Thanks everybody for reviuwing my story and to Chris for helping me with my grammatical mistakes. I'm sorry it took me a long time to update, but here it is. Please R&R.
Since We Met
Chapter 4: Almost a Kiss
Jack stood there, with his gaze on the direction were Kate had left. What was going on with her? He thought. No, it wasn't the right question. What was going on with them both? Kate wasn't the kind of girl who would kill somebody, she was kind, and everytime he saw her she was helping out or worrying about everybody … about him. Why was she arrested? Why would she kill the man that she loved? Those were some of the questions that Jack always had on his mind. Why didn't she write a letter? This one was the most recent.
Kate was on her way to the hatch. She remembered something about her past, something she forgot since the crash, since she met new people, since they met. Yeah, that was the reason why she didn't write a letter, because she had nobody to write to. Who would she write to, her father? He wasn't even her father. Well, for her he was, but she hadn't talked to him since that day. That day.
She was alone, in the dark, in the rain, with the police looking for her and not enough money to even reserve a damn hotel room. She just had an old car, a car she bought shelling her lovely motorbike. But she couldn't cry, no. Even knowing that her entire life since that day would be this way, she couldn't cry. She couldn't because she had to be what people thought she was, strong. She couldn't because if she cried, she wouldn't stop. But she felt lonely, and she felt that she couldn't continue running without help. So even though she tried not to do it, even though she didn't want to do it. She did it. She stopped the car near a telephone booth and began to dial a number.
"Hello?" A sleeping male voice said. He couldn't hear anything but a breath, so he tried again. "Hello?" Then he heard the person by the other side of the phone make a noise that sounded like they were trying to say something. "Katie? It's you?" He whispered.
"Yeah dad, it's me" She said with a shaking voice. A voice that was holding tears inside, because she couldn't cry.
"Where are you Katherine? Are you ok?" Katherine? God he must be really angry, she thought. Because he never called her Katherine, only when she did something that was wrong.
"Yeah dad I'm- I'm fine. I was just wandering if... if we could met somewhere, its like I need to talk with someone I know. I promise I won't take you too much time". There were silent for a moment.
"Ok, Katie. Do you remember the park where I used to take you when you were younger?"
"Yeah" she said. How could she forget it? It was the only day of the week that she was a little happy. The only day she could leave her problems at home.
"Then I'll meet you there in ten minutes" He hanged up.
She stopped the car far from the park in a place where she could see the park, but at the same time not be seen . There, near the swings was a figure, her father. But he looked nervous,then she saw it. Near the park was a parked car with two men inside with their gaze on his father, and another man was seated on a bench in the park reading a newspaper and from time to time he looked up in the direction of her father. She couldn't believe it, her father betrayed her. Because who reads a newspaper at 3 in the morning? Well, a normal person doesn't. Inside of her she knew it was going to happen but she didn't want to believe it. Then it happened, what she was trying to avoid all night happened. She felt a sting in the back of her eyes that quickly invaded her. She cried.
Her past was overwhelming her again. She remembered the reason why she couldn't tell Jack about what she did, about her past. She couldn't because he would do the same that her mother did, the same that her father did. He would hate her, and she didn't want it, she didn't want to have nobody again.
She was near the hatch now. She looked for a good tree, climbed it and sat in a branch. Now she felt better, that was what she used to do when she was young, when she had to get out of the house. It was the best time to do it, she thought. She had been reserving it for the right moment, and it was the moment. She needed it. She opened her backpack and took it. God, now she was a lot better.
Jack decided to leave his thoughts and go to check Sawyer. He was near when he heard something. He looked around but he didn't see anything, then he heard something again and he looked up. There on a tree was Kate with a face of pleasure eating a chocolate bar.
"Hey, where did you get that!" He said. Kate jumped and almost fell to the ground.
"In the hatch, I saved some for... well for when I felt the need for chocolate. But I have the right you know I was the first one to enter there" She answered.
"You know, I won't tell anybody if you give me one" He said with his hands resting on his hip looking up to Kate.
"Are you serious?" He nodded. "I didn't know that child part on you" She said smiling a bit.
"I have a lot of parts that you don't know" It sounded different in his head, but it was already said.
"Ok, I'll give you one. But you have to come up here" She said motioning to a seat near her. Jack smiled looking down for a moment thinking about that.
"You don't think I'm capable of doing it?" He said with a sexy smile looking at her.
"I don't know. Do you?" Then he approached the tree and started climbing it. He took a seat next to Kate.
"You've won it" She said giving him the chocolate bar. He opened it and started eating it.
"Hmmm" He said bitting it. Kate was looking at him and smiled. "What?" He said.
"What?" She replied.
"Why are you looking at me that way?" He said looking at her.
"I just wanted to see your face" She smiled again. "And believe me. It was priceless" Jack looked at her again and they both laughed.
"I can't believe what I'm saying but, now I understand you. This is a good place to stay... peaceful" He said closing his eyes and resting his head on the trunk.
"Yeah, and this is a place to not talk about anything" She said emphasizing the word anything.
"Ok, I got it" He said smiling. He relaxed too much that he almost loose his balance, but Kate grabbed him by his waist.
"Hey, be carefull" she said. Their gaze met for a moment.
"Thank God! I almost lost my chocolate bar" He said breaking their gaze. Kate started to laugh loudly. Then he took a bit of her chocolate bar.
"Hey!" She said. Jack suddenly covered Kate's mouth with his hand and said "Shhh"
Somebody was exiting the hatch, it was Michael. They stood there without moving a muscle untill Michael was far away.
"What was that for?" She said.
"What? I was protecting your life. You know people are capable to kill for food" She gave him and odd look.
"You're acting really strange today you know" She said " Maybe it's the height" Jack smiled.
They sat there for a while, forgetting about all their problems, just relaxing. Yeah maybe it was the height or maybe it was that he was acting like a lover. But he didn't know.
The next day Jack was picking fruit in the jungle when he saw something between the grass. He approached to see what it was. When he saw it, he stood in shock. It was a body, but not just a body, it was a known body for him. Even thought it was rotting, he recognised it. It was his father. He took some steps back with tears in his eyes and started to run. He was running to nowhere, he was just running from the body. Then he decided to go to his favourite spot on the beach, the place where he used to think about things. Finally he arrived there and he kneeled down with his hands on his head. His breath was heavy. He wasn't the kind of guy that used to cry, but this time he broke down. He calmed a little and tried to think about something else. So he thought about that place. He looked at his back and lifted his shirt a little, it was still there.
"Hey" He heard from behind him.
"Hey" He said not looking at who was behind him.
"Is that what I think it is?" She said as she kneeled down next to him and lifted his shirt a little to look at it. "I didn't make a bad job after all" She said smiling and touching his scar. He shivered at her touch, and he turned to look at her.
"Hey, what's wrong?" She asked. He turned his head to avoid her gaze but she grabbed his chin. "Jack..."
"I just want to be alone Kate" He said looking at her with a hard expression.
"Ok" She said as she got up. She looked a little hurt.
She was two steps away when he got up.
"Kate" he said taking her hand. She turned to face him. Then he approached her. He was so close that she could feel his breath on her face. They both started to approach their heads closing their eyes until their lips met and they started to feel goosebumps all along their bodies. When they were about to start moving their lips they heard a noise and turned their faces abruptly. When she saw it she took a few steps back and started to run like she always did. It was the black horse again.