The Jurassic Family

Chapter 11: Christmas or Christ the Must

Introducing: Jennifer Morrison as Robin Zimmer

It was now December 24th 2014, which meant all of Jurassic World was now embellished with Christmas ornaments. Even the dinosaurs had such ornaments in their paddock, courtesy of their handlers. Peyton and her friends were preparing for Christmas on their own side. Peyton was now wearing a Polish Army camouflage jacket, Army of the Czech Republic camouflage trousers, a British Army caubeen and a pair of brown All-Terrain combat boots. Her other friends were wearing a red beanie, a green blazer and blue jeans with a pair of black sneakers.

The group met with Owen, who was wearing a green baseball cap, a blue jacket, blue jeans and a pair of brown hiking shoes. They all headed to Main Street, where they saw the T-Rex being fed a huge amount of food by an employee wearing antlers on his head.

In Main Street, Owen went on to chat with Lydia, who was now dressed in a pair of brown jeans, a pair of black shoes, a red jacket and a green beanie with Jim wearing the same clothes as Lindy. Barry, wearing his usual attire supplemented with a Santa hat, went on to chat with Peyton.

"Hey, Peyton, what's up?"

"Fine, but I thought you were a Muslim." Peyton said in a surprised voice.

"I am. But for me Christmas matches with the ideas of tolerance, sharing and compassion." Barry explained to Peyton and her equally surprised friends.

Peyton, her friends, Owen, Lydia and Barry were about to talk when Valentina and Claire were heard giggling while walking to the Petting Zoo. Peyton shook her head when she heard someone's voice, causing her to turn around and aim her Glock-17 pistol.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit you."

"No matter. Shit happens." Owen answered the woman while motionning Peyton to stand down.

"Hi. My name's Robin Zimmer." the woman introduced herself as Peyton put her Glock pistol back in her holster.

"Name's Peyton Grady. The guy here is my father Owen. The dude right behind me is Barry Sembène." Peyton told Robin.

"Hi, guys." Robin greeted.

Peyton's friends and Barry nodded with a smirk on their face, as they knew Peyton lost her mother four years before. They had tried to adapt to any new woman in the Grady household with no success. Now Barry and the youngsters felt this was the right one for Peyton. Peyton herself was already beginning to like Robin, as the teenager was already introducing herself to Robin.

"Hey, Robin. I want you to know my mother died four years ago, and Daddy and I have a hard time being dual role as both father and daughter on the one hand, as well as brother and sister on the other hand."

"I see. You and your father attempted to have somone to fill the role of a mother. Yet you failed. I have the same problem with my son, who is currently with his aunt in Boston. He now wants to meet a man who can fill the same role as a father, as my parents do for him." Robin told Owen and his daughter.

"I'll leave you for a moment." Peyton suggested before leaving her father and Robin.

Just as Peyton left, Owen and Robin began talking about each other's life while Peyton and her friends were having a pork-free meal. During the meal, Kelli watched Robin and Owen chatting and smirked at the idea of the two being in a long-term relationship, even if it meant they didn't marry. The rest of Peyton's group and Barry also smirked, as did Peyton because they understood Robin was the good fit for Owen.

Meanwhile, Claire and Valentina exited the Petting Zoo and saw Owen and Robin chatting flirtatiously. That scene made Claire realize she missed an opportunity to be in a relationship. Just as she was about to talk, Valentina pulled the woman's skirt.

"Cwaiwe. What's the pwobwem?" the little girl asked

"See that woman? She's not fit for your uncle." Claire replied, ignoring Owen and Robin were under a branch of mistletoe.

"You'we so wright. The bwonde is gweedy and stupid. She doesn't desewve Uncle Owen." Valentina pouted.

Just then, a playlist of Christmas songs was played throughout the whole park by Marco and Quinn, alongside Alex, Mike, Jason and Sofia. Peyton and her friends plugged their ears with orange earplugs, not liking these songs while Owen, Robin, Barry and everyone else minus Valentina and Claire began to dance to the beat of Christmas songs. Finally, Peyton and her friends joined in. Lindy was dancing with Dean while Rick danced with a girl of his age. Peyton's other friends danced with youngsters their age while Peyton sat alone by herself, not knowing how to dance.

Masrani motioned to Peyton to come to the DJ's console,  prompting the teenager to do so. Once behind the console, she found out she had a real taste for audio mixing, what she did after the DJ gave his authorization. Peyton then turned 'Fight the power' on. With that, everyone including Owen, Robin, Barry and Peyton's friends was now in nightclub mode with Peyton swinging the audio.

Among the crowd, Peyton could clearly see her father Robin giving her a thumbs up, meaning they liked Peyton's audio mix. Lydia and her son were also enjoying the beat as did the other tourists and staffers while Claire was comforting a crying Valentina, who didn't like Peyton's mix at all, as the little girl hoped her older cousin would put nurturing Christmas songs.

Peyton then mixed 'I shot the Sheriff', 'We shall overcome', 'Wake Up' by Rage Against the Machine, 'American Woman', 'Fuck tha Police', 'Fuck the Police' by J Dilla, 'Biko', 'Black President' by Brenda Fassie, 'Free Nelson Mandela', 'Soweto Blues' and 'Ain't got No, I got Life', much to the pleasure of the overexcited crowd who danced until 1:30 am on Christmas Day.

After a while in Main Street, everyone went back home, having enjoyed a Christmas they would never forget.