DISCLAIMER: We still don't own LOST. If we did, that would mean we own Sawyer (Maria-:drool:) and Jack (Allison- :drool:), and then we wouldn't need to write this. :Muhahahahahaha:
-HOLIDAY-
-BY WHENICOMEAROUND AND CREW-
-CHAPTER TWO-
Everyone was silent on the rest of the way to get the dynamite. They were walking in a straight line like little ducks; first Jack, then Allisyn, Locke, and Rousseau; then Kate and Arzt, with Hurley bringing up the rear. After Allisyn and Kate nearly killed each other the rest of them thought it was a good idea for them to be separated.
Allisyn has no clue what's she up against, Kate thought bitterly. Being a fugitive (somewhat) she wasn't afraid of hurting Allisyn. Kate was so deep in thought that she didn't notice the tree root in front of her. She tripped right over the tree root and fell with a thud. Danielle, who was walking in front of her, didn't turn around, but Jack did.
"Kate, are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm good." she said, getting up and brushing herself off.
Jack looked at Kate and then at Allisyn. She smiled and their eyes met. Jack then realized how nice her eyes were. Jack blinked and turned back around. Allisyn saw he was upset about something. They proceeded walking. She fell into step next to him.
"Something wrong, Jack? You seem off."
"What? Oh, I'm fine. Really." said Jack, but that wasn't true at all. Every since he'd gotten on this island he'd been torn apart.
"Because you know I'm always here if you want to talk." Allisyn said. Jack stopped and turned to face her. He put his hands on her shoulders and said, "Yes, I know. Thank you." He turned and started walking again.
Allison hurried up a bit to catch up with him.
"So," asked Jack with a smile. "What were you and Kate fighting about?" As if I didn't know, he thought.
"Oh, that." said Allisyn, blushing slightly. "Well, you know how girls are. Kate must be PMSing." This seemed like an unorthodox comment to make to a guy, but Jack was special to her. He proved this when he laughed.
"We're here." Locke stated.
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ALLISON: Sorry to interrupt this fic, but the next episode is THREE WEEKS AWAY! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
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When they got to the ship, Rousseau said simply, "Explosives are in the hull of the ship."
Then she started walking away.
"Rousseau," called Jack. "hey! Where are you going?"
"You need dynamite. You don't need me."
"Who's gonna lead us back?" said Jack.
Oh, I'll lead you back, Allisyn was thinking with a smile. And I'll lead Kate straight into a-
"I'll lead us back," said Locke heroically, interrupting Allisyn's thoughts.
Jack glanced at Allisyn, who was fiddling with the straps on her backpack; Kate, who was gazing at him fondly; and Hurley, who was staring blankly into space, probably wishing that the rock he was staring at were a turkey sandwich. Jack chuckled silently at his thought.
"Fine." said Jack, looking away from the Turkey Sandwich Rock to view Locke. "Okay."
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It was a sad goodbye that morning on the beach. No one knew what was going to happen to the raft, and some (most) of them knew that this was probably the final goodbye.
"Mia," said Charlie, hugging Maria. "Good luck elsewhere."
Maria winced slightly at "Mia" but smiled and hugged back.
"Same to you," she said. Claire, who was standing beside Charlie, smiling and holding her baby, moved forward and hugged Maria with her one free arm.
"Best of luck, Mia." she said.
Maria smiled, knowing that she would probably be Mia forever now, thanks to Sawyer. She somewhat missed it. Her cousins had called her that growing up. "You too, Claire." she said. Claire held up her baby. "Say goodbye to Mia, Aaron."
Maria kissed Aaron's big turnip head. "God bless, Aaron."
Aaron smiled. He probably would have smiled even if Maria had said it with a nasty tone. He was a happy baby. He agreed to everything except maybe a wet diaper.
Maria turned and picked up her backpack. She headed towards the raft.
Everyone lined up along the sides and pushed the raft into the water as Michael shouted things like, "Hey, keep it straight on the left side!" and "Watch out, Charlie, WATCH OUT!"
Finally, the raft was in the water. Sawyer jumped up onto it and pulled Jin up, then Jin pulled Maria.
The people on the beach cheered and waved; Walt called, "Bye, Vincent!", Charlie and Sayid whistled.
Sawyer smiled and looked at Maria. It took her a minute to realize he was staring.
"What?" she said.
"Nothin'." he said, grinning. He winked at her, then turned around and tugged on the sail.
Maria looked back at the beach and waved to Shannon, who was standing with Vincent. She waved back.
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"Did any of you hear about the guy who invented nitroglycerin?"
Jack glanced at Kate and rolled his eyes. She smiled.
Arzt was wrapping the dynamite that Locke and Jack had salvaged from the wrecked ship. Jack regretted bringing him along- he treated them like one of his high school classes.
"Didn't think so," Arzt was saying. Allisyn crossed her eyes at Hurley. He smiled. "Because he blew his brains out!"
Arzt stood up. "So the lab assistant comes in and says, 'Heh. I guess this stuff works'."
And with that, he stood up.
"Now, we're not gonna take any more than we need, because we don't need any of you exploding. So we just-"
BOOM!
Instinctively, Jack dove on top of the nearest person- Allisyn- and pulled on what he could reach from there- Kate's arm. The three of them fell to the ground. Hurley shouted, "DUDE!" and did the same.
Allisyn looked up at Jack's eyes and smiled. He smiled too, then realized the where he was in and mumbled, "Sorry."
"Don't mention it." she said, standing up.
Kate looked livid.