Disclaimer: I don't own LOST.
A/N: This is kind of a weird idea, but I felt like doing it.
Sawyer drove through L.A. to get to Kate and Jack's house. He wasn't too eager about seeing Jack again, and he hoped that he was at work. Seeing that it was the weekend, it wasn't very likely.
Kate had gotten pregnant on the island, and when she had found out, she and Sawyer hadn't been together for a long time. Jack thought that the baby was his, but Kate knew better. It had been painful for her to tell him the truth, and Jack didn't talk to her for a couple days, but in the end he told her that he would still love the baby as if it was his own, and Kate told Sawyer. Sawyer was okay with Jack and Kate having full custody only because he thought that he wouldn't be able to give his son a good life. But Sawyer was doing better, he worked at odd jobs here and there, and he stopped conning.
He reached Jack and Kate's house and went to the door. He heard a crash inside and then Kate yelling at her son to get the door.
The door opened and Sawyer grinned as Justin gave him a hug. "Dad!"
"Hey Justin." Sawyer ruffled the boy's blonde hair. Justin looked a lot like Sawyer.
"Hey Sawyer." Kate appeared from the kitchen. Her hair was a mess and she looked tired, but to Sawyer she was still beautiful.
"Hey Kate." Sawyer let go of Justin and gave Kate a hug.
"Sorry for the mess. I've been cooking and I haven't had time to clean today."
"Cooking huh?"
"Yeah. Justin wanted to make cookies. You want some?"
"Sure. Where's Jack?"
"I think he's in the office working on something."
Sawyer nodded in relief. Things had been awkward between them for a long time.
"Okay Justin. Clean up the legos you spilt everywhere."
"Moooom." Justin whined.
"Come on Justin. Do what your mom says." Sawyer told him.
"Fine." Justin bent down while Sawyer followed Kate into the kitchen.
"So how are you doing?" Sawyer asked her.
Kate looked at him and then grabbed a plate. "I'm fine."
"How's things with you and Jack?"
"We're great."
"Is he working a lot lately?" Sawyer questioned.
"Why are you asking me these questions Sawyer?" Kate seemed annoyed.
"I just want to make sure you're taken care of."
"Jack and I are fine."
"Just fine? I can tell, Kate. You're not happy."
"Here's your cookies." Kate handed him a plate.
Sawyer smiled sadly. "So you're going to pretend you're happy for Justin? Afraid that if you divorce Jack then Justin won't have a good childhood?"
Kate's eyes quickly shot up to meet Sawyer's. "Jack and I are never going to get a divorce."
"Kate. Please. Be realistic. The guy's a workaholic. You thought he would change, but he didn't, did he?"
"Please Sawyer. Don't." Kate whispered.
Justin stood in the doorway, staring at his parents.
Sawyer gently took Kate's hand. "I miss you. I miss Kate. Where'd she go? How can I get her back?"
"I'm right here Sawyer."
"Hey buddy, whatcha doing?" Jack appeared in the doorway and patted Justin's shoulder. He glanced up and noticed Sawyer releasing Kate's hand.
"Sawyer. I didn't hear the doorbell ring." Jack walked into the kitchen and noticed the cookies. "Yum." He grabbed one and looked at Sawyer.
"Well I've been here for ten minutes now."
Jack nodded. "The cookies are great, Kate." Jack walked over to her and gave her a kiss. Kate returned it and then looked down.
Sawyer nodded. "Well Justin and I should get going. I'll bring him back on Sunday.
"Mommy?"
"What sweetie?" Kate bent down to give Justin a hug.
"You and Jack aren't going to get a divorce, are you?"
"No honey of course not. Where did you get such a silly idea?" Kate looked into Justin's eyes, a mirror of Sawyer's.
"Daddy just said so."
"Well your daddy is wrong. Jack and I love each other very much, okay?" Kate kissed Justin on the cheek and then stood up to grab his things.
Kate walked Sawyer out to the car and helped him put Justin's things.
"Get in the car Justin." Kate told him and Justin obeyed.
"Make sure he gets to sleep at a good time, don't feed him a bunch of sweets, and no R rated movies okay?" Kate said to Sawyer.
"I know. I know."
"And Sawyer?" Kate grabbed his arm. "Don't ever say that Jack and I should get a divorce. We are very happy and I thought that we've been through this."
"I won't say anything Kate, but you know what I'm saying."
"I appreciate your concern, but I'm fine."
"If you say so." Sawyer shrugged and walked over to his side of the car. "Take care of yourself Freckles."
Kate nodded and then walked back inside.
"So what's up with Sawyer?" Jack asked. He was sitting at the table eating some cookies. Kate sat down beside him and stared at him.
"What's wrong?"
"You've been home for a a hour. As soon as you got home, you went into the office. Can't you take the night off so we can be together?"
Jack shook his head. "No. I've got paperwork."
Kate sighed.
"I'm sorry Kate. You know I have to work."
"Jack, you're one of the top doctors at that hospital. You could take off a day or two and it wouldn't matter."
Jack didn't say anything.
"Please? For me?"
Jack looked away and Kate silently begged him to not work.
"All right. I won't work. In fact, I'll take the weekend off."
"Really?" Kate smiled.
"Really." Jack grabbed Kate's hand and kissed her neck as he stood up. "I love you Kate."
"I love you too." Kate watched Jack grab the phone to call the hospital and she smiled at herself. She knew that Jack loved her, she just needed to hear it sometimes.
"So what are we gonna do this weekend? Are you gonna smuggle me into the movie theaters to see a R rated movie?" Justin asked his dad.
"Sorry kid. Your mom said no."
"But that didn't stop you last weekend." Justin said.
"Well this weekend I'm trying to be a good dad."
"But you are a good dad."
Sawyer took his eyes off the road for a second to smile at his son. "You're too nice. Have you been spending too much time around Aunt Claire again?"
"No." Justin said.
"Uh huh. No I thought we'd go golfing or some other thing."
"Yeah let's go golfing."
"Justin! No! You're supposed to keep begging me to take you to a R rated movie so that when your mother asks I can say that you begged me until you turned blue!"
"Oh.. Okay. Well please take me to a R rated movie?" Justin said.
"All right fine." Sawyer rolled his eyes and grinned at Justin.
Justin smiled as he looked at the sunset. This was going to be an awesome weekend.
A/N: Please let me know what you thought!