"I know you both think I'm crazy.." Jacqueline started before she was rudely cut off by a snort from her cousin, Lex Murphy before she rolled her eyes and continued on. "Lex, listen to me damn it, and stop being rude!" She snapped, before she continued. "This would be a crazy opportunity to miss, I have to do it... I need to do it.." She whispered, as she watched their faces, for an emotions or expressions that might give her an insight into what the pair of them were thinking.
"I'm sorry Jac, but this is a crazy and insane idea" Lex stated, shrugging her shoulders as she watched her cousin. After everything Lex and Tim had experienced with the first Jurassic Park, Lex couldn't believe why her cousin would want to go to another one, despite Simon Masrani saying it was completely safe and nothing could go wrong this time, Lex wasn't so sure. "Its a stupid idea and an absolutely crazy one and I don't agree with it."
An instant feeling washed over Jacqueline and it was the same feeling she had felt as a child, whenever her father had yelled at her for doing the smallest thing wrong, wearing the wrong thing, not using her manners and sometimes even breathing. Each time Jacqueline had tried to curl up into a ball so small, that she could hopefully just disappear from the nightmare that her father made her live in.
It had all come to a head, once the news of what happened at Jurassic Park hit the headlines, that her mother Eloise and her aunt and Lex and Tim's mother, Catherine had finally kicked him to the curb. Jacqueline could remember the day like it was just yesterday.
The four of them - Jacqueline, Eloise, Catherine and her father - all in place on the sofa's, all watching the television in shock at what the news was reporting. Jacqueline could still remember her heart beating so hard she thought it would actually bust through her rib cage as her sterling Bambi-like wide eyes watched the screen.
"Jacqueline! Stop staring at the television, you'll ruin your eyesight!" He had snapped at her, and instantly, Jacqueline had curled in on herself, burying her head in her knees as her small body began to rack with sobs. "Don't start bloody crying, you pathetic child" He hissed, as Eloise turned to face her husband with anger clouding her face.
"Don't you dare talk to your daughter like that!" She snarled, like a mother lioness protecting her cubs. Eloise may be a prim and proper woman, but she could be vicious when aggravated enough.
"Don't talk to me like that, you stupid bitch!" He snapped back, standing up as Eloise mimicked his movement and stood herself up. "Those two bastards of hers are probably and hopefully dead anyway" He smirked, as Jacqueline looked up, with watery eyes only making her silver orbs sparkle even more, as she stared at the man she was supposed to love unconditionally, but all she felt and saw was nothing, but hatred for such a scum of the earth.
"Get out.." Eloise snapped, the words only coming out in a whisper, before she slowly started to become louder. "Get out. Get out! GET OUT! GET OUT!" She bellowed, picking up her glass and throwing it at her soon-to-be ex husband's face, watching it as it shattered into a thousand pieces into the wall behind him. "I'm filing for divorce!" She growled with a triumphant smirk on her face, as she watched the scum that she had sadly married sheepishly run from the room.
Hearing the door slam, Eloise finally let out a breath she didn't realize she had been holding and moving to sit down beside Catherine on the sofa, Jacqueline instinctively ran to the pair, as the three of them sat enveloped in a tight, warm and secure group hug.
After that day, Jacqueline had never seen her father again, only receiving cards for her birthday and Christmas. This had fizzled out after three years, and Jacqueline hadn't heard from him since, which was the way she liked it and from then on, it had only been their small family and that was all Jacqueline needed.
Jacqueline knew her cousins - more so Lex - wouldn't understand why she wanted to do this, why she needed to do this. "Do you remember when we were younger and grandpa would take us down to the beach, and he would pick up random rocks and say they were fossils and we had to take care of them because people wanted them?" She asked the siblings, as Lex half-smiled at the memory while Tim chuckled.
"I remember.." Tim stated. "We actually believed him.." He said with a smile as the memory flashed through his own mind.
"I still have those rocks, and I know you both do too.." She said, as she watched their faces for any signs of emotions or expressions, that might give her an insight into them coming round to the idea. "I know you both think grandpa favoured me, but he loved us all equally. You went to Jurassic Park and I couldn't because I was too young, but now I have a chance to go to a place where its modeled on his vision, where it pays homage to our amazing grandpa who changed everything. I know I can do this, I can carry on his legacy, I can carry on with his research and possibly discover something he only dreamed of" She said, taking a deep breath.
"I need you both to believe in me.." She whispered.
Tim, who had been silent through the whole thing, found his feet and made his way over to Jacqueline, taking one of her hands and squeezing it tightly. "We believe in you.." He whispered to her, before turning to face his sister. "Lex.." He pleaded.
Rolling her eyes, Lex stood, mimicking Tim's movements as she took Jacqueline's other hand and squeezed it tightly. "We believe in you.." She parroted. "Just don't get eaten!" She teased, as Jacqueline stood and pulled her cousins into a warm embrace.
The next month passed by in a blur as Jacqueline prepared herself for the move to the island and for her new job position. Her room was slowly packed up, items that once littered her many shelves carefully wrapped in brown paper and bubble wrap and packed tightly away in boxes along with clothes, books and any other items she might need.
The day finally came and with the boxes on their way via boat, Jacqueline would be taken by helicopter for a shorter and faster journey time. With her mother holding onto her tightly, squeezing her to death, Jacqueline finally unlatched herself from her mother.
"I promise I'll write to you, send you photo's and call you mum, I'm not your baby anymore, I can take care of myself and I promise I'll be careful" She smiled, as her mother cradled her cheek in her soft hand.
"You'll always be my baby Jacqueline" Eloise smiled. "Your grandpa would be so proud" She whispered, as she kissed her daughters cheek, before Lex and Tim embraced Jacqueline at the same time.
"Remember, don't get eaten" They spoke in unison, with a smile.
With one last hug, Jacqueline climbed into the helicopter, securing herself in her seat, adjusting the headset before taking one last look out the window. Blowing a kiss to her family, the helicopter's engine started, as the blades began to whirl as the helicopter slowly lifted into the air. Jacqueline waved to her family, only finally halting her hand mid-wave when she could no longer see the small figures of her family in the distance, and turning away from the window, she sighed quickly swallowing the lump in her throat as she pulled her favourite book from her rucksack, settling down for a long journey.
Several hours later, book abandoned and very bored, Jacqueline stared out the window. Flying across the ocean in a helicopter was something Jacqueline never thought she would experience in her life, looking out at the vast blue waters only imaging the creatures that lurked beneath the waves.
"How much longer?" She asked, growing irritated by the time this journey was taking, though in her mind she knew it would take a while and she instantly wondered why she hadn't taken a nap, after being up at the crack of dawn.
"If you'd like to take a look out the window Miss Hammond, we're just approaching the island" The pilot informed her, as Jacqueline's eyes landed on the island for the first time and instantly her eyes widened in awe.
"Isla Nublar.."