Chapter Five

I'm so sorry! I was supposed to have chapter five up earlier today but I got lost in Lightning Returns. Anyways, thank you all again. Your reviews are like fuel! It makes me want to write some more! By the way, I'm Canadian and really have no clue about how American schooling works so I've been sort of winging it… That's your interesting fact of the day.

Disclaimer: I do not own Resident Evil. At all.

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Each drop that fell from the sky showed no sign of the rain ending. Outside her water soaked window were flashes of lightning, flashing every five or minutes. And lastly, there was the thunder. It roared as if the gods who sat in sky were angry and used every inch of them to let the whole world hear it. Helena sat with her knees up to her chest, letting another rainy day slide by. Raccoon City was much more depressing when it rained. Even though she admitted to liking it, that was a big mistake.

"So, I was right? You were friend zoned… only officially this time." Sherry shook her head, "Why do boys have to be so nonsensical?"

"Maybe it's me, maybe I'm just not that attractive enough. Compared to Claire and Ashley, I'm nothing but a kid with a low self-esteem."

Sherry frowned, "No way, you're not a kid. Leon is a kid and if you would let me tell him your feelings…" She adjusted on the bed, hitting a button on her phone that sent an unknown call out, "If you just say 'I'm completely head over heels for you, please go out with me' then he would definitely be yours. I see a spark, you know? I've never seen him get so nervous around a girl like he does with you."

"Maybe I make him uncomfortable… I wish I didn't have all these feelings, they make me want to cry."

"Hey, you live and you learn. Go on and tell him. The only thing that could happen is he rejects you."

"But I still want to be his friend… I really prefer being his friend then nothing at all. What about you Sherry? Who do you like?" the blonde immediately began to stammer, blushing and holding her smile intact. After a moment of mumbles and stammers she finally regained herself.

"I don't like anyone."

Helena face palmed, shaking her head at her friend who plain out lied to her. Even if Sherry wanted to, she couldn't lie. Anyone could detect it, she was a natural truth teller and it was a good perk for her to have about herself.

"You liar…" Helena pouted. Sherry grabbed her phone, looking at it with wide eyes that could only mean bad news. Helena watched carefully.

"Leon? –OH MY GOD." She hung up and tossed the technology on the carpeted floor, "he heard it all! All of it!" Helena was shocked, everything of her stood still and very small breaths drew and released. Sherry waved her hands in front of her, hoping to gain her attention, "We didn't say any names, right? May-

"There's only one thing we can do Sherry." The glint in her eyes was terrifying, though something playful resided in her too.

"Wh… What's that?"

"We're going to have to kill Leon."

"Helena!"

"I'm kidding! Let's hope a zombie apocalypse comes so I don't have to face him." She seemed relatively calm for someone who might fall over any minute. Sherry looked a little panicked, as if Helena might get mad and not want to be her friend anymore. There was nothing more embarrassing then having to face him tomorrow after school. Unlucky things always seem too happen to her, she just doesn't have any luck with anything at all, "Maybe I can run away and join the circus?"

"No! I refuse to allow you to run. I know I caused this but maybe we can say it was a different Leon, one who just happened to be like him?" She seemed too unsure herself. From the way things are looking, the two of them are in a little bit of a jam.

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"You don't have to hide with me…" Helena began, looking both ways of the hallway and to her locker where it stood empty and clear.

"It's my fault. If I didn't butt dial his number he wouldn't have found out." Sherry felt really bad, it wasn't such a big deal to Helena on the outside but on the inside she was pretty scared of what he might say or do. Being as close to him as she is now is lucky; now that the cat is out of the bag she really has no chance with him at all. What if he laughs at me with all his friends now? What if I'm nothing but a joke?

The two girls slipped to her locker, taking her new binder into the firm grasps of her hands. Helena turned so quickly she ran into the last person she wanted to, maybe seeing Ashley might have been better, and now that he is standing before her with an unreadable expression. So much went off in her head her words became stammers and infused jibbers.

"Hey-

Before he could finish she ran off, leaving him with nothing but her cell phone key chain, resting on the floor, which was a small little zombie. It was cute to begin with but the years of fading seemed sort of sad. If she kept it this long it must have some value. Though he was most confused as to why she avoided him with fear.

"We made it." Sherry sighed, placing her books at the desk at the very back of Mr. Coens room. Helena was glad, that was to close for comfort and if she stayed any longer who knows what he would ask, "Only a couple of months of hiding and he'll never know!"

"Man, that's too long… I can do it to Ashley but to Leon it might be a tad hard." She crossed her arms over her desk, resting her head on top. The bell rung and the door was flooded with students coming into class. Mr. Coen came in late, a big smile on his lips. A lot of the students immediately began to tease him about. He calmed them down immediately and began the new lesson in a better mood then she's ever seen.

"Someone got a new girlfriend." Sherry whispered happily, "He's like the youngest teacher in this school and has been single forever, or so he says." She nodded, looking at the extremely happy teacher. Helena hadn't known him the students here, he was new from the starting of the year and has become an extreme favorite to all though.

After class ended, she rushed to the next one without taking a second glance at anyone. Sherry was there for her even though she and Leon were still friends she avoided him for Helena. That was a really nice friend but unnecessary to do. She was, in a way, losing a friend. Not that the two were really as close as they used to be. But a friend is still a friend.

During next class she couldn't concentrate, so many scenarios went off in her mind of how things could play out with him. Leon could reject her; the two could stop speaking and not have anything to do with each other. Another way could play out where he rejects her and she stays in the friend zone till he graduates. Those were the two worst possible things that could happen. As for the positive side of things they could date and things would be well… The chances of that were pretty low too and his friends had hated her with a passion. Chris and Claire were probably the nicest from the bunch, which was confusing, how could only three people have the only mind to at least be kind to others and not be so stuck up.

"Helena?" Sherry asked, shoving her shoulder to get her out of her daze, "Class is over…"

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"Don't be, I'll meet you at your locker." Sherry needed to get her next binder, leaving beforehand. Helena followed after, carrying herself in her arms as her thoughts continued to rush over her mind like a tsunami.

"My binder…" She turned her back and walked towards the closed door of Mr. Coens room. She turned it once but it was locked. Once again she tried to turn it and suddenly it opened. Helena walked in to see Rebecca Chambers holding Mr. Coens hand. Their fingers locked with each other's as the other smiled. They both jerked their head towards her with an expression that said 'Oh shit.'

"Helena…" Mr. Coen got up,

"I saw nothing… This isn't my business…" She turned and shut the door immediately, walking out to her locker quickly. She couldn't believe what she saw. Isn't that illegal or something? 'If I don't say anything nothing happens. If I do he loses his job and goes to jail. What do I do? I can't erase the thought! He's like twenty four and she's eighteen. Right?' Helena wished that door didn't open. In the end she couldn't grab her binder either. All her efforts just put a heavier weight on her mind.

"Helena!" Rebecca exclaimed, chasing down the hall with a frightened expression. She ignored the short woman, looking at her locker that was dead set in her sights, "Wait! Wait!" she caught up quickly, dragging her to the nearest empty classroom, "You can't tell anyone… okay? This is serious." Her silence made her uneasy; Helena just didn't know what to say to her about the whole situation, "Promise me… Just promise me you won't tell anyone. He really means a lot to me." A million thoughts per second crossed over her mind so much she didn't know what to do.

"I can't promise you this. It's illegal, right?" Helena crossed her arms along her chest, her right hand resting on her shoulder, "I don't know the situation but just know that there will be consequences. I'll keep my mouth shut."

"Thank you so much." She wiped the tears that began to fall, she seemed really tough and from what she's been told Rebecca has great grades and a bright future. Mr. Coen would be losing more than her if they were to be found out.

She sighed as she left the room. Her day keeps getting terrible, horrid if not the right word for her situation. Yet it all falls on her like an avalanche. Things still hadn't come to an end yet there was still three hours of school that she has to deal with. A larger sigh escaped her lips as she slowly turned the lock of her locker. It wouldn't work for her no matter how much she turned the knob. It was impossible, playing hard to open on her.

"Let me…" Leon moved her aside, putting in the correct code, "You changed it."

"How did you know?" she sounded exhausted and tired while her head rolled along to his direction. The color of her eyes seemed unbelievable, the brown orbs she had were lighter than usual and popped unusually. It could be lighting.

"I watched, sorry to say." It went silent, "If you're ignoring me because of the conversation on the phone I didn't hear the name. So whoever you like is still a secret… Even if I did know I wouldn't tell. Your secrets are safe with me." Helena was not in her right mind. She slid down the grey metal lockers, hiding her head with an annoyed sound. For some reason she wished he did know, that he found out by someone else's mouth. Despite the fact he didn't hear the name she was still thankful… He wouldn't hate her or judge her as one of those other girls that drool over him. A lot definitely pushed off her shoulders from this. And now she can go on liking him without having to hide.

"Here… I was going to give this to you earlier but you were avoiding me with your life." He took a seat in front of her, crossing his legs and holding the cute zombie from his forefinger. It dangled, swinging side to side gently. Her eyes peeked out first and when she saw it she held her hand out.

"I didn't even notice it was gone. Thank you so much!" He put it in the palm of her hands, watching her bring it to her phone, "My dad gave this to me when I got my first phone. It means a lot because he said it took him forever to just find the right one." A soft expression played on her features, her eyes were half lidded, the corners of her lips pushed up ever so gently.

"Who do you like?" he finally asked. Helena got silent immediately. Everyone else who chilled in the hall seemed to die down a bit too but no one else heard their conversation. Leon was quiet enough to ask. If she could call for help, she would. The situation got awkward, she opened her mouth to say it but someone nudged her side with their boot.

"Woman." Jake ordered, "Hook me up with your friend."

"Wait, what?"

"Are you stupid? I said hook me up with your friend… Sherry or whatever her name is."

"Why would I do that?"

"Does it really matter why you would? Just get me a date with her." He was so aggressive. Leon looked up at him as if he was a villain or a criminal, "You owe me this, if it wasn't for you fighting I wouldn't have lost what's her face and I wouldn't have had anything to do with you."

"You're a complete asshole and Sherry is nowhere near being mean." Helena glared with an unseen force that Jake seemed to ignore, "What's in it for you?"

"Plans for Friday night and a rumour away from you. Sorry to say but you're not really my type but pretty boy here as an alternative taste." He smirked, looking at Leon as if he were to expose a secret. Leon clenched his hands, tightening his jaw.

"Let's go have a chatter Muller." He grabbed the kid by his shoulder and forced him down the hallway. Sherry came by with her binders secure in her arms.

"Ready for class?" Her smile seemed to lighten the tension that was left in. Helena nodded and immediately began with the news of Leon and later Jake.

"Jake asked you to hook us up?" Her reaction was different, new and definitely cute. Sherry cutely brushed her hair with her hand, twirling some short strands around her fingers. A smile kept in place, her lips pink and plump from chewing on them nervously. The classroom was rambunctious as always when the teacher left, the guys chucking paper balls at girls like they were kids in middle school.

"You like him?" She was surprised, that's for sure, and didn't expect this turn of events. How did such a sweet, pure, innocent woman like her get caught up with an immature asshole like him. It seemed like there was more than just a crush from a far. What was Sherry hiding from her?

"I'm sorry…"

"Believe me when I say this, I couldn't care less on who you like but why him?"

"Last year when I was going home from dance I was stopped by some drunken weirdo. He wouldn't accept my answer no when he asked me to go home with him. Jake was there, he punched him over and walked me the rest of the way home. He is an asshole, I get that, but everyone only knows the side of him that he chooses to show. No matter what you or anyone says he is a good person, he is just not that great at showing it to other people." Sherry really admired him, her crush had been for quite a while and it hadn't faded. It was understandable to Helena, if she was saved by him there would definitely be a change in perspective. Especially from someone who looks like he might murder her any moment.

"Alright, I'll tell him you have a date." A big smile crossed her immediately. Helena felt happy she was able to tell her now. If they dated without telling her she would've been a little upset.

For some reason, her day turned the tables on becoming a better day. She managed to keep herself from over thinking things with Rebecca and Mr. Coen, despite the fact she can't look at him the same anymore, and it also wasn't her spot to tell anyone anything so she would have to let it lie down in the ground. As for Leon, she hadn't seen him at all after what Jake has said. Whatever was going on between them definitely involved Helena and that was the nee thing occupying her mind.

The rain still poured as if it just started, the roads had become puddles and the sidewalks were just soaked from the bottom and up. It was unbelievable how much it could rain and not stop. The wind seemed to remain at bay for most of the rainy days and just created fog and mist. And the thunder and lightning only gave it a horrible feeling. No one could see a foot a head in the fog that remained outside the school and to some of the students this terrified them. As if this was some sort of plague, students had been praying it be over soon. Honestly, to Helena, there was nothing scary about what was going on outside. Everything was natural and part of nature, if a tsunami hit, which had a zero percent chance, it'd be nothing but a part of nature.

"You're not scared?" Leon asked as he entered the empty classroom at lunch. Helena remained .in the dark, which was lit up by slightly by the grey atmosphere of outside.

"What's there to be afraid of? I know the sun will shine again." Her eyes kept to the empty abyss of the fog. In a way, it was very beautiful. The garbage on the ground couldn't be seen, the smog factories had created was nothing since the fog filled the ground and up.

"That's a good way to think of it. It makes me feel cluttered. I think may be a little claustrophobic though."

"It is thick, I wonder if anyone's actually trying to drive through this." She opened the window, slightly pulling up on the small knobs on each side of the black framed glass. Once it opened a gust of soft wind breezed through, "Still feel cluttered?" His expression became very serious once again. Leon clasped his hands together as he leaned against the window. His eyes darted into the grey mist while he kept a firm position. It felt like he might propose to her or something, not that she wouldn't mind…

"I'm sorry to ask but do you like me, Helena?"

Her lips parted immediately, the slightest gasp emitting from her. Leon finally took the courage to look her in the eyes. There was nothing but seriousness. She was completely speechless.

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Ohhhh my gosh. Was this bad? Did I leave a cliff hanger? (: Sorry.

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