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"Would you get up already? We're almost done," Leo said looking down at Lara who was currently sprawled out on the floor.

"Oh five more minutes? I think my feet are bleeding," she said shaking her foot at his face. Leo rolled his eyes and knocked her foot away then sat down on the floor next to her. They sat in a comfortable silence for a moment.

"Hey Lara?" he said looking over at her.

"Yeah?"

"Do you like Jim?"

Lara's face became serious. She sat up and held her knees to her chest, rocking slightly. "Is it that obvious?"

"Oh I don't know maybe it's because you grow horns and a tail every time he's with another girl. Or maybe it's because you turn bright red every time he says your name? Or…maybe it's because you've been in school for three years and have not been seen with anyone besides me and Jim, which I'm pretty sure you aren't dating either of us," He leaned back on his hands and watched Lara's face cycle through several different emotions.

Eventually she looked up at him, "I love him Leo…and it sucks. Sometimes I think he feels the same, but there's other times when I feel like he just sees me as his 'little sister'. Do you think he feels the same?"

"I…" Leo trailed off, conflicted and lost in thought. He knew that Jim cared about Lara but he and Jim never really talked about that level of caring for someone. If anything he wanted Lara to be happy, but a part of him secretly hoped that Jim did not feel the same, because if he did feel the same, then Leo's chances with her were slim to none.

"Hello? Earth to Leo!" she waved her hand in front of his face.

He swatted her hand away, "We don't really talk about that sort of stuff. I wouldn't know even if I wanted to," and boy did he want to.

She sighed and stood, "Look it's getting late, and I need to get up early for the test tomorrow," she raised her hands above her head and stretched, "I'll see you then alright?"

Leo stood as well, "Yeah maybe we can finish this some other time?"

Lara smiled at him, "Sure. Bye Leo. Get some sleep, you look tired," and with that she left him, not noticing his eyes trail over her body as she walked away.

"Mom! Where are my shoes?" sixteen-year-old Lara Sheppard called across her home.

"Front door!" her mom called back from the kitchen.

Lara was very excited. Her best friend Jim had just gotten his driver's license and was taking her to school in his brand new car. It had taken a lot of persuasion on his mom's part and a lot of kissing up to Jim's step dad, but Jim had finally gotten the keys to his step dad's old fixer upper. "I found em!" Lara shouted when she spotted her shoes carelessly thrown on the floor in front of the stairs.

"Lara whatever you do, don't let Jim talk you into skipping again! I mean it this time!"

"What? Oh look he's here! Bye mom!" she grabbed her bag and ran out the door. Jim looked so good sitting in the driver's seat. Lara felt her heart flutter as she threw her bag in the back and slowly sat in the passenger's seat.

"Well hello there good lookin," Jim wagged his eyebrows at her, "You ready for a totally school free day?"

Lara felt her stomach flip but ignored it, "That depends, where are we headed?" she asked pulling on her sunglasses.

"Well if we're lucky away from here, if we're unlucky then…I can settle for a cheeseburger and a strawberry milkshake."

"Hmm…a cheeseburger sounds good, but a chocolate milkshake please, not that gross strawberry you always get."

"Well alright then," Jim fired up the engine, "What do you think the speed limit is?"

Lara slowly pulled on her seatbelt, "What speed limit?"

Jim winked at her and flew down the dirt road their laughter and screams of joy echoing behind them.

As they sped down the road, Lara turned to face him and was startled to see Leo sitting in the seat, "Why do you torture yourself like this Lara?"

"Wha-what do you mean?"

"You know he doesn't love you." Leo said, their speed of the car rising.

"No, you're wrong Leo. I know he loves me, I just know it!" she looked out the front window and saw a cliff coming toward them.

"No he doesn't Lara…but I do, you know I care about you and I know you care about me too."

She shook her head, "Not the way I feel about Jim, and you'll never care for me the same way he does." The cliff was closer now, she knew then that they were going to drive over the edge. She panicked and reached over for the wheel but was pulled back to her seat by her seat belt. "No!" she yelled trying to pry her way out of the belt. "No! No! Jim help me! James!" she screamed as loud as she could but got no response. She felt the car fly over the cliffs edge and plummet toward the ground far below. Lara closed her eyes as she felt the darkness take over…

"James!" she shouted bolting up into a sitting position. Her alarm was blaring loudly across the room. Lara sighed and rubbed her eyes. Just a dream Lara, just a really bad dream.

She stood slowly and turned off her alarm. Need to shower, clear my head. She thought as she made her way to the bathroom. Twenty minutes later she stepped out of the bathroom, hair dried and make up applied.

Lara stepped up to her closet and pulled out the standard Starfleet cadet uniform. After putting that on she zipped up her boots and stood in front of her full length mirror. She ran her fingers through her long hair and after a while decided to braid it. A few minutes later, her long hair was hanging over her right shoulder in a classic fish tail braid.

Satisfied with her look she grabbed her books and left her room making her way to the simulation room. Today was going to be very interesting, she could just feel it.

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