Dinner With The Kirby's

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I sighed as I closed my red renegade jeep.

I work with my older brother Billy at Alan Grant's excavation site. I was with Billy when Alan asked if he'd like to work with him, so he hired me too.

I was walking to my spot I usually go to when one of our trainees, Katrina, asked for Billy.

He went over, and laid down beside her.

"Am I doing this right? I can't tell if it's bone or rock." She asks him.

And here it comes. Billy always likes to flirt with our trainees.

"Yeah, you just have to do it lighter; and with a toothbrush. here. The bone is softer, while the rock is more rough." He said, grabbing her hand and showed her the exact way to tell which was which.

I rolled my eyes.

Suddenly, I heard a familiar car pulling up.

Alan Grant.

He smiled as he saw me walking up to him.

"Hey Ashley!" He said, hugging me.

"Hey Alan!"

Soon, Billy joined us and grabbed Alans bag for him.

"How've you've been Ash? Any boyfriends yet?" Alan teased.

I laughed.

"No, because they're all too scared of Billy."

"Damn right. They should be."

Me and Alan laughed as we entered the white tent.

"So what's this thing you wanted to show me?" Alan asked Billy.

My eyebrows furrowed.

"What thing?"

Billy went over to this machine thing.

"This, can copy any fossil. Right now its copying the resonating chamber of a Velociraptor." Billy explained as the machine notified him that it's ready.

He pulled out a bone white tiny head of a Velociraptor.

He then blew into it, and it sounded exactly like how a velociraptor would communicate with its own kind.

"Thats so awesome!" I exclaimed.

Alan looked like he was in awe of the thing as he reached forward to grab it.

Just as he was about to blow into it, the entrance to our tent rustled.

We turned around to see an older guy, with sunglasses on.

"Hi, Alan Grant. I'm a big fan of your work.Hi Billy, Ashley. " The guy said to us.

Billy waved but I was confused.

How did that guy know my name?

Oh wait......that's right. Paul Kirby, of Kirby Enterprises.

"Oh! Hi." I replied.

"Anyways, me and my wife would love to have you for dinner if you'd like." Paul says.

"No, I mean. I have jet lag, I just landed, and I'm not sure if I can g-" Alan started to say before Billy cut him off.

"We'd love to." He said, as Alan glanced back to glare at him.

"Ashley, you can come too." Paul says, before walking off.

I sighed.

"Does this mean I have to dress nice?" I whined.

They laughed.

"No, just wear what you have on." Billy said, smiling.

As work ended, we went to the bar thingy Paul wanted us to meet him at.

Almost as soon as we walked in, Paul spotted us and waved us over.

Me, Billy, and Alan all sat in one booth while Paul and his wife sat across from us.

"This is my wife Amanda. Amanda this is Billy, Ashley, and Alan." Paul said pointing at us as he said our names.

"Hi. Nice to meet you." She says, smiling.

"So, what are you three drinking?" Mr. Kirby asks as he takes a seat.

"Iced picked Catfish." Alan orders to a waitress nearby.

"Two please, Cat." Billy said in agreement, but I said,"Dr. Pepper please." She nodded, and walked off.

"We've admired your work for years." Mr. Kirby compliments.

"You are truly inspiring." Amanda says.

"Amanda and I just love the outdoors. Heck, we've been-"
I was zoning out when Paul was talking, as I have a short attention span,  but I did hear Amanda say "we even have seats booked for the first commercial flight to the moon."

I looked at them, they were acting kind of suspiciously.

"Let's get to the point here." Paul suggests.

Oh thank god.

"We want to fly around the island for our wedding anniversary this year. Something really special. I chartered an airplane to Isla Sorna, and we'd like you to be our guide. " They say.

"There you go. Oh and honey." Our waitress says, putting down our drinks.

Assuming shes talking to me, I gave her my attention."What?"

"This gentleman paid for your drink." She smiles, looking at someone nearby.

I see some kid my age with his family.

Blonde, blue eyes, approximately 6 foot.

(A/N: face claim for him is Jake abel;)

He caught my gaze and smiled at me, and I returned it after mouthing a thank you.

"You can't just fly over the island without seeing the dinosaurs." Alan exclaims.

This time, Paul answered him.

" No, you see? We have full permission to fly low enough to see them!" Paul says.

I decided to jump in.

"No offense Mr. and Mrs Kirby, but....we care.. Why?" I said.

"None taken Ashley. We want Dr. Grant as a guide because of his experiences. I can write you a check, just name a number." Paul replied, pulling out his checkbook.

Me and Billy looked at each other, then we turned to Alan.

"Only if Billy and Ashley comes with us, otherwise no deal." He said.

Paul and Amanda looked at each other and nodded.

"That's fine with us, now what do you say?" Paul said.

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