Despite the risk of keeping her around, Dave is determined to get his parents to keep Perry with him...even if she could kill him.
X Morning...
With Jess's mum and Dad having gone back home. Dave's dad, Sam. And Dave's mum Helen had just begun starting to clear up the house. Even though Helen had only been at her home for less than 24 hours, she still took part in cleaning up like any other woman would. Being away in a war zone doesn't mean you don't need to clear up your home.
"Mum? Dad?" asked Dave catching his parents attention.
Stopping what they were doing, both Sam and Helen could see Dave standing near the doorway leading upstairs next to Jess.
"Jess? You didn't go home?" asked Helen surprised to see her still here.
"No. Dave wanted me to stay a bit longer." explained Jess as Dave took a series of deep breaths. "There's something he wants to tell you both."
"Okay..." agreed Helen a little unsure of what Dave could want to tell them.
Finally gathering the courage he needs, Dave finally explained what they both needed to know.
"Um... you know we had those chats about... if I became a dad?" asked Dave bringing worried faces to both Helen and Sam.
"You mean Jess is pregnant?!" gasped Sam thinking the worst.
"NO!" shouted both Dave and Jess at the same time, that was something that word freak them both out.
"I'm not a dad! But someone thinks I am." explained Dave as Helen and Sam calmed down.
Kneeing down, Dave turned behind before clicking his fingers to attract Perry towards him. Picking her up in his arms, Dave turned back around to Helen and Sam revealing Perry to both of them.
Straight away, both Sam and Helen's eyes widened with shock and fear. Their son was holding a baby raptor in his arms. A raptor!
"Dave...What. Are you doing with that?" asked Sam dreading that Dave was planning something crazy.
"Mum, Dad. I can completely explain." persuaded Dave defending Perry.
"Explain? You're holding a GODDAMN RAPTOR!" yelled Helen certainly not keen on Perry.
"Well, she's more like a lion cub then a raptor." admitted Jess.
"That's not helping." whispered Dave to Jess.
"It doesn't matter what she's like, she's a lethal, dangerous dinosaur!" reminded Sam as Helen pulled out her phone.
"Mum, what are you doing?" asked Dave growing concerned.
"I'm phoning Animal Control, Police, anyone that would shot a raptor!" answered Helen trying to dial the correct numbers.
"NO! Please, you can't!" begged Jess. "Perry would never hurt anyone."
Almost straight away, Sam and Helen gave Dave confused looks.
"You named her after a platypus?" asked Sam with the same odd look that Jess gave Dave the other night.
"No! Perry! As in Katy Perry! Seriously..." moaned Dave getting tired of explaining Perry's name over and over again.
But within a second, Dave shock off that topic and moved on to stopping Helen from phoning up anyone who would hurt Perry.
"Look, I get it." admitted Dave. "Your scared, your scared of what you think she'll be when she's older and looking you in the eye. But I just can't let her go, she's like my daughter now, and she see's me as her father. Yeah, she's a raptor. Yeah, she could kill me. But at the end of the day, she'll still be my raptor."
Helen and Sam couldn't believe what Dave was saying, he was willing to have a dinosaur live under the same roof as him, and let it move about the house freely. But at the same time, it did touch their hearts that Dave was feeling protective over Perry.
"Fine." agreed Helen putting her phone away. "But if she give just one look...then she'll join the rest of her kind."
Overjoyed, Dave let out a relived look to Jess. Now at least, he won't have to hide Perry from his own family.
X An hour later...
After Jess left, Dave began to look up what he'd need to keep a energetic and curious raptor in the house. But while he was fine with having Perry around with him, his parents understandably saw how dangerous Perry would become.
Yeah, now while she's no bigger than a kitten the worst she can do is scratch someone. But when she's tall enough to look them right in the eye? There's no telling how serious she could hurt someone.
As Dave continued to look up on his laptop, Helen and Sam came down with their old mirror.
"Um, why did you two bring that down?" asked Dave in confusion.
"We're having a new mirror delivered soon." explained Sam as he carefully place the mirror up against the wall. "This is going to Jess's family."
"One man's trash is another man's treasure." reminded Helen.
Just then, Perry came out from under the table. But as soon as she saw the mirror, she didn't bark or snarl at it like a cat would. Instead she was grooming herself, using the mirror to see which places needed grooming.
"Dave, look!" pointed Helen in shock.
As soon as Dave saw what Perry was doing, he became lost for words. This was the first time Perry saw her own reflection, and she already figured out it was her own reflection.
"She's using the mirror to clean herself." figured out Dave in shock.
"How old is she? A day, two days old?" asked Helen in disbelief.
"I know raptors are smart, but. Surely even they treat their reflection like another raptor." wondered Sam rubbing his head in shock.
Right then, Dave came up with an idea.
Grabbing a small red ball, Dave knelled down to Perry's level. Showing her the small red ball, Dave hid it in his left hand before hiding both his hands behind his back.
"What are doing?" asked Helen in confusion.
"I'm seeing how smart Perry really is." answered Dave confidently.
Moving the ball in his hands, Dave pulled out both hands in front of him, both of them closed hiding the ball.
Carefully, Perry focused on both hands before rubbing her head against Dave's right hand. Amazed, Dave opened his right hand, revealing the ball inside.
"Clever girl." muttered Dave as Perry took the ball in her mouth before playing about with it.
"First the mirror, and now the ball? What kind of raptor is she?" wondered Helen worryingly.
"A smart raptor, a very smart raptor." answered Dave proudly, just like a proud father
Perry is certainly not like any other raptor...
So, Perry is finally allowed to stay with Dave. But how long will it be until she and Dave attract more attention?
