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-Auxilya

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Next To Nothing : Chapter 4

Jill sat in her room and on her bed watching the summer rain pelt on her window lightly. It's been maybe a week and a half since the incident and she hadn't talked to him ever since. She avoided him like the plague, ignoring all the looks he sent her way when they would occasionally make eye contact. 'Who cares anyways, I know he doesn't.'

The sudden shrill tone of the land line sent Jill off her bed – and onto the hardwood floor. Immediately she looked around for the phone muttering curse words to herself. 'I knew I wouldn't get away with pushing him to the floor without it ever happening to me.'

As it kept ringing, Jill looked in every direction from her view on the floor. To her dismay, it was no where in sight. 'I don't want to go out there to answer it...' The ringing stopped and she sighed in relief.

Knock. Knock.

Her anxiety elevated when the sudden knock on the door came.

Jill got up hesitantly to open the door, her heart started to pound against her eardrum.'Don't open it! Don't open it!' She repeated those words in her head as she held clutched the doorknob.

'I opened it.' Jill thought deflatedly as the face of the man she had been avoiding for almost two weeks came into view.

"Carlos is on the phone." Chris said as he half stepped into her room. His voice was a low grumble and he stared at her with a look she couldn't quite explain.

"Thanks." She grabbed the phone from his hand and pushed the door, hoping he'd go away. 'Shit..'

Chris had put a hand on the door, preventing her from closing it. Fully stepping in, he shut it and continued to stare at her with his arms crossed.

"Hello?" Her voice shook as she put the receiver to her ear. Just being near him made he feel nervous. His very presence intimidated her and she felt like crawling under her bedsheets.

"Hey Jill!" Carlos said excitedly through the other line. "How are you?"

"I'm good, just bored out of my mind." As she spoke, her eyes wandered around her room, trying to avoid his gaze. But it wasn't working. Chills were crawling up and down her skin remembering the things he did to her; the feel of his body against hers when he-

Snapping out of her reverie, she exhaled deeply, "What about you?" She closed her eyes, erasing the memory for the time being.

Giving out a nervous laugh, Carlos continued, "Nothing ...Well, the real reason why I called was to ask if you would like to go out for a coffee or something." There was a lot of hope in his voice and Jill pursed her lips thinking if she should just reject him. She didn't really feel like going out at the moment.

"Well..." She hesitated, unsure of what to say.

"If this has something to do with Chris kicking me out that one time-"

"Okay I'll go." Her answer came out so sudden that it even surprised her. She really didn't want him to find out or even remind her. "Where to?" Grabbing a pen and paper she wrote down the information he was giving her.

Meanwhile, Chris stood there with a scowl on his face. He wasn't stupid - he knew what was going on. That Carlos Oliveira was getting on his nerves and he felt like busting his face in until his facial features weren't recognizable anymore. 'You're losing her Redfield. You better get your act together.' His conscience scolded him and he bit the inside of his cheek; contemplating on whether or not he should tear the phone from her hands and kiss her senselessly all the while expressing his feelings for her, or just let her go on with it and be happy.

'Whatever. ' He exited her room soundlessly and went towards the kitchen to grab something to eat. He wasn't brave enough to tell her that he loved her. No way in hell was he going to do that. He didn't know why, maybe it was his pride that was stopping him or maybe he was too scared to even utter the word love in front of her.

Chris glared at the muffin in his hand.

'Fuck..'

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Jill put the phone down and took the time to get her heartbeat back to normal. Inhaling and exhaling deeply she proceeded out the door with her towel in hand. When she turned the corner, she was surprised to see Chris leaning against the door of the bathroom. Biting the corner of her lower lip, she turned her heal and intended to get away but he grabbed her wrist.

"I need to talk to you." He pulled her roughly but gently pushed her between him and the wall.

"What is it?" She turned her head to the side avoiding eye contact. Her face was probably as red as a tomato but that was the last thing on her mind. Her first priority at the moment was to get away from him. "I don't have a lot of time."

"You have no idea how you make me feel..." Chris put a hand on her cheek, making her face him. He leaned forward, unsure if he should go through with it.

The proximity of their faces were closing in fast and Jill prepared herself. Deep down she actually wanted him to kiss her. Many nights she'd dream about what his lips would feel like against hers during their hot and heavy moments. Her heartbeat once again picked up it's pace seeing that they were so close. She could practically see herself through the reflection of his eyes.

Chris trailed his hands up her arms and stopped at her shoulders. He softly pushed himself away from her. 'I knew I couldn't fucking do it.' At the last moment he just had to back down. He saw the disappointment in her eyes as she shook her head at him and entered the bathroom. She probably thought he was hopeless and she was right.

"Damn!" Slamming a fist into the wall he hung his head in shame as regret washed over him. Jill Valentine was slowly slipping away from him because he was too scared and selfish. 'Get over yourself Redfield! You'll lose her in no time if this keeps up.' Taking a deep breath, he straightened up and a plan formulated in his head.

Today he was going to take action and tell Jill how he felt.

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Holy shizza...Sorry for the long update. *bangs head on keyboard*

I won't even give you any excuses coz I know it's unacceptable.

I promise this is the first and only time I take almost a month to update a chapter

And I sorta half assed this chapter and yeah... I'll make up for it in the next one

-Auxilya