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Stepping off of the boat and onto the island of Isla Nublar, you look over at the dock, expecting to see a red head of a best friend however a grim expression took over your face once you found her assistant Zara instead. Zara had her typical shades on in order to keep her eyes shaded away from the Costa Rican sun and additionally was looking down at her phone. You rolled your eyes and slowly walked over with your suitcase rolling behind you.

It was no real surprise that Claire didn’t come to pick you up - despite the fact she promised she would. Every single time you had come to visit her at the Park (whether it was during opening or closing times) you were always met with Zara first with an excuse saying that Claire was ‘busy’ and would meet you on later on in the day. Now you didn’t doubt the fact that she was busy since she was one of the main managers of the Park. However, this statement of her coming to visit you has not yet proven to be true because it wouldn’t be until the next day that Claire would come and see you unless you had physically dragged her out of the control room in order to spend time with each other. It was obvious that you were getting tired of her traditions and during this trip you would make sure it would never happen again.

Zara heard your approaching footsteps and glanced up from her phone. Once seeing you, a fake smile appeared on her face and after typing something quickly on her phone, she slid the object into her trouser pocket.

“Hello (y/n), it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, haven’t we?” Zara asked. You simply nod your head as a response, without giving her a proper answer. You noticed her smile falter at your rudeness but still made sure to look like she was happy to see you (it didn’t bother you much since you weren’t the best of friends anyway) “Well, luckily for you, Jurassic World has new attractions – and I’m not just talking about Dinosaurs – which you can explore before you see Claire”

“So, where will I be staying this time?” Zara just rolls her eyes at the fact you probably weren’t listening to her and started to walk away, with you and your suitcase following behind.

After Zara had shown you to your hotel room, she had left you alone to look at those new attractions she had talked about, however you soon found yourself getting lonely, so lonely that you had started talking to the dinosaurs therefore getting weird looks from some of the keepers. It was that time to get Claire from her work. There might have been other people which could have cured this boredom instantly, however Claire did invite you here for a reason.

As usual, you walked into the control room showing the security your visitor’s pass before going into the main area. Even though from where you stood, you could not see Claire, a genuine smile appeared on your face once you saw Lowery sitting at one of the many computers.

“Hey Lowery!” you exclaimed. Lowery looks up from the computer and once seeing you, he stands up from his computer and holds his arms out expecting a hug. You giggle at this but give him the hug anyway.

“I heard you were on the island; I was wondering how long it would take you to get here,” He said whilst backing away from the hug. “Did you miss me that much?” You playfully punch him in response. He winced at the impact, rubbing his arm from where you hit it.

“Haha, you are sooo funny,” you say in a monotone voice, “can you tell me where I might find a workaholic redhead?” Lowery smirks, sitting back down whilst smirking. That would give him time to ‘flirt’ with one of the newest staff members, Vivian.

“Well…” Lowery started as he looked through the various security cameras, “it seems she is in the raptor paddock talking to some guy- “Before Lowery could say anything more you walked out of the control room, just a tiny bit angry. Who are you kidding, you were furious! You were getting ditched so Claire could go flirt. What the HELL?!

As you walk out of the building, you watch as a black man getting on a quadbike. You quickly run up to him.

“Excuse me!” The man turns his head so that he is facing you, “I know, that you don’t know me but could give you me a lift to the Raptor paddock?” You ask the man timidly. The man lifts an eyebrow.

“Are you sure? Being even near the Raptors is dangerous,” He responds back with cautious tone.

“I just need to see someone,” The man looks at you one last time before giving you a genuine smile.

“Sure, hop on,” You smile in return and quickly get on the back. Feeling awkward at where to put your hands you just grip the back of your seat. After a few minutes of silence with the wind whipping through your hair, the man speaks up. “So who is this someone that you are going to see?”

“Claire Dearing?” You suggest the name to see whether this man knew him or not. It seems as if he did because as soon as you mentioned the name Claire, his facial expression changes from his grinning self from before to a look of worry.

“Oh no,” He mumbles before quickly speeding ahead, making you grip the seat tighter than ever.

It was a very quick ride and by the time you had reached the Raptor paddock, you were sure you were seeing two at a time. You clumsily stepped off of the bike, almost falling over until the man had grabbed your shoulder in order to steady you.

“Thanks for the ride…” you said however realised that you did not know this person’s name. You lifted one eyebrow as if to question him without any words.

“Barry, just call me Barry,” He says, offering a hand to shake.

“I’m (Y/N),” You respond, shaking his hand. Before you could bring up any other conversation you see a very odd sight which definitely surprises you. You watch as Claire and a tall and quite handsome man who towered Claire (funnily enough she was in heels and this man still towered over her!) The two of them were both red in the face however just by looking at their facial expressions you could tell that the pair of them were bit flirting.

“I knew that this would happen,” Barry mumbled to himself whilst shaking his head. You gave him a confused look, making him laugh at your un-knowingness. “When Claire and the man, Owen Grady had met it was obvious to everyone that those two were going to become the next ‘star couple’. Oh, how wrong we could be. After the first date had went down the drain, the two of them not detest one another.” Barry explained. The only thing you could do was wince. How bad did this date go that they hate each other now. Barry started to walk over to the scene in order to break up the situation whilst you followed behind.

As you got closer and closer to the pair, you could hear the two arguing more like screaming at one another. You barely heard the conversation except for one tiny bit which definitely shocked you.

“Why don’t you just shove that hand where the sun doesn’t shi-“

“CLAIRE!” You yell as you jump into the scene. This got her attention as you noticed her shake slightly from surprise. Claire turned around and quickly looked in your direction, and once spotting you her wide eyes just exaggerate the shock. Your voice must have been quite loud since it caught the attention of the mystery man as he also looks at you. In response to Claire’s reaction, you raised your eyebrows whilst smirking at what Claire might have said if she had finished that sentence. Claire flushed in embarrassment.

“W-what are you doing here (Y/N)?” Claire asked, moving away from the mystery man and coming towards you.

“You invited me here,” Claire rolled her eyes at your simple answer.

“I know that, but what are you doing here, on this part of the island?”

“I was looking for you,” Suddenly the man behind Claire started to laugh but coughed in order to cover it up. By doing so, this reminded Claire that the man was still here making her roll her eyes in annoyance. She then gestured to the man behind her.

“(Y/N), this is the Alpha of the Velociraptors,” She said with slight sarcasm in her tone, “aka the velociraptor trainer Owen Grady,” Owen and you had shaken hands in greeting.

“Velociraptors?” You question, “isn’t that dangerous?”

“Just being here on this island is dangerous,” He retorts back with a smirk as if to challenge you. You smile back at him in response. However, before you could say anything else, a very obvious cough had interrupted.

“As much as I would love to see you flirting with my best friend, we are going to spend some much needed quality time together.”

“OH, now you want to spend time together?”