The three of them all went onto the monorail that would take them over to the Gyrospheres. Aria hadn't gotten a chance to try out the attraction yet, due to her friends not wanting to be that close to the adult dinosaurs, so she was rather excited that she would finally get to experience it.

Zach and Gray sat together while Aria sat on the seat in front of them. It took about ten seconds for Zach to start flirting with the girls behind him. Aria rolled her eyes again. How was any girl ever supposed to date him if he just kept looking and flirting with other girls when he already had a girlfriend?

Aria watched as Zach pulled out his phone and pressed the 'Decline' button to Bethany's video chat call for the hundredth time. Again, she couldn't help but wonder why they were even dating when he didn't seem to like her.

"If Mom and Dad get divorced, will one of us be with Mom and the other with Dad?" Gray asked out of the blue.

The question knocked Aria right out of her thoughts and she turned all her attention to the boy behind her.

"What?" Zach asked disbelievingly, hoping the girls behind him didn't hear the question. "Why would you say that?"

"Because they are."

"No, they're not getting…They're not getting divorced. Look, you haven't been around long enough. They've always been that way."

"They get mail from two different lawyers."

"That doesn't mean anything."

"I Google'd. They're divorce lawyers."

A tear ran down Gray's cheek which made Aria's heart go out to him. She just wanted to hug him tightly and never let him go.

"All right, whatever."

Aria looked at Zach hardly, appalled at his lack of emotion. If he said 'whatever' one more time, she would feed him to a dinosaur.

"You know what? It doesn't matter. Okay? I'm gonna be gone in two years anyway. All my friends' parents are divorced." He looked over and saw the tears coming from Gray's eyes. "Hey, knock it off. You gonna cry?"

"Zach," Aria said sharply.

"Look, you're gonna get two of everything. Right? Two birthdays, two Thanksgivings. Two—"

"I don't want two of everything," Gray said tearfully.

"Yeah, well, it's not up to you. There's a point you have to grow up."

"Zach," Aria said again. "Shut up." She took a tissue out of her bag and handed it to Gray. "Look, Gray, my parents are divorced too." Gray wiped his eyes and looked up at her. She saw the pain in his eyes that reflected exactly how she felt when her parents sat her down and told her they were divorcing when she was about Gray's age. "I'm not going to lie, it's difficult, and it's unfair…but it's something you can get through. I promise."

Not enough, Aria, she thought to herself as she saw tears still coming to Gray's eyes. Step it up.

"I'll tell you what," she continued. "When we get back, I'll give you my number, and if you ever need someone to talk to, you can just give me a call, okay?"

Gray nodded. "Thanks, Aria."

She gave him a warm smile before flashing a hard glare towards Zach. Unfortunately, he had turned his attention back to the girls behind him. What on earth had happened to him? She didn't remember him being such a jerk, especially to Gray. The last time she saw him, they were both thirteen and Gray was seven, and she could still remember how Zach ran around the house with Gray on his back as the both of them laughed together. It was one of the cutest things she had ever seen, and it made her wish she had an older brother too. One just like Zach.

Whether it was Bethany or some of his other friends, something had hardened his heart, and it was going to be up to her and Gray to soften it again. By the looks of it, Bethany wasn't going to, especially since Aria had a feeling she was the cause of it.

Thanks to their wristbands, the three of them were able to get up to the front of the line. Aria felt a little guilty when she heard people not-so-discreetly grumbling behind her, but she got over it when she remembered why she had the special privilege in the first place.

"The soft tissue is preserved because the iron in the dinosaur's blood generates free radicals, and those are highly reactive," Gray rambled as they waited for the next available gyrosphere. "The proteins and the cell membranes get all mixed up and act as a natural preservative. DNA can survive for millennia that way. Even if the amber mines dry up, they'll still have bones—"

"Shut up," Zach interrupted.

Aria saw that Zach was staring at even more girls, and she was really getting annoyed with him at this point. So far, he had proven to be almost the exact opposite of the Zach she remembered.

Why had she even thought he was going to be the same? She had barely spoken to him since seventh grade. Did she really think that he was going to be the exact same person? She wasn't, so why would he be?

"What do you think is gonna happen from you just staring at them?" Gray asked loud enough for the girls to hear. They started giggling as they loaded into the gyrosphere. Aria put her hand to mouth to hide her smile.

"Thanks, man," Zach said angrily.

"You're welcome."

Aria smiled at Gray and fist-bumped him behind Zach's back.

"How many?" the ride operator asked as if he would rather be mauled by one of the dinosaurs than be working.

"Three," Aria told him. They waited a little bit longer before a gyrosphere with three seats pulled into the loading area. Zach and Gray got in the two seats in the front while Aria sat in the back.

Once they were free of the track, Zach took the controls and started leading them through the valley.

"Hey, there. I'm Jimmy Fallon," a voice said as the man came onto the tiny screen in the sphere. He was dressed in a lab coat with what looked like a lab behind him. "Welcome aboard the Gyrosphere, an amazing machine made possible by science. Your safety is our main concern. Which is why you're behind our invisible barrier system which protects you from things like Dilophosaurus venom." He turned around and accidently hit some bottles with his teaching stick which caused green liquid to spurt in his face. "One drop of this can paralyze you, so watch out." He looked at someone off-screen. "Is this real? It is?" He fell onto the floor, which made Aria chuckle a little. It was dry humor, but they tried. 'PLEASE STAND BY' displayed on the screen before Jimmy came back on the screen. "And for added protection, each vehicle is surrounded by aluminum oxynitride glass. So tough, it can stop a .50-caliber bullet." He shot a gun at a piece of glass, and it fell over, breaking the cabinet behind it. "The Gyroscopic technology will keep you upright at all times, so you've got nothing to worry about."

"Where are they?" Gray asked excitedly.

"Oh, man," Zach said.

He pulled ahead and they found themselves looking at all kinds of different dinosaurs. Aria was in awe. It was one thing to see them in a show or from a viewing area, but being this close to the creatures was something else entirely. She could not understand why her friends didn't want to do this attraction. It was amazing!

Suddenly, 'RIDE CLOSED' appeared on the screen over Jimmy messing something else up, with a voice saying, "Due to technical difficulties, all our exhibits are now closed. Please disembark all rides and return to the resort."

Gray sighed in disappointment, and Aria had to admit that she didn't want to go back just yet either. Not when she got the opportunity to be this close to the dinosaurs!

On the other hand, when at a park with living dinosaurs, technical difficulties probably meant something dangerous was happening.

"Come on, we can stay out a couple more minutes," Zach insisted.

"But they said it was closed," Gray said.

"Aunt Claire gave us special wristbands, right? And Aria has her own special wristband too. We're all VIP, dude."

"I wouldn't really say I'm VIP," Aria put in.

"Eh, it's close enough. Come on. It'll be fun."

He pushed the joystick forward and they propelled further into the valley as the dinosaurs took off, and it almost felt like they were racing them. No matter how much trouble they were going to get into, Aria had to say that it was worth it for that moment.

Zach pulled out his phone and put it to his ear. "Hey, Claire…I can't really hear you. Gray and our friend, Aria, and I are in the hamster ball…Hello? Hello?" He pulled the phone away from his ear and turned it off.

"Was that important?" Aria asked.

"Probably not. She was probably just mad at us for ditching her assistant."

"Well, that's kind of on her because that woman was no fun."

He moved them around the valley some more before they came upon an open gate. It looked broken and torn up, like something had crashed through. Aria's heart skipped a beat and she wanted nothing more than to get away from the place.

"What happened here?" Zach asked. He looked at his fellow passengers. "Guys. Off-road."

"But they told us to go back," Gray said.

"I agree with Gray," Aria told him. "We really should go back now. What if something's really wrong?"

"I'm just worried you're not getting the full Jurassic World experience." He put his finger over his lips and pulled forward through the gate.