Characters/Pairings: Kate, Ensemble, Kate/Jack
Spoilers/Warnings: Up to "What Kate Did" I really loved that episode and some random AU events from then on that I made up.
Rating: T because I'm paranoid.
Summary: Kate flips through a scrapbook sent to her in the mail and thinks about the events of the island and her life that led her to where she is now.
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Author's Note: I'm feeling sick… so this
is a small update because I feel guilty for not updating any of my
stories. I'm so behind. I think I'm going to drop a few of them
because I'm too busy to update them. Also, still in search of BETA.
My best friend doesn't watch Lost and she's the only person I
really trust with my writing. She doesn't get any of my Lost
stories so I'm in hunt for someone to read and edit and give my
help. Please e-mail me!
Chapter Two
Kate rolled out of bed quickly. The sun woke her up; she was ever so lucky to get the room where the window was in direct alignment to the sun when it rises. The minute her expressionless face got hit with morning sunshine, she rolled out and headed to her mini sink and mirror to brush her teeth. She missed toothbrushes and toothpaste during her time on the island. No matter how much she wanted to flip threw that scrapbook, her teeth needed to be clean. She needed to roll her tongue over her teeth and feel the cleanliness she loves.
Once that was done, she found the scrapbook and carefully flipped through the first couple of pages, reviewing what she saw last night, until she saw the third page, the newest page, in front of her eyes.
Third Page
There were two pictures on the third page. One was of Charlie, who was holding Aaron, and Hurley was behind them. Aaron was still very young but it was possible to see bits and pieces of Claire in him: in the hair and eyes especially. Underneath, Jack wrote underneath their names and what day on the island it was, the fifty-seventh.
Kate took that picture before she was off going off for water and fruit for everyone. She found it adorable how to grown men had such difficulties feeding a baby while the mother slept. So she told them to pose and act like they know what they're doing. It worked. Goofy grins came from both of them.
The second picture was of Jack. Day 60: I really hate this picture. It made Kate giggle. He was shirtless and swimming in the ocean water. They just finished exploring a semi-new part of the island. Both were trying to lighten the mood by saying their were pot growers just south of where their camp was or a colony of free spirited people in the east like in that movie Leonardo Di Caprio was in. Both were trying to cover up the seriousness of searching threw the new ground. Eventually they hit the beach, a safe beach according to Sayid, to rest.
Kate sleepily laid on the sand, oblivious (but still somewhat aware; Sayid could be wrong) to everything around her, for a few minutes. She drank from the water bottle and pulled herself up off her back. Jack was gone. Next thing she knew she heard splashing and Jack was in the water, swimming. She grinned, grabbed her camera and zoomed in on him. He was smiling, for the first time in a few days, and he seemed to have boyish charm aura around him. It reminded her of Tom a bit. Only slightly, but Kate tried not to remember him often.
She snapped the photo as she dropped her sweater and start fidgeting out of her boots. Seconds later she was in the water with him, splashing around, enjoying the naive and childish moment. She didn't feel that happy in a long time. And now, looking at that photo made her feel a bit more…alive.
Fourth Page
The next picture wasn't too happy as the others have been. Kate took it because she didn't want to whole camera to seem false and perfect (as perfect as life can get on an island, right?) when really there was struggle between the survivors. It was between Michael and Locke, with Jack and Jin on the sidelines trying to work things out. It was taken that night, after food supply was a becoming low. Locke was saying that it was necessary to explore the island and Michael was saying that they've already lost so many people, that they shouldn't lose more survivors because of the lack of food. Jack didn't write anything other than the day (the sixtieth) but Kate didn't blame him. She wouldn't know what to write beneath that picture either.
The next picture was gentle. It sent Kate threw a whirlwind of emotions. At first glance, it made her want love, which sent her in to jealousy and finally anger and hate. It was Jin and Sun, sitting on the beach together, with that hint of love in their eyes. Ever since he came back, the two of them had been basically inseparable.
Jack wrote, Day 72: Sun and Jin
When Kate took that picture, she imagined her and Jack, sitting like that somewhere, together, having that loving look in her eye. But she knew it wouldn't happen on the island. They both had too many responsibilities. And she knew that it wouldn't happen back in the real world. She knew she was going to jail the minute they found…
"Breakfast. Get up." The guard looked down at Kate, snapping her out of her thoughts. She got up, placing the book gently underneath her pillow. She walked out slowly and headed to the main dining hall.