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[slybrunette]

Title: Dismantled Notes Just Might Destruct Me Tonight
Fandom: Lost
Characters/Pairings: Kate, other characters.
Word Count: 382
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Day 2: Time and Place at lostsquee
Author's Note: Die hard fans should find this familiar.
Summary: Paradise finds her in a hotel bar, just trying to take the edge off of the nervousness.

Hawaii, 2003

 

 

It was a risk.

 

It was a risk and she’d figured it was one worth taking because she was running out of moves, running out of plays.

 

They knew to look for her in California, in Ohio, in Iowa, pretty much everywhere you could get to by car.

 

You can’t get to Hawaii by car.

 

So Kate risked it all and got on a plane bound for Hawaii and, somehow, it worked. They never stopped her; she didn’t even get a second look.

 

And here she was. Hawaii. Paradise.

 

Somehow, paradise finds her in a hotel bar, just trying to take the edge off of the nervousness, the worry, she’s been feeling since she walked into that airport.

 

There’s two girls, twenty-somethings with too much time and money on their hands, up ahead of her, sitting together at a table, giggling at the piano player that she’s been listening to since she walked in. He’s good, well-dressed, might even be cute if she could see anything but the back of his head from where she’s sitting.

 

The sound, the notes, enthralls her. Between that and the booze she thinks she might be starting to calm down.

 

Calm down enough that she starts thinking about approaching that man at the piano, simply to have someone to talk to. Someone random, who doesn’t know who she is and all the baggage she comes with.

 

She doesn’t get the chance.

 

A pretty blonde, clearly in her pajamas, number 44 printed on the front of her white shirt, goes up to him, all smiles, with that familiar way that tells Kate that they’re a couple. His girlfriend, maybe even his wife. She can’t see his face, but she knows, intuitively, that it lights up.

 

The blonde sits next to him, says something Kate can almost hear, something about trashy girls and they start playing, in harmony together. Heart and Soul.

 

They’re happy. For the moment. For however long (because Kate doesn’t think in terms of forever and eternity anymore; everything has an expiration date).

 

It’s not a full minute before the woman hits a wrong note, breaking the magic, and Kate thinks that must be a sign of things to come.

 

It doesn’t matter. She’ll never find out.

 

Kate downs her drink and leaves.

Comments

[thespiansparkle.livejournal.com]

LOVE this.

Seriously, wow. The mood of foreboding captured so well in such a simple, believable moment--I LOVE the idea that Kate was there! That she saw it all & knew then...

Great, great stuff. Really well-done!

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

I've had this idea for awhile, knowing that all of these people have past connections, so this was just a good opportunity to write this. And IMO, Jack and Sarah were totally wrong for each other.

I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for reading and reviewing!

[elliotsmelliot.livejournal.com]

What a great twist. I love Kate's comment about cars - they always seem to do her in - and her prediction about the wrong note. And another great title from you.

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

Cars do always mess up her life -- that occured to me when I was doing some research over on Lostpedia for this. Hence the comment.

Title is from the song "Boston White" by the Umbrellas. I couldn't get it out of my head, and it just fit

I'm really glad you liked this! Thanks for reading and reviewing!

[aboutbunnies.livejournal.com]

Wow. I love this, Kate observing that scene. Love her thoughts especially about expiration dates.

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

With all the people who have died around Kate, all the bad in her life, I guess you start thinking that way, in terms of expiration dates.

I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for reading and reviewing!

[lenina20.livejournal.com]

It’s not a full minute before the woman hits a wrong note, breaking the magic, and Kate thinks that must be a sign of things to come.

Aww. Perfect. This is such and subtle and yet intense and meaningful Lost connection! I want this in canon!!! Loved it!

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

I wanted it to be subtle so it didn't, you know, hit you in the head. Like the time they had Kate's dad actually take out a picture of her in Sayid's flashback *shakes head*

I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for reading!

[alemyrddin.livejournal.com]

What a brilliant idea! Kate being there... I love all these weird connections among the characters, and this one fit perfectly.

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

I love them too, hence why I've always wanted to do this.

I'm glad you liked this :) Thanks for reading!

[gottalovev.livejournal.com]

ohhh, cool! Kate hearing Jack play but never in fact seeing him. that's a very cool connection!

=D

(I love the foreshadowing of the wrong note)

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's possible with this show! And I read the script for the episode before writing this, saw the bit about the wrong note and found my idea.

I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for reading!

[muffinsmittens.livejournal.com]

I relly liked the idea of Kate being there, especially since it doesn't change canon. Very well written; sweet!

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

Pre-island fics tend to make me want to stay in canon, which is why I made this such a quick glimpse type of thing. It could've happened.

I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for reading and reviewing!

[bebitched.livejournal.com]

Forshadowing is a bitch, eh? Great job with this!

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

It so is.

I'm glad you liked this!

[eponine119.livejournal.com]

Very well done. This is the kind of crossing of paths that I can fully imagine happening on the show!

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was trying to keep it as realistic as I could.

I'm glad you liked this!

[fosfomifira.livejournal.com]

Oh, Kate. She's always alone, isn't she? Even on the rare occasions when she wants to interact and make a connection (and what a connection it was), life gets on the way and she has to move on, alone.

Love it!

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

She does end up alone a lot, now that I think about it. Good point.

I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for reading!

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

Everything has an expiration date.

Freakin' great line, excellent!!

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

Thanks hun! I'm glad you liked this!