Here's the next chapter! It's for xTheDoctorsCompanion, as a birthday present. Enjoy! I don't own Lost.
Chapter 8: I'm With You
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Wont you take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
but I... I'm with you – I'm with you by Avril Lavigne.
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Memories.
They were blurring into one big mess of screams and anger, and she had no idea where she was, what had happened. Memories of the father of her baby, all four of them, went in and out of her mind, replaying their times together.
It was if her mind was trying to tell her something.
Leo. Darren. Dak. Sin.
Sin...
The name brought back a memory of anger, screams, pleas. She could feel how he had grabbed her arm and held her there, demanded for her to tell the truth; the truth about what?
And she remembered. She realized where she was.
She realized why she felt scared.
Because of him.
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'you don't even know her!'
'at least I did something,' Nadine argued. 'unlike the rest of you. You all just stood there, watching, like it was a frickin' circus. He was hurting her, and you all just stood there.'
'oh, I will kick your ass if I have to, honey!' Ella exclaimed angrily. 'we saw it. We saw how no one did a thing and we were running towards her. We are her best friends.'
'some friends you are,' Nadine said, crossing her arm over her chest.
'look,' Roma sighed. 'can we all just calm down. This isn't about us. It's about Lea.'
They nodded and all turned, looking into the hospital room that Lea was in.
She was waking up.
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'damn it, damn it, damn it!'
'God, what's got you so on edge?' Sin asked charmingly, looking at Lila, who was trying in vain to light her cigarette.
'oh, go away, Sinbad!' she exclaimed. 'you hurt her, don't talk to me.'
'oh my God,' Sin muttered in exasperation. 'I didn't mean it, okay? I didn't mean to hurt her. I wasn't even aware you were friends with Lea.'
'Lea? I'm talking about Jen. My stepsister? Wait – what did you do to Lea?'
'I...she's in hospital,' Sin confessed. 'I put her there.'
'did you hit her?' Lila exclaimed angrily.
'no! I just got angry and she collapsed. I think...I scared her,' he confessed.
'you ass,' Lila said. 'walk with me. I gotta see someone.'
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Once the doctors had talked to Lea, her friends walked in. Roma walked up to her and put her arms around her.
'thank God you're okay,' Roma murmured. 'the baby?'
'baby's okay,' Lea smiled happily, putting a hand on her stomach. 'I just had low blood sugar levels.'
'not to mention that psycho attacked you,' Nadine said, crossing her arms over her chest.
Ella turned to her. 'why are you still here?' she demanded, poison dripping from her words.
Lea smiled at Nadine and beckoned her over. Nadine hesitantly walked over and Lea took her hand.
'you were the one who pulled him away from me?' Lea asked.
'yeah,' she said.
'Nadine, right?' she got a nod in response. 'I'm Leanne. Thank you.'
'no problem,' Nadine murmured.
Lea looked at her friends.
'where's Jack?'
They all looked at each other.
'he said he had to go find someone,' Claire said uneasily.
They all knew who.
Sin.
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'you sister,' Jendayi said in disgust, sitting down next Mallory. 'can't believe she's getting involved...'
'you can badmouth anyone else you want, just not Nadine, okay?' Mallory said, absentmindedly smiling at a memory.
'why are you smiling so much?' Jen demanded, suddenly curious in her own way – her curiosity was never openly curious, it was masked in anger at happiness.
'uhh...I'm not. I'm not smiling,' she said, although she was. 'there's no reason to be smiling.'
'you're smiling,' Jen pointed out.
'so maybe I am,' she sighed. 'but smiling is good for you. It takes more effort to frown than smile.'
Jen raised an eyebrow. 'you don't want to tell me, fine. But Radovan's been smiling as wide as you have been, so I can just broadcast this little love fest over the school.'
Mallory threw a book at her.
'that's the way I work, Roux,' Jen said.
'he kissed me again, okay?' Mallory said irritably. 'and I punched him.'
Jen laughed.
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Sin, Lila and Kate – who Lila had told what they were doing, and had decided to tag along – entered Sin's dorm room.
Desmond, Ben and Jack looked up.
'you!' Jack exclaimed, jumping forward and hitting him.
'hey, hey, hey!' Lila exclaimed, getting in between them. 'let's all just calm down, okay?'
'did you not hear what he did?' Jack demanded angrily, trying to get at him. 'he-'
'I know! I know, okay?' Lila said loudly. 'just-' Jack tried to get at him and Lila got even further between them. 'STOP JACK! Now, you wouldn't hit a girl, would you?'
'no,' Jack said. 'I wouldn't,' he glared at Sin.
'I didn't hit her!' Sin exclaimed. 'I grabbed her arm and we were yelling and she fainted! I didn't hit her!'
Lila saw anger flash in Jack's eyes and she nodded, moving suddenly and giving Jack a clear shot to Sin's face.
And he took it.
Leo walked in and stared at them all.
'uhh, what's going on?' he asked, seeing the tense atmosphere.
Lila put a hand on Jack's arm. 'feel better?' she asked.
He nodded.
'what happened?' Leo asked.
Kate sighed and spoke up.
'Sin attacked Leanne. She's in the hospital,' she explained.
'did she tell you?' Sin asked Jack. 'she ain't sure who the daddy is. Keeps telling me it wasn't me, but I think it is.'
Leo stared at Sin in disbelief.
And then he walked out.
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Darren knocked on the door of the hospital room and Lea looked up from her friends conversation and stared at him.
'what?' she asked bluntly.
'can I talk to you for a minute?' he asked.
She sighed and turned to her friends. 'can you guys give me a minute?'
They stood up and all left, Roma shooting daggers at Darren.
Darren sat down next to Lea.
'Lea...' he trailed off. 'who's the father?'
'what?' she asked.
'who's the father? Because if it's me, I want to do right by you and by this baby, and if it's not me, then I'll help you every step of the way, if you'll let me, okay?'
'truthfully...' she trailed off. 'I don't know who the father is,' she said.
His face softened. 'really?' he asked softly.
'really,' she said, a tear falling down her cheek.
Darren wiped it away. 'I'm with you.'
He placed a hand on her stomach.
'I'm with you.'
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I know it was heavily focused on Lea's troubles, and it was short (a filler chapter really), but I wanted to get some of this over and done with before I get into the stuff I'll really enjoy writing.
And Jack hit Sin :D
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