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Summary: In the year 2028, 5 strangers will find out they have more in common then they think, when the cruise ship they are on crashes onto an island.

Lost: The Next Generation

"Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark. – Bryce Courtenay

Ch 3

The Music

She spotted him almost immediately sitting at a table up front. She sauntered over to his table and sat down with a smile on her face. "Hello boys"

Julian cocked an eye brow at her. "Clementine" he said eyeing her in tight red dress that showed every curve of her body.

"Julian" she replied back.

"I didn't figure you as the clingy type" he says with a smirk

"You think this is clingy, doc?" she asks rhetorically. "Who's your friend" She says turning her attention to Charlie. "Hello, there" she says looking into his eyes and watched him blush from the attention she was giving him as she ran her hand up his leg. Julian just shook his head and smiled.

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They walked up to the doors of the lounge. "Are you sure you want to go here?" Aaron asked her. "It looks like it's for old people"

Ji Yeon did look through the doors and saw that it was an older crowd. But she had bought a new dress and she wanted a chance to wear it someplace nice. She was still thinking about it when she saw a poster on a stand next to the entrance. "She's playing here!" she exclaims excitedly pointing towards the poster. "I love her music, we have to stay here now" she told Aaron.

Aaron nodded and walked through the doors with her. His grandmother had listened to her music and he found it was the only music of hers that he actually liked. The music had a soothing quality that he enjoyed and he had no idea why. It wasn't even near the type of music he listened too.

"Charlie?" Ji Yeon said surprised as they walked past them to the table next to them.

"Ji Yeon" he said standing up to greet her to distance himself from the woman who was trying to seduce him and succeeding. He knew that she was way too fast for him. He shook Aaron's hand as well.

He watched from a table far in the back as he sipped his drink as they all greeted each other. He was wearing a nice black dress shirt and black slacks to better blend in and not be seen. But this was easier then he thought it would be, they were drawn to each other and all he had to do was wait for the right time to intervene. He watched Ji Yeon and Aaron sit down at table next to them. Since the Pianist was playing tonight the tables were closer together than usual. So Ji Yeon was almost touching the back of Julian's chair. He smiled as Clementine was still trying to flirt with the shy Charlie Hume. He took another sip as a man stepped on the podium.

"Ladies and Gentlemen you are in for a treat tonight!" said the announcer. "And the rest of your trip with us" he added with a smile. "The woman that is about to play for you first played at the Sydney Opera House at the tender age of 11, mesmerizing the audience with her skillful and beautiful playing." He said using swinging his arms out in emphasis. "Now at twenty-five she's most famous for her "super-sonic" ability to play over 19 notes per second with both hands simultaneously." He stands straighter. "So prepare yourselves to have music fill your body and soul and mind, with amazing sensations that will carry you into strange and wonderful realms." He pauses "It is our honor to have her play for us, please welcome…Megan Pace"

The entire bar stood up to clap as she entered. She wore her blond hair in a loose bun on top of her head, a white lace top and black skirt that stopped above her knees. She walked on the podium and bowed in both directions then sat down. She took a deep breath and stretched her fingers before placing them over the keys. She thought of her father Liam who was so proud of her when he caught her playing on his piano when she was three. He told her that music runs through her veins and it's the only thing she needs to run through them. He made sure to tell her all about his own battle with drug addictions and how it had almost ruined everything for him. The most important thing being her, he told her he couldn't imagine not being there for her and he would've killed himself had she not been born showing him his new path. When his younger brother, her uncle Charlie went down in a plane crash he told her she got her talent from him. She began playing, losing herself in the current as both her hands started moving along the keys creating a beautiful river of sound.

The five of them sat there in silence as the music washed over them. They had heard her music before and loved to listen to it and they had no idea why. It was almost as the music had a message meant just for them.

Sitting in the back he felt it too, the music was almost putting him in a trance which allowed him to see that it wouldn't be long now.

When Megan was done playing she bowed again and looked to the two tables in front. The five of them were clapping the loudest and for some reason she wasn't surprised. She's never seen any of them in her life but she felt like she was connected to them somehow. She ignores the feeling and exits the room.

They hadn't had that much to drink but they all felt a little light headed when the music stopped. And Clementine just realized that none had spoken a word since Megan started to play. That was probably the longest she's ever gone without talking she thought to herself.

"Wow, she's amazing" Julian said breaking the silence. They all nodded their heads in agreement. They all felt tired called it a night and went their separate ways.