Authors Notes: Hi dudes. I know I haven't finished What was Lost yet (it just drags on and on…) but I kinda got slightly bored with writing in first person and therefore decided to write one in third, just for a change. Please read and review…
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The air felt hot and heavy as Jill stretched out on the desk, silently willing the fan to miraculously start working again. The day was unusually stifling, even for the middle of July, and Jill felt herself loosening the first few buttons of her shirt so air could get to her over-heated skin. Must be the start of a heat wave, she thought, fanning herself with her hand while looking wistfully out of the window.
Jill hated the weather to be like this; it reminded her of the summer of 1998, the very July that started the whole chain of events leading to the ultimate destruction of Racoon City. A demise that she saw with her own eyes. She shuddered at the thought, pushing the grim memories aside. It had been just over two years since that summer, just over two years since she first saw a zombie; just over two years since her life had been changed forever. A lot had changed since then, most of it for the better. Most…
After witnessing the city's destruction, Jill had set out to find Chris, and the rest of the remaining S.T.A.R.S, to finally bring umbrella down for good, to right the wrong of the thousands of people killed when the virus spread through the city, like a plague infecting without mercy. A plague, she mused attention turning to the picture outside, is what it is.
The virus had killed so many people, innocent people, her friends, and the corporation deserved to pay for their actions; would pay for their actions. It was just a matter of timing…
The important thing was that they didn't kill everyone…
Smirking, Jill looked to the window, casting dark thoughts towards her friends. They were so different form two years ago, had changed so much.
Guess that's expected…
The STARS had disbanded after the incident, drifting away from each other, held apart by the chaotic events of Racoon City's destruction, and the inevitable media aftermath, although a quick re-union was ensured when Barry picked her up mere minutes before the bomb blew Racoon to dust. It was indescribable the feeling she got when she saw Barry sitting there, re-assuring her that her team-mates were still alive and still out there, and more importantly still fighting.
Never forget the expression on his face when he saw me alive and more than kicking and when his eyes travelled to the Umbrella logo on Carlos' shirt…
Carlos…
Thoughts suddenly became a whole lot more complicated when he was mentioned. Well, actually not exactly him, but everyone around him. The STARS didn't like him: fact. They saw him as a threat to their close knit community, an outsider, an agent of umbrella, even though he had saved Jill's life more than once and was anything but a threat to anyone.
Anyone but Chris, he's an even bigger complication to matters…Chris hated Carlos, purely for the reason that Carlos had been there to help Jill when he was not. Had been close to her, had taken care of her. A responsibility, Jill assumed, that Chris liked to take care of himself. Had to take care of himself. To put it simply, he was jealous.
Who can blame him? After all Carlos does have that whole tall dark and handsome thing going for him…
Jill laughed, a dry humourless laugh that made the back of her throat itch. Well, it's true, she told herself trying to picture him standing in front of her now, to no avail. To her, Carlos was no more than a friend, a kid brother, someone to make jokes and pull pranks when she was feeling low. She could never be with him. To be truthful she never wanted to be with him.
If you're completely truthful, you know it's always been Chris.
Chris…
Things between them hadn't changed. In two years they'd been through so much, but never admitted their feelings for each other. At least I admit that there are feelings, at least that's a start…
While Leon and Claire had acted on their feelings and were now preparing for a late summer wedding, Jill and Chris were still on square one of a circle that always ended up back at the start. Well, maybe not square one…
A smile played across Jill's face as she remembered everything from the past two years, re-living all the moments when she'd ever been close to Chris, close enough to touch him, to feel his breath on her neck. Not that there've been many of those occasions.
It was true, Jill mused, that her and Chris had grown closer, but only as friends, only ever as friends. It was sad that they couldn't just go that extra mile.
Sliding off the desk, Jill stretched her arms, re-buttoning the top few buttons on her shirt as she heard heavy footsteps approaching from outside. She sighed, exasperated by the whole situation, and partly dreading what was to come of this meeting.
Shame Chris is here now, I'd love to see the expression on his face…
Chapter notes: hey, sorry that there wasn't any dialogue in that chapter, but I just wanted to set the events up for the rest of the story. Hope this was an ok first chapter, and as always, read and review…
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