A/N
This is my first fic ever - an AU story. I changed a lot. Claire's not invloved as Jack sister – at least not yet. The island never happened, Kate never killed Wayne. I changed a lot, so hope you can keep up anyway. And as it says on my presentation: English is not my native language, and I'm only 15, tell me if I do anything wrong, and of course what you
think about the plot of the story :) Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot and the character Amy!

Amy made her way trough the hallway when her new neighbour's door opened, a green eyed, young brunette closed the door behind her, she gave Amy a polite smile as she walked by. Amy smiled back and unlocked the door to her brothers apartment. She tossed her bag on the floor and closed the door.

She found her brother – Jack, in the kitchen, sitting on a stool by the island, drinking his coffee.

He looked up as she entered the room.

"Hey, Amy. How was school?" He asked and took a sip of his coffee.

"Um .. Boring, as usual." she answered, sounding tired and opened the refrigerator, looking for something to eat. She grabbed a plastic box of chicken salad and a fork and went over to the island and sat beside him on one of the stools.

"We have a new neighbour.", she said and removed the lid from the box.

"We do? Um .. what's his .. or, uh ... her name?" He looked tired. Jack spent the most of his days – and nights at the hospital, working, no wonder he didn't have a slightest idea about what happened next door. He never noticed if someone moved in or out, or passed away, all he could ever think about was work.

"It's a her, but I don't know her name don't you ask her?" Said Amy jokingly and took a bite from her salad.

"Yeah, right." He chuckled and got up from the stool and put his mug on the sink.

"When're you supposed to be at the hospital?" asked Amy.

He glanced at his watch. "Shit, um ... five minutes ago," Her brother yelled as he ran out the door.

As he hurried down the stairs he suddenly bumped into something – or someone.

The person he'd bumped into had been carrying a cardboard box, and the content that had been in it was now spread all over the hallway floor. He hadn't looked where he was going, all he'd seen was the steps of the staircase.

He looked up. The same brunette Amy'd met in the hallways earlier that day was now staring back into his eyes. He held her gaze just a little too long. She was beautiful. Her brown curls tied up in a messy ponytail.

"I'm so sorry," Jack said and ran his left hand trough his short-cropped dark hair, then quickly bent down, and started to pick up the papers and photos that was spread all over the floor.

At first she just stood there, watching him picking up her memories, putting them back into the box. But then she bent down to help him.

They didn't say a thing 'til everything was back in the box, he picked it up, they stood up and he handed it over to her. "Um, as I said, I'm really sorry" he couldn't stop looking at her, looking into her amazing, green eyes.

"It's okay," She smiled and grabbed the box, "I guess I'll see you around," She said, leaving him standing there in the hallway, speechless.

He, eventually, realised that he was late for work. He rushed to his car and started heading for the hospital.

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Kate put down the box on the coffee table in her living room, finally, the last one, now all she had to do was to unpack all of them. She made her way over to the couch, it was tricky, since the floor was covered with boxes and plastic bags.

She sighed and picked up the paper from the coffee table, but she found nothing interesting to read about, she leaned back into the couch and smiled. The thought of the man she's bumped into just entered her mind.

Maybe she should be mad at him for not looking where he's going, but he did apologize; twice, but she could just not help it. His short, dark hair and brown eyes ... He was just gorgeous.

The sound of the doorbell sent her back to reality. She put away the paper and got up from the couch.

She wondered who it could be. She didn't know anyone here yet, and her friends couldn't have come all the way from Iowa just to visit her, not that she still had any.

When she opened the door she saw the same teenage girl she'd met earlier in the hallway this afternoon.

"Hi, I'm your new neighbour; Amy." Greeted Amy and continued "I live in the apartment opposite to yours with my older brother Jack."

"Hey, Amy. My name's Kate. Wanna come in?" Kate smiled and stepped aside so that Amy could walk in.

"Sure" She walked passed Kate, trying not to fall over any of the boxes on the floor. She looked around. "Nice place"

"Yeah, it's great. But it could need some new paint" Kate said looking at the white-yellowish walls, they looked almost like someone'd puked on them. "D'you want something – a soda, maybe?"

Kate went over to the kitchen and picked out two cans of coke from the refrigerator and handed one over to Amy.

"Thanks" She said and opened the can.

They went over to sit on the couch.

"So .. your brother is he ... Tall, brown eyed , dark-haired ..." Kate started, but got interrupted by Amy.

"You mean tall, dark and handsome" Amy teased. "Yeah, that's my brother, why?"
"I kinda bumped into him earlier today, he seemed to be in a hurry – well at first ..."

Amy interrupted her again.

"Ugh, He's such an ass. Lemme' guess, he wasn't looking where he was going? He never does, all he ever thinks about is the hospital, his patients, his paperwork ..." Amy calmed herself down and took a deep breath. "Sorry"

"Hm, he didn't exactly act like one – an ass i mean. Maybe he should have looked where he was going but at least he had time to apologize and help me pick up the photos I dropped."

"Yeah, I know. He's not really an ass. He's a good guy and everything. It's just that ... He doesn't even have time to take care of himself anymore. And even less time for making friends or even being social at all. He's totally out of his mind!"

Amy was now very upset again. She hated how her brother treated himself, always working, he had barely no friends anymore. Except for his Colleagues at the hospital.

Kate felt sorry for the girl sitting next to her, her brother always working, leaving Amy alone; to take care of herself. But she was pretty sure, that even though Amy was hurt because he was never home, she knew that Amy knew what he did was to take care of his little sister. But what about her parents?

"You live with your brother, you're ... well, I don't know exactly how old you are, but not old enough to be on your own. Don't you have any parents to take care of you?"

"They're doing charity work in Africa, so I live with my brother while they're gone, my dad's a surgeon too, so he decided to help out a little." She looked down on her feet, squeezing the cold can in her hands. "But I'm cool with it, I know what they do is to help other people who really needs their help, they need my parents more than I do, I know, but sometimes I wish they could be around more..."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. I didn't see my dad much when I was a kid neither. He's a Sergeant, he worked abroad a lot, and I never knew if he'd come home alive – or even come home at all..."

"But you had your mother, right?" Amy hoped that's she'd say yes, hoping that Kate hadn't been all alone, just like she was.

"Yeah, I did" Kate agreed and a small smile lit up Kate's face for a second, but disappeared as she continued:
"But she gone now, she died of cancer a month ago, so I just couldn't stay, that's why I moved here – to LA."

"Oh, I'm sorry..." Amy said, now feeling more sorry for her than Kate had for Amy.

Before she could continue Amy's phone suddenly started ringing and she quickly picked it out of her pocket and answered.

"It was Jack, He's coming home earlier tonight." Amy said and put her phone back into her jeans pocket. "I should get going," Amy said and got up from the couch.

"It was nice talking to you," Kate said as they were standing by the door.

"Please, give Jack my regards, will you?"
Amy opened the door. "Of course" Amy stood there for a second considering something.
"You know what, why don't you come over for dinner tonight? Now when Jack's coming home early and all. I'd be nice to get to know you better – for Jack to finally meet one of his neighbours. He really needs to make some new friends."

"Okay" Kate accepted Amy's invitation, sounding less unsure than she really was.
"Okay, six o'clock" Amy said and left Kate standing in the doorway, full of bewilderment.

A/N

Hope you liked it. And it's my first fic ever so REVIEW :D
And, oh, this Amy is not Ethans mother - I created her myself.
I've finished the second chapter, but I want at least one review before I put it up here.
I don't want to keep writing if nobody likes it.