My Missing Puzzle Piece

Chapter 11

"Are you still on board?" Owen finally broke the silence between them. He rubbed the palm of his hands on his lap, feeling them a little sweaty.

"God, yes. I love you and nothing would keep me away from you." Claire promised. She had run off to his apartment after finding her dorm and the campus unbearable.

She didn't have anywhere else to go, it felt like she was skipping class for the first time in her life. But the reality was that she was suspended, and every time her brain registered that, it drove her insane.

Upon her arrival, they had shared how their meeting with the headmaster had gone, letting each other know how he was fired and she suspended. After that, silence had fallen upon them and neither of them had said a word for a good minute.

"Are you?" Claire frowned, making sure he still wanted to be with her even if she had gotten him fired by going against the rules. Rules that had been her idea in the first place; she needed to have every step calculated, so he had agreed to figure out a way to be able to be with each other and keep it away from the public eye.

"I'm in, I'm all in." Owen nodded in reassurance. "Not only because I truly believe you are the love of my life, but also because I don't want Rogers to get his way."

Claire was looking lovingly at him. It was meant to be, it was fate and she was glad they both saw it and it wasn't just her riding the intensity that came with your first love. "It's just one semester, and then we will be without Rogers or any of those Idiots from campus. It would just be you and me in our own paradise." Claire smiled. She couldn't wait to grab her things and leave to Isla Nublar.

"Just you and I, lost in prehistory." He nodded, before he patted his lap and watched her happily walk across the room to sit on it.

Claire hugged his neck and sighed loudly, still trying to calm down. She wanted to punch someone and scream at the top of her lungs. "I'm sorry I got you fired." Her voice full of guilt.

"Don't be, Princess." Owen insisted, his fingers pushing her hair back before kissing her lips softly a couple of times. "Screw Rogers, at least now we don't have to hide." He wanted to think about that instead.

"No we don't" She smirked and watched him take his cellphone out. Claire tilted her head and bit on her lower lip. Owen opened the camera and took a selfie while planting the most gentle and loving of kisses on her.

Claire giggled and watched him upload it to his Instagram. She had browsed his account many times and she knew she was the first girl on it — unless he had deleted all the photos with his ex.

Owen started to type the caption for it: Just chilling with my girl. I'd get in trouble a million times for you. He kept it simple, before he got carried away with the hashtags #LoveYou #MyPrincess #YourCoupleGoalsCouldNever #LookAtHer #SoBeautiful #ImALuckySonOfaBitch #MyMissingPuzzlePiece

"Baby..." Claire giggled, pulling his hand away, thinking that was enough.

Owen chuckled and pecked her lips a couple of times. "Just let me tag user Claire_Dear and we are set." He promised as he did so and submitted the photo.

Claire's iPhone immediately announced she had a new notification, and she opened it. She liked the photo right away and started typing a comment. Owen tried to sneak behind her shoulder, but she pulled her cellphone away. "Nothing to see here." She giggled.

"What are you typing?" He was curious.

"Nothing, I'm just letting user theowengrady know how much I love him." She smiled before she pressed send and put her phone away. He smiled into her lips and kissed her soundly, his arms around her waist, holding her tight against him.