Chapter 2
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A/N: Thank you for reviewing guys! This chapter just deals with how Kate is dealing with Jack's death, and then next chapter there will be lots of fun skate.
That night Kate was in her room undressing and changing into her comfortable clothes. She didn't care who was there anymore. It just seemed like they would never leave. And after Sawyer had left, it had just gotten worse. Everyone wanted to talk to her about Jack and how good he had been, and what things he had done, and the funny things that he would say. It was too much for her.
The door opened and Kate sighed as she waited to see who it was. Charlie poked his head into the room. "Hey." He looked around and then came in and shut the door. "Are you okay?"
Kate saw the concerned look in his eyes and she fell apart in his arms. He held her tightly as she sobbed.
She clung to him and he closed his eyes as he also fought back the tears. Jack had been such a great guy. He and Kate had been perfect together. It was so horrible that this had happened to her.
"Everything's going to be okay Kate."
"No it's not. I loved him so much."
"I know. I know." Charlie rubbed her back. "But we'll get through this. I promise."
"You can't promise that. You know you can't."
"No, but I know you. You'll recover. Soon you'll be painting again, and you'll be discovered and you'll be famous."
Kate shook her head. She was scaring Charlie. He had never seen her like this before.
"Do you want me and Hurley to stay here tonight?"
"No." Kate shook her head and pulled away from Charlie. "That's okay. Thanks." She ashamedly wiped away her tears and started to put her clothes away.
Charlie put a hand on Kate's arm. "I'm not asking. I don't want you to stay here alone."
"Okay." Kate nodded gratefully. "Thanks."
"If you want to talk, I'm here for you."
"I know."
"Do you want to come down with us now?"
"Who's us?"
"Hurley and I."
"Okay."
They walked down the stairs, where Hurley was going through Kate's wedding gifts. "Hey Kate! Do we get to keep this stuff? Here's a waffle maker!"
"I don't know. I've never had this kind of experience before." Kate managed a small smile and Hurley stopped to look at her.
"Oh." He gave a sheepish grin. "How are you doing?"
"I'm okay."
"You need to eat something Kate." Charlie told her gently.
"I'm not hungry." Kate shook her head.
"Why don't I make you something?" Charlie suggested.
"Okay." Kate sat down in the living room and noticed the wedding plans were on the coffee table. She sighed as she leaned over to grab her sleeping medicine.
"What do you want Kate?"
"I don't care."
Charlie went over to the refrigerator and opened it. Inside was the wedding cake. Now he knew why Kate didn't want to go in there.
"Hurley." Charlie beckoned Hurley to come over to him.
"Dude."
"Yeah. What should we do?"
"Eat it."
"No we can't eat it."
"Sure we can."
Charlie reached in and took the two figurines from the top. They easily resembled Jack and Kate. "I'm going to give these to her."
"You can't do that!"
"Well it's a roundabout way of asking if we can eat the cake."
"Oh. Okay."
Charlie walked into the other room. "Hey Kate."
"What?" Kate looked up.
"These were on the cake." Charlie showed them to her and she slowly took them from him.
"Why did this have to happen Charlie?" Kate looked at him pleadingly.
Charlie sighed. He hated this. He didn't understand why this had to happen. "I don't know." Charlie sat down next to her on the couch and she leaned into him as he put his arm around her. "Sometimes these things happen, and we don't know why. Maybe…"
"What?"
"Maybe Jack wasn't meant to marry you. Maybe he wasn't the guy for you."
Kate was silent. "How could you say that? Everyone said that-"
"I know. Maybe we were all wrong."
"But if Jack wasn't the one, then who is?"
Charlie shrugged as he looked away. Could he be the one? He did love Kate, but did he love her that much?
A/N: Love triangle? A little bit. But don't worry it won't affect Skate. :)
