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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕡𝕥. 𝕀𝕀

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A wide-eyed grin was across your face as you drove passed a triceratops, hearing it hum softly with feeling the soft vibrations of its footsteps. It had been twenty minutes since the cattle drive started and to say that you were having a blast was an understatement.

Sure it was pretty hot from the sun shining, thankfully it didn't last long as clouds began to appear to your delight.

You drove at a certain amount of speed to check on your friends, so far things were pretty good. Some, in particular, were how you expected it to turn out or happen in general, as Roxie and Dave were ahead like the leader of a herd.

Kenji is close to losing his sanity over Ben moving slower than a kid's carousel. While Yasmina was getting uncomfortable as Sammy tried to get to know her more as a person.

The only gyrosphere you haven't caught up with was the one that Darius and Brooklynn were riding together, just thinking about that made your brain malfunction for a split second. But not that you had anything against Brooklynn or anything, but knowing how the typical nerd and social media superstar was a recipe for disaster.

Not to mention how annoyed Darius was over her interrupting his story last night, which is kind of understandable.

You decided to drive up to the duo, as expected Darius was having a great time as much as you were. A huge smile on his face in being this close to dinosaurs, walking and moving with them as their alive.

Then, your eyes land on the pink ponytail female, who looked distressed and muttering some words under her breath. A bit of concern was enough for you to click on your earpiece and ask the girl.

"Hey, are you okay?" She was taken aback by the sudden question but gave a nod with a wave of her hand, but the look in her eyes that were glued to her phone said otherwise. "You sure, you don't have to—"

Brooklynn groaned, placing her electronic device down. She looked so upset. "Yes, now can you please stop and mind your own business?" Glaring at you with frustration, this makes you go silent but a bit upset over her behavior.

The pink superstar crossed her arms and continued lurking through her phone. You just stayed with the two in case anything happened, especially if Brooklynn's attitude got worse around Darius.

"Hey Brooklynn, Y/N, are you guys as stoked as I am for our gyrosphere adventure?" Darius suddenly asked l, making you grin happily. "Oh, I'm just as enthralled as you are, D."

Brooklynn rolled her eyes and replied sarcastically, "Sure, whatevs." Darius looked a little hurt but continued cheerfully. "Yep! I can't wait to see a Parasaurolophus up close!" He smiled a bit, it was nice to see him looking on the bright side of things despite how a certain girl was being a total pain on your side.

"Y/N, are you seeing this?!" Darius asked, staring at the Brachiosaurus hovering over you three. It was taller than your own house, the memory of reading Dr. Grant's description of being this close to the giraffe-like creature in his book. Smiling softly with a nod and glanced back at Brooklynn who was stuck on her phone.

"Brooklynn, how awesome is this! We're so close!" Darius exclaimed, looking at the Stegosaurus beside the gyrosphere. "Brooklynn?" He nudged her slightly to try and get her attention, you decided to try but she only ignored him.

"Used to be cool...? You've made Jurassic World boring... Lame... Lame... No one likes you anymore..." she muttered other comments that were on her videos. Frowning lowly and unaware of the soft calls from either you or Darius.

You and Darius share a quick look, having the exact same looks of worry in seeing that something was wrong. In your book, it was obviously cyberbullying, almost like she was on a different planet and judged by the comments.

"Uh... Hey, did you know that an Ankylosaurus' tail is strong enough to shatter bones?" Darius started with a tiny smile, trying to lighten the mood for the blogger.

Brooklynn remained silent but you decided to chime in and let out your thoughts. "O-oh, wow that's really amazing, but terrifying. But I didn't know that." You smiled sheepishly.

Darius laughs, "Well, did you know that the smartest dinosaur is the Troodon. For having a big brain despite how they're smaller than a T-Rex—"

"Can you believe that I don't care?!" She scoffed lowly and stared daggers at him.

"Okay Brooklynn, can you just stop?!" You in front of them causing the gyrosphere to stop abruptly, "I get that you're pissed off but it doesn't mean you should bring others down with you!" Scowling disappointingly at Brooklynn in annoyance with your communication. Darius cringing inside a bit at your tone, he'd never seen you upset before but nods in agreement.

Brooklynn was silent for a brief moment, staring at her lap, and released a heavy sigh. "Okay I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I'm just... Having one of those days."

Your hardened expression softened in understanding what she meant. "There's a lot of pressure when your whole life is about being popular and I'm not like you. I can't just tell a lame story and move on..." she shrugged and laid her eyes on the grassy terrain to her right.
Okay, that wasn't cool Brooklynn. You should choose your words carefully. As you saw how hurt Darius was over the response.

"It wasn't that lame..." he muttered softly, gripping tightly onto the joystick of the gyrosphere.

The female blogger shook her head. "Trust me, it was. It totally was but you're not even fazed... Because I just need people to... like me." she broke off and frowned, her eyes filled with pain. Although you had sympathy for Brooklynn, there was still that other half just downright wanting her to not be here.

Darius gave her an expectant look, "You wouldn't understand... Not even you, Y/N."

Okay, that kind of stung. Especially since you didn't say anything that offended Bowman, or did you? Your mind beginning to ponder if it happened without awareness. You just continued driving side by side in silence as thunder rumbled in the gray, cloudy sky...

The gyro-spheres stopping made you half the bike as the doors opened as Dave and Roxie step out of the jeep. "Hey gang, new plan. The storm's getting worse so we're all going back to camp. Fun, right?" He suggested happily, trying to keep everyone optimistic.

"Aw, man!" Kenji groaned as Ben felt relieved after spending an hour in a gyrosphere, "Are you serious?" Darius was disappointed as he walked over to the jeep and Dave held his hands up in defense. "Don't blame me. Blame the storm." frowning softly and pointing to the sky.

"I blame them both..." Roxie sighed lowly, leaning over the wheel and eyes rolling back at her partner.

"We're not gonna let a little rain stop us, are we? When else will we get the chance to ride alongside a herd of dinosaurs?" Darius exclaimed, turning towards the duo and dramatically throwing his hands forward. You follow suit and hop off your motorbike to the yellow jacket boy.

"Sorry, can't risk it," Dave bluntly replied, sitting back in the jeep. "But Dave, I'm sure under you and Roxie's capable leadership, we'll--"

"This is not up for discussion." Roxie pointed her finger at Darius threateningly before looking towards her walkie-talkie. Picking it up and pressing a button. "Hello, hello! Roxie, here. Can you hear me? Anyone?" receiving static and glitchy audio from the communication device. Roxie and Dave looked at each other worriedly then turned back to us.

"Ok, new, new plan. Storms interfering with the radio, So Rox and I will drive ahead and tell the others we're pulling out. We'll be right back. Stay together and stay behind the herd." Dave told us, getting back into the jeep.

He and Roxie drove off, leaving the rest of us on our own. Kenji swinging his arms groaned frustratedly as Ben flinched at his raged state, only returning to their gyrosphere as instructed by Dave and Roxie.

Yasmina did the same despite how bummed out she was over the cattle drive being canceled, Sammy sadly released a huff of breath and got back inside their circular vehicle.

Brooklynn didn't seem to mind the bad news on the cattle drive ending but still had a glum look from all the comments she got now, beginning to plan out a way for them to like her again.

You and Darius were left standing there as the sky grew darker with gray clouds appearing as he made eye contact with you, sharing the same saddened frown on the unfortunate turn of events.

He got back into the gyrosphere while you returned and got on your motorbike, taking a deep breath and pulling the hood of your jacket up in case the rain began to come down. Flinching slightly as more thunder and lightning crashed through the sky.

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Okay, I am well aware of how long it's been since I updated. But so much has happened since December of last year, if your wondering I'm fine. I was able to put my time into updating to help me cope.

This works as I missed writing and as Sadness said:

I also remembered that it has been a year since I started this book because I released the very first chapter on Valentine's Day of 2021!! SO HAPPY 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF JOURNEY TO THE ISLAND!' 👏🏻😭😍

So just looking back to uploading Chapter 1 to how popular this is now is absolutely insane, I really love you all so much!! 💕