Here is chapter three, enjoy.

Warnings: Yaoi, cursing, OOC.

Disclaimer: The only thing I own is the plot, Zhane, kids, and Monica's family, all else belongs to Capcom.

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Meeting Old Friends and Making New Ones

I woke up on Claire's couch a little after lunch time, the boys had woken up before me.

"Dad, dad look what aunt Claire made for us to eat!" Dimitri said happily, I rub the sleep from my eyes and blink twice.

"...It's an apple... on a stick."

"Yeah, and it has peanuts" He says like I'm slow.

" Is there caramel on it?"

"...Yes"

"CLAIRE!"

She comes rushing in carrying a spoon with caramel on it in one hand and an apple in the other "What's the matter?"

" My kids just woke up and haven't had a proper lunch and you're giving them caramel apple?"

She lets out a breath and then gives an 'Are you serious?' look "No dear brother, I fed them before I made them these apples.

As I'm about to apologize I hear another voice from the kitchen, "OW Dominik"

"Ha ha, S-s-sorry heh Z-Z-Zhane ha ha ah" I quirk a brow and then rise from my spot on the couch, all three of us head into the kitchen.

When we get in there I see Dominik at the counter holding his stomach and laughing, and when I finally spot Zhane he is by the sink trying to get the spoon covered in caramel out of his hair. I let out a half chuckle before I direct my attention to Dominik, I give him a pointed look and he stops laughing and looks a little sheepish.

"It was an accident I swear." He holds his hands up.

"It's fine" Zhane says with a sigh and manage to get the spoon out and sticks his head under the water turning on the faucet and washing out his hair.

After he is done he straightens up and combs his fingers through his hair flinging out the water as he goes. Water droplets hit the counter and and floor, and since both boys are near him they get wet too, making Claire roll her eyes while Dominik mutters an 'Aw man' trying to get the water off, Dimitri laughs, Zhane smiles too.

" Alright if you boys are done messing up my kitchen why don't you go outside and play." Claire says with a smile Dominik hops out of his seat leaving Dimitri to rush after him out the door to the backyard.

Claire goes about cleaning up the kitchen placing the apples- about ten of them- on a plate and on the counter, then taking a rag and wiping off the sticky goo from the table and almost everything else the boys touched. Zhane grabbed the spoons and pot with the caramel in it and placed it in the sink turning on the faucet he starts to wash the dishes and putting them back into the cabinet or drawer. I raise an eyebrow at and then direct at Claire who gives me I-know-what-you-are-asking-but-I'm-going-to-play-innocent-anyway look and shrugs.

I just nod at her and mouth the word 'Sure'. "Zhane" He jumps a little but turns around to face me, a slight smirk on his face.

"Yea Chris?"

" Would you by some chance be dating my sister?"

He makes a strangles noise in the back of his throat, "Excuse me? Are you asking that because I'm doing her dishes?"

"Not just that, I caught the quick glances and the subtle change in body language between the two of you" I cross my arms and give them a pointed look.

Claire rolls her eyes and then slightly yanks Zhane into a kiss "Ya happy now?"

Zhane looks startled but not in the way that he hasn't kissed her before. I shrug my shoulders and then look at my wrist, I don't have a watch so I glance at the clock above the stove. a little past 12:30. "I have to go Claire, can you watch the kids for a bit?"

She wears a confused expression but nods her head none the less, "Sure is something up?"

"A meeting I have to go to, I'll tell you when I get back" She nods her head and then I'm almost running to get to my car, I hop in and take off for my old job's building.

I get there in almost under thirty minutes, I park and head straight inside. A couple people are stunned to see me, I just smile and wave, when I get to my floor I see Sheva talking to a brown haired girl. I let in unconscious smile surface and then I'm almost stalking up to her and I tap her on the shoulder.

"Yes ca-" Her mouth drops open and then closes to form a huge smile.

"Chris!" She almost shouts and throws her arms around me, I hug her back.

" Hey Sheva"

"What are you doing here?"

" For my-" Another voice interrupts

"Redfield, I'm glad you came. Get in here"

I nod at him and then head into the office " We'll catch up later." I tell and she nods.

Once inside he motions for me to sit down and I do. " I'm glad you decided to come back"

"Me too" He nods his head.

" We have a new recruit, I'd like it if you showed her the ropes for a couple of days and then I can send the both of you on a mission."

I nod my head "OK, sir"

"Alright you can leave now, she's with Sheva"

I nod again and stand up from my seat and head back over to where Sheva is. She's smiling at me "So you're coming back right?"

"Yeah, I'm supposed to be teaching a new recruit the ropes and then I'll head out on a mission. He said she was with you."

She turns around then motions for someone to come over, it's the same brown haired girl from before but now when she stands next to Sheva I can see her face and she's smiling as well. "Hi I'm Jill Valentine" (A/N: I hope you don't mind that I made her a new recruit)

I nod my head a couple times and then smile back at her "Christopher Redfield, Chris" I offer my hand and she takes it.

"It's nice to meet you" Sheva 'ahems' and I direct my attention back to her.

She places her hands on her hips and gives me a pointed look, she takes me by the arm and we step to the side "Chris I've talked to your sister, she mentioned that you were sort of seeing someone."

I give her a confused look, " Kind of but not exactly, and why mention this now?"

She rolls her eyes " You were just flirting with her"

"What?" I sort of choke/laugh out " You know Dominik said the same thing, I was just being nice"

"Who is Dominik?"

I go to automatically reply that he is my son but I don't know exactly if I should bring that up, but if she were to find out later it would be worse. " I have twin little boys, I'm not sure who their mother is-she left them on my doorstep-but the DNA matches mine."

She has a sort of shocked expression, "How old are they?"

I smile, I realized later that when ever I talk about my boys I tend to smile and 'glow' that last part was from Claire "They are five years old."

She goes to say something else but then it looks like a thought hits her, " Is that why you quit, because of the boys?"

"Yes" I nod my head, I also noticed that I agreed a bit to fast but I'm not really lying they are the reason I quit.

She smiles at me "Alright, I'd like to see them"

"Of course, how about...." I tap my finger against my leg thinking " Well right now they are with Claire, so if you want to come over after work then I'm sure that would be OK"

"Alright then tonight." After that is settled we go back to an awkward looking Jill, " Sorry about that" she just shakes her head

"No problem"

" My boss told me to show you the ropes, should we start?"

She nods her head and I start walking, "I've never really done this, have you seen the whole place though?"

I ask over my shoulder as we head to the stairs to the lowest level- we should really get an elevator, but he just says that this helps keep people in shape.

" Kind of, I've been told where everything is but I haven't really seen it all."

"OK then, well you can see that this is sort of the break room the official one though is right over there, coffee and a vending machine. This is where the desk work is mostly done." I point out the places as I tell her and she looks at each one and nods slightly.

"All the way down here is the gun range, knife range, and almost everything else that you could have in your arsenal." When we get down there some people are practicing and/or talking.

" Doesn't anybody complain about the noise?" She asks me looking at the walls and the other occupants.

" These are sound proof, but if we want to use anything more powerful then a pistol we do have to go to the shooting range that is ten or fifteen minutes from here"

" And what do you use over there?"

" Shotguns, Magnums I can't remember what else but I do know they have snipers and machine guns, but you don't really practice those there."

She worries her lower lip a tad and I can see that she wants to ask something but doesn't know how to. I motion for us to go back up the stairs and she follows me, when we get to the previous floor I open the door and head in to the hall way.

She stops and I turn around, "... Is it true?"

" Is what true?"

" What happened at that mansion, and then in Racoon city?"

I take in a deep breath, "It depends on what you heard."

" I heard that they had been over-run with zombies or some type of lab experiments"

I nod my head slowly, "Yeah it's true."

It's quite between us as we head into another room, it has computers and other files against the wall, some newspaper clippings as well.

"They told me that I was going to be taught by the best, that they had a lot of experience..." I can't tell if she's done but she doesn't say anything more.

" I've seen more then my share of this crazy shit." I look around the room and then take in another breath, "But, I don't want to scare you off.... This is where you go if you want to know everything, almost everything that is found on missions is in here, excluding the really important notes."

She notices the change in topic and switches back into to trainee mode once more. When we finish up here I show her a couple more rooms and other things that have to do with the B.S.A.A. When we get back up to the top floor Sheva is at a desk finishing up a report, when she sees us she comes over and I ask her if she wants to head to the range with Jill and I, she accepts and we take off there for pretty much the rest of the day. When we get back to the station I head to the bathroom before I heading home, when I get out Sheva is waiting for me and we head down to the garage together.

"I'm really glad you came back."

" Me too, I was getting kind of bored at home."

"Do you live in Canada now?" She asks almost under her breath. I can't tell if the reason I heard it was because of my hearing or because she wanted me too.

" What?" This is the safest way I can think of in finding out if she wanted me to hear her or not.

We are in the garage now and are walking slows down until we stop, " When I had originally mailed you that letter, I sent it to your last known address, and they sent something back giving a new address... in Canada."

" Yeah, ha ah I'm not sure what exactly you are asking now."

She shakes her head, "Nothing." She smiles and I can tell it's one of those smiles that you give someone when you are pretending that everything is fine. " Are you sure it's OK that I come over?"

I forget that I had told her she could come over, "Oh yeah I'll call Claire right now."

I pull out my cell and dial her number.

"Hello"

There is two voices speaking at the same time and neither of them is Claire's, " Where is Claire?"

"Dad!"

I smirk, "Hey guys, now can you please find your aunt?"

I can hear some shuffling over the other line and then the patter of footsteps walking away.

" Where are you?"

Dominik is the one that had gone off in search of Claire.

" I had to go to a meeting, should you guys be answering the phone?"

"The number looked familiar"

I hear some footsteps coming closer and then the phone being handed over.

"Hello"

"Hey Claire, I was wondering if it would be alright if Sheva came over?"

There is a pause " ... What about the boys?"

" She knows, she wants to see them."

There is slight disbelief in her voice " Does she know about everything? The boys other parent?"

" No Claire I didn't pick up milk"

" What... is she standing right there?"

"Yes."

" You better be careful. But yeah sure she can come over, is she going to stay for dinner?"

"I don't know, hang on" I lower the phone and turn to Sheva, "Would you like to stay for dinner as well?"

" That's OK" I nod my head and bring the phone back up.

" She said no."

"OK I'll see you when you guys get here then bye"

"Bye" We both hang up at the same time. "She said it's fine"

"I'll follow you." I head over to my car and pull out Sheva right behind me.

The drive back to Claire's isn't that long and when we get there Dominik is looking out the window. When I turn off the car and look at the window again Dimitri has joined his brother. Sheva pulls in behind me and steps out of the car, following my gaze to the window she let's out an 'aw'

I turn back to her "Come on inside" We walk up to the front door and the boys race to get to it and they swing it open both nearly tackling me in a hug. "Oof, hi guys."

" Aunt Claire daddy is here!" They both shout and then release the death grip around my legs to let me inside. Claire comes in from the kitchen.

"Hey Sheva" She smiles.

"Hey Claire"

We stand there another couple of seconds when Dimitri grips the hem of my shorts and pulls it little. I look down and then blink and shake my head, " Sheva this Dimitri and Dominik, boys this is my friend from work her name is Sheva".

I'm impressed and glad that boys remeber to act like five-year-olds, shy and cute.

" Hi, you guys are so cute" She smiles and waves at them, they smile a little and try to hide behind one another.

"Are you sure you don't want to stay for dinner?" Claire asks her.

She looks up and then glances at her wrist, " That's OK I actually should get going, it was nice meeting you boys. It was nice seeing you again Claire and I'll see you tomorrow right?" She smiles at the boys again and looks to me at the last part.

" Yeah, I'll be there tomorrow." She waves and then heads back to her car.

After she pulls away the boys relax and flop down on the couch, "Give us a heads up next time" Dimitri tells me, I smile and ruffle his hair.

" You guys were good, thank you."

They nod at the same time and then ask a question at the same time as well.

"Where did you go?"

"How long are we staying here?"

I look at Dominik first and answer his question, " I was at work" I look at Dimitri next and answer his question " We aren't staying that much longer, after tomorrow we'll head back home."

" Then how are you going to get to work?"

" I don't have to go in everyday and I can make it back by running" Claire gives me a questioning look.

" You re-applied for the B.S.A.A?"

I nod my head.

She looks at the boys and then back at me, " What about... you know?"

"I can't stay home all day long." I give her look that says ' not right now.'

" Dominik and Dimitri why don't you guys go into the kitchen and help Zhane." They glance between us and Dominik looks like he is about to disagree when Dimitri grabs his hand and yanks him into the kitchen.

I sit down on the couch, she keeps standing and she is almost glaring, "Claire I know what I'm doing, and I know the risks"

" And they what out-weigh the end product?"

I stand up then, "No. I don't know, Claire I can't stay home." I look around the room and then snap "I dropped everything for them." I close my eyes and bite my lip taking in a deep breath I say in softer tone " I love them Claire, and if I had to do it all over again I would, but now they are older and I have better control I need to have at least this." I sit back down on the couch and rub my face, she sits down next to me and gently bumps her shoulder with mine.

" Alright drama queen" I turn to look at her and I can tell she is trying to tell me it's alright.

I pull her into a hug, " Dad, aunt Claire, dinner is ready."

We stand up and then make our way into the kitchen, we sit down around the table and start eating the spaghetti. I look around and smile at my kids and then at Claire and Zhane who are talking but flirting as well. I wouldn't give any of this up, and I wouldn't change a thing if I could; I love my kids and I would do anything for them.

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After dinner I help clean the dishes and clear off the table. When that is done the boys play outside for a for more minutes before they come back in, I give them a bath even though they didn't get dirty while eating spaghetti. When they are done Dimitri stands up and I wrap a towel around him and pull him out, and then Dominik stands up I wrap a towel around him and pull him out as well. They dry off their feet and then walk down the hallway to the guest bedroom, they sit on the edge and I look through their bags and pull out PJ's for the both of them and place them on their laps.

I go to turn around when Dominik stops me " Can you help us get dressed?" I turn back to face him and give him a questioning look.

"You guys never want me to help you get dressed."

Dominik shrugs Dimitri gives me a pleading look "Please"

I smile at them, "Alright guys"

I stand them both up on the bed and then hold out their underwear, Dominik and then Dimitri. I grab Dominik's towel and start drying his hair and doing the same thing to Dimitri, I grab the bottoms to Dimitri's pajamas he steps into them I grab his shirt and pull it down over his out stretched arms and over his head; he smiles at and sits down. I grab the bottoms to Dominik's pajamas and he steps into them and then he raises his arms and I pull his shirt over his arms and head, he sits down as well.

"Alright guys." I pull the blanket down and they get settled in the middle, I pull the blanket back up and tuck them in. I sit down on the edge of the bed and kiss the top of their heads. " I love you" I smile at them.

"I love you dad" Dimitri yawns and rolls over on his side.

"I love you too dad" Dominik blinks a couple times before he to rolls over and faces his brother falling into a deep slumber.

I carefully get up from the bed and turn off the light I leave the door slightly ajar while heading back to the living room and my make-shift bed. I pass Claire as she heads to her room.

" 'Night Chris"

" Goodnight, where's Zhane?"

She yawns and thens rolls her eyes with a smile, "He doesn't live here Chris."

I smile back and shrug my shoulders "Just being an older brother." We head to are beds and settle in for the night.

The couch isn't all that comfortable but it gets the job done.

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That's the end of chapter three, sorry it's late I had gotten stuck with baby-sitting unexpectedly. I hope you guys liked this chapter, and again I hope you don't mind that Jill is a new recruit. I also want to apologize before hand if I don't have Jill's behaviour exactly.

Thank you for the reviews, and please keep them coming.