Chapter 2

Chris sped the entire way to the county Hospital, he didn't even want to think about going under fifty miles per hour. He was worried for his little sister; the only family that he had left. He looked up at the rearview mirror and saw Leon craddleing Claire's head in his lap, stroking her hair softly.

Chris felt a prang of hatred towards the former R.P.D. Rookie. But it slowly passed as he saw the worried look in Leon's eyes. Chris adverted his eyes back to the road and sighed. he wondered if Leon had feelings for Claire that were beyond just friendship, he also wondered if Claire had the same feelings for Leon.

Chris sighed and finally pulled up to the Emergency entrance to the Hospital. He was amazed to see Leon already out of the car carrying Claire though the automatic doors. Chris squinted and went off to find a decent parking place.

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Before Claire had been checked in, she woke up and had to be forced down by both Leon and Chris. She could have left on her own, but she then got it through her head to stay after the third round of vomiting in a basin. So, Claire stayed in her little cold white room and started to watch tv.

Leon and Chris sat next to Claire, pretending to watch the tv while they actually watched her from the corner of their eyes. She groaned loudly and looked over at her Brother.

"Chris..." she mumbled. He sat up straight and moved in closer to her.

"Yeah?"

"Can I have a cup of water?"

"No water." said a voice from the door frame. They all looked up and saw the very meek Rebecca Chambers leaning on the frame.

"You can't have anything right now or it will affect your tests. You can't even eat." Claire sighed and tried to talk back.

"Hey, after you tests you can have as much water as you want." replied Leon. Claire rolled her eyes and lightly hit him on the arm.

"Jerk..."

"Hey now, don't use such harsh words." Leon chuckled and lightly tapped Claire on the shoulder.

"Oh Claire, they're gonna take a blood sample next." said Rebecca cooly. Claire jolted up and started to move back on her bed.

"W-what... why? Couldn't they just have a pee sample or something. I don't t think that a blood test is necessary!" Claire started to feel sick again, so she sank back into the bed.

Rebecca stared at her and sighed. "No, we need a blood sample Claire. A urine sample isn't needed... Anyway, someone form the lab should be coming to collect it soon enough." Rebecca turned around and walked out of the room.

Claire looked even paler after Rebecca's visit. Chris patted his sister's shoulder and smiled. "It'll be ok Claire, it's not you haven't had a needle poked into you before."

Leon smiled and nodded. "Yeah it'll be ok" he grabbed Claire's hand and gently and stroked his thumb across it. "We'll be right here for ya when it happens."

Claire coughed violently once more and gripped onto his hand. "Thanks Leon, that means a lot to me."

There was a knock at the door and a young man wearing scrubs entered. "Hi I'm Michael, I'll be taking of a sample of your blood today..."

Claire squeezed Leon's hand tightly and nodded. She then looked over at Leon horrified and then frowned.

"Don't worry Claire, we'll be right here." Leon nodded his head towards Chris and smiled.

"Ready Miss?" asked Michael as he opened his kit and grabbed a pair of sterile gloves.

Claire shut her eyes and nodded slowly. "Yeah..."

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After a half hour of pinning Claire down on the bed so Michael could get the sample, Chris went out to go get a drink for him and Leon. So that left Leon and Claire alone in the room together.

Leon winced and sighed after he touched his nose slightly. It was still extremely sore from him running into the door frame. Claire blushed and looked away after she remember how that happened to him. And then her coughing that reviled one of her breasts to him.

Her face grew redder from her embarrassment. Leon looked at her and frowned, he then placed his hand on her forehead. "Hey why's your face so red Claire? Are you ok?"

Claire nodded quickly and turned her face away from him. "I-I'm fine Leon, I just feel a little warm right now..."

He turned her face to look at him and sighed. "Are you feeling worse Claire, do you want me to get a Nurse?" his eyes burned into hers and she looked away once again.

"I'm fine, it's probably this stupid scratchy blanket." her fingers grazed across the light blue material.

"Do you want me to take it off of you?" asked Leon.

Claire shook her head quickly and coughed out, "No! It's fine!" she placed a fake smile across her face. Leon nodded and turned his attention back to the television, but he made sure that he could watch her out of the corner of his eye.

Claire calmed down a bit and started to stare at the door, waiting for her brother to return. The seconds felt like minutes, and the minutes felt like hours as she waited for Chris. She kept glancing at Leon every few minutes, seeing that his eyes were glued to the tv. Or so she thought.

When Chris finally returned he handed Leon a drink and sat himself down in his chair. Chris opened his bottle of soda and took a quick sip.

"So anything happen while I was gone?" Chris arched his eyebrow and looked at the two. They both shook their heads and turned their gaze to Chris.

"No, but did anything happen to you? You took forever." stated Claire, "I coulda died and you wouldn't have even known!" she crossed her arms and looked at Leon.

Chris sat there staring at his sister, he then began to laugh loudly. "So you would have died from the," he looked at his watch, "seven minutes I was gone? Whatever." he laughed more and took another sip from his drink.

Leon chuckled under his breath and looked over at her. "Don't worry, they would have recessitated you if anything happened." he smiled and opened his drink. "If not, then I would have."

Leon regretted what he had just said. He looked at Claire wide-eyed and then shifted his glance to Chris. He saw Chris's jaw clenched and he began to grow red with anger.

Leon stiffened his back and laughed nervously. "I meant that I would use the defibrillator on her... I wouldn't give her mouth to mouth." he stood up and walked to the door.

"I'm just gonna go get some air now... I'll be back" he hightailed it out and made his way to the waiting room quickly.

A/N: Sorry for the super late update! D: I've been sick and I had a case of writers block again. Plus I got some immature reviews from a few people about how Leon seemed like he was going to rape Claire in the last chapter. Well I know someone who's been raped, and that was really not cool to say at all. That was completely unnecessary to even write. Near kissing someone in their sleep wouldn't lead to raping. That's just sick to even bring that up. Please don't ever give me another disgusting review like that EVER again. And don't try to say that I'm a fan of LeonAda or SteveClaire, that just makes me laugh from your stupidity. I'm a Cleon fan all the way.

I will be posting another chapter after this because I've thought of more things to write. Since classes have started again, I haven't had as much free time as I did. I do hope to update soon. I know that I need to update EIN, it's just since the new Degeneration trailers, I haven't had much inspiration to write more. But don't worry, I will sometime soon!!

Thanks for the reviews, (except the flames) I really appreciate them. :D