Claire was sitting behind Chris with her face buried in her hands, silently crying.
"Claire, everything is going to be all right," said Chris. Claire replied, "I just want to go home."
Redfield Residence: London- 11:00 AM
Chris and Claire walked into their home. Chris stretched as he made his way to his office to call Jill and Leon to inform them that the mission was a success. Claire made her way up the stairs and into her room. She opened the door and made her way to her dresser to take out some clean clothes. Then she noticed pictures on her dresser top and began thinking to herself. A picture of her and Chris with their dog Lucky. "That picture is so old. Chris has always been my best friend." A picture of Sherry. "I'm so glad she is all right now. I'm sure she is safe with Leon's parents." And a picture of her and Leon right before she left to look for Chris. "I wonder if Leon missed me while I was gone." She made her way toward the bathroom to take a shower; it seemed like weeks since she last had one. She carefully undressed making sure not to aggravate her wounds. She had red marks around her arms from when the tentacle almost squeezed the life out of her. She stepped into the shower and let the hot water stream down her face and chest, not only washing away dirt, but also washing away the horrific memories she had of Alexia and what she's done to her and the people she cared about. As she thought about the hell she's been through recently a tear began to slowly fall down her face. "Snap out of it Claire!", she said to herself, "crying isn't going to bring Steve back and it sure as hell isn't going to do anything about Umbrella!" After about ten minutes she stepped out of the shower, dried herself off, and got dressed. She made her way downstairs to the kitchen where she saw Chris sitting at the table eating. "I made you a sandwich incase you were hungry," Chris said to her with a bit of concern in his eyes. Claire smiled and replied, "Thanks, I'm starving." She sat down on the opposite side of Chris and began picking at her sandwich. Chris looked at her for a few seconds and said, "Are you feeling better now Claire? You were really quiet on the way home." Claire looked up, "You are always worrying about me. I'm fine. I was just doing some thinking." "About?" Chris said with much interest.
"Leon," she said. Then Chris arched and eyebrow and Claire quickly said, "And Jill. I miss them." "Mmhmm," Chris responded with a look of skepticism on his face. Claire rolled her eyes, "Oh, you don't have to get all big brotherly on me now. Did you call Jill, and Leon to tell them we were ok?" Chris nodded with a piece of ham hanging out of his mouth. Claire couldn't help but giggle at his barbaric table manners. Chris swallowed and said, " Yeah. they both said that they would come here later on tonight. They missed us."
Claire smiled. Chris looked happy and said, "Now that's the Claire I know. "
After Chris and Claire were done eating, Chris decided it was time for him to take a shower. Claire made her way into the living room where she plopped down on the couch for a nap.
Redfield Residence: London - 9:00 PM
Claire woke up when she heard a doorbell ring. She walked over to the door and opened it and smiled when she saw Jill and Leon. Jill, stepping into the house, gave Claire a huge hug and said, "It's great to see you again. I'm glad you are okay." Claire said smiling, "I'm just happy to he home for a while." Chris ran from upstairs to say hello to his guests. He turned to Claire and said, "Jill and I are going to go into the office and start working on a plan to attack Umbrella." Then Chris looked at Claire sternly, "I'm sure you can entertain Leon while I'm gone." Claire smiled to herself as Chris and Jill made their way down the hall to Chris's office.
Leon moved closer to Claire, putting his arm around her waist and asked, "Did you miss me?" Claire pushing him away, "Oh please. Like I'd really miss you." Then she turned around and smirked. Then she said, "Let's go upstairs and talk." They go upstairs and into Claire's room. Then Leon said, "Did you run into too much trouble while you were gone?" Claire proudly responded, "Nothing Chris and I couldn't handle." Then she thought about how close her and Chris came to dying. Especially her: Being captured, poisoned, practically crushed. She's lucky to be alive. Then she said, "And then there was Steve…" Leon asked her defensively, "Who's Steve?!" Claire walked over to Leon, grabbed his hand, and pulled him with her to sit on her bed and she said, "Steve was a boy that I met at the base. He saved my life, quite a few times, but in the end I couldn't save his. There was nothing I could do." Leon pulled Claire toward him, burring her face in his shoulder as he hugged her, "I'm sorry to hear that Claire. I know what it's like to lose someone you care about, knowing that there wasn't a damn thing you can do other than say goodbye." Claire looked up at Leon with watery eyes and said, "I missed you…" Then she slowly pushed herself up to kiss him. She thought to herself about how cute he was. How his bangs fell to the sides of his forehead, his ice blue eyes, and his lips: they were pouty and soft, and tasted sweeter than anything she had tasted before. He's the kind of guy you'd be crazy not to want to kiss. She broke the kiss and put her hands on his shoulders. She pushed herself up to straddle his lap and she wrapped her arms around Leon's neck. Leon ran his fingers through Claire's hair, "Claire…" he whispered, "… I love you. Claire smiled, "I love you to." She tilted her head and met for another passionate kiss. Claire rocked back and forth as Leon moved his lips down her cheek and neck. She gasped as he nibbled at her ear and neck. He unbuttoned her shirt and dragged his teeth down her neck and chest, kissing her the whole way down. She wasn't wearing a bra since she didn't put one on after her shower but Leon didn't seem to mind. They were breathing hard and heavy, not one word was spoken for quite some time . Then Claire broke the silence. She whispered in his ear, "Make love to me…"
Leon moved his hand to Claire's face and kissed her passionately as he pulled her down to lay on top of him. He pulled her shirt down her arms and dropped it on the floor. He rolled over so he was on top. Then he sat up on his knees to take off his shirt as Claire unbuttoned his jeans. He threw his shirt on the floor and slid his jeans and boxers off and threw them on top of his shirt. Then he unbuttoned Claire's jeans and slid those off along with her panties and placed them by his. He lifter her leg up and put it on his shoulder. He turned to kiss her leg all the way down, stopping at the end of her inner thigh he looked up at her. Then he slid up to her face and looked down at her kissing her lips tenderly. He positioned himself and easily slid in and out of her. She wrapped her legs around his waist to hold him tightly to her.
Meanwhile downstairs…
Chris and Jill walked out of his office and into the living room. Jill said, "So, in about a week we will all meet and go straight to Umbrella. They are going to pay for all the shit they put us through." Chris smirked, You said it." Then he looked around the living room, "Where the hell are Claire and Leon?"
Back upstairs…
Claire was sitting on the edge of the bed buttoning up her shirt. A fully clothed Leon was kneeling behind her with his arms around her waist, and kissed her cheek. "It's good to have you back." he said to her sweetly. Claire stood up and gave him a peck on the lips. Claire said, "It drove me crazy not to be with you. I was beginning to have withdrawals." They both started laughing and kissed eachother again and then they heard a banging on the door. "Claire? Are you in there?" Leon looked panicked, "shit! It's Chris!" Claire got off the bed and opened the door, "Hey big brother, how's it hanging?" Jill came up from behind Chris, "Leon, I'm going home, you want a lift?" Leon walked toward the doorway, "Yeah sure. It's getting late, I should go anyway."
Jill, Leon and Claire start to walk down the stairs. Chris looks hard at Claire and then follows them down the stairs.
At the door Chris gave Jill a quick peck on the lips, "I'll see you tomorrow night." She smiled and walked out of the house. Leon followed her and then Chris grabbed him and whispered in his ear, "If you hurt my sister in any way I'll cut off your balls and shove them down your throat." With that he shut the door. Then Chris looked sweetly at his little sister and said, "You're grounded."
