~A LONG TIME'S WISH~

"Is—is it really you?" Jill said, walking closer to the man's desk. And then the woman who was standing next to him turned around and in sync with the man who had turned his chair around.

"AH! It is you! Oh my god—you—you're here!" Jill exclaimed in ecstasy as she saw that handsome face of his and his perfect eyes staring up at her. Jill then looked over to the woman and didn't say anything but hugged her with a big affectionate squeeze.

"I missed you both so much! Oh jeez! I missed you both!" Jill exclaimed even more loudly. "Carlos…Elaine…What are you guys doing down here; and why do you have that CA-S.T.A.R.S. jacket?" Jill asked them.

Carlos got up from his seat and said, "I'm here on a visit, Elaine here is the part of the California S.T.A.R.S., probably the only band of S.T.A.R.S. that wasn't bought off by Umbrella. She's the real head of security here; there are other S.T.A.R.S. here, but they're at the police department."

Jill looked over to Elaine. They had met in the whole Paris, France espionage in the main facility. She had originally been working for Umbrella but decided that it wasn't right. Her name wasn't Elaine at the time, but Stephani Danelle. So they deleted her entire life and gave her a new one, under the name of Elaine Parker.

"How did you get into the whole S.T.A.R.S. deal, Elaine?" Jill asked her. 'And what is she doing here with Carlos?' Jill said in her mind with much jealousy.

Elaine answered her quickly, "Well, with the life of Elaine Parker I managed to update my history a bit. Saying that I've had field training in the military—which is true except it was under Umbrella—and well they let me in because of my many years of experience."

Beep! Beep! Beep! Elaine's walkie-talkie went off and then in a burst of static came a man's voice. "Parker! There's been a thief in Department 12303—the Sears store. Shoplifter has stolen nearly a thousand dollars worth of merchandise! Bring in backup!" Elaine took her walkie-talkie from its holster and responded to the call with a simple "Roger," and left for the mall.

As soon as she was gone Jill walked over to Carlos and asked him, very sincerely: "Carlos, please answer me truly…as a friend, a good friend: Are you—" she paused for a while, noticing that Carlos was staring at her now. "Are you and Elaine an item?"

"Jill,"

"I—I mean, are you guys seeing each other? Because if you are, then I think I should be going. I don't want to ruin anything for you for having my presence near you. I mean, I'm okay with the fact that if you and her are together, I could live with that. It's not like I really care who you are with—I'm happy for you, I really am—so then,"

Carlos walked up to Jill and pulled her face towards his. Kissing her passionately, tongue to tongue. Jill's body was letting loose of any tension that was building up in her. She was happy that Carlos did this, because if she had gone any further with her little speech she would have began to cry, and that was the last thing she would want to do is cry in front of a man and feed is ego.

'Which I probably did anyway in babbling on and on…'

Jill was finally free of any tension and began to kiss back, and as passionately as she ever could do.

'Jeez, this has never happened to me in such a long time!' she thought, still kissing Carlos madly. Then they finally let go and stared longingly at each other like this would have never happened before.

"Jill," Carlos said, about to explain his actions.

"Carlos, I—Carlos,"

But the truth was that they were both lost of words to say to each other. Jill still felt the sensation of the man on her; she was relieved that he did it first because she would have like a jackass if she didn't know that he felt the same way about her.

The two of them stared at each other, looking deep into each other's eyes—Carlos's dark brown eyes to Jill's sapphire blue eyes. Jill's eyes were locked onto his.

'God, he's hot,' Jill thought, her body suddenly getting hot. She wanted to stroke his hair badly, put her hands on his body, but she had to resist. 'He might've kissed me, but still, I don't know…'

"Ahem, uh, Carlos, I—I think I should be going. Y'know, got lot's of shopping to do today…yeah…shopping." Jill said, moving back a little away from Carlos. She felt—well, she didn't really know how she felt at the moment, maybe just embarrassed and sort of ashamed.

Jill turned around and saw that someone was coming in. Elaine.

"Hi there, Elaine. Gotta go, Elaine. Bye. Got lot's of shopping to do! See ya!" Jill said in a rush as she rushed towards the door and exited the office. Jill ran past the security guard, hearing him yell after her, "Don't worry, Miss, I won't tell Miss Elaine!"

"Bastard!" Jill breathed under her breath, still running down the flights of steps. Jill finally made it to the ground floor and instead of running into the mall; she ran back to her car and drove it home.

"What did I do?" Jill asked herself, a sudden rush of anger washed over her body. She was having mixed feelings at the moment, between men.

"It's what I've been waiting for, but for some reason, my long time's wish wasn't all that…great." She told herself, making a right onto Sherbet Ave.

"Carlos is so sweet, but for some reason…well, Jesus, what the hell am I saying? I love him!" she said, staring out into space. Then her mind trailed off and Carlos wasn't on her mind anymore, but someone else was. That someone had been there for her ever since she had joined the S.T.A.R.S. in Raccoon; that someone had cared for her ever since and probably always will like she will always care for him, always.

"Oh, Chris," she whispered under her breath. "Chris, when are you going to come back?" she asked herself.

When she had finally made it home, she noticed that Billy and Rebecca were back because their car had been parked in the street. Jill walked into the building and up the stairs to her apartment. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her keys, and when she was about to shove the key into its proper place the door swung open.

"Hey, Jill," Rebecca said, opening the door more widely, showing the medium-sized living room. "Billy and I were just getting lunch ready. We're having hot wings today."

"Gee, what a lunch, appetizers." Jill said sarcastically, walking into her apartment. She still felt a bit strange kissing Carlos, had it been because it was her first time in such a long time? Or could it have been because the feelings she has for Carlos really aren't there? She really didn't want to think about it anymore, she just wanted to go to sleep; her shopping day was blown to bits, even her mall days. She wouldn't dare go back to mall, especially because of that security guard that now knows what she did with Carlos in the office.

'Oh get over it already, it was just a kiss,' she was arguing with her self-conscience, and for some reason, her self-conscience would always win the battle. 'A kiss is a kiss. Plus, you kissed him back so don't go torturing yourself! That only means that you have feelings for him and he you! That's a good thing.

'But then there's Chris. Handsome, cute, cuddly, finely chiseled Chris, my Chris. How could I do such a thing to him?'

"Jill? Are you okay? You look a bit ill; do you need me to take a look?" Rebecca said worryingly.

Jill responded feebly, "No, no that's okay, Becca. I think I'll just go and sleep now."

"Sleep?! You can't go to sleep when we have such special guests in the house! Come on! They're only in the California for the week!" Rebecca said, pulling Jill by the arm and dragging her into the apartment itself.

"What are you talking about," Jill said, reluctantly entering the apartment. "What guests? Who's here?" Jill asked, just now noticing that there was someone in the house, but she couldn't see because they were sitting in the couch in front of the TV.

"You mean you don't remember us?" said a man's voice. He said it in a sort of boyish way, which she had recognized right away.

'Oh dear God, it's really him! He's here! He's here! Chris!'

"CHRIS?!" Jill said with both joy and confusion.

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