She hears it before she sees it, and even then, still has trouble believing it. Kate blames déjà vu while she can, and heat and exhaustion after that, but neither grasp at a simple explanation holds true. There's no reason, however, to believe that whatever is coming toward her and causing that frantic rustling of leaves and quick, deep thrum of ( Read more... )

For the most part, Kate doesn't actively try to avoid Sawyer - except for when she does - but that doesn't make her inclined to frequent all the same haunts as he. This month, it's different, what worries typically keep her restrained to more secluded areas of the island now replaced with thoughts of Rapture and the dangers that lie below. They've ( Read more... )

She feels like a hypocrite each time she has a drink, weak and growing gradually into the monster she always knew Wayne to be. His blood runs through her, it would make sense, but she refuses to follow in those footsteps. She blew that chance to hell and the man along with it, and she will never become that, but alcohol - it's everywhere. It's ( Read more... )

Out of necessity, Kate was ignoring the date. The date as in of the month, not as in what this was, because it was not, it was the furthest thing from, and that small detail was entirely crucial. She hadn't realized at the time on which day of the month Monday would fall (she very much doubted Sawyer had, too), but the island's transformation made ( Read more... )

More than anything, it struck Kate as strange. Unbelievably strange, celebrating the coming of a year that, just two months ago, had been four years yet in her future. It was less than comforting that so many people were celebrating this date for up to the fifth time on this island, but she did her best not think about that. She had survived far ( Read more... )

It would not be difficult to discern why Kate, as a rule, made it a point to drink as little as possible. The daughter of a violent alcoholic, she knew better than most how ugly things could get when alcohol became part of the equation, and given how her life had ultimately turned out, she invited as few similarities between herself and Wayne as ( Read more... )