Gah. Bet you all hate me. I hate myself. This is my best fic and Ive neglected it. Is there like a home for neglected fics? Maybe they should start one.. most of mine would be in there...

Thanks to everyone whos stuck by me through this, theres still a lot to come!

Walking down toward the cafeteria Kate felt that her day was going well, or as well as could be expected anyway. She was completing the work she had been set in all of her classes without much problem, although the teachers didn’t really seem to care about what she did, not that it bothered her.

As for the other kids around the place no-one was exactly jumping to be her friend, she was from the ‘rival’ school after all, but they didn’t exactly set out to make her life miserable either, however she supposed that it would be a different story for Sawyer and Jack, both of who were on the football team which had beaten Otherville high.

She quickly bought some lunch and looked around for an empty looking place to sit down and blend in, or maybe even spot Jack or Sawyer to sit with. She couldn’t see Sawyer anywhere – knowing Sawyer, he’d probably gotten himself a detention already.

“Kate!” Came a voice which distracted her from her thoughts.

She looked in the direction of the noise and saw Jack sitting at a table with a rather pretty blonde girl she had never seen before.

“Do you want to come sit with us?” Jack asked.

“Sure” Kate replied, setting her tray down on the table.

“Kate this is Juliet, Juliet this is Kate” Jack introduced.

“Hey” Both the girls said, Juliet smiling kindly at Kate.

“Kate, Juliet was in my science class and she offered to show me down here” Jack explained “Juliet, Kate is the girl I told you about, she and Sawyer are the other two who came with me”

“Nice to meet you” Juliet said.

“Likewise” Replied Kate.

The three began to eat and were soon chatting away nicely, Kate had never suspected she would actually like anyone from Otherville High, she had never thought any of them would want to speak to her, she was right of course – but with the exception of Juliet.

“Hey Freckles” Came a drawl and Kate was aware of someone sitting down next to her, she didn’t need to turn around to know that Sawyer had been the one to take a seat beside her.

“And this would be Sawyer” Jack said “Sawyer, this is Juliet”

“Nice to meet you” Juliet said with a smile, much like the one she had given Kate.

“Aint you meant to hate us Blondie?” Sawyer asked rather bluntly.

“Just ignore him” Jack laughed “That’s just typical Sawyer”

“I see” Juliet said with a smile.

“Well anyway I have to go to my next class now, bye everyone” Kate said, picking up her empty tray.

“Wait Kate I’ll come with you, I’ve got to be in French in a minute anyway” Juliet said, also picking up her tray.

The two girls started to turn away when Sawyer complained rather loudly “So what Freckles, I don’t even get a goodbye kiss?”

Kate rolled her eyes, but went back and gave him a kiss all the same.

She then turned back to Juliet and the two girls started to leave the cafeteria.

“Freckles!” Sawyer shouted to her back.

“What now?” Kate said, turning round slightly.

“You taste like strawberries” He commented with a smirk.

Kate just shook her head and turned to the door, although Sawyer could see the smile tugging at her lips.

“So what’s the story with you Jacko?” Sawyer asked turning his attention back to the boy beside him.

“What do you mean Sawyer?”

“What’s with you and Blondie? Forgotten about old Ana-Lulu already have we?” Sawyer smirked.

“Sawyer is it not possible for a guy and a girl to be just friends in you twisted mind” Jack said impatiently.

“Not when the girls look like that it sure aint Jacko” Sawyer smirked “Who can blame ya? Don’t worry – your secrets safe with me” Sawyer winked and then got up and left the table, heading towards the doors that lead outside. Off to have a smoke, Jack deducted with a shake of his head.

And with that Jack cleared his things away and set of to his next lesson, but he couldn’t shake Sawyers comment from the back of his mind all day. It was true, actually, that he hadn’t thought about Ana once the whole time he’d been here, but that didn’t mean he didn’t like her anymore – he’d just been busy! And it wasn’t as if he was going to run of with Juliet, it was just Sawyers comment making him question himself, Jack told his brain.

But the more times he had to tell himself that day, the less impact the words carried…

Inhumanely short. But its and update right?

Right?!