Hello everyone! Welcome to my new story! I've been working on this first chapter for about a week now and-hopefully-I've got it down pretty good. If you're new to my stories then hello again! If you're a fan of my other story, Carry On, it's nice to see you again lol. Anyway, I'm going to try to change things up a bit with this story. Try to make one villain more of a villain then he ended up being in the movie. But I could go on for a very long time about my thoughts on the movie/this story so I won't and let you get to reading! Check out my tumblr page, prettypanda117 .tumblr. com (Just take out the spaces!) Alrighty! Enjoy the story :)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Jurassic Park characters...I only own Danica...


The weather here was never good. It was always too hot, too humid, or not cool enough. The heat would make you sweat profusely. The humidity just made everything feel sticky and like the air was far too thick. And on days when the temperature would drop, you could hardly feel the difference because the sun was beating down on you or it had rained the night before and it just made everything worse. The most a person could do was silently seethe and curse the weather while trying to look like spending four years on this island had been plenty of time to get used to the ungodly weather. It could put a typically cheery person in a rather salty mood if the conditions were right.

And boy were those conditions set perfectly today.

The problem however, was that today she was supposed to be in a good mood. Someone very important needed her support because he was about to do something extremely important.

With that in mind, Dani decided it best to stand by herself and watch the workers set everything up. She could–should be helping. But she was starting to get to the point of stress that she just did not want to deal with. We're talking nail biting, hair pulling, and binge eating stress. And Owen had just got a supply of Rocky Road ice cream for the paddock too…

"Man, I can't wait to see this." The rather unfortunate part of today would be the new faces that suddenly appeared today. Gawkers. Dani rolled her eyes behind her sunglasses and began tying her long hair into a messy bun. She leaned against the railing of the catwalk, watching the ground below like something might happen. But the girls wouldn't be released for another few minutes. Not until Owen was ready and she gave the go-ahead. Dani tried to ignore the man standing a few feet away from her. He took up the same stance as her, leaning against the railing with his arms crossed over the top. Dani chewed the end if her pen and pretended to read what she had on her metal clipboard. When all she really had was a legal pad filled with observational notes and a few doodles. She felt his eyes on her. What was his name again? Hoskins. Dani flicked her eyes to him and saw he was grinning like an excited child. She almost rolled her eyes again. Typical. No one cared about the science, they only ever cared about the show and pizzazz. But apparently this guy had found something else to gawk at. She could feel his eyes roaming over her bare legs and arms and suppressed a disgusted shudder. "You here to see the show too sweetheart?"

"Danica." She quickly snapped at him, standing to her full height and facing him. "My name's Danica, and I'm not your sweetheart."

Hoskins chuckled. Great, let me guess, he likes my "spirit". She could see the sweat beading on his skin and frowned. Fake tan, of course. He looked almost orange to her. But he was tall and built with thick forearms and rough, calloused hands. Army man most likely. Dani knew his type all too well. Hoskins turned to fully face her and grinned. "Well then, Danica, are you here to see the show too?"

Dani shrugged, "In a way. I'm here to observe, take notes and lend assistance should it be needed." She turned back to the railing and crossed her arms, her clipboard dug into her side but she ignored it.

"Oh, so you work here in the boys club?" Hoskins gestured around to the men moving back and forth across the grounds. Dani had to give him that. She did work in a predominately male environment. But that never phased her for a second. Hoskins chewed his lip, "It must be hard for a…pretty little girl like yourself to work around here."

"I'm a full-grown woman—thank you." Dani snapped at him again, turning to fully face him. "And no, it really isn't that hard, especially when my husband is technically everyone's boss." Her face scrunched up for a moment and she added, "And when I'm technically my husband's boss so…"

She trailed off and left the conversation open. Hoskins paused and then Dani saw his eyes finally fall to the ring around her finger. "You're…Grady's wife?"

"Danica Grady—nice to meet you." Dani smiled and pulled off her sunglasses, folding them over her tank top. "Now, if you don't mind, my husband needs my help before we start."

With that she turned and walked across the catwalk to the other side of the paddock. Owen wasn't there yet—of course. But she found Barry and quickly joined him. "Please tell me Owen is ready to start." She let Barry give her a side hug and continued, "These InGen guys need to get their asses off my paddock."

Barry chuckled, "He was in his office last I checked. Although he seemed a little nervous. Perhaps he needs some encouragement from his beautiful wife?"

Dani started to move but stopped. Owen had finally decided to join them. He came up the steps two at a time, his mouth set into a firm line. God but he was handsome. Seven years and Dani would still never be able to not lose her breath at the sight of him. He'd changed his shirt. Now he was wearing something relatively clean and not sweat stained. His hair was a tousled mess but it was perfect. Except…

"Your vest is all screwed up." Dani commented, stepping up to Owen and beginning to readjust the grey vest on his shoulders. She busied herself with the vest and then moved to his shoulders, swiping away dirt and smoothing out any wrinkles.

"Thanks babe." Owen grinned down at her before bending to kiss her forehead. He didn't move though. He stood still and kept his eyes on Dani for a moment longer. He was…

"Nervous?"

Owen scoffed. "Me? Nervous?" Large, warm hands fell to her waist while he shook his head. But that didn't faze Dani. Her face went still, her brow lifting up slightly. Just a few more seconds, Dani thought smugly. Owen had never been able to lie to her and today was going to be no different. After another half second of her husband trying—and failing—to avoid her eyes, he finally caved. Owen's shoulders slumped and the grip on Dani's waist slackened a bit. "It's Charlie. You saw how she was yesterday—you even took three pages of notes on her." He nodded to the clipboard tucked beneath her arm and continued, "I'm just…afraid that Charlie will be Charlie today."

Dani chuckled. She never thought she'd see the day when Owen Grady would get nervous because of a raptor. Mostly because raptors shouldn't even be alive but they were now so there was no turning back on that. But also because Owen only ever got nervous around his wife, and it was rare to see him show vulnerability in front of other people. "Owen," She spoke up, placing her hands over his chest. Her fingers started to stroke tiny circles against the fabric over his heart, and she watched him visibly relax at her touch. "Yes. Charlie was being a bit of an ass yesterday. But," she gently poked his shoulder, "you were able to get her back in line."

A small grin formed on his lips. "Because I'm the alpha." He sounded proud and confident again. There he is, Dani thought smiling back at him.

"Correct big guy." Dani idly readjusted his vest while she continued, "And besides, if things do get completely out of hand, I'll step in. The girls will listen to me."

Owen's face scrunched up, "Why? You're not the alpha." He watched Dani lick her lips, watched a bead of sweat fall down her neck and disappear into her tank top. Her skin was bronzed and glistening. She had little to no make-up on, as was her usual choice. She smelled like the sunscreen she put on every other hour. It reminded him of simpler times. Hawaii and the beaches, early morning hikes and late afternoon swims.

A playful smirk graced Dani's face. One of her hands moved until her fingers were touching the skin of his exposed collar bone. "That's not what you said last night." She winked at him, "Big guy."

God damnit. Owen inwardly cursed. Why did she have to bring that up now of all times? He could not—and definitely should not—be thinking about sex before he has to put on this exercise for everyone to see. Owen sucked in his bottom lip and bit down hard. He kept trying to think about everything but the crazy good sex he'd had with Dani last night. The problem, was that Dani knew he was trying not to think about it. And she knew that he knew. Now his pants were starting to get a little tight.

"Okay…" Owen cleared his throat—a bit too loudly—and stepped away from his wife before he decided to call off the exercise and take Dani into their office for a little…meeting. Of course she kept on smirking while he turned to the crew and got everyone's attention. "Alright everyone, on Dani's signal, release the meat!"

There was a quick flurry of movement as workers and onlookers grabbed their places. The Grady's had asked for complete silence during the exercise so as to not distract the raptors—or Owen.

Dani started to move back to her original spot, seeing Barry had already taken his place there. Hoskins had moved though. But before Dani got two steps she felt a familiar hand grab hold of her wrist and tug. She turned to find Owen watching her, his deep green eyes were soft and full of love. "Wish me luck?" He asked while pulling her towards him.

"You won't need it." She leaned up on her toes and placed a short, but deep kiss to his lips. "You've got this Owen."


Just a short little intro for everyone so we can get an idea of who Dani is and her relationship with Owen. What did everyone think? Head over to my tumblr page if you're interested! I'll be posting a lot of Evolve and Conquer related things on there and I am always willing to answer any of your questions!

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