Couples (Lovely Accent)-A Dinosaur Train Fanfic

Summary: He loved her dearly, especially with that Argentine accent of hers. Laura the Giganotosaurus X Ned Troodon (OC). I'm really proud of this one.

Ned Troodon loved working on the dinosaur train; bringing food to the passengers on board using the dining cart. Especially one passenger in particular, whom he adored. Laura the Giganotosaurus. A tall theropod with dark green colored skin and a lighter color of it on her belly.

To tell the truth, Ned actually has a huge crush on her. He's had for a while now.

She was a kind-hearted dinosaur who liked to help out the Dinosaur Train with her incredible vision and strength. She would even tell the children who visited her in the observation car things about her species whenever they were curious. Laura also loved bird watching and drawing. And what Ned really liked most about Laura was her Argentine accent, which Ned thought made her sound absolutely beautiful and divine.

He put on a smile his face as he walked into the Observation car and saw Laura crouching like she usually did. He smiled.

"Good morning, Laura."

She smiled at Ned. "Why good morning to you too, Ned."

Ned sighed. He wondered if Laura had any idea what a lovely and beautiful creature she was.

"Like anything to eat?" Ned asked.

Laura tapped the side of her face with her finger. "I'm not sure."

Ned smiled up at her. "Oh come on. You're a good and wonderfully kind soul who helps out the Dinosaur Train a lot. You deserve something wonderful to eat."

Laura looked down at Ned and after half a minute, she smiled. "Very well then, Ned. You win."

She ordered something from the cart and Ned gave happily gave it to her.

He watched her eat and liked how neat she was with eating. Ned loved neatness.

Out of all the cars on the train, Ned liked to stay in the observation car with Laura the longest. He did so because he liked talking with her. Liked hearing the sound of her accent. Liked getting to know more about her. Laura was the most fascinating creature Ned had ever known.

Ned rearranged some of the food in the cart as he spoke.

"Anything dangerous on the tracks?" Ned asked.

"No, not now fortunately."

Ned continued to rearrange the food, obvious stalling himself.

"How have you been?"

"Wonderful, thank you for asking." Laura said flashing Ned a smile which made his heart skip.

"Family good?"

"They are."

Ned wished he was working all the time in the Observation car, that way he'd be able to spend more time with Laura.

He sighed.

Ned wanted to spend more time with her and, maybe, ask Laura out on a date.

But he was nervous. What if Laura was already seeing someone? Or what she already had a mate?

Ned's heart began to beat fast. Feeling nervous with his first thought, but feeling a little angry with the second. Oh how jealous he would be if Laura already had someone. If it wasn't him. But Ned looked up at Laura, now looking at the tracks, and calmed down.

She's probably not seeing anyone. Ned said to himself in his head. He looked back at the food inside his cart. Now that he was calmer, he was back to feeling nervous about popping the date question.

Ned's wanted to ask her out for weeks, but he's been too afraid to. And even when he shook his fears out of his head, he couldn't think of how to ask her out; even when it seemed so simple.

Laura spoke up. "Ned? Ned?"

"What?" Ned was snapped out of his thoughts.

Laura chuckled. "I just wanted to be sure that you're still on planet Earth. You seemed to be spacing out."

"Oh. Sorry Laura. Just lost in my own thoughts, that's all." Ned chuckled.

Ned looked up at Laura and saw her smiling.

What a lovely smile. Ned thought.

Ned closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He looked back up at Laura.

"Laura?"

"Yes, Ned?"

Ned gestured with his finger for her to lower her head down, so her eyes could be on the same level as his. She did so and Ned took her hand.

"Laura." He paused. What he was going to do next seemed like a bold action for him to take. "I think you're a very charming and beautiful creature, the most beautiful I've ever seen in my life." Ned blushed.

Laura just stared down at him and didn't say anything.

Ned gulped and continued. "And I feel honored to be able to speak with you every day on the Dinosaur Train. I really mean it; I absolutely love talking to you. I think your argentine accent is simply divine."

Laura stared at the troodon. "Ned."

"I mean it, with all my heart." Ned smiled, but then he looked calm. "And, I was wondering…"

Ned paused again, but by looking at Laura's lovely face, he regained his courage and resumed speaking. "Would you like to go out on a date with me?"

Laura stared at Ned for the longest time.

Ned's heart was continuing to beat very fast. What would she say?

After what felt like forever, Laura smiled at Ned.

"I would love to."

Ned thought for a moment that his heart had stopped beating. But when he realized that it didn't and that Laura really said yes, he smiled. His heart beat started to go down. He was so relieved that his asking didn't result badly. If she had politely turned him down, he would've felt a little upset, but otherwise okay.

"So," Laura said batting her eyelashes, another thing that Ned liked about Laura. "When shall we have this date?"

"Well," Ned rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm off tomorrow after five, and you're done for the day tomorrow around that time so, six-thirty?"

"Sounds good." Laura said with a charming smile.

"We could have dinner and have a little walk? Maybe even talk and get to know each other more."

Laura nodded and smiled.

Ned smiled back. Then he looked at his cart and back at Laura.

"I…I should probably carry on with my job."

"So should I." Laura said.

"But I'll see you on the dinosaur train tomorrow?"

"Of course, and then afterwards we can have our date."

Ned nodded. He came over to his cart and pushed it under Laura's legs to the other end of the car. Laura was looking out at the tracks up ahead. Ned smiled up at her.

"Bye, Laura. See you later."

Laura smiled down back at him. "See you later, Ned."

Laura returned to observing the tracks while Ned wheeled the food cart into the next car. He was smiling like before he had walked into the Observation car, but his smile this time was bigger. Ned was extremely happy. He had a date with Laura the Giganotosaurus tomorrow after work.

And Ned couldn't wait.

Ned couldn't wait for his shift, as well as Laura's, to be over. Normally he didn't mind the day going by slowly on the Dinosaur Train, but he kept wishing that the day would go by faster so he and Laura could have their date.

It was the beginning of the afternoon while Ned stared out of one of the windows of the observation car. He sighed.

"I wish today was over already."

Laura smiled down at him. "Don't worry, Ned. The day will be over before you know it."

Ned looked up at Laura and smiled back. Her smiles always seemed to have the power to make Ned's anxiousness go away.

And Laura was right. Ned focused on his work and the day went by fast.

It was five when the train stopped at Giganotosaurus Junction.

Ned hung up his work uniform and put on a blue vest. He walked up to the door where Mr. Conductor was standing.

"See you tomorrow, Ned."

"Bye, Mr. Conductor. See you tomorrow."

"And have a nice time with your date with Laura Giganotosaurus."

Ned smiled and rolled his eyes. I will." He laughed.

Ned stepped off of the train and looked to his right. He saw Laura standing on the platform and smiled. He walked up to her and saw that she was smiling at him back.

"Shall we go?" Laura asked.

Part of Ned couldn't believe this was actually happening, but he wasn't going to back out of this. He smiled and nodded.

The two walked away from the platform and headed towards the forest.

Ned and Laura sat down to a meal of meat and plants, Ned of course having both.

Ned smiled as he watched Laura eat. She noticed this and chuckled.

Ned knew why and blushed. "I'm sorry. Like I said, I think you're a fascinating creature."

Laura smiled and Ned could've sworn that he saw her blush a little. "Why thank you, Ned. You flatter me so much."

Ned smiled.

"And how am I fascinating creature to you exactly? Is it how I look and sound?"

"That, and you're an interesting person. You like to observe and draw all the sights you see in a sketch book. And you're the kindest creature I have ever come to know." Ned looked up at her sincerely. "I mean it. I have never met another being that was as nice as you, not even close. I'm glad to know such a person like you."

Laura smiled and thanked Ned. "Out of all the creatures that I have spoken to, no one has said anything like that to me. Anything so nice. Thank you again, Ned. You know, you're a fascinating creature to me too."

Ned stopped eating and stared up at the female Giganotosaurus. "Really?" He asked. Ned had never considered himself fascinating.

Laura seemed to blush a little. "Yes, I like how neat and organized you are. And you're such a considerate creature yourself. Always staying and talking to me in the observation car. I like when others come to see me and talk to me, especially you Ned. I like when you talk to me in a different way than others, a special way."

Ned saw Laura's face get redder and he smiled.

"Wait a second. Laura the Giganotosaurus, do you have a crush on me?"

Laura looked surprised for a moment and blushed even more, but after the moment passed she smiled kindly down at Ned.

"Yes, I do. I do have a crush on you, just as you do on me."

Now it was Ned's turn to have his face look red as an apple. "You know about that?"

"I am very good at observation, aren't I?" Laura asked while batting her eyelashes at Ned.

Ned smiled and knew that somehow, Laura was flirting with him.

"Yeah, indeed you are."

After dinner, Ned and Laura took a walk through the forest, talking and learning a little more about each other. And laughing too.

Eventually, Laura sat down on a big rock to rest and said that her feet were beginning to hurt.

Ned offered to rub them. Laura asked him if he was sure that he wanted to, reminding him that she had big feet, but Ned said that it wouldn't be a problem.

He began massaging Laura's feet and Laura sighed.

The foot massage felt good to her and she was starting to feel like she was in heaven.

Laura looked down at Ned and smiled at him. Ned looked up and when he saw Laura's smile, he smiled back.

Laura was thinking about their conversation earlier during dinner. She thought about how considerate she and Ned were to others, especially each other.

Perhaps there's a chance…that they were meant for each other.

It took Ned over an hour to rub Laura's feet, but he didn't mind. After he was done, Laura stood up.

"That was wonderful, Ned. My feet and I thank you very much."

Ned smiled and pretended to have a hat to tip up at her. "You and your feet are mighty welcome, Laura."

Laura chuckled. She crouched down and looked Ned in the eyes.

They both smiled at each other as they leaned forward and kissed.

Both Ned and Laura's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of their sockets. But they both smiled and closed their eyes.

Laura could feel Ned's lips break away and a thud on the ground. She opened her eyes and saw that Ned had fallen backwards.

"Ned, are you alright?"

Ned looked up at Laura and smiled goofily.

"Sorry, but that kiss was incredible."

Laura chuckled again and rubbed the end of her snout gently over Ned's mouth before kissing him.

Ned stared up at Laura. She smiled back.

"Shall we return to the train station?"

Ned nodded and placed both hands on the sides of Laura's face. She lifted Ned up to his feet and they walked back together.

Ned and Laura walked back to the train station. The dinosaur train was there and would be leaving in a few minutes.

Laura crouched down and Ned held her hands in his.

"Oh, Ned. I've had a wonderful time. Thank you very much for this evening."

Ned smiled. "You're welcome, Laura. I had a great time too. If I'd known that it would be great, I'd asked you out a long time ago."

"I'm glad you did." Laura smiled.

"See you tomorrow?"

"Of course, my dear Ned."

Ned smiled, but then he looked shy.

"Laura, can I kiss you one more time before I leave?"

Laura smiled at Ned and nodded. "You may kiss me, I will not mind."

Ned smiled as he placed both hands on Laura's beautiful face. He leaned forward, closed his eyes, and kissed Laura on the lips.

She closed her eyes too.

Ned then heard Laura hum pleasantly. He smiled, glad that she was enjoying the kiss as much as he was.

Their faces broke away from each other and they smiled.

The whistle on the dinosaur train blew and Ned knew that he had to get on now, if he wanted to make it home to Troodon Town.

Ned turned and walked over to the train. He stood on the steps and waved at Laura.

"Good-bye, Laura! The most beautiful giganotosaurus in the world!"

"And good-bye to you too, Ned! The handsomest troodon I've ever met!" Laura said while waving back.

Ned smiled as the train started moving. He watched as it got farther and farther away from Laura.

He had a wonderful and romantic time with Laura, and he couldn't wait to see her again tomorrow.

THE END