Gone
Okay let's just say I'm going through a oneshot phase because I seem to be in a bit of a pickle with my fics and the way they're being recieved at the moment. Anyway I debated about posting this one as well mainly because I didn't want to unnecessarily spoil you guys, but you know me and the slightest opportunity at jex, especially when the words "rushing to a Motel" are included.
Speaking of jex a new "Just Jack" update will finally be up in the next few days. I just wanted to get the end of the latest chapter down to a tee because I want it to be one of those chapters that sticks out.
Setting: Season five time (after the events of SNBH and maybe TTLG time as well) and of course it's based on the new Jate spoilers. So there's the spoiler warning :)
Enjoy
She woke to the sight of a new day, hoping with every fibre of her being that it would erase what happened the night before. What she had been cautioned of yet again by a man she never thought or wanted to see ever again.
The name itself was enough to send chills down her spine for so many reasons and the fact that he warned her of something like this happening made her feel like kicking herself for even listening to him in the first place.
His visits had grown more frequent and forced of late and he had become equally frantic in his continuous argument of going back there. Almost as if their lives their depended on it.
There
She couldn't even bring herself to say it because doing so would only bring back what she tried so hard to forget and move on from. It also reminded her of the one person that turned out to be the best thing in her life.
A person she truly cherished, trusted and loved more than any man she had ever experienced.
Hell, she still loved him more than ever but also knew that things were far from "fixable" as he would constantly refer to every thing he had the ability to change for the better.
All that truly mattered now was the little boy sleeping a door away from where she was now. A boy she surmised should have been up and reverting to his active self by now, but all she continued to get instead were the usual muffled sounds of the suburban neighbourhood she was still trying to get used to.
"You're not supposed to raise him Kate"
Without considering what she was warned off the previous night any further she bolted towards Aaron's room, praying to God that she would see his little form still tucked in. Though what adorned her eyes instead was a dishevelled bed, and a few smashed belongings here and there, firmly suggesting none other than the obvious.
He was gone.
The panic then immediately set in. The same kind of panic any Mother would have if their child were missing and three and a half years down the line Aaron was even more to her than that, and she knew the same went for the man she was trying her hardest to avoid now, but couldn't because her mind simply wouldn't let her.
His number was the first one she dialled this time.
"He's gone Jack. They've taken him." Was all she revealed the minute he moved past the shock of receiving a call from her in the first place. Even after what happened.
"What do you mean he's gone Kate?" Jack asked in turn growing increasingly worried by whom she was suggesting here and his heart just about stopped when his fears were confirmed with hearing the one name a part of him still hoped wasn't the one she would utter.
He knew what had to be done from that point onward, and no matter how awkward he predicted their working together would be he needed to focus more on what was at stake here, family.
His family.
"I'll be right there." He proposed and was just about to hang up when she stopped him with a frantic response, almost pleading, and without hesitance he willingly gave into it. Still clearly showing his caring and consideration for her and he was sure that, that would never change aside from his feelings.
A half hour later and he spotted her car parking itself directly opposite from where she had proposed they'd meet to hopefully draw the slightest bit of attention away from them. Her appearance was also blatantly designed to conceal herself from the public eye, more so the people she swore she was still being followed by.
At first she like Jack thought they were just reporters trying to get the latest scoop on the couple they had already itemised them as in the media, but as time went on things started to get weirder, and realisation soon caught on in the end as to who they might have been. The name "Widmore" had been mentioned on more than one occasion, from both Ben and Jack.
Even if they were both right and it did happen to be them then why?
Like a magnet her gaze fell upon him, somewhat surprised and immensely relieved about his dramatic change in appearence, especially since the last time she saw him.
As if on cue he then ran up to her car, mentally preparing what he would start with and at the same time wondering why he was feeling so damn nervous about facing her again.
She was still the same Kate just more beautiful than ever he keenly noted as he cautiously approached the driver's window and then bent himself to her level.
No matter how many times he mentally rehearsed a moment such as this, he always knew in the back of his mind that he would be at a loss for words, much like he was now. So as a back up he went with the friendly and more traditional option.
"Hey." He offered in a typically awkward manner but it still managed to elicit the hint of a smile from her. Right before it reverted back to that of worry and dread and he couldn't help but wonder that some of it was because of him and how things were left between them.
"Get in." she immediately and almost ordered off him. Giving him no option but to follow through with it, and to a certain extent he wasn't going to confront it because he assumed the sureness in her tone suggested she knew where to start. And that was a good thing for him as well.
What he couldn't seem to fathom was Aaron's apparent significance in all of this. Then almost like the ding of a light bulb it suddenly hit him.
Oh God.
Yes, this is the first of three chapters . Second chappie?