PucktoFaerie: Thank you for your constructive review, I really appreciate it. That's okay, not everything is everyone's cup of tea. But I appreciate your advise about "just remember not to rush it", something I will think about when I am writing new chapters.
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Notes: I hope these chapters don't seemed rushed, some chapters are written with minor details, that is because what is there, is all I can think of. Sometimes I like to write in more detail, but nothing comes to me, and simply because, I don't want to ruin what I already have with drabbles. This is the last that I have written and completed, the others are still to come.
Chapter seven - Where's Dad?
It felt like forever heading back to the caves, and not once had Boone took his arm off her shoulders, but Jordan did not mind at all, in fact, it was comforting. While on the way, Jordan had been trying to think of how she was to ask her brother about their father, exactly. She had no idea. She closed her eyes for a second and took a deep breath.
"Are you okay?" Boone asked, removing his arm as they entered the caves. Jordan looked a bit white.
"Yeah." Jordan nodded. "Just nervous."
"Just ask him, like you usually ask brother's for a favour." Boone advised, with a slight chuckle. He saw Jack with Kate, Charlie and Hurley.
"You're still coming right?" Jordan whispered.
"Right behind you." Boone said with a laugh.
Jordan ignored Boone's laugh as she didn't take her eyes off Jack, who seemed to be helping Kate out, she wondered what had happened. Wait, no she didn't. Charlie was the one who spotted Jordan and Boone first.
"Hey Jordan." He greeted, warily of Boone.
"Jack?" Jordan said, half ignoring Charlie, now wasn't the time.
"Not now Jordan, I've got to cover up Kate's cut." Jack advised, not taking his eyes off Kate's arm.
Jordan shot a glare at Kate. It's always Kate, she thought. Kate this, Kate that. This time she had enough.
"You know, why is it that you have enough time for everyone else, but not your own sister?" Jordan finally blurted, everyone who were at the caves heard her.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Jord." A startled Jack informed, now paying attention to her.
"You don't know? Of course you don't know! You're too busy with everyone else that you don't know what's really going on! Where's dad, Jack, have you forgotten about him? Remember he was in that coffin that was in the cargo? Isn't it strange that we haven't seen it since the plane crashed?"
"Uh, Jordan …" Boone whispered, glancing around.
Feeling hot-headed, Jordan realised she was saying too much. So much for not telling anyone. Now everyone at the caves know about their father. Meanwhile, Jack looked white as a ghost, and Kate had finally backed off.
"Jack." Jordan whispered, waiting for an answer.
Before she could get one, Jack grabbed his sister by the arm, his grasp was that hard, that it actually hurt. Jordan grimaced as she was being pulled away by unwanted stares.
"She deserves to know, Jack! Where her own fathers coffin is." Boone backed, rushed after the siblings with Charlie, he didn't care if he wasn't suppose to.
When they were far enough Jack stopped and spun around, staring at Boone, Charlie and even Kate. His head was spinning as he looked at his sister.
"He knows?" He breathed, his sister only nodded.
"Knows what?" Charlie piped up, eager to know.
"This is none of your business Charlie." Jack hissed.
"Oh right, so it's okay for Boone to know?" Charlie angered, shooting a glare at Boone who avoided eye contact.
"No it's not. It's not anyone's business. What don't you all back off and leave me with my sister?" Jack ordered. He did not say anything until Charlie and Kate walked off, not before Kate had to force Charlie away.
"Well?" Jordan felt like she wanted to beg. "Where is he Jack? Why isn't he here? Why haven't you said anything to me?"
Jack finally got himself together. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"If you don't know anything, then where did you go a couple of days ago, where you went for hours, when you came back you were all quiet?" Boone questioned, he refused to back away.
"You were spying on me?" Jack blurted out, getting annoyed at Boone's interfering and Jordan for telling him.
"No, I just noticed." Boone decided to calm down, bowing his head.
"Jack, please. If you found out anything?" Jordan pleaded, Jack only stared.
Jack stayed silent for awhile, before answering. "I am telling you the truth, Jordan. I haven't found anything. If I did, I would have told you."
Jordan glared at her brother feeling hurt and betrayed, she knew he was lying, she just knew it.
"I hate you." Jordan angered in a low voice, before not being able to handle it anymore, she turned and walked past Boone, leaving the site.
Jack's heart sank as he watched his sister leave. As much as he wanted to tell her, he couldn't.
From a distance, sitting on a lodge with his guitar, Charlie paid close attention. Although he couldn't hear what they were saying he knew it was intense. He well and clearly knew Boone was in it as well. He hit his hand on his guitar with frustration. He wanted to know what was going on, not Boone.
Oh, oh, could it be? No, is Charlie, jealous?
