Here's the next chapter, sorry for the wait. Enjoy. I don't own Lost.
Chapter 46: Summer is Ending Soon
Summer's all in bloom
Summer is ending soon
It's alright and it's nice not to be so alone
But I hold on to your secrets
In white houses – White Houses by Vanessa Carlton
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Week Two...
Olympia, Washington
Nadine walked into the well lit, busy coffee shop. She looked around, noticing how alike all of the siblings were.
'can I help you?' a young man asked, a man who almost exactly like his brothers in fact.
'this lady drinks a strong caramel cappuccino,' a voice interjected. 'on me.'
Nadine turned around.
'Bojan,' she said coolly.
'Nadine,' he smiled.
'where's your brother at?' Nadine asked him, crossing her arms over her chest, as if he was the last person she wanted to see – which he was.
'which brother?' Bo asked. 'you're talking to Miljan so it can't be him, what about Dragan, over there wiping down the table?' he gestured across the room. 'and-'
'Bojan!' she snapped.
'okay, okay. Oi, Rad!' Bo called across the room. 'the Good Witch of the North is in the house!'
Radovan looked over the room at them and smiled, making his way over.
'hey, Nay,' Radovan said as Nadine hugged him. 'have you heard from Mal?'
'no,' she shook her head. 'I was in the neighbourhood on a shopping spree, and I decided to come here and ask you the same thing. I got a text a week ago, just saying "road trip ft. Jen". Care to elaborate on it?'
'so despite the fact that Mal and Jen pretend they don't like each other, just have no one else, they do love each other and with Jen gone next year, they're gonna miss each other. So they decided to prolong their goodbye in the form of a road trip.'
'oh. Well, that's sweet, I guess,' she shrugged, taking a seat. 'so? How long until I get my coffee?' she asked.
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Los Angeles, California
'what is his problem?' Lea asked in a hushed whisper as she sat across from Jack as she held a sleeping Harmony.
'who's problem?' Jack feigned that he didn't have any idea what she was talking about.
'dad's!' she exclaimed in a whisper. 'he acts as if I've personally offended him by having a child.'
'maybe...maybe to him you have been offensive in this,' Jack said tentatively.
'what, by having a child?' she exclaimed angrily. 'by not aborting my baby?'
'Lea,' he said in what he took to be a soothing voice.
'no! No, he's wrong, and so are you!' she yelled and Harmony stirred, opening her eyes and starting to cry.
'oh, baby, sorry, sorry!' Lea exclaimed before she launched into more attempts of quieting the child.
Jack sighed as he watched her. He wasn't entirely sure that Lea would be able to deal with this stress.
Maybe Darren would help her out.
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New York City
'got my prescription right here, babe!' Kara was completely drunk, a sight that annoyed Matt, amused Darren, and got Jason to have a sly grin on his face that Matt had quickly wiped off with a well worded threat. 'you want one, handsome?' she asked Darren.
'no, I'm good,' Darren gave her a smile.
'hon, what is with you?' Kara demanded. 'you're not smoking pot, snorting heroin, and all that, you're not drinking a lot, and you're rarely smoking. And you refused sex from me!'
'lalalalala,' Matt murmured sarcastically, blocking his ears.
'what's up?' Kara finished.
'I think...' Liz said slowly, as if trying to piece together the information herself. 'I think it's coz of his kid. Good example and whatnot...'
Jason laughed.
'he's trying to be a good example with us as friends?' he asked.
Luke, Matt, Liz and Kara joined in the laughing.
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Week Three...
Sydney, Australia
Jen finally let her guard down and threw her arms around Mallory, at the last possible moment: when her flight was called over.
'you should stay,' Jen said.
'I need to go home and face the music,' Mallory shrugged, gesturing to her stomach, which she could no longer pass off as a "big lunch" or something like that – in fact, it had been almost five weeks since she'd been able to do so.
'if they...do anything to you,' Jen began. 'I...'
'I know, Jen,' Mallory smiled. 'thanks.' She hugged her again. 'I love you.'
'love you too,' she said, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
They hugged again, and Mallory left for her plane.
She really hoped her parents would be cool with this.
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Across town, Lila laid her head down to rest on Leo's chest as they laid outside on the grass. She still had a portable vitals machine and an IV drip in her arm, but this way she was allowed to go into the hospital grounds instead of just inside.
'I still can't believe that you failed the year,' Lila chuckled.
'shut it you,' he said playfully. He had neglected to tell her the exact circumstances of him failing: that he refused to leave her bedside even for exams while she was dying.
'so you're going to repeat?' she asked.
'I am,' he said.
'okay, maybe I'll visit you sometime,' she mused. The two were silent for awhile, and then she turned to him. 'the night of the prom, you said you'd tell me something about your injury later, but then I collapsed. So...?'
'injury?' he asked and she pointed to his arm. 'oh, right,' he smiled, sitting up and taking off his shirt, showing her a tattoo on his arm, something he couldn't read, but knew exactly what it said. It was an Arabic inscription of her name and then the word "forever" in Arabic too.
She lightly touched it and looked at it in awe.
'wow, Leo,' she smiled. 'how do you-'
'your brother translated for me,' he smiled. 'I just wanted to get something to always remember you by,' he shrugged.
She smiled sadly, knowing what that meant. He had stopped denying that she was dying. He had accepted she was going to die, and had acted accordingly.
'thank you,' she whispered, kissing him.
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Olympia, Washington
Radovan waited for the phone to be answered, not waiting that long.
'what?' Mallory all but shouted into the phone.
'oh, so you are in a good mood,' Radovan said sarcastically. 'what a nice change.'
He could hear the smile in her voice as she responded. 'I am hormonal, as you know. Any particular reason why you're calling?'
'I can't call up my girlfriend without an ulterior motive?' he asked.
'of course not,' she said sarcastically. 'I wouldn't do that to you.'
'no, you just call in the middle of the night when you can't sleep,' he teased, remembering the week beforehand.
'touché,' she said, before getting distracted by something on her end and yelling in French.
Although Radovan took French, he could not decipher the angry yells of a fluent speaker.
'you okay?' Radovan asked hesitantly.
'do I sound okay, Rad?' she asked rhetorically, and he heard the sound of a door slamming, and then silence.
But not for long.
He heard a small noise, and although no one else would have known what it was over the phone, Radovan knew that it was the sound of Mallory biting back tears.
'Mal...' he said softly. 'what's going on?'
'my parents,' she said, as soft as him. 'I got back from my road trip today and they found out I was pregnant. They want to kick me out, I'm over the argument – it's been going for an hour – and Nadine is, for once, sticking up for me. Wait, here she is. Hold on for a sec.'
Radovan listened as the two sisters talked, heard a sob, and then Nadine took the phone.
'Radovan? They want her out,' she said.
'I'll be there as soon as I can,' he said.
'uhh...Olympia is like three hours away,' she said, as if this were obvious.
'I'll be there in three hours,' he said.
Radovan hung up the phone and walked out of his room.
'hey, Rad,' Bo began.
'if you want to talk, get in the car. I've got somewhere to be,' he said.
Bo shrugged, and followed him to the car, telling his story.
It wasn't until they were past Seattle that Bo asked.
'so...where do you have to be?' he asked in wonder, he had figured it was in Seattle.
'Vancouver,' he said.
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Sydney, Australia
There was a loud crash, which jolted her awake, and then:
''sup?'
Claire rolled over in her bed, looking to the door of her room, where Ella and Raz were standing, having just thrown their bags over to the corner, knocking half of Claire's possessions to the ground.
Claire looked at the time. 'it's four in the morning,' she groaned. 'how'd you get in here?'
'you guys need to find a new place to hide your spare key,' Raz said calmly.
'it's a good thing my mom's on night shift,' Claire groaned. 'now, make yourself comfy, I'll talk to you in the morning,' Claire rolled back over.
Raz and Ella's definition of "making themselves comfy" was to lie down on Claire's huge bed with her and attempt to sleep next to her.
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Vancouver, Canada
Radovan knocked on the door and waited until it was opened by a man.
'can I help you?' he asked.
'Mallory and Nadine here?' Radovan's voice was that of ice.
'yes, yes they are,' the man said. 'come on through.'
The man directed Radovan and Bo to the kitchen, where there were angry voices – an unknown one and one that the brothers first took to be Mallory, for Nadine was far too timid. But it was Nadine.
The two entered to see Nadine and what appeared to be their mother yelling across the table at each other in French – the table that Mallory was sitting at, quiet for once, her back towards the entrance of the kitchen.
Radovan walked behind her and put his hands on her shoulders, pressing a kiss to her head. He began to move his hands, but she covered one of them with her hand and he kept them there.
'NO!' Nadine shrieked. 'she's not leaving!'
'Nay,' Mallory said tiredly. 'it's okay. Shut up. I'll go if they want me to.'
'Mal-'
'no. Seriously. If they don't want me here, then I'll leave,' she sighed.
'that's what I want,' their mother said.
'fine,' Nadine snapped. 'then I'm going with her.'
'Nadine-'
'and while we're at it,' she continued. 'transfer me to Dharma Academy.'
'Nadine-'
'I'm going,' she said firmly.
'well, where will you go?' her mother challenged.
Radovan opened his mouth, but Bo beat him to it.
'with us,' Bo said.
Nadine looked at him. 'thank you, Bo,' she said.
'and who might you be?' their mother seemed to just notice the twins, her eyes closing in on how close Radovan and Mallory were, before looking at Mallory's stomach.
'he's not the father, mom,' Mallory rolled her eyes. 'this is my boyfriend, Radovan, and his brother, Bojan.'
'fine,' her mother looked at Nadine. 'fine. Go with her.'
Nadine gave her mother another glare and gently grabbed Mallory's arm.
'we'll just pack up our stuff, and then we'll be gone,' Nadine said to her mother before pulling the girl out of the room, with the other twins following her.
When the four were in Mallory's room, Nadine turned to Mallory.
'are you okay?' she asked her.
Mallory stared straight ahead, looking shocked, before Nadine wrapped her arms around Mallory.
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New York City
'whoa, whoa, whoa!' Erin exclaimed, looking up at the television in the bar. 'Vixx! Check it out!'
Vixen looked up at the screen, to see a picture of Kate, their other best friend. And not just any picture, no: this was a mugshot. The story was of Kate wanted for murder.
'no,' Vixen stared at the screen. 'no way is Katie wanted for murder. It just ain't happening.'
'hello, beautiful ladies,' a voice said, and the two turned to see a tattooed guy there, and behind him, Matt and Darren, plus another boy and two girls.
'hi,' Erin said curtly.
'hello,' Vixen said coldly.
'don't waste your time with them, Jason,' Matt said. 'we went to school with them. The redhead tried to ruin Darren's life. And the blonde helped her.'
'they're still hot,' Jason argued.
'ruin his life?' Vixen demanded. 'you tore me apart by ditching me for the Smurf of a pregnant whore!'
'watch it,' Darren growled.
'ooh, drama, drama, drama,' Liz and Kara said in unison.
'okay, shut up,' Erin snapped. 'check this out,' she pointed the guys to the television.
'she's hot too,' Jason said.
'she is,' Kara agreed. 'not as hot as 'Lizabeth,' she added to her blonde friend.
'clarify your relationship to us, please,' Luke said to them.
'oh, Lukey's just jealous,' Jason taunted.
'no way is Kate up for murder,' Darren said in disbelief.
'no friggin' way,' Matt said.
'right?' Erin said.
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Olympia, Washington
Radovan pulled up the car in front of the coffee shop, and Mallory read the sign.
'Nataliya's?' she asked.
'yeah,' Bo nodded. 'our mom's café,' he told her.
'it's pretty good,' Nadine said.
'c'mon,' Radovan put his arm around Mallory and led her into the shop, with Bo and Nadine following.
Unlike usual, the place was not busy, and a woman called out to the two boys as they entered.
'ah, there you are!' she exclaimed. 'Bo, I need you -'
'mom,' Radovan interrupted. 'this is Mallory,' he said. The woman smiled and walked around from the counter, approaching them and kissing Mallory on her cheeks three times.
'Mallory! I've heard so much about you! It's nice to meet you, finally,' she smiled. 'I am Nataliya.'
'and I'm Tori,' another girl walked over and kissed Mallory's cheeks three times too. 'their sister.'
'oh, lucky you,' Mallory said dryly.
The girl laughed, and another man joined them, kissing Mallory's cheeks three times too. Mallory looked bewildered but turned her head slightly to look at Nadine.
'un bec?' she asked.
'oui,' Nadine nodded.
'makes more sense now,' Mallory nodded.
Radovan gave her a look. 'don't revert back to French, please,' he whispered in her ear.
Mallory turned to Nadine and started a long winded speech in French at her. Nadine let out a laugh, and Radovan turned to the rest of his family, speaking in Serbian.
Mallory shot him a look.
'yeah, two can play this game, Mal,' he told her.
She responded by insulting him in French.
'now that I do know the meaning of,' he rolled his eyes. 'and you're oh so mature.'
'ever heard about glasses houses?' she retorted, but leaned up and kissed him anyway.
'yeah...' Bo said to his mother, who looked shocked at the banter. 'they're like that.'
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Week Five...
Olympia, Washington
Zooey walked into the coffee shop, and looked around, hoping that the teenage boy was working today. She was in luck, the boy was in, cleaning a table absentmindedly as he talked to the redhead at the next table.
'morning boys,' she made her entrance known, and the men working around the shop all turned, some of them smiling at her – all apart from Radovan, who ended up rolling his eyes.
'Zooey,' he said. 'skinny latte?' he asked her, not really caring. After all, this girl only came in here to flirt with him and try to get him to go out with her.
'but of course,' she batted her eyelashes at him and the redhead rolled her eyes and made to get up, but Radovan gently pushed her back into her seat.
'Mal,' he warned.
'hey, I remember you,' Zooey said venomously to Mallory. 'you're the pregnant whore, aren't you?'
Mallory shot up out of the chair, and Radovan pulled her back.
'think about the baby,' he whispered in her ear.
'oh, I'm sorry,' Zooey said. 'whore's get paid. I meant slut.'
'Mal,' Nadine said from the counter, where she was sitting, when Mallory moved even further forward.
'Nadine,' Nataliya walked out from the kitchen. 'off the counter. Come on. Off.'
Nadine jumped down, and Nataliya looked over to where Mallory was being held back.
'what's going on here?' she asked sternly, putting her hands on Mallory's shoulders and pulling her back. 'come on, sweetheart, how about a nice cup of tea?' without letting her answer, she pulled her into the back room. In the few weeks since Mallory and Nadine had left home, Nataliya had embraced them into their home, treating the girls as if she had known her forever.
'here's your coffee,' Miljan passed Zooey her drink.
'thanks,' she passed him the money and turned back to Radovan. 'can't wait to see you around,' she said, smiling at him.
Radovan stared after the malicious girl as she left.
Silence and then...
'she's hot.'
Nadine hit Bo.
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Los Angeles, California
'why are we doing this?' Vixen hissed to Erin as the two drove.
'because she's our friend,' Erin sighed.
'it's illegal Erin!' Vixen exclaimed.
Erin pulled up the car. 'I know. But we're all she's got,' Erin said, before flashing her lights. They saw someone dart across the road and the back door of the car opened, and the girl got in.
'thanks for getting me,' the girl panted.
'anytime, Katie,' Erin said as she started the car.
Vixen looked at Erin, slightly unsure. But Kate was their friend.
And friends didn't walk away from each other.
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Across the city, Lea looked up as her mother entered the room, after going to the front door.
'Leanne,' she smiled. 'you have visitors,' she told her.
Lea smiled as Darren walked in, with Matt behind him, and another guy behind them.
'hey,' Lea put her book down and stood up, throwing her arms around Darren and kissing him deeply. 'I missed you.'
'missed you too,' he smiled.
Lea looked past him at Matt. 'hey,' she leaned forward and kissed his cheek. 'and the third one?' she eyed Jason's tattoos.
'this is Jason,' Darren said to her. 'I couldn't convince him to stay in New York once Matt told him how smoking hot you were.'
'aww, thanks Matt,' Lea smiled. 'but you haven't seen me smoking hot yet. Wait 'til I get my figure back.'
'it's true,' Darren nodded. 'she rivals Mallory's hotness.'
'nice,' Matt said.
'rivals?' Lea raised an eyebrow. 'I surpass it.' She grabbed his hand. 'come on,' she pulled him up the stairs with Matt and Jason following them. Jack walked out of a room.
''sup Jack?' Matt nodded at him.
'come on,' Lea repeated, walking to a door and slowly opening it. She walked in and looked down into the crib to where Harmony was just waking up. 'right on time,' Lea said, gently picking her up. 'hey, baby. Look who's here,' she smiled and turned Harmony to Darren.
'hey, baby girl,' Darren smiled as Harmony took a hold of his finger. Lea actually passed him Harmony, and he said a proper hello to his daughter.
'...I'm so tripping, right?' Jason said.
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Week Eight...
Sydney, Australia
Kiya stood with her brother Ash and sister Iris, watching as the bags went around, trying to locate her last bag. At last she located it and went to grab it, trying in vain to pick it up off the luggage claim as it was so heavy.
A hand closed over hers and helped her pick it up.
'there you go,' the boy said and Kiya looked at him, seeing understanding pale grey eyes.
'thanks,' she smiled warmly at him.
An announcement was called over, informing them about the bus that was leaving to Dharma Academy – so many students flew in on this day, that a bus was always organized.
'well, that's my bus,' the boy said.
'mine too!' she exclaimed.
'cool. My name's Seth, by the way,' he told her as they began walking off.
'I'm Kiya,' she smiled.
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Jude Marvin threw his luggage underneath the bus and smiled at a girl, who scowled back, tossing her hair around like she owned the place. She was wearing a cheerleading uniform, which stated that they were the Warriors, and had two girls also in uniforms flanking her sides.
The girl in question was Shannon Rutherford, and the girls on either side of her were Krystel and Syvanna – the latter of which had only started hanging out regularly with them.
The girls ignored him as they passed and they got onto the bus.
'well then,' he muttered.
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'can I sit here?'
Giselle Koenig didn't even look up from her book as Tyler Jones asked the question. When she didn't answer, he sat down anyway and tried to read over her shoulder.
'unless you can read German, which judging by the dim-witted expression on your face, you can't, I suggest you back the Hell off,' she said icily.
Tyler chose to continue looking over her shoulder, although he couldn't read German, just to prove her wrong.
And so it began.
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Mr. Alpert looked out of the office window, watching as cars pulled up into the school car park, and students started entering the school. Maddyson was the first to arrive, loudly, as if warning him of what was to come. And then it got louder, and louder.
Until finally, the bus arrived and it sounded like all the students were there.
He felt a headache coming along.
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Okay, so I know I focused on the Rush's/Roux's/Lea/Darren/ect. For the summer, but they were crucial parts of their summer. If anyone else needs part of their summer shown, it will be in flashbacks. I decided to incorporate the whole summer into this one, because I prefer the school year.
And Kate's already killed Wayne :O and Erin and Vixx are hiding her.
Anyway, it might be awhile before an update for two reasons: my exams are coming up, and NaNoWriMo is next month, and I'm doing it again.
But yeah...
Please review?
Also, if you haven't already, you should check out DiorNicole's Leaving on a Jet Plane: Take Two. It seems to be shaping up to something amazing.
