okay folk this what I think it would have been like if Kate wasn't a fugitive and if she and Sawyer were cousins. Also Jack has already meet Claire and knows that they are half brother and sister, there will be some use of quotes from the actual show either by luck or because I liked the line for some reason or another

pairings that will be mentioned and encouraged; Jack&Kate(because I'm a huge Jate fan they will be the main couple), Sayid&Shannon and who ever else I can think of

reviews are all ways welcome

Kate settled into her plane sit next to her cousin, Sawyer. They were returning home after a week and a half vacation in Australia. She had planned to go alone but her slightly over protective father, Sam, didn't want his only child, his pride and joy, his little girl, going on a trip half way round the globe by herself. Sawyer, who had always been more of an elder brother than a cousin, agreed with opinion and had volunteered to go with her.

They were now about 6-7 hours into the trip home, on flight oceanic 815, when they hit some turbulence.

"Hang on Freckles cause it looks like we're in for a bumpy ride," Sawyer told her, calling her by a childhood nickname he had made up.

"I think that's an understatement," Kate countered as the fasten seat belt sign came on and the voice of a flight attendant came on over the intercom.

The turbulence weakened and stopped for about a minute when suddenly there was the sickening sinking feeling as the plain dropped. Passengers who had been in the aisle or hadn't yet buckled up again were thrown to the ceiling only to plummet back down as the plane's free fall came to an abrupt stop.

Kate reflexively placed a hand on Sawyer's right forearm; he reached over and placed his left hand on her's. Those who had landed on the floor hurried back to a seat and strapped themselves in, oxygen masks dropped from compartments in the ceiling and they strapped them on. there was the unmistakable sound of tearing metal as the tail of the plane ripped from the middle section. The pressure quickly changed and huge gusts of wind roared to the opening.

Sawyer pulled Kate toward him, her head placed on his chest and his body angled to protect her from the debris that flew past them at many miles an hour. Kate squeezed her eyes tightly shut as she felt his arm on her back, soon passing out. Sawyer, whose eyes were also shut, heard the tearing sound again and opened one eye just enough to look forwards as the front of plane broke away soon afterwards he also passed out.