***
Bryce sighed, brushing a strand of Corazon's red hair away from her face. Corazon brushed his hand away. She and Bryce were laying on the floor of the master bedroom wrapped a blanket from the bed. He was still exhausted from their love making, but also felt uneasy about the leap in his relationship with Corazon.
"What do you want to do now?" Corazon asked.
"Oh, uh, I don't know. What do you want to do?"
"I want to do it in their bed again." Corazon smirked.
"Cor, do you ever stop to think that what you're doing is wrong?" Bryce asked.
"No, of course not." Corazon smiled. "Come on, Bryce. Don't be such a wimp. Not why don't you get another condom and I'll get ready to go again." Corazon hopped up and just about made it to the bathroom when Bryce heard the sound of the front door opening.
"Bugger!" Bryce almost shouted. "They're home! Get your clothes!" Bryce shouted, tossing Corazon's bra and her jeans at her.
"Great! I can met them then!" Corazon said, hopping into her jeans.
"Aren't you going to bother with your knickers?" Bryce asked.
"Maybe a little later." Corazon said.
Suddenly, Bryce heard Lara and Alex laughing as they started up the stairs to their room. "Bugger!" Bryce hissed. He buttoned his jeans, grabbed his shirt, took Corazon's wrist and pulled her out onto the balcony. He closed the glass windows after him and climbed over the railing and onto the drainpipe.
"Come on, Cor. We can get back to my trailer this way." Bryce said, sliding down. "Hurry Cor!" Bryce said, after he had reached the ground.
"But I want to meet them!" Corazon hissed.
"Later!" Bryce promised. He looked up as Corazon delicately swung her legs over the balcony and slid down the drainpipe.
"Let's get back to the trailer." Bryce said. "The assault course can get freaky after dark." Corazon walked up to Bryce and slapped him.
"You're a wally!" She shouted. "You are no fun and you don't want to let me meet anyone! Forget it, Bryce, it's over."
"Wha. . ." Bryce couldn't even finish his sentence before Corazon stormed away. He trailed after her, calling her name, but she ignored him, got into her car and drove off. "Corazon!" Bryce wailed into the night. But it was too late. All that was left was swirl of dust.
Bryce trudged into his trailer and flopped onto his bed. "This was a horrible night." He said to himself. "Horrible." Without anything better to do and knowing that there would be hell to pay in the morning for messing up Lara and Alex's room Bryce turned off all the lights and went to sleep.
***
"Bryce! Bryce, I know you're in there, open up!" Bryce awoke to shouting. He looked around.
"What?" He asked. Then he realized that Alex was standing outside of his trailer. He got up, rubbing his tired eyes and finally opened the door. Alex stepped in and closed it after him.
"Good morning, Bryce." Alex said. Even Bryce knew that he was in big trouble.
"Morning." Bryce said sheepishly.
Alex glanced around the trailer. "Where's your girlfriend? Did she go home early?"
"Well, she kind of broke up with me, then went home."
"Was this before or after you two had sex in our bed?"
"Oh, um, sorry about that." Bryce turned a bright red and avoided Alex's eyes.
"Yeah. You might want to return these to your lady friend." Alex held up Corazon's panties. Bryce turned a brighter red and took them from Alex. "Next time, try your own bed, huh?"
"Sorry, Alex, it's just that she was coming on to me and she didn't want to come back to the trailer and then she dumped me and I am really confused right now."
"Call Isis, she's one for handing out bad advice and listening to people complain about their deranged personal lives."
"Gee, thanks Alex. I feel much better now." Bryce said, sarcastically.
"Anytime Bryce, anytime. Now, I'm going to be taking Lara out to see a movie or something and we won't be back until dinner time. So please keep your sexual adventures in the trailer, eh?"
"Right. Sorry."
"See you later, Bryce."
***
Lara smoothed out a winkle over her swollen stomach. She arched her aching back and sighed. Only two more months. Lara told herself. Then I won't feel like a whale anymore. Lara stood up, carefully and slid into her comfortable shoes. Alex said that he was taking her out later that day for a movie. Which would be a nice distraction from her pregnancy. Even though Alex had been acting a little strange lately. He hated letting Lara out of his sight and practically refused to let her answer the phone.
The phone rang. Speak of the devil. Lara thought, she walked over to the nightstand and picked up the receiver. "Hello?"
"What's your favorite scary movie?" A raspy voice asked.
"Scream." Lara hung up the phone then took it off the hook, resting it beside the clock radio. She glanced in the mirror, made sure her hair was in place then walked out of her bedroom.
***
Bryce had just about finished programming Simon to be able to do a compete three hundred and sixty degree turn in under a second when he cellular phone blasted the first few notes of Emma Bunton's We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight. Bryce smiled at his new ring tone and hit the 'talk' button on the cell phone.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Bryce? It's Corazon." The voice said.
"Oh, hi." Bryce said, completely forgetting about Simon.
"Look, I wanted to apologize for last night. I mean, I really wanted it to be a nice evening and I didn't really like crawling down a drainpipe. It really ruined the mood. And I didn't mean to dump you either, I was just upset."
"Oh, well, I'm working on Simon right now, do you want to come over for a little while?"
"Really? I'd love to! I've been dying to see how Simon works."
"Great, I'll see you in a little while then." Bryce said.
"Bye-bye." Corazon hung up.
Bryce linked his hands behind his head and smiled.
***
"Bryce, if you and the young lady are finished, I have prepared some sandwiches for lunch." Hillary said, poking his head into Lara's training area where they were testing out Simon's new reflexes.
Bryce looked up. "Oh, sure. Thanks Hillary. We'll be out in a second."
"Very good." Hillary left, gently closing the door behind him.
"Wow, it's so cool that you have a butler." Corazon said, stroking his arm.
"Well, he's not mine, he's Lara's. He gives me more trouble then anything else." Bryce said. "Well, let's go see what he's made."
He took Corazon's hand and lead her into the kitchen. Hillary was wiping down the kitchen counters when Bryce and Corazon entered. Hillary raised an eyebrow at Corazon. She certainly didn't look like a nymphomaniac who had a fetish for making love in other people's beds. She looked quite sweet actually.
"So, you must be Corazon." Hillary said, extending his hand to her.
"Yeah, you must be Hillary." Corazon said, politely shaking his hand.
"Bryce hasn't told me that much about you." Hillary said.
"Oh, we've only been dating for a week." She giggled.
They're dating for a week and they're already sleeping together? Hillary thought. What is the world coming to? Then again Lara and Alex weren't even dating when she became pregnant. But she had known him for over a year by then. All well, it's Bryce's problem, not mine.
Hillary glanced back at the phone. It hadn't rung all morning. He was beginning to get very worried though. If their mystery caller was capable of doing more then make threatening phone calls then this silence only gave them more time.
"So Bryce, you never finishing giving me that tour of the house." Corazon whispered into his ear.
Cos I was a little busy giving it to you on Lara and Alex's bed. Bryce thought to himself. "Well, do you want a full tour after lunch? I can show you the assault course and the basement." He said.
"That sounds great." Corazon whispered.
***
"Alex, I want to crawl into a bath and soak for a year." Lara said, touching her sore back.
"Sorry baby, I didn't know the movie was that long." He said, wrapping his arms around her. Alex closed the front door and locked it. He glanced at the grandfather clock which chimed ten at night.
"Hello Lara and Alex. How was the movie?" Hillary asked, taking their coats.
"It's was good." Alex said. "But a little long."
"Way too long." Lara said, stretching.
"Well, dinner will be ready in about twenty minutes, so you can take a short walk. Oh, and Bryce's girlfriend is here. They're in the training room messing around with Simon."
"Bryce's girlfriend? I thought they broke up." Alex said.
"Well, apparently they're back together." Hillary said.
"Did we get any calls?" Alex asked, giving Hillary a you-know-what-I'm-talking-about look.
"No, no calls at all." Hillary said, happily.
"No kidding. I took the phone off the hook." Lara said.
"You did what?" Alex asked.
"Someone prank called me this morning." Lara stated.
"What did they say?"
"They asked me what my favorite scary movie was so I hung up and took the phone off the hook. It was rather silly, I mean, that's the oldest line in the book. Isis even tried that one night. Well, actually she forgot what the line was and ended up asking me "Do you believe in scary movies?". But it's the same thing really."
"Ah. Well, I better get back to the kitchen. I'll call you when dinner is ready." Hillary said.
"Oi, let's go for a walk then." Lara said. "Maybe that will help."
"Sure." Alex said, catching her around the waist and kissing her lips. "God, you're beautiful." He smiled, giving her a longer kiss.
"For someone who looks like a whale." Lara added, kissing him back.
"Oi! Lara!"
Lara and Alex broke their embrace and glanced over to where the voice had come from. Corazon was standing by the training area with her eyes wide and full of excitement. Bryce poked his head out of the sparing room and tried to pull the excited girl back in, but she ignored him and practically ran over to Lara.
"Oh my God! I am such a big fan of yours! I love archeology and you are my idol!" She squealed.
Lara and Alex exchanged worried glances.
"I read all of your books and I even went on a trip to Egypt just so I could see the pyramids you went to! It was so fun! I even have a room with all of your collectable things in it! I kept all the newspaper clippings that you were in and EVERYTHING!"
"Okay Lara, walk away very slowly, don't make any sudden movements or she might attack. . ." Alex whispered to her.
"Do you want to see the website I built for you? It's rated number one on the top one hundred tomb raider sites!" Corazon rambled on happily.
Oh my God. . . Bryce thought as he watched his once calm and sophisticated girlfriend morph into a creature resembling a teenybopper at a Backstreet Boys concert. She's a groupie. . . Bryce realized.
"This may seem a little odd, but can I have your autograph?" Corazon asked.
"Umm, I suppose." Lara said. She didn't want to be rude to the girl but it was obvious she had way too much spare time on her hands.
***
"That was more exhausting then trying to talk Lara out of tomb raider." Hillary said as he stretched and glanced at the clock. It was nearly one in the morning.
"Bryce, that is the last time you invite one of your girlfriends over here." Lara said.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that she was a groupie." Bryce mumbled.
Alex glanced at him. For the past two hours Corazon had showered Lara with her praise and undivided attention. She had completely ignored Bryce and didn't bother to hide the fact that she had basically been using him to met her idol. Although she knew everything about Lara down to what shampoo she uses she was harmless. She didn't want to leave, even after the clock struck twelve-thirty, but Bryce had managed to convince her that Lara needed her rest, being pregnant and all and would have time to chat later.
"God, I have never been so irritated. . ." Lara said, rubbing her temples.
"Bryce, I hope you know that Corazon was not actually dating you because she liked you." Hillary said.
"Yes, I some how got that feeling when she asked for Lara to write out a certificate of authenticity for her autograph." Bryce said.
"It's alright Bryce. You deserve a girl much less annoying." Lara said, mussing his hair. "And one with a personality."
"Yeah, thanks." Bryce said, miserably.
***
Bryce sighed and logged on to the internet. He was too tired to go to sleep and felt too heartbroken to talk to anyone. After thinking that he had finally found a nice, attractive girl who loved technology as much as he did it seemed only natural that she had been using him to gain access to her favorite celebrity.
He looked around the post it notes to see if he had anything to do online after he discovered that he had no new e-mails. He located one that read 'Visit Cor's site' and gave the web address. He sighed and figured that he might as well.
Corazon's website was simple with no frames but tons of content. He clicked on 'News & Updates' to see if she had been working on it lately. The lasted update was an article Corazon had written which was titled 'I Had Sex In Lara Croft's Bed!'. Bryce clicked out of the site and picked the phone. He dialed Corazon's home number and stood there, angrily waiting for her to pick. After six rings her answering machine picked up.
Bryce looked up. "Corazon, this is Bryce. I just wanted to tell you that our relationship is over and I never want to see you again and that you're a total slut and you don't care about anyone but yourself and that Lara thought you were an obnoxious cow and she will shoot you on sight if you come back to the manor. Smooches!" Bryce hung up the phone laughing.