Jurassic World ( OWEN GRADY x reader)

Chapter 7 - Failed date night

(Y/N) sat staring at the page in front of her, chewing mindlessly on her pen. The bellows of Mango flowed into her ears from the headphones, drowning out all other sounds. Mango's shadow passed over her, coming in from the underwater viewing window set up in her lab. Looking up, (Y/N) smiled as Mango looked in at her curiously before continuing on her way. She turned her attention back to the page. She hadn't written anything in 30 minutes. Sighing, she tried to focus her thoughts back on work again. The door to the lab opened up and Eliana walked in with a frown on her face. (Y/N) didn't notice, twiddling the pen in her fingers and glaring at the page, willing the words to form on their own.

"(Y/N) , I have been texting you for twenty-five minutes." Eliana sounded frustrated at her friend. When no answer came she walked over with one hand on her hip, and lifted up the headphone with the other. "Earth to (Y/N)!"

(Y/N) jolted in surprise, glaring at Eliana. "Hey, what was that for?!"

"You haven't been answering your phone. I was trying to see if you wanted to grab lunch."

Frowning (Y/N) looked down at her watch, 'Was it that late already?' She stood up and put away the headphones and papers. "I'm sorry El, I couldn't hear it with the headphones in."

Eliana crossed her arms and watched her friend. "Mhmm, I think you were distracted with thoughts of a certain dino trainer." (Y/N) froze and Eliana smiled broadly at her.

(Y/N) walked out of the room and down the hall, now trying to avoid Eliana's implications even if they were true. "Actually I was pondering a difficult question," she said as she unlocked the door to her small apartment.

"Yeah, which one was it this time? How did I fall in love with Owen or how do I express my feelings of attraction?" Eliana continued to tease as she followed (Y/N) into her apartment.

Rolling her eyes, (YN) looked back at her friend with fake frustration. "Why must you keep harassing me on this?"

"Because it's true," she said as she sat down on her couch. "You've told me almost every encounter that you have with him. From the sounds of it, you both flirt with each other, so why not just ask him to dinner?"

(Y/N) saw Mango pass by the underwater viewing windows in her apartment as she headed into her room to change into something more comfortable for the hot weather outside. "Well... because..." she paused, trying to come up with some form of defense.

"Exactly. You have no reason not too, so just do it." (Y/N) heard from the other room.

Emerging from her room ready to go to lunch, (Y/N) grabbed her wallet and keys and held the door open for Eliana. "What if he says no? It would be awkward after that."

"And what if he says yes? Then you guys would become the second cutest couple on this island... after Barry and me of course," Eliana said, walking by with a coy smile.

(Y/N) smiled but shook her head – part of her knew El was right. She waved to Mango, who was staring at her from the window, and then locked the door.

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Five hours later, (Y/N) was removing the top part of her wetsuit. She had just finished checking a section of the fence that separated Mango and the tourists. She was putting away her dive gear, so she didn't notice Owen walking up to her.

"I thought you weren't getting in the water with her anymore."

Finished putting way the last of her gear, she faced him. "I'm not. I was on the other side of the fence."

"Still petting her?" he walked up to the fence looking out over the water.

"On occasion." She joined him at the railing. Owen had been helping her over the last week to get Mango to be more independent while still 'trained' enough to do shows. "Only when she starts pushing the bars near me more forcefully. Petting her seems to calm her down some."