Thanks for the reviews. Still own nothing, here is chapter 4

Ada, still smiling from Leon's kiss, leaves the table and goes over to the couch. As she relaxes on it she flips on the giant tv and flips to the soaps. After a minute Claire, not taking an eye off of her, gets up and walks over to the arm chair next to the couch. The two spend the next half an hour watching the worst of daytime tv.

"Can I ask you something?" Claire asks. After Ada simply shrugs in reply she continues, "Why did you stay with Leon? From what I've heard, your usually gone every time he turns his back. Are you that scared of Wesker, or were you too worn out from the Earth shattering, mind blowing sex?"

Ada is rather caught off guard by her choice of words, "'Earth shattering, mind blowing'?" she laughs. Then she understands, "Oh, you speak from experience."

Claire allows herself to smile, partly from the memory and partly from the small edge she has gotten in the conversation, before answering, "Yeah. Just once. After we escaped we traveled for a bit together before we went our separate ways. One night when Sherry was asleep, and we were just so happy to be alive...well something broke."

Ada did not know what to say to that. She wasn't particularly surprised, given the circumstances, the two had celebrated life together. Hell sex was the greatest form of celebration she knew of. Ada was a little jealous, she should have been the one 'celebrating' with Leon after Raccoon. But that wasn't all, something else bothered her. It's obvious they're friends (close friends from what I can see). Leon's great in bed and I'd be surprised if Claire wasn't. They have the same goals, ethics, and probably background to some extent. So why... "Why only once?" she finally asks.

Claire's grin vanishes and her expression becomes somber. She really didn't owe the woman an explanation, but then again Ada didn't owe her one either, and she was the one who started this, "We make better friends than lovers I guess. After we split up I didn't see him in the flesh again for a few years, but we did keep in touch. After that whenever we met we just naturally acted like friends, not as ex's. I'm kinda happy with my relationship with him actually."

"You care about him don't you?" Ada asks.

"Of course. He's Leon, my second hero," Claire answers. Chris obviously is her first.

"So do I. I don't want him to get hurt. Never have," she tells her.

Time passes in silence for a while, only the sounds in the room come from the tv.

"Ada, you never answered my question." Claire says, breaking the silence.

"A little of column A, and definitely all of column B!" she finally answers.

The two share a loud and relaxing laugh, and Claire joins Ada on the couch. The two talk some more, watch tv, and order Chinese food as they wait. Eventually Claire's cellphone rings, "Hello?" she answers.

"Clair?" Leon asks on the other end.

"Leon, speak of the devil," Claire answers.

"What...never mind, Chris and I are on our way, we all have to get out of town," he explains.

"Whats wrong, what happened?" Claire asks standing up.

"Wesker sent another of his pet monsters after us, a bad one. We were able to take it out, but its only going to be a matter of time before it puts itself back together. And Claire...," he says.

"What? Are one of you hurt?" she asks.

"No. I don't know a better way telling you this. The thing that attacked us, Chris thinks that it used to be Steve Burnside," he tells her.

Claire's expression blanks. She hangs up her phone and just stands there. "Are they okay?" Ada asks worried.

"Yeah, they're fine," Claire answers as tears slowly start to roll down her face.

Ada gets to her feet and takes Claire by her shoulders, "Claire. Claire! Claire honey whats wrong?" she asks.

"Steve...," is all she can answer.

TBC, please review.