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Post by Jack on May 4, 2007 19:00:37 GMT
Jack was sitting in his tent, looking through all his things, trying to sort it all out as his tent had begun to look messy. Leaving the tent flap open and having his back to it he had no idea what was going on behind him, which didn't really bother him as he was far too busy at the moment.
Looking through some of the luggage from the crash he came across one of his fathers possessions. He had collected this from the police station when he went to identify the body. It was a picture of when Jack was younger, he was at a Red Socks game with his dad. Both of them looked so happy.
He stopped for a moment or two, just staring at the photo and thinking about that day. He didn't realize until just now how much he missed his dad, sure they hadn't gotten along that well with him before the crash, but they had had some good times.
{Claire!!!}
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Post by CLAIRE on May 4, 2007 20:33:57 GMT
Claire walked down the beach toward Jack's tent, carrying a sleeping infant in the bjorn Charlie had made. Jack had suggested it might be a good idea if he checked on Aaron weekly. Which sounded like a pretty good idea for Claire as well. She was always stressed to her limit about Aaron catching something or another.
She walked into his tent, and was about to speak when she saw he was busy looking at an old picture. Probably of his family or some other missed memory. She was about to turn around and give him some space, when she caught a small glance at the photo. Was that...No it couldn't be. She gazed at it another moment, before realizing it was the man who had showed up in her mother's hospital room over 5 years ago.
"Where did you get that?"
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Post by Jack on May 4, 2007 21:55:57 GMT
Jack was slightly startled by Claire showing up, he turned around remembering he agreed to check Aaron every week to make sure everything was ok. He placed the photo down, not really wanting to get into it with anyone.
"Oh, nothing ... just an old family picture" Jack told her. There was something in the way Claire had asked about the photo that intrigued Jack, but it was probably nothing. "So how has Aaron been?" Jack tried to move the conversation on, but somehow he knew it wasn't going to be that easy.
One thing he didn't know was, he was talking to his sister and nephew right now. But all would come clear soon.
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Post by CLAIRE on May 5, 2007 1:51:34 GMT
"Yeah, yeah he's fine" Claire said distractedly while swiftly picking up the picture Jack had laid down, and looking at it closely. She was going to be seriously embarrassed if she was wrong. She had only barged into Jack's personal space, quite rudely she might add.
"You're related to this man?" She said abit more harshly than she intended as she pointed out the man from the photo to Jack. "Is this you?" She said pointing to the young boy.
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Post by Jack on May 5, 2007 12:54:22 GMT
Jack didn't really want Claire looking at the photo, but then again he didn't want to seem rude and snatch it back off her. So he let her look for a moment or two, maybe she was just trying to be nice to Jack, showing an interest in his life back home.
"That's my father" Jack said, pointing to the man on the left "And there's me" He said pointing the the young man. He must have been around twelve when that photo was taken, but you could still make out it was him.
"Why'd you ask?" Jack could see that something was wrong, the way Claire was looking at the photo and at him. Did she know his father? Had she seen him before he died? He knew Sawyer had, but what were the chances two people on the same flight had seen him before he passed away.
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Post by CLAIRE on May 5, 2007 16:24:26 GMT
"This can't be your father" Claire said shaking her head in denial and handing the photo back to Jack.
"My mum was in a car crash a couple of years ago. We both were in a car crash." Claire said looking down at Aaron to avoid eye contact. "I was driving. We were argueing. It was my fault, but my mum" She paused for a moment before continueing. "My mum was basically a vegetable after that, but I refused to take her off life support, even though we didn't have the money to keep her on it." She let out a small laugh before continue. "This...This man showed up, and...and payed for everything. He was an American doctor."
She finally looked back up at Jack after a long moment. "Jack...the man in that photo can't be your father, because that would make me your sister."
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Post by Jack on May 7, 2007 14:31:47 GMT
Jack took the photo back, not quite sure why Claire didn't think this was Jack's father. Did they not look alike? Jack looked at it again and placed it down, listening to Claire's story about the crash. She wasn't even looking at him, why? Did ... did his father have something to do with the crash?!
Jack was jumping to all kind of collusions, just wanting to find out the end of this story. There was a pause, while Claire looked up at him "I'm sorry" Jack managed to slip in, but the next words out of her mouth made his jaw want to drop open.
".. wha-- ... what?" Jack said, completely shocked. His dad was an American doctor, he had gone to Sydney, it all made sense ... but ... no, it couldn't be "Are you sure?" Jack picked the photo back up "Not just someone who looked like him"
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Post by CLAIRE on May 8, 2007 1:22:52 GMT
Claire glanced down at the photo quickly before responding.
"I'm sure" She let out a ironic laugh. "I'd never forget that face. My aunt, uh, she definately wasn't a huge fan of his. I hadn't even known my father was alive until I met him. She had near about blessed him out. I didn't even ask his name."
She looked at Jack curiously for a moment. "He came back didn't he? To Australia?" It was starting to make sense now. "A few days before we left for LA, a man came to our door. I didn't go downstairs, but I could hear my aunt yelling" Her face blanked as the realization dawned on her. "That's why you were in Australia, wasn't it? You came with him?"
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Post by Jack on May 8, 2007 15:29:56 GMT
"I didn't come with him" Jack told her, now he looked down at the ground. He had just found he had a sister and now he had to tell her he had died. This was terrible, he couldn't do it. Being a doctor he had delivered some bad news in the past, but right now, it seemed really hard to do.
"I ... I came to collect him" Jack told her, thinking of the best way to put this "But when I arrived ... he had ... passed away" Jack looked at her, to see her reaction. This would be easy to take, as far as Jack could tell, his father had hardly ever gone to Sydney. Once or twice maybe, but did Claire really know him that well?
"I'm sorry" Jack said, although they had both lost there father, they now had each other.
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Post by CLAIRE on May 9, 2007 21:05:42 GMT
"Oh...I didn't know." She let out a sad laugh. "Now, I'm starting to feel like a total arse. I told him I didn't even want to know his name. Kinda jerkish, huh?"
Even though Claire wanted nothing to do with the guy, she didn't want him dead. She also knew how it felt to lose a loved one, and suddenly felt terribly bad for Jack. What do you say to that? "What...what happened?"
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Post by Jack on May 10, 2007 19:54:07 GMT
Jack smiled, he knew Claire would have her reasons for not wanting to know Christian. Probably because he wasn't around in most of her life, which Jack could understand. So he didn't think of any less of her, it wasn't like it was Claire's fault he was dead.
"To be honest with you, I'm not sure myself" Jack had only arrived in Australia and collected his body, he knew Sawyer had seen him in the bar before he had died. Drinking, as usual. He just must have been so depressed that he went over the edge and killed himself. At least this is the way Jack thought he had died, it would be much better than being brutally stabbed to death.
"I'm guessing he did this to himself"
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Post by CLAIRE on May 23, 2007 18:52:18 GMT
(OOC Sorry I've been gone. I had exams last week, and then my internet stopped working. Just got it back today)
Claire stood quietly for a second before looking back up at Jack. "Um..so I guess that makes you an uncle" Claire said with a small smile, hoping to lighten the mood abit. "I don't know if that makes me glad or not that you couldn't deliver the baby. It might have made this moment alittle akward, yeah?"
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Post by Jack on May 24, 2007 7:52:25 GMT
[[Don't worry about it, at least you're back ]] Jack had never even thought about Aaron ... he was now an Uncle. When he arrived here he had very little family left, his grandparents weren't around, his father had recently died and his wife left him. All he had was his mother, who probably thought he was dead by now. But now, everything had changed, he had a sister and a little nephew. "I guess I am" Jack looked down a little Aaron, finding it almost hard to believe. The amount of times he had looked after him and had never thought that they might be related [but then again why would he?] "Well, it might have." Jack said in reference to the birth. "
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