A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update again. I just got back from Africa, visiting my family- they're missionaries there. I introduced them to Jurassic World while I was there :) I was able to write a bit on the plane ride home, so here are some new chapters. They're shorter than normal, but I was tired and I kept wanting to switch POV's, and my brothers kept looking over my shoulder as I wrote...so I apologize that these chapters may not be as good as some of the others. I did my best :)

"Okay," I say. "What's this solution you found?"

"Well," she says, biting her lip. "Mr. Masrani has a sister-apparently- and she also happened to inherit the whole 'save the dinosaurs' thing, and-" I wrap my fingers around one of her flailing hands

"Take a breath," I say with a slight smile.

"Right," she takes a breath and begins again. I nod slowly, working through her words.

"So do you think we can trust her?" she finishes. I exhale slowly, watching the trees blow in the breeze.

"Well, it's almost too good to be true. I don't think there's a reason for us not to trust her…but there's also nothing saying that we can. Honestly though," I say as I rub the back of my neck. "I don't think we have much of a choice. This is the only viable option we've been faced with so far."

"That's what I was thinking," Claire says seriously. I bite back my grin.

"What?" she asks, her eyes narrowing.

"Oh nothing," I say casually. "Just that you're agreeing with what I'm saying without one argument."

"I was already thinking that before I even called you over here, buddy." She pokes me in the chest.

"Temper, temper," I tsk, raising an eyebrow. Claire rolls her eyes, but her eyes were sparkling. I was happy that she still had light in her eyes after yesterday…I shudder and she looks over at me, concerned. I wrap an arm around her waist and pull her to me, hugging her tightly. I press a kiss to her lips, pulling her even closer.

"What was that for?" she asks breathily after I pull back. "Not that I'm complaining."

"For being here, with me, alive. And…I've wanted you since the moment I saw you and have dreamed of doing that ever since."

"Who knew that Owen Grady was such a romantic?"

"Well-"

"Are we doing this or what?" Barry asks.

Claire shoots me a horrified look. How long had he been standing there? I glance at my friend, but his face betrays nothing. Sighing, I stand and brush my hands off on my jeans.

"We found a solution to our problem," I say as I meet Barry's eyes.

"Which one?"

I sigh. It was pretty sad that we had to clarify which of our problems we were talking about. "We found someone who will take Isla Nublar off of our hands."

"And that person is…?"

"Mr. Masrani's sister-"

"Nicole," Claire cuts in.

"And you trust her?"

"I wouldn't say that, but-"

"We don't distrust her either," Claire jumps in again. I shoot her a dark look, to which she smiles innocently.

"Great!" Barry's eyes keep darting between us, his old smile coming back. "Now, who's ready to get on a boat with raptors?"

Blue was easier to catch than anticipated. She was raring to get out of the paddock, and I knew that she sensed something big was going to happen. Barry and I quickly load the raptor eggs that we retrieved from the lab onto the boat. Blue was a little harder to load- I ended up using the "Hide and Seek" game to get her loaded into her temporary cage. All three of us voted to keep the eggs with Blue; she would take care of them. An hour later, we push off of Isla Nublar and were off to a fresh start. I grab Claire's hand as the island- and hopefully the tainted memories- fades into the distance.

I check on Blue periodically, happy to see she was already tending to the eggs, as we had hoped.

"You look like a proud father."

I spin around, finding Claire standing in the doorway.

"I feel that way," I say as she comes closer. "I was there before Blue hatched and have been with her ever since. And now there'll be new babies that I can work with without Hoskins breathing down my neck. And now I have my girlfriend by my side. Things are finally starting to look up."

Claire circles her arms around my waist from behind, resting her chin on my shoulder. Blue nudges an egg closer to her, then looks at Claire and I. She cocks her head and her eyes sparkle with intelligence. She seems to accept that Claire is a part of the Raptor Squad and closes her eyes.

"That they are," Claire says.

A/N: And if you thought that chapter was short, wait until the next one. This is mostly just fluff while I begin to set up the actual plot part of it. Enjoy!