Haley woke up in the morning, with the biggest of headaches. She felt like she was going to die. And puke. She hardly even lifted her head, before throwing up in a bucket that was sitting on the floor. Someone must have been thinking of her. Jack walked in with a water bottle, and a cloth. He handed her the bottle so she nodded and said thanks. After she took a few sips, he poured some water onto the cloth and put it on Haley's forehead, and sat on the edge of the bed.
"How are you feeling?"
"Like crap. And a moron."
"A moron?"
"Ya. Ugh, I was such a loser last night. I don't even know… Why I did that."
"We all have our off days."
"Where we get drunk off half a bottle of vodka, alone?"
"Some of us."
"Before you're old enough to even be drinking?"
"Hey, we're on an island. There is no drinking age here."
"But… That's not like me. I just… I was looking around, and I ate a chocolate bar, and then I saw the alcohol, and I don't know. I don't know what happened."
"Hey, it's ok. Don't worry about it. When you're feeling up to it, I'll go with you, to talk to Sawyer."
"Ya. Right now that feels like it won't be till next week."
Jack took his hand off the cloth on Haley's head, and stood up. "Drink some more water."
Haley watched as he walked around the corner and out of sight. She let out a sigh and drank the rest of the water in one go.
Kate was heading to the hatch to see Jack, but she saw him in the jungle, before she arrived. "Jack?" She said. He looked over at her. "How's Haley?"
"Hung over. Don't
give her any sympathy, she did this to herself."
"Jack?"
"What?"
"Nevermind." She turned around and headed back to the beach. She was mad at Jack, but she didn't even know why. She just wanted a reason to scream at him, but she didn't have one. She was just upset because she hadn't been a part of "the group" lately. Maybe that's what was bothering her. Maybe she was upset that she hadn't been around Jack as much as she used to. The fact that Jack didn't even want her to be a part of anything. "No, you know what?" Jack just looked at her without saying anything. "I am going to go give Haley some company. Because you aren't the boss around here. I'm not taking any more of your crap."
"What crap?"
"The crap about you thinking you can tell me what I'm allowed to do and what I'm not allowed to do."
"What are you talking about, Kate?"
"Like all these searches and expeditions you always go on, and you just tell me I'm not coming."
"Ya, and what happened the last time you came anyway? Huh?"
Kate didn't answer him.
"That's right."
"What's gotten into you? You're like… this whole different person."
"We've been here for two and half months, Kate. You don't know me."
"Only because you never let me," Kate hissed, as she walked away. Jack watched her leave, and then went back to the hatch.
Haley woke up when Jack walked into the room. Her head was pounding, but her wound on the side of her head was just piercing. Jack was holding a cup out to her.
"What is it?"
"An herbal remedy that Sun made. It will help."
"Thanks." Haley took a sip and cringed at the bitter taste. She took another sip, and started to gag, but stopped herself from throwing up. "Ugh, I hate tasting things when I'm hung over."
"Ya. Drink it."
"I … I didn't mean to get drunk."
"I know."
"Then why are you talking to me like this is my fault?"
"Well, because it is."
"It's not my fault I was in a plane crash. It's not my fault that I'm the only one my age, here. It's not my fault my boyfriend is at home, probably sleeping with some new girl, and it's not my fault that I haven't really made any friends since I got here. It's not my fault that -"
Jack interrupted her. "Listen to me. Everyone is in the same situation as you are. Ok, we're not all having seizers and hitting our heads on rocks, but we are all in the same boat as you. All of us have lives back home that we're never going to be able to have again."
"You think we'll never get rescued?"
"If there's a balloon dropping food off for us, I don't think they're going to take us home."
"I just… I needed to get away. From all this. Don't you ever feel like you just want to get away?"
"Ya." There was an awkward pause for about a minute, before Jack started talking again. "So we should go get your meds from Sawyer."
Jack and Haley were walking through the jungle on their way to talk to Sawyer. They passed Hurley on the way, who was getting papayas.
"Oh hey, it's you guys," He said. "How's your head?"
"Oh. It's uh… It's pretty soar."
"Ya, that sucks, dude."
"Thanks for bringing her to me, Hurley," Jack stepped in.
"Oh, you brought me to him?" Haley asked.
"Ya man, you hit your head on a rock and you started shaking like mad. And you were bleedin. I had to do something." He held out the fruit he had in his left hand. "Papaya?"
"Nah, I'm good, thanks." She smiled, and her and Jack continued on their way.
"So you're the one who needs the meds," Sawyer said with his usual smirk.
"Yes. So can I have them?"
"And why do you need them, exactly?"
"Sawyer, just give them to her," Jack said.
"Hey, I'm talking to Haley. Not Jack."
"I need them to control my seizers. I have epilepsy, and without my meds I have like 8 seizers a day."
"Why didn't you need your stuff before?"
"I dunno, I just didn't. But now I do. So can I have them?"
"How do I know you're not just one of those "others"," he made air quotes with his fingers.
"Because I was sitting behind you on the plane."
"No you weren't."
"Yes I was. You went to the bathroom four times before the turbulence started."
"Heh. I was drinking a lot of water."
"Whatever. It's not important. Can I have my meds please?"
"Fine." He stood up to go to his stash, but that's when Haley got a blank look on her face and stared into space. "What's she doing?"
"Haley?" Jack asked. Haley didn't answer, she just fell back and then started to shake. Jack caught her out of reflex and layed her gently on the sand.
"Whoa!" Sawyer had never seen someone have a seizer before.
"Ya! So go get her meds!" Sawyer watched her shake uncontrollably, as Jack kneeled next her with his hands lighty on her head and one of her arms. "Now, Sawyer!"
Sawyer ran back to his camp and started throwing medication bottles around, looking for the one with her name on it. He finally found a bottle with white tablets inside. The name on it was Haley Walker. He grabbed it and ran back to the tree he was at with Jack and Haley. Haley was now sitting up in the sand with Jack standing next to her.
"Are you ok?" Sawyer asked, handing her the bottle.
"Ya." She took it and looked at the label. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
"You don't like him very much, do you?" Haley asked Jack, as they were heading back to the hatch.
"We have our differences."
"You don't like him. I think he's pretty hot."
"Yes, well there is a difference between good looks and a good attitude."
"Ya. So what's going on with you and Kate?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well what's going on? You guys have a thing for each other, don't you?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Why not?"
"Because there's nothing to talk about."
"Nice try. If there wasn't something to talk about, then you wouldn't have said you didn't want to talk about it. Because there would be nothing for you to not want to talk about. If there was nothing to talk about, you would have just said there was nothing going on."
"Ya, well Kate is kind of…" He kind of trailed off and tilted his head.
"Ever think you're kind of…" She did the same head tilt. "As well?"
Jack didn't answer.
"Hey, at least you can have a thing with someone. I was kind of eyeing Boone for a while… but… he died. And now everyone's like at least 30."
"Ya, let's not talk about Boone."
"Oh. Ok."
"Listen, I should change your bandages when we get back, so why don't you have a shower, and then I'll do that for you."
"Did you say shower?"
