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Post by JINX on Aug 7, 2007 12:14:08 GMT -5
Little Sarah
"I don't know." That was the best she got, Heidi knew what was about to happen. Sarah could see it in her eyes, but she wouldn't push it. "Come on, sweetheart, let's get out of the way and fill up our water bottles." So Sarah just nodded and went with Heidi, even thou Sarah wanted to know. for some reason she needed to know, thou you should be careful what you wish for. Because as jack merged from the water with one person less, she knew. The woman was dead and that was a part of life, Sarah had learned that from an earlier age.
Her uncle had died a champion surfer, he was taking on a giant wave and never came back up. found his body on the beach three days later...
"Its ok Heidi, we don't have to talk about it." she smiled and took Heidi’s hand.
Jasmine
"Yeah, I need to get out of these wet clothes." Jasmine nodded, the look on her face was anything but ok. but maybe she was wrong, she had been known to be wrong.
"ok." Was all jasmine could muster up
"Come on...We should go". Jasmine watched them go, the woman was dead there was no doubt about that. But after what she saw, the dead bodies in first class and the pilot... Jasmine shook her mind out from the blood, but the pilot made her think about Gwen and the others. They were still out there and maybe they would never come back? Maybe they were trapped out there in the jungle with only an inch of there life? ' come off it jasmine, your an ex-singer not a actress. cut the dramatics.' a little voice in her head told her.
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Post by Jack on Aug 7, 2007 18:54:19 GMT -5
BOONE
"You okay?"
He looked up at Shannon, he still had the grim look pasted on his face. He stared at her for a few seconds, then he looked back out at the ocean. There was a long pause before he said anything. He wasn't even sure he wanted to say anything. "I'm fine," he replied, still staring out at the ocean.
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Post by Gwen Havers on Aug 7, 2007 19:18:58 GMT -5
SHANNON
"I'm fine,"
"What were you thinking? You could have died out there," she said.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 7, 2007 22:59:43 GMT -5
HEIDI
I saw Jack returning alone and looked out to shore, no longer seeing any movement besides waves and no longer hearing the cries for help. I was glad little Sarah was okay not talking it over because even though I didn't know who'd been out there or if it was anyone I'd ever even talked to, I didn't think I could get words past the lump in my throat.
Managing a nod, I held little Sarah's hand as we made our way to one of the water tarps.
KATE
Jack was worrying himself too much. He looked terrible. Like he hadn't slept or gotten any peace in days. Kate hesitated before starting to recommend he get some rest. "Jack, maybe you should --"
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Post by Jack on Aug 7, 2007 23:07:18 GMT -5
JACK
"Jack, maybe you should --"
"Who was she?" Jack asked sternly, cutting Kate off. Jack was far to focused on his failure to listen to reason. Jack needed to know who she was, Jack needed the small details, it was his way of getting through things, to help him move past. Of course Jack could never really let go of anything for good.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 7, 2007 23:33:06 GMT -5
KATE
Kate momentarily looked down at the sand before returning her gaze to Jack. It was obvious by his expression that he wasn't going to drop this so best get it done with. "Her name was Joanna. She wasn't supposed to be on the plane. She was scuba diving off the barrier reef and got an ear infection, and so the doctor grounded her for two days. She bumped her flight. That's how she ended up with us." Kate looked past Jack to the ocean where she'd last seen Joanna.
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Post by Jack on Aug 7, 2007 23:58:54 GMT -5
JACK
"She was just swimming this morning, got caught in a riptide," Jack told Kate, barely able to interpret the words he was saying. He couldn't understand how something like this could happen, not to mention they had just experienced a plane crash. "We've been here 6 days and I never talked to her. Never said a word to her," Jack stated, now with his back to Kate. He was practically pinning her death on himself. He couldn't handle it. The leader role. He was killing himself to make sure that everyone was safe, he was losing sleep to make sure they were safe, and now something like this happened, if it wasn't his fault, who's was it.
BOONE
"What were you thinking? You could have died out there,"
Boone looked up at Shannon again, with a much more cynical look then he had before. The last thing he needed was Shannon hanging over his shoulder giving him a hard time about what had happened. "Just drop it Shannon," he replied with no emotion in his voice.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 8, 2007 2:14:10 GMT -5
KATE
Kate quickly looked back at Jack as he started laying the blame on himself. "Jack, don't."
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Post by Jack on Aug 8, 2007 2:18:19 GMT -5
JACK
"There were 47 of us and I never said a single word to her," Jack ranted on without taking any notice to Kate's comment. He just continued on about his failure.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 8, 2007 2:37:26 GMT -5
KATE
"You tried." The fact that he tried was more than anyone else, save for Boone, had done. There was just no way Joanna could have been saved. She was sure that Jack knew it but was letting the guilt override that fact.
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Post by Jack on Aug 8, 2007 2:43:21 GMT -5
JACK
"You tried."
"No I didn't." Jack snapped, completely cutting off Kate and shutting her down, the sad thing was Kate was only trying to help, but Jack didn't want any help. Not this soon anyway. "I thought maybe I'd..." Jack paused recreating the entire scene in his mind. He stared off at the ocean as if he could actually see it happening right in front of him. "I thought maybe I could bring him back and still have the time. I was there, in the water," Jack shook his head, throwing the image out of his mind as he turned to Kate. "I didn't try. I decided not to go after her," Jack sad, trying to make Kate understand the sad truth that Jack actually gave up. Jack looked down at the sand an then looked up to see the mysterious man standing in the water. He pushed past Kate trying to get a better look at the man. Jack had a look of complete shock and fear. Fear because he was afraid he was going insane.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 8, 2007 3:25:41 GMT -5
KATE
She had decided to wait until he finished letting all those negative thoughts out before again attempting to get him to see reason. She had a chance to say something only Jack's undivided attention was elsewhere. "Jack?" She suddenly felt invisible as he just walked past her. Confused, she turned to look at the shore that Jack was intently gawking at and saw... nothing. "Jack." Still nothing but at least it seemed he'd heard her. "Are you okay?"
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Post by Jack on Aug 8, 2007 3:29:33 GMT -5
JACK
He continued to stare out at the ocean until Kate broke his concentration. He looked at her and then quickly back at the ocean. Strangely the man had disappeared, just like every other time Jack had seen him, and it wasn't helping convince Jack he wasn't insane. "Did you see that?" he asked Kate, praying it wasn't just him who had seen the man.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 8, 2007 3:34:42 GMT -5
KATE
She looked more closely at the shore to see if she missed something. "What?" she asked in confusion.
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Post by Jack on Aug 8, 2007 3:38:50 GMT -5
JACK
"Standing there, in the water, there was a man," Jack said in desperation and extreme concern. All Jack wanted now was for Kate or anyone to say that they saw the man too. Jack would feel himself breaking down as he became very sure that he was insane. "You didn't see that?" his facial expression became more extreme now that he was certain she hadn't seen it by the look on her face.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 8, 2007 3:48:26 GMT -5
KATE
She frowned in concern as she shook her head. Jack had been running around for days, day and night, taking care of everyone without a thought for himself. He looked worn out and dead on his feet. No doubt his mind was playing tricks on him. "Jack, when's the last time you slept?"
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Post by Jack on Aug 8, 2007 3:57:46 GMT -5
JACK
"Jack, when's the last time you slept?"
Jack paused as his look of concern faded to a straight face. He looked out at the ocean again one more time before turning back to Kate. He looked at the sand as he began to regain a grip on reality and sanity. He preferred not to explain his reasonings about the mysterious vision to Kate because there simply wasn't any. Jack took a deep breath and transformed back to the grim, depressed man he was before he saw the vision. He grabbed a backpack sitting next to his feet and walked off down the beach, and only saying "I need to put this with the rest of the gear," to Kate. Sort of a quick excuse to get away.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 8, 2007 4:13:43 GMT -5
KATE
She turned to watch him go, a worried expression still on her face. He needed some alone time. Nothing she said seemed to get through to him. She hoped he'd finally give in to the fatigue soon before he ended up hurt or worse, dead.
Kate shook her head as if those dark thoughts could be easily shaken out. That antsy feeling from standing still too long was getting to her. Kate headed toward the pile of clothing to sort it once again.
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Post by Gwen Havers on Aug 8, 2007 6:30:21 GMT -5
SHANNON
"Just drop it Shannon,"
"I'm not gonna' drop it. I know you have this hero complex and all, but there are dozens of people here. It doesn't always have to be you," she declared. He would probably take it as an attack on his penchant for ill-advised selflessness, when actually it was Shannon's roundabout way of asking him not to risk his life again. She could have lost him that morning, and that terrified her. Even though she couldn't say it.
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Post by Jack on Aug 8, 2007 15:52:12 GMT -5
BOONE
"I'm not gonna' drop it. I know you have this hero complex and all, but there are dozens of people here. It doesn't always have to be you,"
Boone sighed, "Don't you have somehting better to do?" he asked in an emotionless tone. He asked this in attempt to get Shannon to leave so he could be alone.
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