old dangers ⇾ jurassic world

5. The Game Plan

Before i left, which was around 10, Owen and I called up Claire and told her the idea. Not only was she pleased to head back to Isla Nublar but she was happy to hear that Owen lived in New York as well. She was quite surprised to hear that he had relocated to New York because, let's face it, Owen gives off a more southern feel.

It was Sunday morning here in chilly Brooklyn. Claire should be at my house, with Owen, in about- I checked the clock - 3 hours. My bright clock showed the time 9:35, I usually wake up at 7 but last night was a rough night and I didn't sleep as softly. All I could think about was him-Owen
He stuck in my mind like tape and if I tried to rip him away too fast from my mind, it would hurt. I didn't want to hurt but some part of me wanted to forget about us becoming more than what we were. Thinking about us being in the friend zone was worse than just forgetting about what I wanted with Owen. There was always a possibility he thought of me the same way but if he did, he wouldn't tell me. We both are too scared to come forth and say our feelings because we want to keep them to ourselves and not have anyone break down what we feel.

My mind continued to wander before I finally found myself sitting up in my bed, staring at the plain white wall that was in front of me. The clock read 9:57, I decided to get ready. I skipped out on my usual Mint tea and Special K cereal from the cafe below me. I took a different route and just didn't have anything other than a small glass of water.
On the counter in front of me laid my medication, for my anxiety. For anyone that has anxiety, you know what it's like feeling you have a constant pair of eyes on you when you are at your best and worst and when you just want to be alone. I wonder how I kept my cool in Jurassic World during the last hours because my phycologist described the level of anxiety I had from explaining the story was so remarkable that I would leave doctors baffled.

I continued to get ready, putting on jeans and a dark green blouse, my hair in a god awful ponytail, and applying the slightest bit of makeup. I still had an hour and half left to kill and the museum was closed today so I sat down and turned in the TV. Right away a bad decision was made because the news still had its eyes set on the fact that the military is based in Isla Nublar for field tests. I turned it off as I scoffed at the TV.

It was finally 12:15, they should be here in 15 minutes precisely, I know how organized Claire is. I started to get a little excited, a bit dizzy, but still excited.
There was a knock at the door,i thought, '15 minutes early?'
I opened to see Claire before me, she looks the same but her hair was curled instead of straightened. How observant of me.

"Claire, Hi!" I said pulling into a hug. We squealed like middle school best friends that hadn't seen each other all summer.

"Wow Ann, you look gorgeous"

"As do you Claire" I sighed "how have you been?"

I motioned her to come in and we both say on my old couch. It had a few scratches here and there but this baby was fully intact and was more comfortable than my bed.

"I have been great, so how was seeing Owen" this question made me blush, I wasn't used to talking about boys with other people but it felt like high school all over again

"Don't get me started" I laughed "he is honestly so great, so handsome I should also add in. He was just so open like he greeted me with open arms and complimented how beautiful I was"

"Wait what did he say?" She said giving me wide eyes full of excitement

"He told I was 'god damn beautiful'" I said still keeping back the red forming in my cheeks like last night.

"So what's next for you guys?" She asked. My face sort of dropped because I honestly, as you can now probably tell, didn't know.

"I'm not sure"

"Well you guys have a future, I'm betting on it now"

"So how's this new man in Claire life?" I said changing the subject.

"His name is Ben, he is so amazing. He works, he cooks, he's fit, and he loves dinosaurs" she laughed "what could be better than that"

"As hard as that is to top Claire, nothing beats Owen riding a motorcycle with velociraptors" I said laughing even harder. We had tears in our eyes when we both heard a knock on the door.

I got up and tried to cool myself down as I swung open the door.

"Good mornin Ann" he said hugging me. He still smelled of axe but I think the smell is starting to smell appealing more and more

"Claire, hi!" He said running inside to greet her with a hug as well. I walked past and sat right down with my left arm against the arm rest.

"Well damn, lets get this meeting going" he said sitting down right next me.

"Okay, so we have some sort of plan like we need a boat, a heavy duty boat." Claire starts and she looks at Owen "Not a make-shift blowup raft"

I chuckled to myself as Owen spoke up.
"Well we could always hot wire one and ya know, take it for a spin"

"Okay let's not try to get ourselves arrested here, Owen, when are we planning on heading out"

"Well as soon as possible right, the longer we wait, the more tests are ran and the more dinosaurs get injured" I said sitting up straight

"I have my nephews next week, Karen would kill me-" Claire starts but Owen cuts her off

"The more the better, perfect" Claire was about to rebuttal but he had a good point.

"Ok so here is the plan, we fly to Costa Rica, we got wire a boat and drive it to Isla Nublar" I started I pointed to Claire "have a map reading"
She nodded as I continued "we sneak onto the island, our bungalows are still intact and if not I have a generator in my garage. We camp out and get ready for the next day-"

"And then we sneak into military property and free the dinosaurs, mostly the carnivores" Owen said finishing the check list.

"Okay great" me and Claire agreed

"We will have walky-talkys on channel 2 at all times" I said

"Yes and if anyone sees Blue, radio me" Owen laid out as stern as possible.

"Okay we have a plan" Claire said