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Chapter Six – Soothing Rain
The high-pitch scream of the young girl, echoed through the hatch.
"You didn't lock her in, did you?" Kate exclaimed heatedly, giving Jack a shocked look.
"What? No, of course I didn't." Jack answered defensively as he ran over to the bedroom door.
Jack could hear Lucy banging her small fists against the door in panic, followed by her crying "Let me out!"
"You can't even lock this door." Jack explained to Kate, opening the door in haste.
Lucy's bottom lip was trembling and the girl looked stunned by the fact that someone had indeed opened the door.
He squatted down to level with Lucy, noticing that her breathing was a bit uneven. "Lucy, its okay, the door wasn't locked." Jack said calmly, surprised that the girl hadn't even tried to open the door. She had just taken for granted that it had been locked, keeping her imprisoned.
Jack carefully took one of Lucy's hands in his, thankful that she hadn't pulled it back. Leading her over to the couch, he grabbed a bottle of water from the table on the way.
As they got closer to the couch, Kate patted the seat next to her, gesturing for Lucy to sit down.
"Is this your camp?" Lucy asked carefully, looking around curiously in the hatch.
The adults exchanged a look. "Yeah, I guess you could say that it's part of our camp." Jack answered, for some reason sounding a bit unsure about what he was saying.
Maya had waddled over to the couch from across the room and was now standing on the floor, between the sitting Lucy and Kate. Jack sat down in front of them on the coffee table, handing the water bottle over to Lucy, only to receive a puzzled look from the girl.
"You should drink a little" Jack said caringly, pointing slightly at the bottle.
Glancing down at the bottle, Lucy looked back up at Jack and gave him a suspicious look. She then turned her attention to her little sister who was on her way crawling up in Kate's lap.
Kate smiled sweetly at Lucy, hoping to ease up the tension. For the first time, Lucy gave her a just as distrustful look she had given Jack. "What's your name?"
Realizing they hadn't introduced themselves properly to the girls, Kate immediately answered, sounding apologizing. "My name is Kate and this is Jack" Kate said, gesturing with her hand at Jack. "Jack here is a doctor" She explained further.
"That's right. Since we're on the topic and all is it alright with you Lucy that I do a quick check over on the two of you, to make sure you're both healthy?" Jack continued, watching the older girl for her reaction.
Kate could tell that Lucy wasn't too keen on the idea. She didn't really shake her head, but she tilted it slightly to one side and than back to the other. Like she was studying Jack carefully, thinking the proposal over in her head.
"It won't hurt, I promise" Jack assured, trying to convince her.
"Ok" answered Lucy, in a bare whisper.
Jack carefully took hold of her wrists and checked her pulse.
"Alright, your pulse is good." Jack said, still holding her small hands in his, looking at them closely.
"Does it hurt anywhere?" Jack asked before continuing with his examination.
When the girl shook her head slightly, Jack gave her a small smile as response.
"Can you follow my finger with your eyes?"
Kate watched the girl as she shifted nervously on the couch, obviously not fond of the examination.
Moving a finger back and fourth in front of Lucy, Jack mumbling something muffled sounding like an 'okay'. Then Jack placed his hands gently on the girl's shoulders to steady her as he looked directly into Lucy's eyes.
Lucy winced at the touch of his hands, which didn't go unnoticed by the doctor. "Lucy, is it alright if we take off your jacket?"
Giving Jack a small nod as response, Lucy let Kate help her slide the jacket off her shoulders, leaving her dressed only in her white sleeveless dress.
Inspecting the girl's shoulders closely, Jack noticed fading bruises, not only on the shoulders but down her arms as well.
Jack glanced up at Kate who had a painful expression on her face.
"How did you get these bruises Lucy?" Jack asked, trying to sound as natural as possible.
The girl shrugged, looking past the man.
Even though he hadn't expected a proper respond, he still felt disappointed that she didn't answer his question.
"Are you hungry?" Kate asked, interrupting Jack's check over.
Giving the brunette a weak smile, Lucy nodded expectantly.
Kate lifted Maya off her lap and placed her on the couch. Taking Lucy's hand, Kate led the girl over to the kitchen area, leaving the toddler with Jack.
Before Kate had managed to fix up something for Lucy to eat, Jack came over, carrying Maya. Placing the small child on the counter in front of him, he gave Kate a content smile.
"Considering our whereabouts, Maya here is in a pretty good physical condition, possibly just a bit dehydrated." Jack said, whilst tickling the toddler, making her start giggling.
"No bruises then?" Kate asked anxiously, glancing over at Lucy who had sat down at the table close by.
Jack shook his head. "Nothing, except the small cuts on her feet, she probably got those form walking around in the jungle without any shoes."
Kate walked over to the table and placed a bowl of Dharma tomato soup in front of Lucy.
Jack followed closely and sat down with Maya in his lap at the table. Kate smirked at him, holding up a spoon for him to take, as she put another bowl right in front of him. Jack just gave her a daring look back and grabbed the spoon.
"Lucy can we ask you a few questions?" Kate asked, as she glanced over at Jack who had started to feed Maya, who apparently loved the meal.
Lucy just responded with a small nod, whilst continuing to happily eat her soup.
"Where do you live?" Kate asked hesitantly.
"Los Angeles" The girl answered without looking up.
The adults exchanged a look of satisfaction. This was progress, at least now they knew something significant about the girls.
"Why were you on the plane?" Jack asked, giving Maya another spoon of the red soup.
When Lucy didn't answer, Jack tried again. "Do you know why you landed here, or where on the island you landed?"
The girl shook her head slowly, looking a bit depressed by the fact that she hadn't been able to answer the question.
Kate looked over at Jack as he let out a frustrated sigh. She was amazed at the fact that he had managed to feed Maya almost the entire bowl of soup without getting a single drop on her dress or his own clothes.
Maya clapped her small hands in delight as Jack gave her a final spoonful of the soup. Jack glanced up at Kate, giving her a smug look as he pushed the bowl towards the center of the table, away from Maya's reach.
"We were in the water" Lucy suddenly divulged, making both Jack and Kate turn their attention back to her. "When we landed…"
"You landed on the water, or in the water?" Jack asked inquiringly, only to be given a confused look from Lucy.
Kate cut in and tried to simplify the question. "Were you in the water, so that you had to swim?"
"Yes. But I can't swim." Lucy looked ashamed, letting her eyes drop to the now empty bowl in front of her. "Ana helped me."
"Ana helped you?" Kate asked curiously.
"Ana-Lucia?" Jack asked, having a feeling he was on to something.
Lucy's head snapped up at the name, looking at Jack. "Yes. Do you know her?" she asked back questioningly.
Jack smiled and nodded at her. "Yeah, I know her. She's a close friend of mine." Normally he would not call a woman he had just seen for a few minutes in a bar his friend, and definitely not a close friend. But since Lucy seemed to have a connection to Ana-Lucia, it wouldn't hurt with a little white-lie to tell her that he was on the same side as her.
Kate glanced over at Jack, he looked unusually delighted. She hated feeling like an outcast, not knowing what Jack and Lucy were talking about. How was it possible that Jack and Lucy both knew this woman? She didn't really care how Lucy knew her. She could be her aunt, cousin, family friend, whatever, it really didn't matter. But how did Jack know her…
"Do you know where Ana is now?" Jack asked, knowing he was probably sounding a bit over-excited. But the fact that more people from the plane were alive was really great news. Maybe there were several of them, maybe even as many as them. Hopefully the girl could tell them where they were, so that they could bring them back to their camp.
Lucy slowly shook her head, making Jack look disappointed.
Noticing the saddened look on Jack's face, Kate forced away the feeling of jealousy that was building up in her body.
"Who is Ana-Lucia?" Kate asked suspiciously, looking over at Jack with a blank expression on her face.
"She was on our plane. Meaning Lucy and Maya probably was too." Jack answered unfocussed, keeping all of his attention on the young girl.
Kate felt her head start spinning. Had he traveled together with this Ana-Lucia person? Why would he otherwise know that she was on the plane… and what exactly was a 'close friend'?
Thinking about it, Kate realized that she knew very little about Jack. The only thing she really knew was that he was a doctor. What about everything else. Where did he live? Did he have his own house? Was he married? Did he have kids? Was his family on the plane with him?
Kate froze at the thought. It was possible that Jack had actually flown with his whole family. She could picture them in her head. Jack proudly holding a dark haired baby boy with one arm, the other one placed around his gorgeous blonde wife Ana-Lucia and an adorable little girl standing in front of them.
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