Hello everyone. So here's chapter 4. It might suck or might not, and you can be the judges of that. Sorry for the wait. I got lazy. It's common with most people. Excuses, excuses, well whatever, I guess enjoy, or not. Don't forget to review. Thank you! Have a lovely day or night!
Chapter 4: Knowing is Half the Battle
Minutes after the two were sent into Wesker's office, the guys outside continued to talk of the gun incident and Jill and Chris continued to yell at each other, giving Wesker a major headache.
"What the hell is your problem!" Jill yelled at Chris.
"You said you rather be dead than to be my partner so I thought I'd help you out." Chris yelled back.
"Okay, that's enough." Wesker said calmly, which neither of them paid attention to.
"Oh and you assume that I wanted you to kill me?" Jill asked.
"Hey, I'm a good looking guy. Who wouldn't want to be killed by me? And to top it off, I'm a great marksman, one shot in the head will end it like that." He snapped his fingers and behaved in an arrogant manner to make up for his embarrassing himself earlier.
"You egotistical, self-centered prick…"Jill began.
"Egotistical and self-centered are the same thing." Chris cut her off.
"What!" Jill asked. Her temper was a smidge away from being lost.
On the other hand Wesker sat behind his desk and clutched his head, hoping that these two would shut up already.
"I said, egotistical and self-centered are the same thing. Can't you find any other words to use? You're being redundant." Chris said calmly while he adjusted his hat.
"Oh aren't we the genius all of a sudden!" She tried to not let Chris get to her.
"Okay you two, that's enough." Wesker said, still trying to be calm about it.
"Hey, don't let this handsome face deceive you." Chris said.
"Oh and because I'm a girl, you think I'm dumb!" Jill said.
"Hey, if the shoe fits…" Chris said.
"You stereotypical mother fucker." Jill spat. She was extremely pissed off with him now.
"Hey, hey, no need to be vulgar here." Chris pushed the last of her buttons.
"That's it!" Jill yelled as she pulled out her gun. Unfortunately for her, it got stuck in her holster. Chris started to laugh. She was so irritated at him and just wanting to shut him up. She got up from her chair and POW! She punched him square in the face. She didn't think she punched him that hard until she saw his face swell and start to turn red with a hint of purple so quickly.
"What the hell!" Chris grabbed his face. The others outside of Wesker's office heard him yell and were eager to know what was going on.
"Whoa, wonder what that was all about?" Forest asked.
"She shot him!" Joseph said excitedly.
"No, he shot her." Richard said.
"Chris was the one who yelled." Joseph said.
"Neither of them shot each other. Wesker shot the both of them because they can't shut up." Kenneth said.
"You stupid idiots. No one was shot otherwise we would have heard it." Barry said.
"Ever heard of a silencer?" Joseph asked.
"Ever heard of me silencing you?" Barry said.
"No, what's it about?" Joseph said sarcastically.
"Would you like a demonstration?" Barry walked towards him.
"Wait! I was just joking." He pleaded for Barry not to 'silence' him.
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Jill sat back on her chair and started to laugh. "Not so handsome now, are ya?" She said in a cocky tone while she shook off the pain in her knuckles.
"Oh, so you admit that I am handsome, eh?" Chris cracked despite the amount of pain he was in.
"There is no end to your pigheadedness, is there you little bastard?" Jill said.
"Fuck you!" Chris was running out of 'smart' words to say.
"Hey, hey, no need to be vulgar here." Jill mimicked.
"You're violent, you know that?" He rubbed his face.
"I am not! If you didn't piss me off, I wouldn't have punched you! So in a sense, you deserved it!" Jill said.
"Well, you punch like a girl." Chris tried to get her riled up again.
"I am a girl." She stated as a matter of fact, which put Chris in his place.
"Well, uh…um..." He stuttered.
"Cat got your tongue?" She teased.
"Try bitch." Chris said.
"Alright, that is enough." Wesker got their attention.
"Captain, I cannot have her as a partner!" he pointed to Jill. "She can't even draw her weapon! How is she supposed to cover me when the time comes!" Chris asked.
"I just might do that on purpose and get you shot." She smiled at him which made him wince.
"See what I mean?" Chris said.
"Quit being a baby." Jill said.
"Quit being a bitch." Chris said.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP!" Wesker obviously had enough of both of their bitching.
"But…" Chris and Jill said.
"I said shut up! What the hell is the matter with the both of you?" Wesker yelled.
"It's her fault." Chris said.
"Is not." Jill said.
"Is…" Chris said.
"ENOUGH! You're like children fighting over a piece of meat." Wesker was not making any sense because of the intense headache he received from their yelling.
"I think you mean candy." Chris corrected him.
"Or lions fighting over a piece of meat." Jill suggested.
"When I want your suggestions, I'll let you know. Until then, I don't want a peep from either of you! Now I don't know what the hell is going on between you two, and frankly, I don't give a damn! You two will learn to get along! I don't care what you do. I don't care how you do it. Just do it! And do it fast!" He got up to leave. The two also got up, thinking they were free to go. "Did I dismiss you?"
"No." They both answered.
"Exactly! Use this time to make up!" He slammed the door on his way out which surprising everyone else outside.
"Great job, Chris." Jill slouched into her chair.
"Me?" Chris asked.
"Yes, you! If you hadn't pulled your gun on me, this wouldn't have happened!" She said.
"If you didn't make me make a fool of myself, this wouldn't happen." Chris said.
"You did that on your own." Jill said.
"Yeah, you're right." Chris gave in.
"And, if you didn't piss me off, I wouldn't have…what?" Jill said.
"I said you were right and I'm sorry." Chris said.
"Really? I mean, I'm sorry too. I'm sorry that I punched you." Jill said.
"Well, you pack quite the punch." He complemented while rubbing his face.
"Here, let me take a look at it." She got off of her chair and moved towards him to examine his face.
"No, its okay. I'm fine." He said while suddenly growing a little nervous.
"Sure you are. Just sit still will you?" She reached for his face.
"Ow, ow, ow, OUCH! Damn, that hurt!" He whined.
"Stop being a baby. I barely even touched you. Anyways, you should put some ice on that. The swelling isn't going down anytime soon." She said.
"I would, but I don't have any at the moment." Chris said.
"Are you always a smart ass?" She examined her knuckles
"It's my intuition." He said sarcastically, "So, uh, how's your hand?"
"Um, my knuckles are swelling a bit, but other than that, it's fine." She said.
"You did hit me pretty hard." Chris said.
"You have a hard head." She teased.
"Thanks." He said.
"That wasn't a complement." Jill said.
"Sounded like one to me." Chris said.
"Then get your ears checked." Jill said.
"Get your speech checked." Chris said.
"Is that possible?" Jill asked.
"I don't know." He paused for a moment. "Um…what time do you have?" He changed the subject.
"It's 11:03." She said.
"God…How much longer is he going to keep this up?" He complained.
"You make it sound like I'm a disease." She began picking at her nails.
"In my case, you are." He took his hat off and ran his hand through his hair.
"Why?" She asked. Chris placed his hat back on and continued to sit there staring at Wesker's chair. "Hello, in there?" She waved her hands in front of his face. "You really should take off that hat. I think it's cutting off circulation to your brain."
"Huh, oh yeah, um what?" He asked.
"Exactly." She proved her point about the hat.
"Whatever. What time is it?" Chris asked.
"11:05." She said.
"Kill me now." He complained.
"Why are you so eager to leave? Do you hate me that much?" She asked.
"I don't hate you," He began, "There's just something about you and…whoa, slow down. Remember your rules." He thought, "I don't hate you." He said again.
"You said that already." She laughed. She could tell he was a bit nervous and shy but she didn't know why. He behaved arrogantly earlier and so she just didn't understand his sudden change in behavior.
"Did I? Well, I don't, okay." Chris said.
"And, I don't hate you either, but maybe just a little…cause you pissed me off." Jill smiled.
"Alright, same goes for me too because you made me make a fool of myself in front of the guys." Chris said.
"So now that's settled, should we take this time to get to know one another before we start passing any judgments?" Jill asked
"Uh, I guess. That's what Wesker wants." Chris said. "So how do we go about this?"
"I guess sort of like a twenty questions thing." Jill said.
"Um, okay, I guess." Chris answered hesitantly. He really didn't like answering questions that have to do with him. "So who goes first?"
"I guess I will since I brought it up. I'll start with the basics, state your name for the record, please." She asked.
"Chris…topher Redfield." He answered. "You?" he asked.
"Jill Valentine." She answered.
-Meanwhile, Outside-
"Where did the Captain go? And where are Chris and Jill?" Brad asked.
"I told you, the Captain shot them both." Kenneth said from behind his desk.
"Enough with the shooting already. It's getting old." Barry said, "I think Wesker just gave them some time to think about how they were acting and to get acquainted."
"Getting to know each other, huh?" Joseph nudged Forest.
"Hey guys," Richard called to Joseph and Forest, "You remember that bet we made yesterday?"
"What about?" Joseph asked.
"I would like to respectfully decline." Richard said.
"What's that? Is it like you quit or something?" Forest asked.
"Yes, I quit." Richard said.
"Why?" Joseph questioned.
"It's stupid and so are you. They hate each other and I wouldn't want to lose a hundred and fifty bucks over something that could have been prevented. What would I tell my girlfriend?" Richard said.
"You don't have a girlfriend." Forest said.
"Still." Richard said.
"Rich, buddy, you can't back out on the bet. You shook on it and that is a bona fide contract, isn't that right Forest." Joseph said.
"Yeah, um wait. How does this bet go?" Forest asked.
"I don't know." Joseph answered.
"Oh my god! You start a bet and you don't even know how it goes?" Richard said. "Okay wait, I got it. Joe, do you think they're going to hook up?"
"Hell ya!" Joseph answered. "They have good chemistry."
" Forest?" Richard asked as he eyed Joseph.
"Um, yeah." Forest said.
"Okay, I don't think they will. So here's how it goes, if they hook up, I'll pay the both of you one-fifty each. And if I win, you both give me one-fifty." Richard said.
"Okay sounds like a deal." Forest said.
"Hey guys, we got a pool going to see if those two numb-nuts hook up. Richard thinks that they won't and Forest and I think that they will? So who's in?" Joseph announced to the Alpha's and Bravo's in the office.
"Hey, hey what are you doing?" Richard said to Joseph
"Two hundred, they don't." Sullivan said.
"Increasing the pot." He smiled.
"I'm with Sully. Two-fifty." Brad pulled out his cash.
"Not involved." Barry said.
"Same here. I don't give a shit what happens." Enrico said.
"Okay, suit yourself." Joseph said.
"Wait, so how do we know who wins?" Forest asked.
"Yeah, Rich, how do we know who wins?" Joseph asked.
"How should I know?" Richard said.
"Ooh, I got it." Joseph said.
"So spill." Forest said.
"Losers pay up and the winners have to split the cash among themselves. For example, Rich has 150, Sully here bets 200 and Brad's got 250. If they lose, Rich forks over 150, Sully his 200 and Brad, his 250. That's 600. Then Forest and I would split it, 300 each."
"Makes sense." Richard said.
-In the Office, 15 stupid Questions Later-
"Um, favorite food?" Chris asked. He was getting bored out of his mind.
"Would that be cultural wise or a like a certain food wise?" Jill asked.
"Whatever." Chris was getting irritated.
"Hmm, I can't answer that because I like all kinds of foods." Chris just shrugged and waited for her to ask the next question.
"What do you find attractive?" She asked.
"You…" He answered incoherently.
"Huh?" She asked.
"Uh…You...taka Ono." He quickly made something up.
"Yutaka Ono? Isn't he a man?" Jill asked.
"Oh, wait. What was the question?" He pretended he didn't know.
"Attractive?" Jill said.
"Oh right! Attractive! I thought you ask who was my idol." He faked laughed. "Cause clearly, he's…one of my idols." He put on a fake smile.
"So?" She asked.
"Um…Kelly Kapowski."
"Funny." She smiled.
"Why?" Chris asked.
"Cause I thought Zack was pretty hot." She laughed.
"Okay…so uh…favorite, uh, pass." He said.
"You can't pass." She said.
"I just did." He said.
"Fine, what's your destination…"
"Next to me." He mumbled to himself.
"What?" She asked.
"I said next to me." He said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked.
"Oh…uh…I…" He paused to think. "Ah, I was singing."
"You were singing?" She asked.
"Yeah, you know…um shit…how does it go." Chris took a moment to think about it. Jill didn't believe a word that was coming out of his mouth and wanted to clonk the truth out of him.
"Oh yeah…The message is perfectly simple, the meaning is clear…" Chris began.
Suddenly, something clicked in Jill's head. "Don't ever stray too far. And don't disappear." Jill smiled as she sang along with him.
"Uh…something, something, all my dreams came true last night, all my hopes and fears." Chris said.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Abc, Be Near Me." Jill said.
"That's who sang it. I was trying to think of it but I was busy figuring how the song went. I forget the rest but the end goes…What's your destination? Next to me!" He sang. He was relieved that he had backup. "See…Told you I was singing. It's just when you said destination, something in me wanted to say be near me.
"Oh." She said in a disappointed tone.
"Why what'd you think I meant?" He asked.
"Nothing." She shifted in her seat.
"Don't lie, you thought that I liked you or something, huh?" He wanted to piss her off again only to distant her.
"Eww, NO!" She said right away making it obvious.
"It's okay if you like me. I'm a likeable guy." He said cockily.
"You're such a jerk." She was getting irritated again.
"Tell me something I don't know." He said.
"Okay. You don't know me and I don't think you're even making an effort because of those idiotic questions you asked me." She said.
"Huh…your name is Jill Valentine, you're 23 years old, 5'5", 5'7 with heels on, 5'8" at the most. You like animals, but dogs and pandas are your favorite. You hate dressing up but when you do, you go out with a bang. You like all types of music and movies. I might've left some things out but do you call that not making an effort? I played that stupid game with you, didn't I?" He said. Jill was a bit surprised. She didn't think he was listening.
"Well, you might as well not have played if you were going to ask those questions or answer like an idiot." She said.
"If I recall, you enjoyed our singing moment earlier." He teased.
"Shut up." Jill said.
"Fine." He said.
-Outside-
"So folks, how do you think it will go down?" Richard asked.
"It won't." Kenneth said.
"I'd give it about a month or so during a late night shift." Brad said.
"Hey, I thought you were against it?" Forest said.
"Oh yeah…it's not going to happen." Brad changed his mind.
"You think a month though?" Joseph asked, "Shit, I bet they're in Wesker's office making out already."
"Yeah, I agree." Forest smiled.
"You guys are dumb and really shallow." Richard said
"No really, I bet they are." Joseph said, "They'll be like, 'Oh Chris, I'm sorry about last night.'" He mimicked Jill, all the while standing in front of Forest, holding his hands and using him as his Chris substitute.
Forest played along and mimicked Chris. "Jill, I'm sorry I pulled my berretta on you too."
"Do I hear a reenactment coming on?" Richard said in disgust.
-Inside-
"Sorry, my ass!" Jill yelled.
"Fine, don't accept my apology." Chris said.
"That wasn't even an apology!" Jill countered.
"I said I was sorry, didn't I?" Chris said.
"Saying 'sorry' doesn't necessarily mean that your sorry, you can just be saying it for the hell of it." Jill said.
"So what am I supposed to say then?" Chris asked.
"You're the genius, figure it out." Jill said.
"Good god woman!" Chris was getting frustrated.
"You're cute when you're mad." She told him, not realizing she said it aloud. Chris just looked at her, he didn't know whether it was a complement or if she was just teasing. "Did I just say that out loud?" She blushed out of embarrassment. Chris took this opportunity to embarrass her even more.
"Do you really…" He teased.
"Alright!" Wesker barged in, "You two get out. I need my office and I hope, for your sakes, that this problem has been resolved. Now get out and get settled. Valentine, the next time I see you, you better be in uniform." She nodded while he took a seat behind his desk.
"Saved by Wesker." Chris whispered to her as they got up from their chairs. On their way out of the office, they walked in on Joseph and Forest's reenactment.
"Ahem." Richard cleared his throat, trying to get them to stop because they didn't see them come out of the office.
"I love you, Chris!" Joseph imitated Jill.
"I love you too, Jill!" Forest pulled "Jill" into an embrace.
"Oh Chris, kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time." He said with Richard clearing his throat in the background to get their attention.
As Forest lent in to kiss "Jill," Chris interrupted. That got them both to look in his and Jill's direction.
"What the hell are you two doing!" Chris asked. He was pissed off and felt like kicking both of their asses.
"Do you really think I would say that!" Jill included, also a bit aggravated of their teasing.
"Uh, um, FOREST!" Joseph yelled as though he was pissed off at him and ran out of the office leaving Forest to deal with the both of them.
Forest just stood there, his mouth was moving but nothing was coming out. Finally, Forest found himself and did the same as what Joseph did but called out Richard's name.
Chris and Jill then looked to Richard for an explanation. "Wasn't my idea. They just were, uh, wondering, um, how, uh, you two where going to be friends?" He didn't know what to say. The others in the office were laughing but immediately stopped after Chris glared at them. He proceeded towards the door to look for the both of them and give them a serious ass whooping.
"Never mind." Jill grabbed his arm to prevent him from going after them. "It's nothing to get mad about. It's just harmless humor that's all. They just needed something to poke fun at but instead they just made asses of themselves." Chris just looked at her with an expressionless face. "Come on Chris, just drop it. You don't see me getting mad do you?"
"Fine, I'll 'drop' it." Jill smiled, "After I drop them." Jill's smile faded and became a little irritated with him. "Care to join to me?" Chris said happily.
"Sure." She smiled once again. Chris and Jill left the office to torture Joseph and Forest, but first they would have to hunt them down.
"I think this is going to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Barry said to the remaining S.T.A.R.S. members in the office.
"CHRIS! YOU ASSHOLE!" They heard Jill yell from outside the hall and Chris laughing. He purposely kicked her foot causing her to trip on her own foot. "I'm going to get you!" Jill yelled and got up from the floor. Right after they heard her yell, they heard foot steps, which sounded like they were running. The steps slowly faded into the distance as they ran farther and farther.
"I think you spoke to soon, Burton." Enrico patted his back as Barry hung his head low.
The End…..of Chapter 4. Hope you liked it. Okay, I guess thanks for reading and don't forget to review. I like reviews, and Cookie Dough Ice Cream. Okay I know the ice cream thing wasn't needed but whatever. I'll try to have chapter 5 up ASAP, so stay tuned for it. Bye.