Well hello guys! Welcome to my story.

First off I got to confess that I'm kind of a newbie to the Tomb Raider fandom. I played one of the games with my cousin when we were kids and we can't even remember which game it was. But when I got the new TR game I just couldn't stop playing it. It was awesome! And that's why I started looking for the old ones to play as well… So please excuse me if it's a little out of character.

Enough of talking now! Have fun reading

PS: I'm no native speaker so if you have any advice I'd be glad to get it…

Week 2 on The Endurance

"Lara!" Sam said while pulling her best friend's arm "hey Lara!"

"What is it Sam?" the girl asked without looking up from the book she has been reading.

"He's staring at you again" Sam stated.

"Who?"

"Alex!"

Now Lara looked up and searched the room for Alex, and Sam was right: the young man was just sitting there gazing over at her lost in his own thoughts.

"He's just thinking about something, I bet he doesn't even know that he's staring" Lara simply said and turned her attention back to her book praying that Sam would just drop the subject.

"I think he likes you!" Sam said with a big grin on her face.

"Sam! We're just friends!"

"Ah! So you like him too!" The young woman deducted with an even bigger grin "No wonder, he's sweet and kinda cute"

"Now you sound like you like him" Lara said trying to make Sam the centre of the conversation rather than herself.

"Don't change the subject Lara Croft! You can't fool me"

"Sam please, just drop it okay?" Lara tried to sound annoyed. The only problem was she couldn't get annoyed about Sam.

"Hey Alex!" Sam suddenly called "Come sit with us over here!"

Alex who has been completely lost in his thoughts was a bit startled but then nodded and made his way over to them.

"Hello ladies!" he said and took a seat "What have you been up to?"

"Oh I'm just trying to get Lara here to put that book down for a while" Sam said.

"I see... What's it about?" he said, looking at Lara very interested.

"It's just another book about Yamatai. I'm starting to believe that it's somewhere inside the Dragon's Triangle" the young woman said "I just don't know if the others will be convinced of my theory"

"I would follow you everywhere" Alex blurted out without thinking. When the realisation of what he had said hit him he added: "I mean... I...I trust you Lara! And I know that you're good at your job. Yes"

"Great Alex!" a little voice in his head said "Now you sound like a stalker! You creeped her out man!"

But Lara just smiled.

"Thank you Alex!" she said. He couldn't take his eyes off of her, he just kept looking at her perfect face and her genuine smile.

"So, Alex!" said Sam, who has witnessed the whole scene "Tell me, you have a girlfriend back home?"

"No" he said and blushed a little.

"Sam! Leave him alone!"

"What?!" Sam answered smiling "I'm just getting to know him"

Yeah right, Sam had a plan of her own. And it was getting as much information out of Alex as possible.

"How come a nice guy like you doesn't have a pretty girl to date?"

"That's the problem Sam! I'm Mr. Nice Guy. I'm not 'dateable'. Pretty girls want bad boys, adventure and danger you know. I'm just a nerd. But I don't care. I only care about one stunningly beautiful girl" he finished saying looking at Lara who didn't seem to notice…

Later that day Sam and Lara were on deck. A crew member was taking some photos of them when Alex walked by.

"Hey Alex! Come here and take a picture with us" Lara said.

"Alright!" he said smiling, of course he wouldn't say no to Lara. So he took the spot between them, put a hand around Sam's shoulder and the other around Lara's and smiled to the camera. Suddenly he felt something soft on his cheek. It took him a moment to realise that it have been Lara's lips on his cheek. His whole body heated up and his breathing got faster.

"Damn it Alex!" he thought to himself "It's only a kiss on the cheek from a friend! Keep you act together, don't embarrass yourself!"

Lara could feel his heart beat a little faster under the hand she had been laying on his chest the moment she had kissed him, but she hadn't processed the whole thing at that moment.

And just as fast as it had happened it was over. The picture had been taken, Lara had removed herself from Alex and Sam had just been standing there and smiling. The young woman knew that something was up with her best friend and it had something to do with Alex. She planned to ask her about it when they were alone.

"So ladies, wanna take a walk with the nerd?" Alex asked after a while.

"Yeah why not" Lara said.

"You could tell us how you got that tattoo." Sam said and pointed at the ink on his neck.

"Ok then" he said smiling "It all started when…" and so the three young people walked around the ship, talking and laughing until it became dark.

Lara was lying in her bed when Sam walked in the room.

"Sweetie, Alex clearly likes you. And don't deny it, you like him as well."

"Come on Sam! Not this again" Lara said trying to sound annoyed "You're seeing things that aren't there, like always"

"Drop the act Lara, I know it when you're lying. I'm your best friend"

Lara looked desperate, Sam was…. Well she was just Sam, who knew how to push her buttons and make open up to her.

"Fine! Okay! You got me!" she said giving up "I like him, I think"

"Ha! I knew it!" Sam shouted and threw her hands up in triumph "But what do mean with 'I like him, I think'?"

"I…I just don't know Sam. Sometimes he's so hard to read." Lara said looking down.

"Are you kidding me right now? Any guy who wouldn't be crazy about you IS crazy, like mentally unstable crazy!" Sam said.

"Really?"

"Damn girl! You really need to build a little confidence. I mean look at you! You're every guy's dream!"

"Thank you Sam, you're the best best friend I've ever had" Lara said smiling.

"Yeah I know, I'm awesome!" Sam said beaming with pride "So what are you going to do about your crush?"

"I don't know yet but there's no need to rush things. I still have enough time " Lara said and lay back in her bed.

Little did she know that soon she will find herself trapped on a cursed island, fighting for her life and the lives of her friends. And that she'll be their only chance to leave that dark place.

So that was it, the first chapter. I've already started on chapter two so if you want to know how the story will end just stick around a little while longer…

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