A/N: Okay, so tell me what you think :) I hope you guys like it. Well anyways, I'm sorts bashing on Jack in this story, and he's not really like his character in the show, so yeah.

The Sweetest Thing

After Kate had gotten home, she went to the bathroom to get a shower. When she got out, she dressed in her low-cut jeans and her Spartan shirt, with a white beater hanging out under it. She put on some make up, and let her hair air dry. She walked over to Jamie's crib.

"Awe, you deserve such a better mom. I'm sorry baby. I'm trying, but it's tough, just you and me. Were up against the world huh?" Kate laughed. "You have your daddy's eyes, you know that? You have a lot of your daddy's qualities." Kate smiled.

She started thinking, and she just wished she could give the little girl more. She wished she could be home all the time, and just everything could be so simple. She wished the poor baby would have a normal life, with a nice Grammy to give her everything that Kate couldn't and to spoil her rotten. But those dreams were shattered once Kate's mom found out she was pregnant. She couldn't even look at her the same after that.

'This little baby deserves a better life then you can give her! I told you to stay away from him! I told you so many times, but you just didn't listen. I've had it with you! All you do is mess up! I can't take it anymore!'

The things she replayed in her head every single day, every night before she went to sleep. It's exactly what her mother had said, right before she left, left her 15 year old, pregnant daughter in a small house with nothing. Kate blamed nobody but herself; sometimes she wished that she had never even been born.

"Kate!" Claire called up the steps.

Kate quickly wiped the tear trickling down her face and ran to the steps.

"Hey, come on up!" She yelled.

When Claire got upstairs, she went straight to the baby.

"Hi sweetheart." She said in a weird voice to make the baby laugh. "Let's get you dressed up, all nice and cozy now." Claire took the baby from the crib and walked over to the changing table.

"You know Kate; you could always come stay with us. My mom tells me to bring you home with me everyday." Claire told her best friend.

"Claire, your mom does enough for me, she watches my baby every day." Kate replied, almost unsure of how to answer.

"Kate, she loves Jamie, she's he one who offered in the first place. It's not safe the two of you living here alone." Claire said, obviously worried about Kate, who made barely enough money to keep enough food in the house.

Kate opened her mouth to say something, but was cut off by James, calling from downstairs.

"Freckles!"

"When are you gonna tell him Kate?" Claire asked.

"Claire, stop, don't do this today." Kate said, trying to keep quiet. "We're up here!" She yelled back, and motioned to her friend to be quiet.

Sawyer came upstairs.

"Hey Sassafras, Blondie. Ya'll ready?" James asked, Jamie's carriage in his hands.

"Yeah, I just have to finish getting her dressed." Kate said, joining Claire in front of the changing table.

"I'll make sure the diaper bag is ready." Claire said, feeling that she should leave the room.

"Everything alright?" James asked, once Claire had left.

"Yeah, everything's great." Kate replied with a smile.

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When they arrived at the game, Claire took the baby, and Kate scanned for Jack.

When she saw him, she quickly walked over.

"Hey." She said with a smile.

"Hi, are the games always this crazy?" Jack asked, seeming a bit worried.

"Crazy?" Kate asked with an almost shocked look on her face.

"Yeah, I mean it's so hectic." Jack said, obviously feeling uncomfortable.

Kate laughed.

"The game didn't even start yet." She smiled. "And this is only about half of the people who are gonna show up.

"Oh, well then we better go get seats." Jack replied.

Kate laughed again. "Kay, let's go."

They got over to where Kate and her friends always sit, and Kate introduced everyone.

Once the game started, Jack started to relax, and he became less tense.

"Is this your sister?" Jack asked, motioning to sleeping Jamie, bundled in blankets in her carriage.

"Uh, yeah she's my sister. Her name's Jamie." Kate replied, uneasy.

"She looks like you." Jack said.

"Yeah she looks like someone else even more though." Kate said, not really controlling the things that came out.

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At the end of the game, everyone had already left, it had gotten to cold. But Kate and James didn't leave. Even though Kate had Jamie and she needed to make sure the baby stayed warm, she didn't want to leave. So she kept checking her body temperature and adding more blankets. Jamie was perfectly fine though, just sleeping as usual.

"Ready to go Freckles?" James asked.

"Yeah, I think Jamie might be getting something." Kate said, a worried look on her face.

James chuckled.

"What, I don't want her getting sick?" Kate said defensively.

"Freckles, she's fine, I'm just laughing' 'cause you're so worried." James chuckled again. "Okay, let's go." He said, picking up the carriage.

When they arrived at Kate's house, James turned off the car and walked her up.

"You really don't need to walk me to my door every time you drop me off." Kate said smiling.

"Now cupcake, do you really think I'm gonna just drop you off." James said, smirking back at her.

"Hey, you wonna come in for a little bit?"

"Why not?" James replied.

When they got inside, Kate took the awakened baby out of her carriage and held her, bouncing a bit.

James walked into the kitchen to get a drink.

"If you're hungry, there's some food, and I think some left over pizza from last night." Kate said, walking into the kitchen behind him.

"That's alright Freckle's, I'm not too hungry." James said to her.

"Okay, I'm going to go put her down, she looks really tired." Kate said, starting to leave the kitchen.

"Care if I join yah?" James asked her.

"Sure." Kate said, walking up the steps.

When she got upstairs, she went and sat down in the rocking chair in her baby's room.

"Now what story do we want tonight Jamie? Huh sweetie?" Kate said, making cooing noises.

James smiled.

"How about ….. this one!" Kate said, taking the book from the small shelf.

She sat down in the rocking chair, as Jamie's relaxed on her, fitting right into the crack between her arm and elbow.

"There once was a little Princess ….." Kate went on.

James just stood there, staring at the two, a big grin on his face. Although James would never admit this to anybody, he really did think it was the sweetest thing.

After Jamie had fallen asleep and was safe and sound in her crib, Kate and James went downstairs and sat down on the couch.

"You're good with her." James said smiling.

Kate smiled at him. It really made her happy to hear him say that.

"James I need to tell you something."