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Coraline was loving being a grown up. Not only could she drink and kiss boys and stay up as late as she wanted but she'd made a whole load of new friends and she was going into dino territory again unaccompanied. Well, accompanied by Aidan but that didn't count. Aidan was cool, Aidan was friends with ghosts and werewolves which was an idea that Coraline could defintely get behind. And besides it wasn't like she was going to get into trouble. Well, it wasn't like she was purposefully going to try to get into trouble.

"You're late," Coraline said as she heard someone approach her from behind. Bent over Coraline was trying to tie the laces on her boots and was scowling something fierce at them. Coraline had forgotten how irritating laces were, wearing wellies was far easier but that would led to some uncomfortable questions from certain people. Besides she didn't want people interrogating or stopping her when she was off to explore. "You know you're not supposed to keep a lady waiting."

Coraline stood up, pulling her t-shirt down from where it had ridden up and turned to face Aidan.

"I'm kidding, I haven't been waiting at all. I just wanted to make you fear my terrible wrath. Are you excited?" Coraline asked Aidan curiously with a bright, easy smile.

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"Really? What does a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost get up to? Wait, that sounds like the start of a really, really bad joke." Coraline said, waiting as he scrambled up the tree. Coraline brushed her fingers against Aidan's as she leaned against his side and waited to see if they could see anything. Coraline could definitely hear something further away, something large and lurching.

"Lots of Scrabble, big Scrabble fans in our house," he said, leaning slightly back against her. What they all did was generally try to manage the weirdness of their lives.

"I hate scrabble, I've never really been good at spelling." Coraline said scrunching her face up at the idea of playing Scrabble. "I prefer twister. That's much more fun. I'm very good at that."

Coraline grinned at Aidan before pointing excitedly. Coraline loved the brachiosaurus even if they were giant and therefore a little scary. "See over there, that dark shape. That's its neck and you should be able to see its head in a minute."

There weren't a lot of things that surprised Aidan anymore. Even before coming to the island, he'd seen a lot in his two hundred years and had spent much of that time perfecting a stoic exterior. At the sight of the dinosaur though, his eyes went wide with surprise.

"That... is a brachiosaurus."

"That's a brachiosaurus, I think they're the best and from here we get to see them without worrying about you know those ones in Jurassic Park. The ones who figured out the doors," Coraline said smiling at Aidan, her hand covering his as she leaned against him. Coraline swung her legs back and forth, dropping her head down against his shoulder as she watched the dinosaur happily.

Dinosaurs were definitely on the list of things that Aidan never thought he would see in person. No matter how long you lived, things didn't get less extinct, despite what science fiction insisted was going to happen.

"I'm glad you suggested this," he said, leaning his head on hers as he watched the dinosaur lumber into view.