Chapter 1: School Begins

Kate was trying to find dorm number 815. She was lugging all of her suitcases around and it didn't work out very well. Not paying any attention to the people around her, she smacked into a blonde girl.

"I'm so sorry! I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings other then the dorm numbers. Hey, maybe you could help me! Where is dorm number 815?"

"Um, right here, actually," the blonde said kindly. "Hi, I'm Claire Littleton. Are you Kate or Shannon or Ana-Lucia or Sun or Libby or Penny?"

"I'm Kate, Kate Austen actually. Do you know who's connected to us? Because I read somewhere that 815 and 816 are connected," Kate said extremely fast.

"Yeah, we're connected to a bunch of boys to clarify," Claire said as she walked into the dorm, Kate and luggage in tow. "Let me think… We're connected to Sawyer Ford and Charlie Pace –who are already here- Boone Carlyle, Hugo Reyes, Jin Kwon, Jack Shepard, Sayid Jarrah and Desmond Hume." Seeing the shocked look in Kate's eyes, she continued. "Yes, we are packed! I think that's why we got one of the larger connecting dorms."

"Interesting, how many rooms are there? I mean, unless all of us have to shove into two rooms," Kate said, peering around. She noted there was a T.V. –video games and system already set up-, a kitchen and she couldn't quite see how many rooms.

"The guys brought the video games," Claire said, noticing her sideways glance towards the T.V. "And there are six rooms, three for the girls and three for the guys. Speaking of which… Charlie! Sawyer! We got someone else!" she yelled over towards the rooms. There was a sound of banging doors and sneakers squeaking on the floor. Two blond boys finally came into view. The shorter blond had a bass guitar slung over his shoulder and the taller one had a book in his hand. "Kate, meet two of our dorm-mates."

The shorter blond came up and extended his hand. "Hi, I'm Charlie Pace, future bass guitarist for a band called Drive Shaft!" he said with a British accent. Kate gave him her hand and shook it with a slightly cautious smile on her lips.

"Hi, I'm Kate Austen," she said.

The tall blond stepped up. "Sawyer Ford. I have a feeling we're going to be getting to know each other a lot better over the school year," Sawyer smiled, which Kate found a bit creepy.

"Kate," she replied quickly and stepped back over to Claire's side.

"Stop it, you perv! You're gonna scare her away!" Claire pushed him away as the doors were knocked upon.

"I'll get it!" Claire and Charlie said at the same time as they ran to the door. The sound of talking and high-heels on wood filled the dorm as a boy with messy dark brown hair and a sleek blonde walked into the room along with Charlie and Claire.

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Everyone had finally come into the dorm. Jack was taking the role of leader and making everyone, for the twentieth time, go over each other's names.

"Alright, let's go over this again," he said loudly. "I'm Jack and I am planning on becoming a doctor."

"Ana-Lucia. Here to learn… And my mom made me come."

"Claire. Here to learn. My aunt decided this was the best place to do it."

"Sun. Here to learn about the American culture and language."

"Penny. Here because my father made me."

"Libby. Here to become a clinical psychiatrist."

"Kate. Here because my wonderful stepdad made me."

"Shannon. Here because my stepmom made me and everything at home reminded me of my dad."

"Sawyer. Here because my foster parents made me."

"Charlie. Here until I'm allowed to be a professional musician."

"Sayid. Here until I am eligible to become a recruit in the war."

"Hurley. My mom sent me here to get me out of the house."

"Boone. Here to learn CPR and other things like business."

"Desmond. Here because I had nothing better to do."

They all looked over at Jin, who, up to this point, had been entirely silent and unnoticed.

"Come on, you don't need to be shy, we're all gonna be like family at the end of this school year," Claire tried to comfort him, but Jin just looked at her like she was crazy. He started to talk quickly to her in Korean. Claire's eyes got really wide and she backed over between Ana-Lucia and Sun.

"My brother does not speak English," Sun explained. "He needs me to translate for him."

"Well come on then, Tokyo Rose. Translate for him before Claire's eyes get any bigger or we all fall asleep," Sawyer complained. Sun looked over at Jin and began to translate for him rapidly. Everyone heard a thump of a body hitting floor and looked over at Sawyer. He had fallen over clutching his head and his eyes were bugging out. "Too much that I can't understand!"

"His name is Jin and he is here to learn English and how to behave in the American society," Sun said slowly so that even Sawyer could understand.

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Only the girls were left in the main room. Claire and Kate were sitting on the sofa half asleep. Sun, Penny and Ana-Lucia were sitting in the kitchen looking over the schedule. Shannon was in the T.V. room with Claire, Libby and Kate. She was looking over the stuff that was going on over the year with Libby.

"Oh my gosh!" Shannon screamed, Kate and Claire jumped up, yawning, the boys all ran out of their rooms into the T.V. room, and Sun, Ana-Lucia and Penny ran out of the kitchen.
"Shannon, what's wrong?" Boone asked.

"Oh hey, you're up! Nothing's wrong, why would something be wrong?" Shannon asked.

"Maybe because you screamed! I can't believe this! I got out of bed only to hear her say nothing's wrong! No freakin' way!" Sawyer yelled as he trudged back to one of the guy's rooms. All the guys followed after him, muttering similar things.

"Shannon, what are you doing?" Kate said, exasperated.

"Me and Libby were looking at the events that are going on this year and the homecoming dance is in three weeks!" Shannon screamed. "And I'm not ready! I mean, I don't have a dress or anything!"

"You know what? That's great. But school starts in two days and it's three in the morning. I'm going to bed!" Ana-Lucia said. Libby followed her since they were in the same room. Sun and Kate were next, and Claire and Penny ran away from Shannon as fast as they could.

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"Hey guys! It's time to wake up!" Sawyer yelled into Boone and Charlie's ears. Boone rolled over and pulled a pillow over his head. Charlie sat up too fast, banged his head on the ceiling and fell off the bunk amid Sawyer's laughter.

"Ow, that really hurt!" he said, rubbing his head and sitting on the floor. Boone was still sleeping, through all this. Sawyer just shrugged, went through his bags, and came up with a horn.

"Ah, I found it!" he celebrated. He then walked over to Boone's bunk, knelt down and pressed the button, grinning. Boone sat up really fast and hit his head on the bunk above him.

"What the heck, man!" he yelled at Sawyer, but by then he was already next door doing the same thing to Hurley, Jin and Jack. Charlie was out the door and dressed, but not before he heard the horn blast and someone hitting the floor. Charlie shot Boone a glance.

"You'd better get out before he comes back armed with pans," Charlie said.

"You think he'd do that?" Boone asked, wide eyed.

"After this morning, nothing would surprise me," he smiled. Boone pulled on a shirt and jeans just as Sayid chased Sawyer out of their room. Boone then went into the kitchen and got a bowl and cereal. He opened the refrigerator and looked for milk.

"We don't have any milk?" he asked, exasperated. "How am I supposed to eat cereal?"

"You could eat it dry, but I guess that's not really your first choice," Kate said, coming to sit next to him. "It wouldn't be mine either."

"Yeah, thanks. I think we need to go shopping sometime," Boone said.

"Yeah, we do," she confirmed. "Did Sawyer wake you guys up?"

"Yes, with that wonderful horn he brought," Boone smiled.

"If he cones in our room tomorrow I'm going to get one of Shannon's heels and stab his eyes out!" Penny said violently as she walked into the kitchen.

"You aren't touching my heels, because I'm stabbing him myself!" Shannon yelled as she stalked into the room. She sat down on the other side of Boone, stole his cereal and started eating. Boone didn't even notice, as he was asleep, head on the table. "Great, now Sir Horn-A-Lot is gonna come in here!"

"Where's Claire?" Kate asked.

"Sawyer is still trying to get her up. That girl can sleep!" Sun said. Desmond then walked into the room, grumbling, and Claire came after him, rubbing her eyes. Sawyer was running after Claire, and every time she yawned he would blow the horn right in her face.

"Boone, wake up! Wake up, otherwise we have to face the wrath of Sawyer Ford!" Desmond whispered in Boone's ear. Since that didn't work, he shook him and then pulled his head up by the hair and slapped his face.

"What's going on? Where's my cereal? And where's Jack, Sayid and Hurley?" Boone said as he sat up.

"Ew! You drooled on the table! Who's cleaning up Boone spit?" Claire said. "Jack and Sayid are getting ready for school. By the way, what time is it?"

"Uh, 6:30, I think. Yeah, definitely 6:30. Great, we only had three hours of sleep!" Shannon yelled. "Good going, Sawyer!"

"What can I say, I'm an early riser," Sawyer said proudly. "Plus, I got bored. I woke up at five, but nobody else was up!"

"I don't even get up for another three hours!" Ana-Lucia exclaimed. Jack and Sayid came in with a pair of Shannon's heels.

"Where's Sawyer?" Sayid asked menacingly.

"Right over there, next to Boone." Hurley replied. "He's trying unsuccessfully to wake him up."

"Thanks," Jack said as the great hunt for Sawyer began. Jack and Sayid circled around while Penny and Shannon ran back to their room to get more heels." Everybody was in on the action! Claire jumped on top of the table and started announcing.

"Sayid and Jack have found a rare animal, the Sawyer. Very annoying and loves blasting the hearing out of people's eardrums. What's this? Here comes Shannon along with Penny, carrying more weapons! They're coming up to Sawyer's back and they're… Oh my gosh! That must've hurt! Sayid, are you ok? For all of you who aren't watching, he just got hit in the face by a flying Sawyer fist. Now Charlie's got a wooden spoon, what are you doing with that? Making soup? Oh, you're gonna hit Sawyer, gotcha! Penny just spiked Sawyer in the back and Shannon got him on the head! Jack just got him on the face! Now Jin's in on the action! He has a pot, and is ready to use it! Oh, he just got Sawyer on the head and put the pot on his head! Good job, Jin! Alright guys, I think that's enough. I guess not, considering Sun just got the horn from Sawyer's front pocket! She's thrown it to Kate, Kate runs up to Sawyer and blows it under the pot, right in his face! Guys, that was amazing! But let him up, now. Oh, what's this? He's not done fighting yet! He pulls the pot off and starts swinging his fists around! Oh my gosh! Kate just got hit in the face by Sawyer! Her mouth is bleeding! Kate, are you ok? Alright folks, just in, Kate was hit, but is ok. Sawyer, stop! We were just playing around!" Claire jumped off the table and ended up getting hit in the face. She fell down, hit a sharp corner of the table, and fainted. Charlie ran over to her, pushing Sawyer in the process. Sawyer looked over at Charlie, ran, and punched him straight in the face. Charlie punched him back, and Sawyer kicked him in the stomach and Charlie fell over. Sawyer leaned over him, hate filling his eyes. Charlie turned over and hit Sawyer in the head.

Jack and Desmond ran over to Sawyer and Charlie. Desmond restrained Sawyer while Jack helped Charlie up, as Penny and Kate ran over to Claire.

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