Unlikely Partners – Chapter 4
Introduction
I do not own any of the games/characters I mention, I just made this story for fun – I am a big fan of both this characters and I just like to think about what it would be like if they met.
Hey guys, this chapter is a little longer, but it's mostly speech. Hope you like it.
-Chapter 4: Lady Lara Croft.
The woman looked at me, then at Chloe, back at me.
"Fine, I'll go out with Nathan Drake", she said.
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THE NEXT DAY
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I was sort of anxious. Though I was trying to tell myself I wasn't nervous, I was running around the house like a maniac. I mean, it wasn't an actual date, but I was still a little nervous. I even applied perfume… Her voice kept hanging around in my mind: Fine, I'll go out with Nathan Drake, was she doing this as an obligation only?
Sully came in the room: "Hey kid. Why are you so goddamn nervous? Something happened?", he said.
"No, Sully, I'm fine.", I looked at the clock.
"Look kid, about Brazil…"
"We'll talk about it later, Sully, bye.", I grabbed my jacket and ran to the door. It was almost 2 p.m.. "I'll be back soon.", I added.
"Ok…", Sully answered me.
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When I got to the coffee, it was very easy to locate Miss Croft. She was sitting on the very last table, wearing some jeans (who looked very good on her) and a blue shirt with a V neck line. She was wearing the same boots as the previous day and her hair was tied up in a ponytail.
"Hey Miss Croft.", I said as I got to her table.
"Hi." She sighed, "Have a seat.".
So I did.
"How… How are you?", I was trying to start a conversation.
"Terribly bored, Mr. Drake… How are you?"
Awkward.
"I'm fine. You can call me Nathan, you know?", I said as nicely as possible.
"Awesome. I'm still miss Croft to you."
"You are not very easy to get along with, you know?"
"I'm aware.", still with a serious face, "So… We are here to get to know each other… Tell me about you, Mr. Drake.".
"Nathan."
"Whatever."
"Ok… What is there to say about me…?"
Who was I?
"Well… I'm American… I'm a fortune hunter."
"Do you use guns?"
"Of course. Better than anybody else."
"Not anybody."
"Eheheh.", She seriously thought she was better than me?, "Why don't you start? I'm starting to sweat here."
She looked at my for two seconds, than leaned forward in the chair.
"Ok. I'm Lara Croft, a famous British archeologist, I'm 32 and I'm the best at what I do."
"Famous? I never heard of you…"
She raised her eyebrows.
"Oh really? Maybe you spend too much time applying perfume."
Damn, "Ok miss Croft, this was a terrible idea, I'm leaving.", I got up the chair.
She rolled her eyes.
"Wait, Mr. Drake… Please sit down. I'll be nicer, alright?", she said and I looked at her again. I sat down.
"Fine. But this is hard, Not just because you're very hard to deal with, but also because I never worked with anyone worth my trust before, except for Sully, Chloe, Charlie and…"
I stopped before I said her name. The woman raised her eyebrows again.
"And?", she asked.
"…And Elena Fisher."
"Oh, I see… A girlfriend?"
"Not anymore…"
I looked at the counter hopping some waiter came and I could ask for a drink… I was needing it.
"That's alright. I know it's hard when we have these busy lives."
"How would you know?"
"I had someone too…"
"Really? Who was the saint who could actually stand you?"
She didn't look angry with that at all.
"His name was Kurtis…"
"Ok, tell me about him."
"Ahahah, not a chance."
"Come on."
"I don't have too."
"Fine…"
We just stared at each other for a while. During the silence, someone behind me said:
"Lady Lara Croft, is that you?", of course I would've recognized that voice anywhere. Sully?, I thought to myself without turning my face.
"Victor Sullivan? Well I haven't seen you in a while.", she said has she got up and ran to him. They shared a hug.
"Sully?", I finally said as I got up and looked at them.
"Nate? What are you… Oh", he practically yelled, "You're on a date? Wow, that is why you were so nervous!"
"What? No, I wasn't", I believe I was blushing, "And this is not a date. She is my new partner."
"Wait… This was the 'Sully' you were mentioning?", asked Miss Croft, surprised.
"Yeah…", I answered her.
"You guys? Partners? How didn't I think of that before? It's perfect…", Sully said with a huge smile on his face, "Anyway, I got to go kid, bye miss Croft, nice to see you."
Sully walked away and me and miss Croft sat again. I wasn't surprised Sully knew the woman. He always does…
The rest of the date was actually pretty nice… Miss Croft and I talked about the lost ship and I explained everything to her. We agreed on leaving the next day, even though she was afraid because we could miss Chloe's wedding. I swore we wouldn't.
…TO BE CONTINUED…
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