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Dammit Karen

Well, at least that brought us a little further. We had coordinates now. Of course we still needed the dinosaurs and a way to transport said dinosaurs. But first, Owen had another idea. "Well, now that we have the coordinates, maybe we should check out the island." Dr. Sattler nodded, "It's a good idea to check it out, see what shape it's in." "And to see if it's actually there," Malcolm said. "You never know. Maybe InGen or the cops have searched this place with black light and found the coordinates." "Yeah, well, let's hope they didn't," Grant said. "You know, for the sake of the safety of humanity and all. And for the sake of the dinosaurs of course."

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The next morning Karen woke us with a nice, "Where did you two sneak off to last night?" Which made me realize I totally forgot to tell her the plan. "Well... we can explain." "Were you doing something illegal?" "Yes." "Claire!" "Nobody caught us!" "Yeah, I noticed, otherwise you wouldn't be here. Now what the hell were you doing?" "We went into the estate," Owen told her. "You... what?" "The estate, to look for the map," he said. "Map..." "For the island," I said. "To... put the dinosaurs on?" "Yes, that one." "How did you get in without any alarm going off?" "We got ourselves some nerds," Owen explained. "Nerds... Did you find what you were looking for?" "Well, yes and no," I said. "What?" "We didn't find a map, only coordinates." "Oh... and what are you going to do now?" "Well... hire a boat."

Owen was taking a shower, Karen had sent him away so we could talk together "like sisters". I knew that meant nothing good, at least not at the moment. "You guys are going to that island?" "Well, yes. Last time I checked that's not illegal." She sighed, "I know that, but... it might be dangerous." "No, really?" "No need to get sarcastic Claire, I just want to protect you." I rolled my eyes, "I'm perfectly capable to take care of myself, thanks." "Are you sure, because you seem to be getting yourself in quite a lot of trouble lately. And it's only gonna get worse." "Karen, I know what I'm doing." "Do you? What if you get caught?" "We'll find a way to escape." "And what if you don't? There's a chance you might die." I sighed, "I know that." "And could you die like that?" "Like what?" "Without telling him... you know?" "Can you please stop about that?" "No, he should know, Claire!" "Keep it down, will you?" "Really?" "Look, I'll tell him when the time is right." "And that is?" "Probably when this is all over..." "Claire, that could be years!" "I know that." "You can't keep it from him for years." "Well... I basically already did." "For any more years then. Honestly, you should have just called him as soon as yo-," "Hey ladies, what's going on?" Owen asked as he walked into the room, wearing nothing but a towel. For Karen's sake I hoped he was wearing underpants underneath them, but I doubted it. "Why do you look so shocked? Did I disturb something?" "No," I quickly said before Karen could say something. "Just the usual, "I'm your older sister, I'm acting like a second mom" talk." Karen glared at me. "Right. I uh... I'm done showering and I really want to get dressed sooooo... Karen, could you please?" "Sure, Claire, are you coming too?" "No, we need to talk," Owen said. Oh great, he's suspicious, I thought.

"So, what were you and Karen talking about?" "Why do you feel like you need to know?" I know that wasn't the right thing to say, but still I was stupid enough to say it anyway. "Well, it sounded like you were talking about some secret that you're keeping from someone." "Did it?" "Yeah, it did," he said as he turned to face me, he was wearing underwear in the meanwhile. "Are you keeping a secret from someone?" "Well, I am keeping several secrets of course, like any human." "Claire, you know that's not what I mean." I sighed, "Yes, I do." "So, are you keeping a secret from someone?" "You're wondering if I'm keeping a secret from you, aren't you?" He nodded. I sighed, "I see. Well, Owen, let me put your mind at ease, I am not keeping any secrets from you, okay?" He nodded, but I still saw a hint of suspicion in his eyes. "Hey," I whispered as I walked over to him, "I promise, I'm not keeping anything from you, okay? To you I'm an open book." I hugged him. yes, it felt wrong to lie to him and to reassure him like this. But... I just wasn't ready yet. I needed all of this dinosaur stuff to cool down before I could tell him. He hugged me back and mumbled a simple, "Okay." I wasn't sure if he believed me a hundred percent, but when I looked up into his eyes I didn't see any more hints of suspicion. "You know, it's almost a pity you put on some underwear." "Oh really?" It was exactly that moment Gray chose to walk by our room, "Ew, gross," he said as he passed. "He says that now," Owen mumbled. "Owen..." "What, in a few years he'll realize that a really hot girl wanting to see you naked is really far from gross. On the contrary, it's kind of exciting." "Owen, stop." "Why?" He said with a sly smile. "You know why?" "You're really sucking the fun out of everything." "Pity for you I'm not sucking more than that." "Hmmm, yeah, pity indeed."