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He turned back to Juliet, "Juliet tell me who the hell did you tell this too?"

"Her!!!" she jumped and pointed to the woman near the stage. Jack tried to get a good look at the woman who kept walking and then laughed loudly.

"Her???" Jack asked just to double check before he relaxed himself. "You sure???"

"Yeah Jack I'm sure…" Juliet gave him a confused look. "Why are you so relieved???"

"Oh thank god!!!"

Sarah on the other hand was getting a little impatient. "Care to explain Jack???"

"No Sarah not really, excuse me" He gave one last look to Juliet and walked away.

Flashback

Sarah and Juliet had been eyeing the crowd the minute they got in but what they didn't know was Kate's eyes were on both of them the minute they got in…well and on Jack also of course.

"Quit drooling…" Kate turned around to see a very amused Sun and Claire.

Kate just rolled her eyes knowing that she would never win this battle.

"I'm sorry Kate but you're going to have to come with me now…."Claire announced.

"What???? Why???"

"Kate there are lots of people waiting for you!!! Now come on, I'm pretty sure you can gawk at Jack from there also…" Claire coaxed her before being rewarded by a playful slap causing the three of them to laugh. But their fun was cut short by Claire's cell phone beeping. "Shit...I've got to get this…Kate go talk to Hurley!!! I'll join you in five minutes…" And with that she ran off.

Kate groaned and put her head on Sun's shoulder. "You know I can't really blame you…" Kate lifted her head and gave a bemused look. "He's not bad to look at…besides you're not the only one." Kate turned to look around the room and sure enough almost all the women were giving him seductive smiles but much to Kate's relief Jack just looked insanely uncomfortable. Kate and Sun even laughed when he dodged a few drunk women awkwardly but Kate smile turned into a scoff when a certain blonde put her arm around his and even when he pulled his arm back the woman didn't budge.

"Is that his wife???" Sun asked apparently picking up Kate's discomfort once the blonde showed up.

"No…" Kate replied hatefully.

"Then wh-"Sun was interrupted with Kate suddenly turning around and much to Sun's surprise she was grinning.

"Can you do me a favor???"

"Ah…are you sure you don't want Claire to do this???"

"Claire has to be on stage…so will you???" Kate asked with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

"So???? Did you do it????" Kate grabbed a hold of Sun's shoulders.

"Yeah I did exactly what you said Kate."

"And what did you find out???"

"…I found out that, that woman doesn't really like you…" Sun looked for a way to escape not knowing how to exactly explain the conversation with the blonde.

"What do you mean???"

"Well she thought I was a reporter…so I kept encouraging her to talk…"

"Sun!!! I have to get out there!!!! Can you please hurry up??? What the hell did Juliet say????"

"Juliet???? Kate the woman you pointed out was Sarah Shepherd."

"What??? No Sun the woman I told you to go talk to was Juliet!!!"

"Wait…" Sun took a hold of Kate's hand and dragged her over to the curtain and opened it slightly to point at the woman, "That's the one right???"

"Yeah!!!"

"Well she told me her name was Sarah Shepherd!!!"

"Wait why would she say that???"

"How would I know????"

"Forget that…Just tell me what did she say after she thought you were a reporter???"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa….Kate maybe you should sit down for this…"

"She what???? That bitch!!! I'm going to go kill her!!!!" Kate shrieked and got from her chair only to have Charlie push her back down. In the five minutes Sun explained her conversation with Juliet Claire and Charlie had gathered there.

Claire put a hand on Kate's shoulder, "Kate calm down!!! You can't just go out there and kill her!!! You have reputation to keep up!!!!" But then she started removing her earrings, "But nothing's stopping me from kicking her ass!!!"

"Claire don't!!! You have to go on stage now!!! Kate you too!! Now go!!! We'll take care of this Juliet later." Sun tried reasoning with her two best friends because she knew how hard Kate worked for tonight and didn't want anything to go wrong.

Obviously Claire was too angry to think about that. "Sun have you lost your mind??? Do you have any idea what would happen if Juliet told this to a real reporter??? Kate's night would be ruined!!!"

"And I suppose by going out there and kicking some innocent women's ass in front of thousands of cameras won't???"

"I've got to go…" Kate said and walked away from the trio.

"Poor Kate." Claire said, "This is definitely not her week!!! First she tries to suicide then she has a car accident then she breaks up with James and now…"

"Now what…" Sun asked with a bemused look.

"Now she's falling for a guy that not only comes with a wife but also a jealous ex girlfriend!!" Claire said sadly and Sun reflected her expression but Charlie….

"She tried to suicide, had a car accident, broke up with James and fell for a married guy with also an ex girlfriend in the picture all in one week???....Bloody hell!!!"

Jack kept going through the party in circles looking for Kate. He didn't understand weather to be more relieved or frightened at the fact that Kate's reputation wasn't in trouble or that his ex girlfriend had a brand new target.

Jack knew that Juliet wasn't capable of causing any serious damage but teamed up with Sarah she could ruin everything and tonight was the proof of that.

He contemplated on what would happen if the reporter hadn't been Sun. Would Sarah and Juliet be successful in ruining the only person that he had see as a potential friend in a really long time.

"God…Where is she???"He groaned.

"Where's who???"Kate's voice came out of no where. "Sorry, didn't me to scare you…"she giggled.

"No that's okay...so…"

"So…." Kate smiled at him and then started looking around the room.

Jack followed her gaze and then gave her a confused look, "Ah Kate? Who are you looking for???"

"I'm waiting…" she stated simply.

"For who???"

"Sarah…isn't this her queue to interrupt us???"

They both laughed at the joke or more specifically a fact.

"Well I don't think we'll have to be worried about being interrupted… Sarah and Juliet are probably too busy gossiping somewhere…"

For a minute the silence between them was very awkward, not exactly knowing what to say. Both of them felt weird and stupid. Why is it that when they don't really have anything specific to talk about they keep searching for reasons to see each other.

Kate didn't know if she should feel guilty about searching for reasons to talk to him when he was married and his wife was a few feet away. Little did she know that Jack was thinking the exact same thing.

Kate decided that if she didn't end the silence he'd probably walk away and join Juliet and Sarah, something she really didn't want. "Jack, can I ask you a question???"

"Sure Kate…" Jack didn't understand why she looked so uncomfortable to ask him a question.

"Are we friends???"

"Of course Kate." He said simply without a single doubt.

Kate grinned at him and felt the awkwardness disappear. Friends. Not therapist. Not the girl I have to save every once in a while.

Jack noticed she was a lot more relaxed now and grinned back at her, "Your line really is great. Apparently you're a woman of many talents."

"You actually saw the clothes??? Most men are more interested in the models unless…."Kate raised eyebrows suggestively at him and elicited a laugh out of him.

"Well checking out models would be lot more fun if your wife and her best friend were not sitting on either side of you." Speak of the devil.

"Jack!!!!! Why do you keep running away from us??" Sarah pouted at him. Clearly she was a little drunk.

Kate put on a tight smile. Can I please answer that question???

"Oh Kate…you're here…" She said after acknowledging her she put her one arm thought Jacks and put her free hand on Juliet's shoulder. "This is Juliet…Juliet this is Kate." She gestured at Kate with a random hand motion indicating she wasn't important.

Kate looked at the other blonde standing beside Sarah. Kate knew that hating Sarah wasn't really justified, sure she was an arrogant bitch but Kate hated her because she didn't deserve someone like Jack, something that she couldn't decide. Sarah was his wife and Kate was just a friend.

But Juliet…she was trying to end their marriage and Kate came to know her not so good intensions a little while ago. Yeah, hating Juliet can be justified.

While Kate was in deep thought so was Juliet – she was thinking where she had seen Kate before.

"Jack!!!! Let's go and dance!!!" Sarah said and dragged him away before he had a chance to protest.

Kate scowled at the way she put her arms around him in a possessive way but almost fell back when she turned her head to find Juliet's face a few centimeters away from hers.

"You know it's not going to work right???" she said with a smirk.

"Excuse me???"

"Jack loves Sarah too much your never going to get him." She continued to smirk and waved a Sarah who waved back.

"Look I don't know what you're talking about…"

"Yeah right! Ever since we came in here all you've been doing is throwing yourself at him."

"Listen Juliet maybe you should just get your facts right Jack and I are just friends and I have no intention of ruining his relationship with Sarah!! Last I checked that was your job!!" Kate stated furiously.

Juliet simply laughed at her. "Honey I'm not ruining his relationship I'm saving him. Sarah isn't good enough for him and besides Jack loves me."

Now it was Kate's turn to laugh. "Loves you??? He's been trying to get rid of you the whole evening!!!!"

"That's because he's scared to accept it. You know the kind of man Jack is…he won't just leave Sarah no matter how much she deserves it. He'll do anything to keep her happy; he'll even stop talking to you if he has to."

"Then why hasn't he???"

"You're kidding me right??? Look around you Kate, because of you Sarah's husband is all over the news, because of you everyone from the country club came to her dinner party, because of she's now standing in the middle of a dance floor in a launch party dripping in diamonds, because of you everyone that she envied now envies her !!! You're the one that turned her from a desperate housewife to a celebrity wife!!! She's using you Kate and when she's done she'll just throw you aside and then even Jack wouldn't look at you twice!!!!"

Juliet thought she'd said enough to break Kate's confidence and couldn't help the devilish grin that spread on her face after seeing Kate's broken face.

"Well see you later…great collection by the way."

Jack was being dragged across the floor by Sarah. The dance was more of Jack trying to stop Sarah from losing balance because she was so drunk but he was also worried about leaving Kate alone with Juliet. He knew that he shouldn't worry too much; Kate looked completely different from what she did that morning and Juliet didn't even get a good look at considering she's just too arrogant and thought Kate was a maid or something but his heart started beating a lot faster when he looked over at them and saw Kate's face, she looked like she wanted to run away from Juliet.

Sarah put her hands on his face and forced him to look at her, "Jack!!! What's wrong with you???? You've barely spoken to me the whole time and you didn't even tell me I look beautiful and you're more interested in Kate!!!!" she said and a few tears made their way down her cheeks.

Jack normally would dismiss such a tantrum but the fact she was crying and everything she was crying about was true filled him with guilt. He quickly wiped away her tears and hugged her missing Kate's hurt expression who was still watching him after Juliet left and realized Juliet was probably right.

"Jack??? I want to go home…" Sarah whispered, still holding him tightly.

"Okay...Let me just go say goodbye to Kate…"

"No!!! I want to go!!! NOW!!!" She practically yelled. Jack knew that he should just do what she said considering how much he hurt her tonight but he didn't want just leave like that without saying goodbye to Kate.

"Sarah let me just get your purse then we can leave." He said and started to make his way back to the table but Juliet met him in the way.

"Right here!! Now let's go!!" she said in a chirpy voice.

Perfect timing!!!

And with that Sarah and Juliet pulled him out of the party and went home. The minute their car parked was parked Sarah seemed to be completely sober and she and Juliet started talking about the party.

Jack was very irritated with the fact that Sarah made them leave the party without saying goodbye even if she was completely fine in the first place. He was in the living room when Sarah came and sat down close to him.

"So…"

"Yeah Sarah?"

"Did you have fun at the party???"

"Yeah sure…" Jack replied with more interest in the game he was watching then Sarah.

"So what did you think of the Kate's designs???"

"They were good."

"Really?????? I thought they were terrible. That Kate's got no talent."

"Sarah…"

"What??? Oh come on Jack everyone just said they liked it because it was by 'Katherine Austen' no one really liked them!!!"

Jack was now getting really annoyed.

"Look Sarah I know that it's your hobby to criticize people and their work but maybe if instead of just sitting here you went out and tried to work hard you'd realize how much it hurts when people don't appreciate it!!!"

Jack turned off the TV and went upstairs leaving a very pissed off Sarah who instead of going to bed went to Jack's office where he kept a few of his patient's files.

She searched the drawers carefully to make sure Jack wouldn't notice she was here and then she finally found what she was looking for. She opened the file named 'Katherine Austen' and began reading through it. She grinned and gasped as she came across words like 'attempted suicide' and 'therapy'.

"Well well Miss Austen don't you have a pretty secret."

Jack was laying down on the bed when he heard a knock on the door and sat up when Juliet opened the door and leaned against the door frame with a devilish grin on her face.

"Hey Jack you know what I just realized??? I've seen Kate somewhere before…you want to know where???"

Did I mention I like blackmail also??? :)