Blondie

The ceremony

I got to the ceremony with Jack and Claire started to speak. "Judith Martha Wexler, from Denton, Texas. I... I guess she was going to catch a connecting flight. Um.. She wore corrective lenses and was an organ donor or at least would have been". Claire took a short pause before continuing.

"Steve and Kristen, I.. I don't know their last name, but, uh...they were really in love and we're gonna be married. At least wherever they are now, uh they're not alone. I looked at Jack and saw him staring out at the ocean. He looked at me and I nodded as he walked away. Maybe this upset him and he needed to be away from all of this.

Claire continued to speak about the people we lost but I felt like I had tuned her out. I didn't like death when it wasn't needed. I had been around death May whole life and most of the time it was because of me, it made me feel guilty like I had this bad luck around me always.

I had woken up late and I heard about a woman who died. She drowned and Boone almost did as well trying to save her. We had just burned 20 people when the next morning another woman died just going out for a swim. She must have gotten caught in a riptide and got overwhelmed in the water and was too far out for Boone and Jack to help.

I was sifting through lost clothes from the wreck when Claire walked up to me. "Hey, you haven't found a hairbrush in there have you". I looked up at her. "No, sorry Claire". She looked at me. "God I must've looked through 20 suitcases, I can't find one, it's weird right? I mean you'd think that everyone packs a hairbrush.

She lightly fell and I grabbed her arm. "Are you ok Claire?". She looked at me. "Yeah it's just the heat". She sat down next to me while I handed her a water. "And I'm pregnant". I looked at her and laughed. "Really, I would have never guessed". I smiled and she smiled back at me.

"What are you doing". I looked up at her for a moment and started to explain. "I'm sorting the practical clothes from the impractical". I said the last word like holding up a lacey tight top. I looked at her. "Wanna help?". She nodded. She looked at me while putting on a hat. "Can I.. can I ask you something". I replied. "Sure shoot". She looked at me. "Are you a Gemini?". I looked up and smiled.

"Yeah I am". She smiled. "I thought so, restless, passionate." I thought to myself in my head, two-faced. "I mean, everyone thinks astrology is just a load of crap, but that's just because they don't get it, I could do your chart if you'd like?". I looked at her with just a straight face. "Or not, Geminis". That made the of both laugh.

Kate had come over to help me when Claire left to go over on a walk when I saw Walt run over. "Hey! Hey!". I looked at him. "What's the matter, little man?". He looked at us. "The pregnant lady fell down!". I immediately ran to where he pointed and I saw Kate run with me. I saw Charlie and Michael carrying Claire. Michael looked at me, and spoke up. "Nurse Ray! What do we do?". I looked at him confused why he called me Nurse but put it aside.

"Um lay her down over there in the shade, what happened?". Charlie replied. "She passed out, must be the heat". Kate asked. "Is she breathing?". I looked at her and her chest to find small rising and falling. "Yes but slowly". I replied while they laid her down. I looked around in the tent to try and find anything to help.

Kate moved so I could try and wake her up. "Claire honey, wake up!". She started to wake up and panicked a bit. "Hey it's ok, it's me Lottie". She calmed herself I heard Kate tell Charlie to find water. I turned back to Claire. "Honey I think you have a fever". Kate and Charlie looked around for the water when Charlie spoke up. "The waters gone, someone stole it".

I was watching Kate, Locke and Sayid talk about what happened while I tended to Claire. Jack ran off apparently this morning, at all times to run off now, he ran. I technically a licensed nurse and yes I worked in a hospital but I didn't know how much faith I had in myself.

Charlie was with Claire now and I was with Kate and Sayid trying to figure out the situation when Hurley ran up to us. "Uh.. the Chinese people have water". Sayid immediately walked away. Me and Kate followed close behind. Sayid basically started to interrogate the woman about the water. "Where did you get this". Sayid spoke up but louder. "She doesn't understand you". Kate said in which he replied. "She understands me".

"Did you steal this water?". The woman replied in Korean. Her husband shouted at us and ran over, yelling Korean. Walt told me they were Korean and I trusted him on that one. They got in each other's face. "Hey we just want to talk". I said. Kate held up the bottle. "This had water in it. It's it yours?". The man just started at Sayid and he started back. I yelled. "Who gave you this!".

The man pointed in a different direction and when we looked it was no one other then Sawyer. I started to walk when Sayid stopped me. "I don't see the water". Kate replied. "And?". Sayid looked at me. "You go after him now, he'll give you nothing but if you wait a rat will always lead you to his hole. Sayid was right so I walked away and waited. I saw Sawyer enter the jungle and I followed him.

I ran up to him and pushed him down in which I landed on top of him. "Well it's about time blondie". I looked at him, "Oh for what?". He looked at me. "I made this birthday wish 4 years ago". I pushed him back down again. "Wheres the water?". He pushed me and pulled me back in which he rolled over so he was on top of me. "This is better". I looked at him. "Get off of me!". He was pulled back by Sayid.

He pointed at Sawyer. "Give us the water now!". Sawyer responded. "Yeah touch me again huh, you really think I stole your damn water?". Sayid replied. "We know you have 2 bottles to the Koreans". I looked around Sawyers case. "He doesn't have it". Sawyer spoke up. "I traded Mr. Miyagi the last of my water for a fish he caught, worked it out caveman style".

I put my hands on my hips. "You gave them, the last of your water?". He looked at me. "Water has no value, blondie it's gunna rain sooner or later. And hell, I'm an optimist". Sayid walked away and Sawyer stayed in place. I walked away and he grabbed my arm. "We should do this again". He looked down at me. I was glaring at him. I saw Sayid tuned back to watch what I'd do. And I gave him show.

I looked at Sawyer and and kicked him between his legs which caused him pain. I quickly lifted his arm over me and then I was behind him. I let go of his arm and kicked his back and he fell face down in the ground. "That was fun". I heard Sayid laugh. I walked away with him. "Where did you learn that?". I looked at him. "Wasn't it obvious, grew up with a brother, on a farm". He smiled and I walked away.

He had absolutely no clue.