Hey everyone! ^_^ Sorry for uploading this chapter so late, but I needed to type it up. And I'm so glad you all liked this! Ooo, and I have a little surprise for you all after you read so, enjoy!:D
It's been two months since Leon became Ashley's bodyguard, and nothing out of the ordinary has happened yet. Right now he was just waiting for her to get dressed so he could drive her to school.
"Ashley! Come on let's go! You've been in there for almost an hour!"
"I'm almost done; I just need to put on my shoes!"
Leon kept impatiently waiting for another ten minutes before he just couldn't wait any longer. He counted to three, and opened her bedroom door.
"Ashley come on let's g…" He stopped in the middle of his sentence, trying to register what he had just walked in on: Ashley, wearing nothing but a black lacy bra, and matching underwear. They both stood there, unsure of what to do, Leon's eyes never leaving her body. Ashley had the perfect figure; a well toned stomach, thin legs, and plump, round breasts that looked like they could spill out of her push-up bra at any moment.
Dude, stop staring at her boobs.
This caused him to look away immediately. "Um… sorry…" He turned around and left the room in record time.
What the hell did I just do?
You walked in on a naked woman.
Yes, thank you for stating the obvious. I meant the not looking away part. What was I thinking?
Well, neither of you expected that, you were both in shock.
No, I could have looked away, I should have looked away…
Let me ask you this: did she try and cover herself up?
No… she just stood there looking horrified.
Exactly, she was in shock and so were you. Either that or she wants you.
Before Leon could reply to Himself, Ashley walked out of her bedroom, full dressed. She was wearing a red colored, long sleeved sweatshirt, skinny jeans, and a pair of brown, suede boots, similar to the ones she wore in Spain. In Leon's opinion, she looked a little more covered up than usual, but he couldn't blame her after what had just happened.
He turned and walked towards the stairs, Ashley reluctantly in tow, neither of them saying a word to each other. The car ride to her college was short and silent, fortunately. Ashley stepped out of the car without saying a word.
Leon cleared his throat. "Um… I'll pick you up at four." He said, not looking her in the eyes. "Or would you rather me send someone else, instead?"
"Uh… no… it's fine. You can pick me up."
"Okay, well I'll see you later then."
And with that, he drove off.
"HE SAW YOU NAKED?"
"Well… I wasn't naked; I had my bra and panties on…"
"What's the difference?"
"Well what's the difference between underwear and a bikini?"
"Mmm… good point."
Ashley was talking to her friend Violet; they've been friends since the 8th grade.
"So Vi, what do you think I should do? He's picking me up from school in-" The presidents daughter was interrupted by the final bell ringing. "Well, now!"
"Just act like it didn't happen! What could go wrong?"
"You realize every time someone says that, something always goes wrong, right?" her friend laughed. "Well, I gotta go, Leon's probably waiting." She turned to leave but was stopped by Violet.
"What?"
"Call me tonight and tell me everything that happens!"
Ashley half gasped, and half laughed. "Violet!"
"What?" She laughed innocently.
The blonde laughed too. "Okay, now I seriously have to go!"
"Okay, but Ashley!" Said girl turned around. "I was being serious when I said to call me!"
"BYE!" She laughed once more, and left the school.
As soon as she opened the doors, she spotted Leon's car. She hopped in and set her bag down.
"So how was school?" Leon asked and Ashley gave him an odd look.
"What?"
"Since when are you interested in what I do at school?" She asked while she put her seatbelt on.
"Well, I don't know," He started driving. "When are you so modest?" They both froze and Leon nearly stopped the car. "Uh… I-I didn't mean…"
Ashley sighed, thinking about what Violet had said earlier. "C-Can we just act like this morning never happened?" She asked tentatively.
Her bodyguard chuckled. "Fine by me."
"Great, so where are we going? Our turn was back there."
"I need to pick up some groceries for my apartment."
Ashley had to stop herself from laughing. "Seriously? The great 'Leon Scott Kennedy' goes grocery shopping?"
"Well, yeah, I'm just a normal person."
"If by normal you mean 'super-badass-undercover-agent-that-shoots-zombie's-heads-off-as-a-pass-time' then yes. You are this so called 'normal'" He flashed a smile of perfectly white teeth at her.
"You think I'm badass?"
She couldn't stop herself from flushing a deep crimson. "Well… I… uh…" He just gave her a sly grin and kept driving. Oh yeah, he was totally going to use this against her later.
When they got to the grocery store, Leon got most of the items on his grocery list (which Ashley had another laugh at). He just needed to pick up one more thing, and then they could go.
"Ooo, look at this!" Ashley exclaimed as she picked up a container of yogurt. "Leon, have you ever had this stuff before?"
"Uh… no…?"
"Well you have to try it! It's soooo good! Ooo and this! And this! And OH MY GOSH I didn't even know they had this here!"
Leon chuckled to himself while he watched the blonde throw numerous items into the shopping cart.
"Hey, um… Ash?"
"Yeah, Leon?"
"Could you go get this for me?" He handed her the grocery list. "It's in that isle right over there."
"Oh okay!" Ashley said as she took the shopping list and giddily (AN: is that even a word? Haha) skipped into said isle.
As soon as she was out of sight, Leon put everything the girl tossed into the cart, back into its place on the shelf. He studied the yogurt Ashley suggested to him in his hand. Hmm… Yoplait Original: Strawberry Cheesecake… who makes a cheesecake flavored yogurt?
You have to admit, it sounds pretty damn good.
Yeah but… isn't this stuff for girls?
Do you see 'only for females' written on the label?
Well, no, but-
Exactly.
He sighed and put the yogurt back in the cart. Meanwhile, Ashley was happily skipping through isles looking for the last item on Leon's hilarious-normal-person-grocery-list. "Hmm… Swanson TV Dinners…"She wondered aloud.
"Oof! Sorry sir!" she then got a good look at the man she had bumped into. "Y-y-you're… LEON!" She screamed at the top of her lungs and ran away from the man. Leon quickly greeted her halfway down the isle, a look of worry visibly cast on his face. "Ashley, what is it?"
Ashley cowered in fear and pointed at the man she was so afraid of.
"Krauser?"
Krauser gave Leon a strange look. "Who are you?"
"Y-you're kidding right?"
"Uh… no. I've never seen you before in me life. Actually… about a month ago I woke up in a hospital and I haven't been able to remember anything before that."
The agent and the president's daughter exchanged looks before Leon let his guard down and said "S-so you don't remember anything about Spain or U-" He looked around and noticed all the people staring at them. "Uh… um, so you don't remember anything?"
"Well, I remembered my name and stuff… What's it to you, anyways?"
"We should probably discuss this in a more secluded area."
"Leon, we can interrogate him at my house. I have plenty of guards there so there's no way he could do anything bad." Ashley whispered to her bodyguard.
"Okay first, Ashley, there is no we. Even if he did lose his memory, there is no way I'm letting him anywhere near you."
"So… uh… can I go now?" Krauser asked, getting bored watched the two whisper to each other.
"No, you're coming back to the White House with us."
"Uh… t-the White House?"
"Yes, now please come with us."
"But, Leon what about the groceries?"
"We'll get them later."
"But my yogurt was in there!"
The man sighed. "Ashley, we'll come back for them later. Now come on, we nee to go. Don't you want to see this badass," He pointed to himself. "Do his job?"
Her face went so red at his words; it would put a tomato to shame. She nodded slightly.
"Good, now let's go."
They started walking but Krauser remained behind.
"I said let's go."
"I'm not just going to take orders from a stranger."
Leon then help up his badge and Krauser immediately apologized, embarrassed.
"S-sorry, sir."
Nobody talked on the way to the White Hose, and when they got there, Leon said "Ashley go tell your father we're here."
"Yeah…" She replied, shaken from the recent events. Leon didn't like seeing this side of her, the side that was constantly showing in Spain. He liked the more bubbly side of her, for some reason it always made him smile. A few minutes later Ashley returned snapping him out of his thoughts. She had a few other men with her; they were all wearing matching suits and dark sunglasses.
"Come on."
Krauser waited in what seemed like some sort of office while the president talked to Leon.
"Do you think we should tell him everything he's done" Leon asked Mr. Graham.
"Absolutely not! Do you realize how dangerous that would be? You said he was a bad guy right?" The agent nodded. "Well then don't you think we should try and make him a 'good guy'?"
Leon considered this for a while then said "Yeah, but he killed hundreds of people! We can't just let him free!"
"Isn't forgetting everything about you and the people you care about enough punishment already?"
"But Henry, HE'S the one who kidnapped Ashley!" The president was speechless. "If I didn't save her, he would have been responsible for her-"
"Death… I know…" He interrupted.
"Actually, what happened to the people there was much, much worse."
Henry sighed. "Leon, I know he is a bad man. I just don't want to take the risk of him taking Ashley again."
"Okay… I understand… what do you want me to do with him?"
"Make something up. Tell him that you're his best friend or something."
The agent burst into a large fit of laughter. "Me and Krauser? Best friends? You've got to be kidding me!"
"Hey, hey I said 'or something'… just go out there and tell him something. We don't want to keep him waiting too long."
"Yes, sir."
He turned around, opened the door, and greeted Krauser.
"So…?" Krauser asked impatiently.
"Well…" Leon scratched his head and sat down. Your name is Jack Krauser… and you…. grew up on a farm in…. Montana…! Your parents are both dead, which I'm sorry to inform you about." He added when he noticed the down-hearted look on the man's face. "You have no brothers or sisters-"
"Do I atleast have friends?" He interrupted.
"I… uh, err… Yes, yes you do." Leon answered reluctantly.
"Oh, great who?" Krauser was suddenly excited.
"Um…"
Come on man, you can't seriously be thinking about telling him what I think you are.
Well I have to… to make sure he isn't lying, and planning on taking Ashley again.
And what if he is? How do you think he's going to react to that?
Well, there's only one way to find out, right?
Fine, suit yourself.
"Well, umm, Kra- Jack… It's me… I'm your best... friend…"
"Seriously? Then why did you act all scared and nervous before?"
"Well, we were friends, but you got into some pretty bad stuff and we became, well, enemies I guess you could say."
"Wow… I'm sorry man… I-I don't remember any of that so I hope you can forgive me… You're kinda the only thing I have right now…"
Leon stared at Krauser, he almost felt bad for him. Almost.
"Uh… yeah… sure…"
"Great! So… what do we usually do?"
"Well, we never really 'hung out', we were too busy… doing… stuff… for our job…"
"Ah, confidential, got it."
The agent simply nodded and said "Okay, well I think we're done here, I'll have someone escort you out… Do you have a place to stay?"
"N-no. Actually, I've just been staying at homeless shelters and any other place I could find."
He would never admit it, but Leon truly felt sorry for Krauser.
I guess I should start calling him Jack now.
Well that's your own fault.
It's for the best. Everyone deserves a second chance right?
…A bit cheesy, bro.
Leon ignored Himself and replied to Jack.
"I guess I could talk Mr. Graham into letting you stay here until you find a place of your own."
"Really?" He was ecstatic.
"Yeah, sure… wait here."
Jack agreed and Leon turned around and walked back into Henry's office. Convincing him to let Krauser stay was easy, he told him everything he told Krauser and he said he would have a room prepared. The only problem he had was Jack being so close to Ashley all the time, so he had is room placed on the other side of the White House, closer to his office. Leon then told Krauser how could stay, so he left to get his things.
Now Leon was walking upstairs to Ashley's room where she was doing her homework. He walked up to her door and paused before opening it, remembering what happened that morning. He sighed and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" he heard Ashley ask.
"It's me."
"Oh, okay, come in!"
He opened the door and saw her reading on her bed. "What's up?"
"Oh nothing much, I just thought I'd let you know what happened to Krauser."
"Oh, really? What happened? Is he in jail?"
"No…" Leon sighed.
"WHAT? WHY THE HELL NOT?"
"Ashley, let me finish. He has a serious case of amnesia-"
"That doesn't make it okay!" She interrupted again.
"ASHLEY!" Leon hollered louder than he meant to, making her flinch. "Look, Ash, I know. But we can't tell him about the things he's done, it might bring back his memories and we don't want that. So basically what we did was make up some stuff about him and now he's going to stay here for a while."
"HE'S GONNA WHAT? Leon don't you know what he did to me, or do I have to remind you?" She rolled her sleeves up to her elbows. There were marks that wrapped around her wrists, showing where Krauser had tied the ropes. "See these? HE did this to me!" By now tears were forming in her hazel eyes. "Leon, what if he does this again? I don't ever want to go back there, never!" She felt warm water trickle down her cheeks, and didn't even bother to wipe them away. When she looked up into his azure eyes, she noticed the scar on his cheek and touched it gently. "See, Leon? I know he's hurt you a lot more than he's hurt me… And not just in Spain."
Leon stared intently into her eyes. He knew she was right, there's always the chance of Krauser getting his memories back. But he also knew he needed to do what ever he could to make sure that didn't happen.
"Leon…" Ashley whispered, resting her head on his chest, crying again."Please… don't make me go back… please…"
He hugged her tightly and caressed her hair soothingly. "Ashley, I would never let him take you again. I promised. You're just going to have to trust me with this one, okay?"
She stepped back, out of the embrace and nodded looking at her feet. "Okay…"
"Good, now you know what I think you need?"
Ashley wiped her tears and looked up at her bodyguard. "W-what?"
"Some strawberry cheesecake flavored yogurt."
She smiled almost immediately. "Really?"
Leon laughed and said "Yes, really! Now come on, we never got to buy my groceries."
The blonde girl beamed up at the man in front of her.
"What? "
"Thank you…"
"Anytime." He flashed her a smile of pearly whites and grabbed her hand. "But seriously, come on I really want to try that yogurt."
Woo! How'd you like it? :D And yes, I realize now I have to change the rating to T haha. And now for the big surprise…. *drum roll* There's going to be 4 chapters!:D I know I said 3 but I don't really see how I can do it in only 3... I'm gonna drag it out a little more :) Eh, you'll see:) Please let me know if there are any mistakes, or if you have a request:) Thank you.^_^ OH, and to all of you who favorite without reviewing, I know who you are o.o *evil glare*
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