This chapter is from Sam's point of view.

It was weeks before I decided to make my move. Anthony, knowing how shy and near incapable Lara was at this sorting of thing, had been questioning both of us about our feelings, although Lara didn't know this. There's no doubt in my mind that she would be stuck in the same confused position she had been in previously if not for him, but this was starting to feel childish. It reminded me of being in school, with friends passing notes between each other about who liked who. I knew Lara was too shy to be the one to make the first move, so that was up to me. The only problem was how to go about it. Unlike me, I highly doubt she's into the spontaneous kiss. I sat on the couch and was so lost in thought that the sound of the front door unlocking made me jump. I watched her unpack groceries and we made small talk. She looked so gorgeous, so desirable just doing day to day things. I decided once and for all, tonight was the night.

Later that night I found myself sitting next to her on the couch, nursing a glass of vodka mixed with diet lemonade. I had no intention of getting drunk but I needed just a little liquid courage – as experienced as I am, this situation was new to me. Two glasses in and I was feeling good, feeling confident. A mild, warm buzz was all I needed to get this going.

"You sure you don't want a drink, Lara?" I offered.
"No it's okay, I'm good."
We had finished dinner and were performing our near nightly ritual of sprawling out on opposite sides of the couch and watching TV, doing nothing.

"I still can't believe you stole burgers from that place."

"You know they deserved it. I know you don't do anything wild like that but deep down you know it's right," I enjoyed poking fun at her, it was too easy.

"Yeah I don't steal or kiss random boys, sue me."
Normally I would be annoyed at the indication of judgement from others but from her, it sounded like mild jealously, which just made me want her more. This was it.
"Aww what's wrong sweetie, you jealous?" I teased and gave her a wicked smile.

We made eye contact but said nothing, the moment so intense I wanted to ravage her right there and then. I excused myself to go to the bathroom, I needed to reset.

I sat in the bathroom, wondering what was going through Lara's mind. Boys were never this much trouble. God, all you needed to do is invite them over to watch a movie and they would have their pants off before the opening credits. Maybe it was good that she was playing hard to get though, it just meant I needed to up my game. She never seemed uncomfortable when I flirted with her, maybe I just needed to go for it and hope for the best. I was returning to the lounge room and going over possible ways to go about it when I literally bumped into her in the hallway. We were both obviously on another planet and startled.

"Oh fuck, sorry," Lara chuckled.

Lara went to continue but I grabbed her arm, desperate to get somewhere with her.

"Have you...talked to Anthony lately?"
"Uhh..." Lara was clearly confused.
"About...me?" I edged closer to her, trying to give her a hint.

"Did he say something?" Lara enquired, my arm still holding hers, our faces mere inches apart.

"Yeah...he did," I was usually so smooth, but that was all I could get out.

I bit the bullet and leaned forward. My lips met hers, and a rush went through me that I had never experienced. Not much more needed to be said, we were definitely on the same page now. She kissed me back, hard, and I pushed her against the wall. Lara moaned into my mouth which only encouraged me, my hands all over her body now. I guess we had both been holding some things in.

"Tell me if you want me to stop," I said, trying to be considerate of the fact that Lara was not as 'active' as I was.

"Don't stop, I've wanted this for ages," she managed to get out between kisses.

Despite what she said we both stopped for a moment, I still had her pinned against the wall but I wanted to appreciate the moment, we both had been waiting for it. I had never experienced trying to kiss someone when you're both smiling like crazy, I think the fact that we were both smiling made it near impossible to stop. I had never seen this side of her before, so I decided to tease her further. I made my way for her neck, biting and sucking with passion. She responded very positively and I couldn't believe how turned I was with my pants still on, I could feel myself getting desperate to have more of her.
"Wait, let's move," I stopped only to march in the direction of my bedroom, holding her hand and dragging her along with me before she could say anything.

I walked into my bedroom while Lara stood at the door, watching me. I kicked off my shoes and shrugged off my jacket, not caring where any of it landed. Falling backwards onto my mattress, I stared at her, wanting her more and more by the minute.

"And you say I don't do anything wild," Lara remarked as she slowly made her way over to me.

She laid down on top of me and I held her against me, both of us breathing heavily.

"Oh Miss Croft, I stand corrected."