Chapter 1

Who knows how many hours have flown by but Juliet is still sitting in the same spot and with the same people she has been with since that last conversation with Jack, in which they told him everybody was safe. Juliet had been listening to the exchange of words between the five men, rarely showing any sign of interest.
"I'm sure she's fine Sawyer, Jack would not let anything happen to Kate… to anyone."
"Yeah dude, don't worry, Sun, Claire, all of em, they're all safe with Jack."
Juliet smiled to herself, thinking about how this distinct circle of people around a small fire could fight and argue all night about so many different things, but when it came to Jack they all agreed that around him they were safe, and that he was a hero.
"What are you smiling at Barbie?"
"Excuse me?"
"You're thinking bout the Doc huh?"
"What? No."
"She's lying." Whispered Sayid with a sly smile on his face.
Just as they were all about to start a new conversation probably regarding her relationship with Jack, a big yellow dog jumped out of the bushes.
"Vincent!" yelled Hurly with excitement.
They all got up, apparently the dogs arrival signaled the arrival of the survivors as well.
The next figures were Danielle and Alex dragging along Ben, Juliet gasped at the sight of Bens bruised and cut face, she looked away from Ben and scanned the rest of the faces for Jacks. She was now standing all alone in front of the fire, her heart pounding as if it were trying to escape the confines of her chest, and her eyes involuntarily welling with tears at the sight of so many unfamiliar faces approaching but Jacks no where to be seen.
Her hands were tightly hidden behind her back, her knuckles now white started to tremble as the last person she saw walk out of the trees was Kate. She watched an ecstatic Sawyer run to Kate and embrace her tightly in his arms. Two single tears rolled down her pale cheek and she quickly brushed them away, making sure nobody saw her. She sat back down on the sand and only looked up when she felt someone approach her. Hurly.
"Hey, um, Jack's looking for you at your tent."
She quickly got up with a smile on her, her eyes sparkling with water.
She ran but stopped once she saw him heading her way, their eyes locked with each others, their smiles mutually letting them know how they felt, it wasn't love, maybe it was just infatuation, but there was something there, something more than just friendship.
They both walked up to each other the rest of the way, slowly and shyly, both of them trying not to let their emotion seep and overpower them. They stood in front of each other, her long thin fingers playing with the sleeve of his shirt, his hands finding a way to the small of her back. He pulled her into him and returned the kiss she had given him earlier. Her hands wrapped around his neck and he pulled her in tighter. Dismissing the looks of everybody and anybody around them. Their lips parted with a pop, their taste buds craving more of the much needed sweetness they both found in each other.
"You scared the hell out of me Jack."
They both laughed and she hid her crying eyes in the crook of his neck.
"Why are you crying?"
"I was so worried, but now I'm happy." She replied in between sobs. Jack secretly indulged the thought that she had been waiting for him to arrive safely, for her.
"So these are tears of joy?"
He asked sweetly leaving butterfly kisses down her angelic face.
"Yeah." She tucked her face in deeper shamefully regretting breaking down, knowing everybody would know, and knowing Ben was probably watching.
Jack pulled away and held her face in his hands, kissing her once more.
"I wouldn't want to see you sad." They both chuckled and he dried her tears. Grabbed her hand and led her to his tent, or was it their tent now?