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A/N: Thank you all so so much for reading, it really makes my day:D
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Chapter 2
The elevator dinged as the door closed behind her, and she walked towards Jack. His smile brightened her whole face, but she also saw the look of utter confusion and worry. The tears welled in a big heap behind her eyes. It was painful, yet joyous, and overwhelming to finally see him face to face again. His smile, his worry, their times together, they all haunted her dreams, they haunted her world, her every waking moment, and now she was here. And she was speechless.
Jack smiled. He was confused. He was sure confused. But he was more happy than he had been in a long time. Maybe more happy than when he had first met Kate and she had sewn his wounds. She had the gentlest touch and he never imagined her to be a fugitive. But that was what had kept them apart. She couldn't be found. She would have been sentenced to death. And Jack was sorry. He felt the heaviness of her own worry on his shoulders.
He looked back at Kate's innocence. Was she really innocent? Or was she bringing out the killer in his own self? That wasn't possible, he never saw her as a killer.
She weakly smiled, noticing his eyes darting back and forth in their sockets, unsure of what to say.
"Jack, I'm sorry to bother you with myself, but I just needed to see you again."
He bit his lip. She watched his movements.
"Kate, it's wonderful to see you, but don't you have somewhere to be getting back to? Someone, perhaps?"
She shook her head. How could he even think she had moved on?
"No, and that's why I'm here. I'm alone. I have nothing except for my car."
Was that a hint of worry she saw?
"Kate, I'm sorry. But why did you come back to me?"
"Because I still have feelings for you."
Surprise? Happiness?
"Well, I still have feelings for you, too, but.."
But. Why did that damn word always put her in her horrible situations?
"I understand, you have a girl.."
He interrupted her.
"No, I don't. But I thought you were.."
"Running?"
It was funny how she could still finish his sentences.
"Yeah, that's what split us up in the first place, isn't it?"
"Yes, but I'm tired of running. I want to be with you."
More surprise? He inched towards her slightly.
"Listen, Kate. I get off in about 30 minutes, I'll meet you outside of the hospital, alright?"
She nodded. A promise. There was hope. It was time to confess the truth to Jack. It was time to tell him she loved him, and that she wanted to spend forever with him, even maybe, Marry him? No, marriage was too soon.
Jack ran his ID card through the timeslot and the elevator brought him into the lobby. He stepped out the sliding glass doors and turned to Kate.
"I think we have some catching up to do."