The Little Dinosaur Girl

Observing

Later that night, Gray-wearing his pajamas-was lying on his bed at the hotel, looking at the pictures that he saved in his camera. Zach was in the showers, still trying to get the smell of dino slobber off his body. Claire went out to have a private call, but not before she ordered room service for them. A service trolly has cooked food, some fruits, desserts, drinks, and snacks for the boys to enjoy. Gray was busy with his camera, looking at the pictures of dinosaurs, before changing it to reveal a picture of Zach, Claire, Owen, Val and him when they were at Winston's Steakhouse. Gray smiles at this before changing to the next pic which made him sad. It was a family day ski trip. It was the last time his family was ever happy. Gray knew something about his parents, he would see them grow farther apart, and barely talk with one another. Zach came out of the bathroom, all dressed in his nightwear, and wiping his hair with a towel to dry it off.

"Okay, got the dino slobber off my hair." Zach said as he grabbed one piece of grape from the fruit ball and ate it before sitting down on his own bed while Gray sits up and looks at his camera sadly.

"If Mom and Dad get divorced, will one of us be with Mom and the other with Dad?" Gray suddenly asked, causing Zach to look at his brother strangely.

"What? Why would you say that?" Zach asked his brother in confusion.

"Because they are." Gray answered sadly, sitting up.

The two boys were not aware that Claire was walking up to their room and was about to knock on their door, but stopped when she heard their conversation. Curious, Claire decided to eavesdrop and listen carefully to their conversation.

"No, they're not getting...They're not getting divorced." Zach said hesitantly.

"Look, you haven't been around long enough. They've always been that way. They get mail from two different lawyers." Gray said to his older brother.

"That doesn't mean anything." Zach said plainly.

"I googled it. They're divorce lawyers." Gray stated to Zach, causing Claire's eyes to widen in shock by this information.

"All right, whatever. You know what? It doesn't matter, okay? I'm gonna be gone in two years anyway. I mean, all my friends' parents are divorced." Zach said, trying to make his brother stop this conversation, before he noticed Gray was almost about to cry. "Hey, knock it off. You're gonna cry? Look. You're gonna get two of everything, right? You're gonna get two birthdays, two Thanksgivings, two..."

"I don't want two of everything." Gray whimpers sadly, sniffling a bit.

"Yeah, well, it's not up to you. All right? There's a point you have to grow up." Zach said to him before he took his phone and looked through his messages while Gray turned around to face the wall sadly.

The boys weren't aware that Claire listened through the whole conversation, feeling guilt, shock, sadness, and pity. She didn't know that her older sister was having a divorce with her husband? Claire was so busy with her work that she didn't realize until it was too late. Claire walked away from the door and stood at the corner of the hall before calling her sister. Speaking of her sister, Karen was sitting outside of the hall of a building, wiping her tears away after she and her husband filed the divorce papers. Suddenly, she got a call from her phone, she answered and saw that it was Claire. Sniffing a bit, Karen mustered enough strength to answer her call.

"Hello?" Karen said in an almost weak voice.

"Karen, I'm so sorry." Claire apologized, leaning on the wall.

Karen was confused as she sat up. "W-What are you talking about?"

Claire sighs a bit. "Gray and Zach...they knew about your divorce."