Previous Night
Sawyer got minimal sleep, the rocking of the boat irritated his stomach and the cool night air made it hard for him to get comfortable, tired, angry and frustrated he stood and tapped Kate on the shoulder.
"Look, I doubt this thing has much gas left in it. Why don't you give me a shot at it?" Sawyer asked.
"Uh...no." Kate said, firmly gripping the wheel.
"Alright Sassafras, you wanna be pig headed? Fine by me." He grabbed Kate by the waist, which startled her and caused her to loose her grip, Sawyer flung her to the back of the boat, causing her to fall into the sleeping Jack's lap. Jack was quickly awakened as Sawyer swerved the boat quickly to the left.
Kate's cheeks turned red and Jack couldn't tell if she was embarrassed, angry or perhaps a mixture of both. She lunged at Sawyer's waist and he refused to let go of the wheel, veering to the left again.
Alex nearly fell out of the boat as they crashed into something at full speed, but she was lucky to have Jack quickly grab her wrist.
"See! I called it." Kate grabbed a flashlight and shined it out of the boat. "We hit rocks, smooth move, cowboy."
Alex grabbed a flashlight and shined it around where they had hit.
Smiling, she turned to Kate and said, "I think we can successfully make it to the shore, these rocks seem close enough that we can jump them..."
Kate squinted and stared into the distance where Alex was shining the light.
"Oh fuck that." Sawyer laughed, "I'm not gettin' eatin by Jaws."
Kate glared at him and then turned back to Alex. "You hear that?" She smiled.
Alex shook her head.
"Sounds like the waves crashing to shore, you've got to be right."
"Alright Robinson Crusoe, whadda we do then?" Sawyer asked, staring at Kate.
Jack stared up at the sky then looked at Kate as well. "I think we should let the sky lighten up a bit."
"No." Kate said, "If a big enough wave comes along we could get dislodged, and then we're screwed."
"Or just let Sawyer steer again." Alex laughed.
"Oh look, Freckles made a friend, fantastic, now they're gonna double team me."
"You're a pervert." Kate sighed.
"Hey, you took it the wrong way, so I reckon' you're the pervert, freckles. Sides, I'll stay far from jail bait right there." Sawyer said, pointing to Alex.
"Okay, enough with the joking around guys." Jack butted in.
"Aw, Doc, you a little sore? You're the one she got caught in a net with."
"Are we going or not?" Kate asked, clearing becoming a little annoyed.
"I am." Alex said, positioning her shotgun over her shoulder as she jumped over the edge and onto a flat rock. "Careful!" She called out, "Kinda Slick."
"Jailbait's got balls." Sawyer smirked, obviously impressed and following.
Jack grabbed the other gun and a flashlight and Kate took the oil lamp and they followed after Alex and Sawyer.
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"Where do we sleep?" Aly asked with a yawn as the air grew colder and the sun began to set.
"Doesn't matter to me, though I do prefer oh...the other side of the island?" Charlie smirked.
"Oh get off your high horse, asshole." Aly groaned.
"Let's agree to disagree...Or something like that." Kellie chimed in.
"Who lives there?" Aly asked, pointing to Sawyer's deluxe shelter.
"Sawyer." Charlie answered.
"Where's he?" Aly asked.
"Preoccupied at the moment."
"Good, we sleep there then." She turned to her sister saying, "Start taking our stuff."
"I don't think so." Sayid said, stepping in front of Aly.
"There's a vacancy and oh look, we have nowhere to stay, therefore, we're going in there."
"As if you had not caused enough trouble, now you are going to disrespect someone's property? You know nothing of respect and frankly, it disgusts me."
"I disgust you? Great, you disgust me, now we're even."
"Aly..." Kellie whined.
"No Kell, I'm not backing down." Aly turned to Sayid with a glare, "You and your people have given us no respect WHATSOEVER, we, just like you ended up in some rathole and are just trying to merely exist. We've been called liars, you guys distrust us, personally you people are the ones to be distrusted. I suggest you just leave us alone and we'll stay out of your way. Now kindly fuck off." Aly yelled, flipping him off as she walked to Sawyer's shelter.
"Dude, think we can trade them for Jack, Kate & Sawyer?" Hurley asked.
"I second that." Charlie chimed in.
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"Wow, this is like the Hilton of Survivor Island." Kellie said, looking around Sawyer's shelter.
Aly just shrugged.
"What's wrong with you?" Kellie asked.
"You are what's wrong with me." Aly growled.
"Oh, what the fuck now?"
"I would not be here if it wasn't for you. I would be in Los Angeles, drinking Mai Tai's and shopping on Melrose. So fuck you and fuck all the stupid bonding, fuck this island and fuck all of these dirty plane crash people."
Aly sat towards the back of the shelter and threw her arms around her knees, hugging them.
"Aly..."
"No, you stay over there and leave me alone for a while. I'm so fed up and furious I might just hit you with a shoe too."
"Fine. You can stay in here and sulk, I'm going out there to make peace."
"Traitor!" Aly yelled as Kelie lifted the flap and walked out.
Kellie eyed Hurley first and went over to him, smiling gently. "Hi uh...I just wanted to apologize for my sister's behavior, we're both just stressed and..."
Hurley didn't say anything at first. He was overcome with the grief of Libby's death and losing his friends. He sat on a log towards the back of the camp, making shapes in the sand with a bamboo stick.
"I'm Hurley." He finally said. "I didn't really introduce myself. Got a lot on my mind."
"I can tell." Kellie smiled. Queen came running by and Kellie snatched her up, baby talking to the little dog as it playfully licked her nose.
"Cute dog." Hurley muttered.
"Her name is Queenie." Kellie smiled. "She's a Brussels Griffon...she's almost a year old. She thinks she's a rottwieler sometimes." Kellie said with a little chuckle.
"She looks like an Ewok." Hurley said with a small smile.
"What's an Ewok?" Kellie asked, and Hurley's eyes widened.
"You've never seen Star Wars?" He gasped.
Kellie shook her head. "No, Sorry."
"No dude, I'm sorry for you." He said. They sat together in silence for a moment, as Kellie watched Sayid, Jin, Sun & Charlie huddle together, every now and then turning back to stare at Kellie.
"Yeah we definitely didn't make a good first impression." Kellie sighed.
"You guys just kinda showed up at the worst time possible." Hurley replied. "That not being here is great...especially now..."
Kellie didn't reply, she just turned and watched the water for a little bit, and Queenie jumped from her lap to Hurley's making herself comfortable.
Kellie looked back at Hurley and for a moment, they caught each other gaze and she stared into his eyes. His eyes were filled an infinite sadness, and it filled Kellie's heart with a strange and new desire to reach out and help him, She knew Aly would complain about her being to nice but she smiled and said, "I think Queenie should stay with you tonight."
Hurley gave a slight smile and softly said, "Thank You." They sat together in silence for some time, before Hurley was called into the conversation between Jin, Sun, Charlie & Sayid, and Kellie sat alone for a moment as a cool wind rustled through her wavy, layered locks.
With a sigh, she stared up at the sky as it darkened and wondered if she was going to wake up anytime soon.