See, if Claire is in I'm fine with it. I figured I would have had to deal with Kate sooner or later but having her and Claire in the same place solved me a lot of trouble and it wasn't that far from canon anyway so I went for it. Yep, as you've seen they did meet Charlie... if I write more in this setting I'll address that for sure, here I ended up with too much stuff on my hands to include that, too.

Ha, no, this Kate isn't threatening! That's the way I like her too. ;) But it wouldn't be Kate if she didn't lie, right?

(Yep, exactly that. He just hadn't realized it yet. ;) )