Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I don't own LOST.
A/N: Ok another jate fic from me. I just can't help it. Anyways, I'm trying to do some angst since I've been doing fluff so much lately. Of course there will be fluff in this too though.
Kate sat on the beach. There were people mingling around her, but she didn't pay much attention to them. There was too much on her mind.
She and Sawyer had gotten back three weeks ago, and Jack and Juliet had come two weeks after. When Jack had come she couldn't help herself and she had ran to him and he let her hug him. But he didn't really hug her back. She sensed something was wrong with him.
Jack and Juliet spent a lot of time together. So Kate spent more time with Sawyer. Technically she was with Sawyer now and she should be happy. But she wasn't. Everyone was wary of Juliet at first, but now that it was a week later, everyone had accepted her. Everyone but Sawyer and Kate. Sawyer had told Kate that he was never going to trust any of the Others, and she agreed. She worried for Jack, because it seemed like they had a relationship, and Kate didn't want Jack to get hurt.
Kate glanced up the beach and spotted Jack talking to Claire. He was smiling, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. Jack hadn't been the same ever since they had gotten back, and she wondered if something had happened that he wasn't telling. She wasn't going to ask him though, they hadn't talked since he had gotten back. He was avoiding her, she knew it.
She stood up and decided to go talk to Jack, to just have a friendly conversation, but as she began walking Sawyer appeared next to her.
"Hey." Sawyer said.
"Hey."
"So we both know that Juliet chick is up to no good. How are we going to catch her in the act?"
"I don't know." Kate stopped and turned around, deciding that it was probably good that Sawyer had stopped her from going to Jack.
"Well we need to. Everyone is trusting her, except for us."
"We need to try to catch her in the act soon. Jack's falling for her." Kate averted her eyes from Sawyer.
Sawyer grinned. "I know. Kind of sad isn't it?"
Kate quickly looked at Sawyer again. "Don't you care about Jack at all? He rescued us! He could have died!"
"What's wrong Freckles?" Sawyer grabbed her arm.
Kate put a hand to her forehead. "I don't know. I think I just haven't really recovered from what we went through."
"Hey." Sawyer put his arms around her and she relaxed in his embrace. "We're gonna be all right. The Others said they would leave us alone."
Kate gave a small nod as she opened her eyes. She couldn't help but notice that Juliet was flirting with Jack only a couple of yards away.