Post by Kate Austen on Jun 9, 2007 21:49:55 GMT -5
Title: How To Save A Life
Ship: JateSkate
Rating: T
Warnings/Spoilers: Death
Disclaimer: My psychiatrist says I don't own LOST. =(
How to Save a Life belongs to The Fray
Lyrics
Flashbacks
Regular
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Finally, she was able to confront him. He didn’t want to talk, but, finally, she had convinced him that they needed to. She didn’t even know where to start though. Everything was just a mess. Everything that could have gone wrong seemed to have finally just gone wrong. Should she start with him cheating on her? With how Jack couldn’t save their baby? Or with how she knew she loved Jack now?
She opened her mouth to speak, but he cut her off before she could even get the first word out.
“Freckles, if you’re thinkin’ about lecturing me, you better turn yourself around and go back and look over who’s fault this really was.”
Kate closed her eyes for a moment and shook her head. “Sawyer…” she said, quietly, her voice trailing off.
Sawyer shook his head at her. Turning, he began to walk away.
Tear streaked down her face as she sat in the hospital room, just waiting. This couldn’t be happening. It just couldn’t be.
Jack walked in the room, causing her to look up. The look in his eyes scared her half to death. He walked over to her and sat down beside her, taking her hand in his. “Kate…” he said softly. “Kate, I’m so sorry. He’s gone.”
Kate pulled her hand away. “No.” she whispered, standing and backing towards the door. She turned and did what she did best. She ran.
Kate grabbed his arm, turning him around. “This isn’t working.” she told him, shaking her head again. “I think it’d be best to just end it now.”
Tears began filling her eyes. “Sawyer, you cheated on me.” she told him. “And you’re blaming me because out baby died.” She choked on a sob and looked down.
The ride home was long. He drove slowly, tears threatening to spill from his eyes. What kind of doctor was he? Jack shook his head. If he could have saved the baby, then maybe he’d still have his best friend.
“I ain’t blamin’ you, Freckles! Did I say I was blamin’ you?!” Sawyer replied, his voice growing louder.
“I’m leaving, Sawyer.” Kate whispered.
“So long, Freckles.” Sawyer muttered in response.
A few tears escaped down her cheeks and she turned and ran. She quickly got in her car and headed for Jack’s house.
It was dark by the time Kate got to his house. She parked her car and headed nervously for the door. After a moment of hesitation, she knocked.
Jack opened the door, his brows furrowing in confusion when he saw who was there. “What are you doing here, Kate?” he asked with a sigh.
“I want to be with you, Jack.” Kate whispered. “I love you.”
Jack looked at her for a moment, then shook his head. “I’m sorry.” he told her, quietly. “Things are different now.” He looked at her sadly, then shut the door.
It may have been minutes, it may have been hours that she stood outside his door, just letting the tears flow. She continued to try knocking, but he didn’t answer her. She just couldn’t seem to get it through her head that he didn’t care for her anymore. Silently, she sunk to the floor, pulling the pocket knife out of her pocket.
It wasn’t that Jack didn’t care for her anymore. He cared for her with everything he had. He didn’t want to though. He was tired of getting hurt. About an hour passed and he finally couldn’t take it anymore. He needed her. Turning, he walked over to the door and opened it.
He’d gotten there too late. He found her lying in the snow on his porch, blood flowing from her slit wrists and her neck. Tears immediately began to run down his face and he knelt down beside her, pulling her into his arms, hearing a soft groan as he did so. He looked down at her. “Kate. Katie. It’s okay. I’m going to get you help. Just stay with me, okay.”
They buried her in the graveyard next to his house. The funeral was small. Just the preacher, Jack, and Sawyer. The plaque just read her name and had to hearts under it, Jack’s name in one and Sawyer in the other. When it was over, the men parted their separate ways, nothing but silence following them.
Three days later the preacher stood in that very same spot, staring at the three graves, one on either side of Kate. He shook his head and read the names on them. Jack and Sawyer.
Ship: JateSkate
Rating: T
Warnings/Spoilers: Death
Disclaimer: My psychiatrist says I don't own LOST. =(
How to Save a Life belongs to The Fray
Lyrics
Flashbacks
Regular
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Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Finally, she was able to confront him. He didn’t want to talk, but, finally, she had convinced him that they needed to. She didn’t even know where to start though. Everything was just a mess. Everything that could have gone wrong seemed to have finally just gone wrong. Should she start with him cheating on her? With how Jack couldn’t save their baby? Or with how she knew she loved Jack now?
Some sort of window to your right
And he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
And he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
She opened her mouth to speak, but he cut her off before she could even get the first word out.
“Freckles, if you’re thinkin’ about lecturing me, you better turn yourself around and go back and look over who’s fault this really was.”
Kate closed her eyes for a moment and shook her head. “Sawyer…” she said, quietly, her voice trailing off.
Sawyer shook his head at her. Turning, he began to walk away.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Tear streaked down her face as she sat in the hospital room, just waiting. This couldn’t be happening. It just couldn’t be.
Jack walked in the room, causing her to look up. The look in his eyes scared her half to death. He walked over to her and sat down beside her, taking her hand in his. “Kate…” he said softly. “Kate, I’m so sorry. He’s gone.”
Kate pulled her hand away. “No.” she whispered, standing and backing towards the door. She turned and did what she did best. She ran.
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Kate grabbed his arm, turning him around. “This isn’t working.” she told him, shaking her head again. “I think it’d be best to just end it now.”
Lay down the list of what is wrong
The things you’ve told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
The things you’ve told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
Tears began filling her eyes. “Sawyer, you cheated on me.” she told him. “And you’re blaming me because out baby died.” She choked on a sob and looked down.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
The ride home was long. He drove slowly, tears threatening to spill from his eyes. What kind of doctor was he? Jack shook his head. If he could have saved the baby, then maybe he’d still have his best friend.
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
“I ain’t blamin’ you, Freckles! Did I say I was blamin’ you?!” Sawyer replied, his voice growing louder.
“I’m leaving, Sawyer.” Kate whispered.
“So long, Freckles.” Sawyer muttered in response.
A few tears escaped down her cheeks and she turned and ran. She quickly got in her car and headed for Jack’s house.
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came
He will admit to everything
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came
It was dark by the time Kate got to his house. She parked her car and headed nervously for the door. After a moment of hesitation, she knocked.
Jack opened the door, his brows furrowing in confusion when he saw who was there. “What are you doing here, Kate?” he asked with a sigh.
“I want to be with you, Jack.” Kate whispered. “I love you.”
Jack looked at her for a moment, then shook his head. “I’m sorry.” he told her, quietly. “Things are different now.” He looked at her sadly, then shut the door.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
It may have been minutes, it may have been hours that she stood outside his door, just letting the tears flow. She continued to try knocking, but he didn’t answer her. She just couldn’t seem to get it through her head that he didn’t care for her anymore. Silently, she sunk to the floor, pulling the pocket knife out of her pocket.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
It wasn’t that Jack didn’t care for her anymore. He cared for her with everything he had. He didn’t want to though. He was tired of getting hurt. About an hour passed and he finally couldn’t take it anymore. He needed her. Turning, he walked over to the door and opened it.
How to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
He’d gotten there too late. He found her lying in the snow on his porch, blood flowing from her slit wrists and her neck. Tears immediately began to run down his face and he knelt down beside her, pulling her into his arms, hearing a soft groan as he did so. He looked down at her. “Kate. Katie. It’s okay. I’m going to get you help. Just stay with me, okay.”
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
They buried her in the graveyard next to his house. The funeral was small. Just the preacher, Jack, and Sawyer. The plaque just read her name and had to hearts under it, Jack’s name in one and Sawyer in the other. When it was over, the men parted their separate ways, nothing but silence following them.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Three days later the preacher stood in that very same spot, staring at the three graves, one on either side of Kate. He shook his head and read the names on them. Jack and Sawyer.
How to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
