"Destiny's Valentine"

Author's Notes: This is my first fanfic on Resident Evil so I hope you like it. I've been busy with my other fics but now I finally got the opportunity to start this story. I hope you'll like it and please remember R/R. Now on with the story, shall we? ^_~

Disclaimer: I do not own Resident Evil; Resident Evil and its characters belong to Capcom.

~~Junnie~~

Chapter One: Love is on its Way

The sun was shining brightly as it usually did. Birds were chirping and singing their morning songs. The city was waking up to its normal daily morning activities.

Chris Redfield lay awake in his bed rubbing the occasional morning crust out of his eyelids. He slowly rises from his bed yawning from his peaceful slumber. He grabbed his grey robe off of his dresser next to his bed. Looking around at the small amount of furniture of his small bedroom, he stretched out his arms slowly as he stood up from his bed.

His life was calming down a bit as it would soon return to normal. After all, what more could he ask for? He found Claire, He reunited with some of his old friends from Raccoon City, which would be Rebecca, Leon, and Barry, but there was still one person that was missing….

None other than Jill Valentine, his closest friend.  Over the year he began to think he lost her to Umbrella after the destruction of Raccoon City. Umbrella, the same company that killed nearly all of his friends. Just for there cruel ambitions in their psychotic chemical research. 

It was after he reunited with everyone else that he began to assume that maybe she died fighting alone when he should've been there to protect her. Since there was no sign of her anywhere. Sometimes he worried how she could've died in the thought of him not being there with her.

*Don't think so negative Chris, there's still a chance she could be alive.*

He quickly remembered, he did have Jill's cell phone number from Barry but every time he would call, no one answered. Jill was one of his most trustworthy, caring friends he's ever had. But deep down in his heart, it was more than that. He could notice how Jill wanted to get closer to him, but with Umbrella around that seemed roughly impossible. But nothing's impossible….

Life continues. Thanks to Leon, Claire was able to get over Steve's death and gather enough enthusiasm to continue college. He had his own apartment not far from where they lived. Rebecca was staying with Chris and Claire until she had enough money to get a new house. Barry and his family moved into the neighborhood so they wouldn't be so far away.

They were all going on a vacation to a beach and they were going to stay at a hotel for a couple of days. It was their chance to finally be able to escape reality and have some fun for a change. Leon and Barry stayed over that night so they could be there in the morning with everyone else.

Downstairs of the Redfield's house was his sister of course, and Rebecca eating a bowl of cereal in the kitchen, Leon talking with Claire while watching some cartoons, and Barry just sat in the living room reading the daily newspaper as he usually would. *The start of a new day, Redfield* Chris thought as he walked down the tall flight of stairs and into the living room.

"Hey Barry." Chris lamely said as he continued on his way to the living room.

Noticing Chris, Claire teasingly interrupted, "Hey sleepyhead, have a nice sleep?"

Chris responded childishly by sticking his tongue out at Claire saying, "At least I don't snore loud enough to wake up the neighbors."

"Hmph," Claire just shrugged her shoulders and looked turned her head the opposite way.

Hearing the two sibling rivalries in their daily childish arguments, Leon decided to join the fun," Yeah Claire, Chris does have a good point. You do have to admit sometimes you do snore quite loudly."

Claire slammed her spoon into her bowl and folded her arms across her chest saying, "Well Leon, at least I don't look like a damn zombie every time I wake up."

Rebecca and Chris couldn't help but to burst out in laughter. And in the living room, if you listened closely, you could even hear Barry laughing quietly.

"So have you all gotten all of your stuff together for the trip?"Chris said while searching the refrigerator.

Finishing her cereal, Rebecca answered, "Actually no. I have a certain call I need to make and I need to change my clothes."

Looking more confused than ever, "What do you mean by a certain call?"

"You know what I mean silly. Maybe you should try calling Miss Valentine again."

"What? She won't answer her phone. I've tried it a thousand times already." He sarcastically replied taking out some orange juice.

"Well, you'll never know. You might actually get lucky."

"Me? Lucky? What makes you think I'm lucky?"

"If you can ever get a girl like Jill like you than you're obviously lucky."

Blushing slightly, he replied" Jill does not like me like in that way. We're friends and that's all. Besides, you were supposed to make the call, not me."

Walking over to the sink to put her bowl away, she answered," Whatever you say Redfield."

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On this early Saturday morning, Jill Valentine was out for a walk around the neighborhood. Coincidently, she wasn't far away from Rebecca and the others. Ever since the incident in Raccoon City, one year has passed and not much has changed.

Stunning as always, Jill was wearing a pair of navy blue capris and a black tube top that looked very similar to the blue one she seemed to be quite famous for while escaping Raccoon City during the outbreak. While she was walking, she heard the familiar sound of her cell phone ringing in her back pocket of her capris.

She reached behind her for the phone and answered in her usual cheerful voice," Hello?"

"Hey Jill, it's me Rebecca! What's going on with you? I haven't talked to you ever since that incident at the mansion."

Sounding more surprised than ever, "Oh hi Rebecca! How did you get my number?"

Stuffing some clothes into her bag and holding the phone between her ear and her shoulder she said, "A certain someone I know, just happen to have it."

"And who might that person be?"

"Your sweetheart Chris." Rebecca said sneakily. And Jill was even able to hear Chris grumbling angrily at Rebecca because of what she said.

Thinking of Chris made her blush profoundly but thank goodness Rebecca wasn't able to see that. She nervously replied," Can you please stop saying that? He and I are just friends and nothing more than that. Speaking of Chris, I've been looking for him. Where is he?"

"Jill you can stop lying to yourself, we all know how much you like him. It's so obvious to everyone except you and Chris of course. Anyhow, me, Claire, Leon, Barry, and Chris are going on a vacation. Would you like to join us?"

"Sure, I wouldn't mind. There's nothing around here to do anyway. Besides I'd be glad to see you all again. When are you leaving? And would you mind if a brought a friend of mine with me?"

"We're packing our clothes and stuff now, but who did you have in mind?"

"His name is Carlos; he helped me escape Raccoon City. I'd like for you all to meet him. I'll call him now. Oh and tell Chris I said 'hi'"

"Okay, I'll be sure to tell Chris. Where exactly are you?" Rebecca said as she was listening too Jill and writing on some piece of paper.

"Okay, see ya later!" Rebecca hung up the phone and sighed in relief of not having to hold that phone between her ear and her shoulder anymore.

Jill also turned off her cell phone and put it back into her pocket. A vacation huh? And Chris was going to be there. 'Your sweetheart Chris', those words, repeated in her mind. She hadn't seen him in such a long time and she missed him so much.

Rebecca was right; it was very obvious to everyone how she felt about Chris. She just never had the words to express it. Almost instantly after she met him, her feelings for him went deeper than being just friends.

"Chris…"She whispered to herself while taking out a small photo she had in her back pocket.  It was a picture of her and all the rest of her friends from Raccoon City before the mansion incident that made her life a living hell.

On the left side was Barry with his arms across his chest with a thin smile. Rebecca stood on the far right side with her hands on her hips next to Brad.  Brad was putting his two fingers behind Richard and Joseph, making them look like they had bunny ears.

Then it was her favorite part of the picture. Jill kneeled on the white tiled floor beside

Chris with her arms wrapped around his neck smiling cheerily. Chris' smile was…something that she would always remember.

They were the best of friends, but would he feel the same way? It even hurts her to think about it. Rejection was the one thing in this world Jill hated. If only she has courage to tell him how she feels before it becomes too late….

She turned around and began to walk home. She slightly began to smile gently thinking to herself, "Don't be so sad, this should be the moment you've been awaiting for."

~~End Of Chapter One: Love is on its Way~~

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Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. It's just the beginning, so you can expect a lot more from this story as I continue to write it. However, I'll be busy with my other stories, so I may not be updating this very soon. And I've got a lot of drawings I've got to finish up for my anime series and a couple of websites. If you want to see the photo I was talking about, just email me. I'll try my best to send it to you.  If anyone wants me to continue this story, please tell me before I end up canceling it like I've done one of my other stories. Until next time, see ya!

~~Junnie~