The decision
Vibrations shock waved across the floor as the Albertosaurus knocked over the metal shelf that lead towards Evan and Brooke. The massive predator growled its satisfaction as it's huge jaws closed down on the young women in front of it, Evan looked on in shock as the women he loved was torn apart in front of him. The dinosaur lifted its head and looked at him, blood lining its jaws and dripping into a puddle on the floor. "You killed her" the whisper came quickly and went just as quickly.
The whole picture then zoomed out; once again, the dream was over.
As his eyes opened, he realised that once again he had woken up in cold sweat, tears pouring down his face. The only time he hadn't had a nightmare was when he had been with ang but now that will never happen again. She left when the spit from the pachycephlosaurus caused him to hallucinate.
He had said he loved Brooke.
She knew it was true
She decided to cut her losses there and who was he to deny her that?
So Evan recovered and moved on, he buried it just like he buried Brooke's death. He refused to fall in love. It only ever ended in heartbreak for him or death for her.
He got out of bed, muscles still tense. He took a shower and put some jeans and a t shirt on. He grabbed his jacket and got into his car, intent on making his way to Cross Photonics. The traffic was the same as usual, slow and prolonged. The day felt repetitive, almost like it was the same shit, a different day. The turning too Cross Photonics came and as Evan took it, memories of him and Brooke making the same turning, on the last day he saw her. Cross Photonics was built there to make sure the same thing did not happen again to someone else but it was also built there to remind Evan of what had happened. To remind him of what happened.
As he walked in to his building, every eye is on him. The door to the concealed office from where the anomaly hunting operations were conducted opened.
"Evan, finally, come on" said Dylan
As she grabbed his hand, warmth appeared. Something that made him feel instantly better. As they walked to the anomaly detector, they realised they were still holding hands. He started noticing things about her that he never had before, the way she moved, her long legs, toned body and beautiful face.
Was he falling for Dylan? No.
He had already fallen for her.
Would he do anything about it? No.
He was already the cause of the death of the women he loved and he was not going through that again. Plus, she didn't even love him. She was going on dates with Dan… Or whatever his name was. Why would she settle for someone like Evan, someone hung up on his dead wife and can't even sleep at night without whimpering in despair as the same nightmare plagued him over and over again?
Why?
Why was the question Evan asked himself every day when he woke up.
Why?
Why did you have to be nosy?
Why couldn't you listen to your wife when she said she had a bad feeling about this?
It was times like this where Evan questioned the point of his existence, why was he here? The anomalies could have been given to someone else. That was not the reason he was here.
At the precise moment Evan had zoned out in thought, he and Dylan came to the infamous step that plagued the staff of Cross Photonics. Just as Dylan stepped down, Evan overstepped and fell forward knocking both him and Dylan over. As he fell, he somehow managed to grab her and break her fall by pulling himself under her; she landed on top of him, expression of shock clear on her face and a blush creeping up on her cheeks.
"Evan, what's wrong with you today? You're completely oblivious to your surroundings" said Dylan with a smirk on her face
"I'm not sure, just thinking" said Evan quite shocked at the events that had just occurred.
He got himself up and pulled her up along with him. At that moment, the answer to his earlier question was answered. She was the reason he was still here. He knew at that moment that he was completely and hopelessly in love with her but he also knew he was the worst person at expressing his feelings. His relationship with Brooke had been instigated by her and he knew that in this situation, if he was going to find out whether she reciprocates his feelings, he was going to have to man up.
The alarms in Cross Photonics started ringing indicating that a new anomaly had just opened.
"Dylan, grab the tranquiliser guns, Toby, call Mac" shouted Evan
The crew headed out and 20 minutes later, they arrived at the anomaly sight. As they exited the cars and readied the equipment, the ground shook. Vibrations could be felt. A roar broke out among the silence. It was lucky that they were in a secluded area otherwise; the noise could be hard to explain. The trees on the opposite side of the road split and a large bipedal predator came out.
Tan yellow skin, horns on either side of the head, one of which was broken. The predator focused on the person closest in distance to it. The car belonged to Dylan who had just exited.
"Your fault" rung out across Evans head, at that moment, he knew what was about to happen if he didn't intervene. As to just prove his point, the huge predator took a step towards Dylan and Evan had decided that was close enough.
Charging up the SCTD (Self Contained Taser Dart), he started pumping darts into the massive therapod. The massive predator roared in defiance but recognised that the prey in front of it was not an easy meal. The giant dinosaur stepped backwards before walking towards the anomaly and disappearing back through.
Dylan went to run back to Evan, as she did this, she noticed the trees behind Evan moving in an erratic fashion. A small raptor, most probably a juvenile jumped on to Evan and started ripping into his back, he fell forward and the impact of the fall knocked him unconscious.
Dylan raised her weapon and shot the raptor in the chest. The small dinosaur fell off with a small pop.
It turned out that the jacket Evan was wearing was built to withstand a bear attack and so he was ok with only minor cuts and bruises. The group of people managed to get Evan's unconscious form into the car, they all agreed that he was not fit to go home alone and so it was decided he would go back to Dylan's house.
Light filtered through into Evan's eyes as he woke up. His head was hurting like crazy. He lifted his hand up to see what had happened and felt a bandage.
Who had patched him up?
The room he was in was completely foreign. The colour was a light green that reflected the suns ray's very well. The bed was king sized. A large closet took up space on the left side of the room. A cabinet filled up with teddy bears and stuffed toy animals. The room smelled like a fainter version of the forest. It was oddly refreshing, the change in surroundings completely through Evan's senses.
The door quietly opened to reveal Dylan. She was wearing an oversized hoodie with grey trackkies. Her hair was tied into a loose ponytail which made her look oddly relaxed.
Her kind eyes looked down on him with clear concern as she gave him a clear glass filled with water, "how you feeling?" she asked, almost like she was talking softly to avoid disturbing his yet to settle senses.
"Much better thanks, from the looks of it, that's thanks to you" said Evan, a smile hinting on his lips.
"As far as I can tell, you have a minor concussion. You need to stay in bed for at least today." Spoke Dylan with a voice that was firm yet surprisingly soft. Although, yes, she was not giving him a choice as to or not to do it, she was saying it was for his own benefit.
"Unfortunately, you're stuck with my presence for today, Mac and Toby are covering at Cross Photonics." Said Dylan
"Why do you say that like it's a bad thing? I like spending time with you" said Evan, realising too late as to what he had just said.
Dylan was shocked; Evan was not the type of person to run around letting everyone know his business, so why had he just said that?
The rest of the Day went swiftly; they mostly hung out in the house. When the evening came around, Evan felt like he needed to stretch his legs.
They walked to the nearest food store. It was an Indian food store. The food was amazing; it was easy to see why Dylan had such an obsession with Indian food.
"How often do you go here?" asked Evan, intrigued.
"At least once a week if I'm honest" replied Dylan with a blush.
As Evan looked at her, he noticed the increased amount of blushing that was occurring when she was with him. However he knew that there was no point pushing the thought too much. A blush doesn't necessary mean anything.
The end of the day came quickly. Evan realised that Dylan must've been sleeping alone in her room. His head had started to heart and so he couldn't sleep. He went to her room, knocking on the door.
"Come in" said Dylan's soft voice.
Evan opened the door and went in. the room was dark and so he couldn't take in its surroundings properly as the only light source was the TV.
He went and sat next to Dylan who looked like she was shivering.
"Temperature has dropped quickly" said Evan.
Acting on impulse, he pulled Dylan close to him and wrapped a hand around her. A noticeable change occurred in two ways as she had stopped shivering so much, she had also moulded her body to his, whether to absorb his heat or for other reasons he could not tell. They continued talking and laughing until they both fell asleep in that exact position, arms wrapped around each other, bodies close in contact.
A/N – what's up guys and gals, this is the start of a small story I'll be doing. The story is going roughly be 5 chapters long and I sincerely hope you enjoy it. This story was written for Musicgirl97 and another friend of mine who shall remain un-named.
Please review as they show me what you would like, what problems the story had and what could be improved/changed.
Thanks everyone,
Peace
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