AN: This is my new Jate AU Fic - it's going to be quite angsty and im hoping that you all enjoy it :D As with most of my stories I will include lyrics to show my inspiration and set a little atmosphere for the chapters.

Summary: The story is set roughly in the present day so at the point where we are in FF, but all of the cannon stuff of lost hasn't happened so no island or plane crash … you catch my drift. But I have decided to keep a few cannon connections in there for example – Claire will be in this story and both her and Jack know they are brother and sister, (they'd made a lot of visits to each other every year and emailed so they are close) there will also be an Aaron. However Claire's husband died when she was 8 months pregnant and that's when she came from Australia to live in LA closer to Jack and her dad. Christian Shepard is alive at the time. Jack is married to Juliet but he isn't in love with her, he just did it because he was encouraged to. He then meets Kate and finds out what true love is. They have to keep things a secret and it begins to destroy them. They become completely consumed by each other and drastic things happen.

Disclaimer: I do not own LOST - I do not own Lips of An Angel or any such songs by the band Hinder and their label. All things used are interpretations of original material that I Do Not Own!

This chapter will include excerpts from the song "Lips of an Angel" by Hinder.

Prologue:

Lips of An Angel

Well, my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice say my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

I've never been one for superstitions or fate; I have never really looked at my horoscopes with care or worried about broken mirrors. Life was not about predicting the future or worrying about what Venus was doing for my love life. I laughed at my young sister for demanding to read my palms just in case a new wrinkle told her something about how many children I would have. Faith was never my strong point; I didn't belong to a religion and I had never really thought about afterlife, it was all about the here and the now. I took each day as it came because in a world with as much uncertainty as mine – each day was a new struggle to live on. I was always a sceptic, to believe in a God I would have had to see something to prove it to me; "seeing is believing" was what I would say.

Since my med school years and probably before, I have been a proud man of science and knowledge for everything had an explanation. Evolution was the reason humans walked the earth, a big bang created the world, not seven days of God's extreme gardening. I see that it was a lot more than scepticism; I was arrogant and sure in everything science had taught me. For what it is worth now I was wrong. Fate does exist and it tries its very hardest to make sure that you follow its plan. Two people could be on opposite sides of the earth and fate would concoct something to put them together if they were meant to be.

Some people say that when you meet your "one true love", the whole world stands still, time stops and you get tunnel vision. That vision shows you the one, that one girl who was your reason for being. You'd become crazed and sane all at the same time, constantly sick with obsession and devotion. I laughed when my friends went on about their "the ones" who eventually came and went like the tide on the shore. They had confused their lust for love and each time ended up with anger and heart break. I had never held up much hope for a true love, I had got married of course but that was because of mutual respect and kindness that I had found in my wife but I had never experience the burning consumption that love truly is. But, that all changed for me in a single moment.

The world was tipped on its axis and the floor fell from under me. I became a poet, a thrill seeker and a fool all at once. I'd become anything she wanted of me. I knew I'd do anything and everything for her. I felt a tug at my heart strings as if it was attached to her, like a puppy on a lead. She held my heart from the instant I met her and it was completely illogical. I had gone back on everything I had said in the past. My cynicism vaporised, fate was real – it had brought me to her. My first thought was calling my sister to check my horoscopes or something; I wanted to know my future because I wanted to see if she was it. She was perfect in my eyes. The curve of her smile as she danced away and the stars in her soft eyes captivated me instantly. God had some weird way of twisting my life story he tried to complicate everything with her. That wild confusing day the heavens sent me a curve ball and her name was Kate.

But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

AN: Thank you for reading so fa, even thought its only a small prolouge - hopely you'll tune in for me.

Next Chapter: A Look into the history and current state of Jacks marriage to Juliet... :)