Title: Home and the Heartland
Rating: T (just incase)
Pairings: Jack/Kate, Charlie/Claire, Sayid/Shannon
Summary: When Kate's mother, Diane, passes away, Kate moves to LA to live with her Dad. But when Kate meets a special boy, has she learned the new meaning of home? (teenage AU Jate. There was no plane crash.)
Author's note/Disclaimer: hey everyone! i have this story posted on Lost-Forum, but i thought i would post it here too. let me know if i should continue it here as well. : This is also my first fic. It's mostly Jate, but it also has some Charlie/Claire and Sayid/Shannon. I hope you all enjoy:
Also, i do not own Lost, or any of it's characters. It was created by JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and is owned by ABC and touchstone.
Enjoy :
One
What would you do? What if all of the sudden, the world just stopped? All you saw, was black. All you felt, was cold. And all that you heard, was nothing. A deafening silence. And all of the sudden, you felt as if you were falling. Fast. And the world started spinning. And you couldn't control it. What would you do?
Meet Kate. 15 years old. Sophomore in high school. Curly brown hair and sharp green eyes. Fair skinned. Freckles.
Kate's life has just been turned upside down.
And she can't control it.
7 years have passed since Diane was diagnosed with Cancer. 7 long years. And those 7 long years of pain, suffering, and tears, all came down to 5 minutes. And they were the longest 5 minutes of Kate's life.
7 years. 5 minutes. 1 phone call.
And that is when she began to fall. And she fell fast.
She didn't hang up the phone. She couldn't move. She couldn't even hear the doctor on the other end of the line, still speaking into the phone, asking if she was all right. But Kate wasn't all right. Her world was crashing down on her. And she was buried. She was buried deep.
So what would you do? Would you ignore the pain? Would you act as if nothing happened, and carry on with life? Would you let the pain sink in and ruin your life forever? Or, would you let the fear in? Not for too long. Just long enough to look it in the eye, and give it its chance to swallow you up, tear you apart, but not letting it.
Kate hung up the phone. She calmly placed it on the receiver and slowly walked to the front door, opening it and walking out onto the porch. She slowly walked down the steps...1...2...3...4...and felt the cold rain, fall upon her body. She stopped walking. Now she was running. Her feet moving faster than her mind. The cold rain was seeping into her T-shirt and jeans, and made her usually curly hair, flat and damp.
But she didn't slow down. She only got faster. But suddenly, she stopped.
Kate stood on the sidewalk, under the streetlight, which illuminated her wet, freckled face. Her chest rose and fell quickly, breathing in and out through her mouth. And she just stood there. In the pouring rain, in nothing but a T-shirt and pants. And she spoke, softly, with a small tremble evident in her tiny voice. And that was when she said it.
"Somebody save me."
----------------------------------------------
"Hello?"
"Daddy?"
"Katie? Are you ok? Did you leave yet?"
"It's ok Daddy. I called to let you know we're boarding in 15 minutes." A small giggle escaped her lips. 'He worries too much' Kate thought.
"I'll be there sweetie, don't worry." Sam spoke confidently into the phone.
"Daddy?"
"Yes sweetheart?"
"I love you."
"I love you too sweetie. I'll see you in a couple of hours."
It had been three weeks since Diane passed away, and Kate's life was slowly starting to return to normal. Custody arrangements sent her to live with her father, Sam, in Los Angeles, which couldn't have made Kate happier. Her and her Dad got along perfectly, and they had so much in common as well. But moving to LA with her Dad meant that she had to leave Iowa, and that was the difficult part. Not only did she have to say goodbye to her mother, but also to all of her friends and neighbors from the small little town she lived in. Her remaining family in Iowa promised to watch over Diane's grave while Kate moved away to LA, but Kate new that one day, she would return to Iowa, even if it was just to visit her mom.
'I guess this isn't so bad after all' Kate thought quickly, but then soon regretted it.
'How could you say that, mom just passed away 3 weeks ago…things will never be okay anymore.'
'But mom wants me to be happy, and being with Sam couldn't make me happier.'
As Kate held a battle with her inner conscious, the flight attendant came over the loud speaker:
"Group A is now boarding. That is flight 1516 to Los Angeles, now boarding group A."
'Guess that's me.' Kate said to herself. She looked out the window one last time at the beautiful Iowa that she was now leaving, and took a long, deep breath. She was going to miss the large farms, the cattle, the beautiful rolling hills, but most of all, the people that she loved dearly. She was going from the heartland to a concrete paradise. Quietly, Kate spoke one last time before boarding the plane.
"LA, here I come."
i hope you all enjoyed it. i know it was short, but it will get better. :
thanks for reading, and let me know if i should continue. and also, please review!