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Chapter 6: Thomas and Sarah

Claire woke up early the next day, so she decided to get on the internet. Hurley had sent her an e-mail about a concert at a local venue and wanted to know if she, Jack, and Kate would come. She thought it sounded cool and wanted to check out this new band DriveShaft. Claire was going to run downstairs and ask, but she let Jack and Kate sleep in. They looked so adorable last night. She smiled at the thought.

When Jack opened his eyes, he saw Kate's face. She looked so peaceful. Different from the night before with her crying. He felt her stirring and rubbed she back with his arm. Kate then opened her eyes and shifted her head so she could see Jack's.

"Hey" She smiled.

"Morning. Felling better?" Jack asked.

"Yeah." And she laid her head back down.

"Maybe we should get up. Get some food."

"OK." Kate sleepily got up to a sitting position and yawned. Jack got off the couch and helped Kate up. She grabbed his hand and they interlocked fingers and walked to the kitchen.

Claire and Margo were making breakfast, and Christian, having a rare day off, was reading the paper. Claire noticed Jack and Kate holding hands but didn't say anything. Jack and Kate sat on one side of the table and Claire and Margo brought food over.

"Good morning Jack and Kate." Christian said.

"Morning dad." Jack replied.

"Good morning Dr. Shepherd." Kate said.

"Kate. After all these years you can call me Chris."

Feeling embarrassed, she only nodded.

Claire set down and started eating when Jack asked his father, "How the Sox's do?"

"Let's see." Christian got the sports section and read "They swept the Yankees!"

"Awesome!" Jack replied. Jack and Christian were huge Red Soxs fans, even though they lived in California. However, Christian's family was from there.

"Baseball." Claire said with a bored look on her face, but she was a fan too.

Margo then joined the table. "So Kate. When do you and Sam leave for Iowa?"

"Our plane leaves tomorrow afternoon. Then we are going to visit my mom, aunts, and uncles." Kate replied.

"How long are you going for?" Christian asked.

"Just a week."

"Tell Diane we said Hi." Margo added.

Claire then remembered Hurley's e-mail. "Kate! Are you free tonight? You too Jack?"

Kate and Jack nodded, but Margo asked, "What's going on tonight? And don't you think you should asked us?"

"I forgot. There is a concert at The Newport and our friends wanted to know if we could go. So, can we?" Claire asked.

"I don't know. It's a concert and I'm worried." Margo shared.

"Honey, let them go." Christian said. "They deserve some fun and to get out of the house."

"All right." Margo said defeated. Claire got excited and Jack was too, but he wanted to see about Kate.

"Kate, do you want to go? We don't have too." Jack told her quietly thinking about last night.

But Kate smiled and held his hand. "I'll just ask my dad, but I should be able too."

With that everyone went back to breakfast.

Jack parked the car outside of The Newport. The concert hall was small, but it was still a cool place to hang out. Kate asked her dad and she was able to go. She came out of the passenger's side and joined Jack. Claire joined them and they made their way inside. The 3 of them met Hurley and Sawyer at their table. A new girl was hanging around Sawyer. She was Spanish and their age.

"You all are here!" Sawyer started. "Everyone this is Ana-Lucia Cortez. She's new so be nice." He joked.

"Hey!" Ana smiled.

Claire and Kate made their way over. "Hi! I'm Claire Shepherd. This is Kate Austen, that's my brother Jack Shepherd, and that's Hurley."

"It's nice to meet you!" Kate smiled.

"Thanks. It's hard being the new girl." Ana replied.

"I know. It was like that for me when I first moved her."

"You ladies want to play pool?" Sawyer asked when Ana met everyone.

"Sure." Kate replied.

"Yeah. Thanks." Ana replied as Sawyer handed her a poll.

"Claire?" Jack asked.

"No thanks. I'm going to sit and check out the band with Hurley." Claire replied.

"So, is it guys vs. girls?" Jack asked.

"Totally." Sawyer replied. "Get ready for a whoopin'!"

"You might be surprised Sawyer! Me and Kate might whoop you!" Ana replied.

Jack and Kate laughed at Sawyer's expression. Ana was going to fit in nicely.

"You ready baby brother?" Liam asked.

"I bloody well hope so!" Charlie Pace replied. It was DriveShaft's first big gig since moving to LA. Charlie grabbed his bass and headed on stage.

The band started with their most popular "You all Everybody". Charlie was playing along and noticed a beautiful blonde sitting at one of the tables. Charlie was amazed. She looked like an angel. When she looked up towards him, he smiled at she. She smiled right back.

I'm going to have to talk to her after the gig. Charlie thought.

"He smiled at me!" Claire said excitedly.

"So." Hurley replied bored.

"I have to tell Kate!" But as she walked over towards her best friend, she bumped into someone. "I'm so sorry."

"That's OK. I was my fault." He smiled down at her.

Claire looked at him and thought he was cute, so she smiled back.

"Do you want me to buy you a drink…?"

"Claire."

"Claire. I'm Thomas."

"You guys suck!" Kate teased. Her and Ana beat them.

"It's not funny Freckles." Sawyer said mad.

"Freckles? That's an obvious nickname. I thought you could do better." Ana teased.

"Thanks Ana Lulu." Sawyer spat back at her and she just rolled her eyes.

"Guys!" Claire announced. Everyone turned towards her. "This is Thomas."

Claire introduced everyone, but Jack got a weird feeling from this new guy. "Thomas, this is my older brother Jack."

"Hello." Thomas held out his hand.

"Hey." Jack shook it, but watched him carefully.

As the concert went on, Thomas started flirting with Claire. Kate could see Jack watching closely. "You OK?" She asked.

"Claire's never had a boyfriend before."

"Maybe it's time."

"If he hurts her…"

"She has us and your parents. She'll be fine." As Kate said this she grabbed Jack's hand.

He smiled at her. "I guess it's just overprotective big brother syndrome." Which made her giggle.

"Hey Jack!" Sawyer ran up to them. "Isn't that Sarah? Why is she with Mark Silverman?"

Jack and Kate looked and sure enough, Sarah was making out with Jack's old friend Mar.

"She must have been cheating on me with him." Jack realized.

"Who's the whore now?" Kate joked which made Jack laugh. Sawyer was completely clueless to what was going on.