Summary : Hurley and Ben come to visit Sawyer, Kate and co. (5 years after they left Jackass on the island lol)
Story Notes:
I wanted to thanks Elodie and Susan who checked on my english, 'cause I translated it myself (from the french version I made) but I wanted people to correct my english so thanks girls I love you !
The bell rang in the big house, they heard a curse from the stairs and the door opened.
"SURPRISE " a stranger exclaimed showing off a big teddy bear.
Sawyer sighed then welcomed Hurley and Ben who was holding a bottle of wine.
"James." Ben greeted.
"Bunny Killer."
Hugo put the teddy bear on the sofa and turned around to look at Sawyer. The blond guy was covered of paint, on his clothes and face.
"You're repainting ?"
"She is."
Ben and Hurley glanced at each other then go to the garden. Claire and Aaron were here. The little boy went toward his "uncles" and gave them a big hug. Ben wasn't used to that, to be part of this family especially after everything he had done to them but a lot of things happened in 5 years, it was different now.
The Australian woman was looking at Sawyer with a big smile on her face.
"I know!" The upset guy mumbled before to leave his friends to go upstairs.
"What is going on?" Hurley asked surprised.
"She's in bad mood. Do you want something to drink ?"
Both friends say "yes" and Claire left with Aaron to bring some glasses.
A few minutes later the door opened and Kate arrived in the house. She put her coat on the chair and came to exchange hug with greet Hurley then she did the same with Ben. He wasn't still used to this behaviour, especially coming from the ex fugitive.
"Did Sawyer give you up?"
"She's in bad mood." Claire says giving a hug to her friend.
Kate sighed, put her hand on her forehead, she mumbled a "sorry" and went upstairs.
Barely 5 minutes later, they could hear shouting screams inside the house.
Claire laughed with Hurley while Ben and Aaron played Battleship.
10 minutes later, Sawyer comes to join them washed and wearing new clothes, he looked at his friends, trying to smile then he comes to sit with them and took a cigarette.
"Uncle Sawyer you're smelly!"
Sawyer laughed.
"In 4 years, you'll ask me to get you a box !"
"Sawyer !"
"Sorry Claire Bear but every teenager smokes."
"Not MINE ! "
Claire looked at Sawyer kinda angry. He rolled his eyes, finding funny the situation and give a wink to his "nephew".
A few moments later, a shout come from the house and a little blond girl runs towards her family, wearing a beautiful blue summer dress. She smiled to Hurley who put her in his arm and she laughed.
"Wanna my gift, Ungle."
"Marie Austen Ford, is that a manner to speak ?"
The little girl turned around and put her head down.
"Solly Momma."
"Oh Freckles she's still a baby and..."
"YOU SHUT UP !"
Sawyer sighed then he rose to go to smoke in "peace" but his wife put a hand on his shoulder and he have had no other choice than to sit back and put out the cigarette.
"Allowing a child of 3years to repaint HER bedroom HERSELF ! Are you insane ?"
"But she couldn't stop crying and I couldn't calm her, she has your attitude Freckles."
The woman rolled her eyes then forced his baby daughter to say "sorry" to Hurley. Hurley was ashamed but tried to ask if he could give the teddy bear, Kate wasn't really ready for that but when she saw the big smile on her adorable baby, she smiled and allowed her friend to. Marie took Aaron's hand and ran toward the swing. The woman looked at her daughter tenderly.
The bell rang again and Kate went to open the door.
"Don't worry Hugo, she...well she's right, I shouldn't let my girl be the boss but she's so..."
Claire smiled and put her hand on his.
"Aaron wasn't easy either Sawyer, don't worry. But you've to know they can manipulate us and be very capricious."
He smiled to her then Miles and Richard arrived with Kate.
The ex immortal was happy, very happy to be alive and age !
Miles comes toward his friend and they exchanged an embrace then he did the same with everybody.
"So Eyeliner, no girlfriend yet ? "
Sawyer laughed then took his friend in his arm.
"No James I prefer to spend my free time with you all."
The guys looked at each other with respect and friendship then a rocket runs toward them yelling with joy
"Ungle Richa ! Ungle Mil !"
"It's MILES ! Jim can't you teach your daughter to speak correctly ?"
"Be happy she stopped calling you Auntie."
Everyone tried to not laugh, everybody remembered the first word Marie had said when she saw Miles, so Sawyer was having some fun each all time he saw his friend, not for Miles' pleasure of course.
The little girl was jumping, asking for a gift from Richard, he smiled and put off a present from his coat, she kissed his cheek and turned around to her "auntie".
"What ?"
"My gift Ungle MIL ! Peaseeeeeeeeeee !"
"I've nothing for you girl, it's not your birthday and you don't need..."
Marie started to cry, Miles sighed and took his wallet and give her a buck.
"It's for your piggy bank kiddo !"
She smiled and ran toward her mom, Kate took her little hand and they went inside to put the buck in her piggy bank.
"She'll ruin me Jim !"
"That's my girl Enos, and don't be upset. You've money, a lot of money from diamonds, if I remember uh ?"
"Yeah yeah, but I prefer to buy a new car !"
"Don't come here so often buddy or deal with my girl !"
Miles murmured something nobody could hear but Sawyer smiled. His friend sat next to Claire, he looked at her, she smiled shyly.
The blond guy rolled eyes and shout at them.
"Damn it when are you getting together ?"
"What?" both of them said surprised.
"Hurley and I made a bet and if it don't happen in the year, I'll..."
"Dude, I told you not before 7 years, I'm always right."
"Yeah Yeah New Jacob with eyes everywhere."
Everyone laughed then Kate came with her girl. Marie put herself on his daddy's knees and asked for a sip from his glass.
"Not for you princess."
"Dada wanna dink ! wanna dink !"
"Marie NO !" Kate shout.
The baby girl looked furious at her mommy then crossed her arm and ignored everyone. The parents looked at each other, sighed.
"She's not easy". Ben said.
"She has your attitude Kate, it's no surprise"
"What do you mean Miles ?"
"Nothing Kate, just yes, well you know you're both very..."
"Miles is right." Hurley added.
"I've always said she'll be beautiful as her mother but stubborn as her dad !"
"So true Dude."
Sawyer sighed, he'd had enough of his friends speaking of him.
"So you both stay here all the night to speak of me or we eat ?"
Everyone laughed and Claire helped Kate to set the table.
Once the diner was over, they stayed on the sofa to speak. Marie was falling asleep in her dad's arms but she loved to hear them speak about this island. She often asked her daddy to leave with his uncles but he was saying all time never her, her mommy or himself will go there again and if one day she would go there, he would lock her in her room for long days. Marie didn't understand why her mommy didn't like "Bugs Bunny" especially when he called everyone "doctor", she didn't understand to why her dada never brought flowers to her moma, every dadas gave flowers to the momma. Tina her friend said all time but her parents were different, Dada gave always strawberries to momma and momma gave big kissy kissy to him, she loved very strongly her dada and momma and also her ungles and auntie.
"5 years already." Hurley murmured.
"5 years you have to support Bunny Killer, my poor Hugo."
"5 years I can have white hair."
"5 years I got my son back."
She looked at Aaron and he gave her an hug.
"5 years since I became a millionaire !"
"And 5 years you've been a Scrooge !"
Everyone laughed, Kate smiled then put her glass in front of her.
"To our lost friends !"
They said the same thing then it was silence for one minute and they looked at each other and shared a toast.
Kate stroked her baby's hair, Marie was fighting to fall asleep.
"Have you some news of Desmond and Penny ?"
Kate turned her attention to the conversation and answered to Hurley.
"He called me last night, they're in Europe for 15 days, Charlie wants to learn about French history."
"At least he won't become a junkie and rockstar !"
Kate pushed Sawyer's arm.
"Ouch !"
She looked at him then turned her eyes toward Claire.
"Ah yeah, Sorry Claire Bear."
"It's ok Sawyer."
The silence was back but Richard asked to Ben and Hurley.
"How long will you be staying in town ?"
"I think I'll go to see my mom, she.."
"...You'll finally present her your boyfriend ?"
"Sawyer !"
"Sweetheart, it's not a secret and Hugo could have found worst you know."
She sighed.
"So I was saying, I think i'll go to see my mom, she's not familiar with the island story, she
don't...well she wants to go there for holidays."
Everybody laughed amused.
"So it mean we'll need to endure your boyfriend a few days ?"
"Find me a book James and you'll not hear me at all."
"And put away the strawberries Freckles."
She smiled to her husband then looked at Ben who was smiling too.
Richard proposed to meet on Tuesday and go at the park for a picnic, they were all in agreement and then everyone left except Ben and Hurley, who went upstairs in the spare rooms.
They weren't living far away from each other, they were a family very close and always here for everyone. Kate didn't deal very easily when Claire and Aaron left the house and a short while later she and Sawyer were back together. There were no cages this time, only unsuccessful diner because everything burnt, some beer and marshmallows at fireside and they were back like 3 years early, in love and they married 2 years later then Marie came into their life. Sawyer weren't afraid and he sees his daughter, Clementine, every 15 days and Cassidy was even Maid of Honor at their wedding. Their life was simple, Sawyer worked as librarian and was almost ready to publish his first novel called "The island of the Redemption", Kate worked a bit before she got pregnant, now she cared for their baby girl but she wanted to find a job as soon as Marie will go at school.
Kate wished a "goodnight" to her friends then she joined Sawyer who was reading a story about bunnies to their daughter.
"Dada ?"
"Yes my angel?"
"I'll get a bunny for my birthday ?"
"Well we need to see with your mom and…"
"…I want it Dada !" Mumbled the girl holding her teddy bear.
"Alright, alright, you'll get it."
"A Red one !"
"Yeah I'll see what I can find baby."
"Love Dada."
"Me too sweetheart."
He kissed Marie's forehead then she fall asleep.
"So you'll buy her a red bunny ?"
Sawyer turned to face his wife and he smiled amused.
"It's less expensive that a red car."
Kate smiled to him then they went in their bedroom.
"You know you do too much for her ?"
She started to take off his shirt.
"You know I don't resist to girls who have freckles."
"Yes, I know."
She smiled and took his lips with hers and it didn't take long before they fall in the bed…
The brunette had her head laying on his chest, Sawyer was stroking her hair tenderly.
"Is that weird no ?"
"What is weird Freckles ?"
"5 years ago where we were. I still have some trouble understanding why Hurley stays there."
"Cause Rose and Bernard are cool and Vincent is there."
Kate smiled then she lifted up off his chest for look into his eyes.
"I know Hurley didn't want to but he did it because Ja...Jack asked him to. But if he asked that to you, could you have accepted it ?"
"Why are you asking me that now ?"
Kate put her head back on his chest and said with low voice.
"This morning, Claire and I spoke of the Island, of Jacob and she asked if i could have replaced Jack and I said no because if you think right now, I couldn't have ever Marie in my life and I didn't want to abandon Claire again so she asked me if it was you, I didn't know what to say but I thought about it all the day..."
She said no words, waiting.
"I couldn't have abandoned you."
Kate lifted up surprised.
"But we weren't..."
"I know and you did your love declaration to the doc and..."
"James you know that..."
"Kate I know you loved him, as I loved Juliet and we both said goodbye to someone we love, I know what it felt and say it again to you, no and you cared for Clementine for me, I wanted to leave and see her and I wanted to bring you to Disneyland."
Kate smiled charmed and touched then she kissed him tenderly.
"I love you."
"I know."
