Chapter Eighteen: "Wake up, wake up…"

Shot of Andie lying down in her tent. Jack comes over to her and sits down beside her.

Jack: Hey.
Andie: Hi.
Jack: How are you feeling today?
Andie: Okay, I guess. It still hurts when I sit up.
Jack: Well, you were shot. You gotta move slow. (Beat) How's your memory?
Andie: Fuzzy. It's not just island stuff that I don't remember. There are things I don't remember from before the crash as well. Like...I know that I grew up in Leichhardt near Sydney...but I don't remember my house.
Jack: Have you talked to Claire? The girl with the baby?
Andie: No. Why?
Jack: Just that you two got close. You may have told her something that'll jog your memory.
Andie: Yeah...maybe.
Jack: I'll come back and check on you later, okay?
Andie: Yeah, thanks.

Jack exits. Sayid comes over with a water bottle.

Sayid: Here.

Andie takes the bottle.

Andie: Thanks.
Sayid: I wanted to talk to you about something.
Andie: Shoot.
Sayid: I understand that your memory isn't clear; but I need to know what you remember about the Others.
Andie: I told you yesterday that I don't know.
Sayid (sighs): Alright. The day they took you from us you were washing clothes further up the beach. Do you remember that?
Andie: Ah...maybe...look, I don't know. I don't know what's real and what's not.
Sayid: Okay, okay. (Beat) Do you remember this?

From the back of his waistband, Sayid pulls out a pink shawl. He hands it to Andie.

Andie: Shannon. This was Shannon's. You told me about her. (Happily) I remember that. I remember that!
Sayid (smiles): Good. Your memories will come back to you; sometimes you just need a trigger.
Andie: Thank you.
Sayid (smiles): You're very welcome.

Sayid gets up and leaves. Andie watches him go. She looks down at the shawl and then notices a bruise on her inner-elbow. She looks at it intensely and then touches it.

MEMORY.

Andie walking with Tom on the path. Juliet giving her a medical exam. Being chained to a chair, screaming and wrenching her arms to get free.

END OF MEMORY.

Shot back to Andie holding her inner-elbow. She looks closely at her wrists and notices faint scars from where the chains were.

Andie (to self): I remember that.

Shot of Sawyer chopping wood. Kate comes over to him.

Kate: Chopping wood? Wouldn't that be helpful? That doesn't sound like you.
Sawyer (doesn't turn to her): What do you want, Freckles?
Kate: Andie's starting to remember some stuff. I thought you could talk to her.
Sawyer: And say what?
Kate: Don't play that game. We've had this conversation. Remind her of what happened since we found her in the jungle that day.
Sawyer: You were there; you remind her.
Kate: What is with the attitude? Andie's awake, she's talking. I'd have thought you'd be happy.
Sawyer: Who says I ain't happy?
Kate: Sorry. (Beat) The sneer threw me off.

Sawyer turns to look at her. She smirks and wanders away.

Shot of Andie sitting in her tent. Claire and Aaron come over.

Claire: Hi.
Andie: Hey. (Beat) Claire, right?
Claire (sits down): Yeah. (Beat) And this is Aaron.
Andie: He's adorable.
Claire: Do you want to hold him?
Andie: Oh, no. That's ok.
Claire: No, its fine. It's easy; here.

Claire hands the baby over to Andie. She holds him somewhat awkwardly.

Claire: Just, hold him like you'd hold a football.

Andie looks up at Claire.

Andie: This is how I would hold a football.

Claire laughs. Andie hands the baby back over to her.

Shot of Sayid watching Andie. He turns back to Jack and Ana.

Sayid: She told me she remembered a blonde woman who gave her an examination.
Jack: What kind of examination?
Sayid: She's not sure. Some form of medical check up; I would imagine.
Ana: She say why?
Sayid: She doesn't know. But she also remembers being chained to a chair and injected.
Jack: That bruise on her arm isn't new. It's from prolonged injections and withdrawals. And the amount of bruising is consistent with someone struggling. (Pause) Whatever they were doing to her; she didn't let them do it easy.

Shot of Claire leaving Andie with a now crying Aaron. Sawyer comes over to Andie and kneels down beside her.

Sawyer: Hey there.
Andie: Hi.
Sawyer: They shot me, too.
Andie: Sorry?
Sawyer: The people who took ya...they shot me, too.
Andie: When they shot me?
Sawyer: Nah, bout a month ago. Just before we found you.
Andie: Where exactly did you find me?
Sawyer: In the jungle. Pretty deep. You came running out; fell into Kate's arms saying "They were coming back." (Beat) I'm guessin' you don't remember that, either.
Andie: Bit like a broken record, huh?
Sawyer: It'll come back to ya.
Andie: Yeah, well, this is all a tad crazy right now. (Pause) I can hardly move for the pain, I don't remember anyone and, apparently, I really pissed these Others off.

Sawyer smiles. He looks away for a moment and then looks back.

Sawyer: Wanna take a walk?
Andie: Are you kidding? Cos if you are; not funny.
Sawyer: If you can joke; you can walk.

Sawyer stands and holds his arms out to Andie.

Sawyer: Come on. (Beat) I'll take care of ya.
Andie (rolls eyes): Okay.

She holds her hands up. Sawyer helps pull her slowly to her feet. She stumbles a little into him but he holds her by her shoulders.

Sawyer: See? I got ya.

Andie looks up at him with a bemused look on her face.

MEMORY.

Shot of Andie having her breakdown in the jungle. Pummeling her fists into Sawyer and crying. Him holding her in much the same way as he is in reality.

MEMORY.

Shot of Andie still looking at Sawyer.

Sawyer: You okay over there?
Andie: Yeah. (She half smiles at him) Never better.

Shot of Sawyer helping Andie walk down the beach. He has an arm around her waist as she leans clings hers around his chest. They're both joking with each other.

Sawyer: Come on; you didn't forget, did you?
Andie: Oh, we did not sleep together you redneck freak.
Sawyer: Ah, it's too bad you don't remember; it was a great night.
Andie (humoring him): Oh yeah.
Sawyer: I had a great time.
Andie (smiles): Shut up.
Sawyer: Alright, alright...we'll just do it again.
Andie (laughs): Crossing the line, Sawyer.

A loud crash startles them both from up at the camp. Sawyer turns to see someone's tent collapsing. A bunch of islanders start putting it back up.

Sawyer: Think that had somethin to do with me lifting their support beam?
Andie: Sawyer...

Sawyer looks down at Andie. There's a fresh blood stain seeping through her shirt.

Sawyer: Oh no.

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