"Alright, two weeks," Juliet said finally in her irresistibly smooth voice. Her smirk made Sawyer practically melt right there on the dock. "Two weeks" replayed in his head. He managed to earn two more weeks with the woman who was slowly taking over his world. Sawyer smiled that dorky smile that only creeped its way on his lips when he accomplished something he was truly nervous about. He nodded once in accomplishment and looked out towards the ocean.

Juliet was silent and Sawyer couldn't help but look at her out of the corner of his eye. The dock creaked slightly as a gust of wind raced past them. Juliet's hair shimmered in the moonlight, her piercing blue eyes studying the water. She shot a look towards him and grinned when he quickly averted his look back towards the sea.

Sawyer cleared his throat awkwardly and rubbed his hands together, quickly noticing his palms were getting sweaty. What the hell? He thought to himself. He hadn't felt this way about a woman in a long time. And Juliet of all people? The woman who tasered him the first time she laid eyes on him. But he didn't care, something about her made him weak in the knees.

"Hey!" Miles voice echoed from the other end of the dock back on the shore. Juliet spun her head in the direction of the voice and Sawyer sat up a little straighter, squinting his eyes to get a better look at who was with Miles. He could see Miles waving a hand at them and Jin finally came into focus next to him.

"Damn." Sawyer said under his breath as he looked back at Juliet who was looking up at him from her sitting position. "Here we go." He stood up slowly from the wooden box he was sitting on and offered a hand for Juliet. She took it and he hoisted her to her feet. Once they were both on their feet Miles and Jin were half way down the dock. Sawyer looked into Juliet's eyes with a semi-enthusiastic expression painted on his face, and gestured for her to follow him.

"How can I help you Chief?" Sawyer asked Miles with a cheeky smile once they met in the middle of the dock. Jin and Juliet closely behind, standing on either side of them as if they were facing each other for battle.

"You wanna tell us what the Hell is going on?" Miles jerked his head in Jin's direction once he finished his question and raised his eyebrows, waiting for a response from Sawyer. The dock light hummed overhead as they stood there in silence.

"I got us two weeks." Sawyer responded finally and crossed his arms. "I was able to talk them into giving us two weeks to stay here and wait for Locke." He watched Jin and Miles' eyes flash back and forth between him and Juliet. "As far as they know we're stayin' here to look for the rest of our crew."

No one said anything for a few long seconds and then finally Miles spoke up once again. "So we just live here amongst the Dharma folk as if we are one of them until Locke gets back?" He asked. "No harm done?" He crossed his arms too, obviously thinking about how they could possibly lay low for two weeks.

"Where's Danny Boy?" Sawyer looked behind Miles and Jin in hopes of finding Daniel somewhere nearby on the shore. "He's the one who can tell us what we can and can't do here." He had no idea how this whole time travel thing worked. He was just the smooth talker who got them out of the mess they managed to get themselves into. Stuck in the 70's. Now that's a new one. All their bets were placed on Locke someday returning and getting them back where they belong. Sure hope that's soon Sawyer thought.

"I dunno, I thought he was with you," Miles responded quickly and pointed a finger at Sawyer without unfolding his arms.

"Guys," Juliet interrupted, not even giving Sawyer a chance to open his mouth in response. She furrowed her brow and peered around Jin, looking at a figure who had appeared from the trees. It was Horace. Great. Just what they needed.

Horace lingered near the tree line before making his way towards the four of them. Sawyer sighed. "Not a word." He looked each one of them in the eye, indicating he would take care of it. Sawyer nudged Miles out of the way slightly so he could face Horace. "Evenin!" He took a couple steps forward to shorten Horace's trip. "You wouldn't happen to know where we left our physicist?" Sawyer asked sarcastically, slightly hoping he actually knew.

"I'm here to take you back to your homes for the next couple of weeks," Horace said calmly, skipping over Sawyer's bizarre, although entirely serious, question. He tucked his hands into the pockets of his dharma jumpsuit. His glasses reflecting the moonlight into Sawyer's face.

Finally! Sawyer thought. A bed, a nice comfy bed with pillows and blankets. No more sleeping on the sand. No more cold nights out in the jungle. He'd spent quite some time in those Dharma beds not too long ago, they were nice. Sawyer quickly looked back at the group and then back at Horace. "Lead the way boss." He held out his hands, waiting for Horace to take them to their luxurious suites.

Without hesitation Horace spun back around and began walking back towards Dharmaville. Jin and Miles stayed back as if they were waiting for Sawyer's approval. Raising his eyebrows Sawyer nodded his head forwards giving them the O.K. to follow. Once they began walking he rolled his eyes and walked beside Juliet. "Seriously?" He spoke softly to her. "You were going to leave me with these two?" She laughed quietly. "Can't even think for themselves." He watched her with a smile of his own, as if he were proud of himself for getting her to laugh.

Horace had already made arrangements for the five of them to stay in three of the Dharma houses. Sawyer watched him lead Jin to a vacant house that Faraday had already made himself quite comfortable in. Peering through the open door, Sawyer could see Daniel pacing the living room floor and frantically writing notes in his leather notebook. "Wonder if good-old Horace paired us together Blondie," he said with a grin, now looking at Juliet, who was sitting at a picnic table next to Miles.

Miles rolled his eyes and leaned back at the table, elbows resting on the wood behind him and legs out in front of him, crossed at the ankles. "Why don't you ask him yourself?" Juliet smirked and looked past him. Sawyer didn't know what she was looking at, he furrowed his brow.

"Jim." Sawyer heard loudly, right in his ear. He flinched slightly at the sound of Horace's voice directly behind him. Not knowing Horace had left Jin and Faraday's place in the middle of his flirting with Juliet, his sudden appearance startled him. "I'll be taking you and your buddy to this house right over here." Horace pointed to the house across from the swing set.

Juliet and Miles stood up from the picnic table. Sawyer glanced quickly at Juliet and raised his eyebrows at Horace, as if to say, "and what about the lady?" The dark haired woman they had just saved earlier that day came up behind Horace. Amy was it? Sawyer couldn't exactly remember.

"Amy was kind enough to agree to let uhhh…" Horace looked at Juliet with his mouth open slightly, waiting for her to respond with her name.

"Uhhh…Juliet." She hesitated slightly with her answer. Probably wondering if she should use a fake name. Sawyer grinned and looked at her, letting her know she did fine. She smiled quickly back at him, but only for a second.

"Juliet," Horace repeated and continued with his sentence, "stay with her while you all look for the rest of your crew." Sawyer looked at Amy, her eyes still red from obviously crying over the loss of her husband. Great. Juliet gets stuck with the newly-made widow. She was definitely kind enough to handle this situation, but two weeks of nothing but tears and sadness can really ware on someone.

Amy smiled at Juliet weakly and began leading the way to her house. Juliet looked at Sawyer one last time before she began walking. He winked at her and gave her one last reassuring smile before she looked away and continued after Amy.

Sawyer stepped up onto the porch of the small yellow house directly behind Horace and Miles. He rested his hand on the frame of the front door before completely stepping inside. Horace began giving them a quick run-down of the rules, what they could and could not do, when breakfast was served in the mess-hall, etc. But Sawyer wasn't listening. He was watching Juliet through his window.

She and Amy were sitting on the porch of their quote on quote "house" talking. Juliet was probably feeding Amy comforting words to sooth her broken heart. Horace's voice was muffled out in Sawyer's head. He was almost in a trance as he watched Juliet. Studying her every move. He noticed she moved her hands quite a bit when she talked, which he thought was endearing. She and Amy were both laughing and oh how he wished he was within earshot to hear her infectious laugh! Time seemed to stand still in that moment for Sawyer. This woman was truly beginning to take over his life, and Sawyer wasn't exactly sure how he felt about that.

"Jim?" Sawyer heard Horace faintly but he didn't move his gaze from the window. "Jim!" Horace snapped at him and he was sucked back into reality.

"Yeah." Sawyer turned his head quickly in Miles's and Horace's direction. He raised his eyebrows and looked directly at Horace to show him he had his full attention.

"You got all that?" Horace asked skeptically, obviously noticing he hadn't exactly been paying all that much attention. Miles looked at Sawyer nervously, waiting for him to say something smooth.

Stepping away from the window he answered Horace. "Breakfast at seven thirty, no going outside the boarder without permission, yada, yada, yada…" Sawyer had listened to a small portion of what Horace was saying before he tuned him out. "We got it." He headed to the kitchen and poured himself a glass of water.

Once Horace finally left, Miles began to laugh and sat down on the couch. "She's done a number on you my friend." He let out another small laugh and crossed his legs up on the coffee table, making himself comfortable.

"What are you talking about friend?" Sawyer asked with emphasis on the word 'friend' considering he hadn't known Miles terribly long and he didn't consider many people on this island his friend. He walked into the living room with his cup of water.

"Juliet," Miles said flatly. "She's got you in the palm of her hand." He chuckled once again, obviously enjoying the little romance that was unfolding in front of him. "It's a shame though." Miles reached for a book that was sitting on the side table next to the couch. "I'm pretty sure she's got the hots for me." He said with a grin as he flipped through the book he grabbed.

"Whatever." Sawyer shook his head and downed his cup of water.

"You're just jealous."

"Of you?" Sawyer asked almost choking on his water from laughter.

Miles nodded and tossed the book onto the coffee table.

"Nah." He shook his head and set his empty cup on the kitchen table. He knew Juliet would never go for Miles.

"That chick digs me." Miles continued to push Sawyers buttons.

"Keep tellin' yourself that." Sawyer shot back as he headed down the hall to claim his bedroom.

He made a hard left and stepped into the first room. He quickly examined the area before he took his shoes off and slid off his shirt and jeans so all he was wearing were his boxers and socks. As Sawyer placed his pants and shirt on top of the dresser there was a knock at the front door. "Son of a…" He said under his breath.

"Miles, where's Sawyer?" Daniel's voice carried down the hall. Sawyer was surprised Daniel was out and about, considering what happened to Charlotte. He heard Miles invite Daniel in and he stepped out of the bedroom, not bothering to put his clothes back on.

"Whatcha need Chief?" Sawyer asked, not really prepared for another one of Daniel's theories this late at night.

Daniel looked a little frazzled, but when did he not? "We may have a slight problem," he finally spat out as he stepped closer to Sawyer and opened his journal.

"Oh boy," Miles said sarcastically as he sat on the couch again.

"You're friend…Locke?" Daniel glanced at Sawyer and finally flipped to the page he desired. "He may not return as quickly as he thinks he will."

Sawyer looked at Daniel's notebook, the page was full of scribbles and pictures that looked like a foreign language to him. "How long you thinkin' he'll take Danny Boy?" He asked, a little afraid to hear the answer.

"It could be weeks." Daniel looked at Miles and then back at Sawyer. "Or it could be years." His face unsure, almost childlike.

"So what are we doin' here?" Sawyers voice was booming compared to Daniels. "Why don't we got off this damn rock and save ourselves the trouble of waiting for nothing?"

"Because we're not waiting for nothing." Daniel stressed, pointing to his journal again, which meant absolutely nothing to Sawyer. "Locke said he would return, but time isn't exactly the same for us anymore."

Sawyer looked over at Miles, who shrugged his shoulders and leaned forward slightly and furrowed his brow, trying as hard as Sawyer to follow.

Daniel grew more frustrated with them by the second. "Locke left while we were still moving through time, right?" He waited for the two of them to nod before he moved on. "Well, we can't exactly tell for sure what time period he ended up in."

"Or if he even made it!" Miles chimed in.

Sawyer stood there in silence for a moment. Absorbing the information he had just been told. "What about the huge flash?" He asked. "That brought us all here to the seventies. Wouldn't Locke have also shown up somewhere in the same timeframe?"

"I have no idea."

"Great." Sawyer threw his hands up in frustration. Who knows where the Hell Locke is, He thought. He probably wouldn't be able to convince everyone to come back anyway. Daniel was making absolutely no sense and it angered Sawyer.

"But that doesn't mean he's not where he's supposed to be." Daniel continued to ramble on.

"Are we even where we're supposed to be?" Miles asked genuinely curious.

"Of course not!" Sawyer yelled. "We're in the damn Dharma Initiative!"

"James please." Daniel said in attempt to calm Sawyer down.

Sawyer thought about Jack, Hurley, Sun, Aaron, Sayid…Kate. People he may never see again. He was truly going to miss her. He kept telling himself from the moment he jumped from that helicopter it would have never worked out between him and Freckles. But he kind of wished he hadn't left things the way he did. Maybe it was a good thing he never see her again. Another fresh start.

"Whether Locke made it off the island or not." Daniel closed his notebook and looked at the both of them. "We have nothing to go back to. Our world hasn't been built yet." He began heading for the door. "In the meantime, I suggest we do as we're told and hope Locke makes it back before anyone suspects we aren't who we say we are."

"Sure thing." Sawyer nodded once and shut the door behind Daniel. He sighed as he headed back to his room, leaving Miles alone in the living room.

Leaning up against the bed frame, Swayer slid off his socks and crawled into bed. He grabbed the book that lay on his nightstand. A Tale of Two Cities Sawyer read in bold letters. He set the book back on the nightstand, knowing he would just fall asleep before he got to anything good.

He shut off the lamp on the nightstand and pulled the covers over himself. He laid there in the dark, thinking of how they were going to pull this off. Then his mind wandered, eventually focusing on Juliet. Her beaming face, a beautiful image in his head. "Two weeks." Sawyer murmured before dozing off. Two weeks to make this girl fall in love with me. He shut his eyes and within seconds he fell asleep to his plan to win her heart.