Jurassic Romance
The next morning Laura had just finished getting ready when she heard a knock on her new apartment's door. She opened the door to see a woman about her age with long black hair. The woman introduced herself "Hi my name is Zara. I'm Claire's assistant and I'm here to show you to your new office." Laura smiled saying "It's nice to meet you Zara, let me just grab my bag and lock up and we can go". She grabbed her bag and her dad's lucky hat and followed Zara out of the apartment complex. Zara led her through a building set up with every medical supply she could want or need, opening a door showing a stunning office with a glass wall and state of the art computer. Laura stood there shocked and asked "Is all this for me?" Zara replied "Well we will get you a couple assistants of course but for the most part yes". "Assistants?" Laura questioned "Yes Claire has a list of candidates she emailed you this morning. Look through them when you get a chance and select 2 that you'd like on your team". Laura responded "Of course. Thank you". Zara said "Once you look through the candidates and have a look around someone will be by to show you to the sick assets". Laura thanked her again and was Zara showed herself out of the medical wing.
About 2 hours later Laura had looked through the resumes of the potential assistants and had emailed Claire which 2 she thought were most qualified, a guy named Jason who was currently working at the Cincinnati Zoo and a girl named May who had just graduated fro Cornell University, and had gotten a good look around the med bay when a man walked in. The man was dressed in a Jurassic World uniform and informed her he was going to show her to the sick animals. She followed him to his Jeep and he lead her to where the parks gyro sphere attraction was. He lead her to a brachiosaurus that was laying on it's side sick. Laura had seen dinosaurs up close when she was a child but she still couldn't stop her gasp of awe. Even though she had terrible memories on this island she couldn't help but still marvel at these amazing creatures her dad told her bedtime stories about. After thoroughly examining the brachiosaurus she determined it was something in its diet that was making it sick. She examined the plant life in the enclosure and saw Indian Lilac Berries. She notified the man that the berries were most likely what had been making her sick. The man said he would send park maintenance to do a sweep and remove all of said plants. Next they visited a triceratops that showed the same symptoms as the brachiosaurus. Lastly he took her to see an ankylosaurus that wasn't eating and seemed to be in pain. She discovered that said animal suffered an injury, probably from sparing with others, and infection had set in. she cleaned the wound and gave the dinosaur shots to fight off the infection.
Once she finally made it back to her med bay she found Claire there waiting for her. Claire greeted her then said "Mr. Masrani sent me to tell you that he is very impressed with you and to escort you to lunch". Laura dropped her bag off in her office then followed Claire to Main Street. While crossing Main Street she noticed Claire froze and looked in the same direction Claire was. Laura saw a man that stood out from the tourists that was looking their way. He was extremely handsome, he had brown hair with a five o clock shadow dusting his square jaw, and was tall and built with biceps bulging under his button down. Claire went to turn around but the man made his way to them before she could. He walked up to them with a smirk on his face saying "Hey Claire. Not gonna introduce me to your new friend?" Claire sighed "Mr. Grady this is Dr. Laura Grant, the newest employee here. Laura this is Owen Grady. He works with the raptors". Owen held out his hand saying "It's lovely to meet you Dr. Any relation to Dr. Alan Grant?" Laura gave him her hand thinking he was going to shake it but instead he held it in his and kissed it. She blushed and replied "Its nice to meet you too. And yes, he's my father". Owen chuckled and went to say something else but Claire cut him off looking pissed. She practically spit out "I have a busy schedule Dr. Grant so we need to get a move on". They said a quick goodbye and Claire led Laura into an upper scale looking restaurant. Once they were seated and had ordered Claire cleared her throat saying "Watch out for Mr. Grady. He has a habit of using women." Laura was surprised Claire was so blatant and said "Thank you for your concern Claire but i can look out for myself. Why do you seem to hate him so much?". After an awkward pause Claire cleared her throat again and ignored her question saying "Anyways, when were done here we will need you to write a report on the assets you've treated today and then you are done for the day. Can you make it to your office tomorrow morning or should I send someone?" Laura wondered what Claire's deal with Owen was but let it go, simply replying "I can manage on my own thank you". They made small talk about the park throughout their meal and once they had finished eating they parted ways. Laura made it back to the med bay easily and sat down at her desk to write the reports. Once Laura had finished and sent in her reports she decided to grab a drink.
Laura ended up seated at the bar at the Margaritaville she had seen in passing. She spotted Owen across the bar and they made eye contact. He made his way over to her and they exchanged pleasantries. Owen sat down next to her right as the bartender came over. They ordered their drinks, a beer for him and a margarita for her, and They started making small talk. Suddenly Owen said "No offense but why would you come back here? I read your dads book you were here when everything went to shit". Laura thought about her response for a minute, finally saying "I still haven't quite figured that out. A part of it was to conquer my fears. I have mental and physical scars to this day from that trip. But also, as crazy as this sounds, I still have a love for these dinosaurs. I can still remember the feeling of pure awe when I was 9 and saw my first living breathing dinosaur. I had heard about them through my whole childhood, had seen drawings in books, but never thought I'd actually be able to see one. This island is equal parts amazing and terrifying." Owen smiled a genuine smile that had her all but swooning then lightened the mood saying "Your either incredibly brave of incredibly crazy". Laura let out a laugh, Owen joining in, and said "Coming from the guy who trains velociraptors". Owen chuckled and replied "Fair point. I love working with the girls though. They're such intelligent animals" Laura let out a sarcastic laugh saying "Yeah their intelligence really shows when they're hunting you". Owen winced and nervously rubbed the back of his neck saying "Sorry. It slipped my mind that you've had such a bad experience with them". Laura gave him a soft smile "No I'm sorry. That was kind of bitchy of me". Owen hesitated for a minute before tentatively asking "You got attacked right? How bad was it? You don't have to answer me if you don't want to" Laura put her hand on his arm reassuringly and said "No it's okay. Umm.. me and Mr. Hammond's grandkids were hiding in the kitchen when the raptors caught up with us. They figured out how to open the doors and had cornered Tim and Lex, I drew the raptors attention and gave them time to escaping ran. One of the raptors jumped on my back, knocking me down and its claws raked down my shoulder and back. My dad ran in and shot at it giving me time to get up and run. I almost bled out before the helicopter got there." Laura slid her button down off her right shoulder and showed Owen the scars that weren't covered by her tank top. Owen reached his hand out and traced the scars on her shoulder. He said in barely above a whisper "You're amazing." Laura blushed and looked down. Owen cleared his throat and pulled his hand back and Laura slid her button down back over her shoulder. After some more small talk Owen payed for the drinks, despite Laura's protests, and offered to walk her home. Once they arrived at her apartment door Owen said "I had fun tonight. Maybe we can do this again?" Laura smiled and responded "I'd like that" and once they said goodnight Laura kissed him on the cheek than quickly slipped into her apartment. She leaned back against the door she had just shut with a huge smile on her face.