After fully brushing her long brunette locks, Lara exited the bathroom and back into her room. She looked up at the clock. Ten to midnight. Lara smiled. 'Kurtis should be sleeping away now if he actually listened to me…for once.' Lara thought with a smile before turning on her heel and heading for the door. She flicked the lights off before leaving her room and making her way back to the room where Kurtis was staying.
Lara was about to enter the room when a loud crash and laughter caught her attention. She quickly rushed over to the banister and looked down into the main hall. Alistair was standing above a pile of scattered books and a smashed glass. Lara's eyes wondered over to the source of laughter. There stood Kurtis and Zip folded over in laughter.
'You told me that you'd stay in bed.' Lara's voice immediately silenced them. Kurtis looked up to see Lara glaring at him.
'Lara, I thought you knew me better than that.' Kurtis joked as Lara started to slowly make her way down the staircase.
'I do, unfortunately. I know that you can't be trusted most of the time and you never listen to people that actually care for you.' Lara told him as she finally reached the bottom.
'What's gone on here?' Lara asked as she looked over at Alistair and then Zip.
'Well Alistair over here denied that fact the he needed help carrying a glass of water and a pile of books up the stairs. Me and Kurtis offered but he simply said that he could manage it. As you can see, he didn't even make it to the staircase.' Zip informed her before laughing once again. Lara simply rolled her eyes before walking over to Alistair.
'Is that true?' She asked as she helped him pick up the books he had dropped.
'Indeed it is.' Alistair said in embarrassment. Lara couldn't help but laugh.
'Trust you.' She smiled before placing the books, that she had picked up, back into Alistair's arms.
'Now don't drop any.' Lara told him before turning around and making her way over to Kurtis.
'And what's your excuse?' She asked him as she stopped dead in front of him.
'I got bored.' Kurtis smirked.
'Well go be bored in bed. Go!' Lara said as she grabbed hold of his arm and dragged him up the stairs.
'Looks like you got on the wrong side of her.' Zip shouted up to him.
'You're telling me.' Kurtis laughed before Lara roughly threw him into his room. Kurtis stumbled back a bit before looking up to see Lara leaning up again the doorframe.
'What's your problem?' He asked her as he walked over to her. Oh no he was really testing her nerve.
'You're my problem!' Lara yelled as she pushed him back.
'What have I done now?' Kurtis looked at her as though she was a crazy woman with three heads.
'You can be such an idiot sometimes. I'm only trying to do what's best for you but you insist on ignoring what I say. I told you to go to sleep. You've been up since the early morning and you look as tired as anything but just because you got bored, you disobeyed me! Kurtis for god's sake!' Lara shouted as she kicked the door shut behind her.
'Chill Croft! You're not my mother! I'm bloody old enough to do what I want!' Kurtis argued back. Lara simply glared at him before walking over to his bed and pulling the sheets back.
'You see this? This is a bed. Now get over here, get in it, close your eyes and go.to.sleep.' Lara told him in a low and serious voice. Kurtis simply smirked before folding his arms and staying where he was. He knew how to test her last nerve and he loved it.
'Kurtis.' Lara growled.
'Yes?' He asked in an innocent voice. Lara closed her eyes and sighed. 'Why am I even bothering?' Lara thought to herself before opening her eyes again and heading for the door. Kurtis quickly grabbed hold of her shoulder and twisted her round before she could open the door.
'Lara look, I'm only playing.' Kurtis smiled. Lara placed a hand on her hip and raised an eyebrow at him.
'You're playing a game that I don't want to play.' Lara put simply before opening the door and leaving his room.
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Lara tossed and turned in the sheets of her bed, desperately trying to get to sleep.
'And then there's me telling him to get to sleep when I can't even bloody sleep myself.' Lara said to herself as she kicked the sheets back and slipped her legs over to the side of the bed. She let out a sigh before running a hand through her long hair. She looked up at the clock. Quarter to one.
'Well, no pint trying to sleep now.' Lara whispered before pushing herself up and leaving her room. She quietly made her way down the staircase and over to the sofas. She picked up a book that had been left there and read the cover.
'Pandora's Box.' Reading this immediately brought back memories. The box that held so many secrets. The box that she wanted to open so badly but she knew that she couldn't. Lara pushed the memories aside before flipping the book open and proceeding to read.
I was going to make the chapter longer than what it is but the rest of my ideas would be perfect for the next chapter. So tell me what you think please. Review.