10 Things I Hate About You

Chapter 5

Monday came along and the Jurassic World personnel was basically divided in two parts. There was this one large group who knew about the bet and were very excited for Claire's first date with Owen; the reason behind their thrill was that their soccer team was playing that afternoon and if everything went according to plan, their guy would be meeting the boss outside the Innovation Center to take her far away from every television screen on Main Street and keep her distracted for the next couple of hours.

The other part was the small group in the control center where Claire was standing at the moment. She was instructing them to keep an eye on her and follow their every move through the security cameras. "If I look like I need you to get me out of this, you do it." She pointed out at Lowery, "understood?"

They were laughing at how paranoid she sounded, "You need to chill." He laid back on his chair and brought his feet up onto his desk which Claire immediately pushed back. He offered an apologetic smirk and shook his head, "I doubt he will kidnap you or kill you."

Claire rolled her eyes, "it's not that, dummy." She sighed and nibbled on her lower lip. She was nervous, but didn't want to admit it. "It's in case... you know—" she motioned.

He nodded waiting for her to continue since he had no idea what she wanted.

"Ugh. Just don't lose trace and you get me out of there in three hours, or as soon as you feel I've had enough."

"Yes, boss." He agreed condescendingly. He went back to his computer and the live footage of the security camera outside the volcano-shaped building was displayed on it, Owen already waiting by one of the park's Jeeps.

The redhead sighed and turning around on her heel she walked out of the room. She was wearing a crew neck peplum knee length black dress and matching high heels that day.

She hadn't seen Owen since Friday, he apparently had weekends off, but he had kept the pretend interest through the weekend and would occasionally text her. She had tried to have him tell her what he had in mind for their date; so she could be dressed properly but he had insisted that it was a surprise and whatever she wanted to wear was fine. Well, he was wrong.

Claire made it to the front of the building, she fixed her long wavy red hair over her shoulders before walking towards Owen who was leaning against the Jeep.

His hazel eyes immediately took in how beautiful she looked, the contrast between her outfit and his made him chuckle. He was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, combat boots, and an olive shirt. The latter highlighted the green in his hazel eyes which was the first thing Claire noticed upon meeting him.

"It's happening!" Lowery called out and after punching a few digits on his computer, the live footage from the security camera was displayed on a corner of the main screen at the front of the security room; the people in there grateful Claire had enabled them to spy on her. It was a sweet detail that she had asked one of them to keep an eye on her, this made them feel less guilty for doing something that they would have done regardless. Not to keep an eye on her, but just because it was something they were curious about. It wasn't every day that Claire Dearing went on a date, after all.

It was the middle of a work day and so Claire didn't pay much attention to what he was wearing. It was the style she had always seen him in and it didn't bother her; at least he hadn't shown up wearing board short or worse.

"You look beautiful." He genuinely offered.

The compliment made her smile, "I like that color on you." She offered a little nervous, biting on her lower lip.

Owen opened the Jeep passenger's door for her and once she was inside, he closed the door. He then walked around and slid into the driver's seat, "so beautiful...I almost feel sorry you are about to ruin your dress and shoes." He teased while turning the car on, "and most likely mess your hair, too."