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"Remember the plan?"
"Don't worry; she'll be yours by the end of the night"
"Good"
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It was the big day, the 29th of September, Shannon's birthday party. Kate was already over at Shannon's house helping to hide expensive breakables and to get the food and drink ready; although there were a few hours before it started. Boone had bought plenty of beer even though they were underage but if they wouldn't drink it, he would. Kate was staring into the mirror as she straightened the curls in her hair; her mind was running in circles. How was she going to say it? Quietly, happily, get Shannon to do it? She sighed and flattened the last of her messy curls. Shannon glided into the room, grabbed her dress off of the door and spun around flashing an excited grin at Kate. She laughed at her friend's excited demeanour "I actually can't wait, can't believe I'm sixteen" Kate laughed "Yeah because being fifteen is so last year" Shannon turned around and whacked Kate on the arm as she laughed. "Nervous about the big love declaration?" Shannon said in a teasing voice, Kate whacked her back "Shan! You know it's going to be hard, just don't do anything silly for me… please" Shannon smiled and rolled her eyes "you know I'm kidding, I wont do anything, Promise" she said extending her pinkie finger towards Kate, she grabbed it with her own as they shook.
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Kate was gazing at her attire in the mirror; she was wearing a green smock dress with flat shoes, hope James likes it;wait, what? Her thoughts stopped. Did she really just say that? She ran her hand over her face of course I did, she applied the finishing touches on her little amount of makeup and smiled. She heard the door go again as more people were arriving, feeling her nerves go up a notch she considered sitting in the room till Sawyer showed up but changed her mind as Tom popped his head around the door. "Katie… wow, you look so beautiful" Kate blushed and looked away "Thank you Tom" he entered the room and hugged her "You coming down stairs?" she looked up at him and smiled "Yeah, Okay" He smiled as he led her down the stairs. When she reached the bottom step she glanced around the partially full living room to check if Sawyer had arrived yet. Feeling slightly upset that he wasn't there yet she decided to hang around with Tom for a while.
They had spent the last forty minutes sitting around and chatting whilst Shannon made guest appearances to every group throughout the house. Kate was standing beside Tom as Sawyer walked in and Tom noticed him first so he inched closer to Kate and lightly stroked her arm as he spoke to her. Sawyer noticed Tom being really close with Kate, it pissed him off, he watched as Kate turned to face him and leaned closer… annoyed, he walked off into the kitchen. Kate leaned in closer and laughed at Tom, their faces being an inch apart, she nudged him slightly and they laughed. Doing just great he thought. On arrival in the kitchen Sawyer headed straight for the beer that was cluttered on the breakfast bar, he grabbed a can and drank more than half quite quickly, and he had to be drunk if he was going to put up with Tom being all over Kate all night long. Reaching for another few cans he headed outside to see if Shannon was there.
"Well Hey there sticks… happy birthday" he drawled as he crept up behind her. Shannon turned around, smiled then hugged him "Thank you Sawyer" He reached into his pocket to retrieve her card and handed it to her, she opened it up and smiled as $40 fell out from the envelope "Oh my gosh! Thank you so much" She was slightly shocked by his gift so she leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled and gave her another hug as she went inside to place the card and money among the rest. He downed the last can he had with him, so he went back inside to go collect a few more. Once picking up another few cans he headed towards the living room to see who was here… the usual suspects were here- Sayid, Jack, Juliet, Desmond, Claire, Kate… and a load of other people he hadn't really talked too and Tom. He rolled his eyes at jock boy and as he turned he bumped into a tall, leggy blond who had her eyebrow raised at him.
He felt mortified; he was never clumsy especially around females "Sorry" he whispered out. The girl flashed him a sultry grin "S'okay, don't mind" she said as she got closer to him. He gulp lightly as he raked in her appearance, she was gorgeous and what she was wearing had left little to the imagination… yet he felt guilty, he really liked Kate, so what his mind screamed at she's got Tom all over her why would she care his thoughts stopped as the mystery blond leaned over and whispered in his ear "lets find somewhere to talk" he nodded and flashed her his best grin and followed her up the stairs and into an unoccupied bedroom.
Kate glanced at her watch for the fifth time in the past three minutes where the hell is he? She walked over to Shannon and grabbed her aside "Shan, is James here yet?" Shannon nodded "Yeah, he came here a while ago… last time I seen him he was in the kitchen" Kate nodded and left towards the kitchen. It wasn't Sawyer who was in the kitchen but infact Tom. She walked over to him and leaned against the kitchen table. "Tom, have you seen James?" he shook his head "not for a while, why?" she smiled at him "you know that thing that I was telling you? Well its tonight… I just have to find him first" they laughed. He smiled, and she missed the nasty glint that slid across his features "Well Katie… I could help you find him" she smiled and he grabbed her hand as they went to find Sawyer.
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Sawyer was lead into the master bedroom and they took a seat at the bottom of the king size bed. He had to admit, this girl was gorgeous, the lipgloss she had on made her lips look fuller and huge and her outfit was torture for him, he really wanted Kate but his temptation was increased as she leaned closer to him. "So what's yer name beautiful?" he drawled sexily, her eyes were lusty and she flipped her hair back as she replied "My name's Karen… baby" she said "I take it yer a friend of Boones cause your a lot more gorgeous than the rest of the girls here" he replied. She nodded and gave him a lop sided grin "Yeah, I'm 21… not some of the silly 16 year olds here" she was practically in his lap as she inched closer. He was trying his best to hold back and not do anything with her; he turned his thoughts to Kate- how much he actually liked her and how she'd be upset by this, but his lust got the better of him as Karen pulled him up and kissed him. Knowing he would regret this, he couldn't control himself as she pushed him onto the middle of the bed and straddled him as she forcefully kissed him.
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Kate and Tom had searched through a few rooms on the ground floor, so next they headed upstairs on the search for Sawyer. Kate wandered over to the toilet before continuing, so Tom took the chance to look in over his current project, he inched the door open and peeked in great he smiled as he saw his sister, hands all over and pressed up against Sawyer as she kissed him, Tom tip toed back over to the place Kate left him before she returned from the bathroom. Kate was getting more nervous as she searched for Sawyer, because once she found him she'd have to spill her heart out, but was thankful for Tom helping as he was sweet and caring and only wanted to see her happy. She rejoined Tom back in the hall as they looked into another empty room, she sighed and Tom extended his arm in the direction of another bedroom door.
Karen could tell Sawyer was trying to hold back, so she slid her hand up underneath his tee shirt and caressed his stomach muscles. Sawyer was doing his best to think of all his turn offs, he didn't want to have a one night stand with her… all he wanted was Kate, but this situation was hard to advert as she was all over him and actually paying him attention. She grabbed his hand and placed it on her backside making his full hand being took up by her ass, she smiled as her tongue dived back into his mouth and fought with his, she ground her hips against his very slightly in a repeated motion as she sensed light flood into the room as the door was opened.
Her heart dropped. What she was feeling was indescribable, she was too late, and she'd wasted her chance with him… and most of all she was seething with rage. How could he do this to her? Yes okay she hadn't said or done anything to indicate that she'd chosen him, but shouldn't he have a sixth sense that would pick up on her not being with Tom? She stared at Sawyer and the nearly naked girl on the bed. She was straddling him and he had his hands on her, on places she didn't want to think about. How could I have been so stupid? Why would he have waited on me anyways? I can't compare to that girl her mind flooded with so many feelings and tears came to her eyes. Shaking her head she spun around and practically ran down the stairs to say goodbye to Shannon and she left with Tom in pursuit.
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Karen sensed her brother and Kate leave as she heard a sharp intake of breath and harsh footsteps fading away, taking that as her cue to finish she slowed the kiss then stopped it. Her phone started to ring, so she leaned over and answered the phone, the call was quick and she nodded. "Sorry hot stuff, but I gotta go kay?" she said smiling down at Sawyer, she got up from him and fixed her clothing, she blew him a fake I love you kiss and sarcastically smiled at him and exited the bedroom. Sawyer just lay there in shock what in the hell just happened? What? He couldn't really think straight, she had left him so abruptly and left him quite frustrated. He rubbed his hands over his face and went back downstairs on the lookout for Kate and Tom.
He found Shannon in the kitchen with Sayid, he walked over and smiled weakly "Have you eh… have you seen Kate?" Shannon glared at him "Yeah… She left… thanks for that" he looked uneasy "What do ya mean?" she replied with slight acid in her tone "Yeah, she saw you with Miss Man-eater Brennan… seriously. How could you do that to her?" He scrunched his face up "What? Do what to her?" Shannon looked at him viciously "You've probably hurt her really badly; she was slowly becoming a wreck when I saw her… she likes you, for god sake!" he was in shock "But… I saw her and tom being cozy… she doesn't like me" Shannon rolled her eyes and groaned "there just friends and nothing more… if she's badly hurt, I'll hurt you and it wont be nice" She shook her head in annoyance and stormed off. Sawyer sighed loudly running his hands through his hair I can't believe I've messed this up, what the hell's wrong with me he stormed out of the house and decided he would go and patch things up tomorrow.
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Kate ran straight to her house, once she got in she bypassed her dad in the living room and headed straight for her bedroom. Tom knocked before entering her house and waved to Sam who was looking worried and gave Tom a look to say cheer up my daughter. So Tom ventured up the stairs and into Kate's room to find her sitting on her bed with her arms wrapped around her knees. The upset look she had actually hurt him slightly… after all this was his doing, but he smiled at the thought of him playing the caring friend. Kate looked up to see Tom smiling weakly at her as he sat beside her and wrapped his arms around her. She leaned into his embrace and wrapped her own arms around him as her tears came at full force making her body shake, his hand made soothing circles on her back as she gripped him tighter and let her feelings float to the surface.
They sat there for at least fifteen minutes as Kate let the pain and upset flow out of her system, she was so glad Tom was there for her, she didn't want to ruin Shannon's birthday. Her thoughts were on overtime, she was so upset, she would never have thought Sawyer would do something like that to her; he had made it clear that he did like her… so why? Taking a deep breath she lay down and pulled Tom with her, she turned so she face him as they lay on her bed and he pulled her closer so they were touching, she placed her face in the crook of his neck "I'm sorry for crying over you" she muffled out, he laughed slightly "Its okay Katie, I don't want to leave you alone when your upset, maybe I'll help you feel better" she smiled "Thank you so much, your being amazing to me… I don't deserve you" he laughed louder this time "No problem Katie, I like being there for you" she placed a kiss on his neck and drifted off to sleep.
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Kate woke up the next morning slightly disorientated. She opened her eyes and spotted Tom beside her smiling, feeling a bit self conscious she ran her hands through her hair and lightly smiled. "Good morning Katie" he whispered "morning… have you been awake all night?" she replied, he shook his head "woke up not that long ago, just didn't want to wake you" she smiled at him "Thank you so much" she leaned over and kissed him on the lips, he closed his eyes and kissed her back. "Your dad left early this morning, he told me to keep you company" Tom said. "Okay" she whispered back as she hugged him tightly.
"If you want, I'll make you some breakfast?" Tom said smiling at her, she licked her bottom lip and replied okay. As tom went to make breakfast she went in for a quick shower, then came out to her phone vibrating as she got a text Freckles, I'm outside open the door please seeing that it was from Sawyer made her upset… and the fact he was outside made her even more upset. She changed and went down to where Tom was in the kitchen "Tom… James is outside" she said weakly, he looked up at her from the stove "You want me to get rid of him?" she shrugged "Let him talk first" he nodded and they went towards the front door. She could see his outline through the frosted glass and sighed, she unlocked the door and opened it, and James was standing on the top step looking really guilty.
"Hey Freckles" he said quietly, she looked into his eyes and sadness washed over her "hi… what is it?" he shifted slightly "Can we talk about last night?" she closed the door over slightly and lent against the door frame "What about it?" He sighed and replied "Shannon said you saw me with Karen last night" Her face tightened up into a glare Karen, the bitch "Yeah, I did" he looked away for a moment "Why didn't you tell me you liked me?" he asked. Anger flowed through her "What?! Well if you weren't away practically screwing her you would have known… but no, as soon as you see some gorgeous leggy blond, you forget all about me and the first chance to jump in bed with her, you will… you said you liked me! But obviously you don't" anger was growing in Sawyer now "Excuse me, but you never indicated that you liked me, why would I wait for you if I didn't even know if you did like me?" she glared at him "EVERYONE ELSE CAN SEE I LIKE YOU, SO WHY CANT YOU?!" she shouted, her eyes watering up.
"Well nothing happened! All we did was kiss!" Sawyer replied nastily, Kate shook her head "Oh! So it's okay for you to kiss other people and I've to be okay with it, when you apparently like me, but as soon as I kiss someone you barely speak to me and your snappy at me" Sawyer was trying to control his anger "What in the hell are ya talking 'bout" her eyes widened "When I went on my date with Tom, you were angry at ME for the fact someone ELSE had an interest in me… but you kissed Karen last night and I'm what? Meant to be happy for you?" her tears had slowly begun to escape. "Your date with Tom? He doesn't even like you! He's just trying to get at me!" he snapped, Kate slapped him across the face "He does like me! And he treats me a hell of a lot better than you ever have! Infact I don't know why I wasted my time over you!" she opened the door to show Sawyer that Tom was in her house "You know what Tom, Yes! I'd love to be your girlfriend, then maybe I'll be treated right" she shot an acid look towards Sawyer and kissed Tom. "Bye Sawyer. Don't come here again!" and she slammed the door on his face
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As the door slammed on his face, he was stunned momentarily, had he just lost everything he had with Kate? What in the hell just happened? Rage overtook him as he now realised that Kate was with Tom and that she hated him. He stormed off to his car and drove back home where he proceeded to tear up his room to vent his anger. He threw things about and punched his wall wait! Why in the hell should I be angry at what I done? She doesn't own me! I'll do what ever the hell I want, I'll show her for being a right bitch too me! He repeated these things in his mind to try and convince himself that he hadn't done anything wrong; it was that silly bitch that caused the problems don't call her a bitch his conscience screamed. He calmed down long enough to stare at his throbbing knuckles, they were red and sore, he sighed and put a cold cloth over them to dull the pain and decided that tonight he would take his fake ID and go drink the whole ordeal out of his system.
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Did you think I would make things be simple for them? Not a chance in hell… but don't worry, things will be back to normal soon you hope ;)
:) Its okay for you all to slap me. lol
I quite liked writing this chapter actually, even though the fight might not make sense. x