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She Could Be The One

"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.

The next morning...

Steve was driving. He was on his way home. He decided to leave early and surprise Claire. On the seat next to him were a bouquet of roses and a small box. 'I can't wait to ask her.' He smiled.

Once he got there, he parked the car and got his stuff. He went up and got his keys. "I wonder if she's awake right now." Once he got his keys he opened the door and went in. Steve went upstairs to see if she was sleeping. He didn't find her in bed.

Then he went to the living room and what he saw surprised him.

On the couch, was Claire, HIS Claire sleeping in the arms of Leon. Under a blanket, naked.

He slowly shook his head. "N-no... She couldn't have... She wouldn't..." But the evidence was right there in front of him. Steve threw the roses on the floor and left as fast as he could.

Leon woke up a few minutes later.

"Ugh... my head." He looked to the side and saw the empty bottle of Vodka and two glasses. He felt something move around a bit in his arms and he looked down and saw Claire sleeping peacefully in his arms... naked along with him.

Then it hit him.

"Oh no... please tell me we didn't sleep together..." He got off the couch carefully, to not wake up Claire. "I don't remember ever doing that with her. If I'm lucky, she won't remember that either." He got his clothes and got dressed.

Then he went upstairs to Claire's room and got her some clothes and changed her. He didn't want to leave her like that.

Leon left a note and left. He got in his car. He put both his hands on the steering wheel and leaned his forehead on his hands. "What... have we done..."

Claire woke up. She rubbed her eyes a bit then looked around. Then she remembered. "Leon! Oh no! I must've fallen asleep on him." She saw a note on the table in front of her. She picked it up and read it.

Had a great time last night Claire. I'm glad I hung out with you, even after you fell asleep on me, heheh.

Anyway, I'll see ya at work later Ms. Hang Over.

- Leon

Claire put the note back down. "We got so drunk last night. I hope we didn't do anything. Well, I'm fully dressed, so I'm guessing nothing happened. She saw a bouquet of roses on the floor. She picked them up.

"Where on earth did these come from?" She asked herself.

"Oh, right, I can't remember anything from last night. Who knows how these got here last night." Claire went upstairs and took a shower. Then she got changed and took an advil for the throbbing head ache she had. "I'm never drinking that much EVER!"

Claire decided to walk to work instead. She put some sunglasses on so her collegues wouldn't notice that she's hung over. She went up and quickly went to her desk before anyone could say anything to her.

Leon saw her come in and frowned a little. 'I wonder if she remembers anything...' Then Ada went up to him and hugged him from behind. "Hey there."

He turned around and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Hey, glad to see you." She smiled at him. "Me too." Ada noticed he seemed... rather different. And not in a good way. "You alright?"

He faked a smile. "Yea, I'm okay."

She knew that smile plastered on his face was fake, but she decided not to say anything and went back to work. Leon took a coffee cup and went up to Claire's desk. She looked up at him and smiled slightly. "Hey Leon."

He placed the cup in front of her and she thanked him. "I'm sorry for falling asleep on you last night. I didn't realize I had that much to drink." Leon shook his head. "It's fine. I fell asleep too." She nodded. "Umm... I didn't try anything on you did I?"

Leon blushed and was hesistant to tell her. 'Should I tell her and risk ruining our friendship? Or should I pretend it never happened?'

Claire noticed he was starring off into space. "Leon? You alright?" He snapped out of it. "Y-yea I'm fine. That hang over." He laughed it off.

"So, did we or didn't we do anything last night?" She asked again.

He shook his head. "Not that I remember." He said. Which was both the truth and a lie. He knew what they had done, he just didn't remember any of it.

She smiled and nodded. "Alright, good. Last thing I need right now is finding out we had a one-night stand or something like that." She chuckled. Leon tensed up a bit and pretended to laught with her. "Yeah, same here."

He went back to his desk. 'Why do I have a feeling I'm gonna regrett not telling her?' He sat down. 'I wish I could remember. Hmm... I slept with Claire Redfield.' He smirked at that thought. 'Woah... wait, what am I thinking! I'm not supposed to be aroused by those kind of thoughts of my best friend! So why am I...?'

Right now Leon was in war with his mind, his heart, and... his pants.

Jill walked up to Claire and greeted her. "Good morning Claire." She noticed she was wearing sunglasses. "Uhh... it's not that sunny ya know." She said. Chris walked up to them. "I agree. Was it Steve? Did he hit you? You tell me and I'll tear him apart." He said protectively.

Claire chuckled. "Down boy. Steve's out of town. He won't come back till next week. I'm wearing these because..." She took them off. Jill and Chris gasped. They hadn't seen Claire get a hang over in years since she never had more than 2 glasses of alcohol after high school.

Jill placed her hand on her hip. "What was this about?"

Claire scratched her head. "Well, you see... after I left your place, I went home. Then Leon came with icecream and we started watching movies and talking. Then I broke out the vodka... I think we all know where I'm going with this..." She said.

Jill gasped. "Claire... did you and Leon... ya know. You know how in movies when friends get carried away with the drinking, and then they accidently..." Chris clenched his fists. "If you two did what I think you two did, both of you are so dead!"

Claire shook her head. "We didn't have sex."

"How can you be so sure?" Jill asked her. "Well, when I woke up, I was fully clothed and everything. And Leon was gone. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have left if we had. He's not that kind of guy. Besides, he has a girlfriend."

"Alcohol makes you do crazy things... you should know that better than anyone..." Chris said.

Claire lowered her head knowing exactly what he was talking about. Jill looked at them both. "Is there something I don't know?" She asked. Claire looked at her. "I promise I'll tell you later at lunch." She nodded.

Later on that day...

Leon was focusing on his work until Ada came. "Hey, i thought we could go out and have lunch. What do you think?"

He smiled. "I'd love to, but I'm so busy right now. I can't." She looked at him with a worried expression. "Aren't you gonna eat?" She asked him. Leon put his hands behind his head. "Nah, besides. I'm not hungry. I'll be fine. I promise. Go on ahead."

"Fine." She kissed him. "I'll see you later." Ada left. Leon looked back and saw Claire signing some papers. He wanted to go up to her and see if she was okay. He blushed and looked away.

Then he saw Jill go up to her, it seemed like she had invited her to lunch since Claire left with her. He was alone now. Everyone else was at lunch. Except for Chris. He was there doing work as well.

Jill took Claire to a cafe near by. They both sat down at a table. "Have you spoken to Leon about the situation?" Jill asked as they were looking through the menu. She nodded. "Yea. I even asked him if anything went on. He said no. But I think we're cool. Nothing happened."

She nodded. "Sooo... what was with you and Chris earlier?"

Claire put the menu down. "You know how after our parents died, I got in the wrong crowd right?" Jill nodded. "I experimented with drugs, I drank alot. I swear if it wasn't for Leon, I'd be dead by now with all the crazy things I did.

But... there's something about those days no one else knows besides me, Chris, and Leon."

Jill gave her a confused look. "What do you mean? What did you do?"

"Well, when Chris came home from the Air Force after mom and dad died, I was very rebellious. I didn't do anything he told me to do. One of those things were going to a friend's party. Leon and I were invited. I snuck out. That night... I had a little too much to drink and a couple of guys took advantage of me."

Jill's eyes widened in surprise. "You were raped?" She asked in horror. Claire nodded. "Even till this day, Leon blames himself for not watching over me. But it didn't end there. About a month later, I found out I was pregnant."

She couldn't believe what Claire was telling her. "W-what happened? Did you get an abor- an abortion?" Claire shook her head. "No. I gave the baby up for adoption. I couldn't keep the baby. I was only 16 in high school, I was a very troubled teen, messed up after I lost my parents.

When I told Chris, he agreed an adoption was the best option. Leon helped me get through it. I didn't want to give up the baby."

Tears started forming in her eyes. "Even though I didn't know her, I loved her so much."

"It was a girl?" Jill asked. Claire nodded. "Who was the father?" Jill couldn't help but ask. "Erik Hatcher. The jock in school. Chris wanted to blow his brains out after he found out what he did to me."

"Does he know that he got you pregnant?"

"Yea. It was no secret. The whole school knew. But he didn't care. He went on like nothing happened. Like I didn't exist." Jill was furious now. "That bastard!" She hugged her. "Claire, I'm so sorry that you had to go through that."

She smiled a bit. "Thanks Jill."

"Does Steve know?" Claire shook her head. "No he doesn't. Please don't tell him." Jill nodded. "Don't worry. I won't."

Meanwhile...

Steve was in a bar. The bartender went up to him. "Alright kid, what's the story? You've been here all morning and afternoon moping around."

"This morning... I found the woman I love, in the arms of another... they slept together."

The bartender put a hand on his shoulder. "That's gotta be tough, I'm sorry kid." He said. Steve took the small box out of his pocket and put it on the table. "I was gonna propose tonight..."

The bartender looked at him with pity. "I'm really sorry. You should talk to her."

"Oh, I will."

~ End Of Chapter. 5

Prepare to see a darker side of Steve in the next chapter. 3

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