The Lost Dinosaur |2| Nublar Seven Series

Lies

Camp Fam video call what-what! So, there's A LOT of dialog in this one. I know I usually do a lot of dialog, but this chapter takes the crown.

Hayden

I threw myself face first into my bed. The day was filled with reviews for the upcoming exams, yet I couldn't focus. All I could think about is that by this time tomorrow I'd be back on Nublar. Another thing I was counting down to was 7 p.m., our Camp Fam meeting. Why we scheduled that on a Friday was beyond me.

The phone in my hand vibrated with the incoming video call. I dreaded having to lie to them, but my mind was set. I couldn't have them putting themselves in danger.

Kenji's voice was the first one to come through. "I swear if anyone asks me again about the volcano, I'll murder them." Kenji was sitting by his desk, with the entirety of his room in the background. And it was huge, trust me. King size bed with golden details, a walk-in closet bigger than my dorm and a huge balcony.

"At least they moved on from 'what's your favorite dinosaur?'" Yasmina mocked. She and Sammy were on the same screen, they mentioned something about spending summer vacation together. I'm glad that worked out.

"That's an easy one." Sammy said. Their background was a simple wooden wall, so probably they were in Sammy's place.

Ben hummed. "Bumpy, no questions there." He was sitting in the front seat of a car. He seemed awfully tense, but I couldn't blame him.

He wasn't the only one that seemed tense. It was like everyone was making real effort not to bring up the real subject they wanted to discuss. Nublar. After Kenji's fit, that would probably not happen today, which was a blessing since I'd have to be extra careful with my words if that was the case. But they've been discussing it all afternoon in the group chat, to which I had remained silent. It's not like there was something I could add to the convo.

"That's not the point." Kenji groaned.

"Better than being asked about the Indominus." Brooklynn jumped in. Her screen was dark, you couldn't really see the background, only her face.

"Or how awesome the T. rex was." Yasmina said in a fake happy voice.

I scoffed. "Don't even get me started with people asking about the scars. Bitch, when did that become an okay thing to do?"

"Leeches." Kenji grunted.

"Damn clout chasers." Brooklynn said.

"Well, we are the Nublar Seven... people are curious." Darius smiled cautiously.

"Don't even start with that name, my dad won't stop introducing to his business partners by that title. One more time and imma for sure murder someone." Kenji ran his fingers through his hair, a habit he had acquired with his long hair.

Yasmina laughed. "Careful, Kenji. Hays' murderous tendencies are rubbing off on you."

I chuckled. "About time, he's too damn nice."

"Yeah, and we agreed on no N-word here." Kenji pointed out.

Brooklynn shrugged. "I prefer Camp Fam anyways."

"Nice coming from you, B. You started this."

"I'll admit, the title got a tiny bit out of hand." Brooklynn smiled awkwardly. "The Brooklanders kinda took over."

"Stuff like this has a life of its own." Sammy nodded.

"I still think we should embrace it, people like it, at least in my comment section." Darius said.