"damn, you guys got them eating out of your hands" Hoskins exclaimed, approaching all three of us
"You came in on a good.day, it's not usually happy ending" Owen said, shaking his hand.
"Is That why you're not sending in your reports?" He asked me, shaking my hand.
"We've been busy" Barry replied, sourly
"Too busy to cash in your paychecks" Hoskins jokes
"Uh, what do you need buddy?" Owen said
"A field test" he said making me roll my eyes.
"You can handle this" I muttered at Owen, walking down the opposite way of the catwalk to observe the girls.
I kept an ear and eye on the conversation between Hoskins and Owen.
Blue looked up at me then to Hoskins, her eyes darted back and she let out a low growl.
"Same feeling blue, same" I said softly.
I suddenly heard the sound of pig squeals and scrunched my eyebrows.
No one was instructed to let a pig out. I thought. I looked down to see the girls sniffing and looking around. The squeals got louder and suddenly I saw a little piglet run across the paddock.
Before I could even react the new kid came running down the crosswalk with an extended catcher screaming that the pig was loose. He hung the catcher down and my eyes went wild, I jogged over there.
"HEY! PULL THAT UP!" I tried, knowing the girls are waiting down below. Before he could, Charlie came out of nowhere and dragged the catcher causing the kid to fly over the railing.
Without thinking, and out of instinct, I reached out and grabbed his legs, but his weight took me over the railing as well.
Owens heart froze. He watched his girlfriend fly over the railing and land hard on her back with the raptors surrounding her.
The impact of the ground made me lose my breath. I Shut my eyes in pain, but opened them up a second later, realizing I was in the raptor pit. Before I could react all four girls were slowly surrounding me. Tapping their toes for intimidation. Out of the corner of my eye I could see the kid lying on the ground, starting to wake up.
"Blue, stop" I said as calm as I could, slowly sitting and and scooting backwards.
Blue screeched at her sisters. They stopped but Blue kept coming forward. She was sniffing me as I trembled. "Blue, it's me" I said calmly as her face was a just foot from mine.
She turned her head and cawed out to her sisters, Delta screeched and tried to lunge for me but Blue stopped her. Blue communicated to her sisters and they locked eyes with the kid who was now sitting up.
The began surrounding him.
"Owen!" I yelled and heard the gate open. A bunch of armed men ran up on the catwalk, pointing their tranquilizers at the girls.
"No hold your fire, hold your fire!" I yelled as I got to my feet. Owen ran in, putting himself in between the girls and the new kid.
I ran behind the now frozen in fear kid, and began dragging him towards Barry.
"Hold your fire. Put 12 amps in these animals and they'll never trust me again" Owen said as I stood by Barry, watching as Owen tried to move backwards. My stomach was now twisting. I was ready to upchuck my breakfast.
I watched as Owen gently but firmly told the girls to stay where they were through their screeching.
"Close the gate" Owen said
"Are you crazy?!" Barry explained
"Trust me, close the gate" Owen said again.
"Close the gate!" The new kid yelled. Barry looked at me and I nodded. He mumbled a curse word and hit the button.
Owen slowly backed up and at the last second rolled out before the girls could jump him. They ever up hitting themselves on the closed gate.
Barry and I ran up to him.
"Are you okay?" I frantically asked as Barry helped him to his feet.
"Me? Are you okay? How's your back? Did you hit your head?" He fired off concerning questions.
"I'm-i'm fine. Blue actually saved my lifeā¦" I came to realizing out loud.
"Hey, you must be the new kid" Owen said, as I turned around. He was still on the ground, in shock.
"You ever wonder why there was an opening?" I popped up. The kid swallowed in fear.
"Hey, just never turn your back to them" Owen advised.
That's when the wave of nausea hit.
"I gotta go!" I quipped, covering my mouth and running towards the office.
But I couldn't make it. The running made my stomach even worse. I stopped halfway, fell on my knees and threw up.
"Julissa! Damn it!" Owen yelled running to me.
He rubbed my back as i tried to catch my breath. My head was spinning.
"You need to get checked out. You probably had a small concussion" Owen said with concern.
Intried shaking my head but he summoned Barry over and the next thing you know, Owen was carrying you into Barry's truck.
"You better call me once the doctors clear you" Owen demanded. I nodded and he gave me a quick peck on the cheek.
Owen watched as Barry took the love of his life to the medics.
He shook his head and wiped the sweat off from his face. He turned towards the paddock to see Hoskins smirking.
Feeling anger, fear, and adrenaline, Owen had to really convince himself to not punch the guy in the face.
I was stuck in a waiting room for 3bhours before actually seeing the doctor. They suggested I get a CT scan, which Barry pretty much pushed me into doing. After an hour of the scan, I sat on the examining table, waiting for the doctor and results. A soft knock came at the door and the doctor walked in.
"Dr. Parker I have good news for you, well I mean I guess depends on how you take it" the doctor said rolling his chair to sit across from me.
I looked at him confused
"You don't have a concussion" he said looking at your chart
"Well then that is great news" I said happily, jumping off of the table.
"Wait, Julissa, there's more" he said with a more serious time and stood up.
My smile dropped.
"What is it?" I asked impatiently
"You're about 7 weeks pregnant" he said.
Time froze.
"I'm what?" I asked, in disbelief
"Almost 2 months pregnant" he clarified.
One hand went to your stomach while your other gripped the side of the table.
"Here's a card for a great OBGYN. I'll leave you for some time to process. Good luck, Dr. Parker" he said before leaving.
Now it all makes sense. The flu wasn't a flu. How could I have not known? Thoughts raced as I picked up the card.
What am I going to tell Owen? I thought as a walked out.
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