Authors Note

The following story is set AU to the timeline, in the year 2013 in Jurassic World. I do not hold the rights to anything from the Jurassic Park Franchise and all rights remain to respected owners, this is simply my piece as a fan of the series. I also want to take this opportunity to thank my lovely Beta Reader, Vulpix Sisters, be sure to give her stories a read too! Thanks for giving me a look and I would really appreciate some critical reviews so I can grow as a writer:)

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I had been sat in that uncomfortable ass chair for what felt like a decade but was probably only an hour. My butt was numb, my forehead was drenched with sweat and worst of all my phone was nearly dead. The journey had been absolutely exhausting so far. A four hour drive to London, a nine hour flight to Miami before a much welcomed break from travel. I didn't get to see much of it but Miami seemed like a nice place though a lot hotter than back home. It wasn't long however before we were herded onto yet another plane for two hours. When we finally got to Costa Rica I thought that was it, all the travelling was over. I should have read the letter better or I might have changed my mind.

I had signed up to see dinosaurs and instead I had an amazing view of a ferry terminal.

Great.

Dylan and Cassie seemed to be enjoying it though. The two of them were too busy taking selfies together and making soppy faces as Cassie kept messing up Dylan's dark, curly hair to care that the Ferry had been delayed for another twenty minutes. In fact aside from myself Angela whose constant moaning was really grinding down my nerves, everyone didn't seem too disheartened by the lack of dinosaurs thus far.

Cassie came running towards me brandishing two ice creams with Dylan following, somehow he had managed to get ice cream all down his shirt already. I took the cone from her as vanilla began to melt down my fingers already. Cassie somehow managed to not spill a drop on herself, probably because she had bought new clothes especially for this trip. She kept parading around the house in her shorts, purple vest and a light blue checked shirt over the top which she had now tied around her waist because of the heat. Even her converse were new.

"You could try to smile you know?" She said as she sat beside me. Naturally I pulled the most over the top smile I could muster before letting my face drop again, and blowing a stray strand of hair out my face "I hope you're not going to be a misery the whole trip"

"I just hate all this waiting around" I was practically demolishing this ice cream. It was almost a magician's act; one second the cone was filled with a swirling mass of ice cream and then POOF! It had vanished. I looked down at my tattered jeans and shook my head again, I should have thought better than to wear jeans to Costa Rica.

"Not long now mate, look" Dylan wiped his sticky fingers on the corner of his hoodie before pointing to the island. I had to blink a few times to see what he was pointing at but eventually I could make out the dark blot slowly getting larger. Could it be the ferry? Thank God!

Cassie jumped up and raced to the railing to watch as the ferry came in. I knew she had been desperate to see dolphins though I wasn't sure if they even had dolphins in Costa Rica. Maybe prehistoric dolphins? In this day and age, who knew anymore?

Dylan came behind Cassie wrapping his arms around her waist and planting a kiss on her cheek. I looked away, staring intently into the floor again. It was weird seeing the two of them together. Dylan had been my friend since…well as long as I could remember really. Maybe Dylan would feel less awkward around him and his new girlfriend if he hadn't chose to date his sister perhaps.

"Chris!" I looked up when at the sound of my name, Cassie was practically bouncing, her long hair swaying in her messy ponytail "It's here! We're going to see Dinosaurs!"

The ferry was filled with tourists of all different ethnicities, origins and sizes. This was off peak season for the park so as far as kids went, there weren't actually that many. Most were the same age as myself and up. The youngest kid I saw was about seventeen. I suppose that's the good thing about coming with the college, during term time the park is emptier and therefore queues should be a lot shorter.

'The John Hammond Package is perfect for students and those looking for a more educational visit from the park…' I felt it was actually time to read the brochures that I was supposed to have read weeks back. Maybe I would get lucky and the fascinating pamphlet would distract me from all the kissy faces my sister was pulling. It didn't matter that I was only older by four minutes, my baby sister was playing tonsil tennis with my best friend and that….that was a whole new level of weird.

I was making my way down one of the corridors inside the ferry that lead towards the toilets. It was cooler than back in the terminal thanks to the constant sea breeze and the complete lack of glass in the windows.

Then out of nowhere I doubled over as pain shot through my stomach. I fell to the floor with pain and it took me a little while to realize that I had walked right into Sam's fist. I suppose he's got a lot going on at home, with his parents and all…still, I'm getting a little sick of his shit. I watched him head back towards the upper deck, before he vanished from my sights he felt the need to shout over his shoulder "Faggot!"

I was beginning to have serious second thoughts about this trip. Pulling myself up from the floor, I made myself back upstairs whilst trying my best to look like nothing had happened. Cassie was leaning over the hand rail and pointing into the great blue expanse beneath. Who knew how deep it went exactly? Schools of fish were probably swimming below them right then and there, completely oblivious to the trespassers sailing above them.

Briefly I wondered what it would be like to be a fish. I imagined it would be a nice existence. Nothing to worry about except the tide, the seaweed and the impending possibility of a bigger fish coming along and swallowing you whole…maybe I was better off not being a fish in fact.

"You okay?" Cassie was coming towards me, with her traditional concerned look. Her eyes were warm like melted chocolate, she had got them from Mum along with Mums easy smile and Dads dimples. The only thing we really shared was our red hair only where it looked amazing on her…it just looked god awful on me. "You're really pale…are you seasick?"

"No, I'm fine" She looked at me unconvinced and placed her hand on my forehead as if to check for a fever. I felt sorry for her because when she pulled her hand away it was sure to be covered in sweat. My hair was certainly wet with the stuff "Really, I'm okay"

"I'll get you some water, just wait here and-"

"Just leave me alone Cass!" The words came out harsher than I had meant. I wasn't angry at her after all, I just didn't want her to keep worrying about me. She looked at me, clearly hurt, before running away toward the lower deck. "Cass, I-"

Dylan stopped me from running after her. I looked up at him confused and he tried for a reassuring smile though it didn't quite work "I'll talk to her mate"

Great.

Thirty hours in and I've already screwed up.

Just great.