Miracles Do Happen
Author's Note: Hey everyone. Here goes another chapter that almost never happened but Tek helped me out a bunch. Hope you're still reading this and enjoying it. Didn't get too much feedback last chapter but what the hell. I just hope that you stick with me. Okay, here it goes.
Chapter 18- Good Things Happen to Those Who Wait
3:48 A.M- The Redfield House
Chris' eyes opened slowly as he became aware of the loud growling sound that he recognized as his stomach. Taking a quick glance at the clock on the table stand he figured he had at least four more hours before he ate breakfast so a late night snack wouldn't hurt.
As he started to slip out of bed he turned to turn on the lamp. When he turn his head back around he met the eyes of a very sleepy Jillian Redfield.
" Where are you going?" She asked as she pinned him back down to the bed. He just so happened to be her sleeping spot. Chris smirked at her curiosity.
" Nowhere, just downstairs to get a late night snack. You want something?" Chris offered as he lightly pulled Jill off of him and started to get up. Jill wrapped her body inside the sheet she was on and turned around.
" No. I'm fine. Just hurry up so I can get my spot back." Jill told him with a drowsy yawn. Chris chuckled. He knew as well as anyone that "he" was Jill's spot. Walking down the stairs, Chris saw what looked like Becca and Carlos sleeping on the floor. Juliana was in her rocker not doing much really but he could tell she wasn't asleep. And last but certainly not least he glanced at Claire sleeping her little heart away on the couch. She had this funny look on her face.
" Dreaming of Leon, no doubt." He said to himself before noticing a white light radiating from the kitchen.
" What the."
Grabbing his metal baseball bat Chris slowly crept closer to the kitchen. He could see the form of a man inside. Gripping onto the bat tighter, he slowly pushed opened the wooden doors and prepared to assault.
" Okay, Who the hell....Carlos!?" Chris' demeanor went from worried to pissed. Carlos was in his refrigerator eating the Jello that Jill had made earlier that night. But she said it wouldn't finish til sometime in the morning. He was happily scooping spoonfuls of the blue gelatin into a large bowl. Carlos jumped and the spoon flew out of his hand as the refrigerator door swung open.
"Ahhhhhhhh!...Chris?" The two of them just stood there for a minute before Chris broke the silence.
" What in the blue hell are you doing in my refrigerator?" Chris asked. Carlos looked back at him.
" I was hungry and I didn't feel like cooking anything. Why are up so early?' Carlos asked him. Chris was about to tell him it didn't matter why he was but he stopped in mid phrase.
" I was hungry too." Carlos looked at the bat in Chris' hand and chuckled before holding the Jello bowl out.
" Here, you want some of this too?" He offered. Chris threw a glance at the Hispanic before setting the bat down and grabbing a bowl from the cabinet.
7:58 A.M
" Chris! Breakfast. Bring your ass down here now!" Claire shouted from the kitchen bar. She and Jill had woken up earlier to fix breakfast. Jill asked Rebecca but she just grunted and went back to sleep. Carlos' habits were definitely rubbing off on her.
" That's how you get Chris to come to you Jill. But I guess you already know that." Claire joked. Jill laughed as she poured orange juice into 5 glasses.
" Yes, I do. Claire, can you go wake Becca and Carlos up please?" Claire nodded and walked into the living room.
Creeping slowly up to the sleeping couple Claire noticed Juliana playing with her fingers in her baby rocker. Her small mouth already making grins. Claire smiled. She had always loved children but she just couldn't imagine the joy of having one herself. It had been on her mind for a few weeks now. Becca's voice shook her from her thoughts.
" Huh?"
" I said, good morning, Claire." Becca reiterated. Claire stared at her confused before shaking her head and realizing she was saying good morning.
" Oh, I'm sorry Becca. Anyway, Jill told me to tell you guys the food's done. Come on and get a plate." Becca nodded and pulled on Carlos' ear.
" Ow, ow ow. Becca!" Carlos whined as he sat up. She giggled at his response.
" Time to eat. Get up you big baby." Claire just chuckled before walking back into the kitchen. Carlos and Rebecca were still the insane lovebirds. No matter how much they disputed they always ended up making up. Most of the time, making up was of a sexual nature. Claire smirked.
" That's what couples do." Despite her good mood, she was still a bit downtrodden. She wished that it was Leon and her on the floor right now. Determined not to let her mood falter she thought of happier times as she sat back down at the breakfast bar. Jill passed her a plate.
" Jill, remember that time when Leon and Chris were doing those prank calls and scared the shit out of us?" Claire asked with a smile pinching her already broad grin. Jill laughed.
" I remember all too well. Those two jackasses forgot about *69 and we traced the number all the way back to Leon's cell phone. I also remember the lashing we gave them when they got home." Jill ended up laughing so hard so she hit her arm on the countertop.
" Ow!" Claire rolled her eyes at her as Becca and Carlos walked in. Carlos was holding Juliana while Rebecca was opening a jar of baby food for her. Jill turned her attention to the Olivieria family.
" Morning you two." She acknowledged. They returned a similar reply. Jill walked over and kissed Juliana on the forehead.
" Morning baby girl." Rebecca smiled at Jill's motherly like instinct.
Carlos and Rebecca fixed themselves a plate of food and sat at the table with while Jill and Claire sat at the breakfast bar. Seconds later, Chris' heavy footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs into the living room. He walked hastily into the kitchen.
" Morning everybody." He acknowledged as he hastily fixed himself a serving. He poured some orange juice into a canteen and walked over to Jill.
" Morning baby. Gotta go." He gave her a quick brush on the lips. Chris was about to hurry out of the door when Jill pulled him on his arm. He turned around quickly and gave her a quizzical look.
" You're not going to sit with us and eat? You're not that late are you?" Jill asked. Chris nodded.
" I can't Jill. I really am that late and it won't look good for the supervisor to be late. I'm sorry but I really have to go." Jill sighed in understanding .
" All right. See you when you get home. Love you." Chris went in for one more kiss.
" Love you too." With that he pulled away, waved to the others, and was outta there like a bat outta hell. Jill heard the door slam and lock. She sighed.
" Claire, your brother is so damn..." Jill started but Claire shook her head and interrupted her.
" I know I know, Thickheaded. It's one of his most annoying traits besides being way too overprotective." Jill smiled at her. Claire smiled back. Suddenly a thought popped into Jill's head from earlier that morning. She meant to ask Chris before he left.
" Oh yeah, which one of you started on that Jello of mine? There was a huge chunk missing this morning." Jill asked everyone sternly. Claire shrugged and looked at Carlos. Rebecca giggled and looked at Carlos. Carlos looked at the "innocent" look on Jill's face with a dumbfounded expression. Suddenly he just gave himself away.
" Okay, I did it. But Chris got some too. I swear please don't make me come with you girls to aerobics class again. I have bad memories of that instructor." He pleaded. Claire was busy laughing as was Rebecca. But Jill was thinking to herself. She smirked off Carlos' plea.
" Hey, that's not a bad idea. Becca, you and Claire want to go to the gym with me. We can get your clothes when I take you back to your place." Rebecca thought for a second before agreeing. Carlos' head fell. Jill turned to Claire to see what she had to say.
" Nah, I think I going to go home and call Leon and see how he's doing. I might even go around there. I'll go next time Jill." Jill nodded and proceeded to place her plate in the sink.
" Okay, hurry up and get dressed then. And by the way, Carlos you can carry our gym bags and water bottles. We're going to have a long long session."
" Long, long session." Rebecca laughed as she put a hand on his shoulder and laughed before putting her plate in the sink and going upstairs to get dressed.
" Oh man." Carlos' head hit the table. " Leon really needs to come home. I have no way out of this." Claire just laughed.
" Hey, Carlos you want me to keep Juliana for you while Becca and Jill torture you. It's the least I can do. Literally." Claire teased. Carlos groaned.
" Sure, sure. Just don't be surprised when I'm laying next to Leon in the hospital because of them." Claire narrowed her eyes at him and shook her head.
" Not funny." Carlos nodded. " Yeah, you're right. Sorry. Thanks for watching Julie though." Claire waved it off.
" No problem." With that she left to go get out her clothes for the day while Carlos was left to daydream about the torture he was to receive in just a matter of hours.
It was around 9:30 when Jill pulled into the parking lot Claire's familiar parking complex. Claire was holding on to Juliana in the front seat while Carlos and Becca where in the back talking about nonsense. Jill turned off the car and unlocked the doors.
" Okay, I think that the class starts at 10:30 and it's going to take at least 35 minutes to get there so let's make this quick." Jill told Becca and Carlos from up front. Rebecca acknowledged her while Carlos groaned. Claire just smirked and got out of the car.
" Okay, Jill. I'll see you later. Tell my brother I said to take you out somewhere you hear." Claire told her as she started up the stairs. Jill grinned.
" Oh don't worry. I will." Claire was about to turn to go back upstairs when Rebecca called from the car.
" Claire, you forgot Juliana's bag!" Claire turned around and smiled in embarrassment. How was she going to watch a baby without a supply of food and extra clothes and diapers and such. Claire met Carlos halfway back and he handed her the back. He gave her a grateful look.
" Thank you Claire. I don't know if I can take changing anymore diapers. I mean it's bad enough I'm about to be put to shame by a group of very physically fit women. No offense or anything but that can really hurt a man's pride. Know what I mean. Ask Leon you knocked him out before."
Claire burst out laughing. She did in fact knock Leon's lights out one time when Leon and Carlos had taken her and Becca to the gym with them. To say the least, Leon was the butt of many jokes after that. You could always count on Carlos to make you laugh.
" Carlos, please." Claire started but couldn't finish because she was so busy laughing. " Anyway, if I'm not here when you get back then just know that Juliana's safe with me. I'll most likely be at the hospital." Carlos nodded.
" All right. Take care." He told her as he left. Claire waved back to him and the others before walking up to her apartment.
It felt sort of funny walking back into her apartment. Even though they had stopped by last night, walking back into the apartment alone made Claire feel different. Sighing she locked the door and walked to her room. Juliana was once again sleeping. Claire just smiled at the girl. She wasn't fussy or anything just playful and gentle. None of the traits she shared with Claire but she seemed to be at peace with all of them, not just her parents. And that made her feel good.
" Let's see what Leon's up to shall we?" Claire said to herself as she laid down on the bed and placed Juliana on her belly. She reached over for the cordless phone and dialed Leon's room number.
"Uh, hello?" Leon's hoarse voice replied from the other side. Claire smiled hard. No matter how it sounded she loved the sound of Leon's voice. It was so sincere. She thought back to the time when he burned himself with the iron and he screamed outloud. He sounded so sincere then. Sincerely burned.
" How are you baby?" Claire told him from the other line. She could see him smiling from the other line.
" I'm fine. They ran a hell of a lot of tests on me though. Good news is that the damage to my vertebral column wasn't as serious as they thought. I might be able to come home today. Bad news is if they were mistaken I might go into paralysis. But that risk is slim to none." Leon explained.
" How do you feel. Do you feel ready to come home or think you should stay a little longer? You know personally I think the only cure for you is me." Claire joked. Leon chuckled.
" Yeah, I think so too. But I feel ready to come home. I have to go through one more analysis before they can give me the O.K."
" Hmm. What are watching right now?" Claire asked as she laid her hand on Juliana's small one.
" Sportscenter. Do you know some fans at a soccer game in Brazil went crazy over a false call and started a riot? Lots of injuries and like 3 deaths? It's crazy."
" No, I didn't hear about that. Last night after we left the hospital, we all got something to eat and rented some movies. Then we slept over at Chris and Jill's house. It was a sleepover so to speak. I was missing you all night long." Claire told him softly.
" Yeah, I was going to call after the test but afterwards I was so sleepy for the drugs I just passed out. I had this weird dream though." Leon started. Claire sat up a bit. She was intrigued and now she had to have an explanation.
" About what? Let me guess, you and Carlos having that wrestling match in front of millions or people. And you were about to win until I came into the ring wearing nothing but a bra and panties. And you lost." Claire started laughing after saying that. Leon burst out laughing too.
" Huh, when did I tell you about that? Anyway, that wasn't it. It was about me and you back in the Bahamas. And you were missing and I ran into Sherry and she told me that you were pregnant but she didn't know who the father was. And I looked all around for you and when I found you were crying your heart out. And I woke up before you could tell me who. It was strange." Claire was quiet for a minute after that. She was busy thinking about Leon's dream. Finally she answered.
" Leon, you know I'd never cheat on you." Leon sighed.
" I know it's just weird huh? Claire are you pregnant?" Claire smiled at the worry in his voice.
" Not that I know of Leon, no. But I've thinking about it." She told him as she laid eyes on Juliana.
" That's funny. The thought crossed my mind too." Leon said. Claire sighed.
" Well, when you get home we'll talk about it together okay?" Claire told him. " Okay." Leon told her.
" I don't want to go but I feel so sleepy Claire. I don't wanna fall asleep in the middle of a conversation you know." Leon told her with regret. Claire closed her eyes for a second knowing he needed rest but wanting to talk to him forever at the same time.
" I know you're sleepy. Go ahead and get your rest. But if the doctors say it's OK for you to leave call me and let me know." Claire told him sternly.
" I will. Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Leon told her with a grin. Claire grinned too.
" And that's not much. Get some rest. Love you."
" Love you too Claire. Bye." With that Leon hung up the phone. Claire just laid there for a minute staring at the ceiling.
She couldn't stop thinking about Leon's dream. Why would he even dream of that? Was it a sign that she would be afraid to tell him if he was pregnant? Would something awful happening to her like rape? She couldn't even bear to think that. Shaking her head she took in a deep breath. She knew not to take things like that so seriously. Smiling at the pictures of her and Leon before leaving for the Bahamas, Claire picked up Juliana slowly from her belly and began to walk to the living room She turned on the t.v. There had to be something on. Talkshows, movies, anything to take her mind of stressful situations. Finally landing on a good movie on Lifetime, she went into the kitchen to fix her some soup and grabbed a sheet from the closet and was soon laying down on the chair with Juliana in her lap. She was slowly waking up.
" It's about time you woke up Juliana." Claire joked as she made herself comfortable. Watching Juliana squirm all around made Claire feel relaxed and peaceful. Like there wasn't a care in the world. She knew that things were looking up. Hopefully she wouldn't be looking too far.
Author's Note: Finally, another chapter over and done with. I honestly don't know how I'm going to end this but want it to be good. Just keep reading and reviewing so I can see how good this turns out. Reviews keep me from banging my head against the desk in failure. Lol. Anyway, hope it was worth the wait. Until next time.
Author's Note: Hey everyone. Here goes another chapter that almost never happened but Tek helped me out a bunch. Hope you're still reading this and enjoying it. Didn't get too much feedback last chapter but what the hell. I just hope that you stick with me. Okay, here it goes.
Chapter 18- Good Things Happen to Those Who Wait
3:48 A.M- The Redfield House
Chris' eyes opened slowly as he became aware of the loud growling sound that he recognized as his stomach. Taking a quick glance at the clock on the table stand he figured he had at least four more hours before he ate breakfast so a late night snack wouldn't hurt.
As he started to slip out of bed he turned to turn on the lamp. When he turn his head back around he met the eyes of a very sleepy Jillian Redfield.
" Where are you going?" She asked as she pinned him back down to the bed. He just so happened to be her sleeping spot. Chris smirked at her curiosity.
" Nowhere, just downstairs to get a late night snack. You want something?" Chris offered as he lightly pulled Jill off of him and started to get up. Jill wrapped her body inside the sheet she was on and turned around.
" No. I'm fine. Just hurry up so I can get my spot back." Jill told him with a drowsy yawn. Chris chuckled. He knew as well as anyone that "he" was Jill's spot. Walking down the stairs, Chris saw what looked like Becca and Carlos sleeping on the floor. Juliana was in her rocker not doing much really but he could tell she wasn't asleep. And last but certainly not least he glanced at Claire sleeping her little heart away on the couch. She had this funny look on her face.
" Dreaming of Leon, no doubt." He said to himself before noticing a white light radiating from the kitchen.
" What the."
Grabbing his metal baseball bat Chris slowly crept closer to the kitchen. He could see the form of a man inside. Gripping onto the bat tighter, he slowly pushed opened the wooden doors and prepared to assault.
" Okay, Who the hell....Carlos!?" Chris' demeanor went from worried to pissed. Carlos was in his refrigerator eating the Jello that Jill had made earlier that night. But she said it wouldn't finish til sometime in the morning. He was happily scooping spoonfuls of the blue gelatin into a large bowl. Carlos jumped and the spoon flew out of his hand as the refrigerator door swung open.
"Ahhhhhhhh!...Chris?" The two of them just stood there for a minute before Chris broke the silence.
" What in the blue hell are you doing in my refrigerator?" Chris asked. Carlos looked back at him.
" I was hungry and I didn't feel like cooking anything. Why are up so early?' Carlos asked him. Chris was about to tell him it didn't matter why he was but he stopped in mid phrase.
" I was hungry too." Carlos looked at the bat in Chris' hand and chuckled before holding the Jello bowl out.
" Here, you want some of this too?" He offered. Chris threw a glance at the Hispanic before setting the bat down and grabbing a bowl from the cabinet.
7:58 A.M
" Chris! Breakfast. Bring your ass down here now!" Claire shouted from the kitchen bar. She and Jill had woken up earlier to fix breakfast. Jill asked Rebecca but she just grunted and went back to sleep. Carlos' habits were definitely rubbing off on her.
" That's how you get Chris to come to you Jill. But I guess you already know that." Claire joked. Jill laughed as she poured orange juice into 5 glasses.
" Yes, I do. Claire, can you go wake Becca and Carlos up please?" Claire nodded and walked into the living room.
Creeping slowly up to the sleeping couple Claire noticed Juliana playing with her fingers in her baby rocker. Her small mouth already making grins. Claire smiled. She had always loved children but she just couldn't imagine the joy of having one herself. It had been on her mind for a few weeks now. Becca's voice shook her from her thoughts.
" Huh?"
" I said, good morning, Claire." Becca reiterated. Claire stared at her confused before shaking her head and realizing she was saying good morning.
" Oh, I'm sorry Becca. Anyway, Jill told me to tell you guys the food's done. Come on and get a plate." Becca nodded and pulled on Carlos' ear.
" Ow, ow ow. Becca!" Carlos whined as he sat up. She giggled at his response.
" Time to eat. Get up you big baby." Claire just chuckled before walking back into the kitchen. Carlos and Rebecca were still the insane lovebirds. No matter how much they disputed they always ended up making up. Most of the time, making up was of a sexual nature. Claire smirked.
" That's what couples do." Despite her good mood, she was still a bit downtrodden. She wished that it was Leon and her on the floor right now. Determined not to let her mood falter she thought of happier times as she sat back down at the breakfast bar. Jill passed her a plate.
" Jill, remember that time when Leon and Chris were doing those prank calls and scared the shit out of us?" Claire asked with a smile pinching her already broad grin. Jill laughed.
" I remember all too well. Those two jackasses forgot about *69 and we traced the number all the way back to Leon's cell phone. I also remember the lashing we gave them when they got home." Jill ended up laughing so hard so she hit her arm on the countertop.
" Ow!" Claire rolled her eyes at her as Becca and Carlos walked in. Carlos was holding Juliana while Rebecca was opening a jar of baby food for her. Jill turned her attention to the Olivieria family.
" Morning you two." She acknowledged. They returned a similar reply. Jill walked over and kissed Juliana on the forehead.
" Morning baby girl." Rebecca smiled at Jill's motherly like instinct.
Carlos and Rebecca fixed themselves a plate of food and sat at the table with while Jill and Claire sat at the breakfast bar. Seconds later, Chris' heavy footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs into the living room. He walked hastily into the kitchen.
" Morning everybody." He acknowledged as he hastily fixed himself a serving. He poured some orange juice into a canteen and walked over to Jill.
" Morning baby. Gotta go." He gave her a quick brush on the lips. Chris was about to hurry out of the door when Jill pulled him on his arm. He turned around quickly and gave her a quizzical look.
" You're not going to sit with us and eat? You're not that late are you?" Jill asked. Chris nodded.
" I can't Jill. I really am that late and it won't look good for the supervisor to be late. I'm sorry but I really have to go." Jill sighed in understanding .
" All right. See you when you get home. Love you." Chris went in for one more kiss.
" Love you too." With that he pulled away, waved to the others, and was outta there like a bat outta hell. Jill heard the door slam and lock. She sighed.
" Claire, your brother is so damn..." Jill started but Claire shook her head and interrupted her.
" I know I know, Thickheaded. It's one of his most annoying traits besides being way too overprotective." Jill smiled at her. Claire smiled back. Suddenly a thought popped into Jill's head from earlier that morning. She meant to ask Chris before he left.
" Oh yeah, which one of you started on that Jello of mine? There was a huge chunk missing this morning." Jill asked everyone sternly. Claire shrugged and looked at Carlos. Rebecca giggled and looked at Carlos. Carlos looked at the "innocent" look on Jill's face with a dumbfounded expression. Suddenly he just gave himself away.
" Okay, I did it. But Chris got some too. I swear please don't make me come with you girls to aerobics class again. I have bad memories of that instructor." He pleaded. Claire was busy laughing as was Rebecca. But Jill was thinking to herself. She smirked off Carlos' plea.
" Hey, that's not a bad idea. Becca, you and Claire want to go to the gym with me. We can get your clothes when I take you back to your place." Rebecca thought for a second before agreeing. Carlos' head fell. Jill turned to Claire to see what she had to say.
" Nah, I think I going to go home and call Leon and see how he's doing. I might even go around there. I'll go next time Jill." Jill nodded and proceeded to place her plate in the sink.
" Okay, hurry up and get dressed then. And by the way, Carlos you can carry our gym bags and water bottles. We're going to have a long long session."
" Long, long session." Rebecca laughed as she put a hand on his shoulder and laughed before putting her plate in the sink and going upstairs to get dressed.
" Oh man." Carlos' head hit the table. " Leon really needs to come home. I have no way out of this." Claire just laughed.
" Hey, Carlos you want me to keep Juliana for you while Becca and Jill torture you. It's the least I can do. Literally." Claire teased. Carlos groaned.
" Sure, sure. Just don't be surprised when I'm laying next to Leon in the hospital because of them." Claire narrowed her eyes at him and shook her head.
" Not funny." Carlos nodded. " Yeah, you're right. Sorry. Thanks for watching Julie though." Claire waved it off.
" No problem." With that she left to go get out her clothes for the day while Carlos was left to daydream about the torture he was to receive in just a matter of hours.
It was around 9:30 when Jill pulled into the parking lot Claire's familiar parking complex. Claire was holding on to Juliana in the front seat while Carlos and Becca where in the back talking about nonsense. Jill turned off the car and unlocked the doors.
" Okay, I think that the class starts at 10:30 and it's going to take at least 35 minutes to get there so let's make this quick." Jill told Becca and Carlos from up front. Rebecca acknowledged her while Carlos groaned. Claire just smirked and got out of the car.
" Okay, Jill. I'll see you later. Tell my brother I said to take you out somewhere you hear." Claire told her as she started up the stairs. Jill grinned.
" Oh don't worry. I will." Claire was about to turn to go back upstairs when Rebecca called from the car.
" Claire, you forgot Juliana's bag!" Claire turned around and smiled in embarrassment. How was she going to watch a baby without a supply of food and extra clothes and diapers and such. Claire met Carlos halfway back and he handed her the back. He gave her a grateful look.
" Thank you Claire. I don't know if I can take changing anymore diapers. I mean it's bad enough I'm about to be put to shame by a group of very physically fit women. No offense or anything but that can really hurt a man's pride. Know what I mean. Ask Leon you knocked him out before."
Claire burst out laughing. She did in fact knock Leon's lights out one time when Leon and Carlos had taken her and Becca to the gym with them. To say the least, Leon was the butt of many jokes after that. You could always count on Carlos to make you laugh.
" Carlos, please." Claire started but couldn't finish because she was so busy laughing. " Anyway, if I'm not here when you get back then just know that Juliana's safe with me. I'll most likely be at the hospital." Carlos nodded.
" All right. Take care." He told her as he left. Claire waved back to him and the others before walking up to her apartment.
It felt sort of funny walking back into her apartment. Even though they had stopped by last night, walking back into the apartment alone made Claire feel different. Sighing she locked the door and walked to her room. Juliana was once again sleeping. Claire just smiled at the girl. She wasn't fussy or anything just playful and gentle. None of the traits she shared with Claire but she seemed to be at peace with all of them, not just her parents. And that made her feel good.
" Let's see what Leon's up to shall we?" Claire said to herself as she laid down on the bed and placed Juliana on her belly. She reached over for the cordless phone and dialed Leon's room number.
"Uh, hello?" Leon's hoarse voice replied from the other side. Claire smiled hard. No matter how it sounded she loved the sound of Leon's voice. It was so sincere. She thought back to the time when he burned himself with the iron and he screamed outloud. He sounded so sincere then. Sincerely burned.
" How are you baby?" Claire told him from the other line. She could see him smiling from the other line.
" I'm fine. They ran a hell of a lot of tests on me though. Good news is that the damage to my vertebral column wasn't as serious as they thought. I might be able to come home today. Bad news is if they were mistaken I might go into paralysis. But that risk is slim to none." Leon explained.
" How do you feel. Do you feel ready to come home or think you should stay a little longer? You know personally I think the only cure for you is me." Claire joked. Leon chuckled.
" Yeah, I think so too. But I feel ready to come home. I have to go through one more analysis before they can give me the O.K."
" Hmm. What are watching right now?" Claire asked as she laid her hand on Juliana's small one.
" Sportscenter. Do you know some fans at a soccer game in Brazil went crazy over a false call and started a riot? Lots of injuries and like 3 deaths? It's crazy."
" No, I didn't hear about that. Last night after we left the hospital, we all got something to eat and rented some movies. Then we slept over at Chris and Jill's house. It was a sleepover so to speak. I was missing you all night long." Claire told him softly.
" Yeah, I was going to call after the test but afterwards I was so sleepy for the drugs I just passed out. I had this weird dream though." Leon started. Claire sat up a bit. She was intrigued and now she had to have an explanation.
" About what? Let me guess, you and Carlos having that wrestling match in front of millions or people. And you were about to win until I came into the ring wearing nothing but a bra and panties. And you lost." Claire started laughing after saying that. Leon burst out laughing too.
" Huh, when did I tell you about that? Anyway, that wasn't it. It was about me and you back in the Bahamas. And you were missing and I ran into Sherry and she told me that you were pregnant but she didn't know who the father was. And I looked all around for you and when I found you were crying your heart out. And I woke up before you could tell me who. It was strange." Claire was quiet for a minute after that. She was busy thinking about Leon's dream. Finally she answered.
" Leon, you know I'd never cheat on you." Leon sighed.
" I know it's just weird huh? Claire are you pregnant?" Claire smiled at the worry in his voice.
" Not that I know of Leon, no. But I've thinking about it." She told him as she laid eyes on Juliana.
" That's funny. The thought crossed my mind too." Leon said. Claire sighed.
" Well, when you get home we'll talk about it together okay?" Claire told him. " Okay." Leon told her.
" I don't want to go but I feel so sleepy Claire. I don't wanna fall asleep in the middle of a conversation you know." Leon told her with regret. Claire closed her eyes for a second knowing he needed rest but wanting to talk to him forever at the same time.
" I know you're sleepy. Go ahead and get your rest. But if the doctors say it's OK for you to leave call me and let me know." Claire told him sternly.
" I will. Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Leon told her with a grin. Claire grinned too.
" And that's not much. Get some rest. Love you."
" Love you too Claire. Bye." With that Leon hung up the phone. Claire just laid there for a minute staring at the ceiling.
She couldn't stop thinking about Leon's dream. Why would he even dream of that? Was it a sign that she would be afraid to tell him if he was pregnant? Would something awful happening to her like rape? She couldn't even bear to think that. Shaking her head she took in a deep breath. She knew not to take things like that so seriously. Smiling at the pictures of her and Leon before leaving for the Bahamas, Claire picked up Juliana slowly from her belly and began to walk to the living room She turned on the t.v. There had to be something on. Talkshows, movies, anything to take her mind of stressful situations. Finally landing on a good movie on Lifetime, she went into the kitchen to fix her some soup and grabbed a sheet from the closet and was soon laying down on the chair with Juliana in her lap. She was slowly waking up.
" It's about time you woke up Juliana." Claire joked as she made herself comfortable. Watching Juliana squirm all around made Claire feel relaxed and peaceful. Like there wasn't a care in the world. She knew that things were looking up. Hopefully she wouldn't be looking too far.
Author's Note: Finally, another chapter over and done with. I honestly don't know how I'm going to end this but want it to be good. Just keep reading and reviewing so I can see how good this turns out. Reviews keep me from banging my head against the desk in failure. Lol. Anyway, hope it was worth the wait. Until next time.