A/N- I don't own lost, If I did it would have gone on way longer than 6 seasons. I really can't be bothered to write a disclaimer every chapter, so for now that was it ;) The views and personalities of these characters really don't represent mine, and this is my first fanfic, so bare with me! Hope you enjoy.
Lara stomped down the isle of oceanic flight 815 somewhat grumpily; when she reached her destination -Los Angeles- someone would have some serious explaining to do. When her parents had packed her off to their extended family in Australia for the summer, she had thought something odd was going on. Her gut instinct had been right. Something WAS going on.
It transpired that sending Lara to her grand parents for quality 'family bonding' had been a ruse to get her out of the way for the summer. And the reason they needed her gone? Her mother had a large promotion, needing her at the LA branch of the firm she worked for. However her mother and father knew Lara wouldn't move countries without a fight, so they made the decision behind her back.
Goodbye England, goodbye London, goodbye friends. These were her thoughts as she boarded the plane to LAX.
After checking the boarding pass a third time, she found her seat, thank God it was by a window. After quickly stashing her carry on in the overhead compartment, she asked a passing flight attendant if anyone was sitting in the two seats to the right of her.
"Nope, but I'll be sitting next to you during take off and landing. It's company policy not to let minors sit by themselves incase they panic. Can I get you anything?" Cindy, or at least that's what her name tag said, asked kindly in her Australian accent.
Lara was tempted to snap back that she was perfectly capable of sitting by herself, being fifteen and hardly in need of babysitting. She refrained however,and shut her eyes, plugging her headphones in and listening to her iPod on shuffle. The first song that came on was some outdated pop/rock thing that got stuck in her head every time she heard it. 'You all everybody, you all everybody,' she hummed as the plane started taxiing off the runway.
During the rest of the flight Lara wasn't conscious much, all she really remembered was Cindy calling after some guy in a striped grey hoodie. He completely ignored her frantic cries and shut himself in a toilet cubicle.