So you guys get long chapters in both stories today, you must be happy and I expect thank you notes from everyone. This chapters not so much an R as the other one is, it really doesn't have anything but random fluffiness and an epiphany flashback.
The title of the chapter is taken from the Magneta Lane song by the same name.
Ethan: Maybe if you were creative enough to think of your own titles…
Maybe you wanna SHUT UP ETHAN!
Another
Chapter 13 (Lucky)
Ugly Socialite
Kate shot up, she thought she heard banging. Her head whipped around to look at the door, the broken chain lock jingled with all the beating. Her eyes got wide Oh my God, someone's at the door. She quickly snatched up the portable phone and Jack's work number beside it; she knew she shouldn't phone him. She paused, the grotesque knocks had stopped but her heart was pounding in her chest. She realized her breathing was way too quick and she was hyperventilating.
She swiftly moved from the couch to the corner of the room beside the bookcase, taking relief in its protection. She numbly dialed Jack's work number frantically waiting for someone to pick up.
"Hello, NYU Downtown Hospital, Surgery department how can I help you?" Kate wanted to hit her head off of the bookcase, how in the hell was she supposed to tell this lady to get Jack?
She was about to hang up when the woman gently said, "Let me go get Dr. Sheppard for you," then put Kate on hold. Kate smiled a weak grin; she'd have to remember to thank Jack for taking care of that.
"Dr. Sheppard?" Betty asked, she had washed quickly and placed a mask over her mouth to make sure she didn't contaminate the field.
"Yeah?" Jack looked up from stitching someone's back.
"There's no one on the phone for you," She smiled under the mask, but it could be seen in her eyes.
Jack nodded, "I've got to go," he explained, "Can you finish the suturing?"
His colleague nodded knowing his current situation and Jack quickly left and as soon as cleaning up he got to the phone, "Kate are you there?" he asked, then realized she could be, or she could've hung up. Quickly he added, "Kate press a button once for no and twice for yes." He then realized that she wouldn't need to say no…
He breathed out when he hear the sound of one of the telephone button being pressed twice, "Okay, okay," he breathed, "How are you, press one button for 'good', two for 'bad', and three for 'I'm in the corner of the room shaking like a leaf'," he paused and chuckled, "I sound like Mr. Moviephone."
He waited and counted as Kate pressed the button three times, "Are you seriously in the corner?" he asked, then heard Kate's response of two beeps. "Alright, don't worry, I'll be there in less then twenty minutes okay, the hospital's only about ten minutes from the apartment, I've just got to tell them I'm leaving, okay?" he counted two beeps again, "Okay, and Kate, because I know you want to say it, you're welcome."
Jack hoped she was okay, while he rushed into the apartment building. I shouldn't have gone back to work so soon, he chided himself as he waited for the elevator, which was taking to long at the moment. He ditched the elevator and sprinted up the stairs.
He came to his door and knocked, "Kate, it's me," he called, but no one opened the door. He reached down and turned the handle finding it was still locked. He reluctantly took out his keys and unlocked the door, then it opened with ease. A little to much ease.
What happened to the new locks I bought? He thought nervously as he quickly entered the apartment. "Kate?" he called as he threw his keys down and shut the door, "Kate? Are you here?" he yelled.
Jack continued to look around furiously until he saw bare feet sticking out from beside the book case. He sighed relieved and walked over to her, she was wedged between the bookcase and the wall that jutted out from the balcony doors.
He knelt in front of her and lifted her chin to reveal her blue-black bashed eye and tear stained cheeks. She sat quivering in the space, the phone still clutched in her hand for dear life, "Kate, I'm here," he told her as he gently took the phone from her hand and placed it on the floor.
He placed a warm hand on her bicep to help her out, but she yanked her arm away and shuffled further into the crammed space. Jack moved his hand back, "Kate, it's me," he enlightened, then put out his hand so she could grip it and he'd help her up. To his dismay, Kate pulled herself the furthest she could in the corner, bringing her knees up to hide behind.
"Kate," he said almost above a whisper, "It's Jack," he told her, then placed his hand out again. Kate jerked back, hitting her shoulder of the wall and winced in pain. "Oh Kate," he whispered, his voice cracking as he remembered the advice Dr. Morgenstien had given him, about Kate distancing herself from people.
He sighed and sat in front of her, why would she detach herself from him, now of all times? She might not be in full consciousness because of the morphine, was the only thought that came to mind.
"Kate, its Jack," he said for the third time, "Remember we met after the plane crashed? You sewed up my cut with a needle and thread and said you were going to throw up on me?" Kate didn't budge so he continued, "We went to the cockpit and got attacked by the monster. We always sat on the beach and talked and I said I didn't care what the Marshal wanted you for."
He moved and sat with his back against the wooden bookcase with his hands dangling over his knees, "We ran away from bees and ended up in a cave topless," he chuckled, "Then I got caught in a cave in and you ran halfway around the island just to get me out, you worked for hours straight until I came out another exit, and you ran at me and hugged me with such feeling," he took a breath in, "You started a garden with Sun, and I gave you seeds for it, and the smile you gave me," he grinned remembering, "It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, you were the most beautiful person I'd ever seen."
He stopped abruptly when he felt a hand on his leg, he turned and saw Kate coming out of the tiny space, she sat on her knees facing him, "Do you remember me Kate?" he asked trying to hide the panic in his voice. Tears streamed down her face as she gave him the thumbs up. He sat up and wrapped his arms around her, "its okay Kate."
"It's okay to be confused," he declared holding her head to his chest gently, "I took sometime off work, they didn't mind, with the plane crash and everything that's happened. So you won't be alone here again," he promised as she pulled back to meet his eyes
"Come on," he told her softly as he affectionately helped her up and brought her to sit beside him on the couch, but he jumped back up when something struck him. "I brought something for you from work incase of emergencies," he explained and pulled out a pad of paper and a pen out of his back pocket. She sniffled, but smiled as she took it from him, "You don't have to use it, I just thought that if there was something you really wanted to say you could write it down," she nodded and began to scribble on the paper.
She read the words at the top that said From: Jack Sheppard, she crossed out the 'from' and wrote 'to'. She ripped it off and handed it to him and he read her writing which could be compared to chicken scratch. It said "Thank you." He smiled and kissed her, "You're welcome."
She smiled and set her head in his lap and began to slowly fall asleep as he ran his fingers through her locks. His hand gently grazed her shoulder and he felt her take a large breath in. "Does it hurt?" he asked and she gave him the thumbs up, "Can I take a look? You hit it off the wall a second ago."
She kept her thumb up and he gently took her arm out of her shirt and examined her shoulder, where the same bruise from before still sat. "You still have that ugly bruise," he told her, "It looks like the one on your stomach," he told her as he gently ran his finger over the delicate skin.
"Do you want me to do anything for the pain?" he asked and she gave him the thumbs up again, "Do you want ice, or your pill?" he asked and she gave him the thumbs down. She sat up with the help of Jack and reached for the pad of paper, scribbled something and gave it to him.
He looked at it and smiled, the note read 'kiss it' and was accompanied by a small happy face. He leaned forward and gently placed his lips on her cool skin, formed an 'o' with them and brought them together, "How was that?" he asked as he leaned forward placing his cheek against Kate's.
She gave him a small peck on the cheek and the thumbs up. He chuckled as she returned to her spot in his lap.
Kate pulled away from the sink in her bathroom, she was looking forward to getting some sleep, she hadn't been able to sleep much lately, because every time she tried, Anthony seemed to want something else. She was now paused in the bathroom listening intently.
She heard it again, the dreaded knock, the one that made all her reveries of being sound asleep and forgetting the life she was now stuck in get flushed down the toilet.
She sighed and walked towards the door, pausing before opening it, taking a glance at what she was wearing to see if it was suitable. She shook her head, it's not like it mattered anyways. It seemed that anything that was unacceptable to her was acceptable for Anthony.
She opened it and was surprised to find Leo on the other side, and she wouldn't lie, she was for once, relieved, "Hey Katie, Tony wanted me to give ya this," he told her handing her a dress.
She took it arching an eyebrow, "What's this for?" she asked.
"We're all going out. Tony opened a new club and says we all gotta go, that means you to," he enlightened, she nodded sadly, "He says to make sure you look top notch, make sure you wear your hair up, and that you have the proper makeup."
"Proper makeup?" she asked slightly confused.
"Yeah, to cover up what happened at the Jacuzzi last week," he added.
"Oh, okay," she understood. She'd gotten a bit lippy towards Anthony and he gave her one across the face, leaving a nice discoloration on her cheek.
She shut the door behind her and walked back to the bathroom, with the dress on hand. She chided herself for being so imprudent, of course she had to do something tonight, she had to do something every night.
She looked at the dress, if she and Lindsay had been walking through a mall and saw this hanging on the rack, they would've just laughed at the fact that some girl would actually wear it. But now the tables were turned and she was that girl, and the person she gave up her life for didn't even care.
She had tried to talk to Lindsay earlier that day, but she wouldn't even let Kate into the room. As soon as Leo unlocked the door, Lindsay slammed it back into place. She was slowly diminishing whatever little dignity Kate had left, slowly making Kate hate herself more and more with each passing day.
She pulled on the form fitting dress and sighed at the fact that she could reach to the back to zip it up, she knew Anthony sought pleasure in that. She quickly yet tactfully brought her hair up into a loose bun on her head, so several strands of wavy ringlets fell and bobbed with her movements.
She leaned close to the mirror and opened the tub of bright lipstick, running it over her faint pink lips, until the vivid color drowned out the original. She opened her eye shadow and slopped it on, smudging it here and there so it began to blend in with her skin. Then traced the edges of her eye with dark black eyeliner ending the lines with a curl at the end.
Lastly she remembered bringing out her cover up, softly tapping it over the bash on her cheek, wincing whenever she touched the sensitive area to hard. She should've stopped bickering about Lindsay to Anthony earlier, but she guessed he got his point across.
She then loaded her stylish purse with what she needed, her ID, a couple dollars in change, a makeup bag so she'd have a reason to get away from Anthony for awhile, and pepper spray incase anyone got too close.
There was another knock at her door, she glanced around the room momentarily, how she hated it. The dull gray color seemingly killing off any broader color that offered hope. She decided just to give in, it's not like she could've done any thing different.
Leo was standing there once again, "Anthony told me to come and get you," he divulged, "I'd get a move on, he's piping"
"I'm ready to go now, can you just do up my dress?" Kate asked turning around revealing her bare back.
"Yeah, sure," he replied unmoved as slid the zipper up, bringing the material together, "Do you like this dress?" he asked to make conversation.
"No," Kate replied bluntly and saddened, "I would've never worn anything this scantily covering a month ago," she offered as she grabbed her hand bag.
"I don't like it either, it doesn't suit you," he declared, "I don't mean that in a bad way either," he quickly recovered.
Kate smiled, "How does my bruise look?" she queried glancing one last time in the mirror before leaving.
"I can't see it," he answered as he held open the door for her. She gave a weak smile and walked out into the hallway, "Katie?" he asked as he caught up to her, before they entered the poker room where Anthony was waiting.
"Yeah?" she asked curiously.
"That shouldn't have happened," he told her candidly. A small smile played on Kate's lips, "Thanks."
"There you are!" Anthony screamed at the top of his lungs as Kate entered the rooms. She shrunk behind Leo for a moment or two as he continued to admonish her, "When I wanted to go out, I wanted to go out tonight! It's already eleven o'clock, which means we only have three or four good partying hours left!" He yelled as he briskly walked up to her and gripped her hard with one hand clamping the side of her neck.
"I'm sorry," Kate cried over and over as he kept chastising her. He was about to hit her before Leo interrupted.
"Ton, come on, if you want to get there to make appearance that lasts we'd better go now," Leo explained calmly.
Everything went silent, the men in the room stopped chatting and just watched as Anthony glanced at Leo, his hand held still in mid air, Kate's harsh breathing making up much of the noise in the room. "You're right Leo," Tony replied as he dropped his arm and let Kate fall to the ground. "Let's go boys," he shouted and everyone dashed for the door, he turned back to Leo who stood beside Kate, "Get her up and outside by the time I'm in the limo, or she won't be the only one with a black eye," he warned.
Leo bent down and helped Kate up, "You okay Katie?" he asked. She nodded and pulled him into a quick hug, "Thank you, Leo," she whispered graciously. She pulled back so hurriedly that it only felt like a phantom embrace. She took a deep breath in and as quickly as she could in stilettos, walked out to the limo.
Now how many of you cried at the fluffiness of this chapter? Huh? Yeah that's what I thought, bowled you over
Ethan: Ha Ha STRIKE!
Freckles-101 I do read your story, it's "Riding on the Wings of an Angel" Right? With little Jesse (Who is adorable) reminds me of my 16 year old cousin… Lol I know I don't review, that's mainly because I have no time, but I do read it, and it's on my favorites list.
Ethan: I know what it's like to have bad days, one day my bus was late.
Sawyer: (Sitting across from Ethan at the kitchen table) that's it? That's not a bad day
Ethan: Really? Maybe you wanna top it?
Sawyer: I remember that one day when my dad killed my mom and then himself.
Ethan: You've played that card to many times before
Sawyer: What about when I shot the wrong guy?
Ethan: that was an answer to your own stupidity
Boone: One time I slept with Shannon…
Ethan: And you're complaining why?
Sawyer: (takes a spoonful of his cereal) OMG PLAH! THAT DAMN BOAR PEED IN MY CEREAL!
Boar: hee hee hee
October Sky I'm glad you liked the story so much…because I'm DISCONINUING IT! Lol not, I'm just playing with you
Ethan: Real nice, perhaps after you're done with this you want to drive by the zoo and shoot some goats…
Oh yeah like I'm not the one who kidnapped Claire and held her hostage for umpteenth days
Ethan: You said you'd never mention that again!
How about I put you into the next song?
Ethan: dealio
(Footloose music starts again)
Claire: This Island is cruel,
Shannon: (gives thumbs down) definitely uncool,
Kate: For so long we've been lying,
Jack: That someone out there, is,
Charlie: is trying to find us, and set us free,
Ethan: But now we're left with Claire who screams like a banshee
All: Oh Mindgone, so long, bye bye at the break of dawn,
All: Sun, you're done,
All your husband does is shun,
All: Oh no Michael,
you're at the end of the lifecycle,
No brains, all brawn,
Everyone has mind gone
(Everyone does Footloose dance)
Might I take this time to remind that I dinnae own Footloose.
Smilez4eva
CrAzYhOrSeGiRl88 Yeah Anthony's a big prickhole.
Ethan: It always reminds me of that movie Scotland, PA when the people scream "An-thony!"
Lol yeah that's a great movie. Sadly a toboggan party is just something I made up, but it does sound cool, but it sounds painful (add in a couple of beers and a retarded guy who wants to toboggan naked) yeah (shudder) But its done best at night (I always go tobogganing at like 2am)
We (Canadian's) actually don't have phones yet (we're so behind you guys)… PSYCHE! Lol the guy who invented the telephone is from my town!
Ethan: So how do you like them apples!
So I can either be a robit, a lying criminal, or a telephone inventor, or a hockey player.
Ethan: OMG I wanna play hockey!
Later…
Oreata Glad you liked the song ;) and it only gets better from here on in.
Rain1657
Ethan: I'm here to impress
Yeah the baby thing was pretty bad, I had to carry it from my school to my house which is like 15 blocks and I had to pass a hospital too, and people like shout out rude comments and I was like "I do what I wan!" lol and it weighted like 20 pounds, so now I'm like the hulk. Hee hee
Good to hate everyone named Anthony, I know no one named Anthony, so I chose that name (Plus it's strictly Italian (and he's in the mod (or so you'll find out later))) And Leo, poor Leo…
Good luck in Chem, I failed with a 36... I can't mix stuff without hurting someone…
Eliza4892 I'm glad it striked your funny bone. And hopefully you like this chapter too
JasmineHR TOTALLY (cocks a B.B. gun, then tosses one to you and one to Ethan)
Jack: You sure it's a good idea to give a gun to him?
Hmm let's see, when you had the opportunity to give guns out you gave them to Locke (scary, scary Locke), Sayid the former soldier, Sawyer who shot someone before, and Kate the main reason the guns were on the isle. Plus where did you learn to use a gun huh?
Jack: I have my ways
Flashback
Nurse: We need to remove his kidney Dr. Sheppard
Jack: No problem (hold out gun) Blam Blam Blam!
End Flashback
Sawyer: It's my ice cream and I'll do whatever I want with it…
Shannon: OMG all that cream is gonna go straight to your ass!
Sawyer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Lillywriter I'm glad you liked the chapter, and I'm a Bloody Rock god!
Charlie: OH NO YOU DIDN'T
(start to fight)
Sawyer: I'm putting a 20 on Shiggity
Claire: But Chaalee's the original rock God.
Sawyer: But she's got a lot of pent up rage…besides its only Canadian money (Oh burn Canada! Just kidding! I heart your endless winters)
Liz Waller Hmmm a love scene soon, let me ponder for a moment…… Yep I think I'm just about to write one, which means that you'll get it in a couple of weeks. Don't worry he'll find out about Kate's past shortly after the looooove scene.
Pink Pinker I've never heard the song 'Soldier' lol but I LOVE loose my breath, I made shortbread cookies to it during the winter, it was awesome. My sister from hell sang it, I just did the breathing part. Lol my Shannon song is to the tune of "whatchu waitin' for" by Gwen Stephani.
Ethan: Next chapter opens with a flashback, which shortly occurs after the previous flashback in which shocking revelations are made (not talking into microphone) Man these big words make me sound smart! Ahem! And do I dare say it, in fear of being smacked by Shiggity… (looks around cautiously) The mother card comes into play (smack)
