FOR CAITLYN: In your face, because I will die before I write a Skater fic. But hey, look on the birght side- better me than Kate! Ha, ha. Love you anyway, ----Maria
DISCLAIMER: For the millionth time, we do not own "LOST". Or "HOLIDAY". The song, at least, but the story is ours.
-HOLIDAY-
-BY WHENICOMEAROUND INC.-
-CHAPTER SIX-
Allisyn looked at Kate, who was sitting on a log talking to Jack. She wanted to hate her. She wanted to be jealous. But she couldn't. She just couldn't.
I'm low, Allisyn thought with a sinking heart. She saved my life. And when she finds out about what happened with Jack, she's going to hate me.
Jack clapped a hand on Kate's knee and they both smiled; Jack left.
Allisyn approached Kate.
"Hey," said Kate when she saw Allisyn.
"Hey," said Allisyn. "Listen, uh... I wanted to... to thank you."
"Oh," said Kate, smiling. "well... you're welcome."
Allisyn smiled. They sat in silence for a minute, then Kate said, "I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"For... punching you." Kate blushed. "We were acting like twelve year old girls. This is stupid."
"It is," Allisyn agreed. "it is stupid."
Kate and Allisyn smiled at each other.
"So, what do you say, Allisyn? Friends?" Kate held out a hand.
Allisyn smiled and shook it. "Friends."
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"Don't get up. Stay put."
Saywer glanced at Michael, who was staring open-mouthed at the man.
"Stay put." he said again. He was pointing a knife at them.
They all got up off the ground; the man yelled, "STAY!"
Everyone, even Sawyer, stayed put. He couldn't risk another injury and he really didn't want to suffer in front of Maria anymore.
"Okay, now follow me." he said, turning around. Jin, Mike, Sawyer, and Maria all looked at each other. Reluctantly they followed the man into the jungle. Nobody spoke until he was a safe distance away.
"Sawyer, what are we supposed to do?" Maria hissed. Sawyer looked at her.
"Listen, Mia," he said quietly. "Promise me that no matter what happens, you're gonna be there if I need you."
Maria looked square in his eyes and said, "Then promise me the same."
"I promise."
"Then so do I."
"QUIET!" The man yelled, not looking back. Maria and Sawyer looked at each other and smiled. Nobody dared to say anything the rest of the trip.
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"Do you think it's safe for Locke to go down there by himself?" Jack asked Allisyn.
She wasn't paying attention, though.
"What?"
Jack sighed. "Do you think it's safe for Locke to go down there on his own?"
Allisyn had to think about that for a second. "It's not really safe for anyone to go alone. But I'm sure Locke can handle himself. He's a big boy, Jack." Allisyn said the last sentence with a smile.
Jack wasn't in the mood for humor. He turned and looked into the horizon. Allisyn sighed.
"Jack, listen. I know you think you have to look out for everybody. But you can't control them. Different people have different beliefs. Locke is a man of fate and destiny and he thinks he's meant to go down there. I know you're only trying to protect him, but Locke is an independent person and doesn't like being told what to do that will get in the way of his... destiny."
Jack looked into Allisyn's eyes. "You're right. But I just want everyone to be safe. Especially," he added, even though it was somewhat irrelevant. "you and Kate."
She nodded to show her understanding. "I mean, if something happened to you... I'd... I'd kill myself." Jack's eyes swelled with tears.
So did Allisyn's. "Don't worry, Jack," she whispered. "we're gonna be okay."
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They walked for about an hour and a half. No food, no water. Just walking. Maria's mouth was dry, Sawyer was about to faint with hunger, and Michael and Jin were both tired due to lack of sleep the night before. But they kept trudging along. Finally, they got the their unannounced destination.
"Wait here." the man told them. "If you run, you will be killed."
Then he walked away.
"Somebody's brutally honest." Sawyer said sarcastically.
A little while later, he returned.
"Come." he commanded.
What are we, dogs? Maria wanted to say, but for once in her life she kept her mouth shut.
He led them through the jungle some more. Suddenly he stopped and opened up some kind of door in the ground, covering a hole. As they were all looking down into the hole he pushed them inside it.
"Son of a BITCH!" Sawyer yelled when he fell on his bad arm.
The man closed the door and left.
"HEY!" Maria yelled at the hatch. "HEY! COME BACK HERE!"
She kicked the wall angrily. "Well," she said to no one in particular. "now what?"
Michael and Jin just looked at her and shrugged.
Sawyer walked over to Maria and pulled her over to the side.
"Mia," he said. "take this." he held out a gun.
Maria's eyes widened.
"Take it, please!" he insisted.
Reluctantly, Maria took it.
"Thank you." Sawyer said.
"But... Sawyer, I don't understand-" Sawyer cut Maria off.
"You promised you'd be there for me no matter what. I just though this could help." Then he held her face with his good hand and leaned in to kiss her.
"How sweet, now let me go throw up now." a woman's voice said. Sawyer let go of Maria and looked up.
"Who the hell are you?" Maria asked.
"You will find out soon enough." she said simply. Now, usually Maria didn't judge people she had just met, but she already hated this girl, whoever she was.
She opened the door and dropped a rope down. "You, and you," she said, pointing to Michael and Jin. "Come up here. Now."
Michael nodded and made a gesture for Jin to follow him. As soon as they climbed up, the rope was gone and the door closed once again. Maria and Sawyer were left alone.
Sawyer sat down and leaned against the dirt wall.
"What a bitch." Maria said, sort of thinking aloud. Sawyer smiled at her. "You just don't like her because she interrupted our Moment."
Maria blushed. "No!" Sawyer looked at her disbelievingly. "Maybe."
Sawyer motioned for her to sit next to him. As soon as she did, he put his arm around her.
"Don't worry, Mia. I have a feeling there will be plenty more Moments like that."
"What are you saying?" Maria smiled and blushed even more. She knew what was coming.
"What I'm trying to say," Sawyer started to say. "Is that I-"
"Okay, enough, Romeo and Juliet." Sawyer glared at the woman standing above them. Maria's right, he thought. What a bitch.
"You. Come here." she was pointing at Maria.
Maria shot Sawyer a look of panic and fear. His eyes told her he felt the same.
"GET UP! I DON'T HAVE ALL YEAR!"
Maria got up slowly and climbed the rope. As the woman was closing the hatch Sawyer said, "You hurt her, and I'll kill you."
"Whatever!" she said, slamming the door.
"Son of a bitch!" Sawyer yelled, and he pounded the walls of his prison with his fists.
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Jack was sitting on the beach by himself. He needed to think. His mind was crammed with memories from the night before, strange, inexplicable emotions concerning Kate and Allisyn, and of course the ongoing possibility that he was insane.
Then Kate interrupted his thoughts. Had it been anyone but her (except possibly Allisyn), he would have been annoyed.
But he wasn't. So he smiled.
"You and Allisyn still fighting over me?" he said without thinking. She smiled.
"No," she said. She sat down beside him. "We're cool."
Jack smiled. "Good."
Kate slid closer to him. He put an arm around her shoulder.
"You did a decent thing," he said to her quietly. "making peace with Allisyn."
She smiled. Then he kissed her.
And it would have almost not mattered if Allisyn weren't watching.