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Summary: In the year 2028, 5 strangers will find out they have more in common then they think, when the cruise ship they are on crashes onto an island.

Lost: The Next Generation


"Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark. – Bryce Courtenay


Ch 2

One Night

He was sitting at the bar with a white dress shirt and black slacks. He ran his hand through his blond spiky hair and sighed. He was twenty-six and this was supposed to be the opportunity he was waiting for. He had decided to go Lachesis instead of Titan's because it was a quieter. The tourist loved Titan's because it was a nightclub that made it look like you were underwater. Lachesis was more of a lounge. The décor was mostly red and brown giving it a more intimate atmosphere and there was a piano in the center where a world class pianist would play on weekends. But right now it was only half way full and peaceful.

"Rough day" Cliff the bartender said.

"A little" he replied pointing to his glass. Cliff refilled it. "People search the internet to learn about every disease you can catch in the tropics, and then they think they are showing symptoms at soon as they board the ship which hasn't' even left Miami yet." He tells him taking a sip of his drink. "And twenty people came in today looking for motion sickness medicine, twenty people!" he says using his hands for emphasis. "Why would you go on cruise ship if you get sea sick?" He asks Cliff.

"That's a simple one" Cliff says "People are idiots"

"That is very true" He says smiling.

"I'll agree with that statement" A blonde woman said sitting down in the seat next to him. He turned to face her; she was wearing a tight black dress that was short enough to show off her long tan legs. Her blond hair fell in waves down her shoulders, she was beautiful. "Because you're an idiot" Clementine says.

He laughs. "Does that line usually work for you?" he asks.

"Buy me a drink and I'll you my theory" she says seductively eyeing him up and down. He laughs again and signals the bartender back. "Get the lady whatever she wants" he tells him."So why am I an idiot?" he asks after she gets her drink.

"Well, I just called you an idiot and you still bought me a drink" She says smirking at him.

"So that makes me an idiot?" he says smiling at her.

She leans closer to him and whispers in his ear "Yes, because I'm no good for you" she moves back to her original position. "Two things in this world are infinite, the universe and human stupidly…and I'm not so sure about the universe" she says to him.

"Albert Einstein" he replies back. She smiles and raises her glass to him. He orders another round of drinks for them.

A few drinks later he's walking with her to her room. He pushes her back against the door as she tries to get her keycard to work on the door. When she finally opens it he pushes her against the frame he kisses her with a passion that made her knees threaten to buckle. She moaned a little in protest when he took his mouth from hers. She bit her bottom lip as he stared at her with his piercing blue eyes. She moved her hand down his chest and started unbuttoning his shirt. He slid one strap of her dress down and she closed her eyes as he nuzzled against her neck and he continued down to her collarbone. She opened her eyes to see a woman walking by quickly pushing her child along. Clementine winked at them as they continued to undress each other with the door open. His hand slid up her back and he slowly pulled the zipper down while he kissed her. After he let the dress fall to the floor he turned her around and kicked the door closed with his foot.

Clementine wrapped her arms around his neck as they kissed, their tongues swirling together. He moved her backward until the bed hit the backs of her legs, and then he slowly leaned them down.

******

The next morning she woke up in an empty bed. She stretched and went to take a shower. She smiled because she knew from looking at him in the bar that he was similar to her. He wasn't into relationships he just wanted to have fun. And he did indeed show her a good time. She changed into her bikini, she figured she'd get some work done while lounging at the pool.

The pool was just starting to get crowded but she found a chair that was far enough away from most of the noise but still in the sun. She heard the familiar sound of her cell phone ringing; she dug through her bag until she found it. She answered it. "What do you mean the deal fell through?" She said trying to calm her temper. "I had her in my pocket!" she said getting louder she dropped her bag on the ground to continue to yell at the incompetence of her assistant.

Ji Yeon had met some girls at Titan the other night and they decided to drink some Mai Tai's by the pool. They were all laughing about the girl who made a fool of herself by trying to dancing on top of the bar. She had her head turned so she didn't see it until it was too late and she hit the ground.

"Crap" Clementine said as she saw the Asian girl fall. She hung up on her assistant making excuse after excuse and bent down to help the girl up. "Sorry" she said smiling at her.

Ji Yeon looked up and saw it was the same woman that bumped into her when she boarded the ship. "You again" She said holding her knee that was now covered in blood.

"Excuse me!" Clementine said confused.

"You bumped into me earlier" She told her and had to continue because the woman obviously didn't remember "When we were boarding the ship"

"Right, I said I was sorry for that already" She still did not remember that. She did see that the girl at hit her knee pretty hard. She ran her hand through her hair. "Here, let me take you to the ship's doctor" She bent down and helped the girl up and put the girls arm around her shoulder to support her.

Ji Yeon had told the girls to go on and have a Mai Tai on her she'd join them when she was done. They walked around for awhile asking where the Doctor's office was. They finally found it and were told to go into Exam room 4. Clementine was debating if she should wait here with the girl or just leave her there. She wasn't going to die or anything so she really didn't need to stay. Even though it was her fault the girl fell in the first place. She sighed and turned around. "What's your name?" She asked trying to make small talk while they waited for the Doctor.

"Ji Yeon" the girl replied trying to jump up on the exam table with one hand while holding her knee with the other. Clementine went over and helped her up.

"What's yours" Ji Yeon asked.

She was about to answer when he walked in. "What happened here?" he asked with a look of concern on his face. Clementine tried to hide her shock at seeing him and he tried to do the same. He looked at her then went Ji Yeon.

"What happened?" He asked her again getting the supplies to clean her wound.

"I tripped over her bag that was in the middle of the walkway" Ji Yeon said not hiding the sarcasm in her voice.

"Well, you should probably walk with your head facing forward next time" Clementine told her.

He just laughed. "Ok, this may sting a bit" he told her putting the ointment on her knee. She winced a little, so he smiled at her again and gently placed the bandage on her knee. "You can't go swimming for awhile. You should let it heal for at least a day or two" he said handing her some more bandages.

"Thank you" She said sweetly smiling at him. "Dr. Carlson" she said reading the name stitched on his doctor's coat.

"You're welcome" He replied back with a grin.

He walked her to the door, when he turned around she was sitting on the exam table. "Dr. Carlson" she repeated. "You're a doctor." She said more as a statement.

"You couldn't tell?" He asks with an arrogant smile.

"Well, that explains why you know the human body so well" She says smiling seductively at him. "Do you have a first name, Dr. Carlson?"

"Julian" he tells her "And what's your name, since we never got around to introducing ourselves last night?"

"Clementine… Phillips" She replies

"And what do you do, Clementine Phillips. Since you know my occupation?"

"I'm in Sales" she tells him.

"Well it's nice to meet you, but unless you have a medical problem I have other patients to see" He says to her walking towards the door. She gets up and brushes up close to him."I'm sure I'll see you around" she says with a playful smile. He smiles back.

***

She was limping out of the doctor's office and dropped her purse. She winced as she tried to bend down to pick it up.

"Here, let me get that for you, Miss" she heard a male voice say with a European accent. She couldn't tell if it was Scottish or English. She looked up to see a young man dressed a crisp white uniform with black trim and a white navy hat. He looked very good. She smiled at him. "Thank you"

"What happened to your knee?" He asked concerned.

"I fell" she said sheepishly, now embarrassed that she tripped over something as big that ladies purse.

"I'm so sorry about that, is there anything I can do for you?" he asked "Let me carry your bag for you" He loved her accent, he was guessing she was Korean.

"Ok, thanks" she replied

"Where are you headed, Miss"

"To the pool and you can call me Ji Yeon" she told him.

"Ji Yeon, that's a pretty name" he says "What does it mean?"

"Flower of wisdom" She replied

"It's even prettier now" He says smiling "I'm Lt. Charlie Hume"

"Nice to meet you Lt. Hume" She says being polite.

"You can call me Charlie" he says as they near the pool area.

"What does a Lt. on a cruise ship do?" She asks flirting with him.

"I help steer the ship with the Captain" he says knowing that it's not the most exciting thing to tell a woman you are trying to impress but he figured the truth always works best.

"The Captain needs help?" she asks sweetly

"Sometimes, there's a lot of buttons and…it's actually dreadfully boring" He says giving up trying to make his job sound exciting. "It's mostly automated now, that's why I can walk around the ship"

"Ji Yeon!" A boy calls out to her. "Remember me,...Aaron?" he asks "We danced at Titan's last night"

"Yes, I remember you Aaron" She says smiling. "This is Lt. Charlie Hume, he helps steer the ship"

The boys smile and greet each other. Clementine rolls her eyes and walks past them but stops when she passes the blonde boy in long white swimming trunks with black palm trees on them. She stares at him and for some reason she felt like she knew him. She shakes her head and tries to ignore the feeling but it was still there. He looked familiar. She sighed and asked him. "Are you Aaron Austen?"

"No, I'm Aaron Littleton" he said with a slight Australian accent.

"Sorry, you just look like someone I used to know then, he wasn't Australian so…"

"Sorry" He said smiling at her.

"And sorry again, Ji Yeon" She said facing her.

"It's ok, I'm fine" Ji Yeon told her.

She shook her head again and walked away. He watched her walk away but he also felt like he knew her, she looked familiar but he couldn't place where he would've met her. She looked to be a few years older but not too much.

"Do you know her?" Ji Yeon asked taking him out of his head.

"I…don't know" He answered honestly.

"You don't know?" She asked confused.

"I feel like I should know her, but it's kind of fuzzy" he replied.

She raised her eyebrows at him.

"Maybe you knew her when you were younger" Charlie suggested he had no idea why he even spoke, he didn't really care.

"Maybe" Aaron replied back. "Why'd she say sorry to you?"

"I tripped over her purse, that's how I got this" She said pointing to the bandage on her knee.

"Oh" He said looking back for the woman.

"It's fine, let's just go have some fun now" Ji Yeon said linking her arm with his. "Thank you Charlie, I'll let you get back to work" She said with a smile holding out her hand so he could give her, her purse.

Charlie watched them go and waved. "Sucks, when they get to have all fun while you have to work" he heard a voice from behind say. He turned around.

"Julian, hello" He greeted and turned to watch Ji Yeon disappear around the corner.

"Charlie!" Julian said louder to get his attention. The boy turned around to look at him. "Why don't you meet at Lachesis after you shift ends, have a few drinks on me" Julian says

"All right" He replies, he'd rather go to Titan but he knew he would only lead to trouble if he did; besides older women went there and the doctor was paying. This was the first time out on the Elizabeth for both of them. They were the newbie's and had to protect each other from the pranks the other crew members would try and play on them.

Tbc...

A/N: Should I continue? Let me know.

A/N 2: Julian Carlson- is Juliet's nephew

I'm guessing you know everyone else, but if you don't.
Ji Yeon - is Jin and Sun's daughter
Aaron - is Claire's son and Jack's nephew and Kate's adopted son
Clementine - is Sawyer's daughter
Charlie - is Desmond and Penny's son