Author's Note:This will be a sequel to my previous fic Lucky. You will definitely want to read that one first. Chapter 1 is done and should go up tomorrow.

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Dreamcatcher

Prologue

They hadn't been in Dharma long. They'd only had their work assignments and housing arrangements for a couple weeks. Daniel just left for Ann Arbor. Juliet was settling in at the motorpool. She could do with a few less oil stains, but no one ever died when she went to work anymore so she was happy. Jin, Miles, and Sawyer were working hard to prove themselves worthy of the security team. To start with they were getting a taste of all the shifts. So far they'd done evenings and nights. Tomorrow they would get to experience the early morning patrol. Tonight, however, they were celebrating another day of jungle free living.

The three men were gathered around the table at Sawyer and Juliet's house. She unceremoniously dropped a large plate of food in front of them. Sawyer and Miles immediately dug their forks in while Jin looked to Juliet. "Thank you, Juliet." He said slowly in his broken English. She smiled. Even with the language barrier he was more polite than the other two men.

Juliet sat down. "You know" She started. "I'm not going to cook for you three every night. Don't get used to this." She pointed at them with her fork. Miles and Sawyer nodded while chewing vigorously.

The night wore on. They were all so happy to finally have furniture to sit on again and a roof over their heads. They were content to sit and talk and try to plan how they would go about living in the 1970's when they ought to be in the 2000's.

After dinner Sawyer broke out the Dharma beer. It wasn't until the sun started to go down that anyone bothered to check the time. Jin got up. "Home." He said to Miles. "Sleep. Up early tomorrow."

Miles waved him on. "It's not that late yet!" So Jin left alone.

Miles and Sawyer stayed up much later, later even than Juliet who had the next day off. She had gone to bed after telling Sawyer "I'm sleeping in tomorrow. Please don't wake me up when you leave."

"Not a problem, Blondie." Sawyer smiled. It hadn't been long since Juliet's promised two weeks had run out. Sawyer was glad she'd decided to stay. They were turning into good friends

The night before the sub was due to leave Sawyer found Juliet on the dock again sitting next to the crates. He sat next to her and asked if she were leaving.

"I think you're right." She said looking out at the water. Sawyer just looked at her and waited. She finally turned to him. "There's nothing for me out there. Not now." There was a sadness in her eyes he never thought he'd see from the ice queen. And he found he had an overwhelming urge to take that sadness away. That was new, too. They'd gone from enemies to what one might consider friends quickly.

Sawyer nudged her shoulder with his own. "There's somethin' for ya here, Juliet." He said softly. She looked at him. "We make a good team. I like havin' ya around." He paused and swallowed. Then his eyes caught hers. "I'd miss ya. If ya left." He nodded his head towards the sub. There. He said it. The words had been on his tongue for the past week.

Juliet gave a small smile. "I'd miss you too, James." She put a hand on his shoulder and used it to push herself into a standing position. Once she was up he followed suit. "You got my back?" She asked.

Sawyer grinned. "Only if you got mine."

Juliet was sleeping soundly. It was her first chance to sleep in in nearly a week. The motorpool didn't start as early as the cafeteria or security, but still she was looking forward to more sleep on her day off.

Unfortunately Juliet's perfect day of sleeping in was rudely interrupted. She groaned and pulled a pillow over her head. The sun was just starting to go up. What was that ungodly noise? And was someone banging on her door? A few moments later when she was fully awake she realized exactly what was going on. Someone was indeed banging on her door. And that ungodly noise? That was Miles yelling for Sawyer to get his ass out of bed in between bangs.

Juliet was furious.

Sawyer awoke to Juliet standing right next to his bed and yelling "James!" much harsher than he thought possible. He nearly jumped out of the bed and when his eyes focused he found her in her pajamas – a tank top and shorts. Her hair was a mess and he would have called her cute if she hadn't looked so pissed off and immediately thrown a tan jumpsuit at his face. "You're late." She said sternly.

She didn't say another word to him until after he got home from work. He received quite the lecture and he learned rule number one for living with Juliet – don't disturb the woman's sleep.