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A/N: I changed the first chapter a bit because of what we learned in the finale.

The Letter

Summary - Jack made a promise to Juliet to find her sister and give her a letter. But that was before she betrayed them all. But then he finds out what really happened and the guilt starts to eat him alive and he knows he has to find his way back to her.

Ch 1 – Deliverance

Jack sat in his jeep with his hands on the wheel his eyes closed breathing in and out trying to calm his beating heart. He opened his eyes and stared at the street then turned to the right and looked at the letter lying on the passenger seat. He let go of the wheel grabbed the letter opened the door and got out. He slammed the door quickly to try and stop himself from getting back in. He had been sitting on this street for almost half an hour.

He looked up at the house in front of him. It was a beautiful all white two story beach house. He took a deep breath and walked to the door. He felt the sweat trickling down his forehead and he knew it wasn't from the humidity. When he was in front of it he started to panic again. "No" he told himself and rang the doorbell. Then he turned around and started to walk away he stopped when he heard the door creak open.

"Can I help you?" said a woman's voice the chain still on the door.

Jack turned around slowly and faced the woman. She looked similar to Juliet; they shared the same determined look in their eyes except Juliet's were blue to her brown. Juliet said she had had cancer so they were both survivors. He smiled as he remembered Juliet, how her eyes always seemed bluer when she smiled he couldn't remember ever seeing eyes as blue as hers, how hearing the sound of her laughter made the day seem brighter.

Rachel stared at the man in front of her his hair was a mess his beard unkempt his shirt un-tucked. He looked like he hadn't slept in days. "Can I help you?" she asked again hoping he wasn't a homeless man looking for money. Then she saw him smiling to himself and beneath his hair she saw kind eyes.

"I…I" he said then looked down again. "I…"

She started to close the door when she heard. "I'm a friend of Juliet's" She opened the door a little wider when she heard Juliet's name. She looked at the man "I'm sorry?"

The man looked up at her through bloodshot eyes. "I have this…letter" he said softly.

"A letter…from whom?" Rachel asked just noticing that his left hand was holding an envelope.

"From Juliet" he replied

"Who are you? Rachel asked getting more and more worried.

The man looked down at the ground. "My name is Jack Shepherd" he replied.

Jack Shepherd that name sounded familiar. "Jack Shepherd, you're one of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815" she said looking at him again he looked nothing like the man they showed on the tv that day. "How did you know my sister?"

"I…I met her last year" he replied "I know that sounds crazy but please take this" he said thrusting the letter out to her.

"Last year, is this some kind of joke?" Rachel said angrily "Juliet died in a plane crash six years ago…I think you should leave" She said closing the door, but his hand shot out and held the door open while she continued to push against him.

"Please…just take the letter…I…I promised" he said pleading.

She grabbed the letter "Fine…now please leave" she said as she shut the door and leaned her back against it. She closed her eyes and looked at the envelope in her hands it said her name across the front. It looked like Juliet's handwriting but it couldn't be. Why would that man say they he met Juliet a year ago.

She opened the envelope and took out the letter and unfolded it there was two pages. She started to read.

Hey Rach,

I know your head is spinning right now but the man in front of you, his name is Dr. Jack Shepherd and I'm pretty sure the media hasn't changed at all that much. You will know him as one of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. I can see your brown eyes popping out of your head right now. So do me a favor and invite him he doesn't bite. I know him he's a good man.

She stopped reading and looked at the door she was still in shock. This was Juliet's handwriting. How did he get it? She unhooked the chain and opened the door. "Wait" She yelled out to him as he was walking to his car. He stopped and turned around.

"Do you…want to come inside?" she said somewhat hesitantly.

He walked slowly back over to her.

"It…she tells me to invite you in" she laughs at how crazy it sounds. Jack walks in the house slowly with his head down. "I'm sorry for scaring you"

She laughs again as tears start in her eyes. "It's fine, because now I'm more confused than ever" she says leading him into the living room. He stands in front of the couch still looking down. "You can have a seat"

Jack looks at the couch and sits down at the very edge with his hands in his lap. Rachel sits across from him holding the letter in her hand.

"This is Juliet's hand writing" she says out loud so she can hear herself say it. "Your name is in here as well as my son's…names she could not have known"

"But she does" He replies "Because she's alive"

"Still…even now?" she asks

He looks down at floor and answers "She was when we left"

"I don't understand…all of you said…said that there were only eight of you on that island and two died"

"We lied" he said running his hands through his hair and looked up at her. "We lied"

"Why?...why did you lie about that? Are there more of you?"

He was looking down again and she could hear him starting to cry. "Yes!" he whispers "Yes there are more of us…48 of us survived the crash…we…we left them there" he says loudly.

The letter dropped from her hand as she brought them to her face. "There are 41 people still on the island?"

"No, some did…die…we left 19 behind"

She put her hand over her mouth, she read about the plane crash as much as the rest of the people. She didn't know anybody on it so it, so she went on with her life. But now this man, one of the survivors is sitting in living room saying he knew Juliet and that she is alive and on the same island that Flight 815 crashed on. "How…how does my sister fit into all of this?"

"There are other people on the island one's that live there…Juliet…" he swallowed "She was with them"

Tbc…