their heads at everyone's else sudden interest in the fight. Seconds later Dr. Levy walked.
" How are all of you this afternoon?" He greeted everyone. Everyone greeted him back. He smiled brightly when he saw that Leon had regained consciousness. He looked on with a smile as he saw Leon with Juliana in his arms.
" Is this your daughter?" He asked as he glanced at Claire and then back to Leon. Leon shook his head and nodded to Carlos and Rebecca.
" No, she's theirs. But I consider my niece. Anyway what's up doc?" Dr. Levy laughed at the ironic question.
" Well, since you're awake we're going to have to perform a few more test on you to see what needs to be done and determine how long you'll be here. I'm afraid that your company will have to leave for right now. This may take awhile." Leon nodded and handed Juliana back to Rebecca.
" Okay, let me say bye to them first." Dr.Levy nodded and started talking to the other doctors outside the room and started to prepare Leon's testing procedures.
" I'm so thankful that I came out of this the way I did. It could have been so much worse. Man, I love you guys. But I guess you already know that." Leon said quietly.
" Yeah, we know. We'll be back tomorrow. Get some rest now so you can come home and keep Claire from running up our phone bill." Chris said as he gave him a hug. Leon chuckled at Claire's annoyed stare. Jill followed and hugged him afterwards.
" You know how to reach us. Don't hesitate to call if you need us." Jill told him. Rebecca and Carlos followed after her and hugged him and said bye. Sherry looked at her watch and groaned.
" Aw man, I gotta get ready to leave. My plane leaves in an hour and a half. Chris, we gotta swing by Claire's house right quick and pick up my stuff." Chris nodded.
" Okay. Let's go. Get Better Leon." With that everyone except Claire and Sherry followed Chris out.
" Sherry come here and give my a hug before I get out of this bed and beat you up." Leon joked. Sherry laughed at him and gave him a long, almost bone- crushing bearhug. Leon nodded.
" You get well, you hear? I don't wanna have to come back until Carlos and Becca's wedding got it?" Sherry told him. Claire just stood silent from the side of the bed. She let Sherry have her space.
" I got it. Don't worry about me. I'll be okay." Leon assured her. Sherry stood up and looked at him with somewhat teary eyes. She hated this part of her vacation. It was all too familiar like the first time she had separated from Leon and Claire.
" You better keep your word on that. Oh yeah, Aunt Patricia said hey to you two and she wants to know when you two are coming to Chicago." Claire stepped over to her.
" Tell her it'll be sometime soon." Sherry nodded.
" Okay, Sherry, I think it's time to go." Leon said sadly. Sherry gave him one more hug.
" I love you big bro." Leon looked at Claire and smiled.
" I love you too little sis. Be good. I'll see you soon. I promise that." With that she pulled away and started to the door.
" All right Claire. Don't take all day unless you want me around for another 3 days." Sherry grinned before walking out. Claire chuckled.
" It always ends up like this doesn't it?" Claire told him as she intertwined her fingers in his. Leon pulled her closer to him.
" Always." With that he drew her in for a kiss. A long sentimental kiss. Claire allowed him to release his hand from hers so he could pull her even closer. The shock from her lips sizzled against his and nothing but happy thoughts were going through his head. No matter what, he wouldn't trade anything in the world for the opportunity to be with Claire Redfield. Well now soon to be Claire Kennedy. Finally though, after about 5 minutes she pulled away.
" I love you. More than life itself Claire." Leon said softly. Claire shook her head.
" No, Leon you are my life now. I love you just that much." Claire corrected him. Leon nodded.
" I know. Go ahead and meet up with the others before Sherry throws a fit." Claire grinned at him and kissed him on the forehead.
" I'm going to stay at Chris' house tonight. I'll be back in the morning okay." Claire said as she turned facing the door.
" Okay. I'm not going anywhere." Leon joked. Claire smirked at him.
" Yeah, because I'd kill you if you did. Love you." Claire called to him. Leon called back.
" Love you too."
After Claire left, Dr. Levy and a few more doctors came with some equipment and started to move Leon to the laboratory. It was going to be a long night.
After stopping by Claire's apartment to get her clothes, everyone had finally made it to the airport where they had been waiting for about an hour. Finally Sherry's plane back home was boarding. Standing up she looked sadly to everyone else.
" I guess this is it. We're gonna miss you Sherry." Carlos said as he hugged her. Sherry hugged him back.
" Yeah, you just watch over Juliana and Becca. All right Carlos." Sherry turned to Rebecca who was standing next to him. Juliana was in her arms.
" Becca, I'll be back for the wedding even if I have to hijack a plane. And I want to see my little niece too." Rebecca hugged the young girl and Sherry hugged her back with tears now.
" Chris and Jill, you guys are so good to me. I'm going to miss you two arguing. It's just too funny." She came up and hugged the both of them.
" Claire, you're always the hardest to say goodbye too. I love it when I come to visit you guys. You were my family when I didn't have any and you still are. I love all of you."
" We love you too Sherry." Chris told her on behalf of everyone else. Claire just embraced her one more time.
" You stay out of trouble. And don't worry about us. We're still gonna be the same old gang." Sherry chuckled.
" I talk about you guys all the time you know." Claire looked at her at eye level. Sherry had grown so much since Raccon. She was no longer the little girl she had found. Claire noticed that Sherry was become more and more like Annette every time she saw her. And even a bit of William was visible. Claire believed that he was a good man but his work blinded him from his family and his life.
" Well, tell them some more stories. I wanna hear their reactions."
" Okay. Bye." Sherry said as she waved and picked up her bags. She gave the gatekeeper her ticket and started inside the gate. Claire walked over to the window and looked out at the plane. Everyone else followed.
20 minutes later Sherry's plane had taken off and she was on her way back to Chicago. Claire had prayed that she got back home safely. After that, she started crying. Jill hugged her and looked at her with concern.
" You all right Claire? I know how much you miss her." Claire nodded.
" Yeah, I'm fine. I just hate goodbyes." Claire said wiping her eyes.
" Hey, you guys wanna get something to eat. I'm starving." Carlos said rubbing his stomach. Rebecca glared at him.
" Is that all you think about. Food?" Rebecca questioned.
" No." Carlos droned slowly. " I think about you, and Juliana, and action movies and sex, and..."
" Okay, that's enough! Let's go and get something. Carlos, say another word and you're walking." Chris interrupted. Carlos shrugged. Jill and Claire laughed. Carlos nodded. Rebecca stared down at her daughter in her arms. She shook her head and smiled.
" You sure have a lot to look up to when you get older." From there she just followed everyone else out of the terminal to the car.
Author's Note: I finished it. Chapter 16. I really like this chapter. I think it came out good. People, the little box on the lower left hand screen is your friend as well as mine. Please keep reading and review the story. Not too much is left anyway. Diddly Day updated. This is like Sunday edition Newspaper headliner. Lol. To all who have supported this story, I'm extremely grateful and all that other good crap. Hope you'll stick with me. Hell Yeah.
Author's Note: Um, just in cause anyone's forgotten. School sucks. First week as a senior was okay though. I hope everyone's still enjoying the story because in about 5 or 6 chapters I'm done with it. Well, after the epilouge. Anyway, here's chapter 16. P.S: I wonder where everybody's at?
Chapter 16-Departure
It had been two days since Claire had received the call about Leon and she had stayed by him in the hospital the whole time. Everyone else would come by and sit with her and waited for Leon to wake up. Dr. Levy had told her that he had passed a very critical stage after his surgery but a relapse was possible. And if so he probably wouldn't be able to pull though a second time. Claire had accepted the situation and just continued her watch. She had faith that her fiance would hold her again.
" Morning, Claire." Sherry had greeted as she woke up in the other chair. She had decided to stay at the hospital with Claire last night. Today was her last day here before she went back to Chicago. Claire smiled at her.
" Morning Sherry. You have to leave today don't you?" Sherry nodded with a grim look on her face.
" Yeah, I wish I could stay a little longer though. Did Leon wake up yet?" Sherry asked. Claire shook her head.
" No., but this morning I did go see his partner Dwayne. He told me the whole story. Now I see why Leon's in the condition he's in. They were going in to bust some lunatic and he had his hide out wired with explosives. He blew himself up after Leon tried reasoning with him." Sherry looked down.
" Aw man." Sherry said. Claire turned the t.v. on and started flipping through channels.
" What to watch, what to watch?" Claire wondered out loud. Sherry shrugged.
" How about some cartoons?" Leon said weakly from the bed. Claire and Sherry's eyes bulged as they turned to see Leon chuckling at them from the bed.
" Leon!" They both shouted simultaneously. Dropping the remote Claire about jumped at him and Sherry was at his side in an instant.
" Ladies." Leon said still chuckling. Claire didn't give him too much time after that. She had already pressed her lips to his and was slowly taking his breath away. Sherry was wide eyed.
" Claire, ease up. He still has to breath you know." Sherry said laughing. Claire slowly pulled away and gave Leon a hug. He flinched but reciprocated it. Even if he lost his arms he'd still find a way to hug her.
" I love you." Claire whispered in his ear. Leon just held her a little tighter.
' I know. I love you too." Leon told her softly. Sherry just smiled from the other side of the bed. She was ecstatic that Leon had regain consciousness but she was even more glad that Claire's prayers had been answered. Just another miracle she had witnessed since her vacation. Leon turned to Sherry but was still holding Claire.
" Sherry, how many more days do you have left to stay with us?" Leon asked curiously. Sherry grinned.
" Today's my last day, Leon." Leon cocked his head. He was sure she had til Monday unless...
" You're telling me I've been unconscious for two days?" Leon questioned outloud. Claire laughed. Sherry nodded.
" " Yep, and it's about time you wake up. You had us worried to death over you. Not to mention Claire's been at your side the whole time." Leon turned to Claire and smiled.
" You stayed here for two days straight. For me?" Claire nodded at him and smiled right back.
" Of course. You've been there for me and I'll always be here for you." Leon just sighed. He felt awful but at the same time felt great. Somebody had to be watching over him because there was a chance he would never be able to touch her again.
" Hey, Dexter's coming on. You're gonna have to move aside Claire." Leon said as he turned the t.v up and tried to move Claire out of his way. Sherry just sat back in her chair and propped her feet up on the air conditioner. Claire gave him a look of disdain.
" I swear I think you love cartoons and that damn Playstation 2 more than me." Claire said as she scooted to the side but her hand never leaving his. Leon shook his head a little.
" Oh no. I'd rather play with you than play my game anytime. I'm not sure about the cartoons though. When me and Carlos were roomates we had 4 set channels. Cartoon Network, Fox, Espn, and Comedy Central. Plus we had a closet full of action movies." Leon concluded. Claire just rolled her eyes at him and smirked.
" I can do action." Leon grinned.
" Sorry but I'm all out of action right now. But trust me, the moment I get home I'll be 100%." Sherry slapped her forehead.
" And I will not be here to witness it thank God. Enough with the love life talk. You guys are sick." Sherry groaned. Claire and Leon started cracking up. Sherry hated it when they would get into those type of conversations. Usually because she had to listen to them groan and moan and just oh God.
" Hey Sherry, would you mind calling the others and let them know that Leon's awake. Besides, Chris has to take you to the airport later." Claire asked. " All right. I'll call them." Sherry agreed and she reached for the phone and started dialing Chris and Jill's number.
About 45 minutes later Chris, Jill, Becca, and Carlos were walking in the door. Leon smiled at all of them.
" It's good to see all of you. And Chris, before you pass out, I just want you to know that me and Claire are engaged." Claire chuckled as did everyone else. Chris just laughed.
" You're a little too late for that Leon. But I'm happy that you did. Speaking of which, why didn't you tell us sooner?" Chris said as he put his hand on Leon's shoulder lightly. Jill was standing next to him just smiling.
" Well, Carlos said he wanted to see the looks on your faces." Carlos face had gone pale and he looked at Chris with wide eyes. Chris turned to him.
" Hey Hey now, it was late and I figured you and Jill didn't want to be bothered. Right Becca?" Rebecca, who was rocking Juliana in her arms, grinned.
" Actually, I was about to tell them but you stopped me." Carlos head fell as she laughed. Chris started over to him and gave him one good punch to the back. Carlos winced as he chuckled. Leon smirked at the two of them. Chris walked back to Jill and put his arm around her waist.
" Nothing would stop me from wanting to hear about my baby sister's proposal." Chris admitted.
" Leon, what happened?" Jill asked as she noticed the bandages around his torso. Leon just sighed.
" It's a long story. To put it simply, me and my partner ended up having to jump into a stairwell and practically tumbled down to the floor below just before some explosives went off. The upper floor collapsed on us. I don't remember anything after that." Jill was in awe. Leon had never done a feat like that. Even in their battle with Umbrella. It pleased her that she was able to talk to him again. She glanced over by Claire who had her hand in his. Those two couldn't and wouldn't be separated.
" Hey, where's your ring Leon? You didn't lose it did you?" Jill asked as she glanced from Claire's ring to his hand. Leon looked at his finger and saw his ring was missing. He was about to say he didn't know until Claire interrupted him.
" They took it off when you arrived. Dr. Levy told me they have your things in storage." Leon let his head fall back down to the pillow.
" Hey, Becca let me see my niece" Leon asked. He attempted to hold his arms out. Rebecca smirked at him and carefully place Juliana in his arms. Juliana didn't do anything but stare at him. Leon smiled at the look of her face. She was only a few days old and already had the clueless face of her father.
" You must not be in that much pain. You think you'll be home before the wedding?" Rebecca asked breaking Leon from his silent thoughts. Leon looked up from Juliana's face.
" I'm still plenty sore from the burns and my head still hurts but even if I have to be rolled out on a stretcher I'm not gonna miss you and Carlos' big day. Besides, if this doesn't kill me Jill will." Chris burst into a flood of laughs. Claire and Sherry just grinned. Carlos and Becca looked at Jill. Jill was looking at him with a questioning grin.
" Why do you say that?" She asked. Leon just kept smiling.
" Jill, everyone knows you like the big sister. You keep the rest of us in check. Squarehead included." Jill laughed at the remark he had made about Chris. Chris started feeling his head.
" My head's not that square." He argued. Claire laughed.
" Oh yeah it is. Be quiet and stop complaining." Claire joked. Suddenly, a hard punch and a ring bell was heard all around the room. Leon looked to see Carlos and Sherry had turned the t.v to ESPN to see the rerun of Friday Night Fights. Some poor man had just got his head bashed in. Carlos and Sherry turned their heads a bit.
" Oooohhh." The two of them said in unison. " That's it. Another 1 round KO by Mr. Lewis." The t.v announcer said. Chris looked at the t.v with interest. Jill, Rebecca, and Claire rolled their heads at everyone's else sudden interest in the fight. Seconds later Dr. Levy walked.
" How are all of you this afternoon?" He greeted everyone. Everyone greeted him back. He smiled brightly when he saw that Leon had regained consciousness. He looked on with a smile as he saw Leon with Juliana in his arms.
" Is this your daughter?" He asked as he glanced at Claire and then back to Leon. Leon shook his head and nodded to Carlos and Rebecca.
" No, she's theirs. But I consider my niece. Anyway what's up doc?" Dr. Levy laughed at the ironic question.
" Well, since you're awake we're going to have to perform a few more test on you to see what needs to be done and determine how long you'll be here. I'm afraid that your company will have to leave for right now. This may take awhile." Leon nodded and handed Juliana back to Rebecca.
" Okay, let me say bye to them first." Dr.Levy nodded and started talking to the other doctors outside the room and started to prepare Leon's testing procedures.
" I'm so thankful that I came out of this the way I did. It could have been so much worse. Man, I love you guys. But I guess you already know that." Leon said quietly.
" Yeah, we know. We'll be back tomorrow. Get some rest now so you can come home and keep Claire from running up our phone bill." Chris said as he gave him a hug. Leon chuckled at Claire's annoyed stare. Jill followed and hugged him afterwards.
" You know how to reach us. Don't hesitate to call if you need us." Jill told him. Rebecca and Carlos followed after her and hugged him and said bye. Sherry looked at her watch and groaned.
" Aw man, I gotta get ready to leave. My plane leaves in an hour and a half. Chris, we gotta swing by Claire's house right quick and pick up my stuff." Chris nodded.
" Okay. Let's go. Get Better Leon." With that everyone except Claire and Sherry followed Chris out.
" Sherry come here and give my a hug before I get out of this bed and beat you up." Leon joked. Sherry laughed at him and gave him a long, almost bone- crushing bearhug. Leon nodded.
" You get well, you hear? I don't wanna have to come back until Carlos and Becca's wedding got it?" Sherry told him. Claire just stood silent from the side of the bed. She let Sherry have her space.
" I got it. Don't worry about me. I'll be okay." Leon assured her. Sherry stood up and looked at him with somewhat teary eyes. She hated this part of her vacation. It was all too familiar like the first time she had separated from Leon and Claire.
" You better keep your word on that. Oh yeah, Aunt Patricia said hey to you two and she wants to know when you two are coming to Chicago." Claire stepped over to her.
" Tell her it'll be sometime soon." Sherry nodded.
" Okay, Sherry, I think it's time to go." Leon said sadly. Sherry gave him one more hug.
" I love you big bro." Leon looked at Claire and smiled.
" I love you too little sis. Be good. I'll see you soon. I promise that." With that she pulled away and started to the door.
" All right Claire. Don't take all day unless you want me around for another 3 days." Sherry grinned before walking out. Claire chuckled.
" It always ends up like this doesn't it?" Claire told him as she intertwined her fingers in his. Leon pulled her closer to him.
" Always." With that he drew her in for a kiss. A long sentimental kiss. Claire allowed him to release his hand from hers so he could pull her even closer. The shock from her lips sizzled against his and nothing but happy thoughts were going through his head. No matter what, he wouldn't trade anything in the world for the opportunity to be with Claire Redfield. Well now soon to be Claire Kennedy. Finally though, after about 5 minutes she pulled away.
" I love you. More than life itself Claire." Leon said softly. Claire shook her head.
" No, Leon you are my life now. I love you just that much." Claire corrected him. Leon nodded.
" I know. Go ahead and meet up with the others before Sherry throws a fit." Claire grinned at him and kissed him on the forehead.
" I'm going to stay at Chris' house tonight. I'll be back in the morning okay." Claire said as she turned facing the door.
" Okay. I'm not going anywhere." Leon joked. Claire smirked at him.
" Yeah, because I'd kill you if you did. Love you." Claire called to him. Leon called back.
" Love you too."
After Claire left, Dr. Levy and a few more doctors came with some equipment and started to move Leon to the laboratory. It was going to be a long night.
After stopping by Claire's apartment to get her clothes, everyone had finally made it to the airport where they had been waiting for about an hour. Finally Sherry's plane back home was boarding. Standing up she looked sadly to everyone else.
" I guess this is it. We're gonna miss you Sherry." Carlos said as he hugged her. Sherry hugged him back.
" Yeah, you just watch over Juliana and Becca. All right Carlos." Sherry turned to Rebecca who was standing next to him. Juliana was in her arms.
" Becca, I'll be back for the wedding even if I have to hijack a plane. And I want to see my little niece too." Rebecca hugged the young girl and Sherry hugged her back with tears now.
" Chris and Jill, you guys are so good to me. I'm going to miss you two arguing. It's just too funny." She came up and hugged the both of them.
" Claire, you're always the hardest to say goodbye too. I love it when I come to visit you guys. You were my family when I didn't have any and you still are. I love all of you."
" We love you too Sherry." Chris told her on behalf of everyone else. Claire just embraced her one more time.
" You stay out of trouble. And don't worry about us. We're still gonna be the same old gang." Sherry chuckled.
" I talk about you guys all the time you know." Claire looked at her at eye level. Sherry had grown so much since Raccon. She was no longer the little girl she had found. Claire noticed that Sherry was become more and more like Annette every time she saw her. And even a bit of William was visible. Claire believed that he was a good man but his work blinded him from his family and his life.
" Well, tell them some more stories. I wanna hear their reactions."
" Okay. Bye." Sherry said as she waved and picked up her bags. She gave the gatekeeper her ticket and started inside the gate. Claire walked over to the window and looked out at the plane. Everyone else followed.
20 minutes later Sherry's plane had taken off and she was on her way back to Chicago. Claire had prayed that she got back home safely. After that, she started crying. Jill hugged her and looked at her with concern.
" You all right Claire? I know how much you miss her." Claire nodded.
" Yeah, I'm fine. I just hate goodbyes." Claire said wiping her eyes.
" Hey, you guys wanna get something to eat. I'm starving." Carlos said rubbing his stomach. Rebecca glared at him.
" Is that all you think about. Food?" Rebecca questioned.
" No." Carlos droned slowly. " I think about you, and Juliana, and action movies and sex, and..."
" Okay, that's enough! Let's go and get something. Carlos, say another word and you're walking." Chris interrupted. Carlos shrugged. Jill and Claire laughed. Carlos nodded. Rebecca stared down at her daughter in her arms. She shook her head and smiled.
" You sure have a lot to look up to when you get older." From there she just followed everyone else out of the terminal to the car.
Author's Note: I finished it. Chapter 16. I really like this chapter. I think it came out good. People, the little box on the lower left hand screen is your friend as well as mine. Please keep reading and review the story. Not too much is left anyway. Diddly Day updated. This is like Sunday edition Newspaper headliner. Lol. To all who have supported this story, I'm extremely grateful and all that other good crap. Hope you'll stick with me. Hell Yeah.