A/N: Sorry I didn't update sooner. I've been really busy with my site... Ok, so here it is!

A few more days passed without incident. Leon had somehow managed to keep Noodles from zombifying any more small animals. Claire was a bit curious as to how he did it, but she knew it was better to keep her mouth shut.

During that time, Leon took care of Noodles very well, and that surprised Claire. At first, she didn't think that Leon would be capable of keeping a pet, let alone a mangy T-Virus ridden, zombie dog. She was reminded of Hampy, Leon's hamster he had received for his birthday. Leon loved Hampy, but wasn't the best keeper. That hamster was so starved and dirty that Claire eventually had to give it away just to save it. She had told Leon that Hampy ran away to join the circus. He believed her. But Noodles was different. She behaving herself like a normal dog more and more each day. However, Claire still didn't fully trust Noodles.

One Saturday, Leon finally worked up the courage to ask Claire for something he had wanted to do since the moment he dragged that box through the front door.

"The park!?" Claire exclaimed. "You want to take that thing to the park? Where there are other dogs and people!?"

Leon was insulted. "Her name is Noodles, and she wants to go!"

"Absolutely not!" Claire was resolute in her decision. "What if she gets loose? What if she bites someone? No."

"But Clay-er!" Leon whined. Claire noticed that since Noodles had entered their lives, Leon had become a lot whinier. What happened to the fearless rookie cop who had helped her escape the decimated Raccoon City? Where was the Leon she moved into neighboring Possum City with when Raccoon City was nuked?

"Other people take their dogs there, and they're a lot meaner than Noodles!"

"At least other dogs aren't zombies!" Claire reasoned.

"No, at most other dogs aren't zombies." Leon argued.

"What?" Claire was confused.

"What?" Leon also seemed to be confused by his own statement.

"Whatever. You are not, repeat not, taking that dog to the park, and that's final."

:: Next chapter: "At the park" ::

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