Kate was sitting on the beach looking out at the water. The sun was beginning to set and it case an orange glow over her. Sawyer went over to her, hobbling a bit. Without a word she looked up at him and then back down. He handed her a liquor bottle and then sat down with a groan.

She took the bottle and downed it, still silently.

"Cat got your tongue?"

Kate looked at him with a hard indifference before turning back to look.

"Okay apparently I did something. But ain't that always the case." Sawyer smirked and took a drink.

"It's not you." Kate said with out looking at him.

"Well that's something. So what is it?"

Kate looked at him and then back again. "You don't want to know. It doesn't matter"

"I'm a curious guy sweetheart. But not enough to beg." He started to stand up, annoyed with her, but he wasn't about to stay and let her find out that she could get to him.

"I kissed Jack." She blurted out, her eyes widening, though she still looked straight ahead.

Sawyer sat back down. "You did wha-" He caught him self, though not quick enough to keep Kate from grinning just a little. "Oh."

"Is that jealousy?" Kate couldn't help but smile.

"I know you have a thing for the good doctor. Doesn't matter to me, there are plenty of other girls on this island."

Kate's smile faded and she looked back out at the ocean, she reached and took Sawyer's bottle from him and drank some of it before handing it back.

Now it was Sawyer's turn to grin. "Seems like you're the jealous one."

Kate glared at him, annoyed and just a little hurt. After all she had watched over him while he was sick. "It didn't mean anything, I thought it would but it didn't."

Sawyer raised an eyebrow, trying to find meaning in her words. "What?"

"When I kissed Jack. It was while you were sick." She was talking quickly now, as if she was scared to say this. "And you know…I thought that maybe if I kissed him it would mean something, but it didn't. I mean it was nice and all…but there was nothing. At least not for me."

"Why are you telling me this?" Sawyer asked. He was surprised to see that she looked almost ready to cry when he looked at her. At least he assumed that's what the look was; he had never seen her cry. But he was pretty sure there was sadness.

"Because…" A chill went through her and she wrapped her arms around herself.

"Here." Sawyer took of his shirt in a moment of chivalry and gave it to her.

Kate looked at him and smiled. "Thanks."

"You never answered my question."

Kate frowned a bit and made to get up. Sawyer grabbed her wrist.

Kate looked at him and smiled. "Thanks."

"You never answered my question."

Kate frowned a bit and made to get up. Sawyer grabbed her wrist.

"Because you're the reason it didn't mean anything okay?" She pulled her arm free easily and walked off quickly, knowing that in his condition he wouldn't be able to keep up.

Kate headed towards the hatch. Her thoughts were chiding her. Why'd you go and tell him. Good job. Really great Kate.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the snap of a branch. She turned around and saw Jack and her heart sank. He had a suitcase in his hands. He lowered his eyes a bit when she looked at him.

"It's Shannon's things. I'm not sure what to do with it." Jack looked at her oddly, and Kate realized she still had on Sawyer's shirt. "You shouldn't be out here, it's late."

"I'm am big girl. Want me to help you with that?"

"No I've got it." Jack continued to walk. "How's he doing?"

"I'm doing great actually, nice of you to think of me doc." Sawyer came up behind them.

Kate could have kicked herself for going slow enough for him to catch up and especially stopping when she saw Jack. She looked at Sawyer hoping he wouldn't do anything.

"You shouldn't be going around without a shirt, you don't need a cold on top of everything else."

"Gave it to Freckles. She has feelings for me you see." Sawyer smirked, all to happy to irritate Jack.

"Stop it okay!" Kate yelled causing both men to look at her. "You don't need to do this." She turned to Jack. "I'm sorry okay. I really am, you're a great guy and I'm sorry."

Jack stared at her in silence, and then she took off running. Jack turned to Sawyer.

"I can't run, if you want to be heroic and go after her be my guest." Sawyer continued walking towards the hatch.

"She's probably heading to the hatch." Jack said coldly. "I think I'll go back to the beach."

Sawyer looked at him and kept walking. Kate was probably pissed at him but she'd get over it. She was probably madder at herself anyways.

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He found her on the top bunk of where he had been sleeping. She was sitting down and her legs were dangling of the side. "Aren't you cute." He said climbing up to sit by her. "I thought maybe we should talk." He laughed a bit. "Plus it's warmer in here."

Kate looked at him. He was right she was mad. "Why'd you do that?" She asked.

"To get a rise out of Jack. Look Sassafras, I'm not no gentleman, and I'm sure as hell not Prince Charming, so if you expect me to turn into one just because you have feelings for me your wrong."

"That's not what I was expecting. If anything I was expecting you to maybe feel the same way."

"Well it's hard to tell you anything when you take off running." He looked at her. He wasn't about to tell her that he really did have 'feelings' for her, but maybe he could offer her something. "I came after you didn't I?"

Kate looked at him and smiled. She was really cute when she smiled. "And you were an ass doing it."

Sawyer grinned proudly his dimples showing. "Didn't want to let you down."

Kate bit her lip and grinned, shaking her head. "I'm tired. Are you staying here?"

"Probably, I'm to lazy to go back. You?"

"I have to, me and Charlie are taking care of the button of doom." Kate was silent for at least a full 15 seconds before quietly adding in, using her best I-just-want-to-be-nice voice very unconvincingly. "Well um…there's only two beds…so you can sleep up here with me if you'd like."

Sawyer grinned at her, and being the jerk he was said, "Naw, I'll take the couch. Sweet dreams Freckles." And jumping off the bed he headed off.

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Charlie woke Kate up at three. "Sorry, but its' your turn, I tried to let you sleep but I'm about to fall asleep myself."

Kate smiled at him. "It's fine. See you in the morning Charlie." She headed off to the kitchen. Coffee, for the love of God please let there still be coffee. Luckily there was. Kate made it as quietly as she could trying not to disturb Sawyer who looked peaceful sleeping.

He would just have to go to sleep on the couch so she had to be super quiet, she thought. He started moving a bit more.

"No. She ain't done nothing man. Leave her alone." Sawyer said twisting on the couch. At first Kate thought he had woken up but she then saw he was having a nightmare.

"Sawyer?" She whispered setting her coffee down and going towards him. She sat down on the table across from the couch and smoothed his hair. "It's okay."

"No! Let me go! I got to save her! I don't care if it kills me." Sawyer sounded helpless. Kate wondered whom he was talking about. Who would he care about enough to risk his own life for? He was silent for a while but Kate kept sitting there.

The alarm sounded and Kate quickly went and typed in the numbers and headed back. He was talking again when she got back.

"No! I love her! I don't care who she killed." He looked almost feral in his helplessness.

Kate quickly sat down again. "Sawyer, it's okay it's me Kate." She put her hand on his head. He was hot. Jack had told her he might get like this. He still had the infection. He shouldn't have been running all over the island.

Sawyer twisted. "I'll kill him. I'll fcking kill him."

"Sawyer I'm here. It's Kate. You're going to be fine. I promise."

He calmed a bit. "Kate?" His breathing was ragged and heavy.

"Yeah. It's me. You're okay." She smiled a bit, glad that he was calming down.

"You're not dead." He had opened his eyes a bit but seemed unaware that he wasn't still dreaming. "Or are you a ghost."

"No I'm fine. I'm not dead." Was she the one he was talking about in his dream? No, of course not. He didn't love her; it must be some dream girl. He had told her he never loved anyone.

Sawyer smiled. "You're alive. I was scared. I won't let them take you again. Okay? You believe me right?

"Of course I do. Now go back to sleep."

"Okay. I love you." He turned over and closed his eyes. Kate sat there stunned. His breathing slowed down but she still sat there. He couldn't have thought he was talking to her. But then he said Kate. Well he's delusional.

Kate played it over and over in her head all night. Was he talking about her? She really wished that she knew, but she couldn't ask him when he woke up. He'd just deny it even if it were true.

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Kate headed straight to the garden as soon as she got the chance. She didn't even wait for Sawyer to wake up. They had been saving seeds from the things they ate and she planned on planting them.

"How're you?" Sun asked coming up beside her. "You look tired."

"It was my night in the Hatch." Kate said digging with more effort than was required.

"Are you okay?" Sun asked sounding genuinely concerned.

Kate wasn't use to people actually caring about how she felt. The sincerity of Sun's voice caught her off guard and with only a little more persuasion she found herself telling the whole story to her.

"The first time I ever saw Jin I was going to eat at a hotel with another man, our parents had set us up. In fact I thought he was going to purpose to me that day, but instead he broke it off. It hurt…but I met Jin."

Kate nodded. She didn't know where Sun was going with this.

"You can't chose who you love. And sometimes you hurt people that you care about in the process. And all you can really do is apologize to those people, because your heart won't listen to your brain."

Kate smiled at Sun and she smiled back. "I just wish Sawyer was….just more caring."

Sun helped Kate dig. "But you still care for him. I was planning on leaving Jin when we got to America. And now I don't know what I'd do without him. Nothing changed expect I understood."

"You are an angel." Kate said looking at Sun admiringly.

Sun laughed. "No I'm not. I was going to leave my husband."

Kate shook her head. "You are the most caring person I have ever met. And thanks really."

Sun smiled at her more. "That's what friends are for, right?"

Friend. Kate hadn't had a friend since she was little. "Yeah, you're right."