Author's Note: This is NOT going along with the season- I started writing it after eppy # 18- Season1- Numbers. I only just found it, and so it'll be AU as off Eppy # 19- Season 1- and on. Also, this is basically my first fanfic, so please review with advice, constructed criticism- whatever. Just not flames, thanx!
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CHAPTER 1- A Brother
Shannon stared after Sayid as he left her to go chasing after Hurley, who had gone off to find Danielle Rousseau. No matter what he said, Shannon was worried about Sayid. He had been the first person to open up to her on the island, and he really meant something to her. Which was a new feeling for her… most of her friends and ex-boyfriends she had only ever wanted for the money.
But there had been one person who she'd thought of as a real friend; one person who she had never used, and had never wanted to.
FLASHBACK:
Shannon Rutherford was playing a tennis game against her best friend, Chloe Sausceda, at her neighborhood country club. Her cell phone rang, and both girls paused the game while she ran over and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Shannon,
it's me," she heard her father's voice. "I'm sorry, but can
you come home now? Something's come up, and we need to talk."
"Yeah, sure… Is everything alright?"
"It's
fine, just… come home now."
"Ok, I'll see you in a few."
Shannon hung up and turned toward Chloe. "I've got to go home,
Dad wants me for something."
"Oh, okay… you don't know what?" Chloe asked.
Shannon shook her head. "He just said he has to talk to me about something."
"Oh. Well, Don't worry, I'm sure it's nothing." Chloe said reassuringly, causing Shannon to smile slightly. She had tried to cover up that she was worried, but should have known her best friend of seven years wouldn't buy the act. She knew her too well. They had been best friends ever since Shannon's mother died, when she was five. She had become lonely, without her mother around, and her father had stopped paying attention to her and started putting all of his effort into his job. That was why Shannon was so worried; her dad never asked her to come home when she was out, half the time he didn't even notice.
"I hope so. I'll call you tonight, 'kay?" Shannon turned and hurried home. When she got there, she was surprised to see Sabrina, her father's girlfriend, sitting on his lap whispering something in his ear. She looked very happy, so it couldn't be as bad as she had assumed.
"Hey, you wanted to talk to me Dad?"
"Shannon! Um, yeah… see the thing is… Right, so I'm sure this will come as a big shock to you, but…"
Shannon narrowed her eyes at her father's nervousness. She had never seen him like this, he was always calm and collected. "Dad, quit stalling and tell me already."
"Right…. Sabrina and I are getting married." He said quickly, and Shannon's jaw dropped. That she had not expected. For god's sake, they had only been dating for a few months!
"What? You're getting married? How could you Dad?"
"Honey, look. I know this will be hard on you, but…"
"Hard on me? You have no idea! I have tried my hardest to accept you in relationships with other women, but marriage? No freakin' way!" Shannon stormed up the stairs and into her bedroom, slamming the door behind her. Tears streaming from her eyes, Shannon threw herself onto her bed, still unable to believe what exactly had just happened.
Shannon heard a light tap on her door and knew her father had followed her up to her bedroom. "Shannon, can I come in? We need to talk. "
Knowing he wouldn't go away until she let him in, she mumbled, "Yeah, whatever."
Closing the door behind him, Shannon's father, Timothy Rutherford, came in and sat down next to Shannon on her bed. Taking her hands in his, he said, "Honey, I know this is going to be hard for you- really, really hard- but please, can't you be happy for me? I have finally moved on from your mother, and I want to let the whole world know that."
"Dad, it was hard enough for me to be ok with you in a serious relationship with someone. I guess I knew you would someday have to move on from mother, and as hard as it was, I knew I didn't have a say in it. Besides, they made you happier. You were so upset after mom died, and it seemed like you had lost the will to live. All you did was work, you never had any fun, or anything. When you started dating, you seemed better. You smiled again, you laughed once in awhile. I had missed that, and so I accepted it. But, this isn't just affecting you anymore; it's affecting me too."
"Yeah, but you always said you wanted a brother or sister, someone to hang around with. And this way you can have Sabrina's son, Boone. "
"See? That's what I mean Dad. I haven't wanted a sibling since mom died; you would have known that if you had ever paid attention to me. But you didn't, until you started dating again anyway." Shannon paused.
"Dad, let's face it, I had to grow up by myself; you were never there for me after Mom died. And I did, I got used to the newfound freedom. Being able to do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. But when you marry Sabrina? I won't have that freedom anymore. She's very controlling, and she won't let me live my life how I want to. You can't force that on me, when I haven't had someone like that since I was five. I can't remember what it was like then, and it'll be too different. Besides, even when I was younger no one will have been as controlling as I'm sure she will be. She's the opposite of what mom was; she's religious and strict, while Mom was all fun-loving and out-going. Sabrina's all rule abiding and shit, while Mom broke every rule in the rule book back in high school. How can you love her, after you had Mom?"
"Shannon, you'll get used to it. Sure it will take some time, but I'll tell Sabrina to go easy on you. And I still love your mother, just like I love Sabrina. But I can't have your mother anymore, she's dead. And she'd have wanted me to move on, not to wallow in self-pity for the rest of my life. Sabrina may be different, but that just shows that I'm not replacing your mom; I love both women."
"Dad, Sabrina going easy on me isn't gonna do much; she'll be too strict even with that. You may be getting something you love from this marriage, but I'm just getting my life ruined."
"Shannon, this isn't going to ruin your life, and your getting something out of it too, don't say you're not."
"What am I getting?"
"A
real family."
"No, Dad, I'm getting a fake family. One that
acts all caring and adoring of each other, one that will seem the
picture-perfect family. With money, love, and happiness. But you know
what? When you look deep down inside of it, that's not what you're
going to see; when you look deep down inside of the family, you'll
see that it's all an act. You'll see that we're just going
through the motions, pretending to love each other, but in truth, we
all despise each other. That's all I'm getting. And as sad as
I've been, not having a mother caring for me all these years, or
even a father? Well, at least I didn't have someone who's just
pretending to."
"Shannon, Sabrina does care for you, and I'm sure Boone will too, when you meet."
"No, she doesn't. She just acts like she does when she's with you. I'm not gonna have anyone."
"Shannon Elizabeth Rutherford," her dad was getting mad, "you will have a family as well as your friends now, don't say you won't."
"C'mon, dad, when you get married, we'll be moving in with them, right? Their isn't any room for them in this house. I'll loose all my friends, I'll loose Chloe, and don't tell me I won't."
"Sabrina's willing to pay for you to visit all of your friends during school vacations."
Shannon stared at her father for a second. "It won't be the same."
End Flashback.
Shannon sighed, trying to figure out what to do. She'd grown used to spending her days with Sayid, and she didn't know what to do without him around. She glanced around, and froze as she saw her brother heading towards her. She thought about trying to escape, but, before she could find a place to run to, he'd caught up with her. "So why aren't you out in the jungle doing god knows what with Locke?" She asked him snappishly as he fell into step with her. He rolled his eyes.
"I'm not always doing stuff with Locke, you know." She glanced at him disbelievingly, and he couldn't help but laugh. "I'm not!"
Ignoring
his last remark, Shannon said, "So I take it he's busy right
now?"
"He's off with Claire, so I decided to see how you
were doing."
"Oh, so as soon as you have nothing else to do, you come over to talk to me and see how I'm doing?"
"Well, Sayid's gone, and so I figured you had nothing to do, unless of course you plan on trying to find another guy to be your next scheming victim."
Shannon stopped dead and turned to look at Boone, who had also stopped walking. "If you think that I'm using Sayid, then I'll have you know that I'm not," she said angrily. "I really like him, so just grow up and get over yourself!" With that last remark, Shannon turned on her heel and left Boone to wonder when things with Shannon had gotten so bad.
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Nathan stared at the blonde girl from his hiding spot behind some trees as she stormed off, away from her brother. He had been watching all the survivors for days now, and she really stuck out. Her personality, her strengths; they reminded him so much of Danielle Rousseau that he was sure she was the one. She was the one he wanted, the one he needed. And with her help, he could finally get revenge on the survivors for killing his brother. Finally get revenge on them for killing Ethan.
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Hope you enjoyed it! Thanks to everyone for reading it, and please be so kind as to review! Luv you all!
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