December 24th, Christmas Eve, it's the night of Umbrella Corporation Christmas party.

I'm not going to lie; I am incredibly nervous.

From what Annette has told me it is a high-class event.

That meant cocktail dresses and fancy suits, and that's never been my type of thing.

I grew up in Raccoon city, well not that it says anything it's just I've always been jeans, tank tops, leather jackets, and any comfortable shoes.

Honestly, I should have asked Wesker about the dress code before agreeing to go, Now I can't back out.

When we arrived at the party, I see people speaking and drinking,

Everyone is wearing elegant dresses and high-end tailored suits.

You can tell by one look that these people are crazy rich or at least very well off.

I see so many different types of food, all neatly packed on to

what looks finer then my mom's fine china.

Christmas decorations scattered around the building,

A single Christmas tree, big as a house, in the middle of the room.

What I love the most is the snowflakes hanging from the ceiling, they mix with the lighting and make the room shine.

"Dear Heart, you seem to care a lot for that ceiling?"

I turn to see Wesker staring at me; I can't help but blush.

"The snowflakes, they're beautiful." I pause, "What are they made from?" I ask him, "Glass diamonds,"

"Dear heart, there is much more to see then just the ceiling," he tells me while offering up his arm.

I smile at him, then link my arm with his, "Aways the gentleman, are you?" I tease, "When the situation calls for it."

Honestly, I feel small and out of place, like a stain on a cashmere sweater.

I felt their eyes on me as Wesker paraded me around on his arm.

It's funny I feel out of place at this party, but I feel right when I'm beside him.

Wesker introduced me to a few unknown faces, some friendly and others not so pleasant.

I hear my name called out and see both Annette and William waving at us.

They head over to where we are with sherry in tow.

"Claire, you made it!" Sherry cheerfully says.

I smile and hug her, "Of course I would come. I wouldn't miss seeing you!" I tell her.

"Claire, Looking beautiful as ever." Willam compliments, Nodding his head "Thank you, looking good yourself." I respond.

We were just small talking until Wesker received a call, He and Will left urgently. Annette took sherry home since it was her bedtime.

Leaving me alone, Well I could go home, but I honestly wanted to wait for Wesker. He said he'd be back, so I'll give him another hour before I leave.

"What is young voman such as yourself doing all alone?" A man with a thick Russian accent says.

I stare at him; honestly, he is a bit frighting, and ruff around the edges.

"Umm, who are you?" I ask, Ok may have sounded a bit rude, but in my defense, He is a scary guy!

"Kolonel Sergei Vladimir,"

"Colonel?"

"I served at rank of Kolonel in Soviet Army." He tells me.

"Yeah, I can see that," I say "I am waiting for someone, he should be back soon." I quickly add.

"who might zat be? Hn.." He asks, staring at me with a sick look of glee.

" Sergei, I didn't think you'd sink that low to bother a young woman." I hear Wesker say from behind me.

The look both men give each other tells me nether like each other. Sergei leaves without saying anything else.

"Excuse me dearheart, I should have come sooner," Wesker says giving an apologetic look at me.

"It's okay, I had fun tonight." I look him in the eyes

"Your such an enigma, Mr. Wesker." I smile brightly.

"Come here," he says, trying to pull me into dancing with him. "What?" "I promised you dearheart a dance."

"Oh, I had forgotten about that." I blush intensely.

We danced for a little while before we went home.

A/N Hey! Long time no see, anyway I been working on this chapter for a while now and I'm happy with it for now.

I haven't been updating because of said writers slump and because I've had someone PM me telling me that my story is crap and how wesker wouldn't do anything in this story and my shipping Claire and Wesker is a shit pairing and isn't cannon. I tried to ignore it at first but after awhile It did get to me.

It wasn't til my best friend talked to me about it and made a good point, I may not be the best writer and Wesker my be a little OC but that's fine.

Set out to practice and hopefully get better, and looking back at my writing now I realise I did get better.

Beside Claire/Wesker Isn't cannon but nether is any other RE Pairing.

I'm not going to let it get me down, I'm going to finish this story then daughter of umbrella.