Title: He Has You
Rating: PG-13
Time Slot: A couple months after The Hunting Party.
Disclaimer: I don't own Lost.
Pairing: Sawyer/Kate (But warning, it starts off with a bit of Jate.)
Summary: Kate and Jack are together now. Kate is sick and Sawyer knows why. Kate always has had to learn everything the hard way.


Kate closed her eyes. She held onto her stomach as the world spun and she had to lean forward as she threw up behind the tree again. Where was he? Kate gripped the tree and tried to pull herself to her feet.

Kate closed her eyes. She held onto her stomach as the world spun and she had to lean forward as she threw up behind the tree again. Kate gripped the tree and tried to pull herself to her feet.

Big mistake.

Her stomach lurched again and she fell to her knees with an involentary sob. She sighed and tried to stand up again. She felt horrid, but standing on her own two feet, she leaned on the tree looking for a mellon or anything she could eat.

"Real nice Jack, dissapearing at a time like this." Kate saw something on the ground. Smiling, she leaned over and grabbed the banana. "Alright, time to eat."

"You been eatin' an awful lot lately Freckles."

"What do you want Sawyer?" Kate sighed. Sawyer walked into view, watching the woman move back so she was sitting against a tree.

"I'm just out for a walk Sweetcheeks. No need to get your panties in a twist." Kate shook her head.

"I see you're still just as much of a pig as you ever were." Sawyer feighned a look of pain at Kate's comment.

"Golly Freckles, that hurt." He smiled, showing off his dimples. "It really did."

"Why don't you just go and leave me alone?" Kate nibbled on the banana, then immeaditaly regretted eating at all. She turned around and threw up again.

But something was different. This time, her hair was being held back. She turned back and leaned against the tree, noticing that Sawyer had come up behind her.

"What was that all about?" Kate looked surprised at the man behind her. What is he doing?

"Just trying to be supportive mum." Kate took a sharp intake of breath.

"What did you just call me?"

"What? I can't really call you Mamacita. Claire has that nickname. And she was the mom first." Kate shook her head.

"Sawyer... I'm not pregnant." Kate bit her lip, fear in her eyes as Sawyer shook his head.

"As much as I'd love that to be true..." Sawyer looked into her eyes, his pain was clearly evident in his gaze. "You been comin out here for three mornings straight and throwing up. You eat all the time, and when you don't eat for awhile, you get even worse stomach problems." He paused. "And you're always dizzy. It don't take a doctor to figure it out Kate." Sawyer paused. "But it seems that there's a doctor around who hasn't figured it out yet."

"Sawyer... don't..."

"Where is he Kate?" Kate shook her head.

"I don't know."

"Well Daddy isn't really hangin' round much right now is he?" Sawyer cocked his head to the side.

"I don't know what that's supposed to mean but..."

"Things have changed Kate." Kate stood up, ignoring the feeling of diziness that overtook her. She shook her head.

"I should go."

"Why?" Kate looked down at Sawyer, not being able to think of a lie in her current state. Or maybe, just not wanting to lie to him.

"Cuz I just can't be around you Sawyer. I don't wanna hurt him." She looked deep into Sawyer's eyes. "And we both know that if I stay with you right now, I'll end up doing something that will hurt him." Kate closed her eyes. Sawyer looked up at her.

"Yeah... I know." He stood up and brushed his finger over her lips.

"Sawyer..." Sawyer lifted up his water bottle to her lips and she took a drink. He brushed back a few strands of hair that clung to her face.

"Kate, just... just don't say anything." Sawyer put the cover back on his water and held it in his left hand. His eyes searched over her entire body. His face was filled with sorrow. "He has you..." Sawyer shook his head, anger at Jack boiling up again. "He has you and he's not even taking care of you..." Sawyer blinked back angry tears.

"Sawyer..." Kate reached up and stroked the side of his face. She slipped her arm behind his head and pulled herself closer to his body. Sawyer felt her movements and cupped her face with his right hand. His left hand dropped the water bottle and placed itself on her lower back.

As their lips met, time froze. Their lips melted together and everything that they had been through the last couple of months dissapeared. Nothing mattered but them. Sawyer's tounge slid over Kate's lips and she opened her mouth, letting their tounges meet, tasting eachother. Kate moaned into Sawyer's mouth and he groaned.

Kate pulled away quickly, looking up at Sawyer. His eyes showed his undeniable longing for her.

"Sawyer, I can't do this."

"Kate..."

"I'm with Jack." He shook his head.

"Do you love him?"

"What?"

"Do you love Jack?" Kate looked confused by his question. "If you love Jack, I'll drop it. I'll walk away from you and that'll be it. No more chase, no more flirting, I'll leave you alone." He paused. "If that's what you really want."

"I... I uh..." Kate shook her head. "I don't... love Jack." She backed up a bit. "But I can't do this to him." She turned around, unable to look at him again, for fear of what might happen.

"Don't go Kate." His voice was different. Pleading, and even full of need. She closed her eyes, letting tears slip down her face.

"I'm sorry Sawyer. I wish I could stay..." With that, she walked away from him, still unable to look back at his face. So she never saw the broken man she had left behind her.


TBC