Chapter Fourteen

(Eric's POV)

It's been a week since I popped my arm out of socket – at least I think it's been a week. I've honestly lost track of time. My arm is still pretty sore, but Amy's been making me take ibuprofen every few hours to keep the pain at bay. She hasn't had any more fainting problems, much to my relief. Her cuts are looking a lot better too. They no longer look infected. She has been going for three days now without bandaging it.

It hasn't rained either. We haven't left the building at all because of it, knowing the blood hasn't been washed away and is probably rotting. Both Amy and I want to be able to go outside again, even if there are meat eating dinosaurs about. Being cooped up in a room with no windows has had its toll on us.

We've heard a few dinosaurs nearby, both sounding large and small. Thankfully, there hasn't been any more death fights. Amy and I have no idea what time a day it is - whether it's day or night. We pass our time awake watching movies, playing games, and listening to music and sleep when we're tired. However, it's gotten to the point where we're bored out of our minds. We've pretty much done all we can do in here.

"Do you think they're looking for us yet?" Amy asks me. We're both sitting on the couch – Amy sprawled out to the left of me, not sitting like any normal person would.

"I don't know." I tell her, honestly. "I hope so."

"They have to be. We've been gone for…two weeks maybe? I don't know. But we've certainly been gone long enough for someone to be worried about us." Amy says.

"They're probably looking for us." I assure her.

Amy jumps up suddenly and I watch as she goes to our record player and begins to look through the different records. A few seconds later, Bob Marley's "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" starts to play. A huge grin spreads across Amy's face and she begins to dance along with the music. I can't help but smile at her.

"Come here." she tells me.

"Uh…why?"

"Dance with me." She holds out her hand to me.

"Ah…no. I can't dance." I tell her. "I'd look stupid."

"No you won't. And I can teach you. It's not like you have anything better to do."

She's right about that. "Alright." I say, standing and walking over to her. I take the hand that she's holding out to me and she pulls me the rest of the way to her. She takes my other hand and gently places it on her waist. She then puts her other hand on my shoulder.

"There's really not much too it. Don't worry about being perfect. Just keep your eyes on me and sway with the music." She tells me.

She takes the lead and we begin to move.

"There you go! See, not too hard!" She tells me, happily.

I let out a chuckle as we continue to dance with the music. Amy looks like she's a kid in a candy shop. She's smiling and just seems genuinely happy right now.

A loud crack comes from outside.

Thunder.

I feel my own smile grow bigger. Rain.

Amy looks at me, looking even more excited.

A new song comes on. Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" begins to play and I get an idea. I quickly let go of Amy and run for the door. I open the door a crack. It is indeed raining. And there is no sign of dinosaurs.

"What are you doing?" Amy asks me.

I run over to the record player and turn the volume up before running to the door again. I look back at Amy with a roguish grin before running out into the rain.

I relish the feeling of rain hitting my skin. I have never been so happy to be outside in my life. I close my eyes and tilt my head back, letting the rain hit my face.

"Eric?" I open my eyes again and look back at Amy. She's in the doorway now, a surprised laugh escaping her mouth.

I brush my wet hair aside and hold out my hand to her. "Dance with me, Amy."

She let's out another laugh before joining me in the rain. By the time she reaches me, she's drenched. I place my hands in the same places they were when we danced inside. I take the lead this time and begin to sway with the music.

However, soon we're both dancing crazily and ridiculously. We are both being incredibly goofy. I don't think any of us can help it at this point. We're just so happy to be outside that we don't care how weird we look. It's not like anyone's watching us right now.

I'm doing an air guitar when Amy suddenly grabs me and begins dragging me back towards the building. Panic hits me and I twirl around to her. Her skin has gone slightly pale.

"What's wrong?" I ask quietly, but loud enough for her to hear me over the rain. She points in front of us and I look back around. Dinosaurs - several of them. I'm about to turn and run, when suddenly I notice just what kind of dinosaurs they are.

I stop and take ahold of Amy's hand. She looks back at me like I just lost my mind but I smile back at her.

"They're albertadromeus."

"What?" Amy asks, still not understanding.

"They're herbivores." I tell her.

I look back and count four of them – all of them watching us curiously. They're smaller than any dinosaur we've seen so far, only a meter and a half long.

Amy visibly relaxes at this and color begins to return to her skin. She let's out a small chuckle. I walk over to a bush and break off a branch that's covered in a bunch of leaves. I kneel down and hold it out towards the small dinosaurs.

They watch me for a few moments before one get's brave and begins cautiously walking over to me. It hesitates a second more before taking a leave off the outstretched branch. I smile as it continues to eat leaves off my branch. Soon the others are joining, seeing that their companion wasn't harmed.

"Come here." I tell Amy.

"Nah, I'm good here." Amy says from a few feet back.

"Come on, you have to try this! This could be a once in a lifetime experience! How many people get to say they've been up close and personal with a bunch of dinosaurs?"

"I've already had my up close and personal experience with a dinosaur. I'm good." She tells me.

I frown, knowing she's talking about the velociraptor that scratched her.

"These won't hurt you. I promise." I tell her.

Amy hesitates for a few more seconds before I hear her slowly walk up behind me. She kneels down beside me and I place the branch in her hand.

"No I don't need to_

I hold her hand that's holding onto the branch and hold it out to the dinosaurs once more. She let's out a surprised chuckle as they begin to eat off the branch.

"See? Not so bad." I tell her, smiling at her expression.

"This is…actually really cool." Amy says, smiling at me.

One makes a loud noise, startling Amy and causing her to jump back a bit. This makes me laugh and Amy shoves me in response. I hold out my hand to one and it sniffs my hand. I then slowly bring my hand up and touch the side of its face. It twitches a little, but otherwise ignores the touch altogether, instead opting to continue eating leaves from the branch Amy is still managing to hold onto. Its skin is scaly and wet from the rain. The feel reminds me a little of a lizard's.

The sky is starting to get darker and I feel Amy shiver beside me. Deciding it's time to head back inside and get dry clothes on, I stand up and offer Amy my hand. She takes it and drops the branch, allowing the tiny dinosaurs to go to town on it. We head back inside and close and lock the door behind us. I slick my wet hair back and look over at Amy. She's dripping wet, just like I am. My eyes fall to her lips like they've been doing a lot lately. I want to know what it feels like to press my own lips against hers.

I shake my head as I feel my face heat up and shrug off my soaking shirt. Ever since I saw Amy's reaction to seeing me shirtless earlier, I've been taking my shirt off at every opportunity just to see it again. Even though it's been over a week, her reaction remains the same. Her face turns pink, and she gets all nervous and shy suddenly. I smirk when she notices me and that very thing happens. She looks away quickly and I can't help but laugh.

Amy scoffs and looks back at me. "You've been doing that on purpose!"

I smile sheepishly at her in response. It's all the answer she needs.

Then she gets this look in her eyes and a mischievous smile spreads across her face.

"What?" I ask, suddenly feeling a bit vulnerable.

"Two can play at that game." She tells me, and before I can do or say anything, she pulls her shirt up and over her head, leaving her upper half in nothing but a small bra.

My eyes go wide and instantly my face reddens. I quickly look away. I hear her walk closer and I stiffen.

"Who's shy now?" Amy taunts. Then she's walking away.

"It's…not the same." I say, my voice coming out as more of a groan.

"Is too." She sing songs.

"Not even close." I mutter to myself.

Amy changes out of her clothes first. Then me. I put on some comfortable dry clothing since we'll probably be going to bed soon. Afterwards we eat dinner – beans and rice. We're in bed shortly after that, both of us feeling exhausted. We've become quite accustomed to sleeping beside each other with one of us always touching the other in some way. Besides me liking that for obvious reasons, I think it's a way that makes both of us feel a little safer while also reminding us that we're both still here. A part of me wonders if I'll be able to go back to sleeping without her once this is all over. Tonight we fall asleep with our backs pressed together and the sound of rain and thunder coming from outside.

Sometime in the middle of the night, something jars me from sleep. I bolt upright along with Amy.

A loud high-pitched scream sounds from outside.

"…That…couldn't be a dinosaur…could it?"

I have no idea, but when I think of dinosaur noises, I would never think they would sound like…that.

The high-pitched scream comes again.

"Eric…it sounds like a woman." Amy tells me.

It does. I bolt out of bed and towards the door. Amy's by my side in an instant.

"Don't!" she tells me as I reach for the doorknob. "What if it IS a dinosaur of some sort."

"What if it's someone who's here to rescue us and needs our help?" I say.

Amy ponders this for a moment. The rain is still coming down hard and I can hear it hitting the building.

"Alright." Amy finally says. "Let's go check it out."

"Oh no, your staying here." I tell her.

"No it's not safe for you to go out there alone." Amy tells me.

"I won't go far. I'll stick close to the building. There's no point in both of us getting soaked again." I tell her as an excuse. I really don't want her coming along, in case this really is a dinosaur.

"Eric…"

"Amy, I can do this. I'll only be gone for a few minutes. You can keep the door open for me and wait for me here in case…" I begin to say but immediately stop myself.

"In case there's a dinosaur." Amy finishes. "Fine, but if you're not back in five minutes, I'm coming after you."

"Deal." I tell her. I plan on being back here in less than that.

I slip on my shoes and open the door. Before I leave, I turn back and look at Amy. She looks worried. I can tell she doesn't like this idea at all. I lean over and quickly kiss on her cheek. I smile and wink at her and then run out into the rain. It's dark and hard to see anything, especially with the cloud coverage. I look around our building and find nothing.

It's been silent since the last scream we heard, but when we did hear it, it sounded as if it came from nearby. I begin to run around the rest of the buildings near hours but end up finding nothing. Not a person, not a dinosaur, not anything. I'm beginning to regret coming out here and I'm beginning to feel that something very wrong is about to happen.

The scream comes from beside my head.

I'm running now. Faster than I have ever ran before. I hear footsteps following behind me. I don't look back, running full speed towards my building. I see it now. Just a few more….

Something hard collides with my head and darkness overcomes my vision.