So this story actually has a plot now! Me and my friend started on this ages ago but I just never got around to uploading it :P Oh well! It's available to you now and reviews would be lovely(: Gracias!
After the bright light appeared, James felt a sharp pain in his head and then saw his living room back in Dharmaville spinning around him. His head was pounding and the tears from a few moments ago blurred his vision so he couldn't see much else. He wiped his eyes quickly and sat up, ignoring the pain. Had the bomb actually...done somethin'? He wondered. He looked around the room at the confused faces of all his friends: Hurley, Jack, Kate, Jin... and then his eyes fell on her.
He sprang up from his chair and asked tentatively, "Juliet?"
When she heard the voice she whirled around to face him. "J-James?" she stuttered.
Suddenly the weight of the world lifted from his shoulders and he grinned, something he never thought he would do again. The tears returned to his eyes as he shouted, "Juliet!" and flung himself at her, squeezing her tightly as his muscles started working again.
Juliet had also been confused about what happened. She had detonated the bomb and suddenly ended up back on the couch on which she had watched James call Kate "Freckles." But that didn't matter anymore. The tears in her eyes turned were of utmost joy as she hugged him as tight as she could. She didn't care or know what would happen next, but as long as they were together everything would be fine.
They both held onto each other, completely unaware of their surroundings, as they cried and laughed. When James pulled away he decided to make up for all the pain that he had caused her in the past few days (though to him it seemed like decades ago). "I love you, Juliet," he said as he ran his fingers through her hair and then held her face in his hands.
Juliet beamed so hugely that her eyes became saturated with tears and spilled onto her cheeks at a rapid pace. "I love you, James," she replied happily. She was free of troubles. Relieved.
How had he ever let her go? Let her fingers literally slip right through his? Staring into Juliet's glistening sky blue eyes, James wondered why he was so lucky. What had he done to deserve love from someone else? After everything he had done wrong, when did he go right? Because this moment was so right. The perfection of it all warmed his entire being.
"I'm never lettin' go of you again," he teased her. "You're stuck with me forever."
"Good," she replied with a smirk. "Kiss me, James."
He smirked back. "You got it, Blondie."
Their noses brushed and their lips met. Juliet could feel James' hands on her back, pulling her as close as possible. She put her hands around his neck and hooked them together. The minutes they were apart needed to be made up. She pressed her lips harder onto his, trying to pour her emotions into the kiss. Juliet felt him smile and couldn't help but grin herself. Fate kept trying to pull them apart from each other, but they just held on tighter.
One moment Kate was lugging Sawyer away from the drill hole and the next moment, a white light flashed and her head burst into pain. And then just as suddenly as the pain began, it ceased and she found herself in Sawyer and Juliet's living room once again. What just happened? She wondered. She noticed everyone else sitting around her as well. She and Jack locked eyes, as they quite often did, and suddenly she heard a scream: "Juliet!"
Kate's head snapped towards Sawyer's voice just in time to see him jump towards Juliet. She's alive? Kate wondered. We must have been blown back in time... I'm glad she's okay, but...
Her thought remained unfinished because Hurley exclaimed: "What the hell just happened?" Good question, Kate thought with a smirk.
"I think… we've gone into the past," Jack responded with a look of worry displayed across his features.
"No kidding," Hurley retorted with a snort. "But when?"
A spark suddenly ignited in Kate's brain. "I know when we are!" Everyone looked at her expectantly, hopefully, except Juliet and Sawyer. Kate couldn't help but stare jealously at the couple for a few seconds. They got a second chance... they were so lucky.
"Well?" Jin asked impatiently as Kate remembered that they were waiting for her. She nervously pushed loose strands of hair out of her face.
"Has anyone noticed that Miles is missing?" she asked the group but only got blank stares in return. "Well he is," she started, "and the rest of us are together in Sawyer's living room... look at the way we're sitting." Their eyes quickly scanned the room. Jack's face showed recognition. "The bomb has blown us back in time to right before Miles and Faraday came to us… telling us to take him to his mom. The bomb blew us back in time before any of us knew there was a bomb," she finished pointedly.
"Kate's right," Jack said, staring at her meaningfully, eyes almost filling with tears. "This is it. This is our destiny."
"Uhh… Jack?" Hurley asked skeptically. "No offense dude, but how is our destiny to go back in time to stop our other destiny?"
Now Jack looked confused again.
"No, no... Jack's right, Hurley," Kate said softly yet urgently, this time looking at Jack meaningfully. "We know that the bomb didn't work, so now we can-"
Knock. Knock. Knock.
Everyone went completely silent; even Sawyer and Juliet's attention was caught and they broke apart. "I'll get it," Sawyer stated angrily with the ever-present furrow in his brow. He reluctantly stood up and opened the door without patience.
"Hey James," Daniel faraday stated with a smile.