p style="text-align: center;"Alex's P. /After we finished up at HQ I decided that it was time for ol Smokey to hit the trailsbr /I walked out to the cemetery and knelt down in front of Raptor's gravebr /br /"Hey Raptor ... I uhh, well, first off, I miss you ... a lot,br /I finally did it for you buddy ... Wesker is dead, I avenged you .. but it still doesn't bring you back,br /if there was anyway I could go back in time and change it I would,br /that way I would still have you here with me, I can't take not seeing your smiling face running up to me and jumping around like a small child when I walk through the doors ... it hurts to much,br /yeah I know if you were here you would tell me to follow my heart and stay with the unit .. but I just can't,br /I feel like retirement is the best therapy for me this time,br /look I know you were my guardian angel in that volcano because when I shot that magnum we both know I would have fell to my death ... plus I know that was you ... I just have a gut feeling ... and my gut is never wrong,br /like you used to always say 'life is not tried it is merely survived if your standing outside the fire' ... you little Garth fan youbr /... I miss you so much it hurts ... I love ya Joey ... I always will,br /you were my inspiration,br /my best friend ... and my brother" I said crying to myself as I laid a dozen roses on the plotbr /br /"I thought I'd find you here" I head someone say,br /I whipped around to see Chris standing behind me "oh ... yeah, we were just catching up ... what are you doing here?" I asked and he walked over and knelt beside me "brought your rifle back" he said and I smiled and leaned it against the headstonebr /"..I know you miss him Alex ... you two were closer than anyone I had ever seen" he said and I broke down again,br /trying to stay strong, Chris just smiled at mebr /"it's okay ... let it out, you've been strong for to long anyways" he said and the tears poured out like a dam burstbr /br /"I miss him so much" I said crying on Chris' shoulder,br /he pulled me into him and sat down on a bench "it's okay to miss him Alex ... but you know what he would want you to do right" he said and I nodded "Joey would tell me to follow my heart ... do what I think was best for me ... since I couldn't make decisions on my own" I said and Chris looked at mebr /"you sure made a brave decision in the volcano using the magnum on Wesker" he said and I smiledbr /"I couldn't let him hurt you ... if you would have died it would just be the same result of me sitting here" I said and he smiledbr /"what bad huh?" he asked and I noddedbr /br /"Chris ... there's something I've gotta tell you and well ... I don't know how your gonna react" I said looking at the groundbr /"alright then ... just tell me, it's not like I'd hate you or anything Alex ... your just to lovable" he said and I smiledbr /I was nervous as hang to even think about saying it ... but time for the truthbr /br /I sighed "Chris ... I've always liked you ... as more than a friend, that's why I was so jealous of Jill, I know she means something to you and I didn't want to get in the way of it but ... like my tears, I couldn't hold it in anymore ... I hope you understand and you don't hate me" I said red as a tomato and to gutless to look him in the face,br /br /he put his hand on my face making me look at him ... he was smiling, I was confusedbr /"glad to know you feel the same way" he said and I was shocked "y-you ... you like me?" I asked and he looked at me "well ... kind of ... putting it simple ... I love you Alex" he said and I think the world stood still ... I know mine didbr /"C-Chris ... I- ... I love y-you too" I said smiling, I hugged him so tight I'm surprised he could breathebr /br /he looked at me and I smiled, he kissed me and I was so happybr /"FINALLY!" I heard someone yell, my head shot up to see Sheva grinning at us "Sheva, you look like that cat that swallowed the canary ... and almost gave me a heartattack" I said putting my hand on my chestbr /br /She laughed and sat beside me "glad you finally told him" she said grinning "wait ... you knew?" Chris asked and we both nodded "Sheva is my best friend, I tell her everything!" I chirped and he shook his headbr /I kissed him on the cheek and smiledbr /"so I guess Sheva would already know if I was going to ask you to be my- ... I'm not good with this kind of stuff, I-" "yes Chris, I would gladly be yours! ... now let's go eat ... I'm starving!" I chirped throwing my arms around his neck smiling like an idiot,br /inside and outbr /br /Life is not tried it is merely survived if your standing outside the fire ... my life was tried and survived because I'm standing outside the fire and on cloud nine!br /br /My mission was complete!br /I had avenged Raptor, made a new friend forever ... and finally .. after so long!br /... I finally got the man of my dreams ...br /Chris Redfield, was now all mine!/p