Sunrise ~ Ben Pincus x Reader ~ Camp Cretaceous

🦕ྀི (XI)

Chapter Eleven

[Y/N POV]

I blink groggily, and glance at the sky. Seeing that it is still dusky blue, I groan silently, slipping out of bed and brushing my teeth. I quickly change my clothes from white pj's to a simple beige shirt, and wide-legged pants.

Then my eyes snag on my favorite white sweater, the one Ben had given me for a birthday. We always try to match together. Today is no exception!
I stuff it into my backpack.

Smiling slightly, I tiptoe out of the room, as to not wake the others, and settle on the couch with a good old novel.

As my eyes hungrily eat up the words in the pages, dinosaur calls echo around the island. I smile at the sound; it makes me feel sort of peaceful.

"Y/N?"

"Hey, Ben. You're up early." I don't take my eyes off the pages because I'm nearing the climax of the story.

"How long have you been awake?" he asks, sitting beside me on the couch.
I lean on his shoulder.

"Just an hour."

He nods and mutters, "What are you reading?"

In response, I hold up the thick novel, and he nods in understanding.

"Oh. Isn't that one of your favorites?"

I half-nod, half-shrug.

After a few more minutes of silence, with the only sounds of flipping pages, Ben gets up from his spot, and walks around the room.

"What're you doing?" I ask curiously, setting the book down for a moment to look at him.

"I'm looking for a paper and a pencil. I want to draw something!" he brightly says, grinning.

I spot a few crayons and blank papers on the table, and hand it to him. He thanks me and sits on the couch, drawing something on the paper.

I lean on his shoulder again, watching him draw, and we just stay in that comfortable silence until the other campers wake up.

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"What's up Camp Cretaceous! Whoo-hoo!" Darius exclaims, sliding into the room happily.

His enthusiasm is not matched by Kenji, who flatly says, "Not in a 'whoo-hoo' mood this morning, Darius. Not after yesterday. Trekking through a rainstorm will do that."

"We only had to walk because you crashed our gyrosphere." Ben says, his eyebrows raised.

Kenji frowns at the ceiling.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today." I mumble, and Kenji rolls his eyes good-naturedly.

"But today's a new day! Kayak day!" Darius says joyfully. "Who doesn't want to paddle alongside dinosaurs, real dinosaurs? It's gonna be awesome, right? Wait, where are Dave and Roxie?"

I get up from my seat a hand Darius a paper. "They took off early."

"BRB. Gotta go. Boss-talk. BB. Later. Smiley face. Is that a.. dinosaur emoji with a thumbs up?" Darius reads.

"It's Dave speak." I say with an amused smile. "Roxie translated on the back."

"We have to go talk to our boss. Stay inside until we return. Draw, bond, whatever. The radio's set for channel six in case you need us. Stay inside, stay inside. Do not leave. Kenji, looking at you." Darius chuckles, eyeing Kenji. "Sorry for all the kids' menus, it's all Dave had."