The golf cart screeched to a halt near the back door of the gift shop. Tia grabbed the Jurassic World lanyard around her neck and swiped the card at the end in the card reader. The reader beeped and the door unlocked, allowing her entrance into the gift shop. She tried to close the door quietly behind her, but Beth must have been psychic or something because she called, "Girl, you're late...again."

Tia groaned and smacked the back of her head against the door. "I'm sorry. You're gonna write me up now, aren't you?" It really wasn't her fault that she was late. Granted, Owen nearly dying probably didn't qualify for a decent excuse for being late...especially when she had already used almost every excuse in the book.

Beth poked her head around from the front and grinned. "Nah-I'm just messing with you. You're actually two whole minutes early, congratulations. I'm so proud." Beth pretended to wipe a fake tear away from her eye.

"Oh, thank god," Tia breathed a sigh of relief. She rested her hand over her heart, which was still beating rather frantically. Beth shook her head and Tia chuckled to herself. "Those two minutes wouldn't happen to roll over, would they? You know, like phone minutes?"

Beth arched an eyebrow at Tia. "Yeah-uh-no."

Tia sighed. "Didn't think so."

"Now, get your little booty up here. We've got inventory to go through."

Tia nodded her head and walked through the storeroom to the front of the store. There was currently no one in the store. A few people were looking through the window, but no one was inside. "Anything interesting happen while I was gone?"

"Same old, same old," Beth responded. "Although, you got back just in time to clean up the puke in aisle two."

"You're kidding, right?" Tia folded her arms across her chest, hoping that Beth was just messing with her like she had minutes earlier about being late. But no such luck.

Beth shook her head before she pulled a bucket with a rag and rubber gloves in it. She handed it to Tia. "Time to lean, time to clean, right?" A low groan was Tia's response. Beth always saved these sorts of tasks for her. If she wanted to clean up puke, she would have become a teacher or a janitor.

Rather reluctantly, Tia grabbed the bucket from Beth. She groaned as she headed to the restroom to fill the bucket with water. She could see that aisle two had been roped off with caution tape. Tia shook her head and Beth's antics. She stuck the bucket in the sink and turned the water on.

"Lucky for you, I don't have a hot boyfriend, so I'll be taking my lunch here," Beth said leaning against the door to the bathroom.

Tia rolled her eyes and made eye contact with Beth in the mirror. "He's not my boyfriend."

"Honey, you live with him and it's obvious you both have some sort of thing between the two of you. You just gotta DTR."

"DTR?" Tia asked, her brain not comprehending what Beth was saying.

Beth scoffed, "I thought you went to MIT?"

Tia arched an eyebrow. "I did. I learned DTR stands for deep tendon reflex and I don't think that's what you mean."

Beth shook her head. "Yeah...no. Define the relationship. Define the relationship." Hand gestures accompanied her words. Tia rolled her eyes again before she shut the water off and put the yellow rubber gloves on.

"I think I'd rather go clean up the puke," Tia said, faking a smile as she picked up the bucket and walked out of the bathroom.

She had just walked past Beth, when Beth called, "Don't wait too long…"

Tia waved one rubber-gloved hand in the air. "I know, I know...you gotta a bet to win."

"Well, that...or someone else might just swoop in and take him before you get the chance." With that Beth walked into the back storeroom to get her lunch.

Tia crawled through the caution tape before she got down on her hands and knees to clean up the vomit. One look at it and Tia herself wanted to puke. She put her hand over her mouth and looked away. She wished she had a nose plug. So, she braced herself, breathed through her mouth, and set to work.

When she was finished cleaning, she dumped the bucket's contents in the toilet when the bell chimed that someone had entered. Tia heard Beth greet whoever it was, so she continued cleaning up the mess in the bathroom. Then Beth called for her. "One second," Tia called back as she gave the bucket a final rinse. Although, she turned the water on too fast which caused water to splash on her face and shirt. She quickly turned the water off and examined herself in the mirror. That would be her luck. Beth called for her again.

So, Tia wiped her hands on her shorts and walked out into the store. "Beth? What is it?" Tia asked. Beth gave her a funny expression before she pointed toward a professionally dressed woman with her back toward them. The woman had long black hair and had a slender figure. Tia knew the woman to be Zara Young, Claire Dearing's assistant-a job Tia had been up for as well. Clearly, Tia hadn't gotten the job.

Tia cleared her throat and approached Zara. "Hey, you wanted to see me?"

Zara looked over her shoulder at two boys, before she turned toward Tia. She gave Tia a fake smile as she adjusted the sunglasses on the top of her head. "Tia, lovely to see you again."

Tia folded her arms across her chest and shifted her stance. "You came here to see me. Why?"

"Why don't we have this discussion outside." Zara grabbed Tia by the arm, but she quickly released it when her phone began to buzz. Zara took the call and held a single finger up toward Tia. "Hey, love…"

While Zara chatted, Tia turned back toward Beth and rolled her eyes. Beth tried to keep from laughing. Tia turned to see the two boys again. The younger one was playing with the T-Rex toy, while the older boy just leaned against the wall watching his younger brother. After a few minutes, Zara finally got off the phone. "Now, where were we?" Zara said to Tia. "Oh, that's right, we were just about to have us a little discussion outside."

"Oh-kay," Tia responded, clearly not sure why Zara Young would want to be talking with her. She shrugged her shoulders and called to Beth, "I'll be right outside, I guess." Beth nodded her head and Tia followed Zara outside.

The moment they were outside, Zara flipped her shades over her eyes before she turned toward Tia. "I'll just get right to it. As you can see, I'm busy with a wedding to plan. I don't have time to babysit two boys right now. My caterer is supposed to be calling me any time now."

Tia nodded her head. "Okay. Cool. What does that have to do with me?"

"I thought that'd be obvious. I need you to watch the boys."

"While I'm honored. Really, I am-but I uh-I kinda have a job already. My shift is over at five. Talk to me then." Tia moved to walk back inside, but Zara grabbed hold of her arm. Tia quickly turned around to see Zara digging in her bag.

"I thought this might happen, so I came prepared." Zara pulled a small notepad from her purse. She opened it up and held it out in front of Tia. Tia tried not to act surprised, but she recognized the notepad. It was her. "Does Claire know you've been sneaking around?" Zara asked.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about," Tia lied.

Zara snapped her fingers. "Don't play dumb, Tia. I know what you've been doing and this is the proof. But what I do with it is up to you."

Tia groaned and folded her arms across her chest. "What do you want, Zara?"

"I told you. I need you to watch Claire's nephews. Make sure they stay out of trouble while I get a handle on my wedding plans."

"And if I do?"

"Then I don't tell Claire about your extracurriculars. If you don't, then this will find its way into her hands and buh-bye Jurassic World."

Tia sighed and shifted her stance. She didn't really seem to have much of a choice. If she ever wanted to someday work her way up the ladder at Jurassic World, Claire Dearing could not know that she was sneaking around the place. But she also had a job that she really needed be there for. "Look, I would-but like I said, I'm scheduled until five."

"I'll take care of Beth."

"Then fine, I'll do it," Tia groaned. She didn't appreciate being blackmailed, but she didn't really seem to have a choice in the matter.

Zara smiled. "Good. Keep your phone on. I'll let you know where to meet back up with me."

"Before you meet back up with Claire?"

"Correct." Zara's phone buzzed. She picked it up and began to text furiously as Tia stood there with an annoyed expression on her face. Zara then dropped her phone back in her bag. "All right, I think the older one is Zane and the younger one is Gary. Have fun."

"Hem. Hem." Tia cleared her throat using her best Professor Umbridge expression. She held out her hand in front of Zara. Tia could tell that Zara rolled her eyes behind her sunglasses, but she dropped the notepad into Tia's hand. "Pleasure doing business with you," Tia retorted sarcastically as she pocketed her notepad before she headed back in the store.

As Zara went to talk to Beth, Tia slowly approached Zane and Gary. The younger boy was still playing with the T-Rex in one hand but had added a triceratops in the other hand. The older boy just stood there looking completely bored out of his mind. "Hey, you must be Zane," Tia said extending her hand toward the teenage boy.

"It's Zack," the teenage boy scoffed, staring at Tia's hand like it had some kind of disease.

Tia withdrew her hand and wiped it on her shorts. "Sorry, about that," she apologized. "Zara said you were Zane." Tia then turned toward the younger boy. "I guess you're probably not Gary then, are you?" Her tone was teasing which made the younger boy laugh.

"No! I'm Grey!" the younger boy giggled.

Tia smiled. "Got it. Zack, not Zane and Grey not Gary. I'm Tia, by the way, and it looks like I'm going to be your Jurassic World tour guide."

Zack groaned. "Seriously? Another one?"

"We were supposed to be with Aunt Claire," Grey said with his bottom lip jutted out.

Tia could understand their disappointment, but they all had to deal with the cards they had been dealt. "I'm sure whatever is keeping your Aunt Claire is super important," Tia said sympathetically. "But what I can tell you is that I am way more fun, than Miss Stick Up Her Butt." Tia nodded back toward Zara who was already on her phone.

Grey giggled.

"Just give me a chance, guys," Tia continued. "If you don't have even a little bit of fun with me, I'll treat you to ice cream."

Grey nodded enthusiastically. Tia looked up at Zack. It was obvious that he was trying to look like he didn't care, but he responded, "Yeah, I guess we can do that."

Tia nodded her head and smiled. She chewed her bottom lip for a moment, trying to decide where to take them first. Then it came to her. Boys always seemed to love anything to do with T-Rexes. The fact that Grey was still holding onto the toy T-Rex told her that. Tia pointed toward the toy, "How would you like to go to the T-Rex Kingdom, first?"

"Yeah!" Grey said enthusiastically, jumping up and down from his excitement.

Again, Tia looked up at Zack. He shrugged a shoulder and nodded. Again, he was trying to play it cool, but even Tia could see that he wanted to go to the T-Rex Kingdom. "All right then, follow me," Tia said. And with that Tia walked onto Main Street with the Zack and Grey, completely unaware of how quickly things were about to change.

Author's Note: Hey! It's only been a year, but I finally figured out a bit more of where I'm going with this! Yay! Thanks to everyone who has supported this story, it means a lot! :)