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xox-emily-xox &&HannyHan: I prefer Charlie&&Claire aswell, but Charlie didn't fit into the football scene… but that doesn't mean that he wont appear at some point ;)
Personally I hate this chapter, it's a bit pointless but it's so that I don't jump too far without explaining some things.
Anyways. Have fun &&review please :)!!
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"Did you hear the news?"
"Oh my gosh, seriously?"
"Sounds sore"
As Kate and Sawyer entered school everyone was buzzing with gossip about Tom's apparent football accident. They climbed up the front stairs and entered through the main doors and headed for their usual hangout spot. When they reached there Jack and Juliet were wrapped up in each other not noticing anyone but each other and a very bored Sayid leaning against the locker picking at his nails. Sayid looked up and spotted them walking towards him, a grin appeared on his face "Eventually! By the way… did you hear what happened to Tom" he said glad that there were other people around him. Kate and Sawyer looked to each other and back to Sayid and shook there heads "He was playing football last night and Jason accidentally tackled him… he broke his arm and has a massive bruise across his face!" he replied amused by Toms misfortune. Sawyer smirked at Kate and replied "Really… wow, aint he the lucky one"
Kate laughed at Sawyers sarcasm and nodded at Sayid, hmmm, what's going on with them? Sayid thought exchanging glances between the two of them, when they just smiled back at him he scrunched his eyebrows together and smiled awkwardly. "Its today Shannon gets back right?" Kate asked Sayid, he nodded and smiled "Yeah, I've missed her quite a lot" Kate gave him and awww look and Sawyer rolled his eyes "Awwwwww, Mohammed aint you so schweeet" he said sarcastically. Sayid glowered at him and forced a smile, Sawyer laughed "come on you know I'm playin with ya" he slapped Sayid on the shoulder "Yeah, I know" Sayid replied with a smile.
Kate grabbed Sawyer arm lightly to get him to turn around, he faced her with a questioning look. "I'm going to see if I can find Claire okay?" he smiled and replied "You want me to come with ya?" She shook her head and smiled back at him "No, its okay" They paused for a moment, not sure what to do, both wanted to have a goodbye kiss but they shifted slightly and hugged quickly. Kate waved to the rest of the people there and headed off in the direction of the music corridor, where Claire would likely be. She headed down the various corridors leading towards the music rooms occasionally smiling at people who smiled at her, her smile faltered slightly as she passed by a few of Tom's friends but she tried her best not to acknowledge them.
As she turned into the music corridor she saw Desmond standing by Claire and Charlie, having a conversation. When she reached them she said hi "Well I'll see ya later then, bye… Hi Kate" Desmond said as he headed off to get his friends. Kate looked to Claire and smiled weakly "How are you today?" Claire blinked and paused for a beat then replied "Yeah, I'm okay… thank you for showing up" Kate smiled and hugged her. "No bother, I'm glad Sawyer decided to show up there" Claire nodded against Kates shoulder. Charlie coughed to let them know he was still there, so they broke apart and laughed. "I better get going, Liam's looking for me… band practice and that" Charlie said sadly, Claire nodded and hugged him tightly, he smiled and kissed the top of her head and said bye to Kate as he wandered off into one of the rooms.
Kate watched the expression on Claire's face as Charlie walked away and smiled "So… you and Charlie? Something going on?" Claire blushed momentarily "No… we were a couple a few years back… but it didn't work out… I still miss him though" Kate nodded "still close friends? That's good… so what about Desmond then?" she added in slyly. Claire rolled her eyes and laughed "I like Desmond… he's a sweet guy but I really want something to happen with Charlie though" A smile twitched on Kates face then slowly faded as she saw someone walking towards them, followed by his sidekick. Claire looked at Kate then saw what she was looking at… Tom followed by Jason, as they walked past the girls both of them smiled sickly and Tom pouted at them and winked. Kate and Claire had shifted backwards slightly to put distance between them and the two boys, Kate glared at him as he passed why is he still acting like a jackass after he got attacked? She shook her head in disgust and said goodbye to Claire.
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When she walked in her room she dumped her bag on the floor and lay on her bed, she was slowly falling asleep when he phone vibrated against her leg; it was Shannon asking if she would come over. Kate smiled and headed towards Shannon's house. Kate peeked her head around the door to Shannon's room and smiled when Shannon noticed her standing there "Kate! Oh my god, I've missed you… and what the hell happened?!" she said as she launched herself at Kate and grabbed her into a hug; Kate laughed and hugged her tight. They went over to the bed and sat down, getting comfortable. "Well… me and Tom aren't together anymore" Kate said quietly trying to bypass this specific conversation, Shannon stared at her and replied "What happened? You seemed pretty upset on the phone" Kate looked down and said quietly "he wanted to take the next step and I didn't, so he was going to force me…" Shannon stared at her in shock; she would never have thought that Tom was like that.
She grabbed Kate into a hug and petted her arm "I'm sorry, I just… can't believe he's like that" Kate nodded and replied snidely "Yeah, I wouldn't have imagined he would do that… until he took my underwear off and put his hand up my dress" Shannon shook her head in disgust what an ass "So Sawyer got you okay?" Kate nodded "Yeah… thanks for calling him Shan" she smiled and said "Yeah, I knew he'd be there straight away" Kate smiled "Yeah, he was so amazing to me, he offered me to stay in his house, and then he stayed at mine till daddy came back" Shannon grinned and stared at her "Kate! You stayed over?" she grinned as well and replied back "his bed actually" Shannon stared at her opened mouthed "Oh really?" she said slyly, Kate rolled her eyes and replied quickly "He held me all night, that was it"
"If it was me, holding me wouldn't have been the only thing he would do" Shannon said lustily, Kate whacked her arm "Shan!" she turned around and laughed "What? He's gorgeous and has a killer body" Kate laughed and nodded "Yeah, especially when he's just in his boxers" Shannon gave her a lop sided grin and laughed "Would be so good to see him naked wouldn't it?" Kate stared at her "Shannon! What about Sayid… your um… boyfriend?!" she said seriously, Shannon rolled her and replied "I can still window shop… and besides if you were in my position, wouldn't you say the exact same?" Kate laughed and nodded "Yeah I suppose I would" Shannon laughed and slapped Kates thigh "See, it's only natural to want to get him in the nude" Kate smirked and replied "Okay, Okay… lets just change the subject" Shannon raised her eyebrow and laughed.
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"Hey Freckles" Sawyer said pulling Kate into a hug, she smiled and replied "Hi James" as she pulled him closer, he leaned back a fraction or two and said "I'm leaving for a few days… got some family business to attend to with my Uncle" he saw sadness wash over her face for a second then she covered it up and smiled weakly "cool… so you leaving today or tomorrow?" he forced a smile and replied "Today… actually my uncles waiting for me the now…" she nodded and said oh. To try and lighten the mood he said happily "So you're gonna miss me aint ya?" Kate smiled and said with fake annoyance "No, why would I miss you? Eh? Just go right now!" she pushed his shoulder a couple of times and laughed, he raised his arms and said "hey now, was only askin sweetpea"
She smiled and hugged him again, he tightened his grip and inhaled her perfume, she leaned her head back and smiled at him. A smiled tugged at his lips and he leaned in and pressed his lips against hers, it took her a few seconds to register that he was kissing her then she kissed him back. The bell went for school to begin so they broke the kiss; she smiled at him and kissed him playfully before slipping out his embrace and saying goodbye. Sawyer shouted "By the way… Happy Halloween" he grinned as he watched her saunter up the stairs, and enter the building after waving him goodbye. Kate walked through the front doors and as she walked to home room she felt the butterflies in her stomach go wild as she replayed the kiss in her mind.
Later that day Kate was headed towards the cafeteria, she walked extra slowly because she wasn't really hungry, and also she wasn't in the mood for the loud and busy room, as she passed by a quiet corridor she felt someone grip her shoulder and press her against a locker. She was startled and she looked up to see Jason grinning at her "Hey Katie baby" She glared at him and replied "What do you want?!" he tilted his head and looked up and down her whole body "well Katie, I was just thinking there about how rude you were to Tom" Kates eyebrows knitted together "what? What are you talking about?" he smirked at her "Well, he treats you like a princess and you don't repay him, I think that's rude baby" she tried to hit him but he grabbed her other arm.
He leaned in and inhaled her scent and whispered in her ear "You still owe Tom, be a nice girl and open your legs for him without hassle… he deserves a reward for being a good boyfriend to you… if you don't… he'll still get that reward… by force" Kate froze and tried to not show Jason that his words were affecting her, she closed her eyes and heard someone yell 'Jason'. She opened her eyes and saw Jack standing in a defensive pose. Jason slipped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her against him and said "We were just chatting, weren't we Katie baby?" a grin plastered on his face, Kate pulled away from him roughly and walked towards Jack, glaring at Jason "Leave her alone, okay" Jack said gruffly, Jason smiled and replied "Or you'll what?" he walked towards Jack with a cocky swagger "Just because I'm not on the football team doesn't mean I cant kick your ass" Jack replied squaring up to him, Jason smiled and said over his shoulder as he walked away "See you later Katie"
Kate glared at him as he walked away "You okay?" Jack asked kindly, Kate nodded and said "Yeah, thanks by the way" he smiled "no problem… you heading to the cafeteria?" she nodded; they started to walk towards the cafeteria "What was that all about?" Jack asked, Kate smiled weakly and replied "Nothing really" staring at her quizzically he said "You sure?" she genuinely smiled "Yeah, seriously Jack it was nothing" he nodded and said in mock worry "Okay… cause Sawyer will kick my ass if anything happens to you" she laughed and placed her hand on his arm "Thank you Jack" he smiled at her and extended his arm in front of the door so she could enter first.
They walked through the busy cafeteria and sat at their usual table where everyone was in deep conversation, once they were settled they joined in on the discussion. Juliet smiled and said "My parents are away on the 16th till the 20th… so I'm having people round on the 17th" everyone looked to her and smiled "It'll only be like all of you, James, Claire and my brother, he's back in town for a while… but he's cool" Sayid looked up and said "that's what 18 days away or something?" Juliet looked around in thought then replied "umm… Yeah why?" Sayid scrunched his lips together for a second "I think I'm away that weekend, I'll have to double check though" Shannon looked disappointed but smiled at him anyways.
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