Hey, wow, cool! I decided to load this chapter up now, because a storm is heading our way and I don't know when I'll be able to get on the computer again. As for Part II, if I can, I'll try to have it up soon, so check back for the conclusion of this chapter. And after part II, the next chapter could be the last of this story, that's if I don't go overboard. So if you don't want it to end there, pray that I go overboard. Haha. Just kidding. So thank you to those of you who reviewed and also to those who just read. Hmm, seems like I lost most of my readers. Must be because it took me forever to update and they just got lazy to check. Now that I think about it, I'm starting to miss Nick's reviews. Hahaha. Thanks to Liz Valentine for pointing out that chapter 15 was the same. Okay so hopefully, my readers will come back and read cause it's kind of lonely. Yeah right, okay, whatever, enjoy what nonsense this chapter is.
Chapter 14: My Fake Boyfriend part I
It was not long until Jill awoke from her dreamless sleep. Thinking it was already morning, she rose from her bed and decided to take a shower and get ready for work. She over to the balcony and drew the curtains back to let the sun shine through the sliding door, but what she discovered was the moonlight leaking through the window. "Aw crud. And here I thought it was morning. What the fuck is wrong with me. I didn't even bother to check my clock." She said to herself and took a glance at the clock hanging on the wall for the current time. " 2:35! Aw, shit." Jill then dragged herself back into her room and fell back down on her bed. She stared at the ceiling for what seemed like forever when she finally gave up and realized that she couldn't go back to sleep. She got up and went through a shopping bag that she didn't empty. As she emptied it, she found a receipt with writings on the back of it. Rebecca E. Chambers, 297 Fossil Lane Raccoon City 40915. 769-5634. "What a silly girl. She can't remember her address and phone number so she wrote it on my receipt. Okay no, this is her receipt, shit, this is her shopping bag!" Jill thought. "Hmm, what if I give her a call at this hour." Jill smiled and grabbed her cell phone and called Rebecca.
-Rebecca's Place-
Ring, ring. Being the light sleeper that she is, Rebecca got out of bed and answered her phone. "Hello? Jill? You do know it's 2:40 in the morning, right?"
"Oh, did I wake you?" Jill asked nonchalantly.
"Well sort of, I just went to bed now." Rebecca said.
"Oh, sorry, but not really, seeing that I did call at this hour. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I have your shopping bag and you have mine." Jill said.
"You couldn't wait till tomorrow to tell me that? Jesus Jill, you're nuts. Bye now." Rebecca said.
"No wait, don't go. I actually called because something was bugging me and I couldn't go back to sleep. I would have called someone else, but you're the only girl friend that I have here." Jill said.
Feeling special, Rebecca decided to hear her out. "So Jill, what's on your mind?" She asked.
"Well, my ex-boyfriend and his fiancé are coming over this weekend with my friend Sam and well, what should I do? He was my 'high-school sweetheart' and he cheated on me with my friend, who he is engaged to right now. He proposed to me like five times but I kept telling him I wasn't ready. I don't remember what number proposal that was when he decided to cheat on me. I found out and so I broke up with him, about a year ago now and I'm happy and all, but how am I supposed to act?" Jill asked.
"Hmm, you know, I don't know why you're asking someone younger, but I say, just b…"
"If you say 'just be yourself' then I'll kill you."
"Um, I wasn't." Rebecca lied, "I was going to say…okay Jill, you know what, I really don't know what to tell you. That is why I am a medical doctor and not a psychologist. I'm really sorry I can't help you but seeing as it's 3:00 in the morning, I'm going to bed."
"Hmm, how did I know you were going to say something like that? Okay so, I'm just going to…I'm just gonna sleep on it. Bye Becks."
"Huh, whadya say?" Rebecca asked.
"I said bye. Go to sleep. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yeah, okay." Rebecca said and hung up the phone and immediately went to sleep.
Apparently, Jill did not go back to sleep. She decided to call Rebecca again and explain some other tid-bits of her love life. That conversation was soon over when Jill realized that Rebecca was asleep on the other end. Jill said her goodbyes and hung up the phone.
Back at Jill's, her attempt at going back to sleep was still not working and all she could think about was the upcoming weekend and what she's going to do. She picked up her phone once again and dialed Rebecca's number once more.
"What?" A tired Rebecca answered.
"Hey Rebecca it's me. I can't go to sleep. I still have loads on my mind and I thought I'd try to empty some more of it. So what would you do if your ex-boyfriend and his fiancé were coming over?" Jill asked.
"I'd go to sleep." Rebecca mumbled.
"Sure you would because you'd never be in a situation like mine." Jill said. "But anyways, think hypothetically. Rebecca? Becks? That little bitch hung up on me!" Jill said, upon hearing the beeping on the other end. She then hit redial on her phone and Rebecca answered once again.
"Okay seeing that you don't want to think hypothetically, and as I hit the redial button, an idea sprang into my head and I think I'm gonna go with it. Well, it is the only idea I have." Jill told her.
"Oh great, you have a plan, lets hear then." Rebecca said with no enthusiasm.
"I'm going to get one of the guys to pretend to be my boyfriend. Okay bye now."
"What! Jill, wait, are you serious? That's stupid." Rebecca said, now wide-awake.
"It may be stupid, but I'm desperate. Anyways, I feel a lot better now, I could go to sleep, bye." Jill said and hung up.
"Jill? Jill! You dumb bitch!" Rebecca yelled, "Great, now I can't go back to sleep. I could call her and keep her up." Rebecca thought, "Never mind. If I just lay down, I'd probably be able to go back to sleep." Rebecca did just that and was asleep with the next few minutes.
- The Next Day in the S.T.A.R.S. Office-
"Hey Rebecca, you look like crap." Forest said.
"Huh, no wonder why you never go on dates." Richard teased.
"No, it's okay. It's just that Jill kept on calling me. And just when you think it's safe to go to bed, the damn telephone rings." Rebecca said, as she sipped her coffee.
"Why didn't you just turn of the ringer?" Richard asked.
"Or unhook your phone." Forest said.
"I would've, but she would probably know. And I didn't know if she was crazy enough to come over just to ask a measly question."
"So what was she calling for?" Richard asked.
"She was asking me how she should behave because Dean, his fiancé and her best friend Sam are coming over this weekend."
"Is this Dean, the ex-boyfriend that cheated on her?" Forest asked.
"Yes and no. Dean was her high-school sweetheart that cheated on her because she wasn't ready to marry him. Gary was her recent boyfriend that cheated on her."
"Uh-huh." Richard nodded his head.
"Please Chris! Please, I will do anything!" Jill pleaded with Chris as they entered the office.
"I already told you NO! I will not do this. It's stupid. You're stupid. And besides, my sister is coming over this weekend and I have to…I have a lot of work to do. Why don't you ask Joe?" Chris said. The others in the room just stood where they were and watched, not to mention listened in on their conversation.
"He's seeing someone." Jill said.
"Then ask Forest."
"Ask me what?" Forest asked.
"He's not my type. No offense, Forest."
"Yeah, she's right." Forest said. "I don't even know what they're talking about." Forest said after Richard gave him this look.
"Come on Chris, please! I'll pay you! Twenty bucks an hour!"
"As tempting as that may sound, no." Chris said firmly as he sat behind his desk.
"Wait a minute Jill. You're seriously not planning on doing what you told me last night, are you?" Rebecca asked. She didn't get an answer because Jill was obviously not paying any attention to her.
"Fine, if you won't help a friend, then I'll ask Wesker!" Jill said, and started towards Wesker's office.
Chris got up from behind his desk and grabbed Jill's arm. "Wait. If you're that desperate to ask Wesker then…I'll help you, but on my terms. And ten bucks an hour would be okay. I wouldn't want to con you out of daddy's money or anything."
"So you'll do it?" Jill asked excitedly.
"On my terms only." Chris stated firmly.
"YES! On your terms. Thank you. THANK YOU!" Jill said happily.
"Oh my god, Jill, don't do it. You're just going to embarrass yourself." Rebecca said, while Jill still didn't pay her any attention.
"So what are your terms?" She asked Chris.
"I don't know. You make it up." Chris said.
"But then it won't be your terms."
"Doesn't matter. Just make the terms. It's your idea anyways." Chris said.
"Okay." Jill said and returned to her desk to whip a 'contract.'
Forest walked up to Chris' desk to get some information while Rebecca went to Jill to try and talk her out of doing it.
"So Chris, what's going on?" Forest asked.
"Yeah, what's going on?" Joseph asked as he entered the office along with Barry and Brad.
"Okay everybody listen up please." Jill said.
"What's up Jill?" Barry asked.
"Okay, my ex-boyfriend and his bitch of a fiancé are coming over this weekend to gloat in my face and Chris has agreed to pretend to be my boyfriend because I don't want him to think that I haven't gotten over him, which I did! So please, please make this look believable and don't spill the beans." Jill said in one breath.
"Did you catch all that?" Joseph asked Forest.
"Yeah, all I heard was, 'bitch of a fiancé.'" Joseph said.
"You guys, this is important. I don't want to look stupid here." Jill said.
"Uh, too late." Rebecca said from behind Jill's desk
"Excuse me Miss Doctor who can't help a patient." Jill said.
"Well look at you, you're 23, your ex-boyfriend and his fiancé are visiting and you are going to extremes to ask Chris to pretend to be your boyfriend so you don't look sorry for yourself that you haven't found a respectable guy who won't cheat on you like your previous boyfriends." Rebecca said in one breath.
"Did she say boyfriends? With an -s?" Joseph asked Barry.
"Yeah, I believe she did." Barry said.
"So Jill, which boyfriends cheated on you?" Joseph asked out of curiosity and received an elbow to the gut from Barry.
"Let's just say I make extremely bad choices when it comes to men." Jill said.
"Oh please, would you just tell them that every single one of your boyfriends cheated on you?" Rebecca blurted out.
"Thank you Rebecca for that piece of information." Jill kept her cool.
"Wow, Jill, you know, I'd definitely go out with you but I don't know, I just might cheat on you." Joseph joked.
"Laugh it up, cause the joke's on you." Jill said.
"Man I'm so glad I have Kate." Joseph said and Jill mocked him.
"I'm just glad I don't have to go through the whole dating process again." Barry said, "I don't think it was that complicating as it is now."
"Whatever, happily-married Barry." Jill said.
"She's mean when she's angry." Barry said as though his feelings were hurt.
"I'm sorry, I'm just very frustrated and…and…" Jill clutched her head.
"Yes Jill, we'll help you with your scheme, even though it's extremely immature." Joseph said.
"Yeah we will." Richard said and everyone nodded.
"Have fun Chris." Barry teased.
"Oh, ho-ho-ho, I don't know about that." Chris laughed, "I can't believe I'm agreeing to do this. Claire is going to be so pissed at me."
"I'm sure she'll understand Chris, it's for a good cause." Jill said. Once Jill turned her back, Chris looked at the guys who were shaking their heads.
"Yeah, I know." Chris told the guys, knowing that Claire would be upset.
"See." Jill said, thinking that Chris was answering her. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to work on that 'contract.'"
A few minutes flew by and Jill finally finished the contract and strolled over to Chris' desk and handed it over to him. "Chris here's the…" Jill started to speak but was cut off by Chris shushing her. He was apparently in the middle of an important phone call.
" 5:30 would be fine. Okay see you then." Chris said and hung up his phone.
"Sounds like someone has a date at 5:30." Joseph teased.
"Ooo, pray tell, Mr. Redfield." Jill said.
"Well if you eavesdroppers must know, I do have an 'appointment' at 5:30 with…"
"An 'appointment?' Is that what you kids call dating now?" Barry joked.
"I was going to say I have an appointment with a realtor." Chris said.
"For what?" Joseph asked.
"I'm being evicted because there are no pets allowed. I called the realtor leasing the place and she offered to show it to me at 5:30."
"You're being evicted? That sucks! How did the landlord know?" Brad asked.
"Nosey neighbors. I'd like to pop them. I'm so annoyed." Chris said.
"Well, if you hate your neighbors, then maybe you should get out of there." Barry said, "So where you looking at?"
"I was looking in at the…the Windward Hills…location." Chris said.
"Good call. They have excellent security. And most importantly, they allow pets." Barry smiled.
"Yeah, that's what the realtor said." Chris said.
"How are you going to pay for that with the salary you make!" Joseph asked.
"Can we leave that to my business?" Chris asked.
"Okay anyways, Chris, here's the 'contract.' It basically says no kissing, no groping, no teasing or making Jill look bad. And also that you agree to do this until the party leaves. So…sign here." She pointed.
"So Jill, no kissing huh? You might as well sport a label that says 'Fake Relationship.' " Joseph said.
"Shut up Joe. Chris, sign here." Jill said.
"You know what, I change my mind. Why don't you hire a male escort or something?" Chris said and sank into his chair.
"Oh no wait, Chris please. If I hire a male escort, he'd probably be wanting to have sex with me at the end of the day and if I said no, he'd probably force himself on me and rape me and it will be all your fault because you told me to hire one. Now you wouldn't want that on your conscience, would you? Would you?" Jill spoke rather quickly.
"She's right you know." Richard said while the others nodded.
"Give me the stupid paper." Chris said.
"Here. See, it even has a seal. Rebecca was the witness." Jill smiled.
"It's a stupid smiley face." Chris said dryly.
"And?" Jill asked.
"Never mind." Jill handed him the paper. He signed it and gave Jill the evil eyes while doing so.
"You have such pretty eyes." Jill said sarcastically and returned to her desk.
Chris got up from his desk and walked over to the guys. "Hey, so if I get this place, will you help me move my shit?" Chris asked.
"No offense Chris, but I wouldn't want to touch your shit." Joseph said.
"Yeah, very funny." Chris said.
"Yeah, I'll help. It'll give me something to do." Brad said.
"Yeah so will I, because I know you'll buy the beers and we'll all get drunk moving your stuff and we'll end up doing nothing anyways." Forest said.
"Yeah, count me in." Joseph said.
"I don't think Cathy will mind." Barry said.
"Okay guys, don't get carried away. I haven't even seen the place yet." Chris said.
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For the remainder of the day, the team went through their drills, did some paper work and in the case of Chris and Jill, yell at each other. Finally, work was over and it was time to go home.
"Hey Joe, want to come and check the place out?" Chris asked as they all walked out of the office.
"Aw, I can't man, sorry. I have to plans with my cousin." Joseph said.
"Oh, it's cool."
"Ooo, can I come?" Rebecca asked.
"Oh, yeah, sure that would be great! But uh, hope you don't mind riding on my motorcycle." Chris said.
"Oh, I don't mind. In fact, I think it'll be fun!" Rebecca said.
"Oh, I don't mind. In fact, I think it'll be fun." Jill mocked. Chris handed Rebecca his helmet and they left to meet the realtor up at Windward Hills.
"You say something Jill?" Barry asked.
"Yeah and no. I'm just kind of irritated because Rebecca was being such a bitch earlier." Jill said.
"Really, is that so?" Barry asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes it is. Well, I'll see you later Barry." Jill said.
"Bye Jill." Barry said.
-Windward Hills-
"That was enthralling. I want a motorcycle." Rebecca squealed after she got off his bike.
"Um, Rebecca, you could barely touch the ground." Chris laughed.
"Yeah, I know, but it's still cool. Oh hey, is that the realtor now?" Rebecca asked.
"Uh, yeah, I believe so. Let's go." Chris said and started walking towards her.
"Wow she's one sexy realtor don't you think? Nice long legs, flow-y blonde hair, curvaceous…man, I wish I was tall." Rebecca said.
"Yeah." Chris said. They immediately stopped talking when they approached her.
"So you must be Chris, I'm Melissa Le Croix." She stuck out her hand out to greet him
"Yeah I am, and this is my friend Rebecca." Chris said as he shook her had.
"Hi, I just wanted to tag along." Rebecca said as she shook Melissa's hand.
"Okay so let's go then." She said. All three of them entered the building and took the elevator to the 8th floor. "So what do you two do?" She asked.
"Oh, we're S.T.A.R.S. Officers. I'm in the Alpha team and she's the Bravo team medic." Chris said.
"Wow, you're the medic, but you're like 15." Melissa said.
"I'm 18, but close enough."
"Wow, you're like a little genius." Melissa said.
"Thanks. So how old are you?" Rebecca asked.
"I'm 25." She smiled.
"So Melissa Le Croix." Chris said. She looked at him and waited for his question. "Le Croix."
"Yes?" She asked.
"Oh, I don't know. I just like the sound of saying your last name." Chris said.
"Okay." She laughed. "Well, here we are, the 8th floor." She smiled.
"Nice view." Rebecca squealed.
"I like it…you can look down and see the whole city." Chris said.
"Okay, this way." Melissa said and they followed right behind her. "Here we are." She said and opened the door and went inside. "So feel free to look around."
"Wow, this is a nice place." Rebecca said
"Yeah it is. I like the view. You can see most of the city from here. But besides the view, the rooms are big and it's spacious. Six a month, yeah?" Chris asked.
"Yes sir." She answered.
"How soon can we settle this?" He asked.
"If you're free, we can get right to it." She said.
"That would be great."
The three of them left the building and Chris and Rebecca followed Melissa in her Eclipse all the way to her office. Chris parked his bike and he and Rebecca got down. "So Chris, I totally saw you checking her backside." Rebecca smiled.
"I'm a guy, she's hot, it's totally normal." Chris said.
"I think you should ask her out." Rebecca said.
"What? Rebecca what the hell are you getting at?"
"What? Why not? If I were you, I would put the moves on her." Rebecca asked.
"You sound like my sister right now." Chris shook his head. "Let's go, she's probably waiting for us." Chris said as they entered the building and towards Miss Le Croix's office.
"See Chris, she's single." Rebecca pointed to her name plaque on the door. "Miss Le Croix."
"Rebecca, shut up." Chris said.
"Did you wait long? Sorry, I had to get the papers." Melissa said as she opened her office door and entered. They all took their seats and started on the paper work.
"Um, Miss Le Croix, is there a restroom somewhere around here?" Rebecca asked as Chris read through the contracts.
"Oh yeah, when you step out, it's down the hall to your right."
"Thanks." Rebecca said and exited the office, leaving the two alone.
"So, would you like to get a drink sometime?" Melissa asked.
"Excuse me?" Chris asked as he signed the last of the papers.
"Did I just say that out loud?" Melissa asked as her cheeks immediately flushed crimson.
"Yes you did." Chris laughed, "And I'd love a drink."
"I'm off on Saturday, so how about then?"
"Saturday would be great. Oh no wait. I can't. I promised a friend I'd do her a favor."
"Ah, I see."
"What about tomorrow? On no wait, I work at eleven." Chris asked.
"Tomorrow is fine. We could go at six-thirty?" Melissa said.
"Six-thirty it is." Chris said.
"What's at six-thirty?" Rebecca asked as she entered the office.
"Um, he could start moving in at six-thirty." She said.
"Six-thirty today?" Rebecca asked.
"If he's up to it. I mean, the electricity is on and its semi furnished."
"Wow, that's great. You can start moving the small stuff. Oh no wait, you drive a motorcycle." Rebecca said.
"A motorcycle, eh?" Melissa looked as though she were impressed. Chris just smiled. "Can you two excuse me?"
"Sure." Rebecca and Chris both said.
"Hey maybe you can borrow Jill's car. No, I don't think she'd let you, never mind." Rebecca said and at the same time, Miss Le Croix got off the phone.
"Okay Mr. Redfield, here are the keys and rent is due every end of the month and you have a five day grace period." She smiled sweetly and handed him the papers and the keys, which he accepted.
"Thank you very much." Chris stood up and shook her hand, sealing the deal.
"No, thank you, Chris. Hope you enjoy your new place." She said.
"Thanks I will…so six-thirty then right?" Chris asked.
"Six-thirty." She confirmed.
"Thanks." Rebecca and Chris left her office and rode straight to Rebecca's place.
"Well, thanks for letting me tag along. Oh, and I'll be glad to help you move your stuff." Rebecca offered.
"Thanks Rebecca."
"Um question though, where do you plan on taking Miss Le Croix out for drinks?" Rebecca laughed.
"How'd you know?" Chris asked.
"I'm not stupid Chris. I pretended to use the restroom and hung outside and listened through the door." Rebecca smiled and handed him his helmet.
"You're evil." Chris said hooked his helmet on the back.
"Well, it's nice to know that you're finally coming out of your shell." Rebecca said.
"What shell? Who said that?" Chris asked.
"Barry speaks very loud. See you Chris." Rebecca waved and entered her building.
Chris shook his head and then rode off home. "Hey Boo you must be hungry." Chris greeted his extremely excited puppy. He fed his dog and decided to call Forest. "Hey Forest, what are you doing?"
"Um nothing why what's up Chris?" Forest asked.
"Think you can help me move some small things here to my new place?" Chris asked.
"You got the place already? Cool. Sure, I'll help. It'd give me something to do. I'll be over in five." Forest said and hung up the phone.
Forest arrived and the two of them immediately got to work moving the small things. After five trips, they finished moving most of the small things and returned back to Chris' old place. "That's a real sweet place you have, man, two bedroom, two bath and an amazing view."
"Yeah. And the cool part is, I think my realtor likes me." Chris smirked.
"How'd you know?" Forest asked as he took a swig of his Pepsi.
"Well, she asked me out for drinks. She meant to say it in her head but it just came out."
"So how she look?" Forest asked.
"Well, she has shoulder length wavy blonde hair and she's tall. Very sexy." Chris said.
"Nice. Well Chris, I'm gonna head out now. I'll be here tomorrow at twelve."
"Yeah, thanks again Forest." Chris said and led him out. "Might as well hit the sack." Chris said to himself and strolled into his bedroom and went to sleep.
-The Next Day-
Chris woke up bright and early, took a shower, fed Boo and immediately got started prepping his things for movement. He would have eaten breakfast first, but his fridge was empty, no surprise at all. After packing most of things he needed to pack, which wasn't that much considering he's only live in Raccoon for a month, he left his apartment and rented one of those U-Haul trucks. The cool thing he found was that he didn't need someone to get the truck, he just loaded his bike in the back and drove back to his apartment. Upon arriving, Forest was waiting outside with Joseph. Chris parked the U-Haul and got out. "Hey guys." Chris greeted them.
"A U-Haul? Where's your bike?" Joseph asked. Immediately after asking, Chris opened the back of the U-Haul revealing his bike and rode it out. "Genius."
The three of them went up and started moving all his stuff. After coming back from the first trip, Brad, Richard, Barry and Rebecca finally showed up. Since they came, it doubled their time and they finished moving all his stuff by three o'clock. All Rebecca did was keep an eye on Boo. "So, this is all your stuff?" Barry asked as they kicked back in his new living room.
"It's a good thing these elevators were big." Brad said.
"Yeah, it made the move a whole lot easier." Richard said.
"Yeah, thanks for helping me. Just so you know, you guys don't need to help me arrange my furniture." Chris said.
"Thank god, because even if you asked, I would have passed. I work at five, and I didn't mean for that to rhyme." Forest said.
"That doesn't rhyme." Richard said.
"Yeah well, close enough." Forest said and the others agreed just so they wouldn't get into deep with that.
"Oh hey, how come Jill isn't here?" Brad asked.
"Yeah, Chris, where's the 'girlfriend'?" Joseph teased
"That's not funny. She's not here because I don't want to see her. I already have to spend my weekend with her, what more on the weekdays? And that's not even the whole week because I work with the damn girl!" Chris said.
"Wow." Is all Barry could say.
"You're mean." Joseph asked.
"Whatever." Chris said.
"I agree with Joe." Brad said.
"Yeah." The others agreed.
"Hmm, well, I'm going to get started on arranging my furniture anyone wanna…" Before Chris could finish his sentence, everyone got up and said their goodbyes except for Rebecca. "You don't work at five?" Chris asked.
"Nope, I have the eleven with the Alpha's. I don't know what Wesker is doing." Rebecca said.
"So are you going to help?" Chris asked
"Yeah, I'm just going to watch Boo and make sure he doesn't get lost." Rebecca said.
"Thanks." Chris said and immediately got started on arranging. It wasn't so long before he finished putting his things in their perspective places. All he didn't do was hook up his T.V. or put his clothes away.
"Wow, you work fast." Rebecca commented.
"Yeah well, I don't have a lot of stuff." Chris said.
"I've noticed." Rebecca said sarcastically.
"You're not busy right? Do you think you can do me a favor?" Chris asked.
"What?"
"Well, since I still have that U-Haul, do you think, you know, we can do that Knight Rider thing where I come out the back? You can drive the U-Haul."
"What! No, that's dangerous."
"No don't worry, Claire and I do this all the time." Chris said.
"I'm not Claire." Rebecca said.
"Fine." Chris said in defeat. All of a sudden, his telephone started to ring. "Who is that ringing? I thought I had to go to the phone company to get it hooked up?" Chris asked.
"Well what are you waiting for, answer it!"
Chris walked up to the phone and answered it. "Hello?"
"Chris? Hey, this is Melissa."
"Melissa? Le Croix? How did you get this number? I don't even know it." Chris said.
"Well, I decided to do in a favor for you and have your phone hooked up." She told him and gave him his number as well.
"Thanks, but you didn't have to. So…are we still on?"
"Hmm…you know…never mind, I'll come clean. I hooked up your phone because I have to cancel tonight. I have to show a client a place downtown."
"Oh, okay that's fine. I have to work at eleven anyways and it would suck if I just have to bolt in the middle of our da…drinks."
"Yeah, in the middle of drinks. So Saturday's still not good? How about Sunday?" She asked.
"I can't. I don't know how long I'm in for this favor." Chris said.
"Oh well, you have my number, call me when you're available."
"But doesn't that make me sound desperate?" Chris laughed
"Okay then, I'll call you." She laughed"Well then, I have to meet my client before she has a cow. Bye."
"Bye." Chris said and they both hung up. He turned around only to see Rebecca smirking at him. "I don't want to hear what you have to say." Chris said.
"For your info, I want going to say anything. Um, I'm just gonna go now." Rebecca said and placed Boo on the floor.
"Need a ride home?" Chris offered.
"Oh, no thanks, I just bought a car. That's why I wasn't here earlier. It's a Civic." Rebecca answered just as Chris was about to ask. "Okay see you later." Rebecca said and left his place.
-Later that night during Alpha's working hours-
"So Chris, thanks for telling me that you've already moved into your new home." Jill said.
"I didn't tell you." He said.
"Exactly! I thought we were partners? Whatever happened to sharing?" She asked.
"Can we not get into this? It's three o'clock in the morning and I'm here with you, not to mention the damn weekend is closing in, I'm not exactly in a cheery mood."
"You think I'm looking forward for the weekend? Believe me, I'm hoping that I can just skip this weekend, but I can't."
"Why don't you? You can just skip town and never come back." Chris said.
"Ha-ha." Jill faked a laugh.
"Hey, we should start heading down now…it's almost 3:30 and you know Wesker hates it if we're late for training." Brad said.
"He's right. Let's get out of here." Barry agreed.
"I can't believe he's going to make us do laps at 3:30 in the freaking morning." Joseph complained as they headed towards the lobby area.
"Oh well." Rebecca said.
"And why are you here?" Joseph asked.
"I don't know, I work here?" She said sarcastically.
"Oh whoa, check those pair of legs out." Joseph said as the stopped at the corner.
"She looks familiar." Rebecca said.
"Hey that's my realtor." Chris and Jill both said. "What?" They said again. "Melissa?" "Yeah." They said simultaneously.
"This has got to stop." Joseph shook his head.
"What place are you looking into Jill?" Rebecca asked.
"The Spanish Villa…again. I didn't want to move out, but it's a really pretty place."
"It is, isn't it?" Rebecca agreed.
"Wait a minute…those places are downtown, aren't they?" Chris asked.
"Yeah, so?" Jill asked.
"Arg, it was you! Ack!" He held his hands in front of her as though he wanted to choke her. He closed his fists and brought them to his open mouth and headed for Melissa's direction.
"What the hell did I do?" Jill asked.
"Ah…I see it." Rebecca said.
"See what?" Brad asked.
"Well earlier today, she called Chris and cancelled on him because she had to deal with a client, which was you, Jill. And that's why he's angry." Rebecca said.
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"Melissa?" Chris asked.
"Oh, hey Chris. I forgot you worked at this time." She said.
"What are you doing here? Is everything okay with you?" He asked with concern.
"Oh, everything's fine. My car just got impounded." She said with ease.
"Really? How?" He asked.
"There was a mix up and they took my car by mistake. Nothing I can't handle." She smiled sweetly at him.
"Really? Who was the officer in charge?" He asked.
"Psh. What a slut. She's fired." Jill said, as they watched on from the corner they were in.
"I take it you don't like her." Barry said.
"Well look at her, she's got bitch written all over her." Jill said.
"Not to mention smokin' hot!" Joseph said.
"You say that about every girl that has big tits." Jill said.
"She's very tall and slender." Brad said.
"Tch, I can take her." Jill said as the others looked at her. "I know how to deal with big girls, you go for their knees." Jill told them and they just nodded.
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"Uh, I don't know exactly. I think it was Lyman or Rynan, or was it Rayman?"
"Ryman? Kevin Ryman?" Chris asked.
"Yeah that one. You know him?" Melissa asked.
"Yeah I know him." Chris said as a matter of fact.
"No don't, he was only doing his job." Melissa said, "Besides how was he supposed to know I'm your gir…your friend." She tried to fix it but failed miserably and Chris just smiled. She felt so embarrassed.
"So, you're my girlfriend now?" Chris decided to tease, causing her to blush even more. She punched him lightly on his shoulder for retaliation.
-Corner-
"Look at her, that tramp. She's all over him, touching his shoulder."
"Jill, she punched him." Joseph said.
"Hmm, sounds like someone is a tad jealous." An all too familiar voice came from behind all of them.
"Whoa, I am not jealous man…Wesker!" Jill said as she turned around to confront the speaker.
"EEP." Brad squealed. Everyone stood up straight and didn't know what to say
"So what's going on here? Didn't I say drills are at 3:30?"
"Yes." They all said.
"And what time is now?" Wesker asked coolly
"3:29." Joseph said.
"Well, that means you all have one minute to get to the grounds." Wesker said and all of them immediately scrambled. Wesker stayed at the corner and stared at Chris. When he noticed someone at the corner of his eye, he turned and saw Wesker point to his watch and he left.
"Crap, I have got to go. Drills are at 3:30 and its… 3:30. I have to beat Wesker to the grounds otherwise I'm in for it!" Chris said frantically. Before Chris left, Melissa grabbed him by his collar and kissed him full on the lips. "Whoa, what was that for?" Chris asked, slightly dazed.
"Well, I say 'skip the date and go straight to the 'good-night' kiss.'" She smiled and he smiled in turn.
"Okay, I have to go." He said as she kissed him again. "I really have to go."
"Go." She smiled.
"Bye." Chris said and ran towards the corner the others were hiding earlier. "Crap, if I go that way, I'll run into him." Chris said to himself. "Ah, the short cut." He turned around and headed back towards the lobby. As he passed Melissa, she laughed at him and then he quickly disappeared through the stairway.
The end, people. I decided to break this into two parts because it was ridiculously long. Well I don't know cause I've only written two sentences on the second part. Haha. No actually, the word document says I've written 23 pages and to me, that's already long AND I haven't even reached when Sam and Co. and Claire arrive. Expect the second part to be about 20+ pages. Well, I've made some mistakes as well. I earlier chapters, Miranda was Brad's cousin. Sorry for the mix up but I'm still sticking with Miranda as Joseph's cousin and I've changed Brad's cousin to Brooke. Hey! Don't blame me, I've written that chapter a while back and I can't remember the little details. Sorry. Um…I made up Rebecca's number so if it's yours, tell me and I'll take it off. Hmm…So Melissa Le Croix. Hehe. So if you didn't catch the clues, she's somebody from a game, but minus the last name. So figure it out? The clues: An Eclipse, Blonde shoulder length hair and tall. YES! She's Melissa from Need For Speed: Underground! I got her last name from Friends. Janine Le Croix, Joey's dancer roommate. I would've let her drive the 350z, but it didn't come out in 1998. Maybe in Japan, but I don't know. Reason why I put her was because I was bored at home and decided to play NFS: Underground. I thought she was pretty and thought I would put her in as Chris' other love interest. At first I was going to just make up a character but hey, the image of her walking towards the screen in the end was fresh in my mind and I thought, 'hey why not. I'd be fun.' So I did it. Why does Chris have another love interest you ask? Well, he has to compete with Jill's new love interest right? Okay goodbye now. I gotta close the shutters now. Things are starting to fly. Toodles!