Lara took a deep breath as she woke up. Sliding her hand to Zell's side of the bed, she noticed he was not there. She sat up, looking around. "Zell?" She asked getting out of bed. She heard the shower turn off. After a few moments, Zell walked into the bedroom in a towel.
"Good morning Lara," He said smiling, walking over to her.
"Good morning Zell," She smiled as he kissed her forehead. Zell's hair was slicked back. "I like your hair like that," She giggled as she messed it up.
"Hey," he said smiling. "Don't mess with the hair." He grabbed his clothes off of the bed as Lara walked out the door. She walked down the stairs to the pool and sat on the edge. She sighed as she started to kick her legs back and forth.
"Do you mind if I join you?" Squall said sitting down beside her.
"Not at all," She smiled. "Why aren't you with Rinoa?"
"She's still asleep," he said while sticking his legs into the cool water. "I was gonna come down here and go for a swim. I didn't think anybody would be in here."
"Well," Lara said standing up. "We can both go for a swim." She walked over to the diving bored. She stood on the end and did a perfect swan dive into the water. When she came up for air, Squall was still sitting on the edge. "Squall," She said swimming up to him. "I thought you were going to get in too."
"I will in a minute," He said smiling. "It's kinda cold."
"No, it's not," she said smiling. "Just jump in oh fearless leader." She gave a SeeD salute.
"All right," He smirked while returning a salute. "I'll get in." He slid in slowly.
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"Wakey wakey!" Selphie was sitting on Irvine's stomach.
"Seph," Irvine said in a tired voice with his eyes closed. "Get off."
"No," she smiled. "You need to get up. I bet you're the only one still asleep."
"Fine," Irvine rubbed his face. "I'll get up."
"Good!" Selphie jumped up and ran to take a shower. As soon as she shut the door, Irvine drifted back to sleep.
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Quistis sat in her bed watching television. "I wonder if anybody else is up yet," she mumbled to herself as she got up and walked over to the television. She turned it off and walked up the stairs. She walked into the kitchen where Squall and Lara were making breakfast.
Lara looked over and smiled. "Good morning Quistis. You want anything to eat?"
"I'll have whatever you guys are making." Quistis smiled and walked into the dining room.
"Lara," Squall turned to look at her. "What are we making?"
"I dunno," Lara giggled. "Let's just make everything." They went to the fridge and pulled out all of the things that they needed for a royal breakfast. Zell came running in with Rinoa.
"Hey," Zell walked up to Lara and kissed her. "Whatcha guys doin?"
"Making you guys breakfast," Lara smiled. "Now you two go wait in the dining room." Rinoa kissed Squall and walked with Zell to the dining room. Selphie came in, followed by a soaking wet Irvine.
"What happened?" Lara walked over to Irvine.
"I didn't wake up fast enough and she poured water on me," Irvine glared daggers at Selphie. "That was cold!"
"It worked, didn't it?" Selphie smiled innocently as she skipped off into the dining room.
"Irvine," Lara put a hand on his shoulder. "You better go put on some dry clothes. You don't want to get sick." Irvine nodded and walked up to his room in search of dry clothes. After about a half an hour, Lara and Squall brought in the breakfast. They made sausages, biscuits, eggs, bacon, toast, waffles, and pancakes. Everyone loved it.
"Lara," Quistis swallowed some of her pancake. "You sure go all out for guests."
"I just wanted to make your stay is as great as possible," Lara smiled. After breakfast, they all went out for a day on the town. They went to malls, arcades, landmarks, and stores. At the arcade, Lara challenged Zell to a fighting game. She whooped him pretty bad, but Zell was a great sport about it. Irvine stepped up.
"I wanna try at it," he smiled.
"Hey," Lara smiled. "If you want to embarrass yourself, I won't stop you." They had a long battle. Irvine won the first round, but Lara learned his style of playing. She won the second round. The third round was a long battle. Lara almost lost, but she won.
"Anyone else?" She smiled while looking for competitors. "What about our fearless leader?"
"Sure," Squall stepped up. "I'll try my luck." Lara won the first battle, but Squall was just warming up. He defeated her no problem in the second round. The third round was not too long. They were both down to one hit a piece. Lara punched at Squall, but he countered it and won the match.
"Congratulations," Lara bowed. "You did very well."
"What did I win?" Squall smiled.
"Here," Lara grabbed Rinoa and pushed her in front of Squall. "Rinoa's your prize." Squall wrapped his arms around Rinoa and kissed her. After a long day, they all went back to the Croft estate.
"Lara," Irvine asked. "What's Lyla like?"
"Oh," Lara smiled. "Well, she's very smart. She's a business woman. She followed in the footsteps of our father. I, on the other hand, am an archeologist, which my family doesn't like at all."
"So," Squall smiled at her. "In other words, we can call you a tomb raider."
"Lara," Rinoa smiled. "Why don't you tell us about your family."
"Sorry," Lara's smile quickly turned to a look of pain. "I don't really want to talk about them."
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"Squall," Rinoa sat down on the bed next to Squall. "Did I hurt Lara's feelings when I brought up her family?"
Squall shook his head. "I don't think so. Some people just don't like to talk about their families. Maybe she just didn't want to talk about them in front of us since we don't know who our families are."
"Maybe," Rinoa leaned against him. "Let's just go for a walk, that should get my mind off of it."
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"I can't wait till tomorrow," Irvine said while laying down. "Lyla's gonna be here."
"Irvine," Selphie closed her eyes. "Can you please stop talking about it?"
"All right, night Seph." Irvine closed his eyes.
"Nighty night, Irvy."
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Lara got out of the shower and put her robe on. When she walked out, Zell was watching television in his boxers. She slowly climbed on the bed and straddled him.
"Zell," She smiled. "Do you feel like doing anything?"
"Ummm...." Zell's face went blank. "What are you wearing under that robe?"
She took his hand and slid it up her thigh. When his hand went under her robe, he didn't feel anything but skin. Lara slowly leaned in and kissed him.
"Does that answer your question?" She smiled.
He nodded. "You want to...?"
"Zell, I want to make love to you." She started to kiss him while running her hand down his bare chest and stomach. He exhaled softly as she slowly slid her hand into his boxers.
Music: "Final Fantasy VIII" - "Blue Fields"
