Graduation finally arrived for the Oceanic class of 2004. Jack stood in front of the mirror, tying his tie three times before letting it fall against his chest. Kate adjusted her black robe for the final time, not believing she had made it this far. Sawyer buttoned the nice shirt he had bought at the mall with Juliet.

At the Performing Arts Center, Jacob arranged the fake diplomas they give the kids. Desmond moved chairs around as Hawking stood, looking on, wondering what the evening would hold.

As the students began to arrive, they all tried to find each other, though they had to line up by last name. Juliet found herself in the same group as Kate.

"Hey," she said with a smile.

"Hey," Kate said, tapping her high heeled sandal on the tile.

"So, I know we've had our differences, but I just wanted to say that I'm glad I got to know you. And I wish you the best."

"Thanks," Kate said, "You too."

"He's in love with you ya know."

"What?" Kate asked, surprised.

"Jack." She said with a smile, "Don't act like you don't already know it."

Kate stared after her, unsure of what to say to that.

"Sorry," Juliet started, "I guess I'm just one of those people that need closure. Anyways, congrats and good luck."

"You too."

Juliet flashed another smile before moving off. It wasn't long before the procession began and the students had to go inside. As Kate sat in the crowd of kids she barely knew, she looked around the auditorium for her mother, knowing she probably wouldn't see her.

Hurley crept into the auditorium and realized he had gotten there late. It wasn't his fault he had gotten stuck in traffic. Desmond appeared from the side and pointed in the darkness.

"There's a seat over there," he said quietly.

Hurley took a program from him and moved quickly to the seat. When he sat down he realized he was sitting next to Libby.

"Hey," she said quietly with a smile.

"Hey," he replied.

From his seat, Jack could see his parents sitting in the second row. As valedictorian, he was nervous about making his speech. He had tried for weeks and weeks to write something, but nothing ever came out good enough.

He listened as he heard Jacob announce his name. Forcing himself, he stood up to go the podium. The kids behind him burst into cheers and he thought he heard a stray cat call. Smiling he looked into the audience in front of him.

"For weeks, I've been trying to write a speech, but I couldn't. I wanted something that would be memorable with a funny story or even a joke, but nothing sounded right. And then I realized it didn't matter because years from now no one will remember the speaker, the jokes, or even the after parties. They'll remember the memories we made on a day to day basis and the friendships we formed over hours of studying together.

"I've come to learn that I'm not good at letting go. But I hope with all of my friends here tonight we realize we're not just letting go, we're pushing forward. Pushing forward to new memories and friendships. Thank you."

He returned to his seat and imagined it was probably one of the shortest speeches a valedictorian had given. The class president spoke next and read Oh the Places You'll Go. Jack looked through the crowd of fellow students and caught the eye of Kate watching him. She smiled and nodded in approval. Turning back to the crowd, he saw his dad was gone. He scanned the audience for him, but didn't see him.

One by one, Jacob called their names and they marched forward to shake his hand and take a picture. When the ceremony was finally over, they left to the sounds of Pomp and Circumstance.

Libby bent over to get her purse before standing up. Hurley stood up too and tapped the program against his hand.

"So, you want to go get ice cream or something?" Libby asked.

"Really?" Hurley said, surprised.

"Well, sure, why not?"

"You've got to be crazy to want to be with someone like me." Hurley said before he meant to.

"Hurley," she said as she stopped walking. "I want to be with you because I like you."

Hurley stopped and stared at her too, wondering what to say.

She leaned up and kissed him on the lips. As she did, Hurley saw himself talking with Libby in the jungle. He remembered her smile, her encouragement, he remembered everything.

"Whoa," he said, stepping back. "Dude."

"What?" she asked, alarmed.

"I think…" he looked at her, "we've done this before."

"You remember?" Libby choked out.

"Yeah, I remember."

Libby laughed lightly and kissed him again, making up for lost time. As they walked into the hall, they passed Sun, watching them. Smiling to herself, she walked towards the door.

"Better hurry," someone said next to her, "It's pouring out there."

Sun turned to see the teacher that had hit Locke with his car. He smiled as he handed her an umbrella.

"Thank you," she said with a forced smile as she opened it.

Sun rushed out of the PAC into the rain. She hurried to her car and pulled out her keys to get in quickly. She saw someone walking the other way and realized it was Jin.

"Jin!" she cried.

He turned and hurried over to her. He greeted her in Korean. She moved forward to say hi when she slipped on the wet ground and fell. Jin hurried to grab her hands to pull her up.

When he did, he was struck with a memory of having done that before. When he looked at Sun, he knew she remembered also. He saw their rough start, his return from the raft, leaving Sun on the helicopter, and learning about Ji Yeon. He remembered the last time they held hands on the sinking submarine.

"Sun," he said, raising a hand to her face. "I love you."

"I know," she said with tears in her eyes, knowing it was more true than anything else in the world.

Desmond smiled from the door way and moved back into the hallway, heading the opposite direction. As he did, he saw Jack in front of him. Jack walked down the hall and was stopped by several kids who were giving him a slap on the back and words of congrats. He smiled and said thanks. When he moved away from Sayid, he noticed Kate was standing there waiting.

"Congratulations, Jack," she said with a smile.

"You too," he said, looking down at her.

"Well," she said after a few moments, "I guess this is goodbye?"

His mouth grew into a thin line as he nodded, "Yeah."

She stepped closer to him, "Tell me I'm going to see you again."

He shook his head slightly, "Goodbye, Kate."

Tears in her eyes, she stood on her tiptoes and pulled his face to hers. Jack pulled her as tight as he could, never wanting to let go.

"I'll miss you," she whispered in his ear.

"I'll miss you too."

She pulled away with tears running down her cheeks and tried to smile. Kate pushed herself to walk away from Jack knowing if she didn't now, she never would. She wiped her eyes quickly and kept walking. It was more than just a high school crush, it seemed so much deeper. She switched her robe to her other arm and kept going, pushing against the clumps of people wishing congratulations and taking pictures.

Kate lifted a stray curl away from her face and squinted her eyes at a little pregnant blonde girl who was grabbing her stomach and leaning against a door.

"Claire?" Kate said absentmindedly as she watched the girl push the door open and walk inside. Hurrying after her, Kate's heels clicked on the floor as she made her way down the open walkway and to the door. Pushing it open, she looked for any sign of Claire.

"Claire?" She called again as she walked down the dimly lit hall. Suddenly she came to a lounge room and saw Claire sitting one of the couches, bent over as much as she could.

"Oh god, Claire, are you alright? What are you doing here?"

"Kate!" she said through a wince, "I think the baby's coming. I don't know what to do."

Realization sunk in and Kate tried to calm down. She knew if she was freaking out, Claire would too. Kate reached back to pull her curls into a pony tail. Pulling her hair tie around the thick hair, she looked into Claire's eyes and told her that everything was going to be alright.

"Okay, I'm going to go get help. You stay here. Help!" she screamed as she began walking away.

"No, Kate, the baby's coming, like, right now."

"Alright." Kate said, again remaining calm. "We're going to be okay. Okay?"

The door opened again and an accented voice rang out, "Hello? Was someone screaming?"

"Back here!" Kate yelled, relieved to have help.

When the man appeared from the hall, Claire gasped "Charlie?"

"Claire!" he said, rushing to her side. "What's wrong?"

"She's having a baby. Right now. Go get help."

"Right, help."

Charlie paused only a second to look at Claire's beautiful face before rushing back where he came from.

"Okay," Kate repeated, "I think you're supposed to push. Ready?"

Claire nodded, the fear frozen onto her face.

"Now. PUSH!"

Claire's face wrinkled in pain as she gripped the couch around her. Kate watched her face and for a second had a strange premonition of déjà vu. Suddenly in a flash of memory, Kate saw herself helping Claire have her baby like she had before. On an island. The island.

Exhaling suddenly, she realized Claire was staring at her. Pain still etched into her features.

Shaking it off, she instructed Claire to push again. "PUSH!"

The flash was stronger this time as she remembered everything, as though her life was unfolding before her. The crash, the handcuffs, the others, helping Claire. And Jack. Tears flooded her face as Claire pushed again.

"I can see the baby," she said with a smile of understanding. "Okay, one more time."

Claire pushed again and Kate found herself holding a little baby boy. Laughing a mixture of tears and happiness, she held the baby up for Claire to see.

The minute Claire saw the baby, her eyes seemed to glaze over and Kate realized she was seeing the same type of vision she had just seen.

"It's Aaron," she said as she began crying, "Oh, Aaron."

Kate's tears kept flowing as she watched her being reunited with her baby. The door opened behind them and Kate tried to stop crying as she heard someone approaching.

"I brought Desmond. He's the only one I could find," Charlie's words drifted off as he saw the little baby in Claire's arms.

He moved closer and bent down to see him. Claire reached out slowly and took his hand. As soon as she did, Charlie's eyes filled with tears as though seeing Claire for the first time. He saw everything he had ever done on the island and knew he was finally where he was supposed to be.

"Aaron," he said between choked breaths. Charlie's fingers reached out to stroke the newborn's head.

Charlie looked back down at Claire and kissed her quickly. Claire was shaking with happy tears.

Kate had moved to the couch and looked over at Desmond. His smile made her realize he knew everything all the way back to the hatch.

"So," Desmond said looking back at her, "Are you ready to take that trip?"

"Where do we go?"

"Home."