-1Chapter 4
Jack sat in his office attempting to get through the tonnes of paperwork he was behind on, but his mind was somewhere else. He just couldn't stop thinking about her, Jack was almost sure he'd be writing 'Jack 4 Juliet' if it continued. Not that he minded, of course.
He decided he would go check on Rachel, see how she was doing. He wasn't one to check how a patient was doing, it was really an excuse to talk to somebody about Juliet without it looking suspicious.
Jack walked into her room to find her reading. "Afternoon Miss Carlson"
Rachel looked up, "Oh hello Dr. Shephard, I nearly didn't recognise you without the facial hair"
Jack smiled and nodded "Well, I decided it didn't really.. Suit me"
"Hmm, are you sure it didn't have anything to do with a certain Juliet?"
Jack looked at her, surprised. He wasn't aware that Juliet had told Rachel that she knew him. They were sisters he supposed. Noticing his puzzled face Rachel explained "She called me last night, told me you two had gone out for lunch yesterday".
Jack paused and tried to hide the fact he was smiling broadly "I don't.. see what this has to do with my beard?"
Rachel sniggered and went back to her book. Jack opened his mouth to ask how she was feeling when he heard his name on the intercom. "Would Dr. Shephard report to the main desk please? Dr. Shephard to the main desk, thank you."
"I better go see what that's about", he told Rachel. "No problem", she answered not taking her eyes away from her book.
Jack made his way to the receptionist "I was called?". The receptionist opened her mouth to answer when he heard his name being spoken by somebody behind him.
"Jack?"
He turned around to face whoever had spoken.
"Kate?.. What are you doing here?"
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Juliet shook hands with Jin, and leaned in to hug Sun "It's really good to see you two again". Sun smiled, "You too Juliet, and thank you". Jin gave her an appreciative nod as the two of them left the office.
Juliet smiled as they left and walked around her side of the desk and sat back down, she was just about to call her sister when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!", she called.
The door swung open, and Juliet froze. The man entered her office and shut the door behind him. He turned to face her, an evil grin spreading across his face.
"Hello Juliet. Nice to see you again"
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"Kate, what do you want?".
Kate stared at him, a confused look on her face. Jack never spoke to her this way, it was usually him chasing her, him trying desperately to contact her.
"I want to tell you something, Jack"
He sighed and ran his hand over his head "Well make it quick because I'm sort of busy today". Kate bit her lip nervously, not quite sure how to start. "I see you shaved, it looks.."
"Kate, for God's sake, what do you want?", he shouted at her. Jack didn't know why he was so mad, he had no reason to be, Kate hadn't said anything to make him mad.
She averted her eyes to the floor, aware of the receptionist giving her suspicious looks. "I.. I've decided I want to go back with you.. To the island". She looked up to face him, expecting him to smile, expecting him to thank her, expecting him to hold her in his arms.. Or maybe that was just what she wanted him to do.
Much to her dismay, Jack did none of those things. Instead he did something she wasn't expecting.
"Kate.. I don't want to go back anymore..". Once again she looked confused "What? Why? For the past 3 years you've been pestering me to go back with you, and now that I say I will, you don't want to!"
Jack looked away "Yes Kate, that's right"
Kate rose her voice "Well why not! Why, all of a sudden, don't you wanna go back, why..". Jack cut across her. "Because I don't have a reason to anymore!"
Now, not only the receptionist was staring at them, but almost everybody within distance of hearing their argument.
Jack looked around him, suddenly feeling very embarrassed. "I think you should go now, Kate". He saw tears forming in her eyes, he turned and walked back down the corridor to his office, leaving Kate standing there with tears pouring down her cheeks.
The funny thing was, he didn't feel guilty.
