You guy are in for a treat, I combined two short chapters into one long chapter, so this chapter is so sweet I won't be surprised if you end up going to the dentist tomorrow for a toothache. Seriously its way up on the fluffy scale (If not off of it completely)
Title from Monkey Gone to Heaven by the Pixies lyrics…
Another
Chapter 6
If Man is 5
The powers above must've been furious that night for rain was violently hurled in the ferocious high leveled winds. The rain didn't cease on pummeling the balcony door loudly as the night continued to grow old.
Kate lay on her back on Jack's couch staring at the ceiling which would become illuminated and animated from time to time when bolts of lightening voyaged to the ground.
She sighed, growing tired of the various sounds that added in the task of forcing her to stay awake. It wasn't only the aspects of nature, Kate hadn't had a good, full nights sleep since the last day on the cruise ship. The day Jack had opted to stay with her.
She turned to her side, the thunder rolling overhead was a grim reminder of the island, of the obstacles that placed themselves there, the constant terror that she hid away from others so well. As another roar came from the torrent tempestuous sky, Kate let out a small yelp, the battling clouds were directly above Jack's apartment and it shook with the continuance of the war.
Petrified Kate wrapped the blanket Jack had given her and grabbed a pillow from the couch and began to march to the staircase in the darkness of the night. She paused when she entered the now haunting hollow room. The beautiful bay windows were no longer considered bravura; they were now another component in the sinister nightmare the apartment transformed into at night.
Kate fumbled for the stairs in the dark, but the room was unknown, she was just getting used to it. Suddenly a brilliant streak passed in the sky above and lit the bay windows, which spewed too much light into the room.
She quickly grabbed hold of the railing and led herself up the stairs careful not to miss a step, and avoided stepping on the blanket which dangled over her legs. She reached the door and paused momentarily, thinking of the consequences. She really didn't need to wake Jack, just because she was letting her mind play tricks on her.
Suddenly the thunder bellowed angrily above and shook the staircase, Kate immediately knocked on Jack's door. When there was no answer she tapped lightly again and waited a few seconds before gently opening it, "Jack?" she whispered desperately.
As another strike of lightening directed incandescent shocks of luminosity into the room, Jack gently moved his hand to his face, shielding his eyes from the force of nature, "Kate? Is that you?" he asked unsurely.
"Yeah," she whispered as she moved into the room and shut the door, blocking the light.
"Is something wrong?" he asked sitting up in bed, she wrapped the blanket around her tighter as the rain pattered harshly against his window.
"Jack this is going to sound really stupid, but ever since the island, I haven't been able to sleep when it rains," she explained as she looked around the darkened room, which was beginning to frighten her, "Actually, the rain is scaring me," she added, her voice cracking, "Is it okay if I just sleep on the floor or something? Maybe being in the same room as you will calm me down a bit."
Another jut of lightning broke out and Jack saw Kate jump in the few seconds of light, "Here," he offered getting out of bed, "you take the bed, I'll take the floor."
"Jack," Kate shook her head, "It's your apartment, you should get the bed," she replied.
"Yeah, but you're the guest," he concluded as he walked over to her, in the faint light she could see that he was shirtless, and she was glad that he wasn't able to see her blush. "I'm not going to let you sleep on the floor, while I sleep in the bed," Jack clarified.
"Well neither am I," Kate responded stubbornly.
Jack chuckled, "Do you mind sharing the bed?" he asked, taking another step closer to her.
"Not if you don't," Kate answered taking a step towards him. He held out his hand and she instantly grasped it in her own. She dropped the blanket from around her arms and the pillow she was holding to the ground before hurriedly following him back to the bed.
She climbed under the covers with him, and instantaneously felt more relaxed, "There's no monsters under your bed is there?" she questioned turning on her side to face him.
He propped himself up on hiselbow as he turned on his side, "Not that I know of," he answered while moving a hand to the side of her face and caressed her cheek gently with his thumb. She smiled blissfully as she moved in closer to him and wrapped her arms around him neck. She closed her eyes serenely and fell asleep after he wrapped her arms around her waist.
"Whooo weee, if you haven't seen it outside, you should go and take a quick gander! The boundless monsoons from last night have left the streets covered in a think layer of rain water, since all the sewers seem to be backed up. But don't worry, the sun is strong this morning and all the water is now steam! The New York streets look like a girl's locker scene from a scary movie! It's 8:34 for WNYX News…"
Jack sighed as various radio commercial's played from his clock radio. He snuggled his head deeper into Kate's hair and smiled when she laughed. He pulled back and looked at her beaming face, "Good morning," she greeted moving back into his arms with hers wrapped around him.
"Do you think you could be afraid of the apartment more often, say every night?" Jack asked moving the spaghetti string strap of the tank top off of her shoulder and stroking it.
"I think I'm afraid of it right now," she whispered against his neck. He pulled her back and tipped her head up to kiss her but was interrupted by the radio announcer, "It's currently 8:42, on this beautiful Wednesday morning…"
"Crap!" Jack yelled as he jumped out of bed, "I'm late!" he shouted as he ran to his closet to find clothes.
Kate sat up and pulled the sheet around her chest, "I thought you didn't work for the next two days?" Kate asked giggling.
"The next time I work is tomorrow," he replied throwing a dress shirt and a tie out onto the ground.
"Then where are you going?" Kate asked as she got out of bed and walked picking up his clothes neatly.
He smiled and handed her his pants, "I have a date."
"Oh," Kate looked a bit dismayed.
He gently took the pile of clothes from her and laid a soft kiss on her forehead, "Don't worry, it's with my mother. I'd invite you to come, but that outfit seems to be the only one you have that's dry, and I don't think she'd take to kindly to it," he explained.
"That's okay," she replied with a stretch, "I get to go back to sleep," she added as she jumped underneath the fuzzy comforter again.
"Just be ready by noon, we'll go out shopping then," he explained as he closed the door to the bathroom.
"Can we go home yet?" she whined as Jack pushed a cart full of clothes. Kate thought that the island was hard living, they'd been at Wal-Mart since noon and it was now closing time.
"You said you wanted to try on that one top," he reminded her.
"And I regret it too," she replied as they reached the changing rooms. A teenage girl with a Discman and bubble gum nodded to them, and unlocked a room for Kate. She then looked down at her watch and noticed the time, "Oh Man, I forgot to do the layaway inventory," she replied hectically, "I'll be right back," she explained and tore off towards the opposite part of the department store.
"Jack," Kate called, "Did that girl leave?"
"Yeah," he replied, after she sighed he asked, "What's the matter?"
"I can't get the back of this shirt done up, do you think you can do it?" she hollered back.
"I think its called women's changing room's for a reason, Kate," he replied through the door.
Kate opened the door clutching the material to her chest with one hand and forcefully pulled Jack in with the other. "I think we're breaking several laws," Jack pointed out. Kate smirked and turned her back to him, "Just do up my top so we can go home," she told him.
He stared at her back for a moment and new automatically that he loved this top. It tied up around her neck with two strings, and clipped shut with triplet clasps just above her waist. He quickly did it up and fell in love with the way the billowing sleeves fell from her elbows.
She smoothed the angelic white sheer material and looked in the mirror, "I don't know about this one, it's not very practical. I wouldn't be able to wear it to work or a job interview or anything," she explained further. "I like it," Jack expressed bluntly as he gawked at her reflection in the mirror; he was unable to take his eyes off her.
"Well where could I wear it?" She asked turning to the side to glance at the shirt from that point of view. "Just around the apartment," he suggested moving his hands to the sides of her waist.
She turned around in his arms; "Just around…" she was cut off by his lips abruptly pressing against hers with so much want for her, with so much need for her. His hands pulled her against him, and he laid them to rest on the small of her back. Her hands skimmed over his chest.
He broke the kiss, both huffing small gasps in the small containment of the change room, "We should save this for later," Jack suggested. Kate nodded quickly, "Yeah for later," she repeated, while pulling his face against hers; kissing him with a passion she didn't even know she had.
They swiveled around in the tiny space and Kate ended up pinned against the wall between Jack. He bowed his head and began to intensively kiss the side of her neck. Kate automatically arched her body against his as one of his hands traveled up her back, undoing the clasps and knots, while the other traveled down leg.
Suddenly there was a hammering at the door, "Miss, the store's closing, are you almost done?" the teenager asked with feigned civility.
Kate and Jack froze, his hand lolled over her small back. Kate cleared her throat while she kept an intense gaze with Jack, "Yeah, I'm just about done."
"Alright," the girl replied sweetly, but by the increased harshness and speed of her gum chomping, it could be easily distinguished that she was impatient, "Miss I think you're boyfriend went to the bathroom or something," the girl offered as well.
"Uh, thanks," Kate responded awkwardly. After a few seconds, Jack reluctantly let her go, his hand still pasted above her waist. He smiled as he moved a wisp of hair from her face, "We'll be home in less then fifteen," he promised.
She smiled as Jack let go of her, and neither of them turned away as she let the sheer material fall to the floor, and replaced her faded orange top, "I think I'll get the shirt," she replied suggestively.
He smiled as he picked the top off of the floor and handed it to her to return to the hanger, "What are we going to tell the girl when I walk out?" He asked.
"We'll just deny that anything happened," she replied as she began to turn the handle on the door. "That would work," Jack began, "except for this," he explained blushing as he gently poked her neck. She stopped and glanced in the mirror at the small bruise that was forming
"That's easy to get rid of," she explained as she pulled out her ponytail and adjusted her hair around her neck and smiled at him. She opened the door and noticed that the girl had left her post again, and quickly she pulled Jack along as they casually walked back to their shopping cart.
She smiled up at him when he draped his arm around her hip as they walked to the checkout. But she lost it suddenly when a few feet away a man walked by for the door. Kate remembered him and her heart sank, Jack didn't take notice because he was occupied placing the clothes onto the counter.
Kate silently prayed that the man wouldn't look over to her, that he would just keep walking out of the store. But as if he caught a second wind, he slowly turned his head around and focused on Kate, curling his lips into a sinister smile.
Her breathing sped up and she pusillanimously hid behind Jack, he looked up and the man sent another undistinguished smirk, then left. Jack looked back to Kate who was almost trembling. He placed a hand on her bicep and she looked to him very quickly, "Kate, who was that?"
She shook her head, and replied tremblingly, "Someone I never want to see again."
Uh oh I for one didn't like the way that ended…
Pink Pinker Okay you know what? I hate Scooby Doo, but my mom bought me these boxers with him on it and they're all pumpkin like, and I like pumpkins so they're okay. And that's where that idea came from. Seriously I swear everything from furniture to names has a back story…feel free to ask lol
Lostobsessivefreak I'm glad someone brought that up, because the fluffiness stops here. So I hope you enjoyed it, get ready for some deep down scary/tragic/angst.
Ethan: Flowers Me Lady
GO BACK TO YOUR CLOSET!
Ethan: But it's cold and there's already a person tied up in there
Shhhh be quiet you fool
Ethan: He kinda looks like Jack…
(headdesk)
Evermore Nope unfortunately it seems all survivors have severed all ties (With a few exceptions)
Jack: KATE!
Kate: JACK!
(run and hug)
Charlie: CLA!
Claire: CHAALEE!
(run and hug)
Sayid: SHANNON!
Shannon: SAYID!
(run and hug)
Boone: LOCKE!
Locke: BOONE!
(Okay this is getting weird now…)
(That's what happens when there's approximately 2.5 girls for every guy…
Smiles4eva Thanks, hopefully I can keep ya smiling forever ;)
Oreata It's okay, it forgives you, because it says it was meant for you. If we could just get over the language barriers…
CrAzYhOrSeGiRl88 I hoped you liked this chapter because after this all of the surprises are bad…
FanOfLOST Yeah but it would be the best damn story they've ever read! Lol let's get Charlie pinged and see if he likes it…
Standardblack I hope you liked the fluffiness of the mall, lol weird idea I know but hey, it was adorable…
MusicMonkey88 Glad you like it, will do on the updating…
Rain 1657 No more fluff after this I'm sorry to say, so you might wanna forget about his being a big ol' fluffy teddy bear of a story because as of now, that teddy bear's been skinned and turned into the Hellraiser…(how's that for an analogy)
Next Chapter- Pre Warning-Warning The next chapter is seriously tilting up to an R- rating, because of bad stuff that happens in it, and future chapters will also have an R- rating. I'm just giving you a fair heads up…
