Here's chapter 7 of my Lost fanfic :) Thanks for reviewing and adding this to story alerts etc. I dont own Lost or any of the TV characters - although i would like to :D Please read and review!
Rachel x
Chapter 7
The next day I ventured back down to the beach with Jack to bring some water for those who stayed behind. My rucksack was heavy, weighed down with bulky bottles of water.
"So" Jack started, striking up conversation, "where are you from?"
"I was born in California, but we moved around a lot when I was growing up. My dad was a Major in the army, we moved with him when he was stationed somewhere new. Usually we were somewhere in America but we went to Mexico, Cuba, Europe. We went all over the place really, never sticking to one place longer than six months till I was fifteen" I explained.
Jack courteously held a heavy branch out of my face and I smiled gratefully; I was really working up a sweat lugging these bottles through the jungle.
"Why'd you stop moving?" Jack asked.
I sighed.
"My mum died in a car accident. It was nobody's fault, just wrong place wrong time. My dad took it pretty hard, got himself chucked out of the army for his drinking" I said quietly.
"I know it is" Jack replied "my dad was a doctor, one of the best surgeons in the country, till he began hitting the bottle breakfast, lunch and dinner"
He smiled sadly and knowingly back at me. I returned his smile gratefully. He knew what I was talking about, he understood.
"Why were you in Sydney then?" Jack asked, trying to change to a better subject; it wasn't but he wasn't to know.
"I used to live there after my mum died, but I was visiting someone" I told him.
"Anyone nice?" Jack grinned, winking.
I shook my head and laughed, then looked full on at the back of his head as we walked.
"My daughter lives in Sydney" I told him quietly.
Jack stopped for a moment but soon carried on with his even walk through the jungle, I followed on behind him.
"Yeah?" he hedged "what's her name?"
"Leah Rose Biers" I said proudly.
"Nice name"
"Thanks, I like it".
It wasn't that I felt like he wouldn't understand. Jack was a doctor and my friend, this wouldn't matter to him. But I really didn't want to get into it with him now. Sensing that that was all I was going to say on the matter for now, Jack picked up the pace, and I changed the subject for us to avoid my own awkwardness.
"So…Kate…huh?" I teased.
"What about her?" Jack asked innocently.
"You so want her!" I laughed.
"Oh really? A bit like you want Sawyer!" Jack shot back, both of us laughing.
"You have no idea what you are talking about, Jack Shepherd"
"Is that so? That wasn't what you were saying in your sleep last night! In between calling for some celebrity punks, you kept talking about dear old Sawyer" he grinned.
"You've got to be kidding me!" I exclaimed loudly, blushing deep red.
Jack guffawed, and from the look on his face I could tell that he was telling the truth; great, just great.
"Should my ears be burning?" Sawyer's Southern twang rang out as he stepped out in front of us, smirking.
He had heard us; great. Jack had stopped walking and was standing next to me, biting his bottom lip to keep from laughing. I kept my head down and blushed even more. God I hated my life sometimes.
"I'll be on the beach" Jack grinned, waving at me and winking in view of both Sawyer and I.
"So, I'm the man of your dreams, Sunshine?" Sawyer teased.
I didn't say anything, just glared at him. He laughed and puffed out his chest smugly. It annoyed me but I couldn't be mad.
"Do you want something, Sawyer?" I asked.
"Ollie, dear, the more important question is, do you want something from me?" he retaliated "because Doctor Jack seems to think so"
"I've got to take this water back to camp" I muttered, striding forwards.
Sawyer grabbed my hips, twisting me around and pulling me to him so that our faces were almost touching. I could feel his breath on my face. I loved the feeling our closeness.
"Sawyer…" I whispered.
He leaned in further and kissed me. My lips moved of their own accord. This thumbs rubbed against the skin that sat between my shorts and my vest top. I closed my eyes and let myself get caught up in the moment.
"What is this, Sawyer?" I asked, getting my breath back and resting my head against his muscular chest. Sawyer backed away from me a little.
"We are what we are Sunshine" Sawyer shrugged "nothing more nothing less".
"Right" I said
My heart seemed to sting and burn in my chest. My throat seemed to constrict and my eyes burned with tears. I strode forward towards the beach.
"Ollie" Sawyer called after me.
"No, Sawyer, it's fine, I get it. But I'm not going to be your little island distraction" I said, whirling around to face him.
I spun back around and walked out of the trees onto the beach.
I hid out on the beach on my own for a while, far away from any of the other survivors. I let myself cry. This was stupid, we'd known each other all of eight days and shared all of one kiss and here I was, being an idiot and crying. I should have realised that this didn't mean anything to him. It shouldn't have meant anything to me, but it did. I really liked Sawyer. I was attracted to him physically, but I'd also confessed things that I hadn't talked about to others on the island. I really had fallen for him, I was an idiot.
I was walking back to the beach when I saw everyone running around like maniacs. Confused, I ran to Boone to see what was going on, Sawyer wasn't far away.
"Boone, what's wrong?" I asked.
"There has been a cave-in at the caves, Jack's trapped. We're going to try and get him out" Boone explained glumly as he threw his pack on to his back. I turned reluctantly to Sawyer.
"Get Kate, no messing around, you get Kate" I told him firmly.
Before anyone could stop me, I was racing through the jungle to Jack. I powered my way through the jungle, pushing branches out of my way without stopping. I could hear pounding feet behind me but I didn't stop when I heard them either.
When I arrived at the caves there was already a small crowd forming. I gasped when I saw the small mountain of rubble. Jack was under there. There were a few people, including Jin, Sun and Charlie, who were shovelling rocks away.
"Wait" Michael called as he and Boone skidded to a halt beside me.
"I worked in construction" Michael explained "we need to be careful or the whole place could cave in"
It took us a while before we cleared enough rubble for us to hear Jack. And even then we could only clear a small hole.
"Who goes in?" Boone asked.
"I will, I'm only five four, I'll fit" I volunteered.
"Be careful" Michael instructed.
I smiled confidently, or as confidently as I could given the nature of the situation. I took a deep breath and got onto my hands and knees, crawling into the small hole that we had dug. I edged closer and closer in.
Just as I saw Jack ahead of me, the caves rumbled again. I braced myself, tensing up. I screamed as a sharp rock thudded against my back, along with a dozen others that bombarded my body. I could feel warm blood trickling from my head and I felt intense pain in my side. I bent around to see and extremely pointy rock sticking out of my side. Groaning in pain, I reached around and with shaking fingers pulled the offending object out.
"Oh, Jesus" I whimpered.
"Ollie? Is that you?" Jack called out.
"It's me" I called back, shuffling painfully forwards till I reached him.
His legs were trapped and he was clutching his shoulder. Immediately, despite the pain in my side and my head, I started removing the rubble from on top of Jack's legs. I was gasping for breath by the time I was finished.
"You're bleeding, Ollie" Jack stated.
"No way, Doc" I said sarcastically.
"My shoulder…is dislocated. I need you to reset it for me" Jack said.
"No, no way can I, Jack. I don't know what I'm doing" I protested.
"I'll walk you through it"
I grimaced but edged closer. He told me what I was supposed to do and I firmly took a hold of his shoulder and arm. I bit my lip.
"Ready?" I asked him.
"Do it" he said through gritted teeth.
As I reset his shoulder Jack let out a grown of pain, and when it was over I apologised profusely. Still In pain, but not quite so much, Jack sat up and looked around. Then I spotted it, a moth. It was fluttering around a specific spot, I crawled closer. There was light and a small, tiny, almost not there breeze.
"Help me move these rocks, Jack" I pleaded, already pulling at them.
Between us we managed to clear away the rocks enough so that we could fit through.
"After you" I grinned through the pain.
"Thanks" he laughed.
We crawled through the gap, the pain in my side almost unbearable. And we were out in the open, the leafy, green jungle all around us. Jack pushed himself to his feet and hobbled over to me, pulling me up to my feet. I clutched my side.
"A little help here please" Jack said as he dragged me to the entrance of the caves.
Kate leapt forwards to Jack and hugged him tight to her; it looked like she'd been crying. Sawyer sprang forwards too, catching me as I wobbled He held me to him fiercely before pressing his lips to mine. Even through my pain I felt the pleasure.
"I don't want you to be my island distraction" he whispered to me.
