Can't Take it Back
She was truly terrified for him. He was getting on a plane. Oh, how much she hated planes.
"I'm going to miss you, Kathy Ann," He said kissing her cheek.
"Why do you insist on calling me that? How about Kate, or even Katie, at this point I wouldn't mind Katharine or Katharine Ann, but not Kathy Ann." She complained in his ear.
"Fine. I'm going to miss you babe." She smirked at him as he gave their Daughter a kiss on the cheek and their Son a kiss on the head.
"Bye, Bye Daddy." James said quietly.
"Bye son, I promise I'll be home bye Christmas."
The sleeping baby in her arms aroused and waved at her father smiling her toothless smile. "Bye Claire honey." And then he left quietly closing the door behind.
Kate put her three month old daughter Claire Juliet Callis to bed and went down stairs to watch TV with her son. Not Kevin's son, my son, but not Kevin's... his son, the man I left behind.
She sat next to the nine year old James Sawyer Jack Callis and cuddled with him. "What are you watching honey?"
Her son looked up at her. "A documentary."
"On what?"
"The plane crash." Kate looked down at her son sighing.
"Why do you want to find out about it hon?"
"Does it still hurt you when I talk about it mum?"
"No babe that was eight years ago, of course it doesn't."
"Mum I just figured something out."
"What's that?"
"That da- that Kevin Callis is not my real father, and it's either uncle Jack or who ever Sawyer is…"
Kate looked down at him in surprise. "What are you talking about?"
"Well you and da-Kevin, married seven years back, and I'm nine years old, and I was conceived while you were still on the island."
"Who taught you that word? Conceived?"
"Mum that's not the point!" He said raising his voice.
"Hey don't you yell at me mister." Kate said pointing a finger at him.
"Mum please just tell me the truth." He said looking into her eyes.
She was about to give in and tell the whole story about his real father when the phone rang.
"Hello?" James sighed and sat back down. They were saying the names of the oceanic survivors, the people Kate and Jack and the rest of the oceanic six had said were dead, which was only two people. James Ford, and Claire Littleton. They were telling about Claire and interviewing a few of her relatives first.
"Kate?" a faint voice said.
"Who is this?" She said the familiar female voice.
"I got her! You guys I got a hold of Kate! Hear I'll put it on speaker."
Kate suddenly realized were she knew the voice from, "Juliet?" She said softly.
"Yeah Kate it's me, and Sawyer and Claire and Aaron and John and...and oh you get the point."
Kate couldn't believe it. How were they phoning her? "One second, I'm putting you on speaker because I have to sit, just wait." She said sitting on her couch and hitting the "Speaker" button on the phone base.
"Um, hold on one minute I just have to, one minute." She hesitated looking at her son who had full attention on the TV which was telling about Jack Shepard. "Hey James honey?" She said softly stroking his head.
"What?" he said hoarsely
"Babe, it's bed time, be sure t say goodnight to your sister on the way up."
"Mum, I'm not going to bed until you tell me who my real father is?" He screamed.
"And finally we have James Ford, a man from Tallahassee who perished on the island that Oceanic flight 825 crashed on."
For some reason the TV seemed to be blasting as that sentence rushed through her head.
"He is," she said gesturing toward the TV that held a picture of James Ford.
"James, Ford? My first name is from my Father?" He said looking up at her.
"And your second. Everyone o the island knew him as well…" She stopped and looked at the phone which had a red flashing light on the 'Speaker' button. "Sawyer you there?" she said loudly.
"Yeah…yeah Freckles I'm here. And I heard the whole thing."
"James, I am so sorry. It's just, you what were we going to do with a baby right?" Kate smiled when she heard his laugh.
"Yeah, my last words to you, never did I think they would be the last words…ever."
"I love you too." Kate said smiling. "All of you and I miss you so much. We are so sorry for leaving you."
"Mummy, who are they?" James asked.
Kate realized that he muted the TV and was sitting right next to her.
"They're oceanic survivors, babe."
"But I thought there was only eight, and that two died including James Ford." He said.
"And you're forgetting Claire, Claire you there?" She said.
"Yup Kate, right here." She said loudly.
"Are you dead?" James asked.
"Nope, not yet at least but if the radio tower falls then yeah, we're dead." Sawyer said.
"Using the phone in the radio tower?" Kate sitting back down. "Ouch." She whispered and pulled something hard out from under her.
"Oh mum, I forgot to tell you the baby monitor died last night, da- Kevin told me to tell you, and I forgot sorry."
"It's okay babe, we can hear Claire cry from the living room. And you can call him daddy, not Kevin." Kate said brushing his hair out of his eyes.
"Hold on a minute I'm going to put some batteries in my baby monitor." She said the phone.
She left her son in the living room free to talk to her friends…her family, who she missed so much.
Before Kate could even reach the kitchen the door bell rang, a few times. Then the sound of a crying baby sounded from up stairs.
She sighed and put the monitor down on the table. "Okay, I have to go fetch my daughter, James can you please answer the door." Kate said into the living room.
Kate went up stairs and picked up the screaming baby, "I know, baby. It's all right." She said kissing her cheek.
Kate went down stairs to find Jack and James talking in the door way she looked at the base of the phone the red light still flashing.
"Hey Jack." She said loudly. Then she heard whispers from the speaker.
"Hey Kate, didn't mean to wake the baby, I...I just saw someone and you really need to know who it was." He said holding his arms out motioning for her to hand him Claire.
She did and nodded. "James honey go get ready for bed then you can come back down." She said.
Her son nodded "Good night uncle Jack."
"Night James." He said with a smile.
Kate lead Jack into the living room turning off the TV. "Jack there is something I would like you to hear before you start." She said with a smile.
"No, Kate, it's about Kevin, I saw him with-" but he was cut off.
"Okay I'm lost now, last thing I remember understanding was that Kate has two kids, ones mine and the others a little baby thing and now suddenly Doc bursts into the house, that's right, right?"
"Sawyer be quiet Jack and Kate are trying to talk." Claire said laughing.
"Yeah, James be quiet."
"Juliet, the day I listen to you is the day I die." Sawyer said threateningly before all the people on the phone started to laugh.
Jack sat there mouth wide open squeezing the babies hand, maybe a little too hard because her started to cry.
"Here, Jack give her to me. Now who did you see Kevin with?" She asked acting like she didn't hear the voices laughing in the background.
"Is that?" Jack started.
"Yeah, Jack, it's them." She aid with a smile. "Now tell, did you see my husband cheating on me or something?"
The laughing voice of Sawyer stopped immediately.
"No, he was talking to Ben and Sayid."
"Why?" She said hugging the baby in her arms.
"All I heard was Ben telling him that-"
"Kate! God dammit! You little liar! Oh this time our marriage will have no lies, why did you tell me that there were over seventy survivors!"
"Kevin?" Kate started as her husband walked into the room.
"Hello doctor Jack, care to talk my daughter up stairs and leave us alone for a minute?"
"Yeah, sure." Jack said looking at Kate apologetically.
When he left Kate braced herself for the worst.
"Why didn't you just tell me?"
"We didn't tell a soul, we lied to the entire world say that there was only eight survivors.
"You never told a soul?" He asked.
"Never…well actually I told James today."
"Why, him and not me?"
"Well he sort of figured out that he must have bee born on the island. That you aren't this real father."
Kevin looked at her. "Oh." He stepped closer to her and gave her a hug. "Alright. I promise that I won't tell anybody, or at least not until you go back?"
Kate pulled away from him. "Go back where?"
"To the island, obviously your friends from the island haven't phoned you yet, thank God, but yeah I'm letting Ben take you back."
"To the Island?" She asked shakily.
"Not just back to the island but back to when you were only on the island for three short months, there are some things you have to have to re do, you have to take back. And Katie, my sweet Kathy Ann. I suggest you like you only know the Oceanic six." He smiled and Kate saw the man that she hated so much walk up from behind her husband.
"Hello Kate, and I know that Juliet and Sawyer and Claire are all on the phone." Ben said smiling.
"Now Kate are ready to take it back, to take it all back?" He said stepping towards her and injecting her with a needle.
Then Kate's world spun out of her eyes and all she could do was listen.
"Kate!" Kevin cried out.
"Ben! What have you done!" Juliet screamed.
"I'll kill you!" Sawyer growled.
Claire was crying.
"Kate no!" Jack screamed.
And the baby crying too.
"Mummy!" James started to cry as well.
Then nothing, just blackness.
A/n: I know sounds pathetic, but I'm going some where with it promise. Please Read and Review