Here's chapter 4! ^_^
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She Could Be The One
Claire slammed the folders on Tiffany's desk. She slowly looked at Claire. "Uhh... everything alright?"
"No! Everything's not alright!" She sighed. "Sorry about that."
Tiffany shook her head. "Don't worry about it, I know how you feel." She said. "You do?" Claire asked.
She nodded. "Absolutely. I'm on my period too, my mood swings are going bonkers too."
Claire gave her a strange look. "Riiight. Great chattin' with you Tiff. See ya later." She left her office quickly. Ada approached her. "Hey Claire, look, I'm sorry about what happened back there. If I had known you and Leon had plans, I wouldn't have gotten in the way."
"It's fine."
"No, it's not. Leon and I will make it up to you." She said. Claire faced her. "I'm on to you... you may have everybody else fooled, but you don't fool me."
Ada smirked. "We'll see about that."
Claire glared at her while Ada continued smirking. Then Leon went up to them. "You lady's behaving now?" He said as he smiled. Ada giggled. "You know we are." She said. Claire rolled her eyes and walked away.
Leon walked after her. "Hey, you alright?" She nodded and went back to her desk. "I'm fine." Leon was about to say something else until Jill and Chris walked up to them. Chris put his hand on Leon's shoulder.
"Hey, mind if we have a word with Claire?"
He shook his head. "Not at all." He left and went back to Ada.
Jill looked at Claire. "Is everything between you 2 alright?" Claire sighed. She knew she couldn't lie to her brother and sister-in-law, well... she could, but they would always see right through her like an open book.
"Not exactly... I don't want to talk about it right now, I'll tell you guys later."
Later on that night...
Claire was over at Chris and Jill's place.
Jill was in the kitchen making some popcorn while Chris was trying to decide on what dvd they should watch. They decided not to go to the movie theatres. It wouldn't be the same without Leon there.
Claire was sitting on the couch just starring off into space.
Chris sat next to her and waved a hand in front of her face. "Uhh... Claire? You there?" She snapped out of it. "What is it? Picked a movie yet?" She asked. He shook his head. "Nope." She sighed.
"Alright, tell your big brother what's wrong."
Jill walked in with a bowl of popcorn in her hands and placed it on the table. She picked up a chair and sat in front of Claire. "Yea, you seem down these days." She said.
"It wouldn't have to do anything with... Leon seeing Ada, would it?"
Claire lowered her head a little. "So that really is what's been buggin' you." Chris said. Claire slowly nodded.
"Is it because... your jealous?" Jill asked.
Claire quickly looked up with a blush on her face and shook her head fast. "What! No! Of course not!" Chris laughed at how quickly his sister defended herself. "It's okay if you are jealous."
"But... I have a boyfriend... I'm not supposed to be jealous... I'm supposed to be happy for them. I would if I trusted her, but I don't."
Jill nodded. "I know how you feel, I don't trust her either."
"You don't?" Claire asked. She shook her head. "Nope, I don't. Something about her just doesn't sit well with me."
Chris nodded. "I'm with you both on that one."
Claire smiled a little. "Steve says I'm just being paranoid. But, I sort of... want to do a background check on her."
"Hmm... sounds interesting." Jill said. Chris shrugged. "I don't know... maybe Steve is right." Claire glared at him and he stayed shut.
Meanwhile...
Ada and Leon were on their date at the restaurant.
He smiled at her. "You look very beautiful in that red dress, Claire." She looked up from the menu and looked at him. "What was that?"
Leon blushed and stuttered. "U-uh... I said that you looked beautiful! In that dress! Ada!"
"Thank you? But... why were you shouting? Are you alright?" She asked with concern. He nodded and drank some water. "C-course I'm fine"
'Why did I say Claire...? I can't help but think about her at the moment, when I'm supposed to be thinking about Ada and our date...'
Ada snapped her fingers in front of Leon's face to get his attention. "Y-yes?" He said, disrupted from his thoughts. She folded her arms. "The waiter has been waiting for you to order." He scratched his head and smiled sheepishly. "Oh, sorry."
They both ordered and the waiter went back.
"Leon, are you sure your alright? You seem distracted..."
He gave her a sincere smile. "I'm fine, I promise."
Claire got out her phone.
"Who are you gonna call?" Chris asked.
"Rebecca."
She started dialing her number and Rebecca picked up. "Hello? This is Rebecca speaking."
"Hey Becks, it's me, Claire. Say, I know it's late and all, but can you do me a favor?" She asked.
"Of course. What do you need me to do?" Rebecca asked.
"Can you do a background check on Ada Wong?"
Rebecca thought for a moment.
'Ada Wong... that name sounds so familiar...'
"Becks, you there?"
"Oh, yes, I'm here. Sure thing. I'll get to it first thing in the morning."
Claire smiled. "Thank you Rebecca."
They both hung up.
After dinner, Leon drove Ada home. He still couldn't stop thinking about Claire. He felt kinda guilty for blowing her off.
He took Ada up to her apartment. "I had a really fun time tonight." She said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Me too." Leon put his hands on her waist and they kissed.
"Do you wanna come inside?" She asked.
"As much as I'd love to... I have to be somewhere else right now." He said. "I'm sorry." She nodded. "It's alright. I understand. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. I'll see you on Monday." She gave him a peck on the lips and went inside.
Leon went back to his car and drove over to the market and bought a tub of vanilla icecream, Claire's favorite. He then drove over to her place and knocked on her door.
Claire was sitting on her couch alone flipping through the channels. Steve wasn't home. He was working in another town.
She got up when she heard knocking on her door. She opened the door and saw Leon standing there in his tux and a tub of icecream.
Claire smiled at him. "Aren't you at the wrong place? Last time I checked, this was my place not Ada's, so if your lookin' to have sex, then you've got the wrong girl and place."
He laughed. "Baby, don't turn me down like that. You know I can't resist you, sweetheart." Claire blushed a little and stepped aside so he could come in.
"So what are you doing here?" She couldn't help but ask.
Leon got two spoons from her kitchen and sat down on the couch with the icecream. "Well, there's this silly tradition where good friends get together and watch a movie on Friday nights."
Claire sat next to him. "I'm glad you came."
He hugged her. "Me too. I'm sorry about blowing you off today. I guess I felt guilty about it and left Ada to come here." They both started eating icecream. "Aww, you missed a chance to get laid, to be with me?"
"What do you mean I missed my chance?" He said as he put the icecream aside. "I'm still gettin' laid tonight." Leon whispered as he jumped on top of Claire. "Hey! Get off me!" She said as she blushed.
"Like I said, I can't resist you." He said making kissing sounds at her.
They laughed again. He got off of her. As soon as he got off, Claire had missed having him on top of her like that. She got up and went to the kitchen and got a bottle of vodka and two glasses.
"Feel free to join me Kennedy."
He got the glass and poured the drink in both glasses and they started to drink up.
"Do you love Ada?" Claire randomly asked as she took another shot. The question threw Leon off guard. "Uhh... not yet." He said as he too took another shot.
They started asking eachother personal questions and kept drinking until they were. Then somehow they went from asking questions to playing truth or dare. Claire was giggling uncontrollably.
Leon got in front of her.
"I... dare... you... to... kiss me."
She blushed. "Allllrrriiight."
They both leaned in slowly and kissed.
But little did they know the consequences that would come out from one little "innocent" night.
~ End Of Chapter. 4
Uh-oh! What did Leon and Claire get themselves into? :O