Thought I would get back into my flow of writing starting with this piece.

This the first of a two chapter fic, 3rd if it's needed.

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The one question….

"Do I tell her?"

He was aware of the risks in doing so, but after considering what they had already been through, this was nothing. Or at least he liked to believe it was.

Fully investing in a relationship was always hard for him and most of the time it only got as far as a date or two before having to blow them off with some sort of excuse.

For some reason he couldn't muster the will to do that to Kate and he had grown far too attached now to even consider it.

So he continued to invest in the hope that she would see past this and not let it get in the way of something he had never felt so right about, despite the possible danger of what could happen if he gave into temptation or worse if his family ever found out.

The day started out like any other for one Kate Austen though with one exception, she was smiling.

For the first time in a long time she felt good about something and had no one but Jack to thank for it.

It all felt like a dream, as corny as it sounded, but after the hell she'd endured in a past she longed to put behind her, experiencing a little happiness was surely overdue, especially with starting over in a new place.

He was unlike anyone she had ever met. Kind, considerate and not to mention hot but there was a lot more to him than just exceedingly good looks.

However much to her slight dismay he still refrained from sharing the details of his life. His excuse being that there was a lot to tell and she naturally assumed the worst. Knowing that he was too good to be true, but he was adamant in assuring her right away that he wasn't that sort of guy.

Still, it was the one thing he would always stay silent over and she was left with no choice but to leave it.

Until now.

At first she wondered who would be calling her so early in the morning, but upon seeing the caller display she smiled, elated that it was him.

"Hey you."

"Hey. I hope I didn't wake you or anything cause I can call back later…."

"Jack, Jack it's okay….." Kate chipped in chuckling at his rambling, "besides a wake up call from you is just what I needed."

"Still, I'm sorry." He vowed to apologise and Kate rolled her eyes at his determination to get the apology through.

"The man never gives up." She mused to herself having been a heart warmed victim to it many times over.

"What's up?" she then proceeded to ask slightly concerned by the slight tenseness in his voice but she dismissed it as absurd in the end.

"Erm not much, just wanted to……" he started out but gave way to his fear once again.

"Wanted to….." Kate stressed when she continued to get nothing but silence from him.

"Tell her." Were the only words that kept on ringing in his mind to the point of insanity and it wasn't until he saw Amelia out of the corner of his eye that he finally perked up with a reply.

"Yeah, Marc that's fine." He replied in an attempt to fool Amelia who unlike him subjected herself to respect tradition by her own family's standards. Even more so when she was introduced to Jack who was literally everything she ever wanted in a man, looks wise.

She couldn't be bothered about the rest.

"Okay, I'll talk to you later." He finished and got off the phone leaving Kate more confused than ever. Her trying to fathom just exactly what was going on.

"Where are you going?" Amelia asked and Jack naturally turned around simply saying "work" but she didn't buy it one bit.

"You're seeing someone else aren't you?"

As much as he tried to mask an expression of complete absurdity, his lack of an immediate reply was enough to confirm her assumptions.

"I thought he made things clear Jack. You know it's forbidden." she scolded him before moving towards him, "besides...... what about me?"

"What about you?" Jack questioned it almost as an after thought whilst removing her hands from exploring any more of his body.

"C'mon Jack. You know what we have is deep and strong." she reasoned while allowing her hands to commence with their explorations once again, but Jack was quick enough to move away this time. Utterly disgusted by her bawdy behavior in regards to the current situation.

"What we have Amy is an arranged agreement between our families to mate like a bunch of animals and......"

"It's not like that and you know it." she cut him off, clearly offended that he was debasing their relationship or whatever they had that was close to one.

"Yeah, well I'm not sticking around to find out." he firmly stated and moved to leave but Amy's persistence stood in the way.

"What are you saying?" she asked, trying to exude the closest thing to emotion to plead her case, but Jack knew her well enough to see through it.

"I'm leaving." he revealed before pushing past her and grabbing hold of the bag he had already packed.

"You can't do this Jack."

"Watch me." he daringly spoke before walking out. Not even bothering to consider the consequences behind his actions or his phone which he had mistakenly left behind for Amelia to see and search for one name and one name only.

The determination for revenge being the only thing on her mind at that moment.

She tried to busy herself around the house but couldn't keep her mind off him. As if sensing her distress her mobile phone suddenly rung out its incoming message tone and dropping everything she quickly flipped her phone open to read it.

"Meet me at Sal's Diner" was all the message said and she couldn't help but smile at the nostalgic choice right before grabbing hold of her keys and vacating the apartment.

It came as no surprise that he wasn't pleased to hear that his son had been socialising with the outside world, much less a human, but he was more outraged at being defied by someone he thought he could trust.

"Where is he now?"

"Gone to see the girl I presume Sir." The messenger discretely informed the man before cowering in fear in regards to the sharp intake of breath the elderly man let out at that moment.

However the elderly man then smiled to himself almost suggesting that a plan may have already been set in motion.

"Sir?" the messenger hesitantly questioned and the man's smile only widened further while saying, "it's only a matter of time before temptation will bring forth the beast."

TBC….

So a few tidbits changed, specifically with the role of Amelia but I needed it for the plans I have for the next instalment.

I can still confirm that we're not dealing with vampires.....as of yet that is.

Anyway there it is, the revised version and as always I'd love your input guys.....

BTW any guesses as to what Jack might be?