I wrote this as an alternative sort of ending for episode 3.15. Basically it's just what I wanted to happen between Jack and Kate. I'm probably gonna continue it with a couple more chapters or just one more, it depends on what people think of it. This chapter is from Kate's POV.

Her heart was pounding as she opened the door to the "house" Jack had been in last night. She looked around and noticed that there were broken pieces of glass and wood strewn all over the room. Then she saw him. He was lying on the floor, slumped near the wall. He looked like he was…no he couldn't be. He wasn't dead. She ran over to him.

"Jack! Jack, wake up!" He groaned in response and then flung his arm out at her. She slammed into the wall and let out a small wince from the pain. She watched as he slowly regained his senses and realized it was just her, just Kate, not an Other.

"Are you ok?" she asked quietly.

"Yeah," he responded as he carefully sat up.

"What happened to you?"

"I'm not sure. I just remember them coming in and then…and then…I don't know."

"They left."

"They left? What about Juliet?"

Her heart fell when he mentioned her. "They left her behind too."

"Is she ok?"

There was the Jack she knew, the one concerned about everyone except himself. But now he was concerned about one of them, an Other. It hurt her to know that Jack cared about Juliet. But it was her own fault. She had hurt him, so he had moved on.

"Yeah, she's fine."

They sat there for what felt like an eternity, neither of them saying anything. She hated that things were like this between them now. She wished he would just look her in the eye like he used to and not avoid her gaze. She wished he would talk to her and tell her all the things she wanted to hear. She wished she knew more about him. Most of all she wished she hadn't slept with Sawyer and broken his heart.

"What do we do now?" His voice broke her from her thoughts and she looked up at him, their eyes locking for a brief moment.

"I guess we go back to the camp," she whispered.

"Yeah, I guess we should do that."

He reached for the wall to steady himself as he got up and tried to walk. She could see that he was still weak, so she stood next to him and pulled his arm around her neck. She looked up at him, and he looked down at her, a sadness briefly flickering across his eyes.

"Jack-"

"Don't Kate. Don't start apologizing. I don't want to hear it."

The coldness in his voice surprised her and she slipped out from under his arm.

Looking him straight in the eye, daring him to look away, she began, "I don't care if you want to hear what I have to say or not, because I'm saying it anyways. If you don't want to listen, then don't, but I need to say this."

He held her gaze, his brown eyes softening as he waited for her to continue.

"I know that you probably hate me right now, and you have every reason to."

He began to protest, but she silenced him with a look.

"I came back here for you even though you told me not to. I couldn't leave you here, Jack. I couldn't let them hurt you or kill you because then I would feel guilty that you sacrificed yourself for a person like me. But now I know why you didn't want me to come back. You weren't going to be here if I came back for you. I'm sorry that you can't go home now, and that's also because of me. I seem to ruin your life a whole lot, which is why I understand that you've moved on. Or maybe you didn't move on because there never was anything between us to move on from. And that's what I'm the most sorry for."

She paused, not knowing if she should continue. The encouraging look in his eyes let her know that he wanted her to, so she began again.

"Juliet told me that you saw…that you saw me and Sawyer. And I know you probably won't believe me, but I slept with him because I thought he was going to die. I needed to know…I needed to know how I felt about him. And now I know. I care about Sawyer as a friend, but I don't love him. I could never love him. He and I are too much alike. But you…you make me see that I can be a good person and that I don't have to fear love. You make me feel whole again. I regret it so much because I wanted it to be you. But I know that we can never be together because I would ruin you. You are so good and I would damage you. I'm not good. I was starting to think that maybe I could try to be, for you, but now I'm not so sure. It doesn't matter anymore though, because I've lost you. And I never got to tell you…"

"Jack? Kate? Come on, we're heading out!" Sayid's voice interrupted her just as she was about to tell Jack the thing she needed to say the most. Her eyes clouded with tears, but she held them back. She couldn't let him see how much she was hurting.

"Come on," he whispered gruffly, "Let's go."

He took her by the hand as they walked down the hall, but as they stepped outside he let go. She briefly wondered what that meant, but then he walked over to Juliet and she realized that she meant nothing to him at all…

Tell me what you think! I have a second chapter so let me know if I should continue!