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"What are you talking about, Chris?" Claire asked when she stopped by the door behind him.
"I wasn't talking, Claire. I was reading" Chris turned to her and showed the paper in his hand.
"This doesn't make any sense at all. It must be a joke..." Chris didn't hear what she was saying, he walked out of the kitchen "Where are you going, Chris?"
"Where's he, Claire?"
"Are you nuts? You will do nothing about it, I'm an adult."
"You're still my sister, I won't allow anyone to treat you as if you were any kind of girl. Where is he?"
"This was a joke, Chris. Come back here."
"If you don't tell me, I will find... Wait, he must be in the room I stayed in that night."
Claire ran after Chris desperately, but she could not stop her brother. Chris opened the door of Leon 's room. Leon was still asleep and he was woken by two hands that grabbed him by the collar of his pajamas and lifted him up.
"Good morning" Leon said drowsy and confused.
The guy looked at Chris holding him and got even more confused. He realized that Claire called her brother and seemed desperate.
"Wake up, man. I need you to hear me."
"Chris, Please! Stop it. Leon just woke up and not even know what happened." Claire pulled Chris' shirt.
"So I'll wait for him to wake up completely"
"Please, Chris. It was not serious. It was a joke."
"That's ok, Claire, let your brother speak. I'm awake." Leon looked at Chris still confused "What did I do?"
"I've always respected you and I don't expect less than respect from you, with myself and with the people I love."
"Oh man! Guess you found out my note..."
"Let him go, Chris." Claire gave a little punch in the back of his brother.
Chris let Leon on the bed and crossed his arms looking at him firmly.
"Let me explain, Claire" Leon looked at her before looking at Chris again "I may have sounded a bit disrespectful. But it really was a joke." Chris said nothing and did not change his face expression and Leon continued "I apologize if it was offensive. I'm sorry especially because of Claire. I would never be rude to the most special person I have ever met. I would be an idiot if I did that, specially after all she has done for me, and to everybody. I really care about what she thinks and how she feels. Believe me, it was a joke."
Claire looked at Leon with a racing heart, for a moment she thought she was forgetting to breathe.
"It was offensive, yes. And such a joke makes no sense to me." Chris said.
"I'll explain that too, even if you don't believe it. You know how your sister is moody. We had a fight and she wasn't talking to me, this note was only an attempt of making her come to me, to fight, of course."
Chris grimaced and dropped his shoulders.
"Fine. I know you're not a kid, I know you're man. But such an intimate message just makes me believe that something... you know ... intimate happened between you two." Chris looked at Claire. Her face blushed.
"Chris, this part is none of your business." She crossed her arms angrily.
"And I prefer not to think about it either. Just wanna make something clear, Leon. Claire is right, whoever she dates is her business. But if you offend or hurt my sister then it becomes my business."
"Understood" Leon shook his head "You won't need to repeat that."
Chris walked out the door without looking back and Claire snorted angrily.
"Go after him, Claire. He cares about you." Leon told her.
"I'm over thirty years old and he continues treating me like a child."
"And he's right. I would do the same if I had a sister as special as you."
Claire did not look into Leon's eyes, she didn't know if he was being nice, mocking or flirting and at that time she did not want to find out. She decided to go after her brother.
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"Chris, wait for me." Claire said chasing him into the kitchen .
Claire picked out a wad of bills from his pocket and handed it to her, without looking her in the eyes.
"This is my contribution and Jill's for your project. I decided to bring it personally because then I could see you, but now I think I should have deposited in your bank account."
"I know you're an adult, but I really prefer not to get to know details about your intimate life, you will always be my little girl."
The two stared at each for a long moment before Chris pulled her and held her tightly.
"I'll always be your girl, even when I get old, goofball."
"So let me believe it. Keep me away from certain truths" He released her and winked at her. "I'm get going. Just needed to hug you. Jill is waiting for me because we need to do some tests on some new equipment."
"Alright. How is she? How is everyone?"
"We're fine. After coming back to training, Jill is recovering her agility and I think we'll be on a mission together soon again."
"I'm happy to hear that. You two were born to be together, you know?"
Chris just winked again and kissed Claire on the cheek before walking out the door.
Claire looked at the paper on the counter and took it reading again. What did Leon want anyway? He knew that Claire didn't like that kind of joke and he was clearly teasing her. Did he really like to see her angry?
"What was that, Claire?" she heard Mariane behind her.
"Hi Marin, I had not seen you around."
"Why were you yelling at Leon?"
"So you could hear that?"
"I was showering , but I heard you kindda screaming."
"Gee!" Claire sighed "I yelled at my brother, he got this note that you lady probably put here."
"Oh Claire! Forgive me. I never imagined..."
"Nobody could. But let's blame it on Leon."
"You must understand that, I didn't read that note, but I'm sure his intention was good. He just wanted you to come to him."
"But now I won't."
"Claire, do not be stubborn."
"Today I do the dishes after lunch and dinner with the kids, if you take the medicines to him."
"Ok, cannot complain, this exchange is interesting for me. But what about the guy?"
"I don't even wanna hear his name. That was enough for today" Claire raised her hand for her friend to stop talking.
She knew that the longer she stayed away from Leon, the better it would for herself or even for her heart.
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