Epilogue

A/N: I haven't edited this epilogue, just wanted to push something out for you guys. I want to bring out the sequel tomorrow or over this upcoming weekend! Enjoy!

"When I was on the car ride to the location, I tried calling you Claire, and nothing but a deadline came to my ear. I got worried, but I thought maybe you forgot to pay your phone bill like last time." Leon commented and ran a hand through his hair. "I didn't know you went to Europe and went against every word I said." He scolded, rolling his eyes but never the less glad the young girl was okay.

"Yeah you see, I tried to call you when I was sky diving off of a plane to the Appalachian mountains, but I didn't get good enough service." Leon gave a full hearted laugh and pushed his cup away. Claire smiled, eating the soup that came with her sushi, something Leon insisted on taking her to since the new shop opened up last week, only finding free time this Friday night.

"You sure you weren't just avoiding me for weeks and used me for this sushi?"

"Of course I wanted to see you Leon, you act like just because I wasn't able to talk to you during the winter that I removed you from my will or something."

"Sure does feel like it Claire, at least sending a postcard would have been great."

"See I would have sent one if I knew exactly where you were at, Mr. Kennedy." Claire put her hands on her hips, frowning at the brunette.

"Save the pouting for someone who cares for it, big head." Claire gasped at him and gave slapped him on the arm across the table. He winched upon contact and frowned, holding his arm close to him.

"Seems like those winter nights didn't freeze over your temper."

"Yeah and seems like that big Oval Office is getting to your head now." Claire retorted and reached for her cup. Leon's watch began to sound and he looked down.

"Crap, it's 9:00, wanna just head out now?" Claire quickly got to her feet and nodded her head. Asking for the check as well as a fighting with Leon and losing to pay the bill, they both exited the building with bright smiles. The black clouds and bright rays of white outlining them from the moonlight escaped through the patches, illuminating the two who walked the city next to the other residents who hurried to get back to their homes for different purposes. Claire walked briskly through the crowd, Leon every so often telling her to slow down as it was difficult for him to keep up with her. Walking up the steps to the apartment complex that the siblings share, she paused to wait for the man, shortly after hearing this heavy footsteps, Leon jogged up to her, his breathe fell short.

"You know, for a girl who always gets extra marshmallow and fudge on top of their ice cream, you sure do have a lot of energy stored up." He glanced up, his blue eyes had bags and he leaned forward with exhaustion. She reached her apartment and stood at the door turned towards Leon with a shy smile.

"Wanna come inside and see the new place we got?" Claire pulled on his forearm in an attempt to have the young ex police officer more enthralled to come in.

"As much as I would love to come in and sip on room temperature tea with stale sugar, I think I might have to pass on this one."

"Leon! It was one time! And I've gotten better at making tea from scratch! Trust me on this one!" Chris opened up there door before Leon could retort, his jaw strained and had a scowl etched in his features.

"Claire, why haven't you been picking up your phone? I've been worried sick." He said, crossing his arms across his chest. Claire sighed out and rolled her eyes at Leon.

"You got saved by Chris today." He laughed shaking his head and began to walk away. "Promise me you'll come over and try some soon though!" She yelled after him.

"I promise. Nice seeing you Chris!" He winked back at Claire along with a charmed smile, waving goodbye to Chris.

"Claire." Chris pressed and Claire looked at her new phone to see a little over eleven missed calls as well as thirty five unread messages all from her older brother. Ever since coming back from Zenobia, Chris pulled an even tighter leash around Claire, she was back to curfew hours, the people she hung out with had to meet Chris first for his approval, he had to know her location at all times, and if she was off at the local college, it was from there and back home. She took Wesker's words into consideration and decided maybe it was best to further her education, but of course she didn't tell her brother he was one of the reasons for her going back. Chris was on a paid vacation to compensate him for his troubles on Queen Zenobia which meant Claire was being watched over like a hawk. If she missed her said arrival time by 3 minutes, Chris demanded for a search party to be brought out.

On the plane ride back, Chris interrogated Claire, prying open to see if Wesker tried to advance her or hurt her in any way, shape, or form. It was like a child being asked if they stole a piece of candy, Claire continued and repetitively said that nothing truly happened between the two, but it seemed Chris didn't buy it one bit.

"Why were you late?" Chris asked and Claire sighed out, pushing her palm into her head, trying to push out her memory as to why she was late

"Leon ordered something that took the longest to make and they messed up on the order but they insisted on making it right even when we told them it was okay." Chris simply grunted, not convinced.

"So if I call the place, and ask them, will they tell me the same story?"

"Chris you're being ridiculous, let the poor girl live." Jill came out of the bathroom, sporting a short sleeved shirt with rolled up jeans.

"For god sakes she's almost a college graduate."

"I'm just making sure she's safe." Chris inputted, nuzzling Claire's ponytail into a mess. Slapping his hand away Claire let out a short laugh, smiling at her brother. Jill seemed to be at their house more often, even sleeping in Chris's bed while he took the couch some nights. She grabbed a glass from the kitchen cabinet and poured some water from the tap, taking a sip before continuing.

"Chris was freaking out asking if I'd seen you. I came to see if I could calm him down a bit, seems it didn't do much of anything." She gave a weak smile, her light blue eyes dashed across to meet Chris's who seemed to be in instant paradise with his siblings arrival.

"You did this last time, Claire. You said class took a little bit longer but I found out you went to go get coffee with your friends." Chris scolded and paced toward Jill. "You know I'm okay with you being with your friends but at least tell me when and who it is."

Claire sighed out, sitting on the couch rubbing her temples from the approaching migraine she was receiving from her brother. It was bad enough that everything she did was monitored but to have a time limit made her even more anxious.

"I just don't want you going with the wrong crowd..." Chris coaxed.

"Yeah I know." Claire gave a half smile and walked toward her room. "I'm beat. I'm going to bed. Goodnight Jill, night Chris." In union they both said goodnight with Claire shutting the door behind her, letting out a long sigh. She took off her hair tie and let her hair fall loose falling over her shoulders and back. Looking out through the window, she glanced across the usually bustling city quiet down as the moonlight lit the streets. She often traced back to the moments she'd be with Wesker, his fingers clicking away on his laptop while she admired the natural surroundings she found herself in or even just the quiet company. She sometimes missed the silence since she seemed to always find herself in constant talking or the sound of cars beeping away at the vehicle in front of them who took too long to move on a green light. She often recalled the embarrassing moments she found herself in when with the man and be lying to herself if she didn't look for him in the wave of crowds every so often when she walked the streets, even though she knew he had better things to do rather than pay her a visit.

She considered his words from time to time, remembering his expression every other night, as if it haunted her when she refused to go with him. The strangest thing of it all was that when he grabbed her and was at that proximity close, she didn't feel any repulsion or disgust, just numbed. Although she was supposed to hate him, she couldn't shake the fact of how she grew attached to the man in the few weeks they spent together. The younger Redfield's thoughts would cross over him from time to time, wondering what he was doing at the time of day or who he was with, but quickly shook them away, reminding herself that he was the enemy and he didn't have much care in the world to whether she was alive or dead tomorrow.

Chris would die of a stroke if she ever voiced out her thoughts. He already convinced himself after weeks that she hated the man and only was with Wesker to find him, much to his disapproval. She told Leon of what happened, not including how she felt of course, and he insisted that it was just to get under Chris's skin, and so it did. Although Leon never met the man, he's heard plenty from just working side by side with top government and that was enough for him. Later on during that same conversation he mentioned that the babysitting mission was just something to cover up on how he went out of the country down to South America for some weird mission that involved hunting down a pharmaceutical companies wrong doings, black marketing, and a drug lord. He continued to tell her how they found the T-Veronica virus there, which made Claire freeze for a few moments, her breath hitched before Leon assured her they had it under control. Leon had the same determination as Chris did when talking about bio terrorism. He was convinced that Wesker wasn't any better than the pharmaceutical companies or even worse, which Claire agreed with him upon.

There was something strange about the older man and she regretted that she may never see him again. But of course, he said until next time, and she'd hold onto his word.

Reviews:

thatonefemalewriter: Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it; been working on the sequel these past couple of days, I had an original plot already made but I scrapped it and started fresh! Can't wait to bring it out to you guys!

X ToxiX x: awe thanks! I tried my best to keep our beloved villains persona as intact as possible. Thanks, I got a lot of inspiration from previous fic's I've read that involved weskerxclaire, I'm excited to bring you guys the sequel as soon as possible!

haveyouseenmyghost: Thanks! I owe you one big time, you got me to edit my old chapters and actually I considered your wise words! Well at least I got Claire's character right with her sticking to Chris's side. I read one fan fiction where she chose Wesker... I cringed since it didn't seem like her kind of character, especially since the fiction had them together for a short time! It made no sense, but I'm not trying to bag on anyone's fanfiction, I just wish they were actually in character. Thank you so much for your support, much love to you dude!

A/N: thank you so much guys for reading my story and I'm so glad you guys enjoyed every bit of it. Thank you for the support, all the favorite's, reviews, and follows! Took me over a year to finish but I enjoyed writing this story just as much as you guys enjoyed reading it!