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Ficlet: Hurry Up and Wait (Kate, Jack) 
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1st-Dec-2007 11:35 pm
btvs → big damn hero, kate → everything changes, spn → idk my bff lauren?, d/l → little boy and little girl, bela → end of the line, fnl → julie and tyra, j2 → lesbian gay type lovers, juliet → the other woman, spn → on the dark side of the moon, fnl → the girls, vm → girl from mars, mm → wear your past, oth → true love never fades, mm → happy and carefree, mm → party girl, sandy → teh padalaugh, sun → i am strong, d/l → all the things i should have done, js → i couldn't keep you safe, sandy → lady in red, stock → shoes!, dean → ...you're the shortbus, spn → gay love saves the day, d/l → the trio, jy → there is only you, d/l → their love is so pure, d/l → i forgot to tell you i love you, bela → bela hates you too, d/l → sam is the best brother ever, sawyer → smile, sam → brain go splody, stock → ilu!, sandy → idk my bff jared?, d/l → the hint of a spark, yjk → shiny happy people, pd → charlotte charles, sun → i won't be lost, btvs → he's my everything, spn → sid and nancy, d/l → and never let you go, oth → peyton sawyer, dean → okay now i'm depressed, d/l → take care, dean → dean smile, sandy → all smiles, sun → i love you, dean → broken nail, l → omg bounce and squee!, d/l → layla has come for the sex, dean → f*ck off, s/j → married to a rockstar, s/j → jared and sandy, l → a friend's love, fnl → matt and julie, sun → i heart sun, dean → don't objectify me, d/l → i'm with you, oth → best friends forever, mm → beach girl, juliet → i am strong, pd → i'll be your best friend, sawyer → wtf?!, l → oh you're my best friend, s/j → jared hearts sandy, sandy → sandy says omg!, sawyer → hero of the moment, sawyer → i'll look after you, oth → brooke davis, kane → this is my kane icon, js → i heart jack/sawyer, d/l → i'll watch over you, l → we stand together, btvs → still, d/l → i want you by my side, d/l → at first sight, d/l → i believed in us, sam → cutie pie, d/l → i'd give up forever, d/l → we never had the chance, quotes → classy and fabulous, fnl → julie taylor, sawyer → having a blonde moment, vd → logan is a poo face, pd → my one and only, sun → until it burns you numb, sun → do we have to fuck you up?, stock → little miss sunshine, kane → this is my steve icon, spn → the brothers winchester, spn → extreme glomp, sun → taking care of business, vd → real love stories, jk → you could mean everything to me, oth → my not-so-secret shame, spn → 'cause we're so awesome, sun → glomp!, mm → sparkly things!, js → coming undone, d/l → closer, claire → little sister, j/j → we're in this together, oth → b. davis and p. sawyer, fnl → i choose you, sawyer → what's in a name?
Title: Hurry Up and Wait
Rating: PG
Summary: Kate doesn’t believe in forgive and forget. She doesn’t believe it’s possible.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lost. At all. I wish but alas...
Author's Note: Used for [info]philosophy_20, prompt #18: and if the answer is no / can I change your mind?.



Kate doesn’t believe in forgive and forget. She doesn’t believe it’s possible. She knows she isn’t capable of putting it into practice, and, as it turns out, neither is Jack.

He avoids her. He’s not purposely rude, he doesn’t ignore her when he notices her, but, well, he doesn’t notice her. Not the way he used to. Kate can’t really explain the shift, but she feels it and she knows it happened. He’s always somewhere else, where ever she’s not. He’s always busy or away or nowhere to be found.

She knows that she shouldn’t take it personally, but she does. She had never expected Jack to forgive her right away, to just turn a blind eye to the mistake she had made, but she wasn’t prepared for indifference; not from Jack.

It wasn’t that he was angry with her, it was that he didn’t seem to care one way or the other about her anymore. Anger, she could understand, withstand. But Kate had never known, and still doesn’t know, how to keep someone from giving up on her.
Comments 
2nd-Dec-2007 07:24 am (UTC)
[info]demonqueen666
I can see this all too well. These characters really are a study in passive-agressiveness sometimes, especially Jack.

Great job.
2nd-Dec-2007 07:30 am (UTC)
[info]isis2015
My feelings after 'The Hunting Party' weren't too Kate-friendly, and they still aren't. But I agree that, yes, Jack is very passive aggressive. And Kate wants people to overlook the crap she does and forgive her right away. :/ Neither of them are fairly sympathetic at the end of that episode, but, for me, Jack wins by a hair.
2nd-Dec-2007 03:58 pm (UTC)
[info]lenina20
I really liked this. It's very relatistic, and very poignant on both characters. Well done!
2nd-Dec-2007 07:47 pm (UTC)
[info]isis2015
Thanks. :) I'm glad you liked it.
2nd-Dec-2007 04:43 pm (UTC)
[info]aboutbunnies
This is excellent. Very Kate, very Jack. I'm guessing her "mistake" is the Hunting Party fiasco? I love the last line; it says it all.
2nd-Dec-2007 07:48 pm (UTC)
[info]isis2015
I really still haven't forgiven Kate for what she did in that episode, so this was kind of a personal challenge to myself to tackle it from her perspective. I'm glad you liked it.
3rd-Dec-2007 02:27 am (UTC)
[info]aboutbunnies
Kate that episode is pretty hard to swallow. Well done on your personal challenge! :)
3rd-Dec-2007 02:34 am (UTC)
[info]isis2015
Thank you. :)
2nd-Dec-2007 09:29 pm (UTC)
[info]slybrunette
Despite the fact that I think what she pulled in The Hunting Party was the wrong thing to do, I really like that you wrote this from her POV. Worked very well here.

Great fic!
2nd-Dec-2007 09:33 pm (UTC)
[info]isis2015
I think Kate was totally and completely, 100% in the wrong. It's one of those things that still bothers me, after all this time. So writing this from her POV was challenging, but, since my [info]philosophy_20 claim is all about Kate and how she sees things, I really wanted to see if I could work it out from her perspective. It doesn't make me any less angry, though.

I'm glad you liked this, thanks for reading. :)
3rd-Dec-2007 11:32 am (UTC)
[info]dracke
LOVED this!
3rd-Dec-2007 07:52 pm (UTC)
[info]isis2015
Thanks! :)
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