Raptor Girl

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Emma's POV

I woke up at 8:00 to make sure I have plenty of time to get ready for when I get Zach and gray. I slugged out of bed and headed to the shower.

10 minutes later I was clean and putting my hair into a braid. I walked into the kitchen grabbing an apple, immediately taking a bite out of it. "Morning bud" Owen said as he kissed my forehead. "Morning Owen, how was your day yesterday? Aside from almost getting attacked." I said taking a seat at the kitchen table. He let out a groan, this was the 3rd time I brought it up.

"I still think youre stupid for doing that! You could've gotten yourself killed!" I yelled. "I had to do something before they shot our raptors or a worker got devoured!" He yelled back at me, causing me to sink down in my seat a bit. I stood up and walked over to him, giving him a tight hug. "I'm sorry I yelled, I just don't like the thought of you putting yourself in danger." I whispered. He looked down at me and chuckled saying "Em, I do it everyday. It'll be okay."

I closed my eyes feeling tears prick my eyes. I quietly mumbled "but what if one day it won't be okay? What if one day you don't come home? What if one day you walk in with one arm. What if one..." I was about to continue but he tightened me to his chest. "Emma look at me." I slightly tilted my eyes up, tears already sliding down my cheeks.

"I promise you that I will come home safe. I promised myself that I will take care of myself for you.  I promised that the first day you came here." He said. "I love you a lot owen" I said. "Me too bud"

I let go and sniffed. " I have to go pick up Claire's nephews, but I'll see you tonight. Love you owen" I smiled as I grabbed my bag and walked out the door.

(10 minutes of walking to their hotel)

I took the stairs this time, yes I walked 20 levels of stairs. That's how much I hate elevators. I don't mind going in with people, but no way can I go alone.

I took a few to take some deep breaths before knocking on the boys room."Emma!" Gray ran up to me giving me a hug as I walked into their room. It was 9 a.m and the park had been open for about an hour. Which means the line won't be too bad.

"Can we go now?" Gray asked nearly jumping through he celing. I felt my back pocket and still realized I had the picture in there.

"sure. Is Zach ready?"

"Yup." Zach said while smiling. I realized he had a flannel on like me. God he looked hot. I mean I know we just me yesterday but come on, all the girls think he's hot.

"Come on then! Let's go" Gray said dragging my arm, I grabbed Zach's arm dragging him out as gray dragged me into the hotel hallway.

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"So what do you want to do first?" I asked as we squeezed through all the crowds.

"Let's go and see the mosasaur!" Gray says pointing to the Mosasaur tank. The Mosasaur was a really big dinosaur that lives in water. She will eat anything that even touches the water. Honestly me when I need food.

We made our way to the front of the line since we have the VIP passes. We walked into our seats and in the 4th row. I say between the two boys, smiling as I looked at the stands start to fill up.

I noticed Zach was staring at his phone. The screen showed a blond haired girl holding a piece of paper saying the words "I miss you" on it. I stare at my feet thinking about how lucky his girlfriend is. I snapped back to reality when people started chanting "start the show!"

I elbowed Zach ,who was staring blankly at his phone, and said "shows starting" I smiled as he smirked and said "no touching me" this time he elbowed me. I roll my eyes playfully as the show starts.

A small brunette woman came out standing on a wooden platform above the water. She said her name was 'Janice' and told us some facts about the million year old dinosaur.

"Let's see if she's hungry!" She said as a great white shark was being lowered into the tank.

All of a sudden the massive dinosaur jumped out of the water, taking the shark in its mouth before coming back down with a big wave coming towards us. Water hit everyone that was in our section.

"woah" I heard Gray said over the noise of everyone clapping. I smiled to see the amount of joy on his face.

"That was awesome" Zach says with a surprised look on his face. I just have to say he looks really hot like even hotter than before. His wet hair and his wet shirt stuck to his body and you could see his abs.

"Now let's see if we can get a better look" Janice said. Our seats began to lower. The movement shocked Zach cause he held the top of my thigh and squeezed it.

Once he knew what he was doing he let go. We both blushed, neither one of us made eye contact with the other.

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"Wow! That was amazing! Did you see how awesome that was! Oh my gosh the way she took the one bite to consume the shark!" Gray smiled widely as we exited the stadium.

"Emma! Em!" I heard Owens voice shouting through my walkie talkie that.

"Yeah?"

"The new one! The hybrid! Quick!" He shouted. I knew he was worried and he was never worried about the dinosaurs, so this is serious.

"Come on guys! Run and follow me" I said grabbing Zach's and Grays hand.

Published August 20, 2015

Edited: October 11, 2016

Re-edited: May 8th 2018