CHAPTER 5 "Unbelievable"

Lara was in her room on the ship, she tossed and turned in the bed. She sat up in bed she noticed her stomach it was a little bigger than usual. She put her hand on her stomach.

"It's not possible!" Lara whispered.

She could not believe it. Her pregnant! It was the last thing on her mind. Tears came to Lara's eyes she wiped them away. Lara thought about Elizabeth Jade, the captain's wife, maybe she could help her.

The jem glowed again, Lara put it in her hand and watched the same pictures flash across it. She noticed something in the background, the number four. The jem stopped. The tomb raider put it down.

"Forth month". Was her explanation for it.

She had a feeling that the jem had something to do with it.

She lied down and closed her eyes.

When she woke up the room was hot, although it was December. They were below the equator so when it was winter in Surrey, it was summer in the Indian Ocean.

Lara changed into some dark clothes, so hopefully no one would notice, and walked out of the room.

On the way out Lara saw Rose.

"Rose where's your mummy?" Lara asked sweetly as she squatted down to the little girl's point of view.

Rose shrugged.

"Come on let's find her, I need to ask her something." Lara said.

Lara didn't know much about pregnancy and childbirth and was hoping that the little girl's mother could help.

"Okay" Rose said and took Lara's hand.

Lara stood up and went up to the deck. Rose let go of Lara's hand and went to the edge of the deck.

"Be careful." Lara said automatically and plainly as if she had done it before.

"I wills" Rose said cheerfully

She stopped and turned around.

"You soundeds like me mummy when you saided that." She said.

Lara didn't know what to say, Rose's mom walked in.

"Hullo Lady Croft". She smiled.

"Hullo" Lara smiled weakly.

"Rose why don't you help daddy, Lady Croft and I need to talk." Elizabeth said.

The three year old nodded, and ran to where her father was..

"Are you okay?" She asked her concerned.

Lara glanced over at the little girl as she ran.

"I don't know. Why do you ask?" Lara said plainly.

"Well you seem a little different then what I have heard of you." The blond haired woman said.

Lara looked down at her stomach then back at Elizabeth.

"Before you had Rose, what was it like?" Lara asked.

"I had morning sickness the first few months, I wouldn't eat meat, and there were a few times I didn't want to be bothered." Mrs. Jade explained sweetly.

Lara knew she had those same symptoms.

"Oh" Lara said interested.

"Why? Do you think you may be…" Elizabeth said as if she knew something Lara didn't.

Lara nodded plainly.

"Mm Hmm" Elizabeth said in interest.

Lara sat down on the nearest chair.

"But how do I know if I'm going to be a good mother? This has never happened to me before." Lara said with a bit of panic in her voice.

Elizabeth sat down next to her.

"Every new mother wonders if she will be a good parent for her child at one point during her pregnancy. You'll do fine." She said comfortingly.

Lara sat there quietly.

"Thanks" Lara finally said.

"Let's go eat shall we." Elizabeth smiled.

"Sure" Lara smiled back.

The two women stood up and walked toward the kitchen.

It wasn't long before Bryce came in.

"Hullo Bryce". Lara said casually.

"Hullo, you seem to be feeling better". Bryce noticed as he went to get some food.

"Should I tell him?" Lara whispered to Elizabeth.

"If you want but I'm not sure how he'll take it". She whispered back.

Lara thought about telling him.

"Maybe I should wait." Lara whispered looking at Bryce.

"Good idea" Elizabeth agreed.

Bryce sat down next to Lara and started eating his food.

"I'm going to check on Darren and Rose." Elizabeth finally said and she cleaned up her dish.

"Okay" Lara and Bryce, said in unison.

Lara finished her breakfast. She had second thoughts about telling Bryce.

"I'll tell him when he's done". She thought.

Lara cleaned up her place, and after a few seconds, Bryce had finished.

"So did you figure out your problem?" He said as he cleaned up.

Lara waited until he had nothing in his hands before telling him, just in case.

"Yes, I did figure out the problem." She said Bryce had nothing in his hands.

"I may be pregnant." Lara said casually.

Bryce's mouth dropped open.

"What!?" He finally said after a long pause.

"B-but h-how? W-who? W-what?" He stuttered in shock.

"Glad he didn't have anything in his hands, it probably would have broken by now". Lara thought and smiled.

Lara nodded.

"I think it has something to do with the jem I found a while back. And Jesse Keene". She said.

"I-it's n-not p-possible. What are you playing at? U-unless…" Bryce said still in shock.

"Calm down, I know what you're thinking and it's not that." Lara said.

"Then what is it?" Bryce calmed down.

"I think that that jem I found was a fertility jem." Lara explained.

"A fertility jem?" Bryce asked.

"Yes, it's a jem with a special spell on it that, when it hits someone, preferably a woman, it will transfer the power to carry a child. This child is usually a special child and she carries a power and her mother will have that power until the child is born." Lara explained.

"I should have known that before." She added as she touched her head.

Lara knew a lot about fertility jems she never suspected that she would have one.

"Whoa" Bryce said in shock.

"Hold on, you kept concitering the baby a she in your description?" He added.

"I was?" Lara asked she didn't notice that when she was explaining.

Bryce nodded.

"Oh well". Lara said.