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Prologue
College graduation for most students, was the most exciting accomplishment of their young lives. For Claire Dearing it was just another day. With being placed on the organizing committee, preparing for the opening on Jurassic World was heavy on her mind. With corporate meetings sitting beside Mr. Masrani she was tasked with taking his notes for him. He had given her full control of making sure current employees stayed on schedule with setting up their food carts, stacking shelves in the stores, and organizing merchandise on racks. She went over food menus with the chefs and handed them off to Mr. Masrani for the final approval.
Knowing her official job title would change once she graduated college, so made sure to take her online classes even more seriously than she did her campus classes during her freshmen year.
Taking up Mr. Masrani's offer to stay on the island and work for him, she knew it wouldn't be easy working with him full time and going to school. There were a handful of interns that were asked to stay along with Claire and begin their careers at Jurassic World.
Claire quickly fell into a natural routine with morning meetings, back to her room for one or two classes, and then made her rounds around the park depending on her orders from Mr. Masrani. Her months leading up to graduation were scrambled up when Owen Grady moved to the island.
He was a Navy man, spending only four years in the military before InGen hired him. His records of studying and working with dolphins impressed Mr. Masrani and recruited him to work close with InGen on a new project involving the very first set of Raptors to be born on the island.
With Claire going back and forth between the lab and the new Raptor paddock, she had to report the progress back to her boss. Claire and Owen quickly became smitten with each other. Though she was just a few years younger than him, he was still overly impressed by the fact that she was helping set up the most anticipated park opening in history while trying to finish up her senior year of college.
Graduating on the island with three other interns, the ceremony was small, but impressive. The four graduates were surrounded by their families who were also invited to be the very first guests ever to visit the new park before it officially opened to the public just a few months later.
Claire stood proud on the stage set up in the center of main street. The large volcanic building, set to be the innovations center stood tall as the backdrop. Her dark grey cap and gown matched the other three interns, but the gold stole draped across her shoulders had her standing out. She was top of her small class and though her peers already had jobs lined up on the island. Two were to be back in the lab as scientists, and one was gnawing at the bit to join the ACU team. Claire surpassed them all as well as many workers who have been on the island even longer than her. Mr. Masrani had chosen her to become his assistant.
The one person Claire's eyes stayed locked with the entire ceremony was Owen. He stood beside her family, cheering her on proudly. They quickly became the trophy couple of Jurassic World.
As Claire's position at Jurassic World rose, so did her relationship with Owen. It was only a year after her graduation, her and Owen were married right on the island. There was a luxurious bridal area designated for couples who could afford a wedding at Jurassic World.
With only some of their family members courageous enough to come to the island for their wedding, Claire and Owen promised to also have a wedding back in their home country for the remainder of their family.
Settling into their new role as husband and wife, they were given land on the other side of the island to build their home. It wasn't until the birth of their first son, Nathan, just a year after they married, did Claire fall into her final position at Jurassic World. Becoming the Operations Manager with a toddler at home was stressful, but Claire was determined to make it work.
Both Owen and Claire worked hard to find a life that worked best for them and their son. Satisfied that he wasn't the only child born among staff members, Mr. Masrani agreed on an employee daycare. Luckily for Claire it was in the same building as she was.
Two years went by after Nathan's birth when Claire and Owen welcomed their daughter, Mia. Being more prepared this time, they quickly fell back into their normal routines.
Just a few weeks after Mia's birth, Owen gained his fourth raptor. Letting Nathan name the final hatchling, the almost three year old immediately named her Blue. Claire pointed out that he was learning his colors and it was only because of the blue stripe on her back, but it didn't bother Owen. He thought the name fit. As the raptors grew older and more aggressive, Nathan and Mia grew to love them just as much as Owen did.
With the kids at the ages of eight and ten, they were homeschooled on the island with a group of other kids.
Life of Jurassic World was a paradise for Nathan and Mia. Kids visiting the park envied them as they wondered the Innovations center, boasting about how their mom is the boss and their dad has four raptors. Which Nathan always mentions that he was able to name one. For the kids that didn't believe them, both kids then would flash their badges that were always hooked to their clothes while on their own in the building. It had their pictures and names on it with a spot that could be scanned with Claire and Owen's personal cell numbers. Claire had the badges made up mainly because they wouldn't leave her alone about how both her and Owen had badges and they wanted one, too, but also for Claire and Owen's secret way of making sure they were staying where they were supposed to.
Claire had chips placed in the badges so she could easily spot them on the park's map while she was in the control room. When they weren't in school they were allowed to go from Claire's office after their homework was finished and go to the innovations center, but knew they were not to leave the building. Claire was always able to make sure of that as long as they wore their badges.
The family of four were completely happy with their life on Isla Nublar. Though many would see their life as an adventure, the Grady's were in for the biggest adventure of their lives.
