Chapter Twenty-Eight: "Floating in a new direction…"
FLASHBACK.
Shot of Oceanic Flight 815 soaring through the air gracefully.
Shot to inside the plane and Andie sitting in her seat throwing back a drink. She swallows it in one go and glances out her window at the sky.
Libby (out of scene): Feeling better?
Andie looks up at her as she sits in the empty seat beside her
Libby: How's the claustrophobia?
Andie waves her empty glass in front of Libby.
Andie: Dwindling.
Libby laughs.
Andie: Thanks for your help back there in the tunnel. I don't know why that happens; I'm always fine once I get in my seat. And this is a good seat.
Libby: Why's that?
Andie points above her to her seat number. 36F.
Andie: Good old six. Shows up everywhere. That's how I know it'll all be fine.
Libby nods. As she watches Andie fill her glass with another Aeroplane sized bottle of alcohol, she notices her ring.
Libby: Wow; that is nice.
Libby takes Andie's hand to get a closer look at it.
Libby: Engaged?
Andie: Pre-engaged.
Libby looks confused. Andie holds up her hand.
Andie: Don't ask. (Beat) But hey, (she holds up her little bottle of alcohol) after a few more of these, who knows?
They laugh.
The plane shudders.
The seat belt sign comes on. Libby looks to Andie who looks back.
Andie: That's not a happy sound.
They nosedive; Libby and Andie scream...
Flash back to Andie on the boat. She is staring into the water with a stern look on her face. Sun sits beside her, bringing her back to reality.
Sun: Are you alright?
Andie: Yeah, sure. (Beat) Why?
Sun: You seem distracted.
Andie: Well, I'm going to wage a war on the people who've kidnapped and tried to kill me twice and I'm bringing eight people along for the ride, so…
Sun: We'll be alright. (Pause) And so will they.
Andie smiles at her gratefully.
Sun: So where did you learn to sail?
Andie: Growing up in Sydney. After my dad left, my mum and I had to take care of ourselves and that meant getting a job. During a summer at Bondi Beach I started working on this rich guy's yacht. They offered me a job for the year so I took it. (Beat) Mind you, after that year was over I never sailed again so I don't know how much help I'm going to be here.
Sayid (os): Help please!
Andie and Sun look over at him. He is trying to get the sail to stop flailing wildly. Andie jumps up and goes to help him as Sun comes over to help. Jin, who is watching the island with binoculars, watches Sun as she runs to help.
Sun: Andie, we're luffing. Can you tighten up the Cunningham?
Andie: I-ah, ooh, you just said a bunch of stuff I don't know.
Sun sighs and hands her a rope.
Sun: Pull this. But be careful of your stomach.
Andie yanks on the rope and ties it off. The sail settles down in the wind. She checks her wound and sees that it's okay. Andie looks pleased with herself.
Andie: Okay. Luffing. Cunningham. It's coming back to me.
She smiles at Sun, who is looking sickly pale.
Sun: Excuse me.
She hurries to the side of the boat and starts throwing up. Andie looks at Sayid.
Andie: Any idea of how long we'll be out here?
Sayid doesn't look at her.
Sayid: Hopefully no more than a couple of days.
Andie can see that something's wrong, but she takes a light-hearted approach to it.
Andie: Uh-oh. Someone's angry.
Sayid doesn't turn around.
Andie (sing-song): Say-iiiddd?
He turns around to her. She makes a frowny face and Sayid cracks a smile.
Andie: Ah, see. You can't be that mad at me if you smile.
She goes up and sits near him at the top of the boat.
Andie: Seriously, though. Is it about what happened before? In the jungle?
Sayid: Andie, I do not presume to understand you. But I think I understand elements about you. And what I believe I know is that you are an extremely smart, extremely strong and extremely caring person. And Sawyer is none of those things.
Andie (deadpan): Burn.
Sayid: I wonder why you continue to spend time with someone who is your exact opposite.
Andie: Look, Sayid...I love that you want to protect me. I really do. (Beat) But I can handle Sawyer. I have handled Sawyer...wait, no, not in that way. I don't mean I've actually handled…you get my drift.
Sayid smiles at nods. Then Jin and Sun enter.
Sun: There is something you should see.
Shot through the binoculars of the foot of the four-toed-statue. Focus changes to Sayid looking through them with Andie, Sun and Jin behind him watching it with great interest.
Sayid: I don't know what is more disquieting -- the fact that the rest of the statue is missing, or that it has four toes?
While Sun, Jin and Sayid are looking at the statue, Andie stretches her neck. As she's looking towards the island, she sees something. She stops stretching and snatches the binoculars out of Sayid's hand and looks through them.
Sayid (annoyed): What are you…?
He stops when he sees what she's looking at.
Shot reveals the big rock with a hole in it at the top of the mountain.
Sayid: That's the rock you described.
Andie: That's where I was the first time they took me.
She turns around to Sun, Jin and Sayid.
Andie: We're here.
Flash to black.
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